2009年大學英語四級考試詞匯活記活用(25)

　　Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are describing history education in America. It’s the one __1__ the teacher standing in the schoolroom door __2__ goodbye to students for the summer and calling __3__ them, “By the way, we won World War II.”

　　The problem with the joke, of course, is that it’s __4__ funny. The recent surveys on __5__ illiteracy (無知) are beginning to numb (令人震驚): nearly one third of American 17-year-olds cannot even __6__ which countries the United States __7__ against in that war. One third have no __8__ when the Declaration of Independence was __9__. One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly __10__ the Civil War between 1850 and 1900. __11__ when they get the answers right, some are __12__ guessing.

　　Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be __13__ connected to loss of international __14__. But it does affect our future __15__ a democratic nation �產nd as individuals.

　　The __16__ news is that there is growing agreement __17__ what is wrong with the __18__ of history and what needs to be __19__ to fix it. The steps are tentative (嘗試性) __20__ yet to be felt in most classrooms.

　　1.A) about B) in C) for D) by

　　2.A) shaking B) waving C) nodding D) speaking

　　3.A) in B) after C) for D) up

　　4.A) rarely B) so C) too D) not

　　5.A) historical B) educational C) cultural D) political

　　6.A) distinguish B) acknowledge C) identify D) convey

　　7.A) defeated B) attacked C) fought D) struck

　　8.A) sense B) doubt C) reason D) idea

　　9.A) printed B) signed C) marked D) edited

　　10.A) place B) judge C) get D) lock

　　11.A) Even B) Though C) Thus D) So

　　12.A) hardly B) just C) still D) ever

　　13.A) exclusively B) practically C) shortly D) directly

　　14.A) competitiveness B) comprehension C) community D) commitment

　　15.A) of B) for C) with D) as

　　16.A) fine B) nice C) surprising D) good

　　17.A) to B) with C) on D) of

　　18.A) consulting B) coaching C) teaching D) instructing

　　19.A) done B) dealt C) met D) reached

　　20.A) therefore B) or C) and D) as

　　1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. A

　　6. C 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B

　　11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. D

　　16. D 17. C 18. C 19. A 20. B

　　1.語境題.本題解題的關鍵是搞清楚句中的one所指代的內容.分析前一句話可知,本句中的one所指代的是前一句中的the same joke.而空格后面的內容是講這個笑話的內容,考察四個選項,可知應該選擇about,意思為關于.

　　2.詞匯搭配題.分析本句話可知,填入的詞語需要滿足結構*(動詞)...to...,并且還要意思通順.考察四個選項可以知道正確答案為wave,wave goodbye to的意思為向...揮手說再見.本題很容易選擇speak,speak的搭配為speak to sb,是中間不能加任何成分的.

　　3.詞匯搭配題.本題考查動詞call與介詞搭配構成的詞組的意思的辨析.call in的意思為召集,召來,來訪,call after的意思為追喊,以...命名,call for的意思為喊著要某人過來,呼喚,去請,去接,去取;要求,需要,號召, call up的意思為召喚,使想起,提出,打電話給.由此可知選擇after.

　　4.語境題.本題乍一看并不知道應該選擇什么,需要對下文進行分析.本句話為本段的總結句.下面主要是講年輕人對歷史的無知,由此說明此問題的嚴重.因此本題應該選擇not,即笑話中所反映出的問題并不好笑.