2005年6月最新唐啟明四級考試沖刺講義

第五部分、三選一

一、完型填空

完型填空更多的是考思維！利用現(xiàn)有知識完全可以提高得分率！

1．信息鏈à信息網(wǎng)，全局觀念很重要。

統(tǒng)領(lǐng)全文的主旨要時刻駐留大腦（你的內(nèi)存�。�，前文里（尤其是前一句）的信息也必須隨時與當(dāng)前句（空）保持聯(lián)系！ 完型填空每一句都不能放過！

2．盡量以意群為單位解題，借助連詞斷開意群。

3．連詞and, or的其它妙用：并列還是選擇？

4．簡單題目是送分的，切勿胡思亂想，該出手時就出手！

Exercise 1

We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract. It should be noted that this contract does not 1_the same form in different societies. In Western societies, for instance, the_2 of a man and a woman is given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official 3 by the state. In some African societies, 4 , marriage has nothing to do with an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal 5 of goods. Generally it is the bridegroom（新郎） who is required to make a payment of goods to the bride's kin(親戚), though sometimes a payment is 6 made by the bridegroom's kin to that of the bride.

　　Among the Nuer, a  7  living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the bride's kin, called bridewealth, is in the  8  of cattle. Once the amount of bridewealth is agreed upon, and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a legal union. The offspring (后代) of the union become the acceptable  9  of the  10  .They remain his children even if the wife leaves him to live with another man.

1.A.make       B.get     C.take      D.do

2.A.condition   B.difference  C.union    D.divorce

3.A.recognizing  B.recognize C.to recognize D.recognized

4.A.however    B.yet      C.though    D.still

5.A.contact    B.exchange C.communication  D.connection

6.A.also      B.too       C.either        D.as well

7.A.person    B.people    C.man        D.couple

8.A.style    B.size        C.form         D.type

9.A.bride      B.cattle      C.payment    D.wealth

10.A.wife     B.husband     C.kin        D.bride

Exercise 2

Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are describing history education in America. It’s the one  61  the teacher standing in the schoolroom door  62  goodbye to students for the summer and calling  63  them, “By the way, we won World War II.”

The problem with the joke, of course, is that it’s  64  funny. The recent surveys on  65  illiteracy （無知）are beginning to numb（令人震驚）: nearly one third of American 17-year-olds cannot even   66  which countries the United States  67  against in that war. One third have no  68  when the Declaration of Independence was  69  . One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly  70  the Civil War between 1850 and 1900.  71  when they get the answers right, some are  72  guessing.

Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be  73  connected to loss of international  74  . But it does affect our future  75  a democratic nation and as individuals.

The  76  news is that there is growing agreement  77  what is wrong with the  78  of history and what needs to be  79  to fix it. The steps are tentative（嘗試性的）  80  yet to be felt in most classrooms.

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

63. A) in                              B) after                        C) for                          D) up

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

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

71. A) Even                         B) Though                    C) Thus                       D) So

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

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

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

75. A) of                             B) for                           C) with                        D) as

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

77. A) to                              B) with                         C) on                           D) of

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

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

80.   A) therefore                  B) or                            C) and                          D) as

Exercise 3

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. __1_ in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street, which was always in the heart of a town. This street was 2 on both sides with many 3 businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. __4__, some shops offered __5__. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.

__6_ in the 1950s, a change began to  7  . Too many automobiles had crowded into Main                   Street  8  too few parking places were  9  shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 10 the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got __11__ the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, 12 as a collection of small new stores 13_ crowded city centers.  14  by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from _15_ areas to outlying malls. And the growing 16 of shopping centers led 17 to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.

__18 the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities                  themselves.In addition to providing the _19_ of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, _20_ benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.

   1.A. As early as     B. Early          C. Early as       D. Earlier

   2.A. built           B.designed        C.intented       D.lined

   3.A.varied          B.various         C.sorted         D.mixed up

   4.A.Apart from      B.However        C.In addition     D.As well

   5.A.medicine       B.food           C.cosmetics      D.services

   6.A.Suddenly        B.Abruptly     C.Contrarily       D.But
   7.A.happen         B.take place       C.be appear     D. show

   8.A.while          B.yet             C.though        D.and then

   9.A.available for     B.available to     C.used by        D.ready for

   10.A.over           B.from          C.out of         D.outside

   11.A.when           B.while        C.since          D.then

   12.A.started         B.founded       C.set up          D.organized

   13.A.out of          B.away from     C.next to         D.near

   14.A.Attracted       B.Surprised      C.Delighted       D.Enjoyed

   15.A.inner          B.central         C.shopping       D.downtown

   16.A.distinction      B.fame         C.popularity       D.liking

   17.A.on             B.in turn       C.by turns         D.further
   18.A.By            B.During        C.In              D.Towards
   19.A.cheapness      B.readiness      C.convenience     D.handiness

  20.A.because of      B.and           C.with            D.provided

Exercise 4

One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my   71   apartment.                

Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the   72   between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the   73   every time she leaned over to talk to him,    74   he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such   75   in a public place? I thought the movie would be good for my English, but   76   it turned out, it was an Italian movie.    77   about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and   78   on my popcorn（爆玉米花）. I’ve never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good,    79   . After a while I heard   80   more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the   81   of the popcorn crunching（咀嚼）between my teeth. My thought started to   82   . I remembered when I was in South Korea（韓國）, I   83   to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean — I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me,    84   I saw him again in New York speaking    85   English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t even have a Korean accent and I   86   like I had been betrayed. When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English.    87   we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very   88   and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to   89   in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it    90   out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.

71. A) hot                            B) warm                       C) cool                         D) heated

72. A) crack                        B) opening                    C) break                       D) blank

73. A) view                         B) angle                        C) space                       D) aspect

74. A) whenever                  B) and                          C) while                       D) or

86. A) looked                       B) felt                          C) appeared                  D) seemed

87. A) If                              B) While                       C) Once                       D) Before

88. A) quiet                         B) empty