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大学英语四级完型填空模拟题26篇
第十一篇
We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.It should be noted, however, that this contract does not 1 the same form in different societies.In Western societies, the 2 of a man and a woman 3 given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official 4 by the state.In some African so cieties, 5 , marriage has nothing to do 6 an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal 7 of goods.Generally 8 is the bridegroom who is required to make a 9 of goods to the bride's kin(亲戚), though sometimes a payment is 10 made by the bridegroom's kin to that of the bride.
Among the Nuer, a 11 living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the bride's kin, 12 as bridewealth, is in the 13 of cattle.Once the 14 of bridewealth is agreed 15 , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a 16 union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable 17 of the husband.They remain 18 children even 19 the wife subsequently leaves him to live with 20 man.
1.A.make B.get C.take D.do
2.A.condition B.difference C.union D.divorce
3.A.is B.are C.was D.were
4.A.recognizing B.recognize C.to recognize D.recognized
5.A.however B.yet C.though D.still
6.A.with B.from C.for D.to
7.A.exchange B.contact C.communication D.connection
8.A.that B.this C.one D.it
9.A.money B.payment C.cost D.consumption
10.A.also B.too C.either D.as well
11.A.a person B.a people C.a man D.a couple
12.A.called B.known C.named D.looked
13.A.shape B.size C.form D.type
14.A.amount B.number C.figure D.volume
15.A.upon B.with C.to D.for
16.A.legal B.casual C.direct D.progressive
17.A.bride B.cattle C.wealth D.children
18.A.his B.her C.their D.ones
19.A.before B.because C.while D.if
20.A.other B.another C.more D.farther 第十一篇答案+解说:
1.【答案】C
【解析】本句意为在不同的社会里,这种合约采取不同的形式。take the form of是固定搭配,意为“采取……形式”。
2.【答案】C
【解析】本句是说“在西方社会,男女的结合只有由政府认可的官员登记后才成为合法婚姻。”union“结合"；difference“区别”；condition“条件”；divorce“离婚”。
3.【答案】A
【解析】主语是the union，为单数，从上下文的时态看应用现在时。
4.【答案】D
【解析】过去分词做定语修饰official，意为被认可的官员。
5.【答案】A
【解析】though为连词，连接主语和从句，表“虽然……但是”；yet一般用在否定句或疑问句尾，表示“已经”；still用在动词前后，表示“仍然”；however可用逗号与前后隔开，在意思上与前句转折。
6.【答案】A
【解析】have nothing to do with,与……无关，固定搭配。
7.【答案】A
【解析】符合商品交换的选项只有exchange。contact“接触”；communication指“交流、交换(消息)”；connection“连接”。
8.【答案】D
【解析】此处是强调句型，It is…who/that结构，故只能用it.
9.【答案】B
【解析】make a payment of是固定搭配，意为“支付”。money是不可数名词，故不能用a money。cost和consumption是花费、消费的意思，后面一般没有to的结构。
10.【答案】A
【解析】also一般跟着谓语动词；too与as well一般放在句尾，too有时也放在句中，用逗号隔开。
11.【答案】B
【解析】a people“一个民族”，a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位语，从among the Nuer中可以看出，选项不可能是a man或a person或a couple。
12.【答案】B
【解析】be known as，作为……而得名；如用call或name，后面的as应去掉。
13.【答案】C
【解析】in the form of“以……形式”,固定搭配。
14.【答案】A
【解析】number、figure表示数字；volume意为“容量”；只有amount“数量”可与新娘彩礼相搭配。
15.【答案】A
【解析】动词agree后面可接不同的介词，agree on/upon表示就一点双方达成一致意见；agree to同意对方建议；agree with同意某人意见，双方在观点意见上的吻合。无agree for的说法。
16.【答案】A
【解析】casual“偶尔的”；progressive“进步的”；direct“直接的”。根据上下文。此处应填legal“合法的”。
17.【答案】D
【解析】“联姻的后代成为”，不可能选bride或cattle。但从后面的句子中可以看出，此处选children最为合适。
18.【答案】A
【解析】本句的意思是“即使妻子离开丈夫后，同别人生活，他们的孩子应属于夫方。His指代husband。
19.【答案】D
【解析】根据上题的译文，本句用even if“即使”，符合句意。
20.【答案】B
【解析】other后接复数名词；表示单数概念时用another。
第十二篇
Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes.They are left in the 1 of strangers for the rest of their lives.Their 2 children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any 3 visitors.The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth 4 story.In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care 5 elderly people need.Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied 6 the American family is changing.He reported that by the time the 7 American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. 8 , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years 9 , family members must provide long term care.More psychologists have found that all caregivers 10 a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best 11 for the job.In other words, they all felt that they 12 do the job better than anyone else.Social workers 13 caregivers to find out why they took 14 the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.Many caregivers believed they had 15 to help their relative.Some stated that helping others 16 them feel more useful.Others hoped that by helping 17 now, they would deserve care when they became old and 18 .Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a 19 satisfying experience for everyone who might be 20 .
1.A.hands B.arms C.bodies D.homes
2.A.growing B.grown C.being grown D.having grown
3.A.constant B.lasting C.regular D.normal
4.A.imaginary B.imaginable C.imaginative D.imagery
5.A.that B.this C.those D.these
6.A.when B.how C.what D.where
7.A.common B.ordinary C.standard D.average
8.A.Further B.However C.Moreover D.Whereas
9.A.before B.ago C.later D.lately
10.A.share B.enjoy C.divide D.consent
11.A.person B.people C.character D.man
12.A.would B.will C.could D.can
13.A.questioned B.interviewed C.inquired D.interrogate
14.A.in B.up C.on D.off
15.A.admiration B.initiative C.necessity D.obligation
16.A.cause B.enable C.make D.get
17.A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.anybody
18.A.elderly B.dependent C.dependable D.independent
19.A.similarly B.differently C.mutually D.certainly
20.A.involved B.excluded C.included D.considered
第十二篇答案+解说:
1.【答案】A
【解析】本句意为他们的业余生活要由陌生人来照料。in the hands of“由……控制或照料”，固定搭配。
2.【答案】B
【解析】grown children过去分词作定语，意为长大的孩子。
3.【答案】C
【解析】regular“定期的、有规律的”；normal“正常的”；constant“经常的”；lasting“持续的”，这里指定期来看望的人。
4.【答案】A
【解析】imaginary“不真实的、虚构的”；imaginable“可想象的”；imaginative“富于想象力的”；imagery意为肖像。
5.【答案】A
【解析】that引导定语从句。
6.【答案】B
【解析】根据上下文，how引导宾语从句，表示“如何、怎么样”。
7.【答案】D
【解析】average指一般、通常的情况；common表示“普通的”，强调大部分；ordinary与special相对立，强调普遍性；standard“标准的”。
8.【答案】C
【解析】用moreover“而且”，表示两句间递进的关系。如果further加上more，也表示递进关系。
9.【答案】B
【解析】ago“以前”，指从现在算起；before是从过去某个时刻算起。
10.【答案】A
【解析】share，共享的，常与common搭配。consent同意。
11.【答案】B
【解析】这里要用复数，故选people。
12.【答案】C
【解析】would表示一种意愿，can表示能力。主句是过去时，故选could。
13.【答案】B
【解析】questioned和inquired表示“询问、疑问”；interrogate“审问”。故interviewed“面试、访问”符合句意。
14.【答案】C
【解析】take on“承担”；take in“欺骗、收容”；take up“从事”；take off“脱下”、“起飞”。take on符合句意，承担照顾年老亲戚的责任。
15.【答案】D
【解析】obligation“责任、义务”；admiration“羡慕”；initiative“首创的，开始的”；necessity“必要性”。本句与上句意思相近，故选obligation。
16.【答案】C
【解析】make sb do sth.表示“使某人……”，符合句意。
17.【答案】A
【解析】someone在这里泛指某个人。Anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每个人。
18.【答案】B
【解析】dependent“依靠别人的”；dependable“可靠的”；independent“独立的”。
19.【答案】C
【解析】mutually“共同地”；similarly“同样地、相似的”；differently“不同地”；certainly“当然地”。只有共同地符合句意。
20.【答案】A
【解析】involved“涉及、牵涉到”；included“包含”；excluded“排除在外、不包括”；considered“考虑到”。本句意为可能涉及到的每一个人。 第十三篇
Today, most countries in the world have canals.Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 1 the coast.Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 2 of transport.These 3 make it possible for boats to travel 4 ports along the coast without being 5 to the dangers of the open.Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 6 a thousand miles shorter.Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 7 on the coast, still other canals 8 landsswheresthere is too much water, help to 9 fields wherethere is not enough water, and 10 water power for factories and mills.The size of a canal 11 on the kind of boats going through it.The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 12 each other easily.It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water 13 the keel of the largest boat using the canal.When the planet Mars was first 14 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was criss-crossed by a 15 of strange blue-green lines.These were called“canals” 16 they looked the same as canals on earth 17 are viewed from an airplane.However, scientists are now 18 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals.The photographs 19 from space-ships have helped us to 20 the truth about the Martia“canals”.
1.A.off B.with C.to D.by
2.A.way B.means C.method D.approach
3.A.waterways B.waterfronts C.channels D.paths
4.A.among B.between C.in D.to
5.A.revealed B.exposed C.opened D.shown
6.A.trip B.journey C.voyage D.route
7.A.lain B.stationed C.set D.located
8.A.escape B.drain C.dry D.leak
9.A.water B.wet C.soak D.irrigate
10.A.furnish B.afford C.offer D.give
11.A.focuses B.bases C.depends D.takes
12.A.cross B.pass C.move D.advance
13.A.down B.below C.beneath D.off
14.A.studied B.researched C.surveyed D.observed
15.A.few B.number C.deal D.supply
16.A.although B.because C.so D.if
17.A.that B.where C.when D.as
18.A.exact B.definite C.certain D.decisive
19.A.held B.taken C.got D.developed
20.A.find B.expose C.uncover D.discover 第十三篇答案+解说:
1.【答案】C
【解析】parallel to“与……平行”，固定搭配。
2.【答案】B
【解析】means of transport“交通工具”，固定搭配。
3.【答案】A
【解析】waterways“水道”；waterfronts指城市的滨水区；channels指海峡；paths指小路。
4.【答案】B
【解析】between指在两个港口间航行。among指三个或三个以上。
5.【答案】B
【解析】expose“使暴露、面临”后接to；reveal“显示”；show“展示”；open意为打开。本句意为暴露在危险面前。
6.【答案】C
【解析】voyage特指水上航行，其他选项均与水无关。
7.【答案】D
【解析】locate“位于”；stationed“住扎于”；set“放置于”。lie则不用被动式。
8.【答案】B
【解析】drain指排掉(过多的水)；其他选项不符合题意。
9.【答案】D
【解析】irrigate指灌溉；soak浸泡，及其他选项不符合题意。
10.【答案】A
【解析】与介词for搭配的只有furnish。
11.【答案】C
【解析】depend on“取决于”；base on“把……基于”；take on“承担”；focus on为集中注意力。
12.【答案】B
【解析】本句的意思是“运河必须有能够允许两条最大的船通过的宽度”。只有pass“通过“符合句意。Cross“穿过、横跨”与句意不符。
13.【答案】C
【解析】beneath指在……以下，表示位置；down指向下，表方向；below用于抽象概念；off表示距离。
14.【答案】D
【解析】表示“用……观测”，要用observe；study、research指系统研究；survey指调查、检查。
15.【答案】B
【解析】a few of是一些的意思，修饰可数名词；a deal of不能修饰可数名词；a number of指大量的；无a supply of的用法。
16.【答案】B
【解析】根据句意，这里要用表原因的连词来引导一个状语从句。
17.【答案】A
【解析】此处用that指代canals。
18.【答案】C
【解析】在四个选项中，只有certain有确信的意思。exact和definite的主语应为事物，decisive不符合句意。
19.【答案】B
【解析】take photographs是固定搭配，意为拍照。
20.【答案】D
【解析】discover指发现抽象的事物；find指发现实物；expose指暴露；uncover指揭开。后两词不符合句意。
第十四篇
Reading involves looking at graphic symbols and formulating mentally the sounds and ideas they represent.Concepts of reading have changed 1 over the centuries.During the 1950's and 1960's especially, increased attention has been devoted to 2 the reading process. 3 specialists agree that reading 4 a complex organization of higher mental 5 , they disagree 6 the exact nature of the process.Some experts, who regard language primarily as a code using symbols to represent sounds, 7 reading as simply the decoding of symbolssintosthe sounds they stand 8 .
These authorities 9 that meaning, being concerned with thinking, must be taught independently of the decoding process.Others maintain that reading is 10 related to thinking, and that a child who pronounces sounds without 11 their meaning is not truly reading.The reader, 12 some, is not just a person with a theoretical ability to read but one who 13 reads.
Many adults, although they have the ability to read, have never read a book in its 14 .By some expert they would not be 15 as readers.Clearly, the philosophy, objectives, methods and materials of reading will depend on the definition one use.By the most 16 and satisfactory definition, reading is the ability to 17 the sound-symbols code of the language, to interpret meaning for various 18 , at various rates, and at various levels of difficulty, and to do 19 widely and enthusiastically. 20 reading is the interpretation of ideas through the use of symbols representing sounds and ideas.
1.A.substantively B.substantially C.substitutively D.subjectively
2.A.define and describe B.definition and description
C.defining and describing D.have defined and described
3.A.Although B.If C.Unless D.Until
4.A.involves B.involves to C.is involved D.involves of
5.A.opinions B.effects C.manners D.functions
6.A.of B.about C.for D.into
7.A.view B.look C.reassure D.agree
8.A.by B.to C.off D.for
9.A.content B.contend C.contempt D.contact
10.A.inexplicably B.inexpressibly C.inextricably D.inexpediently
11.A.interpreting B.saying C.explaining D.reading
12.A.like B.for example C.according to D.as
13.A.sometimes B.might C.practical D.actually
14.A.entire B.entirety C.entirely D.entity
15.A.classed B.granted C.classified D.graded
16.A.inclusive B.inclinable C.conclusive D.complicated
17.A.break up B.elaborate C.define D.unlock
18.A.purposes B.degrees C.stages D.steps
19.A.such B.so as C.so D.such as
20.A.By the way B.In short C.So far D.On the other hand
第十四篇答案+解说：
1.【答案】B
【解析】substantively“实质地”；substantially“大量地”；substitutively“可替代地”；subjectively“主观地”。本句意为经过几个世纪，阅读的概念已经改变了很多。
2.【答案】C
【解析】在这里to是介词，后接名词或动名词。因本句中the reading process前也应有动词，故选动名词。
3.【答案】A
【解析】although表示“尽管”，符合句意。
4.【答案】A
【解析】involve使卷入、包括；被动语态时用be involved in；没有involve to和involve of的用法。
5.【答案】D
【解析】mental function智力活动。Opinion“意见”；manner“行为”；effect“影响”，这三项与mental搭配不妥。
6.【答案】B
【解析】disagree about/on“对……有不同意见”，在这一含义上不能用其他介词。
7.【答案】A
【解析】view…as把……看作。
8.【答案】D
【解析】stand for“代表”；stand by“支持”；stand to“遵守”；stand off“冷淡”。
9.【答案】B
【解析】contend“争论”；content“含量、容量”；contempt“轻视、蔑视”；contact“接触、联系”。根据句意，此处应选contend，意为这些权威争论说……。
10.【答案】A
【解析】inexplicably“无法解释地”；inextricably“无法摆脱的”；inexpressibly“说不出地”；inexpediently“不适当地、不明智地”。本句意为其他人坚持认为阅读无法解释地与思考联系在一起。
11.【答案】A
【解析】interpreting“理解”；explaining“解释”。本句意为一个孩子能发出声音而不理解所读的含义，不能叫做真正的阅读。
12.【答案】C
【解析】在这里according to some是说“根据一些人的观点”。
13.【答案】D
【解析】actually“事实上地”；practical是形容词，不能修饰动词。这里actually和前半句的theoretical是在词意上的相对，符合句意。
14.【答案】B
【解析】代词its后接名词，四项选择中只有B、D项是名词。entirety“整体”；entity“实体”。in its entirety指整体地、全面地。
15.【答案】C
【解析】be classified as“被划分、被分类到”；be granted“被授予”。
16.【答案】C
【解析】conclusive“确定的”；inclusive“包括的、包围的”；inclinable“倾向于、赞成的”；complicated“复杂的”。the most conclusive是最高级，指最确定性的。
17.【答案】D
【解析】unlock“解开、破译”；elaborate“详细说明、论述”；define“解释、限定”；break up“解散”。
18.【答案】A
【解析】for various purposes因为各种各样的原因，与上下文相符。
19.【答案】C
【解析】此处用副词so修饰widely。
20.【答案】B
【解析】根据文意，此处要作总结，选in short“总之”。By the way顺便说，So far到目前为止，on the other hand另一方面。 第十五篇
There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960.During the 1960s eight completely new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created 1 converting old colleges of technologys into universities.In the same period the 2 of students more than doubled, from 70000 to 3 than 200,000.By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 4 twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women.All the universities are private institutions.Each has its 5 governing councils, 6 some local businessmen and local politicians as 7 a few academics(大学教师).The state began to give grants to them fifty years 8 , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its 9 from state grants.Students have to 10 fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place 11 he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and 12 unless his parents are 13 .Most 14 take jobs in the summer 15 about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside 16 during the academic year.The Department of Education takes 17 for the payment which cover the whole expenditure of the 18 , but it does not exercise direct control.It can have an important influence 19 new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly 20 of academics.
1.A.with B.by C.at D.into
2.A.amount B.quantity C.lot D.number
3.A.more B.much C.less D.fewer
4.A.with B.to C.from D.beyond
5.A.self B.kind C.own D.personal
6.A.making B.consisting C.including D.taking
7.A.good B.long C.little D.well
8.A.ago B.before C.after D.ever
9.A.suggestions B.grades C.profits D.funds
10.A.make B.pay C.change D.delay
11.A.what B.which C.where D.how
12.A.living B.drinking C.food D.shelter
13.A.poor B.generous C.kindhearted D.rich
14.A.professors B.students C.politicians D.businessmen
15.A.at B.since C.with D.for
16.A.travel B.work C.experiment D.study
17.A.responsibility B.advice C.duty D.pleasure
18.A.government B.school C.universities D.committees
19.A.at B.to C.on D.form
20.A.consisted B.composed C.made D.taken 第十五篇答案+解说：
1.【答案】B
【解析】by doing“通过某种方式”，其他三个介词不适用。
2.【答案】D
【解析】the number of“……的数量”，修饰可数名词。
3.【答案】A
【解析】than的前面要用比较级，表示多的意思只能选more。
4.【答案】B
【解析】from…to“从……到……”，固定搭配。
5.【答案】C
【解析】its own“它自己的”。
6.【答案】C
【解析】including作介词，“包括”；consist…of“由……组成”。making和taking词意不符
7.【答案】D
【解析】as well“也，除……之外”。其他词与well搭配，无此意思。
8.【答案】A
【解析】ago是从现在算起；before是从过去某一时点算起。
9.【答案】D
【解析】fund“资金”，这里是说“大学从政府的拨款中获得全部的资金”。suggestions“建议”；grades“成绩”；profits“利润”。
10.【答案】B
【解析】pay fees“支付费用”。本句意为学生得支付学习和生活费用。
11.【答案】C
【解析】where引导地点状语从句。
12.【答案】C
【解析】lodging and food“食宿”，固定搭配。
13.【答案】D
【解析】这里是说“学生可以受到居住地政府的资助，包括食宿，除非他父母富有。
14.【答案】B
【解析】这里是说大多数学生在暑假打工大约六星期。
15.【答案】D
【解析】在这里介词for表示一段时间。
16.【答案】B
【解析】work与前面的jobs相呼应。
17.【答案】A
【解析】take responsibility for“对……承担责任”，固定搭配。
18.【答案】C
【解析】这里是说教育部承担了大学的全部支付。
19.【答案】C
【解析】have influence on“对……产生影响”，固定搭配。
20.【答案】B
【解析】be composed of“由……组成”，固定搭配。 |
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