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2009年英語專業(yè)四級考試真題PART III CLOZE 15 MINDecide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.Scientists around the world are racing to learn how to rapidly diagnose, treat and stop the spread of a new, deadly disease. SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - was (31) _ for the first time in February 2003 in Hanoi, (32) _ since then has infected more than 1,600 people in 15 countries, killing 63. At this (33) _, there are more questions than answers surrounding the disease.Symptoms start (34) _ a fever over 100.4 degrees F, chills, headache or body (35)_. Within a week, the patient has a dry cough, which might (36) _ to shortness of breath. In 10% to 20% of cases, patients require (37)_ ventilation to breathe. About 3.5% die from the disease. Symptoms (38)_ begin in two to seven days, but some reports suggest it (39) _ take as long as 10 days. Scientists are close to (40) _ a lab test to diagnose SARS. In the meantime, it is diagnosed by its symptoms. There is no evidence (41)_ antibiotics or anti-viral medicines help, (42) _ doctors can offer only supportive care. Patients with SARS are kept in isolation to reduce the risk of(43) _ Scientists arent sure yet, but some researchers think its a (44) _ discovered coronavirus, the family of viruses that cause some common colds.Most cases appear to have been passed (45) _ droplets expelled when infected patients cough or sneeze. Family members of infected people and medical workers who care (46) _ them have been most likely to (47) _ the illness. But recent developments in Hong Kong suggest that the (48) _ might spread through air, or that the virus might (49) _ for two to three hours on doorknobs or other (50)_. Health experts say it is unlikely, though, that sharing an elevator briefly with an infected person would be enough to pass the virus.(31) A. detected B. caught C. disclosed D. revealed(32) A. but B. and C. or D. yet(33) A. time B. point C. aspect D. instance(34) A. from B. over C. upon D. with(35) A. hurt B. sore C. aches D. feelings(36) A. process B. advance C. progress D. convert(37) A. automatic B. artificial C. mechanical D. controlled(38) A. regularly B. ordinarily C. traditionally D. generally(39) A. will B. might C. should D. must(40) A. cultivating B. fostering C. developing D. designing(41) A. which B. that C. whether D. what(42) A. so B. but C. still D. yet(43) A. communication B. transportation C. transformation D. transmission(44) A. lately B. newborn C. newly D. renewed(45) A. under B. through C. beneath D. from(46) A. for B. over C. after D. about(47) A. acquire B. receive C. obtain D. contract(48) A. ailment B. ill-health C. disease D. infection(49) A. continue B. linger C. delay D. persist(50) A. exteriors B. outside C. surfaces D. coverings2006There are many superstitions in Britain, but one of the most ( 31 ) _ held is that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder even if it means (32) _ the pavement into a busy street! (33) _ you must pass under a ladder you can (34) _ bad luck by crossing your fingers and (35) _ them crossed until you have seen a dog. (36) _ , you may lick your finger and (37) _ a cross on the toe of your shoe, and not look again at the shoe until the (38) _ has dried.Another common (39) _ is that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house-it will either bring (40) _ to the person who opened it or to the whole (41). Anyone opening an umbrella in fine weather is (42) _, as it inevitably brings rain!The number 13 is said to be unlucky for some, and when the 13th day of the month (43) on a Friday, anyone wishing to avoid a bad event had better stay (44) _. the worst misfortune that can happen to a person is caused by breaking a mirror, (45) _ it brings seven years of bad luck! The superstition is supposed to (46) _ in ancient times, when mirrors were considered to be tools of the gods.Black cats are generally considered lucky in Britain, even though they are (47) _ witchcraft. It is (48) _ lucky if a black cat crosses your path-although in America the exact opposite belief prevails.Finally, a commonly held superstition is that of touching wood (49) _ luck. This measure is most often taken if you think you have said something that is tempting fate, such as “my car has never (50) _, touch wood?” 31. A broadly B widely C quickly D speedily 32. A running from B jumping off C stepping off D keeping from 33. A If B As C Though D Unless 34. A erase B remove C avoid D ease 35. A keep B keeping C kept D to keep 36. A Consequently B However C Comparatively D Alternatively 37. A make B print C perform D produce 38. A label B symbol C mark D cut 39. A argument B superstition C opinion D idea 40. A loss B difficulty C tragedy D misfortune 41. A house B household C home D circle42. A unwise B unintelligent C unpopular D unfortunate 43. A falls B arrives C drops D happens 44. A away B outdoors C indoors D far 45. A when B as C if D though 46. A have originated B be originating C be originated D originate 47. A concerned about B related with C associated with D connected in 48. A especially B specially C frequently D rarely 49. A as B for C in D of 50. A broken up B broken off C broken away D broken down 2005A persons home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) “(31) _ home”. But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32) _ of cash and location on achieving that idea.Cash (33) _, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _ when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _financially. There are obvious (36) _of living at homepersonal laundry is usually (37) _ done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to (38) _. And there is (39) _ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc. On the other hand, (40) _ depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends? You may love your family(41) _do you like them? Are you prepared to be (42) _ when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you cannot manage a(n) (43) _, and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you (44) _ finding somewhere else to live?If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45) _well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46) _. If you are going to work in a (47) _ area, again there are the papersand the accommodation agencies, (48) _ these should be approached with (49) _. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the (50) _ of the first weeks rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.31. A. ideal B. perfect C. imaginary D. satisfactory32. A. deficiencies B. weaknesses C. insufficiencies D. limitations33. A. cut B. shortage C. lack D. drain34. A. getting over B. getting in C. getting back D. getting along35. A. improve B. enhance C. develop D. proceed36. A. concerns b. issues C. advantages D. problems37. A. still B. always C. habitually D. consequently38. A. call in B. call over C. call upon D. call out39. A. always B. rarely C. little D. sometimes40. A. little B. enough C. many D. much41. A. and B. but C. still D. or42. A. tolerant B. hostile C. indifferent D. good-tempered43. A. agreement B. consensus C. compromise D. deal44. A. go about B. go over C. go in for D. go through45. A. seldom B. less C. probably D. certain46. A. dependent B. a good source of information C. of great value D. reliable47. A. familiar B. cold C. humid D. new48. A. though B. while C. since D. as49. A. enthusiasm B. hesitation C. caution D. concern50. A. same B. equivalent C. equal D. similarity2004The normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours wakefulness and that the sleep normally coincides(26) _ the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this(27)_ can be modified.The question is no mere academic one. The ease with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a (28)_ of growing importance in industry where automation(29)_ round-the-clock working of machines. It normally (30)_ from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a(31)_ routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. (32)_, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine(33)_ he has to change to another, (34)_ much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very(35) _.One answer would seem to be(36)_ periods on each shift, a month, or even three months. (37)_, recent research has shown that people on such systems will revert to go back to their(38)_ habits of sleep and wakefulness during the week-end and that this is quite enough to destroy any(39)_ to night work built up during the week. The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to those permanent night workers whose(40)_ may persist through all week-ends and holidays.26. A. in B. with C. of D. Over27. 27.A.cycle B. period C. circle D. round28.A.problem B. difficulty C. trouble D. matter29.A.asks B. invites C. calls for D. reacts to30.A.takes B. spends C. demands D. asks 31.A.former B. returned C. reversed D. regular32.A.Therefore B. UnfortunatelyC. In a word D. In comparison33.A.as B. when C. then D. than34.A.though B. so that C. while D. as35.A.efficiently B. good C. easily D. happily36.A.shorter B. better C. longer D. nicer37.A.So B. In short C. Similarly D. However38.A.new B. normal C. temporary D. favorite39.A.change B. return C. adaptation D. tendency40.A.wakefulness B. sleep C. preference D. habit2002People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arrive at the conclusion that it developed gradually as a system of grunts, hisses and cries and _26 a very simple affair in the beginning. _27 when we observe the language behavior of _28 we regard as primitive cultures, we find it _29 complicates. It was believes that an Eskimo must have at the tip of his tongue a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words _30 to get along reasonably well, much larger than the active vocabulary of an average businessman who speaks English. _31, These Eskimo words are far more highly inflected （詞尾變化的）than _32 of any Of the well-known European languages, for a _33 noun can be spoken or written in _34 hundred different forms, each _35 a precise meaning different from that of any other. The forms of the verbs are even more _36. The Eskimo language is, therefore, one of the most difficult in the world to learn, _37 the result that almost no traders or explorers have _38 tried to learn it. Consequently, there has grown up, in communication between Eskimos and whites, a jargon _39 to the pidgin English used in Old China, with a vocabulary of from 300 to 600 uninflected words. Most of them are derived from Eskimo but some are derived from English, Danish, Spanish, Hawaiian and other languages. It is this jargon that is usually _by travelers as the Eskimo language.26. A. must be B. must have been C. ought to be D. should be27. A. However B. Therefore C. probably D. undoubtedly28. A. whose B. that C. which D. what29. A. conspicuously B. usually C. surprisingly D. sufficiently30. A. so as B. so that C. as such D. as well as31. A. However B. Moreover C. Though D. Therefore32. A. the others B. all others C. these D. those33. A. single B. singular C. plural D. compound34. A. some B. several C. various D. varied35. A. getting B. causing C. having D. owning36. A endless B. multiple C. uncountable D. numerous37. A. with B. for C. owing to D. as38. A still B. indeed C. just D. even39. A. alike B. similar C. related D. relevant40. A. referred to B. talked about C. spoken D. told2001The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual ( 26 )and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it were, his professional equipment. ( 27 ) this, it is desirable that he should have an inquiring mind,wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work ( 28 )is own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others ( 29 )his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding ( 30 )with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to ( 31 )rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another,since this ability is frequently ( 32 )of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translators work,i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, ( 33 )that he should be able to speak thelanguage he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage ( 34 )a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can ( 35 )with. It is, ( 36 ),desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to ( 37 )how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same ( 38 ) to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not ( 39 ). There are many other skills and ( 40 )that are desirable in a translator.26. A. application B. use C. utility D. usage 27. A. More than B. Except forC. Because of D. In addition to 28. A. of B. byC. for D. on 29. A. should B. whenC. because D. if 30. A. familiariy B. acquaintanceC. knowledge D. skill 31. A. change B. transformC. turn D. switch 32. A. lacked B. requiredC. faced D. confronted 33. A. essential B. unnecessaryC. advantageous D. useless 34. A. over B. despiteC. rather than D. instead 35. A. deal B. concernC. work D. do away 36. A. however B. accordinglyC. consequently D. thus 37. A. knowing B. having knownC. know D. have known 38. A. refers B. comesC. applies D. amounts 39. A. matter B. mindC. harm D. work 40. A. characteristics B. qualitiesC. distinctions D. features The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. _1these wide modern roads are generally _2 and well maintained, with_3 sharp curves and straight sections, a direct route is not always the most _4 one. Large highways often pass _5 scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally _6 large urban centers, which means that they become crowded with _7traffic during rush hours, _ 8 the fast, direct route becomes a very slow route. However, there is almost always another route to take _9 you are not in a hurry. Not far from the _10 new superhighways, there are often older, _11heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. _12 of these are good two lane roads; others are uneven roads curving through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high _13, or down frightening hillside to towns _14 in deep valleys. Through these less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places _15 the air is clean and scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean view of the world.1. A. Although B. Since C. Because D. Therefore 2. A. stable B. splendid C. smooth D. complicated 3. A. little B. few C. much D. many 4. A. terrible B. possible C. enjoyable D. profitable 5. A. to B. into C. over D. by 6. A. lead B. connect C. collectD. communicate 7. A. large B. fast C. high D. heavy 8. A. when B. for C. but D. that 9. A. unless B. if C. as D. since 10. A. relatively B. regularly C. respectively D. reasonably 11. A. and B. less C. more D. or 12. A. All B. Several C. Lots D. Some 13. A. rocks B. cliffs C. roads D. paths 14. A. lying B. laying C. laid D. lied 15. A. there B. when C. which D. where 答案解析：1. A) 此空四個選項都是從屬連詞，但是它們的屬性是不同的，例如：although是表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的；since because therefore是表示原因關(guān)系的。通過閱讀此空所在句得知大概句義為：“盡管這些寬闊的現(xiàn)代化公路通常很平坦且維護(hù)良好，轉(zhuǎn)彎也很少，但是一直保持筆直的公路不總是令人賞心悅目”。根據(jù)語義線索和語法線索可知此空應(yīng)填表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的選項A。 2. C) 根據(jù)詞匯線索和詞義搭配可知，stable，splendid和complicated一般不能用來修飾roads。 3. B) 根據(jù)語義線索可推斷此空正確答案為選項B few。 4. C) 根據(jù)上下文可推測出如果高速公路總是保持筆直，對于駕駛者來說是非?？菰锏?，因此本空的正確答案為C enjoyable。 5. D) 介詞by能和動詞pass搭配，意為“經(jīng)過，掠過”。 6.