英語四級選詞填空練習(xí)題和答案

Americans

are

proud

of

their

variety

and

individualty,

yetthey

love

and

respect

few

things

more

than

a

uniform.

Whyare

uniforms

so

__1__

in

the

United

States?Among

the

arguments

for

uniforms,

one

of

the

first

is

thatin

the

eyes

of

most

people

they

look

more

__2__

thancivilian(百姓的)

clothes.

People

have

become

conditioned

to__3__

superior

quality

from

a

man

who

wears

a

uniform.

Thetelevision

repairman

who

wears

a

uniform

tends

to

__4__

moretrust

than

one

who

appears

in

civilian

clothes.

Faith

in

the__5__

of

a

garage

mechanic

is

increased

by

a

uniform.

What

aneasier

way

is

there

for

a

nurse,

a

policeman,

a

barber,

or

awaiter

to

__6__

professional

identity(

身份)

than

to

step

out

ofuniform?

Uniforms

also

have

many

__7__

benefits.

They

saveon

other

clothes.

They

save

on

laundry

bills.

They

are

oftenmore

comfortable

and

more

durable

than

civilian

clothes.Primary

among

the

arguments

against

uniforms

is

theirlack

of

variety

and

the

consequent

loss

of

__8__

experienced

bypeople

who

must

wear

them.

Though

there

are

many

types

ofuniforms,

the

wearer

of

any

particular

type

is

generally

stuckwith

it,

without

__9__,

until

retirement.

When

people

look

alike,they

tend

to

think,

speak,

and

act

__10__,

on

the

job

at

least.[A]skill[B]popular[C]get[D]change[E]similarly[F]professional[G]character[H]individuality[I]inspire[J]differently[K]expect[L]practical[M]recall[N]lose[O]ordinaryANSWERS:1.選

B)。從文章的第一句

they

love

and

respect

few

thinsmore

than

a

美國很受歡迎。因此選項 B)popular

符合原文意思。選項中的professional"職業(yè)的"、practical"實用的"和

ordinary"普通的，平常的"都不符合第一段的意思。more...than

civilian

clothes可知，此處要填的形容詞意思與civilian

相對，說明制服的特點。選項中的形容詞中只有

civilian

相對的，故

F)正確。而ordinary"平常的"意思都不能和civilian對應(yīng)，故排除。3.選

be

conditioned

to

do

sth."

習(xí)慣于"可知，此處應(yīng)填動詞原形。從前面的look

tend

向于"可知，這段要說明的是人們的主觀印象，應(yīng)填入表示

"期望(得

K)expect

get"得到"與上下文的語氣不符合。4.選

那兒得到優(yōu)質(zhì)服務(wù)。"可知，人們更信任穿制服的人，即制服能使人產(chǎn)生信任感。選項中的動詞原形中只有5.選

信任的意思，那么對于

garage

mechanic"汽車修理工"來說，人們信任的是它的技術(shù)，而不是人品，故選項中只有

A)skill

符合原文意思。6.選

out

of

護士、警察等來說是......職業(yè)身份的很簡單的方式。脫下制服就是失去了職業(yè)身份，由此可以推知此處應(yīng)填N)lose。7.選

制服除了增加信任感還有實際的優(yōu)點。選項中的pratical"實用的"和ordinary"平常的"，很明顯

L)pratical

符合原文意思。8.選

H)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。文章手段就說"美國人為自己的多元化和個性化感到高傲無比，然而他們又無比熱愛和崇尚制服"，其中包制服的缺點即為失去個性，故選項

H)individuality

正確。individuality

character

指的是個人特定的內(nèi)在本質(zhì)。9.選

D)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。前面說制服讓人失去了個性，雖然有化的，故此處應(yīng)填

change，故

D)正確。10.

選

E)

。此處應(yīng)填副詞，修飾動詞 act

。前面指出

...lookalike,they

tend

alike意思相近。選項種副詞有

similarly

和

與

alike

意思相近，故選

E)。What

is

it

about

Americans

and

food?

We

love

to

eat,

butwe

feel

1

about

it

afterward.

We

say

we

want

only

the

best,

butwe

strangely

enjoy

junk

food.

We’re

2

with

health

andweight

loss

but

face

an

unprecedented

epidemic

of

胖).

Perhaps

the

3

to

this

ambivalence(矛盾情結(jié))

lies

in

ourhistory.

The

first

Europeans

came

to

this

continent

searchingfor

new

spices

but

went

in

vain.

The

first

cash

crop(

經(jīng)濟作物)wasn’t

eaten

but

smoked.

Then

there

was

Prohibition,intended

to

prohibit

drinking

but

actually

encouraging

more

4ways

of

doing

it.The

immigrant

experience,

too,

has

been

one

ofinharmony.

Do

as

Romans

do

means

eating

what

"realAmericans"

eat,

but

our

nation’s

food

has

come

to

be

5by

imports

—pizza,

say,

or

hot

dogs.

And

some

of

thecountry’s

most

treasured

cooking

comes

from

peoplewho

arrived

here

in

shackles.Perhaps

it

should

come

as

no

surprise

then

that

food

hasbeen

a

medium

for

the

nation’s

defining

struggles,whether

at

the

Boston

Tea

Party

or

the

sit?ins

at

southernlunch

counters.

is

integral

to

our

concepts

of

health

andeven

morality

whether

one

refrains

from

alcohol

for

religiousreasons

or

evades

meat

for

political.But

strong

opinions

have

not

brought

7

Americans

areambivalent

about

what

they

put

in

their

mouths.

We

havebecome

8

of

our

foods,

especially

as

we

learn

more

aboutwhat

they

contain.The

9

in

food

is

still

prosperous

in

the

Americanconsciousness.

It’s

no

coincidence,

then,

that

the

firstThanksgiving holds the American imagination in suchbondage(束縛).

It’s

what

we

eat—and

how

we

10

itwith

friends,

family,

and

strangers

—that

help

define

Americaas

a

community

today.A.

answerB.

resultC.

shareD.

guiltyE.

constantF.

definedG.

vanishH.

adapted

creative

beliefK.

suspiciousL.

certaintyM.

obsessedN.

identifyO.

ideals【答案及詳解】1.

D

feel

是一個系動詞，可以判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個形容詞，通過上下文意思，以及后面介詞

about,

可以確定選項為

D

項

guilty,短語

feel

guilty

about

sth.

"

對……感到有愧"。全句的意思為"我們很愛吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負(fù)罪感"。2.M

be

obsessed

with

為固定搭配，原意為"被……附上/纏住/康和減肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延"。3.

A

本句缺一個名詞作主語，并且根據(jù)和介詞to

的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項

answer.4.

本句根據(jù)

more

和

ways

可以判斷出需要填入一個形容詞構(gòu)成比較級，根據(jù)上下文，表示"旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來酗酒"，可以確定

為正確選項。5.

F

be

和

by

but轉(zhuǎn)折，表示實際上"美國的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來品所詮釋了"，因此可以確定

F

為正確選項。6.B

政治結(jié)果，可根據(jù)宗教原因

religious

reasons

來推斷此處填政治結(jié)果。7.

L

由于橫線后面沒有賓語，可以確定不是形成bring