到这期，已经给大家分析了五次四级考试的单选题，差不多有150多道题，涉及词汇有600多个，对于题目涉及的一些语法现象，也部分的进行了讲解。本期给大家发一个我分析的完型填空，顺便对以往节目进行一下总结。
完型填空练习:
Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely __1__ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, __2__ it is much more than that. Many animals can __3__. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers __4__ other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, __5__ things like unicorn (独角兽) that have never existed. The key __6__ in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be __7__ together in different ways, according to __8__, to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing __9__ humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, __10__ about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex __11__ that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most __12__ of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to __13__. The speaker has to translate thoughts into __14_ language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the __15__ of speech is extremely fast, only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to __16__ out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to __17__ the words spoken, understand the pattern of __18__ of the words (sentences), ppand finally __19__ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But __20__ started, it is of course a continuous process.
1.A) apart B) off C) up D) down
2.A) so B) but C) or D) for
3.A) transfer B) transmit C) convey D) communicate
4.A) to B) from C) over D) on
5.A) only B) almost C) even D) just
6.A) stays B) situates C) hides D) lies
7.A) stuck B) strung C) rung D) consisted
8.A) rules B) scales C) laws D) standards
9.A) combines B) contains C) defines D) declares
10.A) what B) whether C) while D) if
11.A) prospect B) progress C) process D) produce
12.A) aspects B) abstracts C) angles D) assumptions
13.A) anybody B) another C) other D) everybody
14.A) body B) gesture C) written D) spoken
15.A) growing B) fixing C) beginning D) building
16.A) put B) take C) draw D) figure
17.A) identify B) locate C) reveal D) discover
18.A) performanceB) organizationC) design D) layout
19.A) prescribe B) justify C) utter D) interpret
20.A) since B) after C) once D) until
作业:
1.Specialists in intercultural studies say that it is not easy to ________ (适应不同文化中的生活).
2.Since my childhood I have found that ________ (没有什么比读书对我更有吸引力).
3.The victim ________ (本来会有机会活下来) if he had been taken to hospital in time.
4.Some psychologists claim that people ________ (出门在外时可能会感到孤独).
5.The nation’s population continues to rise ________ (以每年1200万人的速度).
答案:
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.B
11.C 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.D 17.A 18.B 19.D 20.C
答案解析:
1.词汇搭配题.本题所填入的词语需要满足两个条件,首先可以和from搭配,另外还要符合上下文的意思.注意apart from具有双重含义:1)除...以外(尚有);2)除...之外(别无).
2.逻辑关系题.前半句意思为语言是一种沟通方式,后半句意思为他远不止那些.有前后两句话的意思,可知应该选择表示转折关系的but.
3. 语境题.Many animals can __3__. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers __4__ other members of the hive.该题中后一句为前一句分述.后一句的意思为蜜蜂的舞蹈是告诉蜂群其它成员花朵的方位.由此可以总结出空格3应该填communicate.
4.词汇搭配题.本题考查固定搭配communicate sth.to sb.
5.逻辑关系题.前半句的意思为但是人类的语言允许沟通任何事,后半句的意思为像独角兽从来不存在这样的事情.由此可以确定含有让步关系的关系副词even,其意思为即即使,甚至.
6. 词汇搭配题.本题所填入的词语需要满足两个条件,首先可以和in搭配,另外还要符合上下文的意思.考察题目四个选项,只有stay和lie可以和介词in 搭配.stay in的意思为在家,不外出,lie in的意思为:1)(问题,事情等)在于,存在于;2)(问题,事情等)由...决定.由此可以确定正确答案为D.
7.词汇搭配题.本题所填入的词语需要满足两个条件,首先可以和together搭配,另外还要符合上下文的意思.考察四个选项,只有stick和string可以和 together搭配.其中stick together的意思为粘在一起,互相忠诚,string together的意思为(把事实)连贯起来 .由此确定正确答案为B.
8.语境题.此处的结构according to __8__是一个插入语结构,这句话的意思为"单词的意思和该部分的语境以不同的结合方式,根据____,来表达不同的意思.考察四个选项的意思,含有规则意思的rules是正确答案.
9.固定搭配题.本题考查固定搭配define...as...意思为将...定义为...
10. 语境题.前一句的意思为几乎没有人把人类定义为我们表达抽象思维的能力,后面的__10__ about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink.这一部分是对前一句中的那种抽象思维的补充说明.考察四个选项,应该选择含有不管是意思的whether,这句话的意思为不管是关于宇宙的, 还是关于精神,爱情,梦想,或者要一个饮料.
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