大学英语四级考试历年真题【选词填空】

Chapter 4 Vocabulary & Banked Cloze 1. Vocabulary

四级高频词记忆01

1.alter 2.burst 3.dispose 4.blast 5.consume 6.split

v.改变，改动，变更 vi.,n. 突然发生，爆裂 vi.处置；解决；处理 (of) n.爆炸；气流 vi. 炸，炸掉 v.消耗，耗尽

v.劈开；割裂；分裂a.裂开的

21.shift 22.vary 23.vanish 24.swallow 25.suspicion 26.suspicious

v.转移；转动；转变 v.变化，改变；使多样化 v.消灭，不见

v.吞下，咽下 n.燕子 n.怀疑，疑心 a.怀疑的，可疑的

7.spit v.吐（唾液等）；唾弃 8.spill v.溢出，溅出，倒出 9.slip v.滑动，滑落；忽略 10.slide v.滑动，滑落 n.滑动；幻灯片

11.bacteria n.细菌 12.breed n.种，品种v.繁殖，产仔 13.budget n.预算v.编预算，作安排 14.candidate n.候选人 15.campus n.校园 16.liberal a.慷慨的；丰富的；自由的 17.transform v.转变，变革；变换 18.transmit v.传播，播送；传递 19.transplant v.移植

20.transport vt.运输，运送 n.运输，运输工

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27.mild a.温暖的，暖和的；温柔的，味淡的 28.tender a.温柔的；脆弱的 29.nuisance n.损害，妨害，讨厌（的人或事物） 30.insignificant a.无意义的，无足轻重的；无价值的 31.accelerate vt.加速，促进 32.absolute a.绝对的，无条件的；完全的 33.boundary n.分界线，边界 34.brake n.刹车，制动器v.刹住（车） 35.catalog n.目录（册）v.编目 36.vague a.模糊的，不明确的 37.vain n.徒劳，白费 38.extinct a.绝灭的，熄灭的

39.extraordinary a.不平常的，特别的，非凡的 40.extreme a.极度的，极端的 n.极端，过分

2. Banked Cloze 教师讲解：

01. 2006年12月23日选词填空

The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done 47 by women----ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing 48 work——still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a 49 that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time “and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like.

Although there is still a big wage 50 between men and women, the income working women 51 gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now 52 about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers 53 women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are 54 customers. It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to 55 pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy

大学英语四级考试历年真题【选词填空】

cars — the Japanese society is still very much male—oriented. Perhaps it was the 56 contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答 A）scale B）retailed C）generate D）extreme E）technically F）affordable G）situation H）really I）potential J）gap K）voluntary L）excessive M）insulted N）purchase O）primarily 02. 2007年6月23日选词填空

Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients __47__ of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.

Times have changed. Today, we take pain __48__. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in __49__ a person’s well-being. We know that chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱) a person’s life, causing problems that __50__ from missed work to depression.

That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who __51__ in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social __52__ related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often __53__ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.

This modern __54__ for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a __55__ number of drugs available, and many of them caused __56__ side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答 A）result B） involve C）significant D）range E）relieved F） issues G）seriously H）magnificent I）determining J）limited K）gravely L） complained M）respect N）prompting O）specialize 课堂练习：

03. 2007年12月选词填空

As war spreads to many comers of the globe, Children sadly have been

drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education 47 .The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the 48 of peacemakers. The Children’s Movement for peacemakers was even nominated(提名) or the Nobel peace prize in 1998. Groups of children 49 is peacemakers studied human rights an poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known a The Schools of Peace.

The classroom 50 opportunities for children to replace angry, violent

大学英语四级考试历年真题【选词填空】

behaviors with 51 ,peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step 52 toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are 53 useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and 54 on staring a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children’s rights and how to help the 55 of war. Starting a Peacemakers’ Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class an one that could spread to other classrooms an ideally affect the culture of the 56 school. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A）acting B）assuming C）comprehensive D）cooperative E）entire F）especially G）forward H）images I）information J）offers K）projects L） respectively M）role N）technology O）victims 课外练习：

2008年6月选词填空

Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly _47_ to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was _48_ to a little college French.

I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, _49_ unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up _50_ and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable _51_ I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought can through my mind: you can learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment.

There were some bad _52_. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guiders or even _53_ bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.

The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition _54_. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.

I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a _55_. And I know I’ll go on doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can _56_ wonders.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 A) E) I) M) accomplish constantly manufacture regret B) F) J) N) advanced declare moments scary C) G) K) O) balloon interviews news totally D) claim H) limited L) reduced