专业英语四级完形填空-试卷240_真题-无答案

专业英语四级（完形填空）-试卷240

(总分100,考试时间90分钟)

4. CLOZE

PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would **plete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.

A. sufficient B. margins C. nearly D. barely E. advances F. exist G. slaughtered H. while I. problems J. large K. doubtful L. denying M. anticipating N. because O. impossible What does the hamburger say about our modern food economy? A lot, actually. Over the past several years Waldo Jaquith intended to make a hamburger from scratch, to no avail. \"Further reflection revealed that it's quite impractical—【C1】______ impossible—to make a hamburger from scratch,\" he writes. \"Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in spring and fall. Large mammals are【C2】______ in early winter. The process of making such a burger would take nearly a year and would inherently involve omitting some core hamburger ingredients.\" That the hamburger—our delicious **forting everyman food—didn't【C3】______ 100 years ago is a greasy, shiny example of all that is both right and wrong with our modern food economy. Thanks to fertilizers, genetically modified crops, concentrated farming operations and global overnight shipping, much of the world was lifted out of starvation【C4】______ it could finally grow【C5】______ quantities of food with decreasing labor input. But these same【C6】______ that allow food to be grown out of season and in all corners of the globe contribute to a whole host of environmental【C7】______. The \"industrialization of food,\" as author Paul Roberts puts it, is an endless cycle driven by very small price【C8】______ that force food processors to adopt more advanced techniques to produce even more food at lower prices. This system will only be aggravated as food demand increases. Recently David Tilman and Jason Hill of the University of Minnesota released a study【C9】______ that global food demand could double by 2050. It's【C10】______that our current, impractical food economy can sustain that demand. 1. 【C1】 2. 【C2】 3. 【C3】 4. 【C4】 5. 【C5】 6. 【C6】 7. 【C7】 8. 【C8】 9. 【C9】 10. 【C10】

A. root B. control C. subjects D. however E. reality F. sharp G. intense H. measure I. express J.

impulsive K. pessimistic L. by far M. lie N. for all O. tiny Some people are friendly drunks, whereas others are hostile, potentially posing a danger to themselves and others. The difference may【C1】______ in their ability to foresee the consequences of their actions, according to a recent study. Brad Bushman, a psychologist at Ohio State University, and his colleagues asked nearly 500 volunteers to play a simple game. The【C2】______, an even mix of women and men, believed they **peting against an opponent to press a button as quickly as possible. In【C3】______, they were simply using a computer program that randomly decided whether they had won or lost. When they lost, they received a shock. When the \"opponent\" lost, the participant gave the shock and chose how long and【C4】______ it should be. Before playing, the **pleted a survey designed to【C5】______ their general concern for the future consequences of their actions. Half the participants then received enough alcohol mixed with orange juice to make them legally drunk, and the other half received a drink with a very 【C6】______ amount of alcohol in it. Subjects who expressed little interest in consequences were more likely to administer longer, stronger shocks. In the sober group, they were slightly more aggressive than people who cared about consequences. When drunk,【C7】______, their aggressiveness was off the charts. \"They are【C8】______ the most aggressive people in the study,\" Bushman says. The good news is this trait can be changed. Michael McKloskey, a psychologist at Temple University, explains that if【C9】______ people can learn to see the situation more realistically, they're able to stay calmer and develop a sense of【C10】______ over their consequences. 11. 【C1】 12. 【C2】 13. 【C3】 14. 【C4】 15. 【C5】 16. 【C6】 17. 【C7】 18. 【C8】 19. 【C9】 20. 【C10】

A. annoying B. counterparts C. because D. moving E. inherited F. narrowed G. debated H. potential I. sound J. falling K. therefore L. closed M. possible N. destiny O. although Women have long been more in number than men on college campuses. They also hold more advanced degrees than their male【C1】______. So it makes sense that women would also score higher on IQ tests. But for the last 100 years, they've lagged behind men by as much as five points—【C2】______ their scores have been rising. Finally, according to IQ expert James Flynn, women have【C3】______ the IQ gap and are in fact scoring higher than men, reports the Telegraph. IQ, the most widely used measure of intelligence and is determined based on the difference between one's IQ score and the average IQ score of a certain age group. It's thought to be a product of both environmental and【C4】______ factors, and is a statistically reliable indication of future educational achievement, job performance and income. But the reasons for differences in IQ— for example, between races or genders—have long been widely【C5】______. There are many【C6】______ reasons that women finally surpassed men in IQ after a century of 【C7】______ behind, according to Flynn, who is writing a book about IQ and gender. One theory is that women have always been capable of scoring higher but, because of

gender stereotypes, never realized their own【C8】______. Gender-based differences in education, breeding and social roles have historically set the standard lower for women. \"This improvement is more noticeable for women than for men【C9】______ they were socially and economically deprived in the past,\" Flynn told the Telegraph. Now if only women could close in on that【C10】______ wage gap. 21. 【C1】 22. 【C2】 23. 【C3】 24. 【C4】 25. 【C5】 26. 【C6】 27. 【C7】 28. 【C8】 29. 【C9】 30. 【C10】

A. across B. short C. actual D. tentatively E. altered F. quick G. correctly H. precise I. potential J. small K. substantial L. honest M. detect N. transformed O. poor \"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog,\" read the title of a famous Peter Steiner cartoon, and nowhere is it truer than Internet dating. The experience is by now familiar: the【C1】______ mate who seemed just your type in a profile turns out to be a disappointment in person. There may be ways, however, to spot a lying person before you find yourself【C2】______ from him or her at a table lit by candles. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-**pared the【C3】______ heights, weights, and ages of 78 Internet dating participants to their profiles on four dating websites. They noticed several patterns from people who were less than【C4】______. For example, they were less likely to refer to themselves as \"I\"; used indirect expressions, like \"not boring\" instead of \"exciting\" to describe themselves; and stuck to 【C5】______ descriptions. \"People do this because they want to distance themselves from their misleading statements,\" explained Catalina Toma, an author of the study, in a statement. Using these indications, the researchers【C6】______ identified liars about 65 percent of the time. People lied most frequently about their weight, with women slimming down, on average, by 8.5 pounds, and men by 1.5 pounds. At least half the subjects【C7】______ their height, and nearly 20 percent changed their age. Despite the frequency of lies, volunteers proved【C8】______ at catching them. Fortunately, Toma and the team's research opens up the possibility of a software that could【C9】______ lies for you, though Internet dating participants should be careful what they wish for—nearly everyone in the study lied in some【C10】______way. 31. 【C1】 32. 【C2】 33. 【C3】 34. 【C4】 35. 【C5】 36. 【C6】 37. 【C7】 38. 【C8】 39. 【C9】

40. 【C10】