大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí) 十五選十 歷年真題專練

1、.Section A 201106Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified

2、 by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younge

3、r adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly people -47- to sleep for fewer hours than they did when , this has a(n) -48- effect on their brain's performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research. Sean Drummond, a psychiatrist (心理醫(yī)生) at the University of

4、 California, San Diego, said that older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping -49- straight through the night.More sleep in old age, however, is -50- with better health, and most older people would feel better and more -51- if they slept for

5、longer periods, he said."The ability to sleep in one chunk (整塊時(shí)間) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to -52- well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego."It's -53- a myth that ol

6、der people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were -54- . Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from -55- to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That's -56- from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at

7、35 is probably the same amount we need at 75."A) alert B) associated C) attracting D) cling E) continuing F) definitely G) different H) efficiently I) formally J) function K) mixed L) negative M) sufficient N) tend O) younger【參考答案】47 N tend 48 L negative 49 H efficiently 50 B associated 51 A al

8、ert 52 J function 53 F definitely 54 O younger 55 E continuing 56 G different 201006When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes,

9、and it would be _47_ wasteful to tear them all down and _48_ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the _49_ carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the r

10、esources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest _50_, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and _51_ our homes, offices and other buildings. "You can't deal with climate cha

11、nge without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some _52_, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny crac

12、ks and gaps that _53_ over time and let in more outside air.Fortunately, there are a _54_ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from _55_ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升級(jí)) can save more than just the earth; they can help

13、_56_ property owners from rising power costs.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。A) accommodationsB) clumsy C) doubtful D) exceptions E) expandF) historic G) incrediblyH) poweringI) protectJ) reducedK) replaceL) senseM) shifted N) supplyingO) vast 0912 Part Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)In fami

14、lies with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a childs language development than mothers, a new study suggests.Researchers _47_ 92 families form 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arra

15、ngements. Overall, it was a group of well-class families, with married parents both living in the home.When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play sessions with both parents, _48 all of their speech. The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied

16、 Developmental Psychology.The scientists measured the _49_ number of utterance (話語(yǔ)) of the parents, the number of different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and other _50_ of their speech. On average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not differ in the length of utt

17、erances or proportion of questions asked.Finally, the researchers _51_ the childrens speech at age 3, using a standardized language test. The only predictors of high scores on the test were the mothers level of education, the _52_ of child care and the number of different words the father used. The

18、researchers are _53_ why the fathers speech, and not the mothers, had an effect.“Its well _54_ that the mothers language does have an impact,” said Nadya Pancsofar, the lead author of the study. It could be that the high-functioning mothers in the study had _55_ had a strong influence on their child

19、rens speech development, Ms. Pancsofar said, “or it may be that mothers are _ 56_ in a way we didnt measure in the study.”注意：此部分試題在答題卡1上。A) already B) analyzed C) aspects D) characters E) contributing F) describing G) established H) quality I) quoted J) recording K) recruited L) total M) unconscious

20、 N) unsure O) yet200906Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments _47_ it. They find the writing process _48_ and difficult.How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it - _49_ English,

21、 with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an _50_ mansion(豪宅) and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they cant write, I knots, as a teacher my _51_ is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the op

22、portunity inherent in any writing activity to _52_ the moral and emotional development of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done _53_, just like exercise; just as muscles gr

23、ow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and _54_ after only a few weeks of journal writing.Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students pra

24、ctice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and _55_ lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step _56_ to f

25、luency, eloquence （雄辯），and command of language.A） closer B） daily C） emotional D） enhance E） enormous F） especially G） hinder H） mission I） painful J） performance K） profession L） remarkably M） require N） sensitive O） urge200812A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and bre

26、adth of life. They meet the natural_47_for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn_48_ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to _49 _ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was