adapted2014年12月大学英语六级考试备考资料《阅读理解-词汇理解(选词填空)》专题练习及答案

2021年1月9日发(作者：仰孝升)
2014年12月大学英语六级考试备考资料
《阅读理解- 词汇理解（选词填空）》专题练习及答案

一、选词填空
(共5题，合计100分)

英语六级阅读理解之选词填空

Section A
Directions: In this section, there is apassage with ten blanks. You are required
to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank follow
ing the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Ea
ch choice in the bankis identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter f
or each itemon Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not
use any ofthe words in the bank more than once.

What is itabout Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1__________
about itafterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk foo
’re 2__________ with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epide
micof obesity(肥胖). Perhapsthe 3__________ to this ambivalence(矛盾情结) lies in o
ur history. The first Europeans came to this continentsearching for new spices but
went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Thenthere wa
s Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouragingmore 4_________
_ ways of doing it.
Theimmigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do
meanseating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5___
_______ byimports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasu
redcooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.
Perhaps itshould come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for th
hernlunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even moralitywhethe
r one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat forpolitical 6______
____
But strongopinions have not brought 7__________ . Americans are ambivalent a
bout what theyput in their mouths. We have become 8__________ of our foods, es
pecially as welearn more about what they contain.
The 9__________ infood is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s
no coincidence,then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in s
uchbondage(束缚). It’s whatwe eat—and how we 10__________ it with friends, fami
ly, and strangers—that helpdefine America as a community today.
1What is itabout Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1__________ ab
out itafterward.






























A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]D

2We’re 2__________ with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epide
micof obesity(肥胖)






























A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]M
3Perhapsthe 3__________ to this ambivalence(矛盾情结) lies in our history.










A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant




















F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]A
4Thenthere was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouragingmo
re 4__________ ways of doing it.






























A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]I
5Do as Romans do meanseating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food h
as come to be 5__________ byimports—pizza, say, or hot dogs.





















A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief











K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]F
6It is integral to our concepts of health and even moralitywhether one refrains from
alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat forpolitical 6__________































A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]B
7But strongopinions have not brought 7__________ .






























A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]L
8We have become 8__________ of our foods, especially as welearn more about wh
at they contain.































A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]K
9The 9__________ infood is still prosperous in the American consciousness.






























A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]J
10It’s whatwe eat—and how we 10__________ it with friends, family, and strangers
—that helpdefine America as a community today.
A. answer




























B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
[正确答案]C


英语六级阅读理解之二选词填空

After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scienti
sts hadgood news to report: The damage and death toll(死亡人数) could have been
much worse. More than 60 people died in thisearthquake. By comparison, and eart
hquake of similar __1__ that shook Americain 1998 claimed 25,000 victims.
Injuries anddeaths were __2__ less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred
at 4:31 a holiday, when traffic was light on the city’s highway. In addition,
__3__made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have
strengthened the city’s buildings and highways, making them more __4__ toquakes.
In the past,making structures quake-resist-ant meant firm yet __5__ materials,
such assteel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift abuild
ing off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the buildingand its foun
dation to __6__ the impact of ground vibrations. The most __7__designs give buildi
ngs brains as well as concrete and steel supports, calledsmart buildings, the structur
es respond like living organisms to anearthquake’s vibrations. When ground shakes
and the building tips forward, thecomputer would __8__ the building to shift in the
opposite direction. The newdesigns should offer even greater __9__ to cities where
earthquakes ofen takeplace.
The new smart structures could be very __10__ to build. However, they would
save manylives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.
11More than 60 people died in thisearthquake. By comparison, and earthquake of si
milar __1__ that shook Americain 1998 claimed 25,000 victims.
[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
























[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]M
12Injuries anddeaths were __2__ less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred a
t 4:31 a holiday, when traffic was light on the city’s highway.






























[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]G
13In addition, __3__made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last
20 years havestrengthened the city’s buildings and highways,


















[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant












[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]A
14making them more __4__ toquakes.






























[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]I
15In the past,making structures quake-resist-ant meant firm yet __5__ materials, su
ch assteel and wood, that bend without breaking.






























[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]B
16
Later, people tried to lift abuilding off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel be
tween the buildingand its foundation to __6__ the impact of ground vibrations.
[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]F
17
The most __7__designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports,
calledsmart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to anearthquake’s
vibrations.
[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]D
18
When ground shakes and the building tips forward, thecomputer would __8__ the b
uilding to shift in the opposite direction.
[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]K
19The newdesigns should offer even greater __9__ to cities where earthquakes ofen
takeplace.






























[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]N
The new smart structures could be very __10__ to build. However, they would
save manylives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.
[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent






















[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
[正确答案]J
[您的答案]


英语六级阅读理解之选词填空
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. Th
e way you go about purchasing an article or a service can actually 1__________ y
ou money or can add to the cost. Take the 2__________ example of a hairdryer.
If you are buying a hairdryer, you might think that you are making the 3_______
___ buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest 4_
_________ price. But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as lo
ng as a more expensive 5__________ to dry your cost of the electricity
plus the cost of your time could well make your hairdryer the most expensive one
of all.
So what principles should you 6__________ when you go out shopping? If yo
u keep your home, your car or any valuable 7__________ in excellent condition, y
ou'll be saving money in the long run. Before you buy a new 8__________ , talk
to someone who owns one .If you can, use it or borrow it to check it suits your p
articular purpose. Before you buy an expensive 9 __________, or a service, do che
ck the price and what is on offer. If possible, choose 10__________ three items or
three estimates.

21
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. The
way you go about purchasing an article or a service can actually 1__________ yo
u money or can add to the cost.
［A］possession
［B］save
［C］best
［D］appliance
［E］material





















［F］from
［G］simple
［H］with
［I］in
［J］element
［K］model
［L］item
［M］easy
［N］adopt
［O］reasonable
[正确答案]B
22Take the 2__________ example of a hairdryer.






























［A］possession
［B］save
［C］best
［D］appliance
［E］material
［F］from
［G］simple
［H］with
［I］in
［J］element
［K］model
［L］item
［M］easy
［N］adopt
［O］reasonable
[正确答案]G
23
If you are buying a hairdryer, you might think that you are making the 3________
__ buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest 4__
________ price.
［A］possession
［B］save
［C］best
［D］appliance
［E］material
［F］from
［G］simple
［H］with