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大学英语四级考试专项练习——选词填空
Passage 1
A)field
B)possess
C)considered
D)express
E)offer
F)create
G)required
H)of
I)emerge
J)make
K)lack
L)however
M)scope
N)cause
O)that
In recent years, more and more
foreigners are involved in the teaching programs
of the United States. Both the
advantages and the disadvantages
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using foreign
faculty in teaching positions have to
be 48
, of course. It can
be said that the foreign
background
that makes the faculty member from abroad an asset
also
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problems of adjustment,
both for the university and for the individual.
The foreign
research scholar usually
isolates himself in the laboratory as a means of
protection; 50,
what he needs is to be
fitted to a highly organized university system
quite different
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at home. He is faced in his daily work
with differences in philosophy,
arrangements of courses and methods of
teaching. Both the visiting professor and his
students
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a
common ground in each other’s cultures, some
concept of what is
already in the minds
of American students is
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for
the foreign professor. While
helping
him to adapt himself to his new environment, the
university must also
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certain adjustments in
order to take full advantage of what the newcomer
can
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.
It isn’t
always
known how to make creative use of foreign faculty,
especially at
smaller colleges. This is
thought to be a
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where further
study is called for. The
findings of
such a study will be of value to colleges and
universities with foreign
faculty.
Passage 2
[A] allow
[B] instance
[C]
blank
[D] industrial
[E] frustrating
[F] items
[G] indicating
[H]
highlight
[I] user
[J] complicated
[K] white
[L] annoying
[M]
successful
[N]
articles
[O] simple
It seems you always
forget
—
your reading glasses
when you are rushing to work,
your coat
when you are going to the cleaners, your credit
card when you are
shopping...
Such absent-mindedness may be
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to you; now British and German
scientists are developing memory
glasses that record everything the 48
sees.
The glasses can
play back memories later to help the wearer
remember things they
have forgotten
such as where they left their keys. And the
glasses also
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the
user to
around an office or a factory
identifying certain
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by pointing at
them. Objects
indicated are then given
a
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label on a screen inside
the glasses that the user
then fills
in.
It could be used in
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plants by mechanics looking to identify
machine parts
or by electricians wiring
a 53
device.
A spokesman for the project said:
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could find at a
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glance where a part on a certain car
model is so that it can be identified and
repaired.
For the motorist the system
could
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accident black spots or
dangers on the
road.
In
other cases the glasses could be worn by people
going on a guided tour,
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points of
interest or by people looking at panoramas where
all the sites could be
identified.
Passage 3
[A]
Recently
[B] consumers
[C] chemicals
[D] environment
[E] combine
[F]
transparent
[G]
buy
[H]
companion
[I]
experts
[J] forms
[K] bury
[L] paper
[M] paper
[N] plastic
[O]
Usually
A
sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a
mobile phone. But can you
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the two to do something for your local
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?
It may well be
possible. When you have finished with your mobile
phone you
will be able to 49 it in the
garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.
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, a biodegradable
(
生物可降解的
)mobile phone was
introduced by
scientists. It is hoped
that the new type of phone will encourage
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to recycle.
Scientists have come up with a new
material over the last five years. It looks like
any other 52
and can be hard or soft.
and able to change shape. Overtime it can
also break down into the soil without
giving out any toxic
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. British
researchers
used the new material to
develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower
seed. When
this new type of cover turns
into waste, it
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nitrates(
硝酸盐
). These feed
the seed
and help the flower grow.
Engineers have designed a small
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window to hold the seed.
They have
made sure it only grows when
the phone is thrown away.
plant
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flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put
roses
in next time,
Passage 4
[A] represented
[B] engage
[C] refreshing
[D] surround
[E] curved
[F] dominant
[G]lower
[H]
balanced
[I] activity
[J] zones
[K] foolish
[L] line
[M]
acquires
[N] associated
[O]
rash
Blue is the world's
favorite color. It is also the color most often
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with
intellect and
authority.
Most uniforms are blue. In
Greek and Roman mythology, blue is the color of
sky
gods. In the Old Testament, God is
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by deep blue.
Blue and turquoise
(
青绿
色
)are
represented by the Islamic religion. It is the
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color in the mosques of the
world.
Blue symbolizes
truth, peace and cooperation. It is the color of
the flag of the
United Nations and of
Europe. As the coolest color of the spectrum, it
is the hue most
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likely to have a receding effect. As in
the skies and water that
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us, blue is
seen as a
peaceful and
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color. Blue light has seen
to
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blood pressure by
calming the nervous system hence
relaxing the body and mind. Blue creates large
airy
spaces. It makes rooms bigger.
The wrong shade of blue can be
uncomfortable. It can also be cold and sterile(
枯
燥的
)unless 53
with warmer colors.
Light and soft blue makes
us feel quiet and protected from the
bustle(
喧闹
)and
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of the day.
Blue bedrooms are restful. Blue bath rooms are
appropriately watery.
Blue
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depth with greens and reds. Dark blue
represents the night making us
calm.
Its apparently calming effect makes it the perfect
tone for the quieter
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of
your living space.
Passage 5
[A] positive
[B]
additional
[C] duration
[D] effective
[E]
shed
[F] physical
[G] food
[H] functions
[I] participated
[J] rely
[K] cut
[L] repeatedly
[M] uses
[N] little
[O] obvious
Perhaps like most Americans you have
some extra pounds to
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. You may
even have tried a fad diet or two, but
found yourself right back where you started. The
key to weight loss is regular
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activity. And surprisingly, you don't
have to give
up eating or make the gym
your second home to see long-term,
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effects.
You
body needs a certain amount of energy to maintain
basic
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such as
breathing, blood circulation and
digestion. The energy required to keep your organs
functioning is referred to as the
resting or basal metabolic rate.
Any
time you are active,
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energy is required. It is obtained from
glycogen and fat stored in the blood,
liver, and muscles. The key to losing weight is to
draw on the fat rather than on the
carbohydrate reserves.
Which of the
two energy sources you use depends on the
intensity and
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of your activity. The higher the
intensity, the more your body will pull from the
stored
carbohydrates. The lower the
intensity, the more your body will
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on fat as its
fuel.
Aerobic exercise is most
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for weight loss. When you perform
aerobic
activities you 55 contract
large muscle groups such as your legs and arms.
Walking,
running, rollerblading,
swimming, dancing, and jumping jacks are all forms
of aerobic
activity.
Surprisingly, if your aerobic activity
is low to moderately intense and of long
duration, you will burn more fat than
if you had
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in a short burst of
high-intensity exercise. In short, a
brisk 30-minute walk will burn fat while a
100-yard sprint will burn glycogen.
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