辽宁省学士学位外语统考课程参考教材与考试指南 完形填空翻译

辽宁省学士学位外语统考课程参考教材与考试指南

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Each Indian tribe had a different language. Many Indians never

learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from

different tribes talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without

sound. One way was by sign language; the other way by signals. Sign

language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language

when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the

stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs

were made with the hands. One sign meant

To tell the time of day when something happened, an Indian pointed to

the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.

Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to

someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. He might

use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.

To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian rode his pony in

a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then

went away to hide. This meant that there was danger. The blanket signal

was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in

his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front

of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.

He could also send many signals with a mirror. He usually used the

mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he attempted to get the attention

of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of

course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining. At night,

Indians used fire arrows for signaling.

An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry

wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over

the fire for a minute. When he removed the blanket from the fire, there

was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in

code.

Now you can see that Indians didn't need to learn each other's

language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign

language.

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In his 1979 book, The Sinking Ark, biologist Norman Myers estimated

that 1 of more

than 100 human-caused extinctions occur each day, and that one

million species 2 lost by the

century's end. Yet there is little evidence of 3 that number of

extinctions. For example, only

seven species on the 4 .species list have become extinct 5 the list

was created in 1973.

Bio- 6 is an important value, according to many scientists.

Nevertheless, the supposed 7 extinction rates bandied about are achieved

by multiplying unknowns by 8 to get

imponderables.

Many estimates, for instance, rely a great deal on a

9 ”which predicts that

twice as many species will be found on 100 square miles 10 on ten

square miles. The problem

is that species are distributed 11 , so which parts of a forest are

destroyed may be as important as 12 .

13 ,says Ariel Lugo, director of the International Institute of

Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico,

extinction rates 14 the resiliency of nature

One of the main causes of extinctions is 15 . According to the

consultative Group on

International Agricultural Research, what destroys 16 trees is not

commercial logging, but

their families than slashing and burning a 18 of forest

In countries that practice modern 19 agriculture, forests are in no

danger. In 1920, U.S. forests covered 732 million acres. Today they

cover 737 million. Forests in Europe 20 from

361 million to 482 million acres between 1950 and 1990. 1. [A] a

figure [B] a total [C] an amount [D] an average 2. [A] would be [B]

would have [C] will be [D] will have 3. [A] anything like [B] anywhere

from [C] anywhere near [D] anything but 4. [A] jeopardized [B]

threatened [C] risked [D] endangered 5. [A] thought [B] when [C] since

[D] unless 6. [A] variety [B] diversity [C] polarization [D]

differentiation 7. [A] throng [B] quantity [C] cluster [D] mass 8. [A]

unsuitables[B] improbables [C] unpropers[D] inappropriates 9. [A]

equation [B] formula [C] coordination [D] correspondence 10. [A] when [B]

like [C] though [D] as

11. [A] orderly [B] widespreadly [C] randomly [D] densely 12. [A]

which place [B] how many [C] which time [D] how much 13. [A] What is

more [B] However [C] Nonetheless [D] Therefore 14.[A]undermine

[B]underestimate[C]understate [D] undercalculate 15. [A] deplantation

[B]reforestation[C]deforestation [D] replantation 16. [A] tropical [B]

territorial [C] atmospheric [D] environmental 17. [A] capacity [B]

occupation [C] opportunity [D] option 18. [A] stack [B] patch [C] field

[D] plot 19. [A] high-quality [B]high-speed [C]high- yield [D] high-level

20. [A] expanded [B] extended [C] enhanced [D] improved

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I work in a company in India(And it has 21 in Germany and the UK, so

I 22 take

business trips to these places. We have a(n) 23 at the office by

which anybody coming back to India from a foreign country gets

chocolates for all the 24 . Naturally the chocolates are finished 25

because everyone loves them and 26 to grab(

抓抢

) as many as possible.

I had noticed that the housekeeping staff(

勤杂人员

) 27 in our

company never got to 28 even a single chocolate.

Recently, I came back to 29 after a month-long trip from Munich and

I'd bought a lot of chocolates for the office staff. I called over 30 of

the housekeeping staff members called Babu. I gave him a box of

chocolates and told him to distribute it 31 among the housekeeping

staff. His face immediately broke into a wide smile and this made me

32 .

But

the story doesn’t 33 here. The best part of it a11 was that

Babu actually distributed the chocolates among everyone equally, __34

giving extra chocolates to a woman who has a 5-year-old son. It was so

35 for me to see this. I find it really 36 to understand how

we

，

who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies, do not

even feel like 37 and

just think how much we can grab. 38 , Babu, who earns only just

about enough to raise his family, was so 39 and did not even keep one

extra chocolate for himself.

It made me 40 one simple question: Which is better, having a little

less money but

being kind and generous or having lots of money but being selfish?

21(A(governments B(machines C(branches D(buildings

22(A(seldom B(frequently C(hardly D(never

23(A(order B(theory C(example D(tradition

24(A. employees B(children C(1eaders D(managers

25(A. at a time B(in time C(in no time D(on time

26(A. pretends B(fails C(hesitates D(tries

27(A(studying B(working C(playing D(helping

28(A(taste B(smell C(buy D(make

29(A(Germany B(England C(India D(China

30(A(those B(ones C(that D(one

31(A(unfairly B(equally C(extremely D(secretly

32(A(happy B(sad C(disappointed D(frightened

33(A(start B(continue C(end D(1ast

34(A(still B(yet C(instead D(even

tiring B(touching C(worrying D(interesting 35(A(

36(A(easy B(funny C(hard D(strange

37(A(sharing B(dividing C changing D(enjoying

38(A(What’s more B(In reality C(Worse still D(On the other

hand

39(A(diligent B(generous C(brave D(intelligent

40(A(make up B(figure out C(think of D(take off

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Eating less may bring longer life,A study by the National Institutes

of Health __1__

that reducing calories by 30 percent __2__ to slow the rate of aging

in monkeys

，

providing __3__ evidence that humans might live longer by

eating less.

The study has shown that a __4__ diet that includes a sharp

reduction in calories

__ a lower body temperature

，

a slower metabolism(

新陈代谢

) and

caused the animals to __5

__6__ changes in the biochemical markers for aging.

Roth

，

a __7__ at the research center of the National

Institute on Aging

said

，“This shows that what has been demonstrated in mice can also

__8__ in monkeys.”

“We have __9__ for 70 years that if you __10__ laboratory mice less

food

，

they age __11__

，

they live longer and they get diseases less

__12__

，”he said.“We find that monkeys __13__ in the same way and that

the same biological changes may be in __14__ here.”

said __15__ biochemical measurements also showed that eating

less was

__16__ for the monkeys.

The study is continuing and __17__ 200 said that the

diets of the

monkeys included all of the __18__ vitamins and other nutriments

__19__ that half of the monkeys received about 30 percent fewer calories

than a __20__ group.

1(s B(believes C(causes D(shows

答案

:D

2( B(appears C(demands D(agrees

答案

:B

3(e B(no C(new D(little

答案

:C

4(lanced B(wellprepared C(wellplanned D(wellcooked

答案

:A

5(e B(give C(have D(change

答案

:C

6( B(fewer C(faster D(deeper

答案

:B

7(ist B(doctor C(lawyer D(designer

答案

:A

8(t B(perform C(promote D(apply

答案

:D

9( B(known C(done D(made

答案

:B

10(late B(supply C(afford D(feed

答案

:D

11( B(naturally C(smoothly D(outstandingly

答案

:A

12(lly B(obviously C(frequently D(definitely

答案

:C

13( B(respond C(acknowledge D(urge

答案

:B

14( B(work C(peace D(battle

答案

:A

15( B(same C(other D(all

答案

:C

16(y B(happy C(lucky D(fortunate

答案

:A

17(tes B(concerns C(refers D(involves

答案

:D

18(ed B(asked C(helped D(required

答案

:D

19( B(therefore C(but D(as

答案

:C

20( B(control C(mix D(ready

答案

:B

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The space age officially began on October 4, 1957, ___1____ the

Soviet Union launched the modest 185 pound Sputnik ?, the first

_____2_____ satellite to orbit the earth. The following month, Russians

successfully launched the 1100-pound

Sputnik ?, ____3____ carried into space the globe, a female dog

____4_____ Laika, who suffocated (

窒息

) on the sixth day of the

____5____ because of a failure ____6____

the internal temperature of the craft. But the satellite itself

orbited the earth

for 162 days and ____7____ on reentering the earth’s atmosphere.

The United States, ____8____ second fiddle (

小提琴

) to its

superpower ____9____,

orbited its first satellite, Explorer ?, on January 31, 1958. It was

a lightweight,

18-pound craft, carrying not animals but ____10____ instruments to

study the ____11____ bands of energy in space ____12____ the Van Allen

radiation belts. Within ____13____ fifteen years man had gone to the

moon, searching beneath its ____14_____

and dusty soil for ____15____ of life (there were ____16____), and

begun probing more distant ____17____ of the solar system? ____18____

physicist, Werner Von Braun,

played a crucial role in this odyssey (

史诗

), especially in

____19____ the bold

scheme for the 1969 ____20____ of three Americans on the moon.

1. A) and B) when C) then D) before

2. A) space B) manned C) true D) artificial

3. A) which B) in which C) true D) it

4. A) named B) named for C) named as D) named after

5. A) course B) flight C) orbiting D) passage

6. A) on B) about C) in D) with

7. A) crashed B) hit C) damaged D) burned up

8. A) to play B) having played C) playing D) to have played

9. A) rival B) partner C) enemy D) friend

10.A) sensible B) sensitive C) accurate D) exact

11. A) intense B) sharp C) passionate D) violent

12. A) called as B) that is C) named as D) known as

13. A) following B) another C) the next D) the past

14. A) wet B) damp C) moist D) dry

15. A) indication B) sign C) symbol D) reference

16. A) no B) not C) neither D) none

17. A) universe B) sphere C) realms D) space

18. A) One B) Its C) This D) That

19. A) inverting B) planning C) devising D) plotting

20. A) carrying B) launching C) sending D) landing

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Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most

nerve- racking experience. It is a paradox that the snow, coming __1__

gently, blowing gleefully in a high wind, all the while __2__ down a

treacherous carpet, freezes the windows,__3__ the view. The might of

automated man is__4__ . The horses, the powerful electrical systems, the

deep- tread tires, all go __5__ nothing. One minute the road feels __6__,

and the next the driver is sliding over it, light as a__7__, in a panic,

wondering what the heavy trailer trucks coming up__8__the rear are going

to do. The trucks are like __9__ when you have to pass them, not at

sixty or seventy __10__ you do when the road is dry, but at twenty-five

and thirty. __11__ their engines sound unnaturally loud. Snow, slush

and__12__ of ice spray from beneath the wheels, obscure the windshield,

and rattle __13__your car. Beneath the wheels there is plenty of __14__

for you to slide and get mashed to a p. Inch __15__ inch you move up,

past the rear wheels, the center wheels, the cab, the front pul

wheels, all__16__too slowly by. Straight ahead you continue,__17__

to cut over sharply would send you into a slip,__18__in front of the

vehicle. At last, there is__19__enough, and you creep back over, in

front of the truck now, but__20__the sound of its engine still

thundering in your ears.

1. ,A, up ,B, off ,C, down ,D, on

2. ,A, lies ,B, lays ,C, settles ,D, sends

3. ,A, blocks ,B, strikes ,C, puffs ,D, cancels

4. ,A, muted ,B, discovered ,C, doubled ,D, undervalued

5. ,A, for ,B, with ,C, into ,D, from

6. ,A, comfortable ,B, weak ,C, risky ,D, firm

7. ,A, loaf ,B, feather ,C, leaf ,D, fog

8. ,A, beneath ,B, from ,C, under ,D, beyond

9. ,A, dwarfs ,B, giants ,C, patients ,D, princesses

10. ,A, what ,B, since ,C, as ,D, that

11. ,A, So ,B, But ,C, Or ,D, Then

12. ,A, flakes ,B, flocks ,C, chips ,D, cakes

13. ,A, onto ,B, against ,C, off ,D, along

14. ,A, snow ,B, earth ,C, room ,D, ice

15. ,A, by ,B, after ,C, for ,D, with

16. ,A, climbing ,B, crawling ,C, winding ,D, sliding

17. ,A, meanwhile ,B, unless ,C, whereas ,D, for

18. ,A, sheer ,B, mostly ,C, rarely ,D, right

19. ,A, might ,B, distance ,C, air ,D, power

20. ,A, with ,B, like ,C, inside ,D, upon

答案

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.C

11.D 12.C 13.C 14.C 15.A 16.D 17.D 18.D 19.B 20.A

总体分析

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本文描述了在冰雪覆盖的路面上开车的经历。文章首句为主题句，概括了这种

经历的特点是“令人非常紧张”。第二至四句分别介绍了下雪带来的隐患和机器变

得没有多大用处。从第五句到文章最后则描述了在这种不利条件下和大卡车一同行

驶 的紧张经历。

试题精解

1.,

精解

,

本题考查短语动词辨析。空格处填入的副词与动词

come

搭 配，其分

词形式作后置定语，修饰限定主语

the snow

。

come down

指“( 雨、雪等

)

落下，降

落”，如