2024年5月9日发(作者：房问筠)

2012专四完形练习【附答案】-1~9

An education that aims at getting a student a certain kind of job is a/an __3__ education,justi

fied for reasons radically different from why education is __4__ required by law. It is not simplyto _

_5__ everyone‟s job prospects that all children are legally __6__ to attend school into

ther, we have a certain __7__ of the American citizen,a character who is __8__ if hecannot compet

ently assess __9__ his livelihood and happiness are affected by things __10__ ofhimself.

But this was not always the case; before it was legally required for all children to attend scho

oluntil a certain __11__, it was widely accepted that some were just not equipped __12__ nature t

opursue this kind of optimism characteristic of all industrialized countries, we came

toaccept that everyone is __13__ to be educated. Computer-education advocates __14__ thisoptim

istic notion for a pessimism that __15__ their otherwise cheery outlook.__16__ on theconfusion be

tween educational and vocational reasons for bringing computers into schools,computer-education

advocates often __17__ the job prospects of graduates over theireducational __18__.

There are some good arguments for a technical education given the right kind of

y European schools __19__ the concept of professional training early on in order to make surechild

ren are __20__ equipped for the professions they want to join.

1.[A]distinction [B]topic [C]separation [D]education

2.[A]campaign [B]practice [C]action [D]goal

3.[A]informal [B]basic [C]technical [D]expensive

4.[A]differently [B]universally [C]conversely [D]regularly

5.[A]form [B]consist [C]arise [D]raise

6.[A]ordered [B]inquired [C]required [D]acquired

7.[A]conception [B]information [C]theme [D]imagination

8.[A]complete [B]accomplished [C]incomplete [D]improper

9.[A]why [B]what [C]where [D]how

10.[A]inside [B]outside [C]beside [D]aside

11.[A]year [B]age [C]day [D]extent

12.[A]in [B]at [C]by [D]with

13.[A]fit [B]responsible [C]suitable [D]able

14.[A]consider [B]forget [C]forsake [D]foretell

15.[A]believes [B]becomes [C]bears [D]betrays

16.[A]Encountering [B]Banking [C]Devising [D]Seeking

17.[A]emphasize [B]encourage [C]engage [D]enlarge

18.[A]academy [B]position [C]degree [D]achievement

19.[A]interact [B]introduce [C]announce [D]invent

20.[A]traditionally [B]drastically [C]properly [D]hardly

1~5：AACBD 6~10：CACDB 11~15：BCACD 16~20：AADBC

It is well known that teenage boys tend to do better 1）

______ math than girls， that malehigh school students are more likely than their female counterp

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arts 2）______ advanced mathcourses like calculus，that virtually all the great mathematicians 3）

______ men. Are women bornwith 4）______ mathematical ability？

Or does society's sexism slow their progress？ In 1980，

two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried 5）

______ the eternal nature/nurture Stanley and Camilla Benbow 6）______ 10，

000 talented seventh and eighth gradersbetween 1972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic Aptitude Tes

t， in which math questions are meantto measure ability rather than knowledge， they discovered 7）

______ sex differences. 8）______ the verbal abilities of the males and females 9）

______ differed， twice as many boys asgirls scored over 500

（on a scale of 200 to 800） on mathematical ability； at the 700 level， theratio was 14 to 1. The

conclusion： males have 10）______ superior mathematical reasoningability.

Benbow and Stanley's findings， 11）

______ were published in “Science”， disturbed somemen and 12）

______ women. Now there is comfort for those people in a new study from theUniversity of Chicag

o that suggests math 13）

______ not， after all， a natural male . Zalman Usiskin studied 1，

366 tenth graders. They were selected from geometry classes andtested on their ability to solve ge

ometry proofs， a subject requiring 14）

______ abstractreasoning and spatial ability. The conclusion 15）

______ by Usiskin： there are no sex differencesin math ability.

1.A. at B. to C. of D. about

2.A. in tackling B. tackling C. to tackle D. about tackling

3.A. might be B. have been C. must be D. had been

4.A. smaller B. less C. fewer D. not more

5.A. to settle B. to set C. settling D. setting

6.A. were tested B. have tested C. were testing D. had tested

7.A. distinct B. instinct C. remote D. vague

8.A. Since B. However C. As D. While

9.A. scarcely not B. virtually C. largely D. hardly

10.A. superficially B. universally C. inherentle D. initially

11.A. as B. that C. which D. all

12.A. few B. not a few C. not few D. quite few

13.A. be B. were C. was D. is

14.A. none of B. neither of C. either D. both

15.A. got B. gained C. reached D. accomplished

1-5 ACBBA 6-10 DADDC 11-15 CBDDC

Painting,the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment,has beencontinuous

ly practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities （1）

_____ ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic （such as music ordance）,pai

nting was one of the earliest ways in which man （2）

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2024年5月9日发(作者：房问筠)

2012专四完形练习【附答案】-1~9

An education that aims at getting a student a certain kind of job is a/an __3__ education,justi

fied for reasons radically different from why education is __4__ required by law. It is not simplyto _

_5__ everyone‟s job prospects that all children are legally __6__ to attend school into

ther, we have a certain __7__ of the American citizen,a character who is __8__ if hecannot compet

ently assess __9__ his livelihood and happiness are affected by things __10__ ofhimself.

But this was not always the case; before it was legally required for all children to attend scho

oluntil a certain __11__, it was widely accepted that some were just not equipped __12__ nature t

opursue this kind of optimism characteristic of all industrialized countries, we came

toaccept that everyone is __13__ to be educated. Computer-education advocates __14__ thisoptim

istic notion for a pessimism that __15__ their otherwise cheery outlook.__16__ on theconfusion be

tween educational and vocational reasons for bringing computers into schools,computer-education

advocates often __17__ the job prospects of graduates over theireducational __18__.

There are some good arguments for a technical education given the right kind of

y European schools __19__ the concept of professional training early on in order to make surechild

ren are __20__ equipped for the professions they want to join.

1.[A]distinction [B]topic [C]separation [D]education

2.[A]campaign [B]practice [C]action [D]goal

3.[A]informal [B]basic [C]technical [D]expensive

4.[A]differently [B]universally [C]conversely [D]regularly

5.[A]form [B]consist [C]arise [D]raise

6.[A]ordered [B]inquired [C]required [D]acquired

7.[A]conception [B]information [C]theme [D]imagination

8.[A]complete [B]accomplished [C]incomplete [D]improper

9.[A]why [B]what [C]where [D]how

10.[A]inside [B]outside [C]beside [D]aside

11.[A]year [B]age [C]day [D]extent

12.[A]in [B]at [C]by [D]with

13.[A]fit [B]responsible [C]suitable [D]able

14.[A]consider [B]forget [C]forsake [D]foretell

15.[A]believes [B]becomes [C]bears [D]betrays

16.[A]Encountering [B]Banking [C]Devising [D]Seeking

17.[A]emphasize [B]encourage [C]engage [D]enlarge

18.[A]academy [B]position [C]degree [D]achievement

19.[A]interact [B]introduce [C]announce [D]invent

20.[A]traditionally [B]drastically [C]properly [D]hardly

1~5：AACBD 6~10：CACDB 11~15：BCACD 16~20：AADBC

It is well known that teenage boys tend to do better 1）

______ math than girls， that malehigh school students are more likely than their female counterp

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arts 2）______ advanced mathcourses like calculus，that virtually all the great mathematicians 3）

______ men. Are women bornwith 4）______ mathematical ability？

Or does society's sexism slow their progress？ In 1980，

two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried 5）

______ the eternal nature/nurture Stanley and Camilla Benbow 6）______ 10，

000 talented seventh and eighth gradersbetween 1972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic Aptitude Tes

t， in which math questions are meantto measure ability rather than knowledge， they discovered 7）

______ sex differences. 8）______ the verbal abilities of the males and females 9）

______ differed， twice as many boys asgirls scored over 500

（on a scale of 200 to 800） on mathematical ability； at the 700 level， theratio was 14 to 1. The

conclusion： males have 10）______ superior mathematical reasoningability.

Benbow and Stanley's findings， 11）

______ were published in “Science”， disturbed somemen and 12）

______ women. Now there is comfort for those people in a new study from theUniversity of Chicag

o that suggests math 13）

______ not， after all， a natural male . Zalman Usiskin studied 1，

366 tenth graders. They were selected from geometry classes andtested on their ability to solve ge

ometry proofs， a subject requiring 14）

______ abstractreasoning and spatial ability. The conclusion 15）

______ by Usiskin： there are no sex differencesin math ability.

1.A. at B. to C. of D. about

2.A. in tackling B. tackling C. to tackle D. about tackling

3.A. might be B. have been C. must be D. had been

4.A. smaller B. less C. fewer D. not more

5.A. to settle B. to set C. settling D. setting

6.A. were tested B. have tested C. were testing D. had tested

7.A. distinct B. instinct C. remote D. vague

8.A. Since B. However C. As D. While

9.A. scarcely not B. virtually C. largely D. hardly

10.A. superficially B. universally C. inherentle D. initially

11.A. as B. that C. which D. all

12.A. few B. not a few C. not few D. quite few

13.A. be B. were C. was D. is

14.A. none of B. neither of C. either D. both

15.A. got B. gained C. reached D. accomplished

1-5 ACBBA 6-10 DADDC 11-15 CBDDC

Painting,the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment,has beencontinuous

ly practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities （1）

_____ ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic （such as music ordance）,pai

nting was one of the earliest ways in which man （2）

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