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1、 . . . .英语四级选词填空练习题(1)What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel _ 1 _ about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. Were 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情
2、结) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物) wasnt eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it.The immigrant experience, too, ha
3、s been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nations food has come to be 5 by importspizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the countrys most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that foo
4、d has been a medium for the nations defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sit-ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political 6 .But strong opinions ha
5、ve not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. Its no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the America
6、n imagination in such bondage(束缚). Its what we eatand how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangersthat help define America as a community today.A. answerB. resultC. shareD. guiltyE. constantF. definedG. vanishH. adaptedI. creativeJ. beliefK. suspiciousL. certaintyM. obsessedN. identifyO. ideals答
7、案详解：1. D feel是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词，通过上下文意思，以及后面介词about, 可以确定选项为D项guilty, 短语feel guilty about sth. 对感到有愧。全句的意思为我们很爱吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有负罪感。2. M be obsessed with 为固定搭配，原意为被附上/缠住/迷住心窍，放在本句表示十分重视。全句的意思为我们很关心健康和减肥，但肥胖却又空前地在蔓延。3. A 本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词to的搭配，可以推断出正确选项answer.4. I 本句根据more和ways可以判断出需要填入一个形容词构成比较级，根据上
8、下文，表示旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，却激发了更多新奇的方法来酗酒，可以确定I为正确选项。5. F 本题较难。根据be 和by 确定应填入一个过去分词。再根据上下文，上文表示应该吃典型的美国人吃的食物，下文通过 but 转折，表示实际上美国的食物已经被诸如比萨和热狗这样的舶来品所诠释了，因此可以确定F为正确选项。6. B 政治结果，可根据宗教原因religious reasons来推断此处填政治结果。7. L 由于横线后面没有宾语，可以确定不是形成bring的短语，这样本句所缺的为一名词，做bring的宾语。根据下文解释，美国人对他们所吃的食物的态度是矛盾的，可以推出本句意义为坚定的观点也不是确定不
9、变的。因此可以确定L为正确选项。8. K 系动词become后应填入一个形容词，和后面介词of形成短语be/become suspicious of 对感到怀疑。9. J 本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词in的搭配，可以推断出正确选项belief，(have)belief in sth. 相信。10. C 本句是一般现在时，缺一个动词，且和with 搭配，确定选项为share, share sth. with sb., 与某人分享某事。英语四级选词填空练习题(2)After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, ear
10、thquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll(死亡人数) could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, and earthquake of similar _1_ that shook America in 1998 claimed 25,000 victims.Injuries and deaths were _2_ less in Los Angeles because
11、 the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. On a holiday, when traffic was light on the citys highway. In addition, _3_ made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the citys buildings and highways, making them more _4_ to quakes.In the past, making structures quake-
12、resist-ant meant firm yet _5_ materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to _6_ the impact of ground vibrations. The most _7_ designs give buildings brai
13、ns as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquakes vibrations. When ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would _8_ the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new designs should offer even gr
14、eater _9_ to cities where earthquakes ofen take place.The new smart structures could be very _10_ to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.AchangesBflexibleCdecreaseDrecentEpushFreduceGrelativelyHsafetyIresistantJexpensiveKforceLaccordin
15、glyMintensityNsecurityOopposed答案解析：1. 选M)。此处应填名词，作介词of的宾语，作为后置定语修饰earthquake，说明该名词是地震的自然属性。选项中的名词有changes，safety，intensity和security，只有intensity可以表示地震的强度，故选M)。2. 选G)。此处应填副词，用来修饰形容词less。选项中的副词有relatively相对的和accordingly相应的，第一段说这 次地震和1998年的那次地震程度一样，但造成的损失却小很多，再从后句中高速路上的车辆不是很多可以推断：这次的地震造成的死伤人数与1998 年比少很多，即少是相对的，故选G)relatively。3. 选A)。空格中要填的词是本句话中的主语，应为名词。这句话的主干是have strengthened the citys buildings and high
