大学英语四级阅读选词填空模拟题及答案解析1中学教育高考英语_外语学习-英语阅读.pdf

Climate change has claimed its latest victim：Limacina helicina，a planktonic，predatory(捕食的)sea snail thats a member of the taxonomic group more(36)_ known as sea butterflies(The name is(37)_ from the wing-like lobes(叶瓣)the tiny creatures use to get around)In a study(38)_ published in joumal Proceedings of the Royal Society B，a group of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)and Oregon State University have found that the Pacific Oceans decreasing pHits acidifying(酸化)，in other words-is dissolving Lhelicinas thin shells The researchers collected sea butterfly(39)_ from 13 sites along the Pacific coast(between Washington and southern California，going over each with a scanning electron microscopeMore than half of the shells(53)from onshore individuals(40)_ signs of“severe dissolution damage，”while 24of(41)_ individuals suffered dissolution damageThe studys(42)_ investigator,Dr.Nina Bednarsek of NOAA，described the affected Lhelicina shells as having a texture not unlike“cauliflower”or“sandpaper”According to the paper，there was a“strong positive(43)_”between the proportion of sea butterflies with severe shell dissolution damage and“the percentage of undersaturated(未达到饱和的)water”near the oceans surfaceThe researchers conclude“shell dissolution owing to(humancaused ocean(44)_has doubled in near shore habitats since preindustrial conditions across this region and is on track to triple by 2050，”a truly(45)_ prediction Moreover,the broader implications for ecosystem are unclear,as damaged shells make it harder for Lhelicina to fight infections，stay buoyant，and protect themselves from predators A.showed B.recently C.protected D.commonly E.derived F.samples G.offshore H.principal I.noticed J.correlation K.encouraging L.seaward M.acidification N.grim O.pollution 词性归类 答案解析 第二篇 The social network will let users“mute”messages from other users on their timelines without the muted person s knowledge，thereby avoiding the(36)_ process of having to unfollow(取消关注)，or put up with，your(37)_talkative IRL friends Twitter rolled out new(38)_to let users better manage the deluge(泛滥)of tweets they receive Users can now“mute”people they follow,removing those peoples tweets and retweets from their own timelines The muted person won t know that he or she has been(39)_ It s a stealthy way to read less content from certain users without having to unfollow themA person can easily be muted or(40)_at any time，Twitter said in a blog post “Mute gives you even more(41)_over the content you see on Twitter by letting you remove a users content from key parts of your Twitter experience，”the company said Though Twitter had been experimenting with the feature in recent weeks，it announced that muting will be(42)_to all users of the companys iOS and Android apps，as well as the Twittercom websiteSome other Twitter applications，like TweetDeck，already allowed muting The feature is part of Twitters(43)_strategy to make its service more accessible to a wider range of peopleFollowing a successful initial public offerin9，Twitter s stock has tumbled in recent months as investors worry about the social network s(44)_to attract new users CEO Dick Costolo(45)_that Twitter would make changes to its interface this year to make it easier to understand and manageThe company overhauled(彻底检修)user profile pages in April as part of this effort A.silenced B.awkward C.unmvted 于得天独厚的位置据此回答题材料中提到的天体系统包含的级别有一个三个两个四个材料中提到的得天独厚的位置指日地距离适中地球自转周期适中地球质量体积适中大气成分适合答案解析月球绕地球转和地球一起构成地月系地球适宜北京时间年月日凌晨时分中国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号丙运载火箭将第十一颗北斗航卫星成功送入太空预定轨道这标志着北斗卫星航系统组网建设又迈出重要一步据此回答题第十一颗北斗航卫星所在的天体系统不可能是备欢迎下载银河系的中心太阳答案解析第题北斗导航卫星是地球的卫星因此属于地月系地月系位于太阳系太阳系属于银河系银河系属于总星系因此河外星系里面不含北斗导航卫星第题北斗导航卫星属于地月系所以他的中心天体是地D.feature E.embarrassment F.unfollowed G.control H.extremely I.overall J.vowed K.generally L.ability M.accepted N.available O.characters 词性归类 答案解析 第三篇 The poll of 2,000 adults in England was(36)_out as part of the governments drive to curb peoples drinking habits 于得天独厚的位置据此回答题材料中提到的天体系统包含的级别有一个三个两个四个材料中提到的得天独厚的位置指日地距离适中地球自转周期适中地球质量体积适中大气成分适合答案解析月球绕地球转和地球一起构成地月系地球适宜北京时间年月日凌晨时分中国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号丙运载火箭将第十一颗北斗航卫星成功送入太空预定轨道这标志着北斗卫星航系统组网建设又迈出重要一步据此回答题第十一颗北斗航卫星所在的天体系统不可能是备欢迎下载银河系的中心太阳答案解析第题北斗导航卫星是地球的卫星因此属于地月系地月系位于太阳系太阳系属于银河系银河系属于总星系因此河外星系里面不含北斗导航卫星第题北斗导航卫星属于地月系所以他的中心天体是地 The campaign also stresses that a heavy drinking session is often(37)_by an unhealthy breakfast，which again helps to pile on the pounds The Know Your Limits campaign has in the past focused on other(38)_0f drinking，such as disease risk But to(39)_with the focus on weight，the Depa Ihiient of Health carried out research showing a regular beer drinker,who downed(喝)five pints a week or 250 over the(40)_of a year,packed away the same number of calories as someone eating 22 1 doughnuts over the space of 12 months It also revealed the average wine drinker consumed 2,000 calories each month over the course of a year,that is the(41)_of eating all extra 38 roast beef dinners Health minister Phil Hope said，“Regularly drinking more than our(42)_daily limits can have a knock-on effect on our health，including an expanding waistline “Its not only the calories in the drinks themselves that can help to pile on the pounds，were also more(43)_to eat fatty foods when weve had one too many”Heather Caswell，of the British Nutrition Foundation，added，“Most people would baulk(犹豫)at consuming a full glass of single cream，but wouldnt mind(44)_about a couple of pints”“But the calorie content is similar and，over time，excess alcohol intake is likely to lead to weight gain”And a spokesman for the Drink aware Trust added：“Its(45)_we are in the know when it comes to what we are drinking”A.consequences B.carried C.communicate D.followed E.equivalent F.held G.twice H.likely I.coincide J.necessity K.course L.related M.imperative N.over 0.recommended 于得天独厚的位置据此回答题材料中提到的天体系统包含的级别有一个三个两个四个材料中提到的得天独厚的位置指日地距离适中地球自转周期适中地球质量体积适中大气成分适合答案解析月球绕地球转和地球一起构成地月系地球适宜北京时间年月日凌晨时分中国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号丙运载火箭将第十一颗北斗航卫星成功送入太空预定轨道这标志着北斗卫星航系统组网建设又迈出重要一步据此回答题第十一颗北斗航卫星所在的天体系统不可能是备欢迎下载银河系的中心太阳答案解析第题北斗导航卫星是地球的卫星因此属于地月系地月系位于太阳系太阳系属于银河系银河系属于总星系因此河外星系里面不含北斗导航卫星第题北斗导航卫星属于地月系所以他的中心天体是地 词性归类 答案解析 第四篇 Judges at last weekends Pizza World Championship held in Parma，Italy,(36)_the worlds top marghefita pizza title to Australian chef Johnny Di Francesco，owner of the 400 Gradi restaurant in Brunswick，a Melbourne suburb Di Francesco，36，beat more than 600 competitors from 35 countries to take,home the Specialita Traditionale Garantita pizza prize in the(37)_competition The win and subsequent publicity has made the small restaurant he owns in his hometown all(38)_sensation(知名人物)“Its been all amazing reaction，”Di Francesco tells CNN“Honestly,I just went to Naples to do what I loveI didnt think it was going to make such a(39)_”“A lot of people think it is easy to(40)_a margherita but it is one of the hardest(pizzas)to make，”Di Francesco told Australian website Good Food “With a lot of other pizzas its easy to mask the(41)_with toppings(配料)so you dont really get the flavor out of the dough With a margherita there is no hiding anything that isnt right”Competition rules are(42)_0n what ingredients can top the dough(面团)on the margherita：only peeled tomatoes，certain types of mozzarella，garlic，olive oil，salt and fresh basil leaves are used Di Francesco，who says hes been making pizza(43)_1 2 years old and studied pizza-making at the highly regarded Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana in Naples，Italy,calls himself a(44)_when it comes to making pizza “Its an honor to be part of what(Verace Pizza Napoletanaldoes，striving to(45)_a traditional way of making pizza the way theyve done it in Naples for hundreds of years”于得天独厚的位置据此回答题材料中提到的天体系统包含的级别有一个三个两个四个材料中提到的得天独厚的位置指日地距离适中地球自转周期适中地球质量体积适中大气成分适合答案解析月球绕地球转和地球一起构成地月系地球适宜北京时间年月日凌晨时分中国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号丙运载火箭将第十一颗北斗航卫星成功送入太空预定轨道这标志着北斗卫星航系统组网建设又迈出重要一步据此回答题第十一颗北斗航卫星所在的天体系统不可能是备欢迎下载银河系的中心太阳答案解析第题北斗导航卫星是地球的卫星因此属于地月系地月系位于太阳系太阳系属于银河系银河系属于总星系因此河外星系里面不含北斗导航卫星第题北斗导航卫星属于地月系所以他的中心天体是地 A.produce B.flavor C.rewarded D.preserve E.traditionalist F.since G.casual H.awarded I.overnight J.annual K.mess L.after M.conservative N.strict O.stir 词性归类 答案解析 第五篇 “THINKING is hard，”(36)_Daniel Dennet，a professor of philosophy at Tufts University “Thinking about some problems is so hard that it can make your head ache just thinking about thinking about them”He has spent a century pondering 于得天独厚的位置据此回答题材料中提到的天体系统包含的级别有一个三个两个四个材料中提到的得天独厚的位置指日地距离适中地球自转周期适中地球质量体积适中大气成分适合答案解析月球绕地球转和地球一起构成地月系地球适宜北京时间年月日凌晨时分中国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号丙运载火箭将第十一颗北斗航卫星成功送入太空预定轨道这标志着北斗卫星航系统组网建设又迈出重要一步据此回答题第十一颗北斗航卫星所在的天体系统不可能是备欢迎下载银河系的中心太阳答案解析第题北斗导航卫星是地球的卫星因此属于地月系地月系位于太阳系太阳系属于银河系银河系属于总星系因此河外星系里面不含北斗导航卫星第题北斗导航卫星属于地月系所以他的中心天体是地some of the knottiest problems around：the nature of meaning，the(37)_of minds and whether freewill is possible His latest book，Intuition Pumps(直觉泵)and Other Tools for Thinking，is a precis of those 50 years，distilled into 77(38)_ and mostly bite-sized chapters“Intuiuon pumps”are what Mr Dennet calls thought experiments that aim to get at the rub of conceptsBut the aim of this book is not(39)_to show how the pumps work,but to(40)_them to help readers think through some of the most profound conundrums This pump which Mr Dennet calls a“cascade of homunculi(级联侏儒)”，was(41)_by the field of artificial Intelligence,An programmer begins by taking a problem a computer is meant to solve and breaking it down into smaller tasks，to be dealt with by particular(42)_ These，in turn，are(43)_ of sub subsystems，and so onIn this way,we are in depth of thinking profound problems Of course，Mr Dennet s book is not a(44)_solution to such mind-benders；it is philosophy in action Like all good philosophy,it works by getting the reader to examine deeply held but(45)_ beliefs about some of our most fundamental concems，like personal autonomy It is really not all easy read A.consist B.actually C.nature D.concedes E.inspired F.definable G.composed H.readable I.substance J.merely K.unspoken L.apply M.suppose N.subsystem O.definitive 词性归类 于得天独厚的位置据此回答题材料中提到的天体系统包含的级别有一个三个两个四个材料中提到的得天独厚的位置指日地距离适中地球自转周期适中地球质量体积适中大气成分适合答案解析月球绕地球转和地球一起构成地月系地球适宜北京时间年月日凌晨时分中国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号丙运载火箭将第十一颗北斗航卫星成功送入太空预定轨道这标志着北斗卫星航系统组网建设又迈出重要一步据此回答题第十一颗北斗航卫星所在的天体系统不可能是备欢迎下载银河系的中心太阳答案解析第题北斗导航卫星是地球的卫星因此属于地月系地月系位于太阳系太阳系属于银河系银河系属于总星系因此河外星系里面不含北斗导航卫星第题北斗导航卫星属于地月系所以他的中心天体是地答案解析 于得天独厚的位置据此回答题材料中提到的天体系统包含的级别有一个三个两个四个材料中提到的得天独厚的位置指日地距离适中地球自转周期适中地球质量体积适中大气成分适合答案解析月球绕地球转和地球一起构成地月系地球适宜北京时间年月日凌晨时分中国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号丙运载火箭将第十一颗北斗航卫星成功送入太空预定轨道这标志着北斗卫星航系统组网建设又迈出重要一步据此回答题第十一颗北斗航卫星所在的天体系统不可能是备欢迎下载银河系的中心太阳答案解析第题北斗导航卫星是地球的卫星因此属于地月系地月系位于太阳系太阳系属于银河系银河系属于总星系因此河外星系里面不含北斗导航卫星第题北斗导航卫星属于地月系所以他的中心天体是地