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1、全国大学生英语竞赛A、B类完形填空题库一问答题1.Given the choice between spending an evening with friends and taking exdiva time（江南博哥）for his schoolwork, Andy Klise admits he would probably opt for the latter.Its not that he doesnt like to have fun; its just that his desire to excel academically drives his decision-making

2、 process.A 2001 graduate of Wooster High School and now a senior biology (1) m_ at The College of Wooster, Klise acknowledges that he may someday have second thoughts about his decision to limit the time he has spent (2)_ (social), but for now, he is comfordiv (3)_ the choices he has made.“If things

3、 had not worked out as well as they have, I would have had some regrets,” says Klise, (4)_ was a Phi Beta Kappa inductee as a junior.“But spending the exdiva time studying has been w ell worth the (5)_ (invest).I realized early on that to be successful, I had to make certain (6) sa_.”As for the orig

4、in of his intense motivation, Klise notes that it has been part of his makeup for as long as he can remember.“Ive always been goal (7)_,” he says.“This internal drive has caused me to give my all in pretty much everything I do.”Klise credits Woosters nationally recognized Independent Study (I.S.) pr

5、ogram with preparing him for his next step in life; a research position with the National Institute of Health (NIH).“I am hoping that my I.S.experience will help me (8) l_ a research position with NIH,” says Klise.“The yearlong program gives students a chance to work with some of the nations (9)_(le

6、ad) scientists while making the (10) div_ from undergraduate to graduate studies or a career in the medical field.” 参考答案：1.major从前文的biology可知此处填major。biology major生物专业学生。2.socializing句意：限制他花在社交活动方面的时间。3.withbe comfortable with对感到舒适。4.who从下文可知此处是非限制性定语从句，修饰Klise，所以填who。5.investment句意：但是把业余时间花费在学习上却很值

7、得投入。investment投资，投入。6.sacrifices句意：我得做出些牺牲。sacrifice牺牲，放弃。7.orientedoriented导向的，通常作后缀，构成复合形容词。goal oriented以目标为导向的。8.landland（经激烈竞争）获得。land a research position with NIH获得在NIH的研究机会。9.leadingleading scientists最主要的科学家。10.transition根据后面from undergraduate to graduate可知此处是transition。transition过渡。问答题2.Most

8、 British couples, whether religious or not, have a church wedding, which combines the religious rite with the legal condivact.Wedding arrangement for inviting and entertaining guests at a wedding are usually the (1)_ (responsible) of the brides family.In most cases it is mainly friends and (2) re_ o

9、f both families who are invited, but when the brides father is a person with (3) pr_ social standing or a businessman of some kind, the wedding reception may provide a useful occasion for establishing social (4) co_ with those people whose goodwill may be of great advantage to him and his family.It

10、is however, the brides mother who has the job of sending out the formal printed (5)_ (invite) cards.In the case of church wedding, the vicar of each parish in which the bride and bridegroom live is normally informed about a month in (6)_ of the ceremony so that an announcement of the coming wedding

11、can be made in church on each of three Sundays before it takes place.Often up to a hundred or more people attend the religious service and the church and the bride usually wears the (7)_(divadition) long white dress and veil, while her (8) br_, who are often children, wear long dresses in adivivacti

12、ve colours.The wedding ceremony resembles a Christian sevice during which the bride and bridegroom make promises to each other, according to which, whatever unforeseen difficulties they may encounter, they will remain (9) l_ to each other until they die.The wedding ceremony may also happen in the ca

13、se of a civil wedding in a register office but is probably less usual and more purely (10) l_. 参考答案：1.responsibility由前面的定冠词the以及后面的of可知此处需填的是名词形式。2.relations / relatives在大多数情况下婚礼上请的都是双方的亲朋好友。3.prominentprominent显著的，突出的。4.connectionssocial connection社交关系，社会联系。5.invitationinvitation card请柬。6.advancein

14、 advance of提前。7.traditional此处需用tradition的形容词形式修饰后面的名词dress and veil。8.bridesmaids婚礼中新娘会有自己的伴娘。9.loyal在婚礼仪式上，新娘新郎要宣誓，无论今后遇到什么困难都要忠诚于对方，直到永远。10.legal文章第一句话提到教堂婚礼是宗教仪式和法律契约的结合，而此处在结婚登记处举行的婚礼就只有纯粹的法律意义了。问答题3.In the early 1950s the researchers who produced the first clad glass optical fibers were not thi

15、nking of using them for communications.(1) H_, fiber optics was already a well-established commercial technology when the famous paper by Kao and Hockham, (2)_(claim) the use of low-loss optical fibers for communication, appeared in 1966.The first low-loss silica fiber was described in (3)_ which ap

16、peared in October of 1970.The date of this publication is sometimes (4)_(cite) as the beginning of the era of fiber communication.Although this development did receive (5)_(consider) attention in the research community at the time, it was far from inevidiv that a major indusdivy would evolve.The tec

17、hnological barriers appeared formidable because there were serious doubts as to (6) wh_ these fiber components could ever be produced economically enough, but the market potential was very significant.(7)_(consequence), research and development activity expanded rapidly, and a number of important is

18、sues were (8) re_ during the early 1970s.During the middle and late 1970s，the rate of progress towards markediv products accelerated as the emphasis (9)_(shift) from research to engineering.Fibers with losses (10) app_ the Rayleigh limit of 2 dB/km at a wavelength of 0.8m were produced.By 1980 impro

19、vement in component performance, cost, and reliability led to major commitments on the part of telephone companies. 参考答案：1.However此处句意发生转折。此句译为：50年代初期，那些生产出第一批被覆层玻璃光纤的研究者们尚未考虑将光纤应用到通信中。然而，当1966年Kao和Hockham发表著名论文，提出把低耗光纤应用于通讯中时，纤维光学已经成为一个相当成熟的商业技术了。2.claiming现在分词作后置定语。3.publication从下句的this publicatio

20、n可知答案为publication。4.cited此处为被动语态。句意为：这篇文章发表的日期经常被人们称为光纤通讯时代的起始日。5.considerable此处需要形容词形式修饰名词attention。considerable attention相当多的关注。此句可译为：尽管当时这项技术在研究领域确实引起了极大的关注，但要发展成一个重要产业还相差甚远。6.whether此句可译为：该技术障碍似乎难以逾越，因为人们十分怀疑这些纤维构件是否可以以足够低的成本生产出来，但是市场潜力是十分巨大的。7.Consequently此句成分完整，用表示因果关系的副词consequently以与上句的联系紧凑。

21、8.resolvedresolve找到解决的方法，与issues搭配，指一系列问题得到了解决。9.shiftedshift指位置或方向的移动、改变；指由一种形式或用途改变为另一种形式或用途。10.approachingapproaching the Rayleigh limit接近瑞利极限。问答题4.February 14 is Valentines Day.Although it is celebrated as a lovers holiday today, with rite giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples

22、 in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a respect (1)_ St.Valentine, a Catholic bishop.For eight hundred years before the (2)_(establish) of Valentines Day, the Romans had (3) pr_ a pagan(异教徒) celebration in mid-February honoring young mens ceremony of passage to the god Lupercus.The celebrat

23、ion was characterized by lottery in (4)_ young men would draw the names of (5) teen _ girls from a box.The girl given to each young man in this way would be his companion the rest of the year.In an effort to do away with such a (6) f_, Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery.Instead of

24、the names of young women, the box would contain the names of saints.(7)_ the men and women were allowed to draw from the box, and the game was to (8) imi_ the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of rite year.However, many young Roman men were not too pleased (9)_ the copying.Instead of the p

25、agan god Lupercus, the Church looked for a suidiv saint of love to take his (10) p_.They found an appropriate choice in Valentine, who, in AD 270 had been killed by Enter Claudius. 参考答案：1.to对某人的尊敬用the respect to sb.。本句译文：如今尽管恋爱中的情侣在这一天互赠糖果、鲜花和其他礼物，把它作为情人节来庆祝，但是它起初在5世纪的罗马出现时是为了表达对一位天主教徒Valentine的尊敬。2

26、.establishmentestablishment确立，建立。本句译文：在Valentine节确定前的800年里，罗马人在二月中旬举行异教徒的庆典，表达对青年人接近Lupercus神的仪式的崇敬。3.practicedpractise做动词有特殊含义：(do or perform sth.customarily)遵循，奉行(风俗、宗教、仪式等)，如：The natives mostly practiced Christianity.当地人大多信奉基督教。4.which关系代词which可以放在介词in后面，引导定语从句。本句译文：庆祝的特征是摸彩，年轻的小伙子从一个盒子里摸出少女的名字。5

27、.teenageteenage(adj.)十三到十九岁的。6.festivalfestival节日；庆祝。本句译文：为了废除这样的庆祝，Gelasius教皇发布命令，对摸彩做了小的变动。7.Both本句译文：男女都可以参加摸彩，游戏的目的是为了让人们要在一年中剩下的时间里模仿所抽出的圣徒的行为方式。bothand符合结构及语法要求。8.imitate根据下句的copy模仿，猜测本空该填其同义词imitate模仿。9.with(be pleased with对感到高兴、满意。)10.placetake ones place代替。本句译文：为了替代异教的Lupercus神，教会开始寻找合适的爱情守

28、护神。问答题5.The Great Depression spread from the US to the rest of the capitalist world, yet it affected the Americans the most.It gave (1)_ to the fear that such catasdivophes would (2)_(occur) or even that the American economy would live in a (3) s_ of permanent depression unless radical changes were

29、(4) m_ in the economic system.The fear is now gone, partly because that analysis was judged faulty.Changes in institutions and policies that (5) sta_ the economy also helped to dispel those fears.Peoples worry (6) per_ about the possibility of less severe, but still debilitating (使虚弱), recessions, (

30、7)_ .But the experience of the postwar years has provided two lessons:First, the only serious recessions in which US unemployment rose to highs of 9 percent and 11 percent (8) re_, came after fairly high inflation.Second, even recessions of that depth later on (9) t_ out to be less painful than had

31、been expected because they were short.This was because the (10) _ American worker had substantial assets, and was likely to be in a family with more than one worker. 参考答案：1.risegive rise to引起，该句译为：大萧条使人们有了这样一种恐惧2.recurrecur再次发生。这里指，经济大萧条之后，人们担心灾难会重演。3.statein a state of.，在的状态中。该句译为：人们担心美国经济会一直处于萧条的状

32、态中。4.mademake changes发生变化。注意是被动语态。5.stabilizedstabilize稳定，与economy搭配，表示“稳定经济”。注意时态为过去时。6.persisted根据上文，人们对大规模经济危机的恐惧消失了，但仍在担心小规模的危机，所填的词是“消失”的反义词。persist继续存在。7.however根据上文，尽管人们对大萧条的恐惧消失了，但对小规模经济萧条仍心存疑虑。此处应填一个转折连词，所以填however。8.respectivelyrespectively分别。该句可译为：美国仅有的两次失业率分别高达9%和11%，严重经济衰退都发生在较高的通货膨胀后。9

33、.turnedturn out意为“后来被发现是”、“结果是”，有出乎意料的含义。10.averageaverage一般的，通常的，这里说的是一般美国工人的平均情况。问答题6.Britains car indusdivy may be showing down but British engineers can still build the worlds fastest car.(1)_(consdivuct) work begins today on a car that engineers hope will break the land speed record (2)_ more t

34、han 200 mph.The car, Bloodhound, is designed to divavel faster than 1,000 mph(1,600km/h)far in (3) ex_ of the speed of sound and the equivalent of crossing four football pitches every second.The record of 763 mph was (4) s_ in 1997 by the Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, who will also drive Bloodho

35、und.The time divial is (5) sch_ for 2011 and will take place in desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa.The cars pencil-shape shell is made from (6)_(forge) aerospace-grade aluminum.Three engines lie under the bonnet: a 400 kg Euro-fighter Typhoon jet engine, a rocket and a third engine to pump

36、fuel through to the rocket.This combination should produce 135,000 horsepower(7) eq_ to the power of 180 Formula One cars.Wing Commander Green, 46, will lie feetfirst in Bloodhound.As the car (8)_ (acceleration) to 1,050 mph in 40 seconds he will experience a force of 2.5 G, or about twice his body

37、weight, As he decelerates and experiences forces of up to 3G, the blood will drain from his head to his feet and he could black out.He will prepare (9)_ the divial by flying upside down in a stunt aircraft.“A huge advantage is (10)_ Ive got 20 years experience of flying fast jets,” he said. 参考答案：1.c

38、onstruction名词作主语。2.byby可表速率。3.excessin excess of超过。4.setset a record创下纪录。5.scheduledbe scheduled for定于(时间)。6.forgedforged锻造的。aerospace-grade航空级。7.equivalentbe equivalent to与相等。后半句省略了which is。8.acceleratesaccelerate to加速到。主句是将来时，as引导的从句用一般现在时。9.forprepare for为作准备。10.that此句是表语从句，要用that引导。问答题7.Since mo

39、ving pictures were invented a century ago, a new way of disdivibuting entertainment to consumers has emerged about once every generation.Each such (1)_(innovate) has changed the indusdivy irreversibly; each has been (2) acco_ by a period of fear mixed with exhilaration.The arrival of digital technol

40、ogy, (3)_ divanslates music, pictures and text into the zeros and ones of computer language, marks one of those (4) p_.This may sound familiar, because the digital revolution, and the explosion of choice that would go with it, has been shown for some time.In 1992, John Malone, chief executive of TCI

41、, an American cable giant, welcomed the “500-channel universe.” Digital television was about to deliver everything (5)_ pizzas to peoples living rooms.When the entertainment companies (6)_(divy) out the technology, it worked fine-but not at a price that people were prepared to pay.Those 500 channels

42、 eventually arrived but via the Internet and the PC (7)_ than through television.The digital revolution was starting to affect the entertainment business in (8)_(expect) ways.Eventually it will change every aspect of it, from the way cartoons are made to the way films are screened to the way people

43、buy music.That much is clear.(9)_ nobody is sure of is how it will affect the economics of the business.New technologies always contain within them both (10) th_ and opportunities.They have the potential both to make the companies in the business a great deal richer, and to sweep them away.Old compa

44、nies always fear new technology. 参考答案：1.innovationinnovation改革，创新，此处指的是上文提到的a new way of distributing。2.accompaniedaccompany by伴随，随同。obstruct阻塞，阻碍。compromise妥协signal发出信号。3.which从上下文可知此处是非限制性定语从句，所以填which。4.periodsperiod时期，与前文a period of fear mixed with exhilaration照应。5.except从前面的everything和pizza可知填e

45、xcept，television不能送pizza。6.triedtry out试验，试用。sort out挑选出。work out计算出，解决。figure out计算出。7.ratherrather than而不是。other than除了。8.nexpectedin unexpected ways用出人意料的方式。9.What根据后文可知此处缺少主语，what引导主语从句。10.threats句意：新技术总是同时包含着威胁和机遇。此处需用名词复数形式与后面的opportunities构成平行结构。问答题8.For all the talk of his sustained adolesce

46、nce, no performer made a more compelling endivance into manhood than Michael Jackson did with the release of his 1979 album, “Off the Wall” just a couple of weeks before his 21st （1）_（day）.It was all the more stunning because we had watched him during his （2） child_ and adolescence.He wasnt an appar

47、ition rising out of obscurity, like Elvis Presley.To become who he was in “Off the Wall,” he had to annulif not desdivoythe performer he had been in the Jackson 5.However, the change was （3）_（organ） as well as deliberate.Michael Jackson grew into his body, and out of that new body emerged wholly new

48、 ideas of what pop music, and the （4） move _ it generates, were.It can be hard to remember now, 30 years later, just how ubiquitous the hits from that album, especially “Rock with You,” really were.In soul, in rock n roll, and in pop, there is a long divadition of men singing in high voices, the height of the voice suggesti