雨课堂大学英语b4-4期末考试答案

雨课堂大学英语b4-4期末考试答案

英语四级选词填空练习题(一)

what determines the kind of person you are? what factors make you more or

less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? all of these are influenced by

the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were __1__. the

study of how genes and environment interact to influence __2__ activity is

known as behavioral genetics. behavioral genetics has made important __3__ to

the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which

biology influences mind, brain and behavior.

any research that suggests that __4__ to perform certain behaviors are

based in biology is controversial. who wants to be told that there are

limitations to what you can __5__ based on something that is beyond your

control, such as your genes? it is easy to accept that genes control physical

characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. but can genes also determine

whether people will get divorced, how __6__ they are, or what career they are

likely to choose? a concern of psychological scientists is the __7__ to which

all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture(养育), by

genetic makeup and the environment. increasingly, science __8__ that genes lay

the groundwork for many human traits. from this perspective, people are born

__9__ like undeveloped photographs: the image is already captured, but the way

it __10__ appears can vary based on the development process. however, the

basic picture is there from the beginning.

[a] abilities

[b] achieve

[c] appeal

[d] complaints

[e] contributions

[f] displayed

[g] essentially

[h] eventually

[i] extent

[j] indicates

[k] proceeds

[l] psychological

[m] raised

[n] smart

[o] standard

1. [m] raised raise在这里的意思就是"养育"，the environment in which you

were raised 意思就是"你蜕变的环境"。

2. [l] psychological "psychological activity"意思是"心理活动"，全句意思是"研究基因和外部环境如何相互作用影响人心理活动的学科被称为行为遗传学"。

3. [e] contributions "make contributions to"为紧固配搭，意为"为……搞贡献"。

4. [a] abilities "ability to …"意思是"做某事的能力"，在此处，全句意思是"任何一篇宣称人类做出某种行为的能力是基于生物学的研究都是有争议的"。

5. [b] achieve "limitations to what you can achieve"意思就是"对你所能够达至的水平的管制"。

6. [n] smart 此处需填一个形容词，而且用来形容人，根据题意，smart符合题意，表示"机灵，可爱"。

7. [i] extent 此处填上extent，主要是因为后面存有to，"to the extent …"译作为"……的程度"。

8. [j] indicates indicate 意思是"表明，显示"。全句意为"越来越多的科学(现象)表明基因对人类很多特征有基础作用"。

9. [g] essentially essentially 的'意思就是"实际上，本质上"。全句意指"从这个角度来说，人一长大，本质上就像还没有玻璃板的照片：二者已经照曝光了，但是最终可以呈现出多少就是显像的过程了"。

10. [h] eventually eventually 副词，意思是"最终，最后"。

英语四级选词填空题练习题(二)

there's no question that the earth is getting hotter. the real questions

are: how much of the warming is our fault, and are we 1 to slow the

devastation by controlling ourinsatiable 2 for fossil fuels?

global warming can seem too 3 to worry about, or too uncertain-something

projected by the same computer 4 that often can't get next week's weather

right. on a raw winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming

wouldn't be such a bad thing anyway. and no doubt about it: warnings about 5

change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out

of our cars and restrict our lifestyles.

comforting thoughts, perhaps. unfortunately, however, the earth has some

discomforting news. from alaska to the snowy peaks of the andes the world is

heating up right now, and fast. globally, the 6 is up 1°f over the past

century, but some of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. the

results aren't pretty. ice is 7 , rivers are running dry, and coasts are 8 ,

threatening communities.

the 9 are happening largely out of sight. but they shouldn't be out of

mind, because they are omens of what's in store for the 10 of the planet.

[a]remote

[b]techniques

[c]consisting

[d]rest

[e]willing

[f]climate

[g]skill

[h]appetite

[i]melting

[j]vanishing

[k]eroding

[l]temperature

[m]curiosity

[n]changes

[o]skillful

1.【解析】[e] 此处应当插入e项，be willing to 为紧固配搭。

2.【解析】[h] 此处应填入一个名词，而appetite通常和介词for搭配，此处句子的意思为控制我们无止境的欲望。

3.【解析】[a] 此处应当插入一个形容词，根据上下文意思高文瑞a项，意即:全球气候暖化似乎距我们太荒凉，以至于我们无须为此害怕。

4.【解析】[b] 此处应填入一个名词，而与computer 搭配的名词在选项中根据上下文意思b为正确选项。

5.【解析】[f] 根据上下文意思此处应当抒发气候变化之意，因此f为恰当选项。

6.【解析】[l] 该题较为简单，表示"上个世纪全球的气温上升了1华氏度"，应能迅速出正确答案。

7.【解析】[i] 似乎ice 与melt 配搭，因此i为恰当选项。

8.【解析】[k] 此处应填入一个现在分词，表示"海岸受到侵蚀"，因此应选k项。

9.【解析】[n] 该题较为简单，应当插入一个复数名词，所以插入n项。

10.【解析】[d] 选d项，the rest of 为固定搭配。