2013年12月英语四级阅读真题及答案(卷二)

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　　2013年12月英语四级选词填空真题及答案(二)

Part3 Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions： In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before asking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the 36 of some of the most important discoveries in modern science--- starting with Ernest Lawrence’s invention of the cyclotron (回旋 加速器）in 1931. A generation ago, female faces were 37 and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 all of them white males.

But climb up to the third floor and you’ll see a 40 display. There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the 41 head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research 42 everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although they're still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country's top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also 44 "I believe things are getting better，" she says, "but they're not getting better as 45 as I would like."

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A) circumstance F) different K) presently

B) confidence G) exposing L) rare

C) covers H) fast M) realistic

D) current I) honoring N) site

E) deals J) hope O) virtually

Section C

26. In addition

【精析】语义推断题。句子主干结构完整,此处填 入衣示递进关系的单同或短语。結合录音填人In addition,意力"此外"。.

27. software

【精析】句意推断题。结合空格前的purchase可 知，此处应填人名词作宾语。结合录音填人 software,意为"软件"。

28. available

【精析】句意推断题。此处应该填人形容词，与 were构成系表结构。结合录音填人available,意 为”可用的,可得到的"。

29. individuals

【精析】句意推断题。此处应该填入名词形式作主语。结合录音填入individuals.意为"个人"。

30. technological

【精析】修饰关系题。此处应该填入形容词,修饰 名词improvements。结合录音填入technological,意 为"技术的"。

31. manufacture

【精析】句意推断题。结合空格前的to可知,此处 应该填人动词形式。结合录音填人manufacture, 意为"生产"。

32. In short

【精析】语境推断题。句子主干结构完整,此处应 该填人具有总结意义的单词或短语。结合录音填 人In short,意为"筒而言之"。

33. By contrast

【精析】语义推断题。句子主干结构完整,此处应 该填人具有承上启卞意义的单词或短语。结合录 音填人By contrast,意为"比较而言"。

34. scientific

【精析】并列关系题。此处应该填人形容词,修饰 名词短语animal breeding。结合录音填人 scientific,意为"科学的"。

35. quantity

【精析】句意推断题。结合空格后的of a product 推测,此处应该填人名词构成常用搭配。结合录音填入quantity,意为"数量"。