英語考試完形填空模擬練習及答案詳解
For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words.
In __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.
Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers.
Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them.
The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.
Taken individually, words have __6__ meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. __7__ , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.
He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages.
Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.
Another habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization―sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an __12__ , which moves a bar down the page at a predetermined speed.
The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order tostretchhim.
The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible.
At first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.
But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve.
Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training.
__18__ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute __19__ the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute.
He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time.
1.A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting
2.A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly
3.A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent
4.A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom
5.A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves
6.A.some B.A lot C.little D.dull
7.A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately
8.A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite
9.A.what B.which C.that D.if
10.A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures
11.A.some one B.one C.he D.reader
12.A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer
13.A.then B.as C.beyond D.than
14.A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating
15.A.meaning B.comprehension C.gist D.regression
16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for
17.A.our B.your C.their D.such
18.A.Look at B.Take C.Make D.Consider
19.A.for B.in C.after D.before
20.A.master B.go over C.present D.get through
1.答案D
【解析】本句意思是誰如果想謀得一份差事。applying需加for,意思是申請B.doing做;C.offering提供此三項均不符題意， 只有D.getting適合。
2.答案A
【解析】本句意為快速閱讀與理解的能力，是關系到成敗的關鍵所在只有quickly與原意吻合。easily;roughly ; decidedly均與原文內(nèi)容不符。
3.答案C
【解析】英語中，閱讀速度快的人稱為good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根據(jù)上下文的內(nèi)容，多數(shù)人都屬于poor reader，因此選poor。其它選項不妥。
4.答案B
【解析】此處的意思是大多數(shù)人早期養(yǎng)成看書慢的習慣因此選habits。training ;situations;custom。
5.答案A
【解析】此處說的是主要的困難在于語言的自身要素，即單詞。combines聯(lián)合;touches接觸;involves包括，這三項的詞義與原文不符。而lies與in構成搭配，意為在于。
6.答案C
【解析】這里的意思是如果單個地看這些字，它們并沒有什么意義。some有點;A lot許多;dull單調(diào)的。此三項不合題意。只有l(wèi)ittle是否定詞，合乎邏輯。
7.答案D
【解析】此句意為作者對未受過閱讀訓練的人的不良習慣感到遺憾。
Fortunately幸運地;In fact事實上;Logically合乎邏輯地,均不妥。
Unfortunately合乎句義。
8.答案B
【解析】此句意為在閱讀時經(jīng)常重讀因此，選reread重讀。reuse再使用;Rewrite改寫;recite背誦。
9.答案A
【解析】此處所填的詞既是look back over的賓語，又是you have just read的賓語，只有what能充當這種雙重成分。
10.答案C
【解析】scales down按比例減少;cuts down削減;此兩項不合題意。
measures不能與down搭配。只有slow與down搭配的意思放慢，在此合適。
11.答案B
【解析】本段前文已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)you，在此選one來代替you。some one無此用法。如果用reader，前面應加定冠詞。he不能與該段邏輯一致。
12.答案A
【解析】此句意為訓練快速閱讀所使用的工具必然與提高閱讀速度有關，因此選accelerator 。actor演員;amplifier放大器;observer觀察者。
13.答案D
【解析】前面的faster決定了應當選than，構成比較級。
14.答案C
【解析】此句意為快速閱讀器迫使你加快閱讀速度，使你再也不能逐字閱讀，回顧前文內(nèi)容或者默讀。enabling相當于making possible;leading引導;indicating指出，表明。都不合題意。只有making 最合適。
15.答案B
【解析】這里的意思是速讀最初會影響理解，所以選comprehension。meaning意義，意思，指詞或詞組表示的意義;gist大意，要旨regression回顧。
16.答案A
【解析】與前半句中的not only相呼應，構成句式不僅，而且，只有選but，而nor;or或for均不能構成固定用法。
17.答案C
【解析】本句中的主語是第三人稱復數(shù)，物主代詞必然是their。
18.答案B
【解析】take與后面的for instance構成短語，意為：以例，其它三項不能構成搭配。
19.答案D
【解析】這里提到受訓之前與受訓之后進行比較,對比，因此選before。
20.答案D
【解析】此處意為：在較短時間內(nèi)，讀完眾多的材料。master掌握;go over復習;present呈現(xiàn)，展現(xiàn);此三項均不妥;只有get through 最恰當。
Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the details.Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news.
Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it.Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers.So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before.Competition also led newspapers to branch outsintosmany other fields.Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, todays newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence readers economic choices 12 advertising.Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost ofproduction.The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers.This 17 in terms of circulation.How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspapers pages.But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world―and even outer space.
1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before
2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given
3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring
4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose
5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write
6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other
7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So
8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed
9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed
10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed
11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit
12.A.on B.through C.with D.of
13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose
14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover C.fails to cover D.succeeds in
15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance
16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success
17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured
18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something
19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered
20.A.by B.with C.at D.about
1.【答案】A
【解析】just在此為副詞，意為剛剛，做狀語。此句意為一個事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報紙報道詳情了。說明報紙對資訊的反應之快。
2.【答案】A
【解析】to give和giving都合乎語法，但giving強調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動作，而此處重點表達的是反應快，不是正在做什么。
3.【答案】A
【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。
4.【答案】D
【解析】后面的不定式短語表示目的。
5.【答案】C
【解析】提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選C。
6.【答案】B
【解析】other意為其他的。此句意為：無線電，電報，電視，及其它發(fā)明，成為報紙的競爭對手。
7.【答案】A
【解析】根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應選however，表轉(zhuǎn)折。
8.【答案】D
【解析】使用更新，更快的通訊工具，目的是提高速度。
9.【答案】C
【解析】報紙是印出來的，先印后看。
10.【答案】D
【解析】keep sb.+過去分詞是一種復合結構，sb.與過去分詞為被動關系，意為保持這種關系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報紙不斷地為讀者提供資訊信息。
11.【答案】C
【解析】關于politics之類的嚴肅話題,只能選educate。
12.【答案】B
【解析】此句意為：報紙通過廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟生活中的選擇。
13.【答案】B
【解析】大多數(shù)報紙依靠廣告收入來維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。
14.【答案】C
【解析】報紙的售價之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關于廣告收入的說法。
15.【答案】A
【解析】收入來源應該用source。因為source指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地;常指抽象事物的根源或來源以及資料，信息的出處或來源。origin起源，起因。指事物后來發(fā)生,發(fā)展變化的最初起點,或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。
16.【答案】D
【解析】succeed in為固定短語。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務的成功，取決于報紙在客戶心中的價值。
17.【答案】C
【解析】根據(jù)上下文，此處應該用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)，此句意為：報紙在客戶心中的價值，是靠發(fā)行量衡量的。
18.【答案】C
【解析】該句意為：發(fā)行量的大小，很大程度上取決于發(fā)行部門的工作及報紙所提供的服務功能和娛樂功能。
19.【答案】B
【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定語。
20.【答案】D
【解析】information后面接介詞about，表示關于。
For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words.
In __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.
Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers.
Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them.
The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.
Taken individually, words have __6__ meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. __7__ , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.
He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages.
Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.
Another habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization―sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an __12__ , which moves a bar down the page at a predetermined speed.
The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order tostretchhim.
The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible.
At first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.
But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve.
Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training.
__18__ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute __19__ the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute.
He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time.
1.A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting
2.A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly
3.A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent
4.A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom
5.A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves
6.A.some B.A lot C.little D.dull
7.A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately
8.A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite
9.A.what B.which C.that D.if
10.A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures
11.A.some one B.one C.he D.reader
12.A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer
13.A.then B.as C.beyond D.than
14.A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating
15.A.meaning B.comprehension C.gist D.regression
16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for
17.A.our B.your C.their D.such
18.A.Look at B.Take C.Make D.Consider
19.A.for B.in C.after D.before
20.A.master B.go over C.present D.get through
1.答案D
【解析】本句意思是誰如果想謀得一份差事。applying需加for,意思是申請B.doing做;C.offering提供此三項均不符題意， 只有D.getting適合。
2.答案A
【解析】本句意為快速閱讀與理解的能力，是關系到成敗的關鍵所在只有quickly與原意吻合。easily;roughly ; decidedly均與原文內(nèi)容不符。
3.答案C
【解析】英語中，閱讀速度快的人稱為good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根據(jù)上下文的內(nèi)容，多數(shù)人都屬于poor reader，因此選poor。其它選項不妥。
4.答案B
【解析】此處的意思是大多數(shù)人早期養(yǎng)成看書慢的習慣因此選habits。training ;situations;custom。
5.答案A
【解析】此處說的是主要的困難在于語言的自身要素，即單詞。combines聯(lián)合;touches接觸;involves包括，這三項的詞義與原文不符。而lies與in構成搭配，意為在于。
6.答案C
【解析】這里的意思是如果單個地看這些字，它們并沒有什么意義。some有點;A lot許多;dull單調(diào)的。此三項不合題意。只有l(wèi)ittle是否定詞，合乎邏輯。
7.答案D
【解析】此句意為作者對未受過閱讀訓練的人的不良習慣感到遺憾。
Fortunately幸運地;In fact事實上;Logically合乎邏輯地,均不妥。
Unfortunately合乎句義。
8.答案B
【解析】此句意為在閱讀時經(jīng)常重讀因此，選reread重讀。reuse再使用;Rewrite改寫;recite背誦。
9.答案A
【解析】此處所填的詞既是look back over的賓語，又是you have just read的賓語，只有what能充當這種雙重成分。
10.答案C
【解析】scales down按比例減少;cuts down削減;此兩項不合題意。
measures不能與down搭配。只有slow與down搭配的意思放慢，在此合適。
11.答案B
【解析】本段前文已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)you，在此選one來代替you。some one無此用法。如果用reader，前面應加定冠詞。he不能與該段邏輯一致。
12.答案A
【解析】此句意為訓練快速閱讀所使用的工具必然與提高閱讀速度有關，因此選accelerator 。actor演員;amplifier放大器;observer觀察者。
13.答案D
【解析】前面的faster決定了應當選than，構成比較級。
14.答案C
【解析】此句意為快速閱讀器迫使你加快閱讀速度，使你再也不能逐字閱讀，回顧前文內(nèi)容或者默讀。enabling相當于making possible;leading引導;indicating指出，表明。都不合題意。只有making 最合適。
15.答案B
【解析】這里的意思是速讀最初會影響理解，所以選comprehension。meaning意義，意思，指詞或詞組表示的意義;gist大意，要旨regression回顧。
16.答案A
【解析】與前半句中的not only相呼應，構成句式不僅，而且，只有選but，而nor;or或for均不能構成固定用法。
17.答案C
【解析】本句中的主語是第三人稱復數(shù)，物主代詞必然是their。
18.答案B
【解析】take與后面的for instance構成短語，意為：以例，其它三項不能構成搭配。
19.答案D
【解析】這里提到受訓之前與受訓之后進行比較,對比，因此選before。
20.答案D
【解析】此處意為：在較短時間內(nèi)，讀完眾多的材料。master掌握;go over復習;present呈現(xiàn)，展現(xiàn);此三項均不妥;只有get through 最恰當。
Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the details.Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news.
Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it.Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers.So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before.Competition also led newspapers to branch outsintosmany other fields.Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, todays newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence readers economic choices 12 advertising.Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost ofproduction.The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers.This 17 in terms of circulation.How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspapers pages.But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world―and even outer space.
1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before
2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given
3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring
4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose
5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write
6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other
7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So
8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed
9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed
10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed
11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit
12.A.on B.through C.with D.of
13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose
14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover C.fails to cover D.succeeds in
15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance
16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success
17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured
18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something
19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered
20.A.by B.with C.at D.about
1.【答案】A
【解析】just在此為副詞，意為剛剛，做狀語。此句意為一個事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報紙報道詳情了。說明報紙對資訊的反應之快。
2.【答案】A
【解析】to give和giving都合乎語法，但giving強調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動作，而此處重點表達的是反應快，不是正在做什么。
3.【答案】A
【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。
4.【答案】D
【解析】后面的不定式短語表示目的。
5.【答案】C
【解析】提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選C。
6.【答案】B
【解析】other意為其他的。此句意為：無線電，電報，電視，及其它發(fā)明，成為報紙的競爭對手。
7.【答案】A
【解析】根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應選however，表轉(zhuǎn)折。
8.【答案】D
【解析】使用更新，更快的通訊工具，目的是提高速度。
9.【答案】C
【解析】報紙是印出來的，先印后看。
10.【答案】D
【解析】keep sb.+過去分詞是一種復合結構，sb.與過去分詞為被動關系，意為保持這種關系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報紙不斷地為讀者提供資訊信息。
11.【答案】C
【解析】關于politics之類的嚴肅話題,只能選educate。
12.【答案】B
【解析】此句意為：報紙通過廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟生活中的選擇。
13.【答案】B
【解析】大多數(shù)報紙依靠廣告收入來維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。
14.【答案】C
【解析】報紙的售價之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關于廣告收入的說法。
15.【答案】A
【解析】收入來源應該用source。因為source指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地;常指抽象事物的根源或來源以及資料，信息的出處或來源。origin起源，起因。指事物后來發(fā)生,發(fā)展變化的最初起點,或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。
16.【答案】D
【解析】succeed in為固定短語。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務的成功，取決于報紙在客戶心中的價值。
17.【答案】C
【解析】根據(jù)上下文，此處應該用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)，此句意為：報紙在客戶心中的價值，是靠發(fā)行量衡量的。
18.【答案】C
【解析】該句意為：發(fā)行量的大小，很大程度上取決于發(fā)行部門的工作及報紙所提供的服務功能和娛樂功能。
19.【答案】B
【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定語。
20.【答案】D
【解析】information后面接介詞about，表示關于。
