英語(yǔ)四級(jí)完型填空模擬訓(xùn)練(3)

　　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 out to many 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 of production.

　　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 worldand 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

　　參考答案及解析：

　　1.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】just在此為副詞，意為剛剛，做狀語(yǔ)。此句意為一個(gè)事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報(bào)紙報(bào)道詳情了。說(shuō)明報(bào)紙對(duì)資訊的反應(yīng)之快。

　　2.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】to give和giving都合乎語(yǔ)法，但giving強(qiáng)調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，而此處重點(diǎn)表達(dá)的是反應(yīng)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(yǔ)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(wú)線電，電報(bào)，電視，及其它發(fā)明，成為報(bào)紙的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。

　　7.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)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(bào)紙是印出來(lái)的，先印后看。

　　10.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】keep sb.+過(guò)去分詞是一種復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，sb.與過(guò)去分詞為被動(dòng)關(guān)系，意為保持這種關(guān)系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報(bào)紙不斷地為讀者提供資訊信息。

　　11.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】關(guān)于politics之類(lèi)的嚴(yán)肅話題,只能選educate。

　　12.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】此句意為：報(bào)紙通過(guò)廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟(jì)生活中的選擇。

　　13.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】大多數(shù)報(bào)紙依靠廣告收入來(lái)維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。

　　14.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】報(bào)紙的售價(jià)之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關(guān)于廣告收入的說(shuō)法。

　　15.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】收入來(lái)源應(yīng)該用source。因?yàn)閟ource指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地;常指抽象事物的根源或來(lái)源以及資料，信息的出處或來(lái)源。origin起源，起因。指事物后來(lái)發(fā)生,發(fā)展變化的最初起點(diǎn),或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。

　　16.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】succeed in為固定短語(yǔ)。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務(wù)的成功，取決于報(bào)紙?jiān)诳蛻?hù)心中的價(jià)值。

　　17.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】根據(jù)上下文，此處應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，此句意為：報(bào)紙?jiān)诳蛻?hù)心中的價(jià)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(mén)的工作及報(bào)紙所提供的服務(wù)功能和娛樂(lè)功能。

　　19.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定語(yǔ)。

　　20.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】information后面接介詞about，表示關(guān)于。

　　英語(yǔ)四級(jí)完型填空模擬訓(xùn)練(3)

　　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 out to many 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 of production.

　　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 worldand 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

　　參考答案及解析：

　　1.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】just在此為副詞，意為剛剛，做狀語(yǔ)。此句意為一個(gè)事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報(bào)紙報(bào)道詳情了。說(shuō)明報(bào)紙對(duì)資訊的反應(yīng)之快。

　　2.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】to give和giving都合乎語(yǔ)法，但giving強(qiáng)調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，而此處重點(diǎn)表達(dá)的是反應(yīng)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(yǔ)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(wú)線電，電報(bào)，電視，及其它發(fā)明，成為報(bào)紙的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。

　　7.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)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(bào)紙是印出來(lái)的，先印后看。

　　10.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】keep sb.+過(guò)去分詞是一種復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，sb.與過(guò)去分詞為被動(dòng)關(guān)系，意為保持這種關(guān)系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報(bào)紙不斷地為讀者提供資訊信息。

　　11.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】關(guān)于politics之類(lèi)的嚴(yán)肅話題,只能選educate。

　　12.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】此句意為：報(bào)紙通過(guò)廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟(jì)生活中的選擇。

　　13.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】大多數(shù)報(bào)紙依靠廣告收入來(lái)維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。

　　14.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】報(bào)紙的售價(jià)之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關(guān)于廣告收入的說(shuō)法。

　　15.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】收入來(lái)源應(yīng)該用source。因?yàn)閟ource指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地;常指抽象事物的根源或來(lái)源以及資料，信息的出處或來(lái)源。origin起源，起因。指事物后來(lái)發(fā)生,發(fā)展變化的最初起點(diǎn),或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。

　　16.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】succeed in為固定短語(yǔ)。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務(wù)的成功，取決于報(bào)紙?jiān)诳蛻?hù)心中的價(jià)值。

　　17.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】根據(jù)上下文，此處應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，此句意為：報(bào)紙?jiān)诳蛻?hù)心中的價(jià)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(mén)的工作及報(bào)紙所提供的服務(wù)功能和娛樂(lè)功能。

　　19.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定語(yǔ)。

　　20.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】information后面接介詞about，表示關(guān)于。