完形填空模擬練習及答案詳解
Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes.
They are left in the __1__ of strangers for the rest of their lives.
Their __2__ children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any __3__ visitors.
The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth __4__ story.
In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care __5__ elderly people need.
Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied __6__ the American family is changing.
He reported that by the time the __7__ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children.
__8__ , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years __9__ , family members must provide long term care.
More psychologists have found that all caregivers __10__ a common characteristic:
All caregivers believe that they are the best __11__ for the job.In other words, they all felt that they __12__ do the job better than anyone else.
Social workers __13__ caregivers to find out why they took __14__ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.
Many caregivers believed they had __15__ to help their relative.Some stated that helping others __16__ them feel more useful.
Others hoped that by helping __17__ now, they would deserve care when they became old and __18__ .
Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a __19__ satisfying experience for everyone who might be __20__ .
1.A.hands B.arms
C.bodies D.homes
2.A.growing B.grown
C.being grown D.having grown
3.A.constant B.lasting
C.regular D.normal
4.A.imaginary B.imaginable
C.imaginative D.imagery
5.A.that B.this
C.those D.these
6.A.when B.how
C.what D.where
7.A.common B.ordinary
C.standard D.average
8.A.Further B.However
C.Moreover D.Whereas
9.A.before B.ago
C.later D.lately
10.A.share B.enjoy
C.divide D.consent
11.A.person B.people
C.character D.man
12.A.would B.will
C.could D.can
13.A.questioned B.interviewed
C.inquired D.interrogate
14.A.in B.up
C.on D.off
15.A.admiration B.initiative
C.necessity D.obligation
16.A.cause B.enable
C.make D.get
17.A.someone B.anyone
C.everyone D.anybody
18.A.elderly B.dependent
C.dependable D.independent
19.A.similarly B.differently
C.mutually D.certainly
20.A.involved B.excluded
C.included D.considered
1.答案A
【解析】本句意為他們的業余生活要由陌生人來照料。in the hands of由控制或照料，固定搭配。
2.答案B
【解析】grown children過去分詞作定語，意為長大的孩子。
3.答案C
【解析】regular定期的、有規律的normal正常的constant經常的lasting持續的，這里指定期來看望的人。
4.答案A
【解析】imaginary不真實的、虛構的imaginable可想象的imaginative富于想象力的imagery意為肖像。
5.答案A
【解析】that引導定語從句。
6.答案B
【解析】根據上下文，how引導賓語從句，表示如何、怎么樣。
7.答案D
【解析】average指一般、通常的情況;common表示普通的，強調大部分;ordinary與special相對立，強調普遍性;standard標準的。
8.答案C
【解析】用moreover而且，表示兩句間遞進的關系。如果further加上more，也表示遞進關系。
9.答案B
【解析】ago以前，指從現在算起;before是從過去某個時刻算起。
10.答案A
【解析】share，共享的，常與common搭配。consent同意。
11.答案B
【解析】這里要用復數，故選people。
12.答案C
【解析】would表示一種意愿，can表示能力。主句是過去時，故選could。
13.答案B
【解析】questioned和inquired表示詢問、疑問interrogate審問。故interviewed面試、訪問符合句意。
14.答案C
【解析】take on承擔take in欺騙、收容take up從事take off脫下、起飛。take on符合句意，承擔照顧年老親戚的責任。
15.答案D
【解析】obligation責任、義務admiration羨慕initiative首創的，開始的necessity必要性。本句與上句意思相近，故選obligation。
16.答案C
【解析】make sb do sth.表示使某人，符合句意。
17.答案A
【解析】someone在這里泛指某個人。Anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每個人。
18.答案B
【解析】dependent依靠別人的dependable可靠的independent獨立的。
19.答案C
【解析】mutually共同地similarly同樣地、相似的differently不同地certainly當然地。只有共同地符合句意。
20.答案A
【解析】involved涉及、牽涉到included包含excluded排除在外、不包括considered考慮到。本句意為可能涉及到的每一個人。
We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.
It should be noted, however, that this contract does not __1__ the same form in different societies.
In Western societies, the __2__ of a man and a woman __3__ given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official __4__ by the state.
In some African so cieties, __5__ , marriage has nothing to do __6__ an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal __7__ of goods.
Generally __8__ is the bridegroom who is required to make a __9__ of goods to the brides kin, though sometimes a payment is __10__ made by the bridegrooms kin to that of the bride.
Among the Nuer, a __11__ living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the brides kin, __12__ as bridewealth, is in the __13__ of cattle.
Once the __14__ of bridewealth is agreed __15__ , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a __16__ union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable __17__ of the husband.
They remain __18__ children even __19__ the wife subsequently leaves him to live with __20__ man.
1.A.make B.get
C.take D.do
2.A.condition B.difference
C.union D.divorce
3.A.is B.are
C.was D.were
4.A.recognizing B.recognize
C.to recognize D.recognized
5.A.however B.yet
C.though D.still
6.A.with B.from
C.for D.to
7.A.exchange B.contact
C.communication D.connection
8.A.that B.this
C.one D.it
9.A.money B.payment
C.cost D.consumption
10.A.also B.too
C.either D.as well
11.A.a person B.a people
C.a man D.a couple
12.A.called B.known
C.named D.looked
13.A.shape B.size
C.form D.type
14.A.amount B.number
C.figure D.volume
15.A.upon B.with
C.to D.for
16.A.legal B.casual
C.direct D.progressive
17.A.bride B.cattle
C.wealth D.children
18.A.his B.her
C.their D.ones
19.A.before B.because
C.while D.if
20.A.other B.another
C.more D.farther
答案：
1.答案C
【解析】本句意為在不同的社會里,這種合約采取不同的形式。take the form of是固定搭配,意為采取形式。
2.答案C
【解析】本句是說在西方社會,男女的結合只有由政府認可的官員登記后才成為合法婚姻。union結合;difference區別condition條件divorce離婚。
3.答案A
【解析】主語是the union，為單數，從上下文的時態看應用現在時。
4.答案D
【解析】過去分詞做定語修飾official，意為被認可的官員。
5.答案A
【解析】though為連詞，連接主語和從句，表雖然但是yet一般用在否定句或疑問句尾，表示已經still用在動詞前后，表示仍然however可用逗號與前后隔開，在意思上與前句轉折。
6.答案A
【解析】have nothing to do with,與無關，固定搭配。
7.答案A
【解析】符合商品交換的選項只有exchange。contact接觸communication指交流、交換connection連接。
8.答案D
【解析】此處是強調句型，It iswho/that結構，故只能用it.
9.答案B
【解析】make a payment of是固定搭配，意為支付。money是不可數名詞，故不能用a money。cost和consumption是花費、消費的意思，后面一般沒有to的結構。
10.答案A
【解析】also一般跟著謂語動詞;too與as well一般放在句尾，too有時也放在句中，用逗號隔開。
11.答案B
【解析】a people一個民族，a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位語，從among the Nuer中可以看出，選項不可能是a man或a person或a couple。
12.答案B
【解析】be known as，作為而得名;如用call或name，后面的as應去掉。
13.答案C
【解析】in the form of以形式,固定搭配。
14.答案A
【解析】number、figure表示數字;volume意為容量只有amount數量可與新娘彩禮相搭配。
15.答案A
【解析】動詞agree后面可接不同的介詞，agree on/upon表示就一點雙方達成一致意見;agree to同意對方建議;agree with同意某人意見，雙方在觀點意見上的吻合。無agree for的說法。
16.答案A
【解析】casual偶爾的progressive進步的direct直接的。根據上下文。此處應填legal合法的。
17.答案D
【解析】聯姻的后代成為，不可能選bride或cattle。但從后面的句子中可以看出，此處選children最為合適。
18.答案A
【解析】本句的意思是即使妻子離開丈夫后，同別人生活，他們的孩子應屬于夫方。His指代husband。
19.答案D
【解析】根據上題的譯文，本句用even if即使，符合句意。
20.答案B
【解析】other后接復數名詞;表示單數概念時用another。
Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes.
They are left in the __1__ of strangers for the rest of their lives.
Their __2__ children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any __3__ visitors.
The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth __4__ story.
In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care __5__ elderly people need.
Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied __6__ the American family is changing.
He reported that by the time the __7__ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children.
__8__ , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years __9__ , family members must provide long term care.
More psychologists have found that all caregivers __10__ a common characteristic:
All caregivers believe that they are the best __11__ for the job.In other words, they all felt that they __12__ do the job better than anyone else.
Social workers __13__ caregivers to find out why they took __14__ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.
Many caregivers believed they had __15__ to help their relative.Some stated that helping others __16__ them feel more useful.
Others hoped that by helping __17__ now, they would deserve care when they became old and __18__ .
Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a __19__ satisfying experience for everyone who might be __20__ .
1.A.hands B.arms
C.bodies D.homes
2.A.growing B.grown
C.being grown D.having grown
3.A.constant B.lasting
C.regular D.normal
4.A.imaginary B.imaginable
C.imaginative D.imagery
5.A.that B.this
C.those D.these
6.A.when B.how
C.what D.where
7.A.common B.ordinary
C.standard D.average
8.A.Further B.However
C.Moreover D.Whereas
9.A.before B.ago
C.later D.lately
10.A.share B.enjoy
C.divide D.consent
11.A.person B.people
C.character D.man
12.A.would B.will
C.could D.can
13.A.questioned B.interviewed
C.inquired D.interrogate
14.A.in B.up
C.on D.off
15.A.admiration B.initiative
C.necessity D.obligation
16.A.cause B.enable
C.make D.get
17.A.someone B.anyone
C.everyone D.anybody
18.A.elderly B.dependent
C.dependable D.independent
19.A.similarly B.differently
C.mutually D.certainly
20.A.involved B.excluded
C.included D.considered
1.答案A
【解析】本句意為他們的業余生活要由陌生人來照料。in the hands of由控制或照料，固定搭配。
2.答案B
【解析】grown children過去分詞作定語，意為長大的孩子。
3.答案C
【解析】regular定期的、有規律的normal正常的constant經常的lasting持續的，這里指定期來看望的人。
4.答案A
【解析】imaginary不真實的、虛構的imaginable可想象的imaginative富于想象力的imagery意為肖像。
5.答案A
【解析】that引導定語從句。
6.答案B
【解析】根據上下文，how引導賓語從句，表示如何、怎么樣。
7.答案D
【解析】average指一般、通常的情況;common表示普通的，強調大部分;ordinary與special相對立，強調普遍性;standard標準的。
8.答案C
【解析】用moreover而且，表示兩句間遞進的關系。如果further加上more，也表示遞進關系。
9.答案B
【解析】ago以前，指從現在算起;before是從過去某個時刻算起。
10.答案A
【解析】share，共享的，常與common搭配。consent同意。
11.答案B
【解析】這里要用復數，故選people。
12.答案C
【解析】would表示一種意愿，can表示能力。主句是過去時，故選could。
13.答案B
【解析】questioned和inquired表示詢問、疑問interrogate審問。故interviewed面試、訪問符合句意。
14.答案C
【解析】take on承擔take in欺騙、收容take up從事take off脫下、起飛。take on符合句意，承擔照顧年老親戚的責任。
15.答案D
【解析】obligation責任、義務admiration羨慕initiative首創的，開始的necessity必要性。本句與上句意思相近，故選obligation。
16.答案C
【解析】make sb do sth.表示使某人，符合句意。
17.答案A
【解析】someone在這里泛指某個人。Anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每個人。
18.答案B
【解析】dependent依靠別人的dependable可靠的independent獨立的。
19.答案C
【解析】mutually共同地similarly同樣地、相似的differently不同地certainly當然地。只有共同地符合句意。
20.答案A
【解析】involved涉及、牽涉到included包含excluded排除在外、不包括considered考慮到。本句意為可能涉及到的每一個人。
We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.
It should be noted, however, that this contract does not __1__ the same form in different societies.
In Western societies, the __2__ of a man and a woman __3__ given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official __4__ by the state.
In some African so cieties, __5__ , marriage has nothing to do __6__ an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal __7__ of goods.
Generally __8__ is the bridegroom who is required to make a __9__ of goods to the brides kin, though sometimes a payment is __10__ made by the bridegrooms kin to that of the bride.
Among the Nuer, a __11__ living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the brides kin, __12__ as bridewealth, is in the __13__ of cattle.
Once the __14__ of bridewealth is agreed __15__ , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a __16__ union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable __17__ of the husband.
They remain __18__ children even __19__ the wife subsequently leaves him to live with __20__ man.
1.A.make B.get
C.take D.do
2.A.condition B.difference
C.union D.divorce
3.A.is B.are
C.was D.were
4.A.recognizing B.recognize
C.to recognize D.recognized
5.A.however B.yet
C.though D.still
6.A.with B.from
C.for D.to
7.A.exchange B.contact
C.communication D.connection
8.A.that B.this
C.one D.it
9.A.money B.payment
C.cost D.consumption
10.A.also B.too
C.either D.as well
11.A.a person B.a people
C.a man D.a couple
12.A.called B.known
C.named D.looked
13.A.shape B.size
C.form D.type
14.A.amount B.number
C.figure D.volume
15.A.upon B.with
C.to D.for
16.A.legal B.casual
C.direct D.progressive
17.A.bride B.cattle
C.wealth D.children
18.A.his B.her
C.their D.ones
19.A.before B.because
C.while D.if
20.A.other B.another
C.more D.farther
答案：
1.答案C
【解析】本句意為在不同的社會里,這種合約采取不同的形式。take the form of是固定搭配,意為采取形式。
2.答案C
【解析】本句是說在西方社會,男女的結合只有由政府認可的官員登記后才成為合法婚姻。union結合;difference區別condition條件divorce離婚。
3.答案A
【解析】主語是the union，為單數，從上下文的時態看應用現在時。
4.答案D
【解析】過去分詞做定語修飾official，意為被認可的官員。
5.答案A
【解析】though為連詞，連接主語和從句，表雖然但是yet一般用在否定句或疑問句尾，表示已經still用在動詞前后，表示仍然however可用逗號與前后隔開，在意思上與前句轉折。
6.答案A
【解析】have nothing to do with,與無關，固定搭配。
7.答案A
【解析】符合商品交換的選項只有exchange。contact接觸communication指交流、交換connection連接。
8.答案D
【解析】此處是強調句型，It iswho/that結構，故只能用it.
9.答案B
【解析】make a payment of是固定搭配，意為支付。money是不可數名詞，故不能用a money。cost和consumption是花費、消費的意思，后面一般沒有to的結構。
10.答案A
【解析】also一般跟著謂語動詞;too與as well一般放在句尾，too有時也放在句中，用逗號隔開。
11.答案B
【解析】a people一個民族，a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位語，從among the Nuer中可以看出，選項不可能是a man或a person或a couple。
12.答案B
【解析】be known as，作為而得名;如用call或name，后面的as應去掉。
13.答案C
【解析】in the form of以形式,固定搭配。
14.答案A
【解析】number、figure表示數字;volume意為容量只有amount數量可與新娘彩禮相搭配。
15.答案A
【解析】動詞agree后面可接不同的介詞，agree on/upon表示就一點雙方達成一致意見;agree to同意對方建議;agree with同意某人意見，雙方在觀點意見上的吻合。無agree for的說法。
16.答案A
【解析】casual偶爾的progressive進步的direct直接的。根據上下文。此處應填legal合法的。
17.答案D
【解析】聯姻的后代成為，不可能選bride或cattle。但從后面的句子中可以看出，此處選children最為合適。
18.答案A
【解析】本句的意思是即使妻子離開丈夫后，同別人生活，他們的孩子應屬于夫方。His指代husband。
19.答案D
【解析】根據上題的譯文，本句用even if即使，符合句意。
20.答案B
【解析】other后接復數名詞;表示單數概念時用another。
