艰苦卓绝的意思2006年英语专业四级真题完形填空及答案解析
PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inrted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.
There are many superstitions in Britain, but one of the most （31 ）____held is that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder even if it means （32）____ the pavement into a busy street! （33）____ you must pass under a ladder you can （34）____bad luck by crossing your fingers and （35）____them crosd until you have en a dog. （36）____, you may lick your finger and （37）____a cross on the toe of your shoe, and not look again at the shoe until the （38）____has dried.
Another common （39）____is that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the hou-it will either bring （40）____to the person who opened it or to the whole （41）____. Anyone opening an umbrella in fine weather is （42）____, as it inevitably brings rain!
The number 13 is said to be unlucky for some, and when the 13th day of the month （43）____on a Friday, anyone wishing to avoid a bad event had better stay （44）一起看日出____. the worst misfortune that can happen to a person is caud by breaking a mirror, （45）____it brings ven years of bad luck! The superstition is suppod to （46）____in ancient times, when mirrors were considered to be tools of the gods.
Black cats are generally considered lucky in Britain, even though they are （47）____witchcraft……it is （48）____lucky if a black cat cross your path-although in America the exact opposite belief prevails.
Finally, a commonly held superstition is that of touching wood （49）____luck. This measure is most often taken if you think you have said something that is tempting fate, such as "my car has never （50）____, touch wood?"
31. A broadly B widely C quickly D speedily
快启动32. A running from B jumping off C stepping off D keeping from
33. A If B As C Though D Unless
34. A era B remove C avoid D ea
35. A keep B keeping C kept D to keep
36. A Conquently B However C Comparatively D Alternatively
37. A make B print C perform D produce
38. A label B symbol C mark D cut
39. A argument B superstition C opinion D idea
40. A loss B difficulty C tragedy D misfortune
41. A hou B houhold C home D circle
42. A unwi B unintelligent C unpopular D unfortunate
43. A falls B arrives C drops D happens
44. A away B outdoors C indoors D far
45. A when B as C if D though
46. A have originated B be originating C be originated D originate
47. A concerned about B related with C associated with D connected in
48. A especially B specially C frequently D rarely
49. A as B for C in D of
50. A broken up B broken off C broken away D broken down
解析：bobtail
PART III CLOZE
本文是一篇说明文。本文结构是“G(General)—S(Specific)模式，首先指出英国存在着许多迷信思想，然后举例说明。 | 第一段：提出英国有许多迷信说法，并举了其中一个最常见的例子。 |
第二至五段：举了几种在英国常见的迷信思想，并介绍了一些破解厄运的方法。 |
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31.【解析】选[B]。所填词修饰空后的held，并且与末段首句中的commonly形成近义复现。commonly held与widely held“被广泛认为的”形成首尾照应，widely held相当于widely believed，故答案为[B]。[A] broadly“大致上，大体上”为干扰项，与held不搭配。[C]、[D]
是近义词，都表示“迅速地，很快地”，都不和语义。
32.【解析】选[C]。由空后面的宾语the pavement into a busy street“从人行道走到街上”可知，只有[C] stepping off“步下，开步走”符合语境。[A] running from“逃避”常与reality搭配；[B] jumping off “从…跳下”与pavement“人行道”不搭配；[D] keeping from“避开”与空后的into不搭配。
33.【解析】选[A]。分析句子结构可知，这里应为一条件句，表示“如果你必须在一个梯子下面穿过，你可以采取一定的措施来避免霉运”，只有[A] If符合上下文逻辑。[D] Unless“除非”为强干扰项，若填入空中，会使上下文逻辑混乱。 [B] As表原因、 [C] Though 表让步，明显不符合上下文逻辑关系。
34.【解析】 选[C]。结合第33题题解和空后的bad luck by crossing 可知，这里谈的应是避免霉运的方法，故[C] avoid为答案。 另外，第四段中的avoid为所填词的原词复现，bad event与bad luck意思相近。[A] era“除去；擦掉”[B] remove“除掉；清除”均表示去除已经存在的事物； [D] ea“减轻；缓和”，常和“压力”、“疼痛”连用。
35.【解析】选[B]。由空前的and可知，所填词形式应与crossing并列作by的宾语，故答案为[B] keeping。
36.【解析】选[D]。结合第33和34题题解可知，和谈的是两种避免霉运的方法，二者是并列选择关系，故答案为[D] Alternatively“二者择一地”。[A] Conquently表结果；[B] However表转折；[C] Comparatively欧美男体艺术表比较，均不符合逻辑关系。
37.【解析】选[A]。由空前的and可知，此处所填动词应与前面的lick your finger是顺承关系，即舔一下手指，然后用手指上的唾沫在你的鞋尖上画个十字架，make a cross为习惯表达，故[A]为答案。[B] print“印刷”、[C] perform “演出参照点；表演”、[D] produce“生产”都不合上下文语义。
38.【解析】选[C]。由定冠词the可知，所填名词应是前面提到过的。根据a cross可知，这里指的应是用唾沫在鞋尖上画的十字架，故答案为厨神驾到[C] mark“记号，标记”，指代a cross。[A] label“标签” 、 [B] symbol“标志；标识贵阳到重庆”、[D] cut“切口”都不能指代上文出现过的cross，故皆可排除。
