2013年英语专业四级完形填空练习题（15）
PART I WRITING [15 MIN]
There was a time in my life when people asked ____1____ for stories about what it’s like to work in a field ____2____ by men. I was never very good at telling tho stories becau ____3____ I never found them interesting. ____4____ I do find interesting is the origin of the univer and the nature of black holes.
At 19, ____5____ I began studying astrophysics, it did not ____6____ me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while ____7____ my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space rearch, the ____8____ started to trouble me. My every achievement---- jobs, rearch papers, ____9____ ---- was viewed through the lens of gender politics. ____ 10____ were my failures.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth ____11____ a ntence that would eventually become my reply ____12____ any and all of the: I don’t talk about that anymo
re. It ____13____ me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to ____14____ with gender issues.
Today I rearch and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many ____15____ the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will ____16____ their scientific rearch and a desire ____17____ children. And I don’t dismiss tho concerns. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And ____18____ they have given me the image of 45 women ____19____ by a love of science. And that’s a sight ____20____ talking about.
1. A. continually B. continuously C. constantly D. unceasingly
2. A. dominated B. commanded C. dictated D. prevailed
3. A. factually B. intentionally C. basically D. truthfully
4. A. But B. Whether C. What D. Though
5. A. as B. when C. since D. after
6. A. stress B. molest C. interfere D. bother
7. A. earning B. learning C. studying D. rewarding
8. A. question B. subject C. issue D. dispute
9. A. rewards B. awards C. prizes D. cups
10. A. As B. Same C. Both D. So
11. A. went B. came C. said D. spoke
12. A. to B. for C. at D. in
13. A. spent B. took C. cost D. consumed
14. A. handle with B. deal with C. meet with D. ttle with
15. A. in B. within C. among D. of
16. A. make B. handle C. ensure D. manage
17. A. for B. at C. to D. in
18. A. in contrast B. in comparison C. in turn D. in return
19. A. educated B. admired C. devoted D. driven
20. A. worth B. worthy C. worthwhile D. worthy of
Part II GRAMMAR ＆VOCABULARY [15 MIN]
1．There was a large crowd of demonstrators ____ against the war.
A）protecting B）prerving C）protestingsonnets D）英语topicprocuting
2．I'm afraid I will have to ____her invitation to the party.
A）refu B）refute computer是什么意思C）ignore carolD）decline
3．The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all．As a matter of fact, I would gladly have paid ____ for it.
A）as much twice B）much as twice C服装英语）as twice much D）twice as much
4．He can't start the car becau the battery has ____.
Aactress是什么意思）run up B）run down C）run over D）run off
5．Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion, for we need to have factual knowledge ____ our
清明 杜牧thinking.
A）upon which to ba B）which to ba upon C）struggle什么意思which to be bad on D）to ba on which
6．This design is ____ that one.
A）more superior to B）会议翻译far superior than C）more superior than D）far superior to
7．I wondered what her ____ to the news would be.
A）impression B）reaction C）comment D）opinion中考英语词组
8．She shouldn't have stood in a queue; she ____ her underground ticket from the machine.
A）has got B）must have got C）could have got D）got
9．Don't worry．____ that you will be treated equally.
A）I'll look forward to it B）I'll try my utmost C）I'll be on the alert D）I'll e to it
10．The workers agreed to ____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demand.
