2013年英语专业四级完形填空练习题（12）
PART I WRITING [15 MIN]
In study after study, four traits are ____1____ of happy people. First, happy people, especially in ____2____ Western cultures, like themlves. On lf-esteem tests, they agree with statements such as “I’m a lot of fun to be with” and “I have good ideas”. ____3____ we might expect of people who are usually happy, they report that they have positive lf-esteem. Indeed, they usually have a good ____4____ of themlves: They believe themlves to be more ethical, more intelligent, ____5____ prejudiced, better able to get along with others, and healthier than the ____6____ person.
Second, happy people typically feel ____7____ control. Feeling empowered rather than helpless, they also do better in school, ____8____ more at work, and cope better with stress.
____9____ control over one’s life---- a phenomenon studied ____10____ prisoners, nursin
g-home patients, etc. ---- people ____11____ lower morale (士气) and wor health. Severe poverty is depressing if it destroys people’s ____12____ of control over their life.
Third, happy people are usually optimistic. One could reason that pessimists, ____13____low expectations are so often ____14____, would constantly be surprid by joy. “Blesd is ____15____ who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed,” wrote poet Alexander Pope in a 1727 letter. ____ 16____ , positive-thinking optimists, tho who agree that “when I ____17____ something new, I expect to succeed” tend to be more successful, healthier, and happier.
Fourth, happy people are extroverted. ____18____ we might expect that introverts live more happily in the peacefulness of their less-stresd contemplative (思考的) lives, extroverts are happier---- whether living and working ____19____ or with others and whether living in ____20____ or metropolitan areas.
1. A. special B. identical C. typical D. symbolic
2. A. individual B. individualized C. individualistic D. individualism
3. A. Though B. As 憔悴是什么意思 C. Since D. While
4. A. thinking B. idea C. evaluation D. opinion
5. A. more B. greater C. less D. wor
6. A. ordinary B. normal C. rest D. average
7. A. private B. individual C. personal D. subjective
8. A. succeed B. acquire C. award D. achieve
9. A. Depriving B. Depriving of C. Deprived D. Deprived ofnegatives
10. A. in B. with C. on D. at
11. A. suffer B. suffering C. suffered D. being suffered
12. A. feeling buckets B. n C. emotion D. act
13. A. whom B. who messager C. what D. that
14. A. extended B. surmounted C. exceeded D. transcended
15. A. he B. his C. him D. one
16. A. Nevertheless B. Moreover C. More or less D. Insofar
17. A. accomplish B. undertake C. encounter D. engage
18. A. Becau B. Whenever C. Although D. Even if
19. A. singly B. alone C. lonely 平台上的孩子 D. solely
20. A. county B. urban C. rural D. suburban
Part II GRAMMAR ＆VOCABULARY [1pets45 MIN]
1．Every year I have my doctor _____ on my physical condition.
A．check in B．check up C．check into D．考研英语答案check out
2．This ticket _____ you to a free meal in our new restaurant.
A．gives B．entitles C．grants D．credits
3．A child who does well in exams is always _____ on to do better.
A．encouraged B．approved C．spurred D．惠特妮休斯顿经典歌曲inspired
4．The local peasants gave the soldiers clothes and food without which they _____ of hunger and cold.
A．would die B．will die C．would be dead D．would have died
5．_____ time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only three fingers and
a thumb.
A．Saved B．Saves C．To save D．The saving
6．Riding my bicycle home from school, _____ as I went around the corner.
A．whatthehella car hit me B．I was striked by a car
C．I was struck by a car D．I was struck with a car
7．Jane was scolded by the director becau he left the office with the door _____.
A．unlocking B．not being locked C．unlocked D．not locking
8．They _____ the lecture, but upon learning that we would discuss something irrelevant to their field of
study, they gave it up.
A．were going to attend B．were to attend C．would have attended waterdropD．had attended
9．Without electronic computers, much of today's advanced technology _____.
A．have not been achieved B．would not achieve
C．would not have been achieved D．would not be achieved
