英語四級閱讀練習及詳解

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　　It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged roughly, said __1__ things, pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and __2__ that you were sorry. A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deePwisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is __3__, and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and __4__ is expressed.I remember a doctor friend, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No __5__ cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, "Unless you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t helPyou."After some hesitation, the man __6__ that, as executor of his faher’s will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his __7__. Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking __8__ and enclosing a cheque as the first stePin restoring their good relation. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. "Thank you," He said, "I think I’m __9__." And he was. A heartfelt apology can not only __10__ a damaged relationshiPbut also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it right now.A***heal B***mental C***unkind D***regretE***accurately F***confessed G***inheritance H***physicalI***cured J***treat K***truly L***unfaithfulM***forgiveness N***disturbed O***excuse

　　Answers:

　　1.選C***。此處應填形容詞。從後面的pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend可知，說的是不好的話，可選項有unkind和unfaithful，但由前面的judged roughly“粗魯的評判”可知這裡表示說話時不考慮他人的感受，因此unkind“刻薄的”更加符合上下文語氣。

　　2.選K***。由clearly and一詞可知，此處應填副詞，與closely一起修飾道歉時的情形。選項有accurately和truly,由“回想一下你曾明確地並...... 地表示自己歉意的場合”，能使句意通順的是truly“真誠地”，而accurately一般表示“***資料計算得***精確地”，故排除。

　　3.選N***。it stays out of balance until...，其中it=some mysterious moral feeling可推出，出於道義上的原因，人會感到不安，故選disturbed“不安的”。而confessed“公開承認的”不符合句意。

　　4.選D***。此處應填名詞。從“知道承認錯誤，表達......之後，才能覺得安心，”選項中只有regret“歉意”符合題意。

　　5.選H***。此處應填形容詞。由headaches，insomnia***失眠***and stomach trouble可推出，可選項有mental和physical，由朋友的話“Unless... Worrying you, I can’t helPyou." 可知這個人是由於心理上的原因，而不是生理上的，故選physical即No physical cause...。

　　6.選F***。此處應填動詞。選項中的動詞有confessed，cured和disturbed，但由After some hesitation可推出，此人是在向醫生坦白情況，故選擇confessed“坦白”。

　　7.選G***。此處應填名詞。由as executor of his father’s will可推知，此處說明的是，在遺產繼承方面，他一直在欺騙他居住在國外的兄弟，故只有選項inheritance符合題意。

　　8.選M***。此處應填名詞。由restoring their good relation可推知，他是寫信給他兄弟請求原諒，故選項中只有forgiveness符合題意。選項中excuse用作名詞時，一般解釋為“理由，藉口”而沒有“原諒”的意思，故排除。

　　9.選I***。由第二段最後一句waht’s worrying you和這個人的感情Thank you可推出，此處說明的是醫生治好了他的心病，選項中只有cured符合題意。

　　10.選A***。此處應填動詞的圓形。But also make it stronger“使人際關係更加穩固”，it指代a damaged relationship，由此可知，空格處應填表示“修復”的詞，選項中的heal則有“治癒，修復”的意思，符合原文意思。treat一般專指醫學上的治療，用在此處不合適。




 

　　Nowadays, is it possible to tell a person’s class just by looking at him? Physical details __1__ tell us about health, diet and type of work done. A hundred years ago the working class very often lookd unhealthy, small and were either too thin or too fat. The upper classes were often __2__, sporting types who were used to a good diet and looked healthy. Today living and working conditions have improved, and such __3__ would no longer be so true.The clothes people choose to wear, however, do provide information about their __4__. The most obvious way in which is for the amount of money spent on them. Expensive clothes look expensive and show their wearer had money. Clothes can provide other __5__ as well. The upper classes __6__ to be less interested in fashion and wear good quality clothes in non-bright colours, made of natural material like wool, leather or cotton. Lower working class people often choose clothes in bright colours, made of man-made material. A sociological explanation for this would be that color and interest are mssing from their lives, and therefore any opportunity to introduce this is __7__.Clothes are __8__ at a price within most people’s reach. New clothes make the wearer feel good, and show some __9__ of wealth to the outside world. Today some new fashions are started by the lower working class people who want to look __10__ and feel important. They want people to look at them.A*** available B*** background C*** different D*** tallE*** totally F*** taken G*** descriptions H*** degreeI*** clues J*** alone K*** appear L*** considerM*** full N*** hobby O***fetched



 

　　ANSWER:

　　1.選J***。此處應填副詞。可選項有totally和alone，由前一句中just可推出，外表上的細節僅僅能告訴我們這個人的健康狀況，平時的營養狀況以及他所從事的工作而不能看出他所處的階級，故排除totally而選alone“惟一”。

　　2.選D***。此處應填形容詞。因此此句和前一句是在將以前的工人階級和上層階級的身體狀況進行對比，故此處應填與small“矮的”意思相反的詞，選項中只有tall符合題意。而full“豐滿的”不能用來修飾sporting types,故排除。

　　3.選G***。此處應填名詞。現在的生活和工作條件改善了，情況已經不同了。而such指代的是上文中對一百年以前工人階級和上層階級的身體狀況的身體狀況的描述，故descriptions“描述”符合題意。

　　4.選B***。此處應填名詞。根據句意“衣服可以提供...方面的資訊”，選項中有background和hobby，選background“人的背景，社會階層”，符合文章主題。

　　5.選I***。由as well可知，此處應填名詞且與本段首句中的informaiton的意思相近，選項中只有clues“線索”符合題意。

　　6.選K***。此處應填動詞的原形。選項中有appear和consider,appear可直接接不定式;而consider帶不定式的複合結構，用於主動語態時，consider後面得接賓語，故選appear。7選F***。這句中this指代bright colour，句子主幹是any opportunity is...。可選項有taken和fetched,take“抓住”則可以與opportunity搭配，但fetch“拿來”不能與 opportunity構成動賓搭配，故排除fetched而選taken。

　　8.選A***。此處應填形容詞。句子意思是“衣服的價錢......，大多數人都買得起。”選項中只有available“可以接受的”符合題意。

　　9.選H***。此處應填名詞。由a price within most people’s reach可推出，此處新衣服向外界顯示的是穿衣者的富裕程度，故選擇degree“程度”。

　　10.選C***。此處應填形容詞。由new fashions和feel important可推出工人階級想通過穿衣來改變他們，而選項中只有different“與眾不同的”符合此意，故選擇C***。