英語四級選詞填空訓練
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The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth,scientists said yesterday.
While elderly people __47__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they wereyounger, this has a***n*** __48__ effect on their brain's performance and they would benefitfrom getting more, according to research.
Sean Drummond, a. psychiatrist ***心理醫生*** at the University of California, San Diego, saidolder people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better atsleeping __49__ straight through the night.
More sleep in old age, however, is __50__ with better health, and most older people wouldfeel better and more __51__ if they slept for longer periods, he said.
"The ability to sleep in one chunk ***整塊時間*** overnight goes down as we age but theamount of sleep we need to __52__ well does not change," Dr Drummond told the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.
"It's __53__ a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is,the more they sleep like they did when they were __54__. Our data suggests that older adultswould benefit from __55__ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That's __56__ fromperson to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as weneed at 75."
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
A*** alert
B*** associated
C*** attracting
D*** cling
E*** continuing
F*** definitely
G*** different
H*** efficiently
I*** formally
J*** function
K*** mixed
L*** negative
M*** sufficient
N*** tend
O*** younger
答案解析：
47 N tend
48 L negative
49 H efficiently
50 B associated
51 A alert
52 J function/
53 F definitely
54 O younger
55 E continuing
56 G different
文章大意：本文主要講述的是關於老年人睡眠的問題：是否老年人與年輕人相比只需要較少的睡眠時間?
47. tend to 固定搭配;表示"傾向於;"符合句意;
48. 空格後是effect， 前面是a***n***， 由此可見，該處需要填入一個形容詞;題目給出的形容詞有negative, sufficient, younger;根據前後語意，填入negative最為恰當，表示"少的睡眠時間對大腦的活動有負面的影響。"
49. 根據推測，該處應該填入一個副詞，題目給出的副詞有efficiently, definitely, formally;前面提到，老年人在睡覺的時候更容易被打斷，而後面用while提出一個對比的概念，年輕人相比起來能獲得更_______ 的睡眠;綜合起來，選用efficiently***最有效率的***最為準確。
50. be associated with 固定搭配;表示"與…聯絡在一起";本句話表示"更多的睡眠通常都與健康度聯絡在一起";
51. 先看整句話的含義，"如果他們能睡更長的時間，他們的感覺應該會更好以及…"那麼，該處應該填入一個褒義詞，選擇alert比較恰當，表示"更加警覺，機靈";
52. 根據判斷，此處應該填入一個動詞，剩下的動詞有cling, function;整句話的意思是"當我們上了年紀的時候，我們一覺睡到天亮的能力下降了，但是，我們需要…的睡眠量並沒有改變;"空格後的單詞是well，cling 在這裡並不合適，一般與to連用;選用function 最為適合;
53. 作者在首段已經提出這個觀點是一個myth，那麼顯而易見最後一段中出現的myth是作為一種強調手段，應填入definitely;
54. 空格的前面是 when they were…， "當他們年輕的時候";應填入younger;
55. 本句的意思是"我們的資料顯示老年人將從…獲益;"空格的後面是"得到和他們在三十多歲的時候能得到的睡眠一樣多";根據上下文意思，該處應填入"continuing";
56. different from 固定搭配;表示"和…不同";
總的說來，建議大家在做題之前對所給的所有詞彙進行一下簡單的詞性分類，這樣，更有助於考生快速有效地從最小的範圍內選出答案。