大學英語四級考試題答案
英語四級選詞填空練習題(一)
What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were __1__. The study of how genes and environment interact to influence __2__ activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important __3__ to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.
Any research that suggests that __4__ to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can __5__ based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced, how __6__ they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the __7__ to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture(養育), by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science __8__ that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born __9__ like undeveloped photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it __10__ appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning.
[A] abilities
[B] achieve
[C] appeal
[D] complaints
[E] contributions
[F] displayed
[G] essentially
[H] eventually
[I] extent
[J] indicates
[K] proceeds
[L] psychological
[M] raised
[N] smart
[O] standard
英語四級選詞填空練習題答案
1. [M] raised raise在這裡的意思是"養育"，the environment in which you were raised 意思是"你成長的環境"。
2. [L] psychological "psychological activity"意思是"心理活動"，全句意思是"研究基因和外部環境如何相互作用影響人心理活動的學科被稱為行為遺傳學"。
3. [E] contributions "make contributions to"為固定搭配，意為"為……做貢獻"。
4. [A] abilities "ability to …"意思是"做某事的能力"，在此處，全句意思是"任何一篇宣稱人類做出某種行為的能力是基於生物學的研究都是有爭議的"。
5. [B] achieve "limitations to what you can achieve"意思是"對你所能達到的水平的限制"。
6. [N] smart 此處需填一個形容詞，而且用來形容人，根據題意，smart符合題意，表示"機靈，可愛"。
7. [I] extent 此處填extent，主要是因為後面有to，"to the extent …"譯為"……的程度"。
8. [J] indicates indicate 意思是"表明，顯示"。全句意為"越來越多的科學(現象)表明基因對人類很多特徵有基礎作用"。
9. [G] essentially essentially 的'意思是"實際上，本質上"。全句意為"從這個角度來講，人一出生，本質上就像是還沒洗出來的照片：相已經照了，但是最終會呈現多少就在於顯影的過程了"。
10. [H] eventually eventually 副詞，意思是"最終，最後"。
英語四級選詞填空練習題(二)
There's no question that the Earth is getting hotter. The real questions are: How much of the warming is our fault, and are we 1 to slow the devastation by controlling ourinsatiable 2 for fossil fuels?
Global warming can seem too 3 to worry about, or too uncertain-something projected by the same computer 4 that often can't get next week's weather right. On a raw winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming wouldn't be such a bad thing anyway. And no doubt about it: Warnings about 5 change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and restrict our lifestyles.
Comforting thoughts, perhaps. Unfortunately, however, the Earth has some discomforting news. From Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes the world is heating up right now, and fast. Globally, the 6 is up 1°F over the past century, but some of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. The results aren't pretty. Ice is 7 , rivers are running dry, and coasts are 8 , threatening communities.
The 9 are happening largely out of sight. But they shouldn't be out of mind, because they are omens of what's in store for the 10 of the planet.
[A]remote
[B]techniques
[C]consisting
[D]rest
[E]willing
[F]climate
[G]skill
[H]appetite
[I]melting
[J]vanishing
[K]eroding
[L]temperature
[M]curiosity
[N]changes
[O]skillful
英語四級選詞填空練習題答案
1.【解析】[E] 此處應填入E項，be willing to 為固定搭配。
2.【解析】[H] 此處應填入一個名詞，而appetite通常和介詞for搭配，此處句子的意思為控制我們無止境的慾望。
3.【解析】[A] 此處應填入一個形容詞，根據上下文意思應選A項，意即:全球氣候變暖似乎離我們太遙遠，以至於我們無需為此擔心。
4.【解析】[B] 此處應填入一個名詞，而與computer 搭配的名詞在選項中根據上下文意思B為正確選項。
5.【解析】[F] 根據上下文意思此處應表達氣候變化之意，因此F為正確選項。
6.【解析】[L] 該題較為簡單，表示"上個世紀全球的氣溫上升了1華氏度"，應能迅速找出正確答案。
7.【解析】[I] 顯然ice 與melt 搭配，因此I為正確選項。
8.【解析】[K] 此處應填入一個現在分詞，表示"海岸受到侵蝕"，因此應選K項。
9.【解析】[N] 該題較為簡單，應填入一個複數名詞，所以填入N項。
10.【解析】[D] 選D項，the rest of 為固定搭配。