2016年成考专升本《英语》完形填空练习题

　　完形填空

　　part A

　　For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In 1 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 5 in the actual stuff of language itself ――words. Taken individually, words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 7 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing(退回) to 8 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 9 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalization―sounding each word either orally or mentally as 11 reads.

　　To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 12 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined(预先确定的) speeD.The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 14 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization(默读)practically impossible. At first 15 is sacrificed for speeD.But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 16 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 17 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 18 Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 19 the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 20 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

　　1. A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting

　　2. A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly

　　3. A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent

　　4. A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom

　　5. A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves

　　6. A.some B.a lot C.little D.dull

　　7. A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately

　　8. A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite

　　9. A.what B.which C.that D.if

　　10.A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures

　　11.A.some one B.one C.he D.reader

　　12.A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer

　　13.A.then B.as C.beyond D.than

　　14.A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating

　　15.A.meaning B.comprehension C.gist D.regression

　　16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for

　　17.A.our B.your C.their D.such a

　　18.A.Look at B.Take C.Make D.Consider

　　19.A.for B.in C.after D.before

　　20.A.master B.go over C.present D.get through

　　参考答案

　　1―5 DACBA 6―10 CDBAC 11―15 BADCB 16―20 ACBDD

　　part B

　　The death of a child, _51_ one’s own child, is something the mind can hardly comprehend. It seems to go _52_ nature. The end of a life that is still forming _53_ has just begun is an almost unthinkable cruelty.

　　But it happens. Parents sometimes must witness the illness and death of the children _54_ whom they gave birth. And _55_ will ever fill the empty place that the dead child leaves behind. Parents _56_ to die before their children, which is the natural order of life events. When the situation is reversed and a child dies _57_ the parents it seems wrong.

　　Yet we never know why one person dies and another lives. But we do know _58_ a child is gone, the parents still have a future, as grey and worthless as it may at first seem. Death may take the child, but the love never _59_.

　　The sorrow after a child’s death is one of the longest and hardest type of _60_ to live with. And it takes long to deal with the parents’ own emotions.

　　51.A. especially B. special C. especial D. most

　　52.A. with B. against C. beyond D. above

　　53.A. and B. or C. but D. so

　　54.A. at B. with C. to D. for

　　55.A. everything B. other thing C. something D. nothing

　　56.A. think B. expect C. like D. surely

　　57.A. before B. after C. in front of D. as

　　58.A. as if B. as though C. even if D. that

　　59.A. gives up B. goes away C. goes back D. goes through

　　60.A. loss B. losses C. losing D. lost

　　参考答案

　　51.A 52.B 53.B 54.C 55.D　56.B 57.A 58.C 59.B 60.A