公共英语等级(PETS)考试四级模拟试卷
文章来源: 文章作者: 发布时间:2007-12-01 02:53 字体: [ ]  进入论坛
(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Section II Use of English (10 points)
  Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
  The loudest outcry about poverty seemed to come in the wealthiest country by far in the world. According to most calculations, 21 most of the 1945-1970 period the United States had a standard of living well 22 Europe's and many times above the world 23 . Yet 24 about grinding poverty, hunger, and dreadful need precede more from the United States than from countries with one-fortieth of their living standard. An annual per capita income of eight dollars is 25 of much of Africa and Asia and not a little of South America. It would seem strange to these people 26 they only aware of the fact that American radicals1 demand a 27 from an American 28 to the far corners of the globe so that the money thus saved can be spent raising the standard of living of 29 Americans. What this last point suggests is not so much that human 30 are never to be satisfied though this is doubtlessly true, and the American suburbanite2 31 of his second car and his color TV suffers just as 32 as an African farmer in need of a second cow and a screen door. Rather, it suggests the 33 of contemporary breach3 of social 34 the emancipation4 of the individual self. People have learned to consider any 35 to personal fulfillment an 36 insult. They have greatly expanded the circle of self-awareness. They no longer accept sharp limitations on individual desires in the 37 of the group. The amount of potential human discontent has always been 38 - misery5, failure, misfitting, bitterness, hatred6, envy 39 telling. It has usually failed of 40 , and in the past it was accepted passively as being beyond help.
  21、 A. until
  B. through
  C. in
  D. onto
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」B
  22、 A. over
  B. above
  C. against
  D. below
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」B
  23、 A. average
  B. common
  C. mean
  D. ordinary
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」A
  24、A. storms
  B. rage
  C. protests
  D. fury
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」C
  25、 A. now that
  B. regardless
  C. ignorant
  D. typical
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」D
  26、 A. was
  B. being
  C. were
  D. to be
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」C
  27、A. retreat
  B. compromise
  C. restraint
  D. detachment
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」A
  28、A. confinement7
  B. commitment
  C. complement8
  D. concealment9
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」B
  29、A. underprivileged
  B. misguided
  C. underlined
  D. overjoyed
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」A
  30、 A. anticipations10
  B. shelters
  C. shortages
  D. wants
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」D
  31、A. informed
  B. deprived
  C. ensured
  D. relieved
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」B
  32、A. acutely
  B. abnormally
  C. aggressively
  D. initially11
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」A
  33、 A. margin12
  B. scope
  C. range
  D. extent
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」D
  34、 A. liberties
  B. norms
  C. institutions
  D. practices
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」B
  35、A. access
  B. exception
  C. obstacle
  D. approach
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」C
  36、A. incomprehensible
  B. uninterpretable
  C. intolerable
  D. negligible
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」C
  37、 A. face
  B. company
  C. name
  D. wake
  (本题分值:0.5分)「正确答案」C


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 radicals 5c853925d2a610c29b107b916c89076e     
n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 );根基;基本原理;[数学]根数
参考例句:
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals. 一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句
2 suburbanite ih9zL0     
n. 郊区居民
参考例句:
  • Which ups the odds a mosquito a suburbanite may have recently a bird carrying the virus. 因此一只嗡嗡飞向市郊居民的蚊子,刚刚叮过带有病毒的鸟的可能性就增加了。
3 breach 2sgzw     
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
参考例句:
  • We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
  • He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
4 emancipation Sjlzb     
n.(从束缚、支配下)解放
参考例句:
  • We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 misery G10yi     
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
参考例句:
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
6 hatred T5Gyg     
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
参考例句:
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
7 confinement qpOze     
n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限
参考例句:
  • He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
  • The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。
8 complement ZbTyZ     
n.补足物,船上的定员;补语;vt.补充,补足
参考例句:
  • The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
  • They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。
9 concealment AvYzx1     
n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒
参考例句:
  • the concealment of crime 对罪行的隐瞒
  • Stay in concealment until the danger has passed. 把自己藏起来,待危险过去后再出来。
10 anticipations 5b99dd11cd8d6a699f0940a993c12076     
预期( anticipation的名词复数 ); 预测; (信托财产收益的)预支; 预期的事物
参考例句:
  • The thought took a deal of the spirit out of his anticipations. 想到这,他的劲头消了不少。
  • All such bright anticipations were cruelly dashed that night. 所有这些美好的期望全在那天夜晚被无情地粉碎了。
11 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初,开始
参考例句:
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
12 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
参考例句:
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
TAG标签:
发表评论
请自觉遵守互联网相关的政策法规,严禁发布色情、暴力、反动的言论。
评价:
表情:
验证码:点击我更换图片