2018年12月大学英语四级阅读理解试题：选词填空专项（十七）

　　第三十六篇

　　The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens(雅典) in 1896 and only twelve nations participated. Besides the host nation participants were tourists who __1__to be in Greece at the time. Though the whole affair was __2__ and the standard was not high, the old principle of amateur sport was kept up. Since then the games had been held every four years except during the __3__ of the two World War. This was__4__ a departure from the old Olympic spirit when wars had to stop and make way for the games. The games have grown enormously in scale and __5__ performances have now reached unprecedented heights. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about their __6__ standard. Instead of Olympia, the modern games are now held in differentcities all over the world. Inevitably politics and commercialismget involved as countries vie each other for(为......而互相竞争) the __7__ to hold the games because of the political prestige and commercial profit to be __8__ out of them. In the 11th games held in Berlin in 1936, Hitler who had newly come to __9__ in Germany tried to use the occasion for his Nazi propaganda. For the first time the Olympic flame was brought all the way from Olympia to the games site in relays, a marathon journey now often taking months to __10__.

　　[A]honour

　　[B]accomplish

　　[C]had

　　[D]moral

　　[E]arrive

　　[F]occured

　　[G]end

　　[H]power

　　[I]happened

　　[J]definitely

　　[K]Physical

　　[L]informal

　　[M]interruption

　　[N]especially

　　[O]irregular

　　参考答案：

　　1.选I

　　2.选L

　　3.选M

　　4.选J

　　5.选K

　　6.选D

　　7.选A

　　8.选C

　　9.选H

　　10.选B

　　第三十七篇

　　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 deep wisdom 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 help you." 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] regret

　　[E] accurately

　　[F] confessed

　　[G] inheritance

　　[H] physical

　　[I] cured

　　[J] treat

　　[K] truly

　　[L] unfaithful

　　[M] forgiveness

　　[N] disturbed

　　[O] excuse

　　参考答案：

　　1.选C

　　2.选K

　　3.选N

　　4.选D

　　5.选H

　　6.选F

　　7.选G

　　8.选M

　　9.选I

　　10.选A