2018年6月英语四级考试选词填空模考题

　　第一题

　　A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural______47_____for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn______48_____ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to ____49 _____ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a __50 _____ of human experiences and come to ___51 ____ other ways of thought and living. And while ____52 ____ their own relationships and responses to life , the readers often find that the ___53__ in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.

　　Books provide ___54 ____ material for readers’ imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books __55 ____their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure ___56 ___. The social and educational significance of the readers’ books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.

　　A. Abundant B. Characters C. Communicating D. Completely

　　E. Derive F. Desire G. Diversity H. Escape

　　I. Establishing J. Narrow K. Naturally L. Personnel

　　M. Properly N. Respect O. Widen

　　答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)

　　47. F/ desire 48. K/ naturally 49. H/ escape 50. G/ diversity

　　51. N/ respect 52. I/ establishing 53. B/ characters 54. A/ abundant

　　55. O/ widen 56. M/ properly

　　第二题

　　Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly _47_ to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was _48_ to a little college French.

　　I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, _49_ unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up _50_ and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable _51_ I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought can through my mind: you can learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment.

　　There were some bad _52_. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guiders or even _53_ bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.

　　The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition _54_. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.

　　I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a _55_. And I know I’ll go on doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can _56_ wonders.

　　A) accomplish B) advanced C) balloon D) claim

　　E) constantly F) declare G) interviews H)limited

　　I) manufacture J) moments K) news L) reduced

　　M) regret N) scary O) totally

　　答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)

　　47. D) claim 48. H) limited 49. O) totally 50. G) interviews

　　51. M) regret 52. J) moments 53. B) advanced 54. N) scary

　　55. C) balloon 56. A) accomplish