2016公共英语pets4完型填空专项试题及答案

EXERCISE 1

Information Technology

1982 was the year of information technology in Great Britain. But what exactly is infotech? 85% of the people __1___ recently had not a clue what it means, __2___53% of those polled said they thought it sounded pretty important.They were __3___.It is.So what is it? Well, put simply,it is the marry-upof products__4___several key industries:computers, telephone, televisions, satellites.

It means __5___ microelectronics, telecommunication networks fibre optics__6___produce,store,obtain and send information by way of words,numbers,pictures and sound__7___and efficiency than ever before.

The __8__ infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous.It is already linking the skills of the space industry with __9___ of cable television,so programmes can be beamed directly into our homes ___10__ all

over the world. Armies of steel collarworkers,the robots,will soon be working in factories doing the boring,complex and __11___jobs which are at present still done by man. In some areas __12___the car industry this has already started. television will also be used to enable customers __13___from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering___14__ the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards.The automatic booking of tickets will also be done through the television__15___ .Cable television __16___in many countries now gives a choice of ___17__ channels will soon be used to___18___ our homes by operating burglar and fire alarms ___19___to police and fire https://www.360docs.net/doc/8f788025.html,puters will run our homes,controling the heating,air-conditioned and cooking systems ___20___ robot will cope with the housework.the friendly postman will be a thing of the past as the post service and letters disappear with the electronic mail received via viewdata screens.

1) A polling B being polled C polled D having been polled

2) A so B although C however D but

3) A right B wrong C mad D crazy

4) A from B in C to D for

5) A to use B to be used C being used D using

6) A to help B to helping C to be helped D to being helped

7) A very quickly B more quickly C quicklier D most quickly

8) A force B affect C impact D control

9) A those B that C which D the one

10) A from B in C across D thoughtout

11) A interesting B dull C unpleasant D happy

12) A for example B for instance C like D such as

13) A shop B to shop C shopping D to shopping

14) A on B via C within D by

15) A screen B machine C set D show

16) A where B in which C which D it

17) A a dozen Bdozen C dozen of D dozens of

18) A protect B clean C run D manage

19) A related B associated C linked D joined

20) A while B because C since D for

参考答案:

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11--15 CDBBA 11--15 CDACA

EXERCISE 2

The Central Problem of Economics

The central problem of economics is to satisfy the peoples and nations wants.

The problem we faced with is that our resources,here identified as money are _1__.

The only way we can solve the problem is to _2__ choices.After looking at our resources,we must examine our list of _3__ and identify the things we need immediately , _4_ we can postpone,and those we cannot afford.As individuals,we face the central problem involved in economics---decideing how to allocate our limited resources to _5__ ourselves with greatest satisfaction of our wants.

Nations face __6_ problem. As a countrys population_7__, the need for more goods and services grows correspondingly. Resources necessary to production may increase,but there _8__ are enough resources to satisfy the total desires of a nation.Whether the budget meeting is _9__ in the family living room,in the conference room of the corporation __10_ of

directors,or in the chamber of the House of Representatives in Washington,the basic problem still exists.We need to find _11__ of allocating limited resources in order to satisfy unlimited wants.

A short time ago,economists _12__ goods into two categories,free and economic.The former.,like air and water,were in _13__ abundance that economists had no concern for them.After all,economists is the _14__ of scarcity and what to do about it.Today many of these free goods are _15__ very expensive to use.Population has made clean air and water _16__ for producers who have to filter their waste products,for consumers who ultimately _17__ the producers extra cost,and _18__ taxpayers who pay for the governments involvement _19__ the environment.

In the 1990s,almost all goods are scares.Only by effort and money_20__ obtained in the from people wish.

1) A abundant B scarce C limited D unlimited

2) A have B do C make D ask

3) A want B resources C want D problem

4) A some B others C that D those

5) A bring B provide C take D satisfy

6) A another B the same C the other D a same

7) A growing B grown C grows D grow

8) A sometimes B always C often D never

9) A taking place B happening C replacing D taking the place

10) A board B group C management D function

11) A means B approach C ways D method

12) A seperate B divide C cut D divided

13) A a so B great C such D such an

14) A study B form C means D source

15) A particularly B in practice C pracitally D in reality

16) A cheaper B more expensive C expensive D cheap

17) A pay for Bwill pay for C use D will use

18) A the B with C for D also

19) A cleaning B in cleaning C about cleaning D clean

20) A they can be B they must be

C must they be

D can they be

参考答案:

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11--15CDCAD 16--20BACBD

EXERCISE 3

Grandma Moses is among the most celebreted twentieth-century painters of the United States,yet she __1_ painting before she was in her late seventies.As she once spoken __2_ herself: I would never sit back in a rocking chair,__3_ for some to help me.No one could have a __4_ old age.

She was born Anna Mary Robertson _5__ a farm in New York State,one of five boys and girls.(We came in bunches,_6__ radishes.) At twelve she left home and was __7_ domestic service until ,at twnety-seven,she _8__ Thomas Moses,one of the hired hands of her employers.They farms most of their _9__,first in Virginia and then in New York State,_10__ Eagle Bridge.She had ten children,of _11__ five survived; her husband died in 1927.

Grandma Moses _12__ a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a _13__, but only switched to oil in old age because her hands become too stiff __14_, and she wanted to keep busy

and pass the time.Her _15__ were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon _16__ by a dealer who bought everything _17__ she painted.Three of the pictures were exhibition in the museum of Modern Art,and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York .__18_ the 1930s and her death she produced some 2000 pictures;detailed and lively portrayals of the _19__ life she had known for so long ,with a marvellous _20__ of color and form. I think real hard till think of something real pretty,and then I pain it.she said.

1) A barely startedt B was barely strated

C had barely started

D barely start

2) A about B of C on D over

3) A waiting B to waiting C and writing D am writing

4) A very productive B productive

C most productive

D more productive

5) A in B at C on D about

6) A unlike B like C likely D unlikely

7) A for B in C at D under

8) A married with B married to C marry D married

9) A life B live C lives D lifes

10) A in B at C under D on

11) A whom B which C that D who

12) A worked B read C studied D painted

13) A job B fun C hobby D interest

14) A sewing B to sew C to sewing D to be sewing

15) A books B pictures C arts D clothes

16) A spotted B recognized C damaged D featured

17) A which B who C whom D that

18) A for B in C during D between

19) A urban B town C rural D suburban

20) A feeling B sense C consciousness D feature 参考答案:

1--5 CBADC 6--10 BBDCB

11--15 ADCBB 16--20 ADDCB