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四级选词填空练习
TEST-1:
A) remote B) technology C) composing D) whole E) voluntary F) climate
G) skill H) desire I) melting J) vanishing K) eroded L) temperature
M) amazement N) changes O) clever
Undoubtedly the globe is getting hotter and hotter. The unavoidable questions are: How much
responsibility shall we take for warming, and are we to stop the destruction by limiting our
insatiable for natural fuels?
It seems that global warming is too to be worried about, or too unpredictable. The
computer_ cannot define what the weather is like next week. In cold winter day it might be
considered that a little warming would be a fair thing. And doubtlessly: Alarming about_ _
alteration may sound like an environmentalist frightening strategy, aiming to urge humans to walk and
keep the world cleaner.
However, based on the scientists, bad news are brought to our living
media.
From California to the snowy peaks of China, the air is heating up right now, and the globe is
being fast warmed, the has increased by 1 ℉ compared with the past century. In addition, some
parts like remote places have been in a much hotter state. The results aren't satisfactory, ice
being , rivers running dry, and coasts being _ , threatening villages and cottages.
The are gradually occurring without any obvious phenomenon. But they shouldn't slip
our mind, because they can pose as a great potential threat to the world.
TEST-2：
A) conscientious B) conscious C) against D) despite E) comparing
F) compared G) launched H) boosted I) necessity J) contribution L) moreover
M) scaledK) reduced N) competitive O) featuring
Major retailers and car manufacturers have slashed (削减) their marketing budgets in the six
months to October, 2008, as the financial crisis has taken its toll, while supermarkets have
advertising spending in a battle to prove that they offer the most prices.
According to new research undertaken for The Daily Telegraph by Nielsen Media Research, in
the six months 30, 2008, Marks & Spencer’s advertising spend fell 20.3pc to
￡25.3m , with the same period in 2007.
While the retailer has spent heavily on a campaign celebrities in the past two years, it is
understood to be cutting back on celebrity spending in 2009. The retailer is, however, still the UK’s
25th largest spender on advertising, being at 17th place in the six months 30,
2007.
Car manufacturers have also significantly back on marketing spending, believed to be
a result of the financial crisis. According to Nielsen, Ford spent ￡26.6m in the six months
30, 2008, down 21pc from the same period last year. Vauxhall also spending
by 15.6pc in the period to ￡26.5m.
For supermarkets, however, a significant increase in advertising spending, it appears, is a as
they seek to woo (追求) increasingly price- customers. The leading supermarkets have 20
an aggressive price war in the past six months as consumers have been faced with news of higher food prices.

TEST-3:
A) varies B) frighteningly C) able D) athletes E) comfortably F) thick
G) produced H) symbol I) opening J) frequently K) carried

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L) capable M) powered N) light O) sacrifice
The torch is a tradition carried over from ancient Greece, when fire was admired as a gift from the
god Prometheus. Greeks would hold relay races, passing a torch between and light a
cauldron (大锅) during their games as a of purity, reason and peace.
The flame was reintroduced to the Olympics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games， but the first modern
torch relay was at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, when a flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, and
to the opening ceremony in Germany. Since the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria, every
Olympics has begun with a torch relay from Greece to the ceremony.
Each torch must be of withstanding wind, rain, sleet, snow and extremes of climate. It
must carry enough fuel to last its leg of the journey but be enough for each runner to
carry .
Although the design of the torch from year to year, the overall modern look was created ,
John Hench, who created the torch for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 torches are made to carry the flame for each relay.
Though the original flame for any Olympic relay is still lit by the sun, modern torches are
by pressurized liquid fuel. Earlier torches burned a variety of materials, including olive oil and
gunpowder. At the 1956 games，a mixture of magnesium (镁) and aluminum (铝) used to light the
final torch burning chunks that fell and burned the runner's arm.
TEST-4：
A) possession B) save C) best D) appliance E) material F) from G) simple
H) with I) in J) element K) model L) item M) easy N) adopt O) reasonable
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. The way you go
about purchasing an article or a service can actually you money or can add to the cost. Take
the example of a hairdryer. If you are buying a hairdryer, you might think that you are
making the buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest
price. But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as long as a more expensive
to dry your hair. The cost of the electricity your time could well make your hairdryer the most
expensive one of all。
So what principles should you when you go out shopping? If you keep your home, your
car or any valuable in excellent condition, you’ll be saving money in the long run. Before
you buy a new , talk to someone who owns one .If you can, use it or borrow it to check it suits
your particular purpose. Before you buy an expensive , or a service, do check the price and
what is on offer. If possible, choose 56three items or three estimates.
TEST-5:
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
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 __ __ things,
pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly
and __ __ 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 __ _,
and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and _ _ is expressed. I remember a doctor
friend, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia and

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stomach trouble. No __ _ cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man,
me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you. _ that, as executor of
his faher’s will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his _ _. Then and there
the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking _ _ and enclosing a cheque as the first
step in restoring their good relation. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter
disappeared, the man burst into tears. I’m _ _.
heartfelt apology can not only _ a damaged relationship but 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.
TEST-6:
A) barely B) genuine C) rewarded D) doubt E) lonely F) poverty
G) persuade H) prospects I) uncertainty J)impossibly K) encourage
L)awarded M) alone N)wealth O)cold
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always __ __ such people, but I also
explain that there’sa big difference between a writerand writing. In most cases these
individuals are dreaming of __ __ and fame, notthe long hours alone at a typewriter.
want to write, __, private
and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there arethousands more whose longing is
never __ _. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelancewriter(自由撰
稿人), I had no __ __ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York
apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was _ __and had . I immediately
bought a used manual typewriter and feltlike a _ __ a year or so, however, I still hadn’t
gotten a break and began to _ myself. It was so hard to sell a storythat _ __ made enough to
eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one ofthose
people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test----even though it
meant living with __ __and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a
dream learn to live there.
四级选词填空练习答案
TEST-1:
47. E 此处应填入E项，be voluntary to 为固定搭配,意为自愿地做某事，符合题意。
48. H 此处应填入一个名词，而desire通常和介词for搭配，此处句子的意思为控制我们 对能
以停止对环境的破坏。
49. A 此处应填入一个形容词，根据上下文意思应选A项， 意即:全球气候变暖似乎离我们太遥
远,以至于我们无需为此担心。
50. B 此处应填入一个名词，根据上下文意思与computer搭配的名词为B项。
51. F 根据上下文意思，本段均说明全球变暖这一环境变化，所以此处应表达气候变化之意，F
为正确选项。
52. L 该题较为简单，表示全球的气温比上个世纪上升了1华氏，应能迅速找出正确答案。
53. I 全球变暖的结果令人担心，常识告诉我们其后果之一就是冰川融化，所以ice 与melt 搭
配并符合句意，I为正确选项。
54. K 与上题一样，此处也是全球变暖的后果之一（海岸受到侵蚀），此处应填入一个现在分词，
因此应选K。
55. N 该题较为简单，名词，所以填入changes项。
56. D 选D项，the whole world为固定搭配，选项J是个干扰项，表示地球正在消亡，但是文

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章没有提到，而且有点言过其实了。
TEST-2:
11. H)。该空应该填入动词的过去分词。查看相关选项F)compared(比较)、G) launched(发起)、
H) boosted(增加)、K) reduced(减少)和M)s caled(按比例增加或减少)。本句中，while(而)提示逗
号前后的两个部分在语意上是对立 的，逗号前部分提到了have slashed(已经大量削减)，那么逗
号后的待填空就应选择一词 ，其词义与slashed相反，由于scale在该词义下为不及物动词，故
选H)。
12. N)。该空应该填入形容词。查看相关选项A)conscientious(尽责的)、B) conscious(有意识的)
和N)competitive(竞争的)，根据句意，投入以证明其 价格是最有竞争力的，所以N)符合句意要
求，为答案。
13. F)。该空应该填入非谓语 动词形式，并且能与with搭配。查看选项，只有compare能与with
搭配，意思是“与„„ 相比”，结构是compare sth. with sth.，所以用在非谓语结构中的形式是
compared而不是comparing。
14. O)。该空应该填入非谓语动词。本题考查的是单词的词义和用法，查看相关选项，锁定
featuring，词义是“由„„主演，以„„为特色”，为及物动词，该处的意思是“广告活动由名人代言”。
15. D)。该空应该填入一个介词。售商减少了在广告方面的投入，2007年的 统计数据显示他们
在广告方面的投入排名第17位，在2008年他们在广告方面的排名是第25位。
16. M)。该空应该填入动词的过去分词。查看相关选项G) launched、K) redu ced和M)scaled。
also提示该句提到的情况应该和上文提到的retailer的情况相 同，即削减广告投入，所以可能选
reduced和scaled，但reduce为及物动词，后面不 能用介词back。scale back的意思是“按比例
逐步减少”。
17. K)。该空应该填入动词的过去式。查看相关选项G) launched和K) reduced。该句提到的
Vauxhall是例子，用来证明前文提到的汽车生产商削减市场投入，故应填入reduced以在 语意上
和前文保持一致性。
18. I)。该空应该填入名词。查看相关选项I) necessity(需要，必要性)和J) contribution(贡献)。根
据句意，“大量”是“吸引更多的顾客”的条件。
19. B)。该空应该填入形容词。查看相关选项A)conscientious(尽责的)和B) conscious(有意识的，
特别注意的)，顾客当然是对价格“特别注意”，而不是“尽责”。
20. G)。该空应该填入动词的过去分词。查看相关选项G) launched。短语launch a war的意思是
“发动战争”，符合句意，为答案。
TEST-3:
11. D)。此处需要一个名词。此处讲希腊人举行接力赛时在运动员之间传递火炬。故选D)。
12. H )。此处需要一个名词。此处讲火炬在运动员之间传递后点燃大锅炉，这是纯洁、理智和
和平的象征。故 选H)。
13. K)。此处需要一个动词。此处讲第一次现代奥运火炬传递是在1936年的柏林夏 季奥运会上，
当时的火炬是在希腊的奥林匹亚点燃的，然后被传递到德国的奥运会开幕式。故选K)。
14. I)。此处需要一个作定语的分词或形容词。此处考查固定短语意为“开
幕式”。此处 讲自从1964年在奥地利的Innsbruck举行的冬季奥运会开始，每一次的奥运会都以
从希腊到 开幕式的火炬传递开始。故选I)。
15. L)。此处需要一个形容词。此处考查固定短语意为“ 能够„„”，此处讲每个
火炬都必须能够经受住风、冰雹、雪和极端的气候条件。故选L)。
16. N)。此处需要一个形容词。此处讲火炬必须有足够的燃料才能支撑跑完全程，并且要够轻巧运动员举得才舒服。故选N)。

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17. E)。此处需要一个副词。此处讲火炬必须有足够的燃料才能支撑跑完全程，并且要够轻巧才< br>能使火炬传递者举起来舒适。故选E)。
18. A)。 此处需要一个动词。此处考查固定短语“vary from „ to „”意为“随„„的不同而
不 同”，此处讲虽然火炬的设计每年有所不同，其现代化的外观是由迪斯尼艺术家John Hench
设计的。故选A)。
19. M)。此处需要一个过去分词。此处讲虽然最初的奥 林匹克火炬是靠太阳光点燃的，但是现
代火炬却是以加压的液体燃料为动力的。故选M)。
20. G)。此处需要一个动词。此处讲在1956年的运动会上，镁和铝的混合物被用来点燃了火炬 ，
燃烧后产生了大块的残留物，残留物落下烧伤了运动员的胳膊。故选G)。
TEST-4:
【全文翻译】
理智购买是一种积极的方式，可以让你的钱更值钱。你购买一件物品或者一份服 务的方式真的
可以给你节省钱或者多花钱。以吹风机作一个简单的例子。如果你要买一个吹风机，当你选 了
一个外观你非常喜欢而且价格又是最便宜的，你一定认为你买了最好的东西。但是，当你把它
买回家，你才于较贵的吹风机所花的时间来吹干你的头发。电费加上你的时间
成本很可能使你的吹风机成 为最贵的。
当你外出购物时，你应该采取什么样的原则呢如果你保持你的家、你的车，或者任何一件 值钱
的物品处于一种良好的状态中，从长远的眼光来看，你会省钱。在你买一个新的用品前，先与
有这个物品的人交流一下。如果可能的话，你可以试试或者借来看看是否适合你的特殊要求。
在购买一 个贵重物品或者一项服务之前，要看好它的价格和功能。如果可能的话，一定要货比
三家。
47.【解析】［B］save 本文主要讲理智的购物可以省很多钱的问题。你购买一件物品或者一份
服务的方式真的可以给你省钱或者让你多花钱，所以此处空格填save，节省。
48.【解析】［G］simple 就拿吹风机作一个简单的例子。空格处用simple形容例子符合文章所
表达的意思。
49.【解析】［C］best 如果你要买一个吹风机，当你选了一个外观你非常喜欢而且价格又是最
便宜的，你一定认为你买了最好的东西。make the best buy即是说买了最好的东西。
50.【解析】［I］in 以怎样的价格用固定短语in price。最便宜的价格就是the cheapest in price。
51.【解析】［K］model 意为“样式，型”。当你把它买回家，你才于较贵的吹风
机所花的时间来吹干你的头发。a more expensive model更贵的一款。
52.【解析】［N］adopt 意为“采用”。那么你外出购物时应该采用什么样的原则呢adopt principles
“采用原则”，principles 需要用adopt 来搭配。
53.【解析】［A］possession 意为“拥有物”。如果你保持你的家、你的车，或者任何 一件值钱的
物品处于一种良好的状态中，从长远的眼光来看你会省钱。
54.【解析】［D］appliance 意为“用品，器具”。在你买一个新的用品之前，先与有这个物品的
人交流一下。
55.【解析】［L］item 在买一个贵的东西之前，要看好价格和正在出售的物品。item可用来指
代物品。
56.【解析】［F］from 这个空格前是动词choose，从中作出选择即用介词from来搭配。
TEST-5:
1.选C)。此处应填形容词。从后面的pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend可知，说的
是不好的话，可选项有unkind和unfai thful，但由前面的judged roughly“粗鲁的评判”可知这里
表示说话时不考虑他人 的感受，因此unkind“刻薄的”更加符合上下文语气。
2.选K)。由clearly and 一词可知，此处应填副词，与closely一起修饰道歉时的情形。选项有

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accurately和truly,由 “回想一下你曾明确地并......地表示自己歉意的场合”，能使句意通顺的是
truly“真诚地 ”，而accurately一般表示“(数据计算得)精确地”，故排除。
3.选N)。it stays out of balance until...，其中it=some mysterious moral feeling可推出，出于道义
上的原因，人会感到不安，故选disturbed“不 安的”。而confessed“公开承认的”不符合句意。
4.选D)。此处应填名词。从“知道承 认错误，表达......之后，才能觉得安心，”选项中只有regret“歉
意”符合题意。
5.选H)。此处应填形容词。由headaches，insomnia(失眠)and stomach trouble可推出，可选项有
mental和physical，由朋友的话“Unless... Worrying you, I can’t helPyou.可知这个人是由于心理
上的原因，而不是生理上的，故选physical即No physical cause...。
6.选F)。此处应填动词。confessed，cured和disturbed，但由After some hesitation
可推出，此人是在向医生坦白情况，故选择confessed“坦白”。
7.选G)。此处应填名词。由as executor of his father’s will 可推知，此处说明的是，在遗产继承
方面，他一直在欺骗他居，故只有选项inheritance符合 题意。
8.选M)。此处应填名词。由restoring their good relatio n可推知，他是写信给他兄弟请求原谅，
故选项中只有forgiveness符合题意。选项中exc use用作名词时，一般解释为“理由，借口”而没
有“原谅”的意思，故排除。
9.选I)。由第二段最后一句waht’s worrying you和这个人的感情Thank you可推出，此处说明的
是医生，选项中只有cured符合题意。
10.选A)。此处应填动词的圆形。But also make it stronger“使人际关系更加稳固”，it指代a damaged
relationship ，由此可知，空格处应填表示“修复”的词，选项中的heal则有“治愈，修复”的意思，
符合原文意 思。treat一般专指医学上的治疗，用在此处不合适。
TEST-6:
1.选K)。 原形。可选项有doubt, persuade, encourage, 但由always推知，作
者是在鼓励那些想要成为作家的人，而不是怀疑也不是说服，故排除doubt和persuade而选
encourage。
2.选N)。由空格后的fame可知，此处应填名词。可选项有prosp ects和wealth，但由dreaming
of 与第二段中The reality is... poor-paying可推知，那些想当作家的人梦想的是金钱和名誉，
而不是前途，故 排除prospects而选wealth。
3.选E)。此处应填形容词，private, poor-paying一起修饰affair。选项中有lonely和alone,能
修饰affa ir的只有lonely,alone表示“孤独的”时，通常作表语，故排除alone而选lonely。
4.选C)。被动形式。可选项有rewarded和awarded,前者可表示“(为所希望的举动得到的)回报”，后者作动词时表示“颁发，授予”，故只有rewarded符合题意而排除awar ded。
5.选H)。此处应填名词。“当我辞别了我在美国海岸警卫队20年工作成为一个自由撰稿 人时，
没有任何......可言”，可选项有prospects和wealth，但wealth一 般指抽象意义上的“金钱”，因
此排除wealth而选prospects“前途”。
6.选O)。it指代的是apartment building，从had 可知这个公寓条件很差，选项中
只有cold能说明公寓的条件差，故选择O)cold。
7 .选B)。“我马上买了一台旧的手动打字机，感觉自己就好像是一个......的作家”，由前面提到
的to become a freelance writer可推知，此处作者是想成为一个真正的作家， 故选项中只有
genuine“真正的”符合题意。
8.选D)。由空格前的to可知，原形 。可选项有doubt,persuade,encourage,但
由still hadn’t gotten a break在写作上还没有任何进展”，所以此处应理解为他开始怀疑自己的
选择是 否正确，故doubt符合文意。
9.选A)。that从面有made，故此处应填副词。可选项有 barely和impossibly，

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因that引导的从句是对story的解释，再由hard一词可推知，此 处应填的副词应表达肯定的意
思，故排除impossibly而选barely“仅仅，刚刚”。
10.选I)。由空格后的and可知，此处应填名词。由fear of failure可知，所填 词应表示不好的
境遇，可选项有poverty和uncertainty;又由fear可推知，此处 强调的是生活的变化无常，而
不是生活的贫困，故选uncertainty。

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四级选词填空练习
TEST-1:
A) remote B) technology C) composing D) whole E) voluntary F) climate
G) skill H) desire I) melting J) vanishing K) eroded L) temperature
M) amazement N) changes O) clever
Undoubtedly the globe is getting hotter and hotter. The unavoidable questions are: How much
responsibility shall we take for warming, and are we to stop the destruction by limiting our
insatiable for natural fuels?
It seems that global warming is too to be worried about, or too unpredictable. The
computer_ cannot define what the weather is like next week. In cold winter day it might be
considered that a little warming would be a fair thing. And doubtlessly: Alarming about_ _
alteration may sound like an environmentalist frightening strategy, aiming to urge humans to walk and
keep the world cleaner.
However, based on the scientists, bad news are brought to our living
media.
From California to the snowy peaks of China, the air is heating up right now, and the globe is
being fast warmed, the has increased by 1 ℉ compared with the past century. In addition, some
parts like remote places have been in a much hotter state. The results aren't satisfactory, ice
being , rivers running dry, and coasts being _ , threatening villages and cottages.
The are gradually occurring without any obvious phenomenon. But they shouldn't slip
our mind, because they can pose as a great potential threat to the world.
TEST-2：
A) conscientious B) conscious C) against D) despite E) comparing
F) compared G) launched H) boosted I) necessity J) contribution L) moreover
M) scaledK) reduced N) competitive O) featuring
Major retailers and car manufacturers have slashed (削减) their marketing budgets in the six
months to October, 2008, as the financial crisis has taken its toll, while supermarkets have
advertising spending in a battle to prove that they offer the most prices.
According to new research undertaken for The Daily Telegraph by Nielsen Media Research, in
the six months 30, 2008, Marks & Spencer’s advertising spend fell 20.3pc to
￡25.3m , with the same period in 2007.
While the retailer has spent heavily on a campaign celebrities in the past two years, it is
understood to be cutting back on celebrity spending in 2009. The retailer is, however, still the UK’s
25th largest spender on advertising, being at 17th place in the six months 30,
2007.
Car manufacturers have also significantly back on marketing spending, believed to be
a result of the financial crisis. According to Nielsen, Ford spent ￡26.6m in the six months
30, 2008, down 21pc from the same period last year. Vauxhall also spending
by 15.6pc in the period to ￡26.5m.
For supermarkets, however, a significant increase in advertising spending, it appears, is a as
they seek to woo (追求) increasingly price- customers. The leading supermarkets have 20
an aggressive price war in the past six months as consumers have been faced with news of higher food prices.

TEST-3:
A) varies B) frighteningly C) able D) athletes E) comfortably F) thick
G) produced H) symbol I) opening J) frequently K) carried

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L) capable M) powered N) light O) sacrifice
The torch is a tradition carried over from ancient Greece, when fire was admired as a gift from the
god Prometheus. Greeks would hold relay races, passing a torch between and light a
cauldron (大锅) during their games as a of purity, reason and peace.
The flame was reintroduced to the Olympics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games， but the first modern
torch relay was at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, when a flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, and
to the opening ceremony in Germany. Since the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria, every
Olympics has begun with a torch relay from Greece to the ceremony.
Each torch must be of withstanding wind, rain, sleet, snow and extremes of climate. It
must carry enough fuel to last its leg of the journey but be enough for each runner to
carry .
Although the design of the torch from year to year, the overall modern look was created ,
John Hench, who created the torch for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 torches are made to carry the flame for each relay.
Though the original flame for any Olympic relay is still lit by the sun, modern torches are
by pressurized liquid fuel. Earlier torches burned a variety of materials, including olive oil and
gunpowder. At the 1956 games，a mixture of magnesium (镁) and aluminum (铝) used to light the
final torch burning chunks that fell and burned the runner's arm.
TEST-4：
A) possession B) save C) best D) appliance E) material F) from G) simple
H) with I) in J) element K) model L) item M) easy N) adopt O) reasonable
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. The way you go
about purchasing an article or a service can actually you money or can add to the cost. Take
the example of a hairdryer. If you are buying a hairdryer, you might think that you are
making the buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest
price. But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as long as a more expensive
to dry your hair. The cost of the electricity your time could well make your hairdryer the most
expensive one of all。
So what principles should you when you go out shopping? If you keep your home, your
car or any valuable in excellent condition, you’ll be saving money in the long run. Before
you buy a new , talk to someone who owns one .If you can, use it or borrow it to check it suits
your particular purpose. Before you buy an expensive , or a service, do check the price and
what is on offer. If possible, choose 56three items or three estimates.
TEST-5:
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
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 __ __ things,
pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly
and __ __ 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 __ _,
and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and _ _ is expressed. I remember a doctor
friend, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia and

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stomach trouble. No __ _ cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man,
me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you. _ that, as executor of
his faher’s will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his _ _. Then and there
the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking _ _ and enclosing a cheque as the first
step in restoring their good relation. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter
disappeared, the man burst into tears. I’m _ _.
heartfelt apology can not only _ a damaged relationship but 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.
TEST-6:
A) barely B) genuine C) rewarded D) doubt E) lonely F) poverty
G) persuade H) prospects I) uncertainty J)impossibly K) encourage
L)awarded M) alone N)wealth O)cold
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always __ __ such people, but I also
explain that there’sa big difference between a writerand writing. In most cases these
individuals are dreaming of __ __ and fame, notthe long hours alone at a typewriter.
want to write, __, private
and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there arethousands more whose longing is
never __ _. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelancewriter(自由撰
稿人), I had no __ __ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York
apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was _ __and had . I immediately
bought a used manual typewriter and feltlike a _ __ a year or so, however, I still hadn’t
gotten a break and began to _ myself. It was so hard to sell a storythat _ __ made enough to
eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one ofthose
people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test----even though it
meant living with __ __and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a
dream learn to live there.
四级选词填空练习答案
TEST-1:
47. E 此处应填入E项，be voluntary to 为固定搭配,意为自愿地做某事，符合题意。
48. H 此处应填入一个名词，而desire通常和介词for搭配，此处句子的意思为控制我们 对能
以停止对环境的破坏。
49. A 此处应填入一个形容词，根据上下文意思应选A项， 意即:全球气候变暖似乎离我们太遥
远,以至于我们无需为此担心。
50. B 此处应填入一个名词，根据上下文意思与computer搭配的名词为B项。
51. F 根据上下文意思，本段均说明全球变暖这一环境变化，所以此处应表达气候变化之意，F
为正确选项。
52. L 该题较为简单，表示全球的气温比上个世纪上升了1华氏，应能迅速找出正确答案。
53. I 全球变暖的结果令人担心，常识告诉我们其后果之一就是冰川融化，所以ice 与melt 搭
配并符合句意，I为正确选项。
54. K 与上题一样，此处也是全球变暖的后果之一（海岸受到侵蚀），此处应填入一个现在分词，
因此应选K。
55. N 该题较为简单，名词，所以填入changes项。
56. D 选D项，the whole world为固定搭配，选项J是个干扰项，表示地球正在消亡，但是文