【正文】 b of insgroupsto measure your development, you must first 14 stock ofswheresyou stand now. 15 we get further along in the book, we39。 ll be 16 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 17 , 18 begin with, you should pause 19 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failurein school: your 20 , your reading and munication skills, and your study habits. of been dealt Cloze Test 2 1.【答案】 C 【解析】本句的意思是：“成功或失敗在很大程度上取決 于你是否能揚(yáng)長(zhǎng)避短。” improvement 改進(jìn)； victory 勝利； achievement 成果，成就。這三個(gè)詞都不合 題意，只有 “失敗”最合適。 2.【答案】 A 【解析】 to a great extent 是固定短語，意思是“很大程度上”，符合題意。類似的說法還有： to a large extent,to some extent, to an extent, to a certain extent, to that extent, to the extent of?。 the, some, certain 都不能與 great extent 搭配。 3.【答案】 B 【解析】 on 與前面的 depend 構(gòu)成本句謂語。 4.【答案】 B 【 解析】 of與名詞連用 ,表示具有某種性質(zhì) ,狀態(tài)，做表語。置于句首，表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。正常語序?yàn)椋?Your attitude is of the utmost importance. 5.【答案】 A 【解析】 A person 后應(yīng)當(dāng)是定語從句 ,“開始工作的那個(gè)人”。 6.【答案】 C 【解析】本句的意思是“如果一個(gè)剛剛開始工作的人就深信自己不會(huì)喜歡或肯定不適應(yīng)這項(xiàng)工作，那么阻礙他成功的缺點(diǎn)就暴露出來了?！?or后面省略了主語 he。 ensure 保證；certain 肯定的 (只能用于 It 做主語的句子里 )； surely 確實(shí)地； sure 肯定的。 7.【答案】 D 【解析】 in one s belief 相信。其它選項(xiàng)都不能與 belief 搭配。 8.【答案】 C 【解析】 capable of doing是固定搭配，意為“能夠干什 么”。 9.【答案】 D 【解析】 attempt 用做名詞，后接介詞 at，意為“試圖，努力”；如果后面接介詞 on，表示攻擊的意思。其他兩項(xiàng)都不能與 attempt 搭配。 10.【答案】 C 【解析】本句的意思是“具有某一工作的必要技能是一個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)”此處 應(yīng)填句子的主語，故選動(dòng)名詞 having。 11.【答案】 D 【解析】本句主語是 A book keeper or carpenter?。根據(jù)主謂一致原則，其謂語應(yīng)當(dāng)用單數(shù) is，而不是復(fù)數(shù) are。 being, been 都是分詞，應(yīng)該排除。 12.【答案】 D 【解析】 on 與前面的 capitalize 搭配，表示“利用”。做不定式 help 的補(bǔ)語。其它選項(xiàng)不能與 capitalize 搭配。 13.【答案】 B 【解析】本句的意思是“克服缺點(diǎn)” ,應(yīng)選 weakness(缺 點(diǎn)，弱點(diǎn) )。 idea 觀點(diǎn)； strength 優(yōu)點(diǎn)； advantage 優(yōu)勢(shì)。 14.【答案】 B 【解析】固定短語 take stock of，意為“對(duì)??估價(jià)，對(duì)??作出判斷”。 15.【答案】 A 【解析】本句的意思是：“隨著更深入的閱讀”，從語法角度，此處應(yīng)填關(guān)聯(lián)詞。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，只有 as 能用做關(guān)聯(lián)詞。 16.【答案】 D 【解析】選項(xiàng) A, B, C 分別是 deal(處理，論述，涉及 )的原形，過去分詞及被動(dòng)語態(tài)。根據(jù)語法和語義，此處應(yīng)填將來進(jìn)行時(shí)，意思是“隨著書中內(nèi)容的進(jìn)一步深入，我們將詳細(xì)論 述發(fā)展和加強(qiáng)學(xué)習(xí)技能的具體過程?！? 17.【答案】 C 【解析】根據(jù)上下文，這里應(yīng)當(dāng)指“學(xué)習(xí)技能”。 18.【答案】 B 【解析】固定短語 to begin with，意為“首先，第一”，常用做插入語。 19.【答案】 A 【解析】謂語動(dòng)詞 pause 后， examine 又是動(dòng)詞原形，所以這里應(yīng)當(dāng)選 to，可構(gòu)成動(dòng)詞不定式，做目的狀語。其余選項(xiàng)都是介詞，不合題意。 20.【答案】 C 【解析】本句對(duì)全文進(jìn)行總結(jié)概括，與文章的開頭相呼應(yīng)， Of the utmost importance is your attitude 故選 attitude。 CET4 完形填空模擬題三 Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news. Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 , telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought petition for did the development of magazines and other means of munication. 7 , this petition merely spurred the newspapers quickly made use of the newer and faster means of munication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own more newspapers are 9 and read than ever also led newspapers to branch outsintosmany other keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today39。s newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious influence readers39。 economic choices 12 newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost main 15 of ine for most newspapers is mercial 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper39。s value to 17 in terms of many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper39。s for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper39。s value to readers as a source of information 20 the munity, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space. when after give given another other informed be informed to cover to cover to cover in measured measured