2012大学英语四级考试阅读提高训练（4）

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 10:00:37

shopping habits in the united states have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.- 1- in the 1900s most american towns and cities had a main street.main street was always in the heart of a town.this street was -2 -on both sides with many -3- businesses.here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries.
　　-4 -,some shops offered 5 .these shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. -6- in the 1950s, a change began to- 7- .too many automobiles had crowded into main street -8- too few parking places were- 9 -shoppers.because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces -10- the city limits.open space is what their car driving customers needed.and open space is what they got-11- the first shopping centre was built.shopping centres, or rather malls, -12- as a collection of small new stores -13- crowded city centres.
　　-14- by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from -15 -areas to outlying malls.and the growing -16- of shopping centres led -17- to the building of bigger and betterstocked stores. -18 -the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.in addition to providing the- 19 -of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, -20- benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment.
　　1.a.as early as b.early c.early as d.earlier
　　2.a.built b.designed c.intented d.lined
　　3.a.varied  b.various c.sorted d.mixed up
　　4.a.apart from b.however c.in addition  d.as well
　　5.a.medical care  b.food c.cosmetics d.services
　　6.a.suddenly  b.abruptly c.contrarily d.but考试用书
　　7.a.be taking place b.take place c.be taken place d.have taken place
　　8.a.while b.yet c.though  d.and then
　　9.a.available for b.available to c.used by  d.ready for
　　10.a.over  b.from c.out of d.outside
　　11.a.when  b.while c.since d.then
　　12.a.started b.founded c.set up d.organized
　　13.a.out of b.away from c.next to d.near
　　14.a.attracted  b.surprised c.delighted d.enjoyed
　　15.a.inner b.central c.shopping d.downtown
　　16.a.distinction  b.fame  c.popularity d.liking
　　17.a.on b.in turn c.by turns d.further
　　18.a.by b.during c.in d.towards
　　19.a.cheapness b.readiness  c.convenience  d.handiness
　　20.a.because of  b.and  c.with d.provided

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 10:00:38

1.【答案】b2.【答案】d 3.【答案】
　　4.【答案】c【解析】本句的意思是“除了各种各样的商店销售各种各样的商品之外，有些商店还提供服务”，apart from意为“除此之外”，后必须接名词或动名词，however是连词“然而”的意思，in addition可单独使用，意为“除此之外”，as well用在句末。
　　5.【答案】d6.【答案】d7.【答案】b
　　8.【答案】a【解析】此句中太多的汽车和太少的停车场有相对比较的意思，while是连词，有“而，却”的意思，表比较。yet“然而”，表转折，though“尽管，虽然”，表让步。
　　9.【答案】b【解析】be available to sb.为固定搭配，意为“对某人来说可用的，可得到的”，本句意为“顾客可用的停车场地”，故选b。
　　10.【答案】d【解析】本句意为“商人们开始对城市界限以外的开阔地感兴趣”，out of表示“……的外面”而outside指“超过某一个界限，范围等”。
　　11.【答案】a12.【答案】a
　　13.【答案】b【解析】本句意为“远离拥挤的市中心”, out of指“在……之外”，away from表示距离，“远离”，next to指“靠近，下一个”，near是“近”的意思。
　　14.【答案】a【解析】本句意为“被……所吸引”，surprise意为“使……惊奇”，delight意为“使……喜悦”，enjoy意为“欣赏,喜爱”。
　　15.【答案】d16.【答案】c17.【答案】b转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]
　　18.【答案】a【解析】在这四个选项中，只有by所组成的时间状语与完成时连用，意为“到……为止”,其他三个选项均被排除。
　　19.【答案】c 20.【答案】c

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[四级阅读] 2012大学英语四级考试阅读提高训练（4）

2012大学英语四级考试阅读提高训练（4）