专业四级英语模拟试题（完型篇8）

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　　Have you ever wondered what our future is like?Practically all people _1_ a desire to predict their future _2_.Most people seem inclined to _3_ this task using causal reasoning.First we _4_ recognize that future circumstances are _5_ caused or conditioned by present ones.We learn that getting an education will _6_ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy _7_ with a shark.
　　Second,people also learn that such _8_ of cause and effect are probabilistic(可能的) in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but not always.Thus,students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not every time.Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more _11_ and provides techniques for dealing _12_ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry.In looking at ordinary human inquiry,we need to _13_ between prediction and understanding.Often,even if we don't understand why,we are willing to act _14_ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.
3 l; q1 t+ ?3 Z$ E9 z　　Whatever the primitive drives _15_ motivate human beings,satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to _16_ future circumstances.The attempt to predict is often played in a _17_ of knowledge and understanding.If you can understand why certain regular patterns _18_,you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns.Thus,human inquiry aims _19_ answering both "what" and "why" question,and we pursue these _20_ by observing and figuring out.
' e. Y3 p: ]0 P. F8 Q8 L2 u! u　　1. [A]exhibit [B]exaggerate [C]examine [D]exceed
　　2. [A]contexts [B]circumstances [C]inspections [D]intuitions
　　3.[A]underestimate [B]undermine [C]undertake [D]undergo
( q8 w. ~8 w8 `3 l8 t7 ?7 T! |　　4. [A]specially [B]particularly [C]always [D]generally
　　5. [A]somehow [B]somebody [C]someone [D]something
' r) ]2 a3 b. q- \8 L: ~3 c8 L　　6. [A]enact [B]affect [C]reflect [D]inflect
　　7. [A]meeting [B]occurrence [C]encounter [D]contact
　　8. [A]patterns [B]designs [C]arrangements[D]pictures
　　9. [A]disappointde [B]absent [C]inadequate [D]absolute
　　10.[A]creates [B]produces [C]loses [D]protects
　　11.[A]obscure [B]indistinct [C]explicit [D]explosive
　　12.[A]for [B]at [C]in [D]with
　　13.[A]distinguish [B]distinct [C]distort [D]distract
　　14.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]under
* w: E: a5 N# o( s% G- U' O1 m1 a　　15.[A]why [B]how [C]that [D]where
: k$ E) C4 D- m9 Q/ {  d　　16.[A]predict [B]produce [C]pretend [D]precede
　　17.[A]content [B]contact [C]contest [D]context
　　18.[A]happen [B]occur [C]occupy [D]incur
4 P# m, ~6 o! D) |　　19.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]beyond
+ V3 w, V9 j$ |: V5 r1 E  C　　20.[A]purposes [B]ambitions [C]drives [D]goals