职称英语考试试题《综合A》完形填空练习题及答案(3)

 　　Racial Prejudice

　　In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has been taken for granted as a means of solving differences, and this is not even questioned. There are countries __________ (1) the white man imposes his rule by brute (粗暴的) force, there are countries where the black man protests by. __________(2) fire to cities and by looting and pillaging ( 抢劫 ). Important people on both sides, who would appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in __________(3) of violence as if it were a legitimate (合法的) solution,__________ (4) any other. What is really frightening, what really __________(5) you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch (关键时刻) , we have made no actual__________ (6) at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded__________(7) of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that __________(8) never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the blood and the suffering__________ (9) nothing. No solution ever comes to __________(10) the morning after when we dismally (阴郁地) contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.

　　The truly reasonable men who__________ (11) where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted__________ (12) their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into __________(13) acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at __________ (14) up the slums and ghettos (贫民窟) , improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would not have gone a long way to __________(15) at a solution.

　　1. A. when

　　B. why

　　C. where

　　D. what

　　2. A. catching

　　B. setting

　　C. fighting

　　D. returning

　　3. A. memory

　　B. spite

　　C. favor

　　D. need

　　4. A. through

　　B. as

　　C. to

　　D. like

　　5. A. puts

　　B. forces

　　C. sets

　　D. fills

　　6. A. decision

　　B. point

　　C. sense

　　D. progress

　　7. A. system

　　B. range

　　C. history

　　D. business

　　8. A. argument

　　B. talk

　　C. violence

　　D. research

　　9. A. mean

　　B. have

　　C. want

　　D. deal

　　10. A. end

　　B. light

　　C. mind

　　D. life

　　11. A. consider

　　B. know

　　C. suggest

　　D. demand

　　12. A. for

　　B. with

　　C. by

　　D. of

　　13. A. lawful

　　B. violent

　　C. symbolic

　　D. final

　　14. A. cleaning

　　B. looking

　　C. taking

　　D. getting

　　15. A. arriving

　　B. meeting

　　C. laughing

　　D. starting

　　试题答案解析

　　1.C。这里考查的是定语从句，具体参见“备考助手”。从原句看，名词countries后跟了一个从句，这就是定语从句，根据定语从句的还原法，country在从句中做状语，所以用

　　where来引导。

　　2.B。这里考查的是固定短语set fire to(放火，点燃)。

　　3.C。这里考查的是固定短语in favor of意为“支持，赞同”， in memory of意为“纪念”，in spite of意为“尽管”， inneedof意为“需要”。从上下文的语境来看，那些矛盾双方的要人看似都很明事理，却__________暴力手段，仿佛它是合法的解决措施。in favor of贴合语境。

　　4.D。从上下文语境来看，like(像)贴合语境。

　　5.D。这里考查的是固定搭配fillAwith B(用B塞满A，A充满了B)。

　　6.D。从上下文语境来看，尽管矛盾双方的要人都支持暴力手段，但是真正让我害怕和失望的是我们意识到在关键时刻，我们使用暴力实际上没有任何的__________。四个选项decision(决定)，point(点，意义)，sense(感觉，意义)，progress(进展，进步)分别代入，可知progress符合语境。

　　7.C。从上下文语境来看，人类整个有记录的__________表明那些无休止的暴力没有教给我们任何东西。四个选项system(体制，系统)，range(范围)，history(历史)，business(生意，事务，公司)分别代入，history符合语境。

　　8.C。从上下文语境来看，我们还不明白__________不能解决任何问题，只会让问题更尖锐。全文在讲violence，所以答案为C。

　　9.A。从上下文语境来看，我们还不明白暴力不能解决任何问题，只会让问题更尖锐。恐惧、流血和灾难毫无意义。四个选项中，mean符合语境。

　　10.B。从上下文语境来看，没有什么解决措施能__________早晨，在我们阴郁地沉思于战争的硝烟以及追问到底什么打击了我们的时候。这里用的是比喻的手法，lightthemornin9本意为“点亮清晨”，实际是指给冲突带来光明，所以正确答案为B。

　　11.B。从上下文的语境来看，那些真正__________解决措施在哪里的人发现很难让人听他们的意见。四个选项中只有know(知道)最符合语境。

　　12.C。这里是考查被动语态，所以选择by。

　　13.B。从上下文的语境来看，如果把用于.行动的一半的力气用于好的方面，如果我们努力去贫民窟，努力改善生活条件，努力给所有人提供良好的教育和就业，我们将不用走弯路来__________解决措施。显然是指把那些投入暴力行动的力气用在好的方面，所以答案为B。

　　14.A。语境同上。选项clear up意为“清理，整理”，look up意为“仰望，查阅”，take up意为“从事，占据”;9et up意为“起床”。clear up贴合语境。

　　15.A。语境同上。只有arrive和laugh搭配at，arrive at意为“达到，到达”，laugh at意为“嘲笑”，显然正确答案为A。