2011英语四级模拟试卷及答案解析8

Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
　　Today, most countries in the world have canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 67 the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 68 of transport. These 69 make it possible for boats to travel 70 ports along the coast without being 71 to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 72 a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 73 on the coast; still other canals 74 lands where there is too much water, help to 75 fields where there is not enough water, and 76 water power for factories and mills. The size of a canal 77 on the kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 78 each other easily. It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water 79 the keel of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was first 80 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was crises-crossed by a 81 of strange blue-green lines. These were called "canals" 82 they looked the same as canals on earth 83 are viewed from an airplane. However, scientists are now 84 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals. The photographs 85 from space-ships have helped us to 86 the truth about the Martian "canals".
　　67. [A] off [B] with [C] to [D] by
　　68. [A] way [B] means [C] method [D] approach
　　69. [A] waterways [B] waterfronts [C] channels [D] paths
　　70. [A] among [B] between [C] in [D] to
　　71. [A] revealed [B] exposed [C] opened [D] shown
　　72. [A] trip [B] journey [C] voyage [D] route
　　73. [A] lain [B] stationed [C] set [D] located
　　74. [A] escape [B] drain [C] dry [D] leak
　　75. [A] water [B] wet [C] soak [D] irrigate
　　76. [A] furnish [B] afford [C] offer [D] give
　　77. [A] focuses [B] bases [C] depends [D] takes
　　78. [A] cross [B] pass [C] move [D] advance
　　79. [A] down [B] beneath [C] below [D] off
　　80. [A] studied [B] researched [C] surveyed [D] observed
　　81. [A] plenty [B] number [C] deal [D] supply
　　82. [A] although [B] because [C] so [D] if
　　83. [A] that [B] where [C] when [D] as
　　84. [A] exact [B] definite [C] certain [D] decisive
　　85. [A] held [B] taken [C] got [D] developed
　　86. [A] find [B] expose [C] uncover [D] discover
　　Part Vi Translation (5 minutes)
　　Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
　　87. It is time the whole society began to take action to ________________________(使我们的环境免于毁灭).
　　88. If we had set out earlier, ________________________(我们就不会在雨中行走).
　　89. When this semester is over, ________________________ (我就能抽空读这部小说了).
　　90. ________________________ (在我设计出这个问题的解决方案后)，I’ll submit a report to the committee.
　　91. ________________________ (我已得出结论)that it would be unwise to accept his proposal