专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷545
完型填空
A. conscious B. Instead C. tricks D. Moreover E. actual
F. exceeded G. backward H. tips I. stick to J. persevere
K. consequences L. capable M. sufficient N. surpassed O. tend
What would you do if your wallet became harder to open as your spending approached or【C1】________your budget? Would you think twice about where your money was going?
Part of the reason so many people spend too much, or fail to【C2】________self-imposed budgets, is because spending money has become an abstraction in our increasingly cashless society. Credit cards provide immediate satisfaction, but no immediate【C3】________. So many researches suggest taking【C4】________dollars from your wallet is more painful, and leads you to spend less.
But there are plenty of mental【C5】________and strategies that can make your budgeting more sustainable now. In fact, the best strategy is not to think about it as budgeting at all.【C6】________, set up broad goals and automate all savings.
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1.【C1】
F
解析:空格前的连词or提示此处应填入一个与approached并列的动词,且为过去式。由上文的your wallet became harder to open(难以打开钱包)和approached your budget(接近预算)可知,此处说的是开支超预算,因此选exceeded,指在大小、数量、程度上“超过,超出”。备选项中surpassed“胜过,强过”指在质量、速度、技术等方面超过对方,因此不选。
2.【C2】
I
解析:空格前的不定式符号to表明此处应填入一个动词原形。Part of the reason表明本段分析开支超预算的原因,词库中stick to符合语意,fail to stick to self-imposed budgets意为“未能坚持自设预算”。备选项中persevere意为“坚持”,但它强调的是坚持不懈的努力,且为不及物动词,因此排除。
3.【C3】
K
解析:空格前的but no表明此空所缺的词与satisfaction形成对比,应为名词。结合前面说到的cashless society可推断信用卡带来了及时的满足感,但开支超出预算这种“后果”不易被马上意识到,故选consequences。
4.【C4】
E
解析:空格处应填入名词dollars的限定语,可为分词、形容词或名词。根据空格后的from your wallet可知掏出来的是实实在在的钱,与cashless相对,actual“实际存在的”符合语义。
5.【C5】
C
解析:空格处应填入名词,与strategies“策略”并列且在含义上相近,表示“心理战术”,故选tricks“诀窍”。备选项中tips虽然在语法上符合要求,但它表示的是“建议”,故不选。
6.【C6】
B
解析:空格所在句句子结构完整,据此推测此处填入一个副词。空格前提及最佳策略就是不去想预算这回事,空格后说可以建立宽松的目标,两者是截然相反的,Instead“相反”符合句子语境。备选项中Moreover表示的是递进关系,故排除。
7.【C7】
M
解析:空格处可填入分词、形容词或名词,作表语。空格后介绍各种做预算的方法,例如记在笔记本上,存在网站上等等,这些比Self-control“自我控制”更进一步,因此空格所在句意为“自我克制是不错,但光有这还不够”,故选sufficient“足够的”。
8.【C8】
A
解析:空格前的becoming more提示此处应填入形容词,且能与介词of搭配。备选项中conscious和capable都能与of搭配,be capable of表示“有能力的”,be conscious of意为“意识到”。空格后所举的例子说明,此处意在提醒读者要重视每一项支出,故选conscious。
9.【C9】
O
解析:空格所在句中,budgets with a definite goal为主语,whether…or…为插入语,由此推断填入空格的词和to be一起构成句子的谓语部分。备选项中,动词tend可后接不定式,填入句中句意通顺,即有的放矢的进行预算(不论是欧洲度假还是购买房子)往往最富成效。
10.【C10】
G
解析:空格处应填入副词,修饰动词think about。下文提到不要先定预算,而是先确定省下多少钱,这是一种逆向思维,故选backward“相反地”。
A. split B. conflict C. tired D. less E. take on
F. harmony G. damage H. larger I. take over J. if
K. difference L. stuck M. because N. domestic O. grind
Commuters have a 40 per cent greater risk of ending up divorced, according to a university study.
Those who spend a long time on trains or are【C1】________in cars shuttling to the office are up to 40 per cent more likely to【C2】________from their spouse. The risk is highest in the first few years when the dream of life together gives way to the daily【C3】________.
Experts said that if one partner spends
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