四級完形填空練習題附答案解析

many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing are left in the 1 of strangers for the rest of their r 2 children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any 3 truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth-an 4 fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care 5 elderly people el prestoon, a sociologist, studied 6 the american family is reported that by the time the 7 american couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. 8 , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years 9 , family members must provide long term care.

more psychologists have found that all caregivers 10 a common characteristic: all caregivers believe that they are the best 11 for the other words, they all felt that they 12 do the job better than anyone al workers 13 caregivers to find out why they took 14 the responsibility of caring for an elderly caregivers believed they had 15 to help their stated that helping others 16 them feel more rs hoped that by helping 17 now, they would deserve care when they became old and 18 ng for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a 19 satisfying experience for everyone who might be 20 .

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答案+解析

1.【答案】a

【解析】本句意為他們的業餘生活要由陌生人來照料。in the hands of“由……控制或照料”，固定搭配。

2.【答案】b

【解析】grown children過去分詞作定語，意為長大的孩子。

3.【答案】c

【解析】regular“定期的、有規律的”；normal“正常的”；constant“經常的'”；lasting“持續的”，這裡指定期來看望的人。

4.【答案】a

【解析】imaginary“不真實的、虛構的”；imaginable“可想象的”；imaginative“富於想象力的”；imagery意為肖像。

5.【答案】a

6.【答案】b

7.【答案】d

【解析】average指一般、通常的情況；common表示“普通的”，強調大部分；ordinary與special相對立，強調普遍性；standard“標準的”。

8.【答案】c

9.【答案】b

10.【答案】a

【解析】share，共享的，常與common搭配。consent同意。

11.【答案】b

12.【答案】c

13.【答案】b

【解析】questioned和inquired表示“詢問、疑問”；interrogate“審問”。故interviewed“面試、訪問”符合句意。

14.【答案】c

15.【答案】d

16.【答案】c

【解析】make sb do sth.表示“使某人……”，符合句意。

17.【答案】a

【解析】someone在這裡泛指某個人。anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每個人。

18.【答案】b

19.【答案】c

20.【答案】a