英語(yǔ)四級(jí)選詞填空沖刺練習(xí)(6)

　　Section A

　　Directions：In this section，there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

　　Questions 36 t0 45 are based on the following passage.

　　The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S.society in many ways.Many in-home jobs that used to be done　 36 　by women—ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing 　 37 　work—still need to be done by someone.Husbands and children now do some of these jobs，a　 38 　that has changed the target market for many products.Or a working woman may face a crushing“ poverty of time” and look for help elsewhere，creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals，child care centers，dry cleaners，financial services，and the like.

　　Although there is still a big wage　 39 　between men and women，the income working women　 40 　gives them new independence and buying power.For example，women now　 41 　about half of all cars.Not long ago，many cars dealers　 42 　women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands.Now car companies have realized that women are　 43 　customers.It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first t0　 44 　 pay attention to women customers.In Japan.fewer women have jobs or buy cars——the Japanese society is still very much male—oriented.Perhaps it was the　 45 　contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.

　　A)scale

　　B)retailed

　　C)generate

　　D)extreme

　　E)technically

　　F)affordable

　　G)situation

　　H)really

　　I)potential

　　J)gap

　　K)voluntary

　　L)excessive

　　M)insulted

　　N)purchase

　　O)primarily

　　36.【解析】O。此處需要一個(gè)副詞來(lái)修飾動(dòng)詞done。根據(jù)上下文意思，文中列舉的那些工作，大部分或主要是由女性完成的。所以，primarily“主要地”最符合。

　　37.【解析】K。此處需要一個(gè)形容詞作定語(yǔ)修飾work。根據(jù)上下文意思，____work，應(yīng)與family shopping，preparing meals并列，同屬in-home jobs。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，只有voluntary帶入后意為“義務(wù)工作”符合文意。

　　38.【解析】G。根據(jù)上下文意思，所填入的名詞應(yīng)該是對(duì)前一個(gè)分句的概括，故選situation“局面，情況”。

　　39.【解析】J。根據(jù)文意，盡管男女之間仍然存在巨大的工資_______。此處顯然填可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)只有g(shù)ao“差距”符合文意。

　　40.【解析】 C。根據(jù)文意，職業(yè)女性——的收入給她們帶來(lái)了獨(dú)立和購(gòu)買功。此處顯然填動(dòng)詞，選項(xiàng)的動(dòng)詞中顯然只有g(shù)enerate“產(chǎn)生，生產(chǎn)”符合文意。

　　41.【解析】 N。此處需要一個(gè)動(dòng)詞原形，作句子的謂語(yǔ)。根據(jù)上下文意思，不難看出purchase符合。

　　42.【解析】 M。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞作為謂語(yǔ)，且根據(jù)前文的時(shí)間Not long ago可知要填動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去式。根據(jù)句中ignoring和suggesting部分的意思，只有insulted符合題意。

　　43.【解析】I。此處需要一個(gè)形容詞作定語(yǔ)修飾customers。根據(jù)上下文意思，前句與本句存在一種對(duì)比關(guān)系，前句說(shuō)侮辱女性沒(méi)法買車，本句顯然表達(dá)女性是potential“潛在的”顧客。

　　44.【解析】 H。此處需要一個(gè)副詞作不定式的狀語(yǔ)修飾pay attention。代入選項(xiàng)中剩余的副詞really和technically，不難看出really符合文意。

　　45.【解析】 D。根據(jù)上下文，前句說(shuō)日本是個(gè)男性主導(dǎo)的國(guó)家，本句中說(shuō)日本社會(huì)卻促使了美國(guó)公司更加關(guān)注女性購(gòu)買者，顯然這兩者之間是一個(gè)extreme“強(qiáng)烈的”對(duì)比。