2017年湖南自考學(xué)位英語考試核心講義：完形填空（5）

In China it is relatively usual to ask people their age, but in the west this question is generally regarded as impolite. This is particularly true _1_ women, and even more _2_if the inquirer （問者） is a man.

However, it is very_3 _to ask children their age, and some adults may not mind being asked _4_ . In fact, some elderly people are quite happy to _5_ the age, especially if they feel they look young _6_ their age. Nevertheless, it is not very wise to ask a _7 _question like "How old are you?". If elderly people want to talk about their age, and perhaps receive a compliment（恭維話） on how young they look, they may easily bring _8_ the topic themselves and ask the other to _9_ how old they are. _10_ such a situation, it is quite acceptable to discuss age _11_ They normally expect to be complimented on their youthfulness, rather than _12_ that they look very old.

_13 _Westerners do not usually ask people directly how old they are, this does not_14_ that they are not interested to know how old other people ate. They may ask _15_ for the information, _16_ they may try to _17_ the topic indirectly, sometimes discussions about educational _18 _and the number of years of working experience may provide some_19_, but this is not always the _20_ . Of course, individuals also vary in what they are interested or willing to talk about.

1. A. to B. for C. of D. with

2. A. that B. than C. so D. such

3. A. average B. normal C. expected D. unusual

4. A. too B. Also C. neither D. either

5. A. release B. reflect C. reveal D. remark

6. A. to B. with C. for D. at

7. A. open B. strange C. impolite D. direct

8. A. about B. up C. along D. to

9. A. guess B. know C. learn D. predict

10. A. For B. In C. With D. On

11. A. free B. with freedom C. freely D. in a free way

12. A. being told B. told C. to tell D. to be told

13. A. Even B. Though evenC. Even though D. Even that

14. A. include B. intend C. mean D. conclude

15. A. no one else B. anyone else C. someone else D. everyone else

16. A. still else B. or else C. so else D. rather else

17. A. approach B. solve C. address D. discuss

18. A. knowledge B. leve l C. Background D. systems

19. A. topics B. clues C. evidences D. suggestions

20. A. case B. truth C. reality D. fact

參考答案 ：

1.A 固定搭配。be true of sb.對(duì)……適用，符合于，如：The same is true of all political par-

ties.這同樣適用于所有的政黨。

2.C so：adv.這樣，那樣；表示前面提到的不禮貌。

3.B由however（表示轉(zhuǎn)折含義）可知，問小孩子年齡是“正常的”，所以B項(xiàng)正確。average：

adj.一般的，通常的，平均的；expected：期望的；unusual：adj.不尋常的。

4.D either用在否定句中是“也……”的意思。前面說小孩子不在乎被問到年齡，后面說有些成年人也不在乎。

5.C reveal：vt.展現(xiàn)，顯示，揭示；release：vt.釋放，發(fā)布；reflect：Vt.反映，反射；remark：n./Vt.備注，評(píng)論。

6.C for相對(duì)于……，如：She’s tall for her age，isn’t she?與同年人相比她長得算高的，對(duì)嗎？

7.D HOW old are you?是一個(gè)“直接的”問題，而不是“開放的”、“奇怪的”或是“不禮貌的”問題。

8.B bring up：提出；bring about：使發(fā)生，致使；bring along：領(lǐng)來；bring to：使恢復(fù)知覺。

9.A根據(jù)句意，“猜測”這里更恰當(dāng)，更能表現(xiàn)出老人樂于和別人交流關(guān)于自己年齡的問題。

10.B in such situation：在這種情況下；in和sit-uation固定搭配。

11.C這里空格處作狀語，修飾discuss，所以A可以排除；B和D項(xiàng)表達(dá)的和C項(xiàng)意思相同，但一般不這樣說，比較羅嗦，直接用freely即可。

12.D rather than是連詞，前后的連接的結(jié)構(gòu)形式應(yīng)該一致，所以選擇不定式。

13.C even是副詞，不可以連接句子，所以A項(xiàng)可以排除；B和D項(xiàng)沒有這種說法。even

though：盡管，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

14.C根據(jù)句意C項(xiàng)（意味著）最恰當(dāng)。

15.C根據(jù)上文，人們可能不直接問別人的年齡，由此可以推斷他們更可能向其他人（someone else）打聽信息，而不是就不打聽了（ask no one else）。

16.B兩個(gè)句子都是以“they may”開頭，可見它

們是并列關(guān)系，因此B正確。

17.A approach：vt.接近，動(dòng)手處理；approach the topic：逐步開始談?wù)撨@個(gè)話題，選擇A項(xiàng)和后面的indirectly恰好對(duì)應(yīng)，比D項(xiàng)（討論）更恰當(dāng)。

18.C educational background：教育背景，其內(nèi)容涵蓋上學(xué)的年份，由此可以推測出一個(gè)人的大概年齡；educational level：教育程度，只是指一個(gè)人的最高學(xué)歷，內(nèi)容單一。

19.B clue：線索，即有助于找到問題答案的線索，根據(jù)句意是最恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x項(xiàng)。

20.A be the case：是這樣的情況。