2017年湖南自考學(xué)位英語考試核心講義：完形填空（10）

" 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 is a man.

However, it is very  _3_ to ask children their age, and some adults may not mind  _4_  either. In fact, some elderly people are quite happy to  _5_ their age, especially if they feel they look young  _6_ their age. Nevertheless, it is not very wise to ask a（n）  _7_  question like "How old are you?". If elderly people want to talk about--their age, and perhaps receive a compliment on how young they look, they may easily  _8_  the topic themselves, and ask the other person to  _9_  how old they are. _10_  such a question, it is quite acceptable to discuss age  _11_  They normally expect to be complimented on their youthfulness, though 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 peo-ple are. They may ask someone else  _15_  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_ 

1. A. on B. In C. For D. of

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

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

4. A. being asked B . asking C. to ask D. to be asked

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

6. A. to B. With C. for D. at

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

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

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

10. A. For B. With C. In D. On

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

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

13. A. Though even B. Even though C. Even that D. Even

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

15. A. about B. of C. with D. for

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

17. A. Address B. solve C. approach D. take

18. A. Background B. level C. Knowledge D. experience

19. A. knowledge B. clues C. evidence D. suggestions

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

參考答案：

1.A true后跟on，固定用法。

2.B從本句的句意可以看出空格處代替上句所說This is particularly true on women.所以選代詞that。

3.B從前后兩個分句可以看出詢問年齡是一種正常的行為尤其either一詞更能突現(xiàn)出詢問年齡的正常性，所以選B。

4.A mind后面需跟動名詞，但是這個動詞是被問，所以用being asked，故選A。

5.A release：釋放，解放，解釋；reflect：指反映；reveal：揭露，泄露，顯示；remark：說、評論，所以從詞意上得知選A。

6.C look這里是系動詞，意思是看起來，look young指看起來很年青，相對應(yīng)他的年齡，所以要選C。

7.C A和D明顯錯，但open不符合題意，下文也出現(xiàn)了direct一詞；從本句句意可以看出直接詢問所以選C。

8.A bring about：導(dǎo)致，帶來，造成；bring to帶去；bring up教育，培養(yǎng)；bring along帶來；從句意上可以明顯得出答案A。

9.A C和D明顯不符合題意，從句意上ask指要求某人做某事，所以B是不符合的，只有選A，要別人猜測年齡。

10.C on指關(guān)于的意思，for指“為”的意思，with帶著的意思從上下文可以看出文中一地直在講這個問題，在這個問題里所以選C。

11.C 本句缺少副詞，由此可以排除B和D，free強(qiáng)調(diào)自由性，freely指自由的，毫無拘束的，所以選C。

12.D從前后成份并列性，前面指expect to be compli-mented mther than指并列，所以后跟to be told.

13.B A明顯錯，上下文可以看出是一種遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，所以明顯看出選B。

14.C 與前句可以得出西方人通常不直接問年齡，后面是否定，所以選C。

15.D關(guān)于這個信息，A和B明顯錯，C也不對，不符合題意。for，對于這個問題是為了……所以選D符合題意。

16.D前句有“else”一詞，后面句子指兩種選擇的情況所以選D。

17.C address跟……說話的意思；solve解決的意思；approach：走進(jìn)，接近；take：帶來，承擔(dān)的意思，從這幾個詞的詞意上看只有C符合題意。

18.A從平常的固定搭配說法，指教育的背景，經(jīng)歷所以選A。

19.B由provide的意思是提供，與此搭配只有B和C，A與D明顯錯，但provide evidence不符合題意所以選B。

20.B A與C的意思相近，不選都不選；case指一種情況，一種事實(shí)，所以選B而不選D。