大学英语四级选词填空专项训练.doc

2011 年 6 月大学英语四级真题 Que stions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. T he popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults isa myth, scientists said yesterday. W hile elderly people __47__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this h as a(n) __48__ effect on their brain's performance and they would benefit from getting more, acco rding to research. Sean Drummond, a. psychiatrist ( 心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better atsl eep ing __49__ straight through the night. More sleep in old age, however, is __50__ with better health, and most older people would feel bette r and more __51__ if they slept for longer periods, he said. “ The ability to sleep in one chunk ( 整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sl eep we need to __52__ well does not change, ” Dr Drummond told the American Association for t he Advancement of Science conference in San Diego. “ It's __53__ a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the mor e they sleep like they did when they were __54__ . Our data suggests that older adults would bene fit from __55__ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That's __56__ from person to pers on, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at 75. ”注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 A) alert I) formally B) associated J) function C) attracting K) mixed D) cling L) negative E) continuing M) sufficient F) definitely N) tend G) different O) younger 答案 Part IV prehension (Reading in depth) 47N tend 48L negative 49H efficiently 50B associated 51A alert 52J function/ 53F definitely 54O younger 55E continuing56 G different 文章大意: 本文主要讲述的是关于老年人睡眠的问题: 是否老年人与年轻人相比只需要较少的睡眠时间? 2010 年12 月英语四级考试真题 Questions 47 to56 are based on the following passage. What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able