Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.
【真题来源:2013年12月大学英语四级真题(第一套)PartⅢ,Section A,第36-45题】
To get a sense of how women have progressed in science take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley.This is a storied place the(1)________ of some of the most important discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence's invention of the cvclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.A generation ago female faces were (2)________ and,even today,visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will See a full corridor of exhibits (3)________ the many distinguished physicists who made history here, (4)________ all of there white males.
But climb up to the third floor and you'll see a (5)________ display.There,among the photos of current faculty members and students are portraits of the (6)________ head of the department,Marjorie Shapiro and four other women whose research (7)________ everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter.A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago.Although they're Still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty,women are clearly a presence here.And the real (8)________ may be in the smaller photos to the right graduate and undergraduate students about 20 percent of them female.Every years Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country's top universities.That makes Shapiro optimistic but also (9)________ "I believe things are getting better "she says "but they're not getting better as (10)________ as i would like."
A)circumstance
B)confidence
C)covers
D)current
E)deals
F)different
G)exposing
H)fast
I)honoring
J)hope
K)presently
L)rare
M)realistic
N)site
O)virtually
名词辨析题。
空格前面是定冠词the,后面是介词of,因此空格处需要填入名词。根据空格前的a storied place和句意可知,空格处填入的词意思应与“place”相似。结合各选名词可知,site“场所,地点”符合题意。
形容词辨析题。
空格前面是be动词were,因此空格处应填入形容词或名词作表语。结合空格后的内容可知,勒孔特大厅一楼物理学家的展览中,________全部都是白人男性。而空格所在部分介绍的是a generation ago,再根据“female faces”,可知这里说的是女性人数少。结合各选项可知,rare“稀少的”符合题意,故为答案。
动词辨析题。
分析句子结构可知,空格前visitors……exhibits部分句子结构完整,空格前面是名词exhibits,后面是名词短语the many distinguished physicists,因此空格处应填分词形式。再结合句意可知,展览应当是为纪念这些人而举办的,由此确定本题答案为honoring“纪念”。
副词辨析题。
空格前的句子结构完整,空格后是all of them white males,由此可以推断,空格处应填副词,结合上下文可知,这里说的是女性物理学家人数少,男性多,再结合各选项可知virtually“几乎,差不多”符合题意,故为答案。
形容词辨析题。
空格前是冠词a,后面是名词display,因此空格处应填形容词。结合上下文可知,文章第一段末句讲的是一楼的情况(大部分是男性),本段讲三楼的情况(很多女性),因此三楼的展览和一楼的是不一样的,因此本题答案为different“不同的”。
形容词辨析题。
空格前是定冠词the,后面是名词短语head of the department,因此空格处应填形容词。the head of the department“系主任”本身意思就是完整的,所以填入的形容词应当是对其身份的更准确的描述,结合各选项可知,current“当前的”符合题意,the current head of the department意为“现任系主任”。
动词辨析题。
空格前是whose research,空格后是everything from……to……,因此空格处应填入及物动词,作whose引导的定语从句的谓语。结合各选动词可知covers“包含”符合题意,故为答案。
名词辨析题。
空格前是the real,后面是may be,因此空格处应填名词。上文提到,教职人员中有6位女性,下文则指出,学生中女性的比例占到20%,由此可以推测,空格所在句表达的是女学生的数量才是真正的希望所在,由此确定本题答案为hope“希望”。
形容词辨析题。
分析句子结构可知。空格所在句是“make sb. +a.”的结构,因此空格处应填入形容词。由空格前的but可知,填入的形容词应与optimistic意思相对,再结合各选形容词可知。realistic“现实的,实际的”符合题意,故为答案。
副词辨析题。
空格前是not getting better as,空格后是as I would like,可知此空格处应填入副词。上文提到,她的态度既乐观又实际,所以她认为事情正在好转,但没有像她想要的那样________好转,结合各选副词可知,fast“快速地”符合题意,故为答案。