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该题为新四六级阅读部分(Reading in Depth)新题型，15词选10，分值5%。在考查考生同学们阅读能力的同时，测试英语词汇量和对英语语法句法的掌握水平。

【考点重点】

1.词汇：四类实词(抽象名词、动词、形容词、副词) 及搭配 2.语法：句子结构分析能力 3.逻辑：上下文联系

【2007/06 CET4】Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a

normal part of life. In particular, when older patients __47__ of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.

Times have changed. Today, we take pain __48__. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in __49__ a person's well-being. We know that chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱) a person's life, causing problems that __50__ from missed work to depression.

That's why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who __51__ in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social __52__ related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often __53__ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.

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This modern __54__ for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a __55__ number of drugs available, and many of them caused __56__ side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.

A) result B) involves C) significant D) range E) relieved F) issues G) seriously H) magnificent

I) determining J) limited K) gravely L) complained M) respect N) prompting O) specialize

【解题步骤】

1.直奔选项，标识词性

名词(n.)、动词(v.)、形容词(a.)、副词(f.)

A) result v/n

B) involves v 第三人称单数 C) significant a. D) range v/n

E) relieved v+ed或视为a. F) issues n复数 G) seriously ad.f H) magnificent a.

I) determining v./gerund J) limited v+ed 或视为a. K) gravely ad.f L) complained v+ed M) respect v/n N) prompting v. /gerund O) specialize v.

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2.浏览开篇，把握主题

Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life.该句表明文章的主题为病痛这一现象，读者即可利用先前对这一问题的背景知识帮助理解全文。

3.分析空缺，确定词性

如54空，根据上下文可确定该空为主语，所以需要一单数名词，而选项中单数名词有result, range, respect，根据文字本身的含义及其后的介词for判断答案为respect。

4.辨别词义，结合前后

如第55空，number前面缺一个形容词，而形容词前面为there were only a，带有一定的负面意义，由此判断为limited

【解题技巧】

1. 根据词性，缩小范围：如52空，根据上下文可确定该空需要一个复

数名词，选项中符合条件的只有F) issues。

2. 相似相反，其一为解。 3. 词若同源，其一为解。 4. 情感色彩，一致为解。 5. 同现搭配，锁定答案。 6. 同义复现，锁定答案。

7. 逻辑转折，反义为解：while/but/though逻辑转折，取反义 8. 平行对等，锁定答案。

9. To后跟动词或动名词； of，from等介词后跟名词或v-ing 10. 连词while/when/if/though/whereas后跟名词，无谓语换分词

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现在，我们结合2008年12月英语四级真题，来体验这些技巧。

【2008/12 CET4】A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books

influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural______47_F_____for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn______48_K____ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to ____49 H_____ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a __50 G_____ of human experiences and come to ___51 N____ other ways of thought and living. And while ____52 I____ their own relationships and responses to life , the readers often find that the ___53 B__ in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.

Books provide ___54 A_____ material for readers? imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books __55 O____their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure ___56 M___. The social and educational significance of the readers? books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.

A. Abundant B. Characters

C. Communicating D. Completely E. Derive F. Desire G. Diversity H. Escape

I. Establishing J. Narrow K. Naturally L. Personnel M. Properly N. Respect O. Widen

1. 首先标注词性：

名词4个：characters/desire（也可为动词）/diversity/personnel

动词4个：derive/escape/widen/respect(也可为名词)

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