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【2007/12 CET4】As war spreads to many corners of the globe,
children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education __47__. The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the __48__ of peacemakers. The Children?s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated (提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. groups of children __49__ as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace.
The classroom __50__ opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with __51__, peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step __52__toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are __53__ useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and __54__ on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children?s rights and how to help the __55__ of war. Starting a Peacemakers? Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the __56__ school.
A) victims I) forward B) technology J) especially C) role K) entire
D) respectively L) cooperative E) projects M) comprehensive F) offers N) assuming G) information O) acting H) images
KEY
47. K. projects 48. M. role 49. A. acting 50. J. offers 51. D. cooperative
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52. G. forward 53. F. especially 54. I. information 55. O. victims 56. E. entire
Eric 选词填空/完型填空 2009-05-28
【2006/12 CET4】The flood of women into the job market boosted
economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done __47__ by women—ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing __48__ work—still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a __49__ that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time” and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like.
Although there is still a big wage __50__ between men and women, the income working women __51__ gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now __52__ about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers __53__ women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are __54__ customers. It?s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to __55__ pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars—the Japanese society is still very much male-oriented. Perhaps it was the __56__ contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
A) scale I) potential B) retailed J) gap
C) generate K) voluntary D) extreme L) excessive E) technically M) insulted F) affordable N) purchase G) situation O) primarily H) really
KEY：
47. O 48. K 49. G 50. J 51. C 52. N 53. M 54. I 55. H 56. D
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Eric 选词填空/完型填空 2009-05-28
【2006/06 CET4】El Nino is name given to the mysterious and often
unpredictable change in the climate of the world. This strange __47__ happens every five to eight years. It starts in the Pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade winds (信风)，which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in __48__, the ocean temperatures rise, causing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5℃.
The warming of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid (潮湿的) air over the ocean causes severe __49__ thunderstorms. The rainfall is increased across South America. __50__ floods to Peru. In the West pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and __51__.
El Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. The 1982-83 El Nino brought the most __52__ weather in modern history. Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds __53__ of damage. The 1990 El Nino lasted until June 1995. Scientists __54__ this to be the longest El Nino for 2,000 years.
Nowadays, weather experts are able to forecast when an El Nino will __55__, but they are still not __56__ sure what leads to it or what affects how strong it will be.
A) estimate I) completely B) strength J) destructive C) deliberately K) starvation D) notify L) bringing E) tropical M) exhaustion F) phenomenon N) worth G) stable O) strike H) attraction
KEY
47. F phenomenon 48. B strength 49. E tropical 50. L bringing 51. K starvation
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52. J destructive 53. N worth 54. A estimate 55. O strike 56. I completely
Eric 选词填空/完型填空 2009-05-28
完型填空
完型填空（CLOZE）是使用非常广泛的英语测试题型。许多大规模英语考试,如高考英语(NMT),全国各类成人高校专升本入学英语考试，全国大学英语四级考试(CET4)，高校英语专业四八级考试(TEM-4/8)，攻读硕士学位研究生入学英语考试(NETEM)，在职人员以毕业研究生同等学力申请硕士学位英语课程全国统一考试，出国英语水平考试(EPT)，全国职称英语等级考试等，都少不了完型填空的身影。
四六级考试中，完型填空和改错是综合部分二选一题型；然而，根据实践，四级考试好像更倾心于完型填空——自从新题型之后，还没考过一次改错，靠的全是完型填空。
【考点重点】
《大学英语四级考试大纲》规定，该部分“要求考生在全面理解文章内容的基础上，选择一个最佳答案，使短文的意思和结构恢复完整。填空的词项包括结构词和实义词。完形填空部分的目的是测试学生综合运用语言的能力”。因此考点很明确：词汇运用；语法概念；篇章结构理解。
题型大致分为4类： 1．词汇辨义题； 形近/近义 2．同现搭配题； 3．语法结构题； 4．逻辑推理题。
随着新四六级取消了“词汇与结构”题型，Cloze部分加大了对词汇和搭配的测试比重，最近一次考试达到85-90%，而语法结构和逻辑推理逐渐淡出，两项合计仅占10-15%。因此我们重点关注词汇辨义和同现搭配。
【2008/12 CET4】Playing organized sports is such a common
experience in the United States that many children and teenagers take them for granted. This is especially true 67 children from （）families and communities that have the resources needed to organize and 68 sports programs and make sure that there is easy 69 to participation opportunities.
A. access B. entrance C. chance D. route
Children in low-income families and poor communities are 70 likely to take organized youth sports for granted because they often 71 the resources needed to pay for participation 72, equipment, and transportation to practices and games 73 their communities do not have resources to build and 74 sports fields and facilities.
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