专业英语四级-44
(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、完形填空(总题数：3，分数：100.00)
It"s an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that 1 evening you"re burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, 2 are throwing the books at kids. 3 elementary school students are complaining of homework 4 . What"s a well-meaning parent to do?
As hard as 5 may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you"ve got to get them to do it, 6 helping too much, or even examining 7 too carefully, you may keep them 8 doing it by themselves. "I wouldn"t advise a parent to check every 9 assignment," says John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework . There"s a 10 of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children 11 the grade they deserve.
Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their 12 . But "you don"t want them to feel it has to be 13 ," she says.
As hard as 5 may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you"ve got to get them to do it, 6 helping too much, or even examining 7 too carefully, you may keep them 8 doing it by themselves. "I wouldn"t advise a parent to check every 9 assignment," says John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework . There"s a 10 of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children 11 the grade they deserve.
Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their 12 . But "you don"t want them to feel it has to be 13 ," she says.
That"s not to say parents should 14 homework—first, they should monitor how much homework their kids 15 . Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in 16 four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be " 17 more than an hour and a half," and two for high school students. If your child 18 has more homework than this, you may want to check 19 other parents and then talk to the teacher about 20 assignments.（分数：40.00）
A.very √
&act
C.right
肖骁周思成 D.usual
A.officials
B.parents
&perts
D.schools √
解析：[解析] 前半句提到In standards(为了提高教育水平)，推测提高教育水平应是学校的目的，故选D。
A.Also
B.Even √
C.Then
D.However
解析：[解析] 根据前一句中“学校把大量的书扔给学生(即布置很多学习任务)”，本句表达的应该是“就连(even)小学生都抱怨”，这是对上文的递进说明。
A.fatigue √
&fusion
C.duty
D.puzzle
解析：[解析] 根据上文的burning the late-night oil(熬到深夜)和throwing the books at kids(把大量的书扔给学生)这样的表达，推断作业太多，从而造成“疲惫”(fatigue)。confusion“困惑”；duty“责任”；puzzle“难题”。
A.there
B.we
C.they
最大气的名字 D.it √
解析：[解析] it may be hard (to do sth.)为习惯表达，意为“做某事可能有难度”，it为形式主语。
A.via
B.under
C.by √
D.for
解析：[解析] 此处亦为固定表达，by doing sth.，“通过做某事，你会……”。
A.questions
B.answers √
C.standards
D.rules
解析：[解析] examine answers为习惯动宾搭配，意思是“检查答案”。
A.off
B.without
C.beyond
D.from √
解析：[解析] keep sb. from doing sth.为习惯搭配，指“使某人不能做某事”。
A.single √
B.piece
C.page
&her
解析：[解析] “every single+n.”中的single起强调作用，表示“每一个……”；piece和page后接名词前要先加of；every other的意思是“每隔……”，在此处讲不通。
A.drop
B.short
C.cut
D.lack √
解析：[解析] 上文提到“检查每一项作业”肯定是对孩子反复尝试不认可，a lack of sth.“缺少某物”符合上下文语义。a drop of“一滴”和a cut of“一块”均句意不通；short为形容词，前面不加a。
A.acquire
B.earn √
C.gather
&ach
解析：[解析] 四个选项中，只有earn“(通过努力)赢得；获得”能跟宾语grades“分数”搭配。acquire“习得”；gather“收集”；reach“达到”。
&ises
B.defects
C.mistakes √
&sts
解析：[解析] 前半句建议父母检查孩子的作业(work)，后半句应该是让孩子rethink“反思”其中的“错误(mistakes)”，而不是所有的练习(exercise)；defect“缺点”和test“测试”与“作业”无关。
A.perfect √
B.better
C.unusual
Dplete
解析：[解析] but前后的句子表明：专家建议家长要检查作业，但不要走极端：不要让孩子觉得作业必须______，此处应该选褒义程度最高的perfect。
A.forget
&fuse
C.miss
D.ignore √
解析：[解析] 最后一段话锋一转：“这并不是说父母应该______作业”。显然前文(不要让孩子觉得作业必须完美无误)可能造成的误解是“忽略”(ignore)作业。
A.have √
B.prepare
C.make
D.perform
解析：[解析] have homework为习惯表达，表示“有作业”；此处how much homework their kids have意为“老师给他们的孩子布置了多少作业”。
A.classes
&ups
&ades √
&s社会保障卡有什么用
解析：[解析] 空格后的4～6是与前面early elementary years平行的，所以选grades“年级”，即4～6年级。
A.about
& √
C.much
D.few
解析：[解析] 根据后文“高中2小时”，推断此处初中应该不超过1个半小时，所以选no，而非much；about和few不用于比较级之前。
A.previously苏醒 李菲儿
B.rarely
&ly
&sistently √
解析：[解析] 根据后文的talk to the teacher(跟老师谈谈)，既然需要跟老师谈谈，说明作业
量很多，consistently“一贯地”能突出“量大”。previously“以前”；rarely“难得”；merely“仅仅”。
A.with √
B.in
C.out
D.up
解析：[解析] check with sb.意为“跟某人核实”；check in“(在旅馆、机场等)登记”；check out“结账离去”；check up (on) sth.“检查某事”。
A.finishing
B.lowering
&ducing √
D.declining
解析：[解析] 因为作业太多，所以应该要求“减少(reduce)”。finish“完成”和lower“降下”不与homework搭配；decline表示“下降”时为不及物动词，后不能带宾语。拍一拍设置
As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded "Is there a doctor on board?" announcement. I"ve been 21 only once—for a woman who had merely fainted. But the 22 made me quite curious about how 23 this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if 24 with a real midair medical emergency—without access 25 a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So 26 the New England Journal of Medicine last week 27 a study about in-flight medical events, I read it 28 interest.
The study estimated that there are a(n) 29 of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not 30 ; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. 31 13% of them—roughly four a day—are serious enough to 32 a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies 33 heart trouble, strokes,
The study estimated that there are a(n) 29 of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not 30 ; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. 31 13% of them—roughly four a day—are serious enough to 32 a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies 33 heart trouble, strokes,
and difficulty breathing.
Let"s face it: plane rides are 34 . For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 35 they would be if you rived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 36 , but passengers with heart disease 37 experience chest pains as result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. 38 common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis—the so-called economy class syndrome. 39 happens, don"t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation, flights with at 40 one attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks.（分数：40.00）
Let"s face it: plane rides are 34 . For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 35 they would be if you rived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 36 , but passengers with heart disease 37 experience chest pains as result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. 38 common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis—the so-called economy class syndrome. 39 happens, don"t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation, flights with at 40 one attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks.（分数：40.00）
A.called √
B.addressed
C.informed
D.surveyed
解析：[解析] 空格后提到“因为一位女士昏倒了”，作为一个physician(医生)，作者自然是被广播叫到(called)，故选A。inform“通知”；address“解决”；survey“调查”。
A.accident
&dition
C.incident √
D.disaster
解析：[解析] 本题用“the+选项”指代前一句的情形，“女士晕倒”用。incident“小事件”描述较准确，故选C。condition“条件”；disaster“灾难”；accident“事故”。
A.soon
B.long
C.many
沈泰女友是谁 D.often √
解析：[解析] 从第二段首句看出作者关心的是这种事件发生的频率，how often表示频率，故选D。
&fronted √
&ated
C.identified
D.provided
解析：[解析] 此处意为“如果______真实的空中医疗紧急情况，我会怎么做”，预测空格处填入“遇到”含义的词，confronted with意为“遇到”，符合上下文语义。identify with“认为与……相等”；treat with“以……招待”；provide with“提供”。
A.for
& √
C.by
D.through
解析：[解析] access和to构成固定搭配，意为“可以得到”。
A.before
B.since
C.when √
D.while
解析：[解析] 根据上下文，这里应是“当……时候”的意思，而下一小题的四个选项都是表示短暂性动作的动词，故只能用when，因为while表示“当……时”只能接延续性动词，常用过去进行时，故选C。
&llected
&ducted
C.discovered
D.published √
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