2016年12月英语四级考前冲刺试题第一套_第7页

　　Part III Cloze (15)

　　Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passages. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Section A

　　Between labor and play __56__ work. A man is a worker if he is __57__ interested in the job which society pays him to do; what from the point of view of society is necessary labor is ___58__ his own point of view voluntary play. Whether a job is to be classified as labor or work depends, not on the job itself, __59__ on the tastes of the __60__ who undertakes it. The difference does not, for example, __61__ the difference between a manual and a mental job; a gardener or a cobbler may be a worker, a bank clerk a laborer. __62__ a man is can be seen from his attitude __63__ leisure. To a worker, leisure means simply the hours he needs to relax and rest in order to work efficiently. He is therefore more __64__ to take too little leisure than too much; workers die of heart attacks and forget their wives' birthdays. To the laborer, on the other hand, leisure means freedom from compulsion, so that it is natural for him to imagine that the fewer hours he has to spend laboring, and the more hours he is free to play, the better.

　　56.A. lie B.is located C. stands D.stand

　　57.A. particularly B.personally C.especially D.special

　　58.A.from B.on C.in D.to

　　59.A.and B.however C.but D.or

　　60.A.personal B. separate C.special D.individual

　　61.A.Consistent with B.Similar with C.coincide with D.the same with

　　62.A.Which B.What C.How D.Who

　　63.A.to B.into C.toward D.towards

　　64.A.likely B.appropriately C.probably D.possibly

　　65.A.force B.coercivity C.influence D.compulsion

　　Section B

　　Does our fast __66__ of technological progress mean, then, that technology makes no difference? No. It just makes the question of technology's __67__, for good or ill, more complicated. Let's start with the downside. There are certain ways __68__ technology makes life obviously worse. Telemarketing, traffic jams, and identity theft all come to mind. These are all phenomena that make people __69__ unhappy. But for the most part, modern critiques of technology __70__ not so much on specific, bad technologies as the impact of technology on our human relationships.

　　66.A.absorption B.assimilation C.assimilator D.digestion

　　67.A.effect B.rush C.hit D.impact

　　68.A.at which B.on which C.in which D.from which

　　69.A.consciously B.realize C.notice D.conchoidally

　　70.A.have focused B.is focused C.have been focused D.focus

　　1---5 A B C A D

　　6---10 A D B C D

　　11---15 A C B A D

　　16---20 C B B C D

　　21---25 D A C C B

　　26---30 C C D D D

　　31---35 B D A C D

　　36---40 B B D C B

　　41---45 A D D A A

　　46---50 D B A A D

　　51---55 D C A B D

　　56---60 C B A C D

　　61---65 C A C A D

　　66---70 B D C A A