英语四级选词填空考试真题

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to selectone word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Readthe passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identifiedby a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

　　Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

　　When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones – the kind of high-tech,solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. hasmore than 100 million existing homes, and it would be __47__ wasteful to tear them all downand __48__ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources wentinto the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the__49__ carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lostby destroying an old one. So in the broadest __50__, the greenest home is the one that hasalready been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come fromheating, cooling and __51__ our homes, offices and other buildings. "You can't deal with climatechange without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the NationalTrust.

　　With some __52__, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses builtbefore 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainlydue to the tiny cracks and gaps that __53__ over time and let in more outside air.

　　Fortunately, there are a __54__ number of relatively simple changes that can green olderhomes, from __55__ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiencyupgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help __56__ property ownersfrom rising power costs.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

　　A) accommodations B) clumsy C) doubtful D) exceptions

　　E) expand F) historic G) incredibly H) powering

　　I) protect J) reduced K) replace L) sense

　　M) shifted N) supplying O) vast

　　答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)

　　47. G incredibly 48. K replace 49. J reduced 50. L sense 51. H powering

　　52. D exceptions 　53. E expand 54. O vast 55. F historic 56. I protect