大学英语四级阅读选词填空考试真题附答案

　　Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months oftravel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly _47_ to knowmy way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was _48_ to a littlecollege French.

　　I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, _49_ unfamiliar with localgeography or transportation systems, set up _50_ and do research? It seemed impossible,and with considerable _51_ I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, athought can through my mind: you can learn if you don't try. So I accepted the assignment.

　　There were some bad _52_. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experiencedtraveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places,without guiders or even _53_ bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.

　　The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition _54_. But each time youtry something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.

　　I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a _55_. And I know I'll go ondoing such things. It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others. I'm not. But I'llaccept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can _56_ wonders.

　　A) accomplish B) advanced C) balloon D) claim

　　E) constantly F) declare G) interviews H)limited

　　I) manufacture J) moments K) news L) reduced

　　M) regret N) scary O) totally

　　答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)

　　47. D) claim 48. H) limited 49. O) totally 50. G) interviews

　　51. M) regret 52. J) moments 53. B) advanced 54. N) scary

　　55. C) balloon 56. A) accomplish