四级单项选择阅读理解附讲解
There were some bad 41 But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. Andever since，I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guides oreven 42 bookings，confident that somehow I will manage.
The point is that the new, the different，is almost by definition 43 But each time you trysomething, 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 44 • And I know I’ll go on doing suchthings. It’s not because I，m braver or more daring than others. I，m not, but I’ll accept anxiety asanother name for challenge and I believe I can 45 wonders.
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36. D空前的could表明本空应填一原形动词，且该动词后要能接动词不定式，备选项中只有D) claim(声称)符合要求，故答案为D) claim。强干扰项F) declare(宣称，声明)后通常接that引导的 宾语从句，一般不接动词不定式，故排除。
37. H空前的was和空后的to表明，本空应填一动词的过去分词或形容词，且该词能与介词to搭配 使用，与空后的a little—致，故H) limited和L) reduced意为“减少”，L) reduced通常不用于指知识的贫乏，与文意不符，故排除。
38. 0空格后为形容词unfamiliar，副词修饰形容词，因此空格处应填副词。选项中符合的有constantly和totally。根据句意，“我犹豫了，不能说外语，_不熟悉当地的地理和交通，我怎么能举办/组织_和调查呢”,可知所给选词中只有totally(完全地)符合，故选0。
39. G空格前为固定短语set up, set up后需接宾语，因此空格处应填名词。选项中符合的还剩 balloon,interviews，manufacture, moments, news, regret0 该句意为“完全不熟悉当地的地理和 交通，我怎么能_和调查呢”。结合句意和选项可知，所给选项词中只有interviews符合，
40. M本空应填一能被considerable修饰的名词，且该名词与impossible和begging off在语义上对 应，M)regret(遗憾)符合要求，故为答案。
41. J空格前为形容词bad,本句是there be句型，句中缺少主语，因此空格处应填名词;谓语为were， 可见空格处应填复数名词。选项中符合的有moments和news。该句意为“有许多不幸的 _”，结合选项只有moments(瞬间，片刻)符合句意，故选J。
42. B本空应填一形容词修饰bookings。联系上下文推测，这里的bookings应是指“预约”，备选项中 能修饰bookings的形容词只有B) advanced(提前的)，advanced booking指“提前预约”。
43. N空格所在句的系动词是is，因此空格处应填形容词，在句中作表语。选项中符合的还剩reduced和scary。该句意为“关键是那些新的、不同的，几乎都被定义为_”。结合选项可知，所给选词中只有scary(吓人的，可怕的)符合句意，故选N。 ‘
44. C空格前为不定冠词a，因此空格处应填名词，作介词in的宾语。选项中符合的还剩balloon,manufacture,news, regret0原句意为“我在40岁时学会了滑雪，乘坐_飞过了莱茵河”。所给选词中能够“乘坐”的只有气球，故选C。
45. A空前的can和wonders表明，本空应填一原形动词，且该词能接wonders(奇迹)作其宾语。Aaccomplish“达到(目的)，完成(任务)”满足这两个要求，故为答案。accomplish wonders意为“创造 奇迹”。注意不能根据汉语意思“创造奇迹”就想当然地选I) manufacture(生产，制造)来表达“创 造”，这在英语里是错误搭配。
Passage 7
As war spreads to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center ofconflicts. In Afghanistan? Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking partin Peace education 36 The children? after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the 37 ofpeacemakers. The Children’s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated (提名)for theNobel Peace Prize in 1998. Groups of children 38 as peacemakers studied human rights andpoverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota knownas The Schools of Peace.
The classroom 39 opportunities for children to replace angry? violent behaviors ?—40—，peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children totake a steP 41 toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately* educators have access to many onlineresources that are 42 useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young PeacemakersClub，started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and 43 on starting a KindnessCampaign ? The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children srights and how to help the 44 of war. Starting a Peacemakers’Club is a praiseworthy venture for aclass and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the 45 school.
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Passage 6
36. K从句子前部分的谓语动词take part in可以推断出此处需要一个宾语名词，根据逻辑含义，这 里应该表示“儿童参加和平教育的项目或课程”。
37. M动词短语take on提供了答题线索，因为take on the role of是常用习语，意思是“承担……的 角色”。
38. A空格句谓语动词为studied，因此_as peacemakers作主语Groups of children的定语，意为“是，作为”。
39. J本句需要一个谓语动词，首先根据主语the classroom单数形式可知动词会是第三人称单数形 式，并且从后面的短语opportunities for children判断，只能选择offers。
40. D意思是指用“_行为”代替前面的易引起纷争的行为(angry，violent)，选cooperative，与前面的angry，violent相对应。
41. G空格位于take a step之后，介词toward之前，需要副词。孩子需要向前迈进一步成为和平缔 造者。takea step forward “向前迈进一步”。
42. F这里需要一 个副词来修饰形容词useful表;程度，especially和respectively从逻辑上比较， especially 较合适。
43. I与resources for teacher并列做介词with的宾语。在网站(Website)上提供一些信息比较符合 逻辑，information与on搭配，表示“与......有关的信息”。
44. 0空格位于定冠词the之后，介词of之前，因此缺少名词，要帮助的应该是孩子——战争的受 害者。
45. E此处需要一个形容词修饰school，句义“开创一个调和者俱乐部对一个班级来说是一个值得称 赞的冒险举措，但其能够传播到其它班级,并且最终能够理想地影响到整个学校的文化。”