专题限时训练(二十七) [说明文型完形填空]
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(一)
Almost everyone around us uses a phone. Phones provide a simple and efficient means to conduct work or __1__ social arrangements from day to day. Several times in course of a work day, you may be __2__ by phone with colleagues, students, lab assistants, secretaries or others on __3__ matters. If you want an appointment with your department head, you would __4__ call him and arrange a time with him. If you were unable to __5__ your appointment, or if you found you had to be late for it, you would phone and change the __6__. In this way, no one __7__ time waiting for someone who is not coming. If you want to buy something, you would “let your __8__ do the walking”. That is, you call __9__ to make sure the store has what you need. If it is an expensive item, you might call several stores to __10__ prices. If you want to take a train or plane, after finding out __11__ and prices, you can call to make a __12__；if you want to shop for clothes after work, you might call to ask how late the store is open __13__ you travel all the way there.
Phones are easily __14__. In streets, you can see public phones in which you __15__ coins to make a call. Phones have __16__ answering services; if you are not at home or in the office, or don't wish to be __17__，you switch on a machine, which will answer the call for you. A prerecorded __18__ will say to the caller, “I'm __19__. I'm not in at the moment. Please leave your name and number and I will call you back as __20__ as possible.”It's more efficient to leave one's name and number than to waste their time calling again and again.
1. A．handle B．attend C．offer D．match 2. A．conveyed B．consulted C．interrupted D．advised 3. A．private B．selfrelated C．public D．workrelated 4. A．carefully B．finally C．normally D．secretly 5. A．make B．keep C．break D．remember 6. A．mind B．subject C．plan D．idea 7. A．arranges B．takes C．kills D．wastes 8. A．fingers B．feet C．head D．legs 9. A．off B．in C．out D．ahead 10. A．bargain B．compare C．pay D．cut 11. A．destination B．route C．schedule D．course 12. A．reservation B．choice C．decision D．study 13. A．until B．unless C．after D．before 14. A．accessible B．acceptable C．portable D．suitable 15. A．deliver B．feed C．change D．use 16. A．proper B．artificial C．automatic D．free 17. A．worried B．upset C．disturbed D．woken 18. A．speech B．message C．notice D．dialogue 19. A．glad B．afraid C．regretful D．sorry 20. A．soon B．quickly C．much D．long
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(二)
Employers fear they will be unable to recruit (招募) students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey __1__．
Nearly half of the organizations told researchers they were already struggling to find __2__ with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), __3__ even more companies expected to experience __4__ of employees with STEM skills in the next three years.
The Confederation of British Industry__5__694 businesses and organizations across the public and __6__sectors, which together employ 2.4 million people. Half were __7__ they would not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to __8__ enough employees with the right Alevel skills.
“__9__ we move further role recovery and businesses plan __10__ growth, the demand for people with highquality skills and qualifications will __11__，” said Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI. “Firms say it has been already hard to find people with the right __12__ or engineering skills. The new government must make it a top __13__ to encourage more young people to study sciencerelated __14__．”
The survey finds that young people will improve their job prospects (前景) __15__ they study business, maths, English and physics or chemistry at Alevel. The Alevels that employers __16__least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don't insist on a __17__ degree subject. A third prefer to hire those with a STEMrelated subject.
The research __18__ worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK __19__. Half of the employers expressed worries about employees' basic literacy and numeracy(计算) skills, while the biggest problem was with IT skills, __20__ twothirds reported concerns.
1．A. submits B．reveals C．launches D．relieves 2. A．audience B．officials C．partners D．staff 3. A．while B．because C．for D．although 4. A．exits B．shortages C．absences D．sources 5. A．surveyed B．searched C．exposed D．expanded 6. A．collective B．private C．personal D．civil 7. A．conducted B．combined C．concerned D．confused 8. A．provide B．reach C．transfer D．hire 9. A．Lest B．Unless C．Before D．As 10. A．with B．for C．on D．by 11. A．control B．stretch C．ensure D．heighten 12. A．creative B．technical C．narrative D．physical 13. A．priority B．option C．challenge D．judgment 14. A．procedures B．academics C．thoughts D．subjects 15. A．until B．since C．whereas D．if 16. A．rate B．discuss C．order D．observe 17. A．typical B．particular C．positive D．general 18. A．highlighted B．described C．focused D．touched 19. A．masses B．workforce C．faculty D．communities 20. A．what B．whom C．where D．why
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专题限时训练(二十七)
(一)
【要点综述】你想和你的上司预约见面的时间吗？你想预订机票、火车票吗？拿起你的电话吧，它会让你方便快捷地完成这些任务。如果你不在家或办公室，如果你不想接电话，它还可以帮你自动接听。这些都是电话带给我们的方便。
1．A handle 处理；attend出席，参加；offer提供；match匹配。
2．B 在日常工作中经常会有同事、学生等通过电话向你咨询与工作相关的事情。convey表达；consult请教，咨询；interrupt打扰，打断；advise建议。
3．D private私人的； selfrelated与自我相关的；public 公众的；workrelated与工作相关的。第一段提到使用电话开展工作，因此这里是咨询与工作相关的事情。
4．C 正常情况下，如果你要和你的部门领导预约，你会打电话与他协商一个时间。carefully认真地；finally最后；normally正常地；secretly秘密地。
5．B 由下文可知，如果你不能赴约或者迟到的话，你可以电话告知并改变计划。 6．C
7．D 别人就不会浪费时间等待一个不来的人。waste time (in) doing sth浪费时间做某事。 8．A finger手指；foot脚；head头；leg腿。由下文可知，用电话购物可以让你的手指替你跑腿。 9．D 提前打电话确认商店是否有你要买的东西。
10．B bargain讨价还价；compare比较；pay付款；cut切割。给几家商店打电话比较一下价格。 11．C 如果你要乘飞机或火车，查明时刻表和价格后，你就可以打电话订票了。destination目的地；route路线；schedule时刻表；course课程，过程。
12．A reservation 预订；choice选择； decision决定； study研究。打电话预订机票或车票。 13．D 在你到达之前，通过电话问一下商店营业到多晚。
14．A 由下文可知，电话到处都有。accessible易接近的，可利用的；acceptable可接受的；portable轻便的；suitable适合的。
15．B deliver 递送；feed 注入；change兑换； use使用。往公共电话投入硬币才能打电话。 16．C 由下文和常识可知，电话有自动回复功能。proper合适的； artificial 虚假的；automatic自动的；free自由的，免费的。
17．C 如果你不想被打扰，那你就把机器打开替你自动回电话。disturb打扰，打断。 18．B 机器将用事先录制好的留言自动回复电话。 19．D 20．A
(二)
【要点综述】这是一篇调查报告。目前，随着经济复苏，在英国，对于雇主来说找到有技能的大学生就成了一个问题，尤其是找到擅长科学、技术、工程和数学的学生。
1．B 据一项最新调查显示，现在的雇主们害怕他们雇不到符合要求的毕业生。submit提交，服从；reveal透露，揭露；launch发起(一场运动)；relieve减轻(痛苦、忧虑等)，解除。
2．D 根据句意，基本有一半的组织或机构告诉调查者他们在努力寻找具有四个方面(科学、技术、工程和数学)才能的职员。
3．A 同时，更多公司预测，接下来的三年他们将会遭遇雇员缺失的境况。while和„„同时。 4．B 由第二段句首struggling可判断，机构或组织寻找这些人才非常不易，那么这种人才显然是不够的、短缺的。absence表示“缺席，不在”，不能描述短缺，因此排除。
5．A 英国工业联盟调查了694个行业和组织。survey是指调查某部分人的行为、意见等(通常以询问方式进行)，符合题意。
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6．B 后文的together暗示and后面的这个空是和“公共的”对立的，因此填private。
7．C 根据上下文的意思可知，雇主们担心这种现象的发生，因此选concerned，“担心的，烦恼的，忧虑的”。
8．D 三分之一的被调查者坦言他们可能雇不到符合相应资质的雇员，只有hire符合题意。 9．D 根据句子结构判断，前半句是一个伴随状语，表示“随着„„的深入进行，„„需求越来越强”。 10．B 这里表示目的，故选for。
11．D 根据前文可知，这种需求是不断增加的。heighten提高，增高，加强。
12．B 前面第二段已经指出在四个方面技能欠缺，选项中显然只有technical符合文意。 13．A make„a top priority 让„„成为首要任务，当务之急。
14．D 这里指鼓励年轻人学习与科学相关的学科，从倒数第二段也可判断。academy 学院，研究院；procedure 步骤，程序；thought 思想；subject学科，科目，课程。
15．D 本句是一个条件状语从句，据此可知选if。
16．A 根据文意可知，雇主们认为Alevels中价值最低的学科是心理学和社会学，因此选rate。rate评定某人、某事物的价值；order 命令，整理；discuss 讨论，论述；observe 观察，遵守。
17．B 文章指雇主们需要的是具备STEM四方面素质的人才，因此许多雇主们不青睐对某一特殊学科的专业学位。
18．A
19．B 整篇文章都在讨论就业和雇用，显然选workforce。faculty 全体教员；community 社区，团体。 20．C
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