泽熙美文Cloze Test
During recent years we have heard much about “race”: how this race does certain things and that race believes certain things and so on. Yet, the, 1 phenomenon of race consists of a few surface indications.
We judge race usually 2 the colouring of the skin: a white race, a brown race, a yellow race and a black race. But 3 you were to remove the skin you could not 4 anything about the race to which the individual belonged. There is 5 physical structure, the brain or the internal organs to 6 a difference.
There are four types of blood. 7 types are found in every race, and no type is distinct to an race. Human brains are the 8 . No scientists could examine a brain and tell you the race to which the individual belonged. Brains will 9 in size, but this occurs within every race. 10 does size have anything to do with intelligence. The largest brain 11 examined belonged to a person of weak 12 . On the other hand, some of our most distinguished people have had 13 brains.
Mental tests which are reasonably 14 show no differences in intelligence between races. High and low test results both can be recorded by different members of any race. 15 equal educational advantages, there will be no difference in average standings, either on account of race or geographical location.
Individuals of every race 16 civilization to go backward or forward. Training and education can change the response of a group of people, 17 enable them to behave in a 18 way.
The behavior and ideals of people change according to circumstances, but they can always go back or go on to something new 19 is better and higher than anything 20 the past.
1.
A.complete
B.whole
C.full
D.total
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题要求填入一个适当的形容词，整句话的意思是“关于人种的现象是由一些表面的迹象所组成的，对phenomenon前的修饰词，我们可以选用whole，表示全部的、所有的”之意。
2.
A.in
B.at
C.from
D.on
正确答案：C
[解析] 根椐句意，“我们常常据肤色来判断人种”，可知需选一个表示“来源”的介词，而介词from有这层意思。
3.
A.if
B.since
C.as
D.while
正确答案：A
[解析] 从结构上看，此句为虚拟语气，所以我们选用if为其引导词。
4.
A.speak
B.tell
C.talk
D.mention
正确答案：B
[解析] 近义词辨析题，根据句意“如果你揭去他们的皮肤，你就不能分辨出他是属于哪个种族”，我们可以看出，需要选一个表示“分辨、区别、说出”之意的动词，tell常与can，could，be able to连用，表“辨别、分辨”之义。
5.
A.something
B.everything
C.nothing
D.anything
正确答案：C
[解析] 从整个句子的意思来看，想表达出“从身体结构，大脑和内部器官上看不出有什么区别的东西来。”故我们可以选C项否定词nothing。
6.
A.display
B.indicate
C.demonstrate
D.appear
正确答案：B
[解析] 词义辨析。display意为“陈列、显示、展览”；indicate意为“指示、表示、暗示”之意；demonstrate意为“表明、演示、论述、证明”；appear意为“出现”。根据句意从“Physical structure, the brain or the internal organs…”上是说不出什么东西来指明有人种区别的。
7.
A.All
B.Most
C.No
D.Some
正确答案：A
[解析] 根据句意“所有四种血型在每一个人种中都存在”判断应该选A项。
8.
A.same
B.identical
C.similar
D.alike
正确答案：A
[解析] 根据空格前的定冠词“the”，我们可选出正确合理为same。
9.
A.remain
B.increase
C.vary
D.decrease
正确答案：D
[解析] 根据句意，“人脑的大小不同”，我们可以选出正确答案为D项。
10.
A.Only
B.Or
C.So
D.Nor
正确答案：D
[解析] 从上下文可以分析出，作者想说的意思是“人脑的大小和智力没有关系”，所以我们要选否定词Nor。
11.
A.ever
B.then
C.never
D.once
正确答案：D
[解析] 根据句意此处应填一个表示“曾经”之意的词，ever用于现在完成时疑问句中，而once表示“曾经”之意时可用于句子中间。
12.
A.health
B.body
C.mind
D.thought
正确答案：C
[解析] 根据句意，此处应表示“智力”。
13.
A.big
B.small
C.minor
D.major
正确答案：B
[解析] 根据上句用largest，此处应用相对应的反义词small，这两句是表示比较的。
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