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2011年12月英语四级完形填空答案及解析

2011-12-17来源:互联网

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Employers fear they will be unable recruit students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey 67.reveals.
Nearly half of organisations told researchers they were already struggling to find 68.staffwith skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), 69.while even more companies expect to experience 70.shortages of employees with Stem skills in the next three years.
The Confederation of British Industry and the vocational qualifications body EDI 71.surveyed694 organisations across the public and 72.private sectors, which together employ 2.4 million people.
Half are 73.concerned they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to 74.recruit enough employees with the right A-level skills.
"75.As we move further into recovery and businesses plan 76.for growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will 77.intensify," said Richard Lambert, director general, CBI.
"In the future, people with qualifications in science and maths will be particularly sought after, and firms say it is already hard to find people with the right 78.technical or engineering skills. The new government must make it a top 79.priority to encourage more young people to study science-related 80.subjects."
The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects 81.if they studied business studies, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level. The A-levels that employers82.rate least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don't insist on a83.particular degree subject, a third prefer to hire those with a Stem-related subject.
The research 84.highlighted worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK 85.workforce. Half of employers expressed worries about employees' basic literacy and numeracy skills, while the biggest problem is with IT skills, 86.where two-thirds reported concerns.
【评析】这是一篇讨论“雇主和他们所需要的大学生技能” 的文章。今年四级的完型填空,涉及5处名词,2处介词,6处动词,4处形容词和3处副词。第82题稍难,像80和85都可以通过上下文判断出来,其余部分只要在句子内部或者句子之间进行上下文逻辑比对或语法搭配,即可完成。词义辨析考查较多,考查学生词汇的储备量,因此,考生要特别注意四级词汇的牢固掌握。

【答案】
67.reveals
68.staff
69.while
70.shortages
71.surveyed
72.private
73.concerned
74.recruit
75.As
76.for
77.intensify
78.technical
79.priority
80.subjects
81.if
82.rate
83.particular
84.highlighted
85.workforce
86.where

67.
【答案】reveals
【解析】第一段提出话题,“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”,launch意思为“发起一场运动”,submit意为“提交,服从”,generate生成,reveal透露,揭露,显示。这里根据段意,reveal最合适。

68.
【答案】staff
【解析】根据句意,基本有一半的组织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。这里partners,audience, officials显然不符合题意。

69.
【答案】while
【解析】这里和前面已经叙述的事实构成并列,“同时,更多公司预测,接下来的三年他们都将会遭遇雇员四缺现象(科学、技术、工程和数学知识技能欠缺)”,因此排除其他三项。选while。

70.
【答案】shortages
【解析】由第二段句首struggling可判断,机构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是表示“缺席,不在”,不能描述短缺,因此排除。此题的另一个关键是确定experience的词性,动词。

71.
【答案】surveyed
【解析】第三段用一句话简介经过工业联盟调查了69个行业和组织,首先排除D和C,search是指搜查;细查某处以搜寻某人或某物,搜索;而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。

72.
【答案】private
【解析】根据上一题的意思,调查在公共和私人部门中展开,后面一句的together暗示and后面的这个空是和“公共的”对立的,因此填private。

73.
【答案】concerned
【解析】第四段描写了这个调查的具体情况。有一半人…,这里缺少动词,confront一般和with连用,conform 符合,遵照,confuse 使混乱,使困惑,这里根据上下文的意思,雇主们都担心这种现象的发生,因此选concerned, be concerned 担心的,烦恼的,忧虑的。

74.
【答案】recruit
【解析】本题考查词义辨析,三分之一的被调查者坦言他们可能顾不到符合相应资质的雇员,只有recruit符合题意。

75.
【答案】As
【解析】根据句子结构判断,前半句是一个伴随状语,“随着…的深入进行,…需求越来越强”,而不是条件状语或让步状语。

76.
【答案】for
【解析】这里考查介词搭配。这里侧重于描述执行进展的计划的目的,选for。

77.
【答案】intensify
【解析】本题考查词义辨析。根据前文,这种需求是不断增加的,intensify 增强,强化,变激烈;dominate指在…中占主导地位,这里并没有给出一个具体的范围,不符合句意。enforce 实施,执行;stretch 伸展。

78.
【答案】technical
【解析】本题比较简单,属于送分题。前卖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。

79.
【答案】priority
【解析】这里考查短语固定搭配。make…a top priority 让…成为首要任务,当务之急。

80.
【答案】subjects
【解析】这里鼓励年轻人学习科学相关的学科,从倒数第二段也可判断。academy 学院,研究院; procedure 步骤,程序,thought 思想,不符题意,排除。

81.
【答案】if
【解析】这里考查考生对前后两个完整的句子的关系的理解,主句中的would是一个虚拟语气的标志词,据此代入选项if,通读上下文,符合题意之后确定。

82.
【答案】rate
【解析】词义辨析题。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。根据文意,雇主们认为A-levels中价值最低的学科是心理学和社会学,因此选rate。

83.
【答案】particular
【解析】文章指出现在雇主们需要的是具备Stem四方面素质的人才,因此许多雇主们不赞成对某一特殊学科的专业学位,而非typical典型的,general一般的,或者是积极的positive。

84.
【答案】highlighted
【解析】词义辨析题。根据最后一句,该研究“强调” 对…的担忧, focus一般和on连用,其余两项意义不符。

85.
【答案】workforce
【解析】词义辨析题。“提高英国劳动力的基本技能”,masses 民众,faculty 全体教员,community 社区,团体;整篇文章都在讨论就业和雇佣,显然选workforce。

86.
【答案】where
【解析】考查定语关系副词。这个定语从句完整,由此判断缺少关系副词,首先排除A,B两个关系代词,再根据意思排除why。 

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