新东方四级考试完形填空真题精练(9).doc

新东方四级考试完形填空真题精练（9）
Passage 9

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

For the past two years, I have been working on students’ evaluation of classroom teaching. I have kept a record of informal conversations __71__ some 300 students from at __72__ twenty-one colleges and universities. The students were generally __73__ and direct in their comments __74__ how course work could be better __75__. Most of their remarks were kindly __76__—with tolerance rather than bitterness—and frequently were softened by the __77__ that the students were speaking __78__ some, not all, instructors. Nevertheless, __79__ the following suggestions and comments indicate, students feel __80__ with things-as-they-are in the classroom.

Professors should be __81__ from reading lecture notes. “It makes their __82__ monotonous (单调的).”

If they are going to read, why not __83__ out copies of the lecture? Then we __84__ need to go to class. Professors should __85__ repeating in lectures material that is in the text-book. “__86__ we’ve read the material, we want to __87__ it or hear it elaborated on, __88__ repeated.” “A lot of students hate to buy a __89__ text that the professor has written __90__ to have his lectures repeat it.”

71. A) involving B) counting C) covering D) figuring

72. A) best B) least C) length D) large

73. A) reserved B) hard-working C) polite D) frank

74. A) over B) at C) on D) of

75. A) presented B) submitted C) described D) written

76. A) received B) addressed C) made D) taken

77. A) occasion B) truth C) case D) fact

78. A) on B) about C) at D) with

79. A) though B) whether C) as D) if

80. A) dissatisfied B) unsatisfactory C) satisfied D) satisfactory

81. A) interfered B) interrupted C) discouraged D) disturbed

82. A) voices B) sounds C) pronunciation D) gestures

83. A) hold B) leave C) drop D) give

84. A) couldn’t B) wouldn’t C) mustn’t D) shouldn’t

85. A) refuse B) prohibit C) prevent D) avoid

86. A) Once B) Until C) However D) Unless

87. A) remember B) argue C) discuss D) keep

88. A) yet B) not C) and D) or

89. A) desired B) revised C) required D) deserved

90. A) about B) how C) but D) only

参考答案：Passage 9

D C A B D A A D C D B C B D A C B A B C