星火：2008年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)模擬試卷樣題及解析

　　Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)

　　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 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Acupuncture (針灸) is quite mysterious. People see the most is a person with needles sticking out of the flesh. Understandably being wary ___62___ sharp pointed objects, patients often needs to__63___this obstacle. The best way to do this is becoming educated about how acupuncture is __64___, and where it came from. The earliest __65___ of the use of acupuncture go back to 2,000 years ago. The __66___dates back to as early as the Stone Age. When you experience pain it is an instinctive __67___ to apply pressure to that location. Also the body may experience pain __68___ the infection is not localized. Your body __69___ sends you warning signals. The Ancient Chinese utilized these warnings, and developed an intricate system of these points__70___ observation. It is easy to infer that applying pressure to __71___ pain with your hands evolved __72___ the use of needles instead. Tortoise _73___ have been found recording the use of acupuncture. The first actual written text__74___ the use of acupuncture is called Nei Ching Su Wen. This book basically __75___ all the different points, but it is mostly a book on theory and concept. The Nei Ching Su Wen __76__the basic rules of philosophy on health. These philosophies branched from two mainstream_77__ during the Warring States period. The first is Confucianism. The teachings of this stress that human body is sacred and is __78___ dissection or surgery. This makes acupuncture a perfect means of __79___ illness because applying pressure to the __80__ body, you can relieve internal disease. The other major __81__of thought is called Taoism. Maintaining harmony is the stressed idea; you must have a balance between Yin and Yang.

　　62. A) with B) for

　　C) of D) about

　　63. A) overcome B) succeed

　　C) defeat D) fail

　　64. A) practiced B) executed

　　C) accomplished D) performed

　　65. A) recordings B) scripts

　　C) handwritings D) copies

　　66. A) reason B) origin

　　C) source D) root

　　67. A) incentive B) reaction

　　C) stimulus D) reflection

　　68. A) which B) what

　　C) when D) where

　　69. A) incidentally B) especially

　　C) naturally D) definitely

　　70. A) through B) with

　　C) by D) in

　　71. A) control B) suffer

　　C) relive D) inflict

　　72. A) from B) into

　　C) out D) as

　　73. A) claws B) bones

　　C) shells D) feet

　　74. A) exclaimed B) acclaimed

　　C) reclaimed D) claimed

　　75. A) lays out B) lays about

　　C) lays aside D) lays down

　　76. A) observes B) proves

　　C) sets D) violates