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2022年6月14日大学英语四级选词填空真题及答案(卷1)Brazil A nation of non-readers MANYBrazilians cannotread.In2022,a quarterof thoseaged15and olderwere functionallyilliterate.Many simplydo notwant to.Only oneliterate adultin threereads books.The averageBrazilian reads
1.8non-academic booksa year^less thanhalf thefigure inEurope andthe UnitedStates.In arecent surveyof readinghabits,Brazilians came27th outof30countries,spending
5.2hours aweek witha book.Argentines,their neighbours,ranked18th.In rareaccord,government,businesses andNGOs areall strivingin differentways tochange this.On March13th the government launcheda National Plan for Books and Reading.This seeksto boostreading,by foundinglibraries andfinancing publishersamong otherthings.The BrazilReader Institute,an NGO,brings booksto peopleit hasinstalled lendinglibraries intwo SoPaulo metrostations,and isplanning onein aCarnival sambaschool.It isstarting to be commonto seecharacters intelevision soapoperas shownreading.Cynics notethat Globo,the biggestbroadcaster,is alsoa bigpublisher ofbooks,newspapers andmagazines.One discouragementto readingis thatbooks areexpensive.At SoPaulo“s bookfair thisweek,“0C6digo DaVinci”was onsale for32reais一more thana tenthof theofficial minimummonthly wage.Most otherbooks havesmall print-runs,pushing uptheir price.But Brazilians“indifference tobooks hasdeeper roots.Centuries ofslavery meantthe countryv sleaders longneglected education.Primary schoolingbecame universalonly inthe1990s.Radio wasubiquitous bythe1930s;libraries andbookshops havestill notcaught up.The electronicexperience camebefore thewritten experience,“says MarinoLobello,of theBrazilian Chamberof Books,an industrybody.All thismeans thatBrazil sbook markethas thebiggest growthpotential inthe westernworld,reckons MrLobello.That notionhas attractedforeign publishers,such asSpain sPrisa-SantiIlana,which boughta localhouse lastyear.American evangelicalpublishers areeyeing themarket forreligious books,which outsellfiction inBrazil.But readingis adifficult habitto form.Brazilians boughtfewer booksin2022—289m,including textbooksdistributed bythegovernment一than theydid in
1991.Last yearthe directorof Brazil”s nationallibrary quitafter acontroversial tenure.He complainedthat hehad halfthe librarianshe neededand termiteshad eatenmuch ofthe collection.Along withcrime andhigh interestrates,that oughttobea causefor nationalshame.本文选自2022年5月16日的经济学人BrazilAnationofnon-readers
36.N.simply本空所在句不缺其它成分,该空应为副词备选副词J)particularly(特地地、特殊地)与N)simply(简洁地、仅仅)中,simply符合句意“很多人仅仅是不想学着识字”
37.A.average本空修饰名词Brazilian,需要形容词备选形容词A)average(平均的、一般的)E)expensive(昂贵的)K)potential(潜在的)中,average符合句意“一般的巴西人每年读
1.8本非学术书目”且reads
1.8non-academic booksa year也在提示这里是在描述平均值
38.M.ranked本空是该句谓语,缺动词且与前句并列,而前句用的过去式,因此本空需动词过去式备选的有0distributed(分发、散布)、F)launched(放射、发动)、G)named(取名、提名)、H)neglected(无视)、L)quit(退出、辞职)、M)ranked(排名)和0)treasured(珍惜)能与空后的18th构成合理搭配的只有ranked,表示“排在第18位”另外前句描述的也是巴西的排名
39.F.launched本空是该句谓语,缺动词由于描述的是过去的日子,需要过去式备选的有C)distributed(分发、散布)、F)launched(放射、发动)、G)named(取名、提名)、H)neglected(无视)、L)quit(退出、辞职)和0)treasured(珍惜)本空后的专有概念NationalPlanforBooksandReading明显是个活动或打算之类,能与之构成合理搭配的只有launched,表示“发起了此打算”
40.E.expensive本空做表语,主语是books,形容词、动词分词可能性较大留意到后句提到push uptheir price,因此这里描述的应当是书的价格,expensive符合话题
41.H.neglected本空是所在从句的谓语,且描述的是过去、主句也为过去式,因此这里需要过去式备选的有C)distributed(分发、散布)、G)named(取名、提名)、H)neglected(无视)和L)quit(退出、辞职)0)treasured(珍惜)留意前句引出的话题是巴西对书籍的漠视,本句提到的也是巴西长期奴隶制的影响,因此本空应选择neglected,表示巴西“长期无视训练”distributed意思不合理,treasured则与这里想表示的意思相反
42.K.potential本空一种可能是副词,但备选副词只剩particularly,而其意思在这里并不适宜,这里也没有构成其所表示的递进关系的条件因此只能考虑本空另一种可能名词备选的有B)collection(收集)、D)exhibition(展览)和K)potential(潜力)potential是意思合理的,表示巴西的图市场“有着的增长潜力”
43.C.distributed本空位于名词后,应为后置定语,需要动词分词;by提示了这里需要过去分词备选的有C)distributed(分发、散布)、G)named(取名、提名)和L)quit(退出、辞职)0)treasured(珍惜)这里意思合理的只有distributed,表示“被政府分发的书籍
44.L.quit本空是该句谓语,其描述的是过去,需要过去式,备选的有G)named(取名、提名)、L)quit(退出、辞职)、和0)treasured(珍惜)同时该空后无宾语,因此必需是不及物动词,符合此要求的只有quit,表示国家图书馆负责人辞职
45.B.collection空前的定冠词提示本空需要名词,备选的有B)collection(收集)和D)exhibition(展览)这里意思较合理的是collection,它可以表示图书馆的馆藏书籍意思是“白蚁吃掉了大局部馆藏书籍”。