专四训练模拟题6.docx

2013年英语专业四级完形填空练习题（6）PART I CLOZE 【15 MIN】Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people _1_ a desire to predict their future _2_. Most people seem inclined to _3_ this task using causal reasoning. First we _4_ recognize that future circumstances are _5_ caused or conditioned by present ones. We learn that getting an education will _6_ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy _7_ with a shark.　Second, people also learn that such _8_ of cause and effect are probabilistic(可能的) in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but not always. Thus, students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more _11_ and provides techniques for dealing _12_ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to _13_ between prediction and understanding. Often, even if we dont understand why, we are willing to act _14_ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.　Whatever the primitive drives _15_ motivate human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to _16_ future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in a _17_ of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns _18_, you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry aims _19_ answering both what and why question, and we pursue these _20_ by observing and figuring out.　1. [A] exhibit [B] exaggerate [C] examine [D] exceed　2. [A] contexts [B] circumstances [C] inspections [D] intuitions　3. [A] underestimate [B] undermine [C] undertake [D] undergo　4. [A] specially [B] particularly [C] always [D] generally　5. [A] somehow [B] somebody [C] someone [D] something　6. [A] enact [B] affect [C] reflect [D] inflect　7. [A] meeting [B] occurrence [C] encounter [D] contact　8. [A] patte