felt大学英语四级阅读选词填空模拟题答案解析

2021年1月21日发(作者：rawmaterial)
第一篇

Climate
change
has
claimed
its
latest
victim
：
Limacina
helicina
，
a
planktonic
，
predatory(
捕食的)sea snail that’s a member of the taxonomic group
more(36)__________ known as sea butterflies
．
(The name is(37)__________ from the
wing-like
lobes(
叶瓣
)the
tiny
creatures
use
to
get
around
．
)In
a
study(38)__________
published
in
joumal
Proceedings
of
the
Royal
Society
B
，
a
group
of
scientists
from
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)and Oregon State
University have fo
und that the Pacific Ocean’s dec
reasing pH
—
its acidifying(
酸
化
)
，
in other words- is dissolving L
．helicina’s thin shells．



The
researchers
collected
sea
butterfly(39)__________
from
13
sites
along
the
Pacific coast(between Washington and southern California
，
going over each with a
scanning electron microscope
．
More than half of the shells(53
％
)from onshore
individuals(40)__________
signs
of
“severe
dissolution
damage，
”while
24％
of(41)
__________ individuals suffered dissolution damage
．The study’s(42)__________
investigator,
Dr.
Nina
Bednarsek
of
NOAA
，
described
the
affected
L
．
helicina
shells
as having a texture not unlike
“cauliflower”
or
“sandpaper．”



According
to
the
paper
，
there
was
a
“strong
positive(43)__________
”between
the proportion of sea butterflies with severe shell dissolution damage and
“the
percentage
of
undersaturated(
未达到饱和的
)water
”

near
the
ocean’s
surface．
The
researchers conclude
“shell dissolution owing to(human．
caused
ocean(44)_________has doubled in near shore habitats since pre
．
industrial
conditions across this region and is on track to triple by 2050
，”a
truly(45)__________
prediction
．
Moreover, the
broader
implications
for
ecosystem
are
unclear,
as
damaged
shells
make
it
harder
for
L
．
helicina
to
fight
infections
，
stay buoyant
，
and protect themselves from predators
．

A. showed
B. recently
C. protected
D. commonly
E. derived
F. samples
G. offshore
H. principal

I. noticed
J. correlation
K. encouraging?
L. seaward
M. acidification
N. grim
O. pollution






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第二篇


The social network will let users
“
mute
”
messages from other users on their
timelines
without
the
muted
person
’
s
knowledge
，
thereby
avoiding
the(36)__________
process
of
having
to
unfollow(
取消关注
)
，
or
put
up
with
，
your(37)__________talkative
IRL friends
．
Twitter rolled out new(38)__________to let users better manage the
deluge(
泛滥
)of tweets they receive
．



Users can now
“
mute
”
people they follow, removing those people
’
s tweets and
retweets
from
their
own
timelines
．
The
muted
person
won
’
t
know
that
he
or
she
has
been(39)__________
．
It
’
s a stealthy way to read less content from certain users
without having to unfollow them
．
A person can easily be muted or(40)__________at
any time
，
Twitter said in a blog post
．



“
Mute gives you even more(41)__________over the content you see on Twitter
by
letting
you
remove
a
user
’
s
content
from
key
parts
of
your
Twitter
experience
，
”
the company said
．

Though
Twitter
had
been
experimenting
with
the
feature
in
recent
weeks
，
it
announced
that muting will be(42)__________to all users of the company
’
s iOS and Android
apps
，
as well as

the Twitter
．
com website
．
Some other Twitter applications
，
like TweetDeck
，
already allowed muting
．



The feature is part of Twitter
’
s(43)__________strategy to make its service
more accessible to a wider range of people
．
Following a successful initial public
offerin9
，
Twitter
’
s stock has tumbled in recent months as investors worry about
the
social
network
’
s(44)__________to
attract
new
users
．
CEO
Dick
Costolo(45)__________that Twitter would make changes to its interface this year
to make it easier to understand and manage
．
The company overhauled(
彻底检修
)user
profile pages in April as part of this effort
．


A. silenced
I. overall
B. awkward
J. vowed
C. unmvted
K. generally
D. feature
L. ability
E. embarrassment
M. accepted
F. unfollowed
N. available
G.. control
O. characters


H. extremely











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第三篇

The poll of 2,000 adults in England was(36)__________out as part of the
government’s drive to curb people’s drinking habits．



The campaign also stresses that a heavy drinking session is
often(37)__________by an unhealthy breakfast
，
which again helps to pile on the
pounds
．



The
Know
Your
Limits
campaign
has
in
the
past
focused
on
other(38)__________0f
drinking
，
such as disease risk
．

But to(39)__________with the focus on weight
，
the Depa Ihiient of Health carried
out research showing a regular beer drinker, who downed(
喝
)five pints a week or
250 over the(40)__________of a year, packed away the same number of calories as
someone eating 22 1 doughnuts over the space of 12 months
．



It also revealed the average wine drinker consumed 2,000 calories each
month
．
over the course of a year, that is the(41)__________of eating all extra 38
roast beef dinners
．



Health minister Phil Hope said
，“Regularly drinking more than
our(42)__________daily
limits
can
have
a
knock-on
effect
on
our
health
，
including
an expanding waistline
．



“It’s not only the calories in the drinks themselves that can help to pile
on the pounds
，we’re also more(43)__________to eat fatty foods when we’ve had
one too many
．”



Heather
Caswell
，
of
the
British
Nutrition
Foundation
，
added
，
“Most
people
would
baulk(
犹豫
)at consuming a full glass of single cream
，but wouldn’t

mind(44)__________about a couple of pints
．”



“But
the
calorie
content
is
similar
and，
over
time
，
excess
alcohol
intake
is
likely to lead to weight gain
．”



And a spokesman for the Drink aware Trust added
：“It’s(45)__________we are
in the know when it comes to what we are drinking
．”

A. consequences
B. carried
C. communicate
．

D. followed
E. equivalent
F. held
G. twice
H. likely
I. coincide
J. necessity
K. course?
L. related
M. imperative
N. over?
0. recommended