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2024年12月四级 第2套 Section A 选词填空

题型：选词填空来源：2024年12月四级 第2套 Section A 选词填空

题目要求

In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

文章

When Toni Morrison died in 2019, the world lost one of its most influential authors. But Morrison was not an early success. Her first novel was not published until she was 39, and her last appeared when she was 84. And Morrison was not __26__ in this regard. Numerous writers produce masterpieces well into their 70s and beyond. Such __27__ accomplishments highlight an important point. Our capacity to speak, write and learn new vocabulary does not seem to __28__ with age. Our eyesight may dim and our recall may weaken, but, by comparison, our ability to produce and to __29__ language is well preserved into older adulthood.

Indeed, the latest research that has emerged on language and aging shows that language mastery is a __30__ that we begin as infants and continue on for the rest of our lives. Some aspects of our language abilities, such as our knowledge of word meanings, __31__ improve during middle and late adulthood. One study, for example, found that adults over sixty had an average vocabulary size of over 21,000 words. The researchers also studied a __32__ of college students and found that their average vocabulary contained __33__ 16,000 words. In another study, older adults, with an average age of 75, __34__ better than participants in their youth or middle years on tasks that required them to determine the meaning of words. Thus, language seems to be a skill that, contrary to what many might __35__, does not weaken with age.

候选词（15 选 10）

答案速查：26.N（unique）  27.I（literary）  28.F（deteriorate）  29.E（comprehend）  30.H（journey）  31.A（actually）  32.L（sample）  33.B（approximately）  34.J（performed）  35.C（assume）

逐空解析

26. 答案：N（unique）

空格在系动词 was not 之后作表语，需形容词。句意：在『大器晚成』这一点上，莫里森并非独一无二，因为后文说众多作家高龄仍出杰作。unique（独特的）契合「并非唯一」之意。literary 虽为形容词但与 was not...in this regard 不搭。故选 N unique。

27. 答案：I（literary）

空格修饰名词 accomplishments，需形容词。语境讲作家高龄仍创作杰作，这些是『文学成就』。literary（文学的）最贴切；unique 已用于 26 题，且此处强调成就性质而非独特性。故选 I literary。

28. 答案：F（deteriorate）

空格在 does not seem to 之后，需动词原形作不定式。句意：我们说写学词的能力似乎不会随年龄『衰退』，与下文「ability...well preserved」呼应。deteriorate（衰退）正合；undermined 为过去式且为及物，不能直接接 with age。故选 F deteriorate。

29. 答案：E（comprehend）

空格在 produce and to 之后，与 produce 并列作动词原形，宾语为 language。produce（产出）and comprehend（理解）language 构成「输出+输入」对照，逻辑通顺。故选 E comprehend。

30. 答案：H（journey）

空格在不定冠词 a 之后、定语从句 that we begin as infants and continue 之前，需单数可数名词。掌握语言是一段「从婴儿期开始、贯穿一生」的历程，journey（旅程/历程）与 begin...continue 搭配自然。component/unit 虽为名词但与「begin and continue」不搭。故选 H journey。

31. 答案：A（actually）

空格在主语后、谓语动词 improve 前，需副词。句意：词义知识等方面在中晚年『实际上』还会提升，与全文「语言能力不随龄衰退」的主旨一致。rarely（很少）会反转句意，approximately 不修饰动词。故选 A actually。

32. 答案：L（sample）

空格在 studied a 之后、of college students 之前，需单数可数名词。研究者研究了一『组/样本』大学生，a sample of（一组样本）为固定搭配。故选 L sample。

33. 答案：B（approximately）

空格在动词 contained 之后、数词 16,000 之前，需修饰数量的副词。词汇量『约』16,000 词，approximately（大约）修饰数字最恰当。故选 B approximately。

34. 答案：J（performed）

空格作主句谓语，主语 older adults，后接 better than（比较级），需动词过去式表研究结果。老年人在词义任务上『表现』优于年轻人，perform better 为固定搭配。故选 J performed。

35. 答案：C（assume）

空格在 what many might 之后，需动词原形。句意：与许多人所『设想』的相反，语言并不随龄衰退。contrary to what many might assume 表「与普遍认知相反」，assume（设想/想当然）契合。故选 C assume。

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