大学英语六级听力：短文听写模拟试题1
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Nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair, or a thick hide. But man has nothing but a thin skin, and for thousands of years human beings must have 1 the world with no other covering--though the earliest men may perhaps have been hairier than modern man. It is only when we begin to think about it a little that we 2 that clothes are worn for a great many reasons that have nothing to do with the 3 , or with our need for warmth. For instance, we wear clothes to some extent in order to 4 to make ourselves, if possible, look more 5 than we are. Even the plainest clothes worn by civilized people have their buttons, collars and so forth arranged in such a way that they form a kind of decoration, and the 6 itself is of a kind and color that we think suits us, and is cut or 7 in a way that we think looks nice--though ideas about what looks nice change very much from time to time. Besides decorating us, our clothes have to link us up with the people amongst whom we live. We feel 8 if they do not "look right" or if they are not 9 to those which other people of our age, sex, country andp eriod are wearing. Sometimes, even in civilized countries, people wear some article of clothing, or some jewel of charm. These are because they believe that it will bring them luck or 10 evil or illness, or because it is connected with their religious beliefs. 【答案解析】 1.wandered about。【精解】空格处缺少一个动词或动词短语，并且是过去分词形式。wandered about表示“四处游荡”，说明早期人类的生活状态。 2.realize。【精解】空格处缺少一个动词。本句为强调句型，空格后面的that引导的是一个宾语从句，空格前半句意为“只有当我们开始多多少少地考虑这件事时……”。由此不难得知，空格处应填一个表示“认识，意识”的动词。 3.climate。【精解】空格处缺少一个名词。climate“天气”与后面的“我们保暖的需要”相呼应。 4.decorate ourselves。【精解】空格处需要填入一个动词短语。decorate ourselves表示“打扮自己”，decorate与下文中的look及decoration相对应。 5.graceful。【精解】空格处需要填入一个形容词。9raceful表示“优雅的，漂亮的”。 6.material。【精解】空格处需要填入一个名词。根据下文中的of a kind and color以及and is cut可知，这里应填人material“(制衣)材料”。 7.arranged。【精解】空格处需要填入一个动词的过去分词形式，表示被动。arranged表示“排列，布置”。 8.uncomfortable。【精解】空格处需要填入一个形容词。根据后半句的if they do not“look right”可推测，这里应填入uncomfortable“不舒服的”。 9.similar。【精解】空格处需要填入一个形容词。根据句意可知，这里应该表示与其他人穿的类似。similar表示“类似的，相似的”。 10.protect them from。【精解】空格处应该填入一个动宾短语。根据后面的evil or illness可知，这里应该填入protect them from，表示“使他们远离邪恶与疾病”。 相关资料 |
