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专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷146

(题后含答案及解析)

题型有： 3. CLOZE

PART III CLOZE (15 MIN)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the

following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the

passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.

TV is so often a parent’s good friend, keeping kids happily occupied so the

grownups can cook dinner, answer the phone, or take a shower. But (1)______ that

electronic babysitter is not an educational(2)______. According to a recent research,

babies who watch TV are more likely to have (3)______ cognitive development and

language at 14 months,(4)______ if they’re watching programs(5)______ for adults

and older children. It’s surprising that TV-watching made a(6)______ at such a tender

age. This new study(7)______ 259 lower-income families in New York, most of

whom spoke Spanish as their (8)______ language at home. Other studies examining

higher-income families have come to the(9)______ conclusion: TV watching not only

isn’t educational, but it seems to(10)______ babies’ development. Babies who

watched 60 minutes of TV daily had developmental (11)______ one-third lower at 14

months than babies who weren’t watching that much TV. The(12)______ may be due

to the fact that when kids and parents are watching TV, they’re(13)______ talking,

playing, and interactions that are(14)______ to learning and development. But

what about(15)”______” TV, like Sesame Street? The researchers didn’t find any

pluses or minuses when (16)______ to non-educational programs designed for small

children, like Sponge-Bob SquarePants.(17)______ research by some of the same

scientists has found that parents whose children watch non-educational TV programs

like SpongeBob SquarePants spend(18)______ time reading to their children or

teaching them. The latest study of educational TV programs like Sesame Street adds

more(19)______ to a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics that

babies under age 2(20)______ watch no TV at all.

1． (1)

A．hopefully

B．unfortunately

C．interestingly

D．unluckily

正确答案：B

解析：句意关系题。由于这句话提到的是一个令人失望的事实，此处需要填表示接下来提到的是一件令人不愉快或失望的事的副词，所以选B项，unfortunately“遗憾的是，可惜的是”。D为强干扰项，unluckily“不幸地，不凑巧地”，通常用于评价发生在别人身上的坏事儿，以表达说话者的同情心或认为