8. 【答案】 N
【精析】 名词辨析题。空格处需要形容词,表示"令人害怕的,引起惊慌的"。
9. 【答案】 C
【精析】 动词辨析题。空格位于不定冠词之后,因此缺少名词。根据句意应选C)balloon"气球"。
10. 【答案】 A
【精析】 动词辨析题。空格位于情态动词can之后,名词wonders之前,缺少动词原形。根据句意A)accomplish"实现, 完成"符合句意。
大学英语四级选词填空练习(二十六)
A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural __1__ for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn __2__ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to __3__ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a __4__ of human experiences and come to __5__ other ways of thought and living. And while __6__ their own relationships and responses to life, the readers often find that the __7__ in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.
Books provide __8__ material for readers' imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books __9__ their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure __10__. The social and educational significance of the readers' books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.
[A] abundant
[B] characters
[C] communicating