#新鲜出炉！2015专四答案#以下是完形填空答案！原文 选项 答案31. that 32. traffic 33.character 34. labour-saving 35. Even 36. fast 37. driving 38. bother 39. until40. did 41. standstill 42. powerless 43. even if 44. trapped 45. flights 46.instant 47. as 48. for 49. stand by 50. Helpless

Electricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much takenfor granted nowadays (31) we rarely think twice when we switch on the light orturn on the TV set. At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people and (32)     tomove freely. Neon lighting used in advertising has become part of the (33)     ofevery modern city. In the home, many (34)     devicesare powered by electricity. (35)      when weturn off the bedside lamp and are (36)     asleep,electricity is working for us, (37)     ourrefrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned. Everyday, trains, buses and subways take us to and from work. We rarely (38)       to consider why or how they run--- (39)     somethinggoes wrong.

In the summer of 1959, something (40)     gowrong with the power-plant that provided New York with electricity. For a greatmany hours, life came almost to a (41)    . Trains refused to move and the peoplein them sat in the dark, (42)     to do anything; lifts stopped working, so that(43)     you were lucky enough not to be (44)     between two floors, you had the unpleasanttask of finding your way down (45)     of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenuein a(n) (46)     became as gloomy and uninviting (47)     the most remote back streets. People wereafraid to leave their houses, (48)     although the police had been ordered to (49)     in case of emergency, they were just asconfused and (50)     as anybody else.

31. [A] that    [B] thus   [C] as     [D] so

32. [A] car    [B] truck   [C] traffic  [D]pedestrians

33. [A] appearance  [B] character   [C] distinction   [D] surface

34. [A] money-saving   [B]time-saving    [C]energy-saving  [D] labour-saving 

35. [A] Only    [B] Rarely   [C] Even    [D] Frequently

36. [A] fast     [B] quite   [C] closely [D] quickly

37. [A] moving   [B] starting   [C]repairing  [D] driving

38. [A] trouble   [B] bother   [C]hesitate   [D] remember

39. [A] when   [B] if   [C] until    [D] after

40. [A] did    [B] would   [C] could  [D]should

41. [A] pause       [B] terminal   [C] breakdown  [D] standstill

42. [A] incompetent  [B] powerless   [C] hesitant      [D] helpless

43. [A] although   [B] when    [C] as        [D] even if

44. [A] trapped     [B] placed   [C] positioned  [D]locked

45. [A] steps   [B] levels   [C] flights  [D] floors

46. [A] time   [B] instant   [C] point  [D] minute

47. [A] like   [B] than   [C] for   [D] as

48. [A] for    [B] and   [C] but   [D]or

49. [A] standaside    [B] stand down   [C] stand by      [D]stand in

50. [A] aimless    [B] helpless   [C] unfocused  [D] undecided