六级完型填空练习（1）Have you ever wondered what our future is like?Practically all people _1_ a desire to predict their future_2_.Most people seem inclined to _3_ this task using causal reasoning.First we _4_ recognize that future circumstances are _5_ caused or conditioned by present ones.We learn that getting an education will _6_ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy _7_ with a shark.Second,people also learn that such _8_ of cause and effect are probabilistic( 可能的 ) in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but notalways.Thus,students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not everytime.Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more _11_ and provides techniques for dealing _12_ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry.In looking at ordinary human inquiry,we need to _13_ between prediction and understanding.Often,even if we don't understand why,we are willingto act _14_ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.Whatever the primitive drives _15_ motivate human beings,satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to_16_future circumstances.The attempt to predict is often played in a _17_ of knowledge and understanding.If you can understand why certain regular patterns _18_,you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns.Thus,human inquiry aims _19_ answering both "what" and "why" question,and we pursue these _20_ by observing and figuring out.1.[A]exhibit [B]exaggerate [C]examine [D]exceed2.[A]contexts [B]circumstances [C]inspections [D]intuitions3.[A]underestimate [B]undermine [C]undertake [D]undergo4.[A]specially [B]particularly [C]always [D]generally5.[A]somehow [B]somebody [C]someone [D]something6.[A]enact [B]affect [C]reflect [D]inflect7.[A]meeting [B]occurrence [C]encounter [D]contact8.[A]patterns [B]designs [C]arrangements[D]pictures9.[A]disappointed [B]absent [C]inadequate [D]absolute10.[A]creates [B]produces [C]loses [D]protects11.[A]obscure [B]indistinct [C]explicit [D]explosive12.[A]for [B]at [C]in [D]with13.[A]distinguish [B]distinct [C]distort [D]distract14.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]under15.[A]why [B]how [C]that [D]where16.[A]predict [B]produce [C]pretend [D]precede17.[A]content [B]contact [C]contest [D]context18.[A]happen [B]occur [C]occupy [D]incur19.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]beyond20.[A]purposes [B]ambitions [C]drives [D]goals参照答案及分析:1.A 词义辨析 exhibit" 展出，表现 ",exaggerate"夸张 ",exceed"超越，赛过 " 原句意为：实质上，人们会对未来的生活怀有（展现出）必定的梦想。
2.B 词义辨析context" 上下文 "， circumstance" 环境 " ，inspection" 检查，视察 " ， intuition" 直觉 "3.C 词义辨析 underestimate"低估 ",undermine" 损坏 " ， undertake" 肩负，担当 ",undergo" 经历，遭到 " 。
undertake a task 为常有搭配，意为 " 开始进行一项任务 "精选文库4.D 词义辨析选项 C、 D 看似均可，但 always 显得有些果断。
5.A 篇章逻辑somehow"不知何故，以某种方式 "6.B 词义辨析enact"拟订法律，公布 " ，inflect" 曲折 "7.C 词义辨析encounter 指没有预先计划的、未想到的、短暂的相遇8.A 词义辨析pattern 模式，式样； design 设计，图案；第一段中提到过人们习习用因果关系去推测，这是一种思虑模式。
9.B 词义辨析absent 缺乏的，不在的； inadequate 不充足的；依据文中意思应选一个与occur 意思相反的词。
10.B 词义辨析create 创建 produce 产生，获取。
原句意为学生知道努力学习在大部分状况下会获取高的分数。
11.C 词义辨析obscure 模糊的，模糊的； indistinct 不清楚的； explicit 外在的，清楚地； explosive爆炸的；原句意为：科学使因果性和可能性的看法变的更为清楚12.D 短语搭配deal in 经营 eg: He deals in a small shop. deal with办理，安排13.A 词义辨析distinguish 差别，鉴别； distinct 清楚地，显然的；distort 扭曲，扭曲； distract 转移。
distinguish between 为常用搭配，意为 "差别 ...和 ..."14.B 短语搭配on the basis of 以 ...为基础15.C 语法构造drive 在此为名词，意为“动力”，空格后部分是对drive 进行修饰，应选关系代词that 指引定语从句。
16.A 词义辨析predict 预知； pretend 假装； precede 在 ...以前17.D 词义辨析content 内容； contact 接触； contest 争辩，比赛； context 上下 in the context of意为 "在 ...状况下 "18.B 词义辨析occur 发生，出现； occupy 占用，占据； incur 导致19.A 短语搭配aim at 对准，针对20.D 词义辨析purpose 目的，以图； ambition 野心； drive 推进力； goal 目的，目标。
六级完型填空练习（2）A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide--the division of the world into the info(information) rich and the info poor. And that __1__ does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less __2__ then, however, were the new, positive __3__ that work against the digital divide. __4__,there are reasons to be __5__.There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more __6__, it is in the interest of business to universalize access-after all, the more people online,the more potential __7__ there are. More and more __8__, afraid their countries will be left __9__, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be __10__ together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will __11__ rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for __12__world poverty that we've ever had.Of course, the use of the Internet isn't the only way to __13__ poverty. And the Internet is not the only toolwe have. But it has __14__ potential.To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an __17__ of their sovereignty might well study the history of __18__ (the basic structural foundations of a society)in the United States. When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didn't have the capital to do so. And that is __19__ America's Second Wave infrastructure-__20__ roads, harbors,highways, ports and so on-were built with foreign investment.1.A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture2.A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct3.A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises4.A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously5.A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed6.A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized7.A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens8.A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers9.A) away B) for C) aside D) behind10.A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized11.A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low12.A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating13.A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear14.A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big15.A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take16.A) at B) with C) of D) for17.A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult18.A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution19.A) why B) where C) when D) how20.A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including参照答案及分析:1.A 由文中第一行的digital divide得出答案。