CET4 Bank clozeCET4-2016-12-3When someone commits a criminal act, we always hope the punishment will match the offense. But when it comes to one of the cruelest crimes —animal fighting —things 26work out that way. Dog fighting victims are 27 and killed for profit and “sport,” yet their criminal abusers often receive a 28 sentence for causing a lifetime of pain. Roughly half of all federally-convicted animal fighters only get probation(缓刑).Some progress has been made in the prosecution(起诉) of animal fighters. But federal judges often rely heavily on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines when they 29penalties, and in the case of animal fighting, those guidelines are outdated and extremely30.The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which 31these sentencing guidelines, is revisiting them, proposing to raise the minimum sentence from 6-12 to 21-27 months. This is a step in the right 32, but we’d like to see the U.S. Sentencing Commission make further guidelines.Simultaneous to this effort, we’re working with anim al advocates and state and federal lawmakers to 33 anti-cruelty laws across the country, as well as supporting laws and policies that assist overburdened animal 34 that care for animal fighting victims. This help is35 important because the high cost of caring for animal victims is a major deterrent to intervening in cruelty cases in the first place.Section A26. K rarely 开篇第一句话说的是一个人犯罪时，我们总是希望他受到应有的惩罚。
后面but表转折说明虐待动物的人没有受到应有的惩罚同时划线句子完整所以需要一个修饰性成分选项中只有副词能够修饰动词rarely 表示很少罕有27.O tortured and前后并列所以需要一个动词的过去分词形式构成被动语态torture 折磨虐待28.J minimal a minimal sentence 表示轻判minimal 少量的很少的29.D determine 划线处前面是they 后面是名词所以中间需要填一个动词30.G inadequate and 前后是并列的前方是一个消极意义的形容词后面也应该是与之意思相近的消极意义的形容词inadequate 不充分的31.B creates which 引导的非限制性定语从句修饰前面的委员会这个委员会是制定裁决方针的32.E direction in the right direction 在正确的方向上33.M strengthen 不定式符号to后面加动词原形此处的含义是加强法律34.L shelters animal shelters 指的是动物庇护所35.C critically 副词修饰形容词CET4-2016-12-2The ocean is heating up. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth's oceans now(26)heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers report online in Nature Climate Change.Warming waters are known to (27)to coral bleaching(珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea (28). While the top of the ocean is studied, its depths are more difficult to (29)The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get better (30)of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century (31)of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, (32)with computer simulations(计算机模拟), created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel (33).About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now residents at a (34)of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say they're (35)whether the deep-sea warming canceled out warming at the sea's surface.Section A(26)A absorb文章第一句讲到海洋正在升温，不难推断出第26题应该是选absorb，absorb为吸收的意思。
(27)C contribute be known to do sth, 由此可知第27题应该选动词原形，再根据后面的to, 故将答案锁定为contribute，contribute…to…意思为是……的原因，有助于;为……做贡献;为……捐款;为……撰稿。
(28)K level raising…为结果状语从句，意为导致了海平面的上升，故此空的答案为levels。
(29)G explore 该句的前半句意思是海洋的表层(顶部)被研究得较为透彻，考生要谨记在做完形填空时，要做到上下文的对应，比对一下就可得知该空应该选择study的近义词，通观所有的选项，故选explore。
(30)M picture 研究者搜集了150年的海洋温度数据，目的是要清晰地比对现在与过去的变化趋势，故不难推测出要做图来进行比对，因此该空的答案为picture。
(31)O voyage 31空后面有naval ships这样的字眼，故能联想到该空应该与ships有关，因此该空的答案为voyage。
(32)B combined 能与介词with搭配的形容词，通观所有的选项，只有combined，combined with意为结合，该短语在句中做插入语。
(33)E emission Fossil fuel为矿物燃料，燃烧矿物燃料排放出的废气会导致温室效应，故该空应该选择emissions。
(34)D depth More than 700 meters是一个长度，再看前文，亦有提示----its depths, 故该空的答案为depth，at a depth of…意为在……的深度。
(35)N unsure 35空应填入一个形容词，再结合后面的宾语从句的引导词whether，故将答案锁定为unsure，要注意sure和unsure的宾语从句的引导词是不同的，sure的宾语从句引导词为that，unsure的宾语从句的引导词为whether，类似的词语还有doubt，考生要注意区分。
CET4-2016-12-1Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are “male” and “female” brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes. A new study 26 that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers 27 for sex differences the entire human brain.And what did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for 28 brains as “male” or “female,” research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based 29 , many different types of brain can’t always be distinguished by gender.While the “average” male and “average” female brains were 30 different, you couldn’t tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small 31 of people had “all-male” or “all-female” characteristics.Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist (神经科学家),said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning 32 beliefs about gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same, 33 of gender.“There’s a mountain of evidence 34 the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function,” he told The Seattle Times.If anything, he said, the study 35 that gender plays a very important role in the brain “even when we are not clear exactly how.”第一，从题材来看，两篇都属于科学报告。