2011年英语专四考前冲刺每日一练(22)

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  Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.
  It is all very well to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the (31) __ pace of modem life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men become monsters (32) ___ the wheel. It is all very well, again, to have a tiger in the tank, but to have one in the driver's seat is (33) ___ matter altogether. You might tolerate the odd road-hog, the rude and inconsiderate driver, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the (34) ___ to the rule. Perhaps the situation (35) ___ a "Be Kind to Other Drivers" campaign,
(36) __ it may get completely (37) ____
  Road politeness is not only good manners, but good (38) ____ too. It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to (39) ____ the temptation to revenge when (40) ___ to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards (41) __ the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement in (42)___ to an act of politeness helps to (43) __ an atmosphere of goodwill and tolerance so necessary in modem traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too (44) __ today. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.
  (45)___, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who brakes (46) __ to allow a car to emerge (47) ___ aside street at some hazard to following traffic, (48)_ a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra (49) __ into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop (50) __
  Years ago the experts warned us that the car- ownership explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.
  31. A. hasty 
  B. prompt
  C. urgent 
  D. quick
  32. A. on 
  B. above
  C. behind 
  D. by
  33. A. the other 
  B. all other
  C. another 
  D. other
  34. A. exclusion 
  B. exception
  C. modification 
  D. access
  35. A. calls for 
  B. calls out
  C. calls upon 
  D. calls up
  36. A. moreover 
  B. while
  C. otherwise 
  D. till
  37. A. out of hand 
  B. in hand
  C. at hand 
  D. off hand
  38. A. doubt 
  B. reason
  C. discipline 
  D. sense
  39. A. resist 
  B. persist
  C. consist 
  D. insist
  40. A. subject 
  B. being subjected
  C. subjected 
  D. is subjected
  41. A. dismissing 
  B. relieving
  C. releasing 
  D. removing
  42. A. appeal 
  B. approach
  C. reflection 
  D. response
  43. A. create 
  B. produce
  C. proceed 
  D. raise
  44. A. common 
  B. rare
  C. extraordinary 
  D. unique
  45. A. Therefore 
  B. Furthermore
  C. However 
  D. Thus
  46. A. politely 
  B. carefully
  C. vigorously 
  D. violently
  47. A. at 
  B. on
  C. to 
  D. from
  48. A. though 
  B. when
  C. where 
  D. which
  49. A. crossing 
  B. cross
  C. being crossed 
  D. to cross
  50. A. on time 
  B. in time
  C. at a time 
  D. at times

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