2016英语专四完型填空集训附答案解析（4）

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2016英语专四完型填空集训附答案解析（4）

　　In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, ____1____ it’s pick-ing one of thirty-one ice cream ____2____, or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a ____3____ thing, but as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us confused, even paralyzed ____4____ indecision. “That’s particularly true ____5____ it comes to the work place,” says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human behavior. Students____6____ with a variety of skills and interests, but often fi nd themselves ____7____ when they are to choose an ultimate career ____8____ . In a study, Schwartz observed decision-making among college students ____9____ their senior year.

　　Based on answers to questions ____10____ their job hunting strategies and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups: maximizers, who ____11____ every possible option, and satisficers, who look until they find an option that is good enough. You might ____ 12____ that the student who had undertaken the most ____13____ search would be the most satisfi ed with their fi nal decision, but it ____14____ that’s not true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up ____15____ better-paying jobs than satisficers on ____16____, they weren’t ____17____ happy with their decision.

　　The reason why these people feel less satisfi ed is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of ____18____ opportunities. When you look at every possible option, you ____19____ to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, a person is more acutely ____20____ of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career.

　　1. A. such as B. either C. whether D. even if

　　2. A. tastes B. fl avors C. varieties D. styles

　　3. A. nasty B. great C. reasonable D. common

　　4. A. with B. of C. at D. from

　　5. A. when B. as C. before D. after

　　6. A. graduate B. are graduating C. have graduated D. graduated

　　7. A. overwhelmed B. overexcited C. dumbfounded D. stupefi ed

　　8. A. direction B. choice C. pursuit D. goal

　　9. A. before B. after C. from D. during

　　10. A. regardless B. regarding C. regarding of D. as regard

　　11. A. like B. choose C. consider D. deny

　　12. A. know B. agree C. argue D. expect

　　13. A. exhaust B. exhausting C. exhausted D. exhaustion

　　14. A. turns away B. turns in C. turns out D. turns against

　　15. A. in B. at C. to D. with

　　16. A. equal B. average C. terms D. percentage

　　17. A. so B. that C. as D. less

　　18. A. missing B. missed C. gaining D. gained

　　19. A. tend B. oblige C. used D. incline

　　20. A. affi rmative B. clear C. regretful D. aware

　　文章大意

　　在美国，人们每天面临许多选择。这看上去很好，然而太多的选择也会让人困惑，并且难以做出决定，尤其是择业时会出现这种情况。在一项对大四毕业生的研究中，研究者将求职者分为“精挑细选型”和“满足型”。前者是对所有的机会进行比较并挑选出最佳的那份工作，后者则是一旦遇到自己满意的工作就接受。研究发现，虽然前者的收入要高于后者，但后者对自己的决定的满意度却要高于前者，因为前者更易患得患失。

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