2016年12月大学英语四级阅读选词填空真题及答案
2016年12月英语四级考试已经结束，本文小编整理了四级考试真题，让考生时间了解自己的答题情况，具体真题内容如下：考后看讲师解析对答案＞＞ >>>2016年12月英语四级真题及答案专题
Part Ⅲ Reading Section A(卷二)
The ocean is heating up. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth's oceans now (27)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 (28)to coral bleaching(珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea (29). While the top of the ocean is studied, its depths are more difficult to (30)The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get better (31)of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century (32)of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, (33)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 (34).
About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now residents at a (35)of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say they're unsure(36)whether the deep-sea warming canceled out warming at the sea's surface.
A absorb
B combined
C contribute
D depth
E emission
F.explore
G explore
H.floor
I.heights
J.indifferent
K level
L.mixed
M picture
N unsure
O voyage
参考答案：
(26)A absorb
(27)C contribute
(28)K level
(29)G explore
(30)M picture
(31)O voyage
(32)B combined
(33)E emission
(34)D depth
(35)N unsure
参考解析
文章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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
