名師精講大學英語四級完型填空解析講義：
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 in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but not always.Thus,students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not every time.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 dont understand why,we are willing to 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. exhibit exaggerate examine exceed
2. contexts circumstances inspections intuitions
3.underestimate undermine undertake undergo
4. specially particularly always generally
5. somehow somebody someone something
6. enact affect reflect inflect
7. meeting occurrence encounter contact
8. patterns designs arrangementspictures
9. disappointde absent inadequate absolute
10.creates produces loses protects
11.obscure indistinct explicit explosive
12.for at in with
13.distinguish distinct distort distract
14.at on to under
15.why how that where
16.predict produce pretend precede
17.content contact contest context
18.happen occur occupy incur
19.at on to beyond
20.purposes ambitions drives goals
答案與解析：
1.A
詞義辨析 exhibit 展出，表現 ,exaggerate 夸張 ,exceed 超越，勝過 原句意為：實際上，人們會對未來的生活懷有(展示出)一定的愿望。
2.B
詞義辨析 context 上下文 ，circumstance 環境 ，inspection 檢查，視察 ，intuition 直覺
3.C
詞義辨析 underestimate 低估 ,undermine 破壞 ，undertake 承擔，擔任 ,undergo 經歷，遭受 。undertake a task為常見搭配，意為 開始進行一項任務
4.D
詞義辨析 選項C、D看似均可，但always顯得有些武斷。
5.A
篇章邏輯 somehow 不知何故，以某種方式
6.B 詞義辨析 enact 制定法律，頒布 ，inflect 彎曲
7.C
詞義辨析 encounter指沒有事先計劃的、未料到的、短暫的相遇
8.A
詞義辨析 pattern模式，式樣;design設計，圖案;第一段中提到過人們習慣用因果關系去推斷，這是一種思考模式。
9.B
詞義辨析 absent缺少的，不在的;inadequate不充分的;根據文中意思應選一個與occur意思相反的詞。
10.B
詞義辨析 create創造 produce產生，得到。原句意為學生知道努力學習在大多數情況下會得到高的分數。
11.C
詞義辨析 obscure朦朧的，模糊的;indistinct不清楚的;explicit外在的，清楚地;explosive爆炸的;原句意為：科學使因果性和可能性的觀念變的更加清楚
12.D
短語搭配 deal in經營 eg:He deals in a small shop. deal with處理，安排
13.A
詞義辨析 distinguish區別，辨別;distinct清楚地，明顯的;distort扭曲，歪曲;distract轉移。distinguish between為常用搭配，意為 區別...和...
14.B
短語搭配 on the basis of以...為基礎
15.C
語法結構 drive在此為名詞，意為 動力 ，空格后部分是對drive進行修飾，故選關系代詞that引導定語從句。
16.A
詞義辨析 predict預言;pretend假裝;precede在...之前
17.D
詞義辨析 content內容;contact接觸;contest爭論，競賽;context上下in the context of意為 在...情況下
18.B
詞義辨析 occur發生，出現;occupy占用，占領;incur招致
19.A
短語搭配 aim at瞄準，針對
20.D
詞義辨析 purpose目的，以圖;ambition野心;drive推動力;goal目的，目標。
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 in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but not always.Thus,students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not every time.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 dont understand why,we are willing to 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. exhibit exaggerate examine exceed
2. contexts circumstances inspections intuitions
3.underestimate undermine undertake undergo
4. specially particularly always generally
5. somehow somebody someone something
6. enact affect reflect inflect
7. meeting occurrence encounter contact
8. patterns designs arrangementspictures
9. disappointde absent inadequate absolute
10.creates produces loses protects
11.obscure indistinct explicit explosive
12.for at in with
13.distinguish distinct distort distract
14.at on to under
15.why how that where
16.predict produce pretend precede
17.content contact contest context
18.happen occur occupy incur
19.at on to beyond
20.purposes ambitions drives goals
答案與解析：
1.A
詞義辨析 exhibit 展出，表現 ,exaggerate 夸張 ,exceed 超越，勝過 原句意為：實際上，人們會對未來的生活懷有(展示出)一定的愿望。
2.B
詞義辨析 context 上下文 ，circumstance 環境 ，inspection 檢查，視察 ，intuition 直覺
3.C
詞義辨析 underestimate 低估 ,undermine 破壞 ，undertake 承擔，擔任 ,undergo 經歷，遭受 。undertake a task為常見搭配，意為 開始進行一項任務
4.D
詞義辨析 選項C、D看似均可，但always顯得有些武斷。
5.A
篇章邏輯 somehow 不知何故，以某種方式
6.B 詞義辨析 enact 制定法律，頒布 ，inflect 彎曲
7.C
詞義辨析 encounter指沒有事先計劃的、未料到的、短暫的相遇
8.A
詞義辨析 pattern模式，式樣;design設計，圖案;第一段中提到過人們習慣用因果關系去推斷，這是一種思考模式。
9.B
詞義辨析 absent缺少的，不在的;inadequate不充分的;根據文中意思應選一個與occur意思相反的詞。
10.B
詞義辨析 create創造 produce產生，得到。原句意為學生知道努力學習在大多數情況下會得到高的分數。
11.C
詞義辨析 obscure朦朧的，模糊的;indistinct不清楚的;explicit外在的，清楚地;explosive爆炸的;原句意為：科學使因果性和可能性的觀念變的更加清楚
12.D
短語搭配 deal in經營 eg:He deals in a small shop. deal with處理，安排
13.A
詞義辨析 distinguish區別，辨別;distinct清楚地，明顯的;distort扭曲，歪曲;distract轉移。distinguish between為常用搭配，意為 區別...和...
14.B
短語搭配 on the basis of以...為基礎
15.C
語法結構 drive在此為名詞，意為 動力 ，空格后部分是對drive進行修飾，故選關系代詞that引導定語從句。
16.A
詞義辨析 predict預言;pretend假裝;precede在...之前
17.D
詞義辨析 content內容;contact接觸;contest爭論，競賽;context上下in the context of意為 在...情況下
18.B
詞義辨析 occur發生，出現;occupy占用，占領;incur招致
19.A
短語搭配 aim at瞄準，針對
20.D
詞義辨析 purpose目的，以圖;ambition野心;drive推動力;goal目的，目標。
