大学英语四级选词填空练习(8)

of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.

Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done __7__, just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and __8__ after only a few weeks of journal writing.

Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and __9__ lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step __10__ to fluency, eloquence (雄辩), and command of language.

[A] closer

[B] daily

[C] emotional

[D] enhance

[E] enormous

[F] especially

[G] hinder

[H] mission

[I] painful

[J] performance

[K] profession

[L] remarkably

[M] require

[N] sensitive

[O] urge

答案解析：

1. 【答案】 M

【精析】 动词辨析题。空格位于从句的主语 assignments和宾语it之间，因此需要一个及物动词作谓语。选项中的另三个动词 D)enhance"推动"；G)hinder"阻碍"和O)urge"敦促"，均不符合句意。