英语四级 2020年9月·第2套 Part III Section A 完形填空（选词填空）试卷排版
英语四级2020年9月·第2套 Part III Section A 完形填空（选词填空）：共 10 题、占整卷 5%（710 分制折算约 36 分）、卷面选文共 224 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
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真题卷第2套(2020-09) • 四级
Part III Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
It can be seen from the cheapest budget airlines to the world's largest carriers: Airlines across the globe 26 various shades of blue in their cabin seats, and it is no 27 . There does appear to be some psychology behind it. Blue is 28 with the positive qualities of trust, efficiency, quietness, coolness, reflection and calm.
Nigel Goode is a leading aviation designer who works at a company which has been delivering aircraft interiors for airlines for 30 years. "Our job as designers is to reinforce the airline's brand and make it more 29 ," he says. "But our primary concern is to deliver an interior that 30 comfort to create a pleasant environment."
"It's all about making the traveling experience less 31 and blue is said to induce a feeling of calm. While some of the budget airlines might use brighter, bolder shades, most others go with softened tones. The 32 aim is to create a home-like relaxing feel, so airlines tend to use soft colors that feel domestic, 33 and earthy for that reason."
It's also a trend that emerged decades ago and has 34 stuck. "Blue became the color of choice because it's a conservative, agreeable, corporate shade that 35 being trustworthy and safe. That's why you see it used in all of the older airlines like British Airways," Nigel Goode added.
A)associated
B)coincidence
C)determined
D)drastically
E)enormous
F)imitate
G)indication
H)integrate
I)maximizes
J)natural
K)principal
L)recognizable
M)simply
N)stressful
O)symbolizes
选文出处：本文选自2018年2月26日发表在 www.telegraph.co.uk 上的一篇标题为“The real reason why most plane seats are blue-and other curious facts about plane cabins”(《大多数飞机座椅都用蓝色的真正原因以及其他关于飞机机舱的有趣事实》)的文章。