考研英语完型填空全真模拟题(四)
Passage 4 Psychologist Alfred Adler suggested that the primary goal of the psyche (灵魂、精神)was superiority. Although 21 he believed that individuals struggled to achieve superiority over others, Adler eventually 22 a more complex definition of the drive for superiority.
Adler's concept of striving for superiority does not 23 the everyday meaning of the word superiority. He did not mean that we innately(天生地)seek to 24 one another in rank or position, 25 did he mean that we seek to 26 an attitude of exaggerated importance over our peers. 27 , Adler's drive for superiority involves the desire to be competent and effective, complete and thorough, in 28 one strives to do.
Striving for superiority occasionally takes the 29 of an exaggerated lust for power An individual may seek to play go and 30 control over objects and people. The goal may introduce a 31 tendency into our lives, in which we play games of " dog eat dog". But such expressions of the desire of the desire for superiority do not 32 its more positive, constructive nature.
33 Adler, striving for superiority is innate and is part of the struggle for 34 that human beings share with other species in the process of evolution. From this 35 , life is not 36 by the need to reduce tension or restore 37 , as Sigmund Freud tended to think; 38 , life is encouraged by the desire to move from below to above, from minus to plus, from inferior to superior. The particular ways in which individuals 39 their quest(追求)for superiority are 40 by their culture, their unique history, and their style of life.
21.
| [A] instinctively
| [B] initially
| [C] presumably
| [D] invariably
| 22.
| [A] designed
| [B] devised
| [C] manipulated
| [D] developed
| 23
| [A] refer to
| [B] point to
| [C] comply with
| [D] stand up for
| 24.
| [A] surpass
| [B] overpass
| [C] overthrow
| [D] pursue
| 25.
| [A] or
| [B] never
| [C] hardly
| [D] nor
| 26.
| [A] retain
| [B] sustain
| [C] maintain
| [D] obtain
| 27.
| [A]Rather
| [B] Despite
| [C] Though
| [D] Thus
| 28.
| [A] which
| [B] that
| [C] whichever
| [D] whatever
| 29.
| [A] form
| [B] format
| [C] formation
| [D] shape
| 30.
| [A] operate
| [B] speculate
| [C] exercise
| [D] resume
| 31.
| [A] ambiguous
| [B] intricate
| [C] deliberate
| [D] hostile
| 32.
| [A] reflect
| [B] abide
| [C] glorify
| [D] project
| 33.
| [A] According to
| [B] In terms of
| [C] Regardless of
| [D] In view of
| 34.
| [A] survivor
| [B] survival
| [C] durability
| [D] consistency
| 35.
| [A] respective
| [B] prospect
| [C] profile
| [D] perspective
| 36.
| [A] motivated
| [B] animated
| [C] inspired
| [D] elevated
| 37.
| [A] equation
| [B] equivalent
| [C] equilibrium
| [D] equality
| 38.
| [A] subsequently
| [B] instead
| [C] consequently
| [D] otherwise
| 39.
| [A] undermines
| [B] overtakes
| [C] flings
| [D] undertakes
| 40.
| [A] determined
| [B] resolved
| [C] consolidated
| [D] reinforced
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