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Directions: Each blank in the following 4 passages is provided with four possible choices. Read the whole passage and chose the best answer for each blank.
Passage 1
Some boys join the Navy (海军) when they are quite young, and are then given a course of training as sailors. It is a long course, both on land ____1____ at sea. During it, the boys study things ____2_____ mathematics and science as well as learning to tie knots, fire guns and to ____3____ other practical things.
One of the important things they are ____4_____ is, of course, how to swim. ___5_______ the old days, many sailors were unable to swim, ____6______ nowadays it is rare to find one that can not.
____7_____ one school for sailors, the swimming instructor was very good. ___8_____ had never had a boy whom he had ___9_____ to teach to swim by the time the course ended. One year, however, ___10______ was one particular boy on the training course ____11____ seemed quite unable to learn to ____12_____. The instructor tried giving him extra lessons, but he had ___13_____ success at all, whatever he did. In the end, as the time drew near for the ____14______ to end, he had to admit defeat.
One day, he called the boy aside after the swimming lesson and said ____15_____ him, “John, I have tried very hard to teach you to swim, but I have failed ____16_____ the first time in my life. Now I want to give you a piece of ___17_______. Listen carefully.”
“Yes, sir.” answered the boy.
“Well,” the instructor ____18______ on, “if you are ever in a ship and it sinks, just jump over the side _____19______ the sea, go right down to the bottom and run to the shore as ____20______ as you can. That is the only way you will save your life.”
1. a. orb. norc. andd. besides
2. a. suchb. likec. bothd. by
3. a. dob. teachc. finishd. watch
4. a. learnedb. studiedc. doned. taught
5. a. Amongb. Intoc. Ond. In
6. a. sinceb. butc. whend. because
7. a. Atb. Forc. Byd. Of
8. a. Itb. Theyc. Shed. He
9. a. tiredb. taughtc. failedd. followed
10. a. thisb. thatc. thered. it
11. a. whomb. whichc. whod. what
12. a. playb. swimc. fired. sail
13. a. someb. noc. anyd. none
14. a. schoolb. boyc. swimmingd. course
15. a. withb. toc. ind. for
16. a. asb. onc. ford. of
17. a newsb. advicec. idead. word
18. a. putb. saidc. camed. went
19. a. intob. offc. aboved. on
20. a. slowb. muchc. possibled. fast
Passage 2
The United States is full of automobiles. There are still many families without ___21__ but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used __22__ more than pleasure. They are a __23__part of life.
Cars are used for business. They are __24__to offices and factories by workers __25__have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different __26__of the city , they have to drive __ 27__order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city to get __28__.
__29__ small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only __30__children live more than a mile from the __31__. When the children are __32__ young to walk that far, their mothers __33__ turns driving them __34__ school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbors' children __ 35__well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is __ 36__ forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the __37 __ where they all work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put __38__ automobiles on the road and to use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem, and __39__is the traffic in and around cites. Something will have to be done about the __40__ of cars.
21. a. bicyclesb. carsc. motorcyclesd. trucks
22. a. inb. withc. atd. for
23. a. compulsoryb. necessaryc. interestingd. important
24. a. boardedb. takenc. riddend. driven
25. a. whomb. whosec. whod. whoever
26. a. whomb. whosec. divisionsd. sectors
27. a. onb. inc. withd. for
28. a. importsb. exportsc. cropsd. supplies
29. a. Sometimesb. Neverc. Rarelyd. Always
30. a. beforeb. afterc. whend. while
31.a. classroomb. libraryc. playgroundd. school
32. a. toob. soc. stilld. very
33. a. makeb. takec. dod. keep
34. a. throughb. toc. roundd. towards
35. a. veryb. quitec. sod. as
36. a. thoughtb. calledc. mentionedd. assumed
37. a. spaceb. sitec. locationd. place
38. a. wonderfulb. goodc. badd. harmful
39. a. haveb. resultc. leadd. cause
40. a. cureb. killc. preventd. stop
Passage 3
A good education should, among other things, train you to think 41 yourself. The examination system does anything but 42 . What has to be learned is rigidly laid down by the syllabus, 43 the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read 44 , but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to 45 more and more knowledge, but induce cramming. They lower the standards of teaching, 46 they deprive the teachers of 47 freedom. Teachers themselves are often judged by examination 48 and instead of teaching their subjects, they are reduced 49 training students in exam techniques which they despise. The most successful are not 50 the best educated; they are the best trained 51 the technique of working under stress.
The results 52 which so much depends are often 53 more than a subjective assessment by 54 anonymous examiner. Examiners are 55 human beings. They get tired and hungry; they make mistakes. 56 they have to mark stacks of 57 scrawled script in a limited amount of time. They work under the same sort of pressure 58 the candidates. And their word carries weight. After a judge's decision you have the right of appeal, but not after an 59 . There must surely be 60 simpler and more effective ways of assessing a person's true ability.
41 a. to b. over c. for d. through
42 a. that b. it c. those d. them
43 a. so b. as c. though d. if
44 a. widely b. broadly c. loosely d. freely
45 a.catch b. search c. seize d. seek
46 a. but b. lest c. that d. for
47 a. all b. every c. each d. whole
48 a. papers b. questions c. results d. influence
49 a. in b. to c. on d. from
50 a. but b. also c. sometimes d. always
51 a. for b. with c. in d. to
52 a. among b. from c. on d. of
53 a. nothing b. anything c. much d. far
54 a. some b. a few c. that d. many
55 a. the b. none c. not d. merely
56 a. Moreover b. Also c. Yet d.Though
57 a. hasting b. hastily c. haste d. hasty
58 a. upon b. onto c. as d. like
59 a. examiner's b. examinee's c. examiner d. examinee
60 a. many b. much c. plenty d. lots
Passage 4
Animals and insects can 61 with others of the same kind through 62 or signals. For example, bees use signals to communicate 63 to other bees. When one of them has found some food, it flies back to its 64 and “dance” in the air to tell the others 65 its discovery. The “dance” gives information about the place 66 the food is, and about the 67 to that place.
Some animals 68 sounds to show their feelings, and 69 information to each other. 70 instance, a dog barks when it is angry or excited. Birds make 71 kinds of sound to signal, say, friendship or danger.
Human beings have something 72 . They have the ability to express their feelings, ideas and actions 73 words.
How did man first learn to 74 ? Perhaps we shall never know. 75 , we do know that as man’s knowledge increased 76 , needed to use more different sounds in order to 77 communication about more things. He began to, and gradually, put these sounds together to 78 , first, group of words, then sentences. 79 different parts of the world, people developed their own systems of sounds. Today, we call these systems “ 80 ”.
61. a. contactb. speakc. contract d. convey
62. a. songs b. sings c. sounds d. thoughts
63. a. informationb. inferencec. informations d. inferences
64. a. hutchb. hive c. hide d. hovel
65. a. forb. on c. with d. of
66. a. that b. here c. there d. where
67. a. destinationb. distance c. distinction d. discovery
68. a. withb. by means of c. make d. put
69. a. to sentb. to pass c. t o make d. to past
70. a. For b. Of c. In d. By
71. a. differentb. a variety c. all d. difference
72. a. specificb. specify c. special d. spectacular
73. a. throughb. in c. on d. by
74. a. say b. speak c. tell d. words
75. a. Althoughb. However c. Whatever d. Wherever
76. a. they b. we c. he d. that
77. a. depress b. impressc. press d. express
78. a. compose ofb. build upc. for m d. consist
79. a. Inb. At c. On d. Among
80. a. sentencesb. dialects c. conversationsd. languages