CLOZE［15 MIN.］
Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your ANSWER SHEET.
On his fifty-fifth birthday the president decided to___26___some prisoners of the same age as a gesture of good will. Not too many, but one, say, from each of the twenty or thirty___27___prisoners in the small state. They would have to be carefully selected___28___not to give trouble once they were out. Perhaps they had been so long in prison that they had ceased to have any real contact with the outside world. None of them was to be told___29___of his___30 ___ liberty. Mario was therefore___31 ___when he was called to the Governor’s office one morning and told he was to be set___32___next day. He had spent almost three quarters of his life in goal, working out a life sentence___33___ stabbing a policeman to death. He was a dull-witted man with no relations living and no friends except his prison mates.The following morning was clear and bright. Mario___34___no opportunity to say goodbye to___35___, but a guard___36___ him to the prison gates and wished him Godspeed. Alone, he set off up the long white road——leading to the town. The traffic, the incessant noise, the absence___37___the secure prison wall terrified him. Presently he sat down by the side of the road to think a little. After he had thought for a long time, for his brain worked slowly, he___38___ a decision. He remained where he was, waiting patiently until at last he saw a police car___39___. When it was near enough, he darted out to the road, obliging it to stop with a squeal of brakes. He had with him a little knife. When the young police officer got out of the car demanding___40___what was wrong, Mario stabbed him very neatly just behind the right ear.
26. A. reloadB. releaseC. relaxD. relate
27. A. overgrownB. overrideC. overflowD. overcrowded
28. A. so asB. so thatC.in order thatD. for the purpose
29. A. in the rearB. in frontC. in advanceD. on the head
30. A. implantingB. impellingC. improvingD. impending
31. A. astonishedB. fearedC. beatenD. tortured
32. A. fleeB. freeC. freshD. fresco
33. A. ofB. because ofC. forD. at
34. A. was givenB. was providedC. was orderedD. was offered
35. A. somebodyB. anyoneC. someoneD. the officers
36. A. guardedB. protectedC. escortedD. watched
37. A. fromB. forC. awayD. of
38. A. arrivedB. came toC. reasonedD. reduced
39. A. approximatelyB. appreciatingC. approachingD. apprehending
40. A. to findB. knowC. seeD. to know
PART ⅤGRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY［15 MIN.］
There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET
41. The Chinese nation has____ many national heroes.
A. brought forthB. brought forward
C. brought upD. brought about
42. The ____of the priest’s sermon was that all human beings should love each other.
A. brainB. questionC. essenceD. reality
43. We all left the meeting convinced that the project was ____.
A. fertileB. inevitableC. inherentD. feasible
44. The heavy burden of the life made her ____ the old way ofstealing.
A. revel inB. relate toC. revert toD. revive in
45. She has always ____her neighbors for the past twenty years.
A. been fed up withB. been on good terms with
C. got around toD. gone along with
46. These books are both interesting and instructive. No wonder they___the reading public.
A. appeal toB. apply toC. approve ofD. ascend to
47. You must phone the police when you find any suspicious guy ____the house late at night.
A. hanging outB. hanging up
C. hanging roundD. hanging together
48. Despite the fact that the area had been hit by the severest drought in twenty years, a(n)____ harvest was gathered in.
A. desirableB. wishfulC. bumperD. ideal
49. The store was ____people shopping for household wares.
A. occupied byB. seized by
C. invaded byD. jammed with
50. That fellow____at longdistance running.
A. excelsB. exceedsC. surpassesD. overtakes
51. Mr. Longman____his hat when he met the teacher of his daughter on the street.
A. gaveB. tippedC. raisedD. heightened
52. The television station was____with calls protesting the distasteful programs.
A. hatchedB. modulatedC. floodedD. prompted
53. I wonder who first____the idea of bags with gas to make balloons.
A. imaginedB. conceivedC. cherishedD. concealed
54. Her first born is not the only one in her family who is good at handwriting; in fact, all her children ____ calligraphy.
A. are fond ofB. are tired of
C. excel atD. go in for
55. We note with satisfaction that all these activities have helped to___mutual understanding and friendship between our two countries.
A. propelB. promoteC. strengthenD. depress
56. The minibus____five people quite comfortably.
A. lodgesB. grantsC. accommodatesD. drinks
57. It’s a common knowledge that chalk ____ moisture from the air.
A. getsB. evaporatesC. absorbsD. discards
58. Having ____so many obstacles, she established her fame as a first-rate actress at last.
A. removedB. surmountedC. resumedD. harnessed
59. We stopped for a coffee break and____ working fifteen minutes later.
A. resumedB. consumedC. presumedD. assumed
60. The discontented students____by boycotting the school-cafeteria.
A. rewardedB. vanished
C. groanedD. took their revenge
61. She is very____ upsetting her husband, as he has a violent temper.
A. tired ofB. wary of
C. keen onD. confined to
62. “Are you ready?”“Why should I be ready when you are not?” she ____.
A. repeatedB. retortedC. shoutedD. said
63. The house had many____with her dead husband for her to be happy in it.
A. conjunctionsB. associationsC. linksD. chains
64. I am not sure whether I want to take this course; I may ____for the first week to see if I like it.
A. sit onB. sit inC. sit downD. sit up
65. The Americans are a highly____ people. Most of them like to travel whenever they get the chance.
A. mobilizedB. mobileC. changeableD. moved