Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D)on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Children often have 67 more sense than their elders. This simple 68 was demonstrated rather dramatically during a civil defense exercise in a small town in Canada.
Most of the 69 were asked to take part in the exercise during which they had to 70 that their city had been bombed. Air-raid warnings 71 and thousands of people went into special air-raid shelters. Doctors and nurses remained 72 ground while police patrolled the streets 73 anyone tried to leave the 74 too soon.
The police did not have much to do 75 the citizens took the exercise seriously.
They stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again 76 leaving the air-raid shelters. They saw that doctors and nurses were 77 . A great many people had 78 to act as casualties. Theatrical makeup and 79 blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic. A lot of people were lying 80 in the streets. The living helped to carry the dead and the wounded to special stations. A child of six was 81 in by two adults. The child was 82 to be dead. With theatrical makeup on his face, he looked 83 be had died 84 shock. Some people were 85 moved by the sight that they began to cry. However, the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to comment on his death. The child looked around for a moment and said, "I think they are all 86 . "
67. A)less B)far C) many D)so
68. A) story B) fable C) truth D) illustration
69. A) inhabitants B) inhabits C) visitors D)students
70. A) believe B) pretend C) say D) think
71. A) began B) listened C) felt D) sounded
72. A) under B) below C) on D) above
73. A)so that B)in case C)in the event of D)for the sake of
74. A)city B)room C) shelter D)ground
75. A)as B)so C)if D)but
76. A)with B)till C)on D)as soon as
77. A)leaving B) idle C) busy D) worried
78. A)by themselves B)volunteered C)chosen D)wanted
79. A) fake B) false C) fresh D) artificial
80. A)dead B)died C)death D)asleep
81. A) taken B) brought C) moved D) bought
82. A)going B) supposed C) about D) certain
83. A)as if B)as long as C)as far as D)if
84. A)from B)for C)of D)by
85. A)much B)such C)a lot D)so
86. A)dead B)interesting C)gone D)crazy
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D)on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Children often have 67 more sense than their elders. This simple 68 was demonstrated rather dramatically during a civil defense exercise in a small town in Canada.
Most of the 69 were asked to take part in the exercise during which they had to 70 that their city had been bombed. Air-raid warnings 71 and thousands of people went into special air-raid shelters. Doctors and nurses remained 72 ground while police patrolled the streets 73 anyone tried to leave the 74 too soon.
The police did not have much to do 75 the citizens took the exercise seriously.
They stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again 76 leaving the air-raid shelters. They saw that doctors and nurses were 77 . A great many people had 78 to act as casualties. Theatrical makeup and 79 blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic. A lot of people were lying 80 in the streets. The living helped to carry the dead and the wounded to special stations. A child of six was 81 in by two adults. The child was 82 to be dead. With theatrical makeup on his face, he looked 83 be had died 84 shock. Some people were 85 moved by the sight that they began to cry. However, the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to comment on his death. The child looked around for a moment and said, "I think they are all 86 . "
67. A)less B)far C) many D)so
68. A) story B) fable C) truth D) illustration
69. A) inhabitants B) inhabits C) visitors D)students
70. A) believe B) pretend C) say D) think
71. A) began B) listened C) felt D) sounded
72. A) under B) below C) on D) above
73. A)so that B)in case C)in the event of D)for the sake of
74. A)city B)room C) shelter D)ground
75. A)as B)so C)if D)but
76. A)with B)till C)on D)as soon as
77. A)leaving B) idle C) busy D) worried
78. A)by themselves B)volunteered C)chosen D)wanted
79. A) fake B) false C) fresh D) artificial
80. A)dead B)died C)death D)asleep
81. A) taken B) brought C) moved D) bought
82. A)going B) supposed C) about D) certain
83. A)as if B)as long as C)as far as D)if
84. A)from B)for C)of D)by
85. A)much B)such C)a lot D)so
86. A)dead B)interesting C)gone D)crazy