Section I Close Test
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices labeled [A], [B], [C] and[D. Choose the best one and put your choice in the brackets below the passage. Read the whole passage before making your choices. (10 points)
①On Wednesday afternoons Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. ②For an hour or 1 she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and 2 a sharp lookout for the bargains that were sometimes to be had. ③And then, with all the things she needed 3 she would leave the market for the streets of the town to spend another hour 4 she liked best: looking in furniture shop windows.
④One Wednesday she found a new shop full of the most delightful things, with a notice inviting anyone to walk in and look 5 without feeling they had to buy something. ⑤Annie hesitated for a moment before stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped 6 before a green armchair. ⑥There was a card on the chair which said: “This fine chair is yours 7 less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” ⑦A pound a week... 8 , she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never miss it! ⑧A voice at her shoulder made her 9 . “Can I help you, Madam?” ⑨She looked round at the assistant who had come softly to her 10 .
⑩“Oh, well, no,” she said. “I was just looking.” 11“We’ve chairs of all kinds in the showroom. If you’ll just come up, you will find something to suit you.”
12Annie, worried at the thought of being persuaded to buy something she didn’t need, left the shop hurriedly. [276 words]
1. [A] so [B] more [C] else [D] another
2. [A] taking [B] making [C] fixing [D] keeping
3. [A] buy [B] bought [C] buying [D] to have bought
4. [A] in a way [B] by the way [C] in the way [D] on the way
5. [A] behind [B] round [C] back [D] on
6. [A] doubted [B] wondered [C] puzzled [D] delighted
7. [A] at [B] for [C] with [D] in
8. [A] Why [B] When [C] How [D] What
9. [A] jump [B] leap [C] laugh [D] wonder
10.[A] place [B] back [C] side [D] front
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