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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
