College English Test Paper Band3 (Cloze)
Passage One BADBC DACCA DCBAB ACDAC
The usual recommendation for a bad back was to put a board under the mattress or buy a bed that?ˉs as hard as a board, and just as uncomfortable. However, sleep researchers recognize that 1 support comes from a surface that contours to your natural 2 with the right degree of 3 for correct skeletal support. Many so-called ?°orthopaedic?± beds have just ordinary coil springs made heavier and hard. The 4 and support is flat and 5 and unnatural. The spine is forced up but this 6 pressure points on the soft parts of the body which tend to 7 blood flow. So you toss and turn to 8 pressures and seek comfort. Sleep is 9 . Slumberland experts have developed a spring form that is now 10 world wide. Instead of 11 coils it is an 12 system of support 13 from supple steel wire. The whole system works together to 14 your weight 15 . You get firm healthy support for your back, particularly the 16 of the back. Slumberland ORTHOFIRM will help you feel relaxed and comfortable while at the same time you?ˉll 17 the secure support of your back. University research and hospital X?aray tests have shown the 18 of the Slumberland system. And its support and resilience has been well proven with 19 on TV. If you are seeking a true ?°back-care?± bed, 20 the Slumberland ?°ORTHOFIRM?± at better Dept. Stores and Furniture Retailers.
1.A. unhealthy B. healthful C. harmless D. natural 2.A. shape B. form C. body D. weight
3.A. heaviness B. width C. length D. firmness 4.A. contact B. feel C. touch D. comfort 5.A. rigorous B. flexible C. rigid D. dull
6.A. destroys B. recreates C. invents D. creates 7.A. cut off B. cut in C. cut open D. cut down 8.A. strengthen B. heighten C. relieve D. release
9.A. dispersed B. distributed C. disturbed D. distressed 10.A. patented B. designed C. imitated D. patronized 11.A. fashionable B. formal C. convenient D. conventional 12.A. organized B. incomplete C. integrated D. intensive 13.A. made B. woven C. kitted D. torn
14.A.distribute B. measure C. balance D. reduce 15.A.regularly B. evenly C. smoothly D. constantly 16.A. small B. part C. end D. middle
17.A. feel B. forget C. appreciate D. find out
18.A. effects B. efforts C. value D. effectiveness
19.A. demonstrations B. pictures C. explanations D. evidence
20.A. send for B. beg for C. ask for D. call for
Passage Two(ZHUANSHENGBEN(1))ACAAB BBDAC BDCAB CABCA
Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn?ˉt get a chance to go to school. 1 a child, she had to work very hard in the fields 2 day. In this 3 her master could 4 a lot of money when he 5 his crops. Harriet 6 think that she was being treated fairly. After Harriet grew up, she ran away from the farm to the northern states. There, and in Canada, black people were free. Harriet liked to be free, she felt 7 all of the black people who were 8 slaves. Harriet returned to the south to help other slaves to run away. She made Harriet was in great 10 11 a law that had just been 12 . The law 13 it was not permitted to 14 slaves run away. She also found out 15 slave owners said they would 16 ??40,000 to anyone who could catch H. Tubman. There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen 17 back to the south and led about 300 slaves to freedom. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states 18 against the southern states. Harriet 19 the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied 20 enemy lines untilthe northern states won the war.
1. A. As B. Like C. Since D. Because of
2. A. by B. most C. all D. during
3. A. way B. place C. town D. means
4. A. make B. do C. give D. pay
5. A sell B. sold C. buy D. bought
6. A. did B. didn?ˉt C. certainly D. of course
7. A. sure B. sorry C. happy D. wrong
8. A. yet B. only C. again D. still
9. A. the north B. the west C. the east D. the south
10. A. anger B. hurry C. danger D. difficulty
11. A. because B. because of C. as D. for
12. A. broken B. given C. got D. passed
13. A. told B. wrote C. said D. spoke
14. A. help B. ask C. set D. take
15. A. about B. that C. what D. when
16. A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take
17. A. trips B. letters C. walks D. telegraphs
18. A. united B. fought C. quarreled D. agreed
19. A. waited for B. searched for C. stood for D. looked for
20. A. behind B. in C. on D. before
Passage Three(ZHUANSHENGBEN(2))DBAAB DCAAB CCDBB BAADD Bill Fuller, the mailman, whistled cheerfully as he walked up the hill towards Mrs. Carter?ˉs house. His work for the day 1 , his bag, usually quite heavy when he started out on his rounds, was empty now 2 the letter that he had to deliver to Mrs. Carter. She lived 3 blocks away, so when Bill had
mail for her, he always finished his day?ˉs work 4 later. He did not 5 this though, because she never failed to ask him in 6 coffee and a piece of her special cake. When Bill 7 Mrs. Carter?ˉs house, he was surprised not to find her working in the yard. She usually 8 her afternoon when the weather was good. Bill went around to the back of the house, thinking that she 9 in the kitchen. The door was locked and the curtains were drawn. Puzzled, he returned to the front of the house and knocked loudly on the front door. There 10 . Bill thought that this was very strange because he knew that Mrs. Carter 11 left the house. Just then he noticed that her bottle of milk. Which is always delivered early in the morning, was still on the porch. This 12 him.
If Mrs. Carter had not 13 her milk, maybe she 14 . Bill walked around the house 15 he found an open window. It was a small window, but he 16 to get through .
He went into the hall. There he was almost stumbled over Mrs. Carter, who unconscious at the foot of the stairs. Realizing that he 18 get help, he rushed 19 the house, stopped a 250 car and told the driver to go to the nearest telephone and call an ambulance.
1. A. was almost finishing B. was almost being finished
C. was almost finish D. was almost finished
2. A. except B. except for C. besides D. except that
3. A. quite a few B. only few C. quite a few of D. quite few
4. A. much B. a lot of C. many D. more
5. A. care B. mind C. realize D. bear
6. A. to B. with C. of D. for
7. A. arrived B. got C. got to D. reached to
8. A spent B. past C. took D. had 9. A. might be B. must be C. must have been D. couldn?ˉt have
10. A. did not answer B. was no answer
C. was not answer D. was no any answer
11. A. often B. sometimes C. rarely D. always
12. A. was worried B. did worried C. worried D. worrying
13. A. was worried B. did worried C. worried D. worrying
14. A. fallen ill B. was sick C. ill D. sick
15. A. unless B. until C. once D. if
16. A. tried B. managed C. was forced D. liked
17. A. was lying B. was lain C. was laying D. was laid
18. A. needed to B. need to C. needs to D. was needed to
19. A. into B. to C. up D. out of
20. A. past B. passed C. pass D. passing
Passage Four (42)DABCA DCBAB DABBA ADCCC
In my neighborhood there were two 1 stores. They were 2 next door to each other, and the owners were 3 enemies. They were having price wars constantly. In one window would appear the 4 sign: ?°For sale. Irish linen sheets, with such minor flaws that 5 hawkeye could find them. The ridiculous low price of $ 6.50.?± Everyone would then traditionally 6 the reply from the other bargain house, and in about two hours it would appear in the window: ?°My sheets are 7 Romeo is to Juliet and only $ 5.95.?± 8 the sign war, the two owners would often appear outside their stores, screaming and 9 at each other, and often times coming close to actual blows. Finally one of the owners would stop 10 the price war, claiming the other one was crazy and 11 was anyone who bought from him. That was the starter?ˉs gun 12 . Everyone in the neighborhood would rush into the 13 bargain store and 14 the entire stock of sheets and pillowcases. One day one of the owners 15 . A few days later, the other owner moved out of the neighborhood, 16 again. When the new occupants of the stores 17 their properties more closely, they discovered a secret passageway between the two apartments above the stores where the 18 owners had lived. Further research revealed that these two arch-enemies were brothers. All the price wars were 19 . Whoever outlasted the other would just take all the other?ˉs stock and sell 20 .
1.A. rubbish B. garbage C. leftover D. reject
2.A. right B. very C. merely D. closely
3.A. hostile B. bitter C. offensive D. opposite
4.A. handwriting B. handwoven C. handwritten D. hand-reared