16. A. important B. necessary C. impossible D. natural
17. A. true B. belief C. richness D. interest
18. A. habit B. culture C. language D. enjoyment
19. A. put B. change C. better D. make
20. A. cool B. easy C. difficult D. important
Passage Eight
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CBBCD ACDCB ACADA BDCAB Si1as Minton's funeral was a quiet 1
. lt was 2 by the only 3 he had in the
world, his niece and nephew, and by a few friends. The priest who 4 5 a hundred miles into this wild part of the county was now getting 6 for the simple ceremony. Minton, 7 'Minty' as his friends 8 call him, 9 a hard life 10 for gold in a lonely part of Western Australia. He had always refused to work in a gold mine 11 he believed that he could do better 12 his own. Although he was not a
boastful person, he had often declared that one day he 13 find a lump of gold as big as his head and 14 he would retire and live in 15 for the rest of his life. But his dreams of great wealth 16 came true. For many years he had hardly earnedenough money to keep himself 17 . Two men now gently lifted the rough wooden box that18 Minty's body, but they almost dropped it when they heard a loud cry from the grave-digger. His spade had struck something hard in the rocky soil and he was shouting excitedly. Then he held up a large stone. 19 it was covered 20 dirt, the stone shone curious1yin the fierce sun1ight: it was unmistakably a heavy piece of solid gold!
1. A. accident B. event C. affair D. incident
2. A. taken B. attended C. joined D. brought
3. A. relation B. relations C. relationship D. relationships 4. A. travelled B. was travelling C. had travelIed D. used to travel
5. A. to B. of C. in D. over
6. A. ready B. better C. preparation D. worse
7. A. and B. but C. or D. except
8. A. liked B. past C. used D. used to
9. A. leaded B. had leaded C. had led D. led
10. A. look B. looking C. looked D. had looked
11. A. because B. so C. even D. only
12. A. to B. in C. on D. for
13. A. would B. must C. ought to D. for
14. A. since B. which C. when D. with that
15. A. comfort B. comforts C. comfortable D. comfortably
16. A. ever B. never C. always D. once
17. A. live B. life C. lived D. alive
18. A. contains B. containing C. contained D. having contained
19. A. Though B. For C. Then D. Because
20. A. in B. with C. within D. below
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Most people agree that fencing is one sport in which a person must be at least 30 years old before he learns all he needs to know about the sport. 1 Clark Summers of the University of Detroit 2 that this doesn't always have to be 3 . Clark is a different kind of fencer in a lot of 4 . He is American, while most fencers are from the 5 of Europe. He is black while most fencers in the past have been 6 .
And he is 7 22 years old. Many people 8 that Clark is the most promising fencer in this country today. Although he is young, he has been able to 9 the necessary skills. Already he has won a number of fencing contest 10 older fencers. He is almost 11 to become a member of the U. S. Olympic fencing team! \is no 12 danger in fencing, today, Clark says. \I never 13 that fencing was not always a sport. In the old days, People fenced to 14 a quarrel. Each match was a matter of 15 If that 16 true in the matches I 17 in today, every touch against me would mean that I 18 wounded or killed. So I try to play 19 l were fencing for my life. I don't like, the idea of being 20 ! \
16. A. And B. But C. Then D. So
17. A. heard B. has thought C. has shown D. suggested
18. A. true B. wrong B. clear D. clever
19. A. sense B. sports C. ways D. times
20 B. east C. west D. schools
21. A. brave B. strong C. white D. young
22. A. at least B. not C. already D. only
23. A. expect B. think C. hope D. find
24. A. study B. know C. improve D. master
25. A. with B. over C. against B. instead of
26. A. ready B. able C. going D. certain
27. A. large B. such C. real D. little
28. A. think B. agree C. forget D. remember
29. A. make B. pick C. start D. settle
30. A. joy and sorrow B. life and death
C. success and failure D .brightness and darkness
31. A. should be B. came C. were D. is
32. A. play B. go C. work D. stay
33. A. would get B. were C. was D. had been
34. A. even if B. as C. if D. as if
35. A. a fencer B. a winner C. missed D. killed
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The 1920s in Britain 1 a time of rapid social change. The revolution 2 dress, manners, and 3 was so great and its space so hectic, 4 this period is often called the ?°Roaring Twenties?±. Most of these 5 took place in cities. In 1921, 79 percent of the population lived in 6 areas, most of them in towns of 50,000 or more. During the inter-war years the population of England, Wales, and Scotland increased 7 42.7 million in 1921 to about 44.7 million in 1939, but the 8 of the increase was lowest 9 1801. In fact, until 1931 the population was actually 10 , mainly because of 11 to Common wealth countries like Australia. With this lower growth, the 12 of the population altered so that there were more older people than before. In all 13 groups, too, there were more females than males largely because of the 14 of men in two world wars. However, if the population as a whole grew only slowly, 15 of the town s did not. London and other large cities 16 steadily into the countryside 17 them. On their edges 18 commuter suburbs from 19 people traveled long distances each day to work. Sometimes these suburbs contained subsidized council housing for lower income 20 .
1. A. were B. be C. is D. are
2. A. on B. in C. at D. to
3. A. moral B. morale C. morals D. morally
4. A. but B. that C. or D. so
5. A. changes B. differences C. sufferings D. disorder
6. A. rural B. urban C. suburban D. remote
7. A. by B. over C. from D. up
8. A. speed B. rate C. rapidity D. scale
9. A. in B. up C. since D. to
10. A. minute B. lowering C. minimizing D. decreasing
11. A. emigration B. immigration C. invasion D. intervention
12. A. consisting B. composition C. foundation D. making
13. A. aged B. ageing C. ages D. age
14. A. loose B. loss C. lost D. loosing
15. A. which B. this C. that D. those
16A. spread B. expanded C. enlarged D. restricted
17. A. in B. among C. around D. with
18. A. appeared B. stood C. happened D. marked
19. A. where B. there C. which D. that
20. A. owners B. holders C. earners D. winners