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PART II CLOZE
Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank.
American cities are (26)_____ other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. Cities contain the very (27)_____ aspect of a society: opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict (种族冲突), and poverty. American cities are changing, just (28)_____ American society. After World War II, the population of (29)_____ large American cities decreased; (30)_____, the population in many sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities (31)_____ population increased. There population shifts to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society. During this time, in the (32)_____ 1940s and early 1950s, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more space. They moved out their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the (33)_____, areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American "dream" was to have a house on the outskirts. Now things are changing. The children of the people who (34)_____ the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, (35)_____ their parents, want to live in the cities. (36)_____ continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are (37)_____ and the population is increasing in (38)_____ states as Texas, Florida, and California. Others are moving to more established cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and executives are moving back into the city. They prefer the city (39)_____ the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just enjoy the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities —— a wealthier, (40)_____ mobile class.
26. A) different from B) similar to C) better than D) worse than
27. A) well B) good C) better D) best
28. A) likely B) as C) while D) when
29. A) all B) most C) few D) much
30. A) but B) and C) however D) although
31. A) its B) which C) where D) that
32. A) late B) later C) lately D) latter
33. A) outskirts B) downtown C) districts D) suburbs
34. A) departed B) left C) reached D) entered
35. A) as B) like C) dislike D) unlike
36. A) Some B) All C) Several D) Lots of
37. A) stretching B) widening C) expanding D) prolonging
38. A) such B) these C) those D) many
39. A) than B) better than C) rather than D) to
40. A) very B) and C) more D) or
PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.
41. The Committee had met many times, but had not come up with _____ to the problem.
A) a way
B) an idea
C) a solution
D) a method
42. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they _____ the names given by the witness.
A) puzzled
B) confused
C) bewildered
D) perplexed
43. I am _____ obliged to you for the many kindnesses you have known my son.
A) excitedly
B) exceedingly
C) evidently
D) excessively
44. The highlight of his acting career was the opportunity of playing the _____ of Hamlet.
A) character
B) personality
C) play
D) part
45. He narrowly _____ being seriously hurt, if not killed, by the explosion.
A) missed
B) failed
C) lost
D) dropped
46. In the _____ of my not being there to meet you, our representative will take you to your hotel.
A) possibility
B) occurrence
C) occasion
D) event
47. Paul was so _____ that he took no credit to himself for his good work.
A) moderate
B) modest
C) medium
D) moral
48. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any _____ of what I said.
A) notice
B) attention
C) consideration
D) warning
49. It is no easy thing to _____ the meaning of every idiom in English.
A) get by
B) get in
C) get on
D) get at
50. The book only _____ the causes of the war and does not do justice to the influence of the slave trade.
A) counts on
B) touches on
C) takes on
D) pulls on
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