Cloze Test

Read the following passage, and choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　The Aswan High Dam was completed in 1970. It was built for several 1 . First, the River Nile used to 2 large areas every year and destroyed 3 and crops. The Aswan High Dam 4 the waters of the Nile 5 they now run regularly all through the year. Second, 6 can now be made from the water which rushes 7 the base of the dam.

　　 8 they began to build the dam, people 9 knew that there were going to be several 10 . As a 11 of the dam, the water level of the lake was going to 12 by 63 meters. It would be 13 to move 53, 000 people from their villages. 14 , around the area of Aswan there are a lot of important old temples, 15 date from about 1250 BC. These temples were in 16 ; when the dame was finished, many of them would be covered by the waters of the new 17 .

　　One of the most important temples in danger was 18 at Abu Simbel. It was carved in rock and had on the outside four large stone 19 , each of which was 20 meters high. Engineers studied the problem and made several different 20 for rescuing the temple.

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　　Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He 1 slept with his windows open even 2 snow was falling outside.

　　One winter Wilson went to Finland on business. When he 3 his room in the hotel he found that the windows were closed to 4 the icy air out. He did his best to open 5 , but failed.

　　The bed was really 6 , but Wilson could not sleep. He could not 7 the closed windows. No fresh air! It was 8 to think of!

　　At about one o’clock in the morning he was 9 awake, worrying about the air in the room. He became very 10 . Where was the windows? He could see something that looked like 11 over there. He threw a shoe at it through the 12 with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass 13 the room, but to Wilson’s sad heart it seemed like the sound of 14 music. Five minutes later he was peacefully asleep.

　　When daylight came through the window, he 15 and lay with his eyes closed. There was 16 to worry about. What was it? Oh, the broken windows! Yes, indeed, He would have to pay 17 that. He opened his eyes to look.

　　Suddenly he 18 in surprise; the window was not broken at all. The glass was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. 19 was entering the room through the window!

　　He then turned his eyes to the side and saw a broken picture hanging on the wall. There was 20 on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glass round the shoe.

Clone Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost：these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.

　　Maybe it was the strange 1 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 2 me so much. There was never total 3 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 4 clothes hung over a chair take on the 5 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 6 , I saw the curtains seem to move when the was no 7 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 8 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would 9 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.

　　Another of my. childhood fears was that I would get lost, 10 on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home－that was no 11 After school, 12 , when all the buses were 13 up along the street, I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some 14 neighborhood：On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn't 15 the leaders out of my sight.

　　Perhaps one of the worst fears 16 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 17 by others. Being popular was so important to me 18 , and the fear of not being liked was a 19 one.

　　One of the processed of growing up is being able to 20 and overcome our fears, Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.

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With the development of the information technology, we are stepping into the new century. People’s topics, especially the young people’s, are becoming more and more 1 , which older men never understand, the Internet and 2 life.

　　Just a few years ago, people 3 talked about what a computer could do to help their daily life. They considered it as a high-tech 4 for programming, to design machines, to control robots, 5 to make A-bombs! At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was too dear to 6 one’s computer to the web. What’s more, it was too slow. So 7 people knew what the Internet really meant.

　　But today, things have changed greatly. The Internet times are coming. 8 , if you like to have a shot at succeeding in business today, you will have to succeed 9 the web, 10 around and it seems as if about every company out there is in E-business.

　　For ordinary persons, E-mail is taking the place of traditional ways of 11 letters. And young people keep in touch with each other by connecting their 12 to the web. They can express their 13 , either happiness or anger, sorrow or loneliness, to their web mates in chat rooms. Some 14 have found their“true love”on the Internet!

　　 I cannot 15 the Internet’s great devotions to our daily life in the world of tomorrow. The Internet can do 16 many things for us that we almost cannot live without it. Everything is 17 in the future, and no one can 18 what will exactly happen in years to come. But one thing is 19 : more people will come to know the Internet and will surely 20 themselves in his or her daily life.

Cloze Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　At 5:13 on the morning of April 18th, 1906, the city of San Francisco was 1 by a terrible earthquake. A great part of the city was destroyed and a large number of 2 burnt down. The number of people who lost their homes 3 as many as 250, 000. About 700 people 4 in the earthquake and the fires.

　　Another earthquake shook San Francisco 5 October 17th, 1989. It was 6 second strongest earthquake, 7 happened in the evening as people were traveling home. A wide and busy road which was built like a 8 over another road fell onto the one 9 . Many people were killed in their cars, but a few 10 ones were not hurt.

　　Why do earthquakes happen? 11 explain that the outside of the earth is 12 of a number of 13 plates. At San Francisco the Pacific plate, which is 14 towards the northwest, meets the North American plate. The Pacific plate is moving very 15 —at 5.3 centimeters a 16 . Sometimes these two plates 17 and do not move for years. Then suddenly they jump and a (n) 18 is felt. As a 19 of the movement of these plates, west America, near the sea, has always been a 20 place for earthquakes.

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Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　Sarah and Brian have traveled by air from London to Sydney. Sarah has promised her mother that she will 1 her to let her know that they have arrived 2 . This is 3 she has done ever since she was a 4 . Brian thinks it is a silly idea to ring so 5 , to spend so much, and to say so 6 .

　　“If there were an accident,” he says, “they'd know soon enough. 7 news travels fast.”

　　But Sarah has promised that she would ring. “ 8 ” she says, “it doesn't cost 9 when you consider that it's the other side of the world. It's 10 six pence per second”.

　　“If you 're on that telephone for 11 than one minute, I will eat the hat.” Brain says. “And one minute is nearly four pounds.”

　　“That's no more than you'd pay for a new hat.” Sarah replies.

　　She has asked the man at the hotel desk to get her the number. The 12 rings. Sarah picks it up.

　　“Hello, Mum. Is that you?” she says.

　　“Six pence per second.” Brian reminds her.

　　“Hello, Love.” It is Mrs Lee, Sarah's mother, speaking from London. "You do sound 13 . You could be in the next room. It's a better line than 14 you used to call me from the University. Do you remember? I used to shout and still you 15 hear me sometimes. And just think, you're on the other side of the world.”

　　“Yes Mum,” Sarah puts 16 , “I just wanted to ring to…”

　　“I remember how you used to ring when you went to Betty's house to tea. When you were a little girl. And then when you used to go to camp with the Guides...” Mrs Lee is a eat 17 .

　　“Nearly six pounds,” says Brian Sarah manages to tell her mother that it is time to say 18 .

　　“Yes, all right,” says Mrs Lee, “But you will write, won't you. Like you 19 to do when you were at University...”

　　Once again, Mrs Lee speaks loudly of the past. And there is 20 stopping of her.

　　“Eight pounds fifty,” says Brian.

　　Finally, Sarah cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off.

　　“There! That wasn't long, was it?”

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Cloze Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　It was in the autumn that I saw the longhaired sitting at the end of the station. Her eyes 1 with a special good 2 and trust. She was 3 . “Hi,” I said. She came over, 4 her tongue over my hand carefully, 5 herself to be scratched(抓) for a time, waved her tail and lay down again. I remembered thinking there are times Good puts a 6 in front of you. I took the dog.

　　She was 7 when she understood the news, 8 up to kiss my face. To get her home safely, I had to 9 her like a baby. She lay in my arms, eyes calmly 10 on mine as if to say, “Hey, this is a nice idea. Why didn't you think of it before?”

　　I named the dog Elizabeth. Height：about 10 inches. Weight：35 pounds. Eyes：brown. Tongue：rich. She never barked. In 14 years, I heard her voice 11 three times.

　　At night Liz and I stayed up 12 dawn(黎明), watching TV. She liked 13 than to sit at my 14 .

　　After a while, my place became a dog's room. She kept herself 15 . She also ran away 16 . If you opened a door or window, she was out of it. It was a good thing I lived on the 17 floor.

　　Liz loved to run, that was it. I would take her to a 18 sports ground, and she would turn at full speed. Then I'd 19 her in the back of the car, 20 she'd sleep：It was a dog's, too.

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　　Many people are tidy both at home and at the office. Nowhere have I seen a 1 untidy office than my friend James’ . Everywhere there are 2 and books. Not only does it seem never to be cleaned out, but also I do not think it is ever aired, for at 3 time have I seen any of the windows 4 . Often I have 5 James that he should open one, but each time he answered,“Not just now, Henry Later.”Luckily I 6 to go there very often, nor do I stay there longer than I have to. Strangely enough, James is quite 7 outside his office. Only once have I seen him with a dirty collar, for example. He is usually well 8 .Nor is he careless about things like 9 .At no time has he been 10 to forget a party, and no sooner does he receive an invitation 11 he answers it. Unfortunately, his office is quite 12 run. Perhaps he does not like 13 work. In his garden in the evening and 14 weekends, James is happy. As soon as he 15 home from the office, he begins to work in the garden. Always he seems to have some work to do there, and nowhere in his garden 16 a corner which is not tidy or well 17 .Seldom have I seen prettier flowers, or healthier vegetables, or smoother, greener grass than in his 18 .Really I 19 he ought to have been a farmer, so 20 is he at such work. Dear friends, have you ever met a person like James? or do you find him lovely?

Cloze Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　It was five days before Christmas. Holiday music plays over the sound system and coworkers excitedly 1 their plans. “Doing anything special?” they asked me. I shook my head 2 .

　　It was 3,000 miles from my family in Hawaii, pursuing(追求) my lifelong 3 of becoming a nurse. I attended classes all day, and then went straight to my full time 4 job at night. My weekly plan left me extremely tired and homesick.

　　I had 5 looked forward to the holidays. But this December I felt unable to go on. In my prayer(祷告) I told 6 that I could just get home to see my mum, dad and brothers. 1 could survive the next two years until I graduated. But 7 ? Rent, textbook and other expense left me with no 8 cash or money to go home. I hardly had money to eat.

　　“I'm on my 9 . Cover for me, will you?” asked Mari belle, another waitress, as she 10 me on her way to the employee's room. “ 11 , there's this guy at table five,” she said. “He's been sitting there for more than an hour, not making any trouble but not 12 anything either.”.She paused. “It's like he's — 13 somebody.”

　　I looked in the corner. 14 enough, there was a slim, pleasant－looking man 15 in a worn shirt, and a black baseball cap, just sitting, 16 . I went over, trying to force a smile. “I'm Cory.” I said. “please let me know if you want anything.”

　　I was turning to walk away 17 the man spoke. He had a soft, low voice, but somehow I could hear it clear and plain in the 18 restaurant. “I'd like an order of chips,” he said, “and a glass of water.” My heart 19 . Chips were the cheapest things on the menu, which meant I wouldn't get much of a 20 . But maybe this guy was broke(破产), and I sure know how that felt. So I tried my best to make him feel okay.

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Dear editor,

　　One day last month after I received my salary, I went shopping with my little son. 1 in the crowded store, I had my wallet stolen. And my whole salary was 2 with it.

　　I was so angry that I almost lost 3 of myself. What 4 I do? We were not very rich. The money was really not a 5 sum 6 my family, it would affect our life greatly. How could I tell my wife?

　　I felt very sad and even 7 for losing the money when I got back home. To make 8 for my unforgivable mistake, I 9 all my strength to give our house a thorough cleaning and then prepared a wonderful meal and cooked a special dish my wife loved to please her.

　　When she came home, I 10 a smile to 11 her. She was surprised to see the neat house and delicious meat. We sat 12 the table and began to eat. I told my story 13 . She did not respond. It was as if she had not heard my words.

　　“I’ve lost my salary,”I murmured to her again.

　　“I 14 .”She did not shout at me as I bad expected. She did not lose her 15 . 16 I was afraid she was trying hard to 17 her anger.

　　A moment later, my wife was still silent and seemed to be 18 her favourite dish At last I could not help asking,“I’ve lost the money. Why not shout at me?”

　　She raised her eyes, looking at me and 19 ,“Oh, on the contrary, I’m thinking about 20 to comfort you. It’s the thief who is to blame.”