Itisimperativethatstudents_____theirtermpapersontime.
Heresented_____towait.Heexpectedtheminister_____himatonce.
PartIIICloze
Directions:Therearetwentyblanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblanktherearefourchoices.ChoosetheonethatbestfitsintothepassageandthenmarksyouranswerontheAnswerSheet.
In1982,MarkThatcher,thesonofMrs.Thatcherwasreported61intheSaharaDesertwhilecompetingintheGrandPrixmotorracefromParistoDakar.Thissadnews,so62,shooktheusuallycalmandunperturbedseasonedpolitician63herbalance.Thoughshedidherbesttopretendasif64hadhappenedandmadeherpublicappearancesasusual,peoplecouldnot65tonoticethatshewasnolongertheold66primeministerwhoalwayshadeverything67control.68shehadbecomeaverysadmotherwhowasunabletorecoverfromhershock.
Oneday,whenshewastospeakataluncheonparty,areportercaughther69herguardby70upthesubjectofhermissingsonagain.Shewastotallymentally71forthequestionandlostherselfcontrol.Tearswererollingdownhereyesasshesobbinglytoldthereporterthatthere72stillnonewsofMarkandthatshewasveryworriedabouthim.Shesaidthatallthecountries73hadpromisedtodotheirbesttohelpherfindherson.74thatshebrokedowncompletelyandsobbedsilentlyforquiteawhile.Graduallyshe75downandstartedtospeakas76.itwasaverymovingscenewhich77anewsideofMrs.Thatcher’scharacterthepublicdonotusuallysee,78peoplebegantotalkabouttheIronWoman’smaternallove,asentimentthatis79toallhumankind.
LaterMarkreturned80andsoundtohismother’sside,good-humoredandallsmilesasusual,asifnothingunusualhadeverhappened.TheIronWoman,however,brokedownagainaswassobbingforthesecondtime.
61.A.missingB.missedC.wantingD.wanted
62.A.expectedB.expectingC.unexpectedD.unexpecting
63.A.withB.onC.outD.off
64.A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything
65.A.missB.failC.pretendD.expect
66.A.reassuredB.self-assuredC.assuringD.self-assuring
67.A.forB.beneathC.belowD.under
68.A.InsteadB.howeverC.ThereforeD.So
69.A.intoB.outofC.onD.off
70.A.puttingB.bringingC.takingD.giving
71.A.readyB.preparedC.unpreparedD.unexpected
72.A.wasB.wereC.shouldbeD.wouldbe
73.A.concerningB.concernedC.worryingD.worried
74.A.AtB.BeforeC.AfterD.With
75.A.satB.brokeC.calmedD.became
76.A.plannedB.planningC.plansD.aplan
77.A.explainedB.exposedC.excludedD.exclaimed
78.A.howeverB.insteadC.soD.but
79.A.universalB.uniqueC.singleD.strange
80.A.safeB.safelyC.sightD.hearing
Wecanconcludefromthepassagethat________.
You’dbetterletmeknowassoonasthereisa(n)____positioninthebranchoffice.
