PART II CLOZE Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of life—— food, clothing, fuel and housing —— were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (26)_____ these primary needs that the great mass of the population labored (27)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units.  In the country the farm, the hamlet and the village lived on (28)____ they could grow or make for themselves, and(29) _____ the sale of any surplus in the local market town,(30) ____ in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the (31)____ and harness of townsmen and countrymen(32)____. once a week town and country would meet to make(33) ___ at a market which came(34) ___ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and(35) _____. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the(36) _____ of work and the standard of life of perhaps nice out of(37) ____ ten English men and women. The work was long and (38)____, and the standard of life achieved was almost (39)___ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often (40)____ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor would affront the modern slum dweller. 26.   A) settle   B) answer   C) satisfy   D) fill 27.   A) at   B) in   C) on   D) with 28.   A) which   B) what   C) whether   D) where 29.   A) with   B) by   C) on   D) for 30.   A) although   B) while   C) nevertheless   D) when 31.   A) machines   B) apparatus   C) equipment   D) implement 32.   A) similar   B) skin   C) like   D) alike 33.   A) exchange   B) bargain   C) dealing   D) ride 34.   A) close at   B) adjacent to   C) near to   D) near-by 35.   A) consumer   B) buyer   C) user   D) shopper 36.   A) model   B) form   C) pattern   D) method 37.   A) every   B) each   C) the   D) other 38.   A) cruel   B) hard   C) ruthless   D) severe 39.   A) unimaginatively   B) unimaginably   C) imaginarily   D) unimaginedly 40.   A) weak   B) little   C) meagre   D) sparse PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet. 41. You won't get a loan _______ you can offer some security. A) lest B) in case C) unless D) other than 42. ______ time, he'll make a first-class tennis player. A) Having B) Given C) Giving D) had 43. I _____ the party much if there hadn't been quite such a crowd of people there. A) would enjoy B) will have enjoyed C) would have enjoyed D) will be enjoying 44. This company has now introduced a policy ____ pay rises are related to performances at work. A) which B) where C) whether D) what 45. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _______ insufficiently popular with all members. A) having considered B) was considered C) was being considered D) being considered 46. This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals ______ in Africa. A) hunted B) hunting C) that hunted D) are hunted 47. The office has to be shut down ______ funds. A) being a lack of B) from lack of C) to a lack of D) for lack of 48. In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _____. A) from being beaten B) being beaten C) beating D) to be beaten 49. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ____ so formally. A) need not have dressed up B) must not have dressed up C) did not need to dress up D) must not dress up 50. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than _____ Eastern Nebraska. A) in B) it receives in C) does D) it does in 1 2 3 4 5 下一页