1、阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： TEM-4 Exercise3Cloze TestDirections: There are 6 passages in this part of the exercise. Each passage has 15 blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of t
2、he paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Passage 1It is well known that teenage boys tend to do better 1)_ math than girls, that male high school students are more likely than their female counterparts 2)_ advanced math courses like calculus, that virtually all the great
3、mathematicians 3)_ men. Are women born with 4)_ mathematical ability? Or does societys sexism slow their progress? In 1980, two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried 5)_ the eternal nature/nurture debate. Julian Stanley and Camilla Benbow 6)_ 10,000 talented seventh and eighth graders between 1
4、972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic Aptitude Test, in which math questions are meant to measure ability rather than knowledge, they discovered 7)_ sex differences. 8)_ the verbal abilities of the males and females 9)_ differed, twice as many boys as girls scored over 500 (on a scale of 200 to 800) on
5、 mathematical ability; at the 700 level, the ratio was 14 to 1. The conclusion: males have 10)_ superior mathematical reasoning ability.Benbow and Stanleys findings, 11)_ were published in “Science“, disturbed some men and 12)_ women. Now there is comfort for those people in a new study from the Uni
6、versity of Chicago that suggests math 13)_ not, after all, a natural male domain. Prof. Zalman Usiskin studied 1,366 tenth graders. They were selected from geometry classes and tested on their ability to solve geometry proofs, a subject requiring 14)_ abstract reasoning and spatial ability. The conc
7、lusion 15)_ by Usiskin: there are no sex differences in math ability.1. A. at B. to C. of D. about2. A. in tackling B. tacklingC. to tackle D. about tackling3. A. might be 阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： B. have been C. must be D. ha
8、d been4. A. smaller B. less C. fewer D. not more5. A. to settle B. to set C. settling D. setting6. A. were tested B. have tested C. were testing D. had tested7. A. distinct B. instinct C. remote D. vague8. A. Since B. However C. As D. While9. A. scarcely not B. virtually C. largely D. hardly10. A. s
9、uperficially 阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： B. universally C. inherently D. initially11. A. as B. that C. which D. all12. A. few B. not a few C. not few D. quite few13. A. be B. were C. was D. is14. A. none of B. neither of C. eithe
10、r D. both15. A. got B. gained C. reached D. accomplishedPassage 2We all know that a magician does not really depend on “magic“ to perform his tricks, but on his ability to act at great speed. 16)_, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician 17)_rabbits from a hat. 18)_ the greatest m
11、agician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of 19)_. He could free himself from the tight test knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. 20)_ no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt 21)_ he had made a close study of every type of lock ever in
12、vented. He liked to carry a small steel needle like tool strapped to his leg and he used this in place of a key.阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They 22)_ him in chains and
13、locked him up, but he freed himself 23)_ an instant. The police 24)_ him of having used a tool and locked him up again . This time he wore no clothes and there were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his “needle“ in a wa
14、x like 25)_ and dropped it on the floor in the passage. 26)_ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was 27)_ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of 28)_ was nailed down. The 29)_ wa
15、s dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was 30)_, it was opened and the chains were found inside.16. A. GenerallyB. HoweverC. Possibly D. Likewise17. A. to produce B. who producesC. produce D. how to produce18. A. Out of the question B
16、. ThoughC. Probably D. Undoubted19. A. escaping B. locking C. opening D. dropping20. A. Surprisingly B. Obviously C. Perhaps D. Although21. 阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： A. if B. whether C. as to D. that22. A. involved B. closed C.
17、 connected D. bound23. A. at B. by C. in D. for24. A. rid B. charged C. accused D. deprived25. A. candle B. mud C. something D. substance26. A. As B. Usually C. Maybe D. Then27. A. overall B. all but C. no longer D. altogether28. 阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号
18、电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： A. it B. which C. that D. him29. A. chest B. body C. lid D. chain30. A. brought up B. sunk C. broken apart D. snappedPassage 3Who won the World cup 1998 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 31)_ an event takes place,
19、newspapers are on the streets giving the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to gather the news. Newspapers have one basic 32)_, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 33)_ it. Radio, telegraph, telev
20、ision, and 34)_ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 35)_, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly make use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 36)_ and thus the efficien
21、cy of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 37)_ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers 38)_ of the latest news, todays newspapers educate and influence readers about politics and other important and serious
22、matters. Newspapers influence readers economic choices 39)_ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 40)_. Newspapers are sold at a price that 41)_ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 42)_ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The suc
23、cess in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers. This 43)_ in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends somewhat on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 44)_ in a newspapers pages. But for the most pa
24、rt, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as source of information 45)_ the community, city, country, state, nation and world and even outer space.31. A. Just when B. While 阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： C. Soon after
25、 D. Before32. A. reason B. cause C. problem D. purpose33. A. make B. publish C. know D. write34. A. another B. other C. one another D. the other35. A. However B. And C. Therefore D. So36.A. value B. ratio C. rate D. speed37. A. spread B. passed C. printed D. completed38. A. inform B. be informed 阳 朔
26、 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： C. to be informed D. informed39. A. on B. through C. with D. of40. A. forms B. existence C. contents D. purpose41. A. tries to cover B. manages to coverC. fails to cover D. succeeds in42. A. source B. ori
27、gin C. course D. finance43. A. measures B. measuredC. is measured D. was measured44. A. offering B. offeredC. which offered D. to be offered45. A. by 阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： B. with C. at D. aboutPassage 4The United States is
28、 well known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. 46)_ these wide modern roads are generally 47)_ and well maintained, with 48)_ sharp curves and straight sections, a direct route is not always the most 49)_ one. Larg
29、e highways often pass 50)_ scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally 51)_ large urban centers, which means that they become crowded with 52)_ traffic during rush hours, 53)_ the “fast, direct“ route becomes a very slow route.However, there is almost always anoth
30、er route to take 54)_ you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 55)_ new “superhighways“, there are often older, 56)_ heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. 57)_ of these are good two lane roads; others are uneven roads curving through the country. These secondary routes may go up s
31、teep slopes, along high 58)_, or down frightening hillside to towns 59)_ in deep valleys. Through these less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places 60)_the air is clean and scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean view of the world.46. A. Al
32、though B. Since C. Because D. Therefore47. A. stable B. splendid C. smooth D. complicated48. A. little B. few C. much D. many49. A. terrible 阳 朔 新 起 点 英 文 书 院Yangshuo New Start English College地址：广西桂林市阳朔县榕荫路 9 号 电话：（+86）0773-6919722 网址： 论坛： B. possible C. enjoyable D. profitable50. A. to B. into C. over D. by51. A. lead B. connect C. collect D. communicate52. A. large B. fast C. high D. heavy53. A. when B. for C. but D. that54. A. unless B. if C. as D. since55. A. relatively B. regularly C. respectively D. reasonably56. A. and
