Part ⅤCloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A)， B) ,C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center。
We all know that a magician does not really depend on "magic" to perform his trick.(62)on his ability to act at great speed.(63) , this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician (64)rabbits from a hat.(65)the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of(66) . He could free himself from the tightest knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. (67)no one really knows(68)he did this, there is no doubt(69)he had made a close study of every type of lock ever(70) . He liked to carry a small steel needle-like tool strapped to his leg and he used this in(71)of a key. Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They (72)him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself(73)an instant. The police(74)him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains around his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a waxlike(75)and dropped it on the floor in the passage.(76)he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was(77) astonishing. He was heavily chained(78)and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of (79)was nailed down. The(80)was dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was (81) . it was opened and the chains was found inside。
62. A) but B) then C) and D) however
63. A) Generally B) However C) Possibly D) Likewise
64. A) to produce B) who produces C) produce D) how to produce
65. A) Out of question B) Though C) Probably D) Undoubted
66. A) escaping B) locking C) opening D) dropping
67. A) Surprisingly B) Obviously C) Perhaps D) Although
68. A) when B) where C) how D) what
69. A) if B) whether C) as to D) that
70. A) invented B) invent C) being invented D) inventing
71. A) use B) place C) view D) absence
72. A) involved B) closed C) connected D) bound
73. A) at B) by C) in D) for
74. A) rid B) charged C) accused D) deprived
75. A) candle B) mud C) something D) substance
76. A) As B) Usually C) Maybe D) Then
77. A) overall B) all but C) no longer D) altogether
78. A) up B) down C) around D) in
79. A) it B) which C) that D) him
80. A) chest B) body C) lid D) chain
81. A) brought up B) sunk C) broken apart D) snapped
Part ⅥTranslation (5 minutes)
82. It is well-known that _________________________ (退休工人有资格享受免费的医疗)。
83. Because his health is getting worse, _________________________ (他不得不克制自己以免饮酒过度)。
84. Mike has never done anything against law, _________________________ (即使像打碎邻居家的窗户这样的小过错也都没有犯过)。
85. The truth in question is that success in life depends chiefly on sustained efforts _________________________ (这种努力来源于对所选职业的一种深厚的兴趣)。
86. But ability and patience do not account for all scientific discoveries which _________________________ (常常与创造性的想象力紧密相关)。
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