Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion I the reading of a will. I can remember one passage that particularly struck me. It ran something ( 56 ) this.
"And I direct that $t0,000 be (57 ) . to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years, (58 ) always put off doing so." It ( 59) the last words of a dying man. But the story does not (60 )there. When the lawyers came to ( 61 ) out the bequest (遗赠), they discovered that old William B had (62 ) , too, and so the ( 63 ) deed was lost.
I felt rather ( 64 ) about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable ( 65 ) that William should not have had his $10,000 just (66 )somebody kept putting ( 67 ) giving it to him. And from (68 )accounts, William could have done with the (69 ) . But I am sure (70 ) there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be ( 71 )today, which are being put off" (72 ) later."
George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, (73 ) that "One of these days is better than (74 ) of these days." But I say that (75 )is better than all.
56. A. about B. for C. like D. of
57. A. consumed B. paid C. cost D. devoted
58. A. but B. or C. still D. and
59. A. has been B. were C. is D. was
60. A. remain B. end C. finish D. appear
61. A. find B. point C. put D. carry
62. A. died B. disappeared C. escaped D. hidden
63. A. invaluable B. identical C. good D. historic
64. A. exciting B. sorry C. faithful D. happy
65. A. matters B. dream C. task D. thing
66. A. because B. for C. as though D. till
67. A. off B. into C. in D. on
68. A. every B. some C. any D. all
69. A. payment B. money C. regrets D. expense
70. A. whether B. of C. that D. often
71. A. protected B. done C. made D. rewarded
72. A. until B. still C. too D. toward
73. A. implies B. marked C. regrets D. says
74. A. some B. any C. all D. none
75. A. Morning B. Spring C. Today D. Time
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