Part Three Cloze
Directions:
There are ten blanks in the following passage .For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single through the center.
Friend is better than fortune; friend is worse than poison in some ____31____. The above two statements are opposite and seem to be ___32___ but they can be explained as follows: The latter ____33__ all evil friends who ____34____ us to a wrong direction. The former ____35____ all good friends who drive us towards good. My ideal friend is of course a good friend ___36____ goodness is shown below : He has no bad liking, as smoking and drinking. He lives simply. He studies diligently ____37____ waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and sympathizes ____38____ his schoolmates. He treats those truly who are true with him. He never speaks of other’s evils, nor boasts of his own merits. ____39____, he has all the good characters better than ____40____. I can follow him as a model. By his words I am aware of the danger of doing a wrong action. By his help I can overcome all difficulties. Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall ever fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word “failure”.
31. A. conditions B. times C. cases D. occasions
32. A. unreasonable B. unthinkable C. unspeakable D. unseasonable
33. A. advanced B. compiled with C. implies D. compiled to
34. A. tempt B. lead C. push D. force
35. A. relates B. refers to C. devotes D. directs to
36. A. one’s B. who’s C. whose D. his
37. A. so as to not B. so as not to C. in order to not D. in order that
38. A. with B. to C. about D. on
39. A. Least of all B. In words C. In all D. In a word
40. A. mine B. our C. my D. ours
