Part V Cloze (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 centre.
For the past two years, I have been working on students’ evaluation of classroom teaching. I have kept a record of informal conversations __67__ some 300 students from at __68__ twenty-one colleges and universities. The students were generally __69__ and direct in their comments __70__ how course work could be better __71__. Most of their remarks were kindly ___72___ — with tolerance rather than bitterness—and frequently were softened by the __73__ that the students were speaking __74__ some, not all, instructors. Nevertheless, __75__ the following suggestions and comments indicate,students feel __76__ with things-as-they-are in the classroom.
Professors should be __77__ from reading lecture notes. “It makes their __78__ monotonous(单调的).”
If they are going to read, why not __79__ out copies of the lecture? Then we __80__ need to go to class. Professors should __81__ repeating in lectures material that is in the text-book. “__82__ we’ve read the material, we want to __83__ it or hear it elaborated on, __84__ repeated.” “A lot of students hate to buy a __85__ text that the professor has written __86__ to have his lectures repeat it.”
67. A) involving B) counting C) covering D) figuring
68. A) best B) least C) length D) large
69. A) reserved B) hard-working C) polite D) frank
70. A) over B) at C) on D) of
71. A) presented B) submitted C) described D) written
72. A) received B) addressed C) made D) taken
73. A) occasion B) truth C) case D) fact
74. A) on B) about C) at D) with
75. A) though B) whether C) as D) if
76. A) dissatisfied B) unsatisfactory C) satisfied D) satisfactory
77. A) interfered B) interrupted C) discouraged D) disturbed
78. A) voices B) sounds C) pronunciation D) gestures
79. A) hold B) leave C) drop D) give
80. A) couldn’t B) wouldn’t C) mustn’t D) shouldn’t
81. A) refuse B) prohibit C) prevent D) avoid
82. A) Once B) Until C) However D) Unless
83. A) remember B) argue C) discuss D) keep
84. A) yet B) not C) and D) or
85. A) desired B) revised C) required D) deserved
86. A) about B) how C) but D) only
答案
67-71 ABDCA 72-76 CDBBA 77-81 CADBD 82-86 ACBCD
