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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). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
Barack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father, Barack Obama, Sr., who were 31 young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his 32 left for Harvard, Barack and his mother stayed behind, and his father 33 returned alone to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist. Barack's mother 34 an Indonesian oil manager and moved to Jakarta when Barack was six. He later 35 Indonesia as simultaneously lush and a harrowing 36 to tropical poverty. He returned to Hawaii, where he was 37 up largely by his grandparents. The family lived in a small apartment — his grandfather was a furniture salesman and an unsuccessful insurance agent and his grandmother 38 in a bank — but Barack managed to get into Punahou School, Hawaii's top prep 39 . His father wrote to him regularly but, though he traveled around the world on official 40 for Kenya, he visited only once, when Barack was ten.
Obama attended Columbia University, but found New York's racial tension 41 . He became a community organizer for a small Chicago church-based group for three years, helping poor South Side residents 42 with a wave of plant closings. He then attended Harvard Law School, and in 1990 became the first 43 -American editor of the Harvard Law Review. He turned down a 44 judicial clerkship, choosing instead to practice civil-rights law back in Chicago, 45 victims of housing and employment 46 and working on voting-rights legislation. He also began teaching at the University of Chicago Law School. Eventually he 47 as a Democrat for the state senate seat from his district, which included both Hyde Park and some of the poorest ghettos on the South Side, and won.
In 2004 Obama was 48 to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat, representing Illinois, and gained national attention by giving a rousing and 49 keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. In 2008 he ran 50 president as a democrat and won. He is set to become the 44th president of the Unites States and the first African-American ever elected to that position.
31. A) both B) either C) neither D) each
32. A) son B) father C) daughter D) mother
33. A) only B) ultimately C) simply D) initially
34. A) remarried B) taught C) remained D) acted
35. A) took B) suspected C) recounted D) figured
36. A) exposition B) exposure C) expectation D) exhibition
37. A) brought B) given C) turned D) cheered
38. A) died B) worked C) educated D) lived
39. A) army B) allocation C) academy D) association
40. A) apprentice B) market C) sale D) business
41. A) important B) impossible C) inescapable D) indispensable
42. A) match B) agree C) cope D) connect
43. A) African B) Asian C) European D) Latin
44. A) profound B) perfect C) possible D) prestigious
45. A) saving B) commenting C) calling D) representing
46. A) dispute B) discrimination C) difference D) disposal
47. A) ran B) jogged C) competed D) formed
48. A) gone B) elected C) moved D) suggested
49. A) massive B) well-received C) dull D) tedious
50. A) for B) as C) in D) with
Part V Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
51. He never ____________________ (后悔做過的事情).
52. The students __________________ (表現出極大興趣) learning math.
53. ________________ (令他失望的是), she did not show up in the show.
54. These phrases are very useful, and are ____________ (值得寫下來).
55. Experts tell us that it is difficult to _______________ (適應文化差異).
