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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.
Try to imagine what it is like to live without electricity. It is boring, __67__ one thing-no television, no MP3 player, no video games. And you feel __68__ and disconnected as well-no computer, no Internet, no mobile phone. You can read books, of course-__69__ at night you won't have light, other than the flicker(閃爍) of firewood. And about that firewood-you or someone in your family had to __70__ it during the day, taking you away from more __71__ work or schooling, and in some parts of the world, exposing you __72__ danger. That same firewood is used to cook dinner, __73__ smoke that can turn the air inside your home far more __74__ than that breathed in an industrial city. You may lack access to modern drugs __75__ the nearest hospital docs not have continuous __76__ to keep the medicine refrigerated. You are __77__ poor-and the lack of electricity helps to __78__ that you'll stay that way.
That is life for the 1.3 billion people around the __79__ who lack access to the grid (電網). It is a __80__ problem of the developing world and the countryside-more than 95% of __81__ without electricity are either in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asia, and 84% live in rural areas. __82__ it hasn't gotten the attention that __83__ problems like HIV/AIDS and water shortage have __84__ in recent years, lack of power remains a major __85__ to any progress in the world's development.
"Lacking access to electricity __86__ health, well-being and income," says Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency. "It's a problem the world has to cet4v.com."
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
67.A)about
B)with
C)as
D)for
68.A)lonely
B)tedious
C)ignored
D)tough
69.A)so
B)but
C)since
D)if
70.A)transfer
B)select
C)assemble
D)gather
71.A)relative
B)massive
C)productive
D)extensive
72.A)to
B)of
C)amid
D)under
73.A)seeking out
B)giving up
C)throwing off
D)carrying away
74.A)harmful
B)aggressive
C)visible
D)allergic
75.A)although
B)whereas
C)while
D)because
76.A)strength
B)power
C)source
D)force
77.A)desperately
B)oddly
C)marvelously
D)vastly
78.A)engage
B)insist
C)ensure
D)induce
79.A)continent
B)location
C)territory
D)planet
80.A)solemn
B)severe
C)compound
D)comparable
81.A)that
B)which
C)those
D)ones
82.A)Unless
B)Though
C)Until
D)Before
83.A)global
B)fashionable
C)grand
D)famous
84.A)commanded
B)withdrawn
C)offered
D)received
85.A)solution
B)target
C)obstacle
D)retreat
86.A)interrupts
B)affects
C)halts
D)suspends
