Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
I teach biology at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my 1how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so 2. He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so 3.
His question 4me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a 5about how you want to deal with life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”
“Let me give you an example,”I continued, 6all sixty students in the class. “In 7to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at a 8in Henderson, 17 miles down the highway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I 9the highway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car 10. I tried to start it again, but the 11wouldn’t work. 12I turned my flashers on, took my books, and 13down the road to the college.”
“As soon as I got there, I called and 14for a tow truck to meet me at my car after 15. The secretary there asked me what had happened. ‘This is my 16day.’ ” I replied, smiling.
She was 17. “What do you mean?”
“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway. It didn’t.” I replied. “18, it broke down in the perfect place: off the highway,19walking distance of here.
I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient 20.”
I ended my story. In spite of the early hour, no one in my class seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them.
1.A.schoolmates B. children C. teachers D.students
2.A. had B. good C. sad D.free
3.A. cheerful B. grateful C. hopeful D. thankful
4.A. informed B.told C. reminded D. warned
5.A. decision B. choice C. preference D. judgment
6.A. showing B. demanding C. addressing D. commanding
7.A. contribution B. devotion C. application D. addition
8.A. school B. college C. university D. institute
9.A. exited B. found C. crossed D. entered
10.A. broke B. died C. ended D. finished
11.A. instrument B. wheel C. light D. engine
12.A. But B. And C. So D. Or
13.A. marched B. drove C. rode D. followed
14.A. prepared B. looked C. waited D. arranged
15.A. class B. work C. study D. lunch
16.A. usual B. unusual C. unlucky D. lucky
17.A. astonished B. excited C. puzzled D. pleased
18.A. Anyway B. Instead C. Also D. Still
19.A. within B. beyond C. without D. along
20.A. order B. need C. way D. situation
People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this ____ creates further problems.
A. in turn B. on contrary C. in return D. by turns
It is the test system, _____ the teachers, that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.
A. other than B. or rather C. rather than D. more than
______ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
A. As B. That C. What D. It
It was___he said___disappointed me.
A.what, that B.that, that C.what, what D.that, what
I was deeply impressed with the man’s willingness ______.
A. by chance B. to take chance C. to take chances D. taking chances
