Passage 1
We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it 31 ________whatever we've become used to suddenly 32________(disappear). Take, for example, the neatly-dressed woman I used to see.
For three years, no matter 33 ________the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 34 ________ (snow) days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Of course I remember all 35 ________only after she was seen 36________ more .It was 37 ________that I realized how much 1 expected to see her each morning.
“Did she have an accident? Something 38________ " I thought to myself about her disappearance. Now that she was gone, I felt I 39________ (know) her. I began to realize that part of our daily life probably includes such chance meetings 40 ________familiar strangers: the milkman you see at dawn, and the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are important markers in our lives.They add weight to our sense of place and belonging.
Keys: 31.until 32.disappears 33.what 34.snowy 35.this 36.no 37.then 38.worse 39.had known 40.with
Passage 2
In France most of the people want to have a very long time for lunch. In Britain it doesn't seem to be important 31________people take a cup of tea and a very quick sandwich and it's OK.
Another very 32________ (surprise) thing for the foreigner is the way the people obey the law -you seem to have much more discipline 33 ________in France, and you respect the police 34________ more than we do. For instance, people park their car 35________, and they know it is forbidden 36 ________they do it -in Britain people don't do that.
In England it's 37________ (easy) to feel alone.People don't bother you, don't look after you or worry38________ you so much, so it's easy to get lost or to hide away here.When you're in the United States people want to know
39________ you are, they tend to speak to you, to find out who you are,40
________you're doing.
Keys: 31.because 32.surprising 33.than 34.much 35.everywhere 36.but
37.easier 38.about 39.who 40.what
Passage 3
A guest comes up to Mrs. Dale, the Duty Manager, tellihg her 31________ (anger) about the Hall Porter's Department. Since there are 32________ guests present, the Duty Manager invites the guest to come to her office 33
________ (talk) things over.
The guest says that the Hall Porter yesterday 34 ________ (promise) to get theatre tickets 35________ a show in the city.He says that today, 36________ he went to collect the tickets there was 37________ porter on duty. The porter could not find any tickets for the guest, and could not find any record of the request 38 ________tickets. It seems that the porter on duty today did not believe 39________ the guest had made any request for tickets. The guest says that the tickets were promised, that he has planned to go to the theatre that night, and that it is the 40 ________ (hotel)job to provide the tickets. Keys: 31.angrily 32.other 33.to talk 34.promised 35. for 36. when
37. another 38.for 39.that 40. hotel's
Passage 4
Young person should travel not only to find out about the present 31________ to find out about the future. A grand tour today should be the opposite of 32
________it was in the past. It should not include museums, castles and ruins. It should go 33________ human life is, to places that throw you images of the future. It should not be an escape of 34________ (real)but a challenge with 35________.
Young people of today should go to the wildest, farthest, poor place they can think of. They should go to the wild places of Asia, Africa, and South America. Young people should go to 36________ many such places as they can, 37
________these places are closing up and in time they'll become impossible.
The other area young people should travel 38 ________is the same sort of area within their own country,places that are a kind of 39________ (know) land,40________ as the Congo Basin.
