PART Ⅲ CLOZE [15 MIN.]
Decide which of the choices below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
The instinct, common among people of all ages, for keeping apparently useless (31)_______has never ceased to appeal to me. I do not mean (32)_______collecting, such as stamps or old china, (33)_______the habit so many of us have of keeping things in case they (34)_______in "handy". This is especially true of (35)_______such as shoes, sweaters and ancient raincoats which, though out of (36)_______and worn-out, remain hanging in our wardrobes (37)_______looked at or put on, but just comfortingly there.
An old man who lived next door to us at one time used to (38)_______newspapers. He simply could not bear to (39)_______a newspaper away, though once he had read it, he never glanced at it (40)_______When he died at close (41)_______ninety, two rooms of his house were filled with yellow newspapers which had become (42)_______for several families of mice.
Then an aunt of mine had a passion (43)_______ collecting string. To throw away a piece of string was to commit a deadly (44)_______in her eyes. No piece of string was (45)_______short to escape her attention. She saved the string off parcels and packages of all sorts, even luggage labels. Christmas was a torture for her, (46)_______she could not bear to see us taking scissors to (47)_______the string round our brightly (48)_______Christmas presents, and would sit anxiously watching, repeatedly diving to the floor to (49)_______an end that had been carelessly thrown away. It was a terrible blow to her when sticky tape (50)_______general use—in fact she did not survive it long.
31. A. clothes B. objects C. newspapers D. stamps
32. A. careful B. spontaneous C. serious D. conscientious
33. A. but B. therefore C. however D. or
34. A. are B. become C. remain D. come
35. A. shirts B. coats C. dresses D. clothes
36. A. date B. order C. contact D. touch
37. A. often B. never C. already D. always
38. A. read B. subscribe C. collect D. keep
39. A. throw B. put C. store D. place
40. A. at all B. again C. seriously D. as usual
41. A. to B. over C. on D. for
42. A. shelter B. hut C. nest D. hiding
43. A. to B. with C. on D. for
44. A. crime B. sin C. error D. mistake
45. A. very B. obviously C. extremely D. too
46. A. for B. though C. however D. therefore
47. A. cut B. pull C. drag D. chop
48. A. decorated B. designed C. protected D. wrapped
49. A. search for B. pick up C. look for D. east away
50. A. stayed from B. stood for C. came into D. went out of