TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2007)

PART III CLOZE (15 MIN)

　　Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

　　Until I took Dr Offutt's class in DeMatha High school, I was an underachieving student, but I left that class 31never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to think, he convinced me, 32 by example as words that it was my moral 33 to do so and to serve others.

　　34 of us could know how our relationship would 35 over the years. When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt, the department chair. My discussion with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent 36, classroom management and school leadership.

　　After several years, I was 37 department chair, and our relationship 38 again. I thought that it might be 39 chairing the department, since all of my 大40 English teachers were 大41 there, but Dr Offutt supported me 42. He knew when to give me advice 43 curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me 44 my own course.

　　In 1997, I needed his 45 about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. 46 he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. 47, he encouraged me to seize the opportunity. Five years ago, I became the principal of DeMatha. 48, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could 49 him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible 50 of lessons to teach.

　　31. A. concerned

　　B. worried

　　C. determined

　　D. decided

　　32. A. as much

　　B. much as

　　C. as such

　　D. such as

　　33. A. work

　　B. job

　　C. duty

　　D. obligation

　　34. A. Both

　　B. Neither.

　　C. Either.

　　D. Each.

　　35. A. evolve

　　B. stay

　　C. remain

　　D. turn

　　36. A. process

　　B. procedure

　　C. development

　　D. movement

　　37. A. called

　　B. named

　　C. asked

　　D. invited

　　38. A. moved

　　B. altered

　　C. went

　　D. shifted

　　39. A. awkward

　　B. uneasy

　　C. unnatural

　　D. former

　　40. A. older

　　B. experienced

　　C. former

　　D. /

　　41. A. /

　　B. still

　　C. even

　　D. already

　　42. A. through

　　B. throughout

　　C. at the beginning

　　D. all the way

　　43. A. for

　　B. at

　　C. over

　　D. about

　　44. A. chart

　　B. head

　　C. describe

　　D. manage

　　45. A. opinion

　　B. request

　　C. permission

　　D. order

　　46. A. Even if

　　B. Although.

　　C. If

　　D. When

　　47. A. Naturally

　　B. Instead.

　　C. consequently

　　D. Still

　　48. A. Once again

　　B. Repeatedly.

　　C. Unusually.

　　D. Unexpectedly.

　　49. A. count in

　　B. count down

　　C. count out

　　D. count on

　　50. A. stock

　　B. bank

　　C. wealth

　　D. store