Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions:    There are 5 passages in this section. In each passage, there are 20 blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
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Music comes in many forms, and most countries have a style of their own.  1 the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 2 of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 3 , or by whom. But it began to be 4 in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to 5 music. In contrast to classical music, which 6 formal Eruopean traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy,  7 the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz 8 like America. And  9 it does today.
The 10 of this music are as interesting as the music 11 . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz 12 . They were brought to the Southern states 13 slaves.
They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long 14 . When a Negro died, his friends and relatives 15 a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the 16 . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. 17 on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their 18 , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played 19 music, improvising（即时创作）on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 20 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
1.    A) At                B) In                C) By                D) On
2.    A) music            B) song                C) melody            D) style
3.    A) discovered        B) acted            C) designed        D) invented
4.    A) noticed            B) found            C) listened            D) heard
5.    A) classical            B) sacred            C) light                D) popular
6.    A) forms            B) follows            C) approaches        D) introduces
7.    A) expressing        B) explaining        C) exposing        D) illustrating
8.    A) appeared        B) looked            C) sounded            D) seemed
9.    A) so                B) as                C) either            D) niether
10.    A) originals            B) origins            C) discoveries        D) resources
11.    A) concerned        B) itself                C) available        D) oneself
12.    A) players            B) followers            C) pioneers            D) fans
13.    A) for                B) by                C) with                D) as
14.    A) months            B) weeks            C) hours            D) times
15.    A) demonstrated    B) composed        C) formed            D) hosted
16.    A) demonstration    B) procession        C) body            D) march
17.    A) Even            B) Therefore        C) But                D) Furthermore
18.    A) number            B) numbers            C) body            D) relations
19.    A) sad                B) solemn            C) funeral            D) happy
20.    A) whistled            B) sung                C) showed            D) presented
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The process of perceiving others is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. “She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt.” More often, we try to get 1 the other person to pinpoint（查明）his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas, and characters. 2 , we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly --- perhaps with a two-second 3 .
We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing 4 about others: watching without being noticed a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are 5 to you so you can compare the  6 person’s behavior with the known others’ behavior; observng a person in a situation 7 social behavio
r is relatively unrestrained or where a wide 8 of behavioral responses are called for; deliberately structuring the physical or social environment 9 observe the person’s responses to 10 stimuli; asking people who 11 frequent contact with the person about him or her, and using various strategies in 12 interaction to uncover information about another perosn --- questions, self-disclosures, and so on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, 13 because people are constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often 14 . You 15 someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we won’t ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more 16 with those things that get reaction in the shaft 17 the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by 18 inconsistent behavior. 19 , those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e.g. secrets and deceptions) may be 20 to the development of a satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person (e.g. disclosures and truthful statements).
1.    A) into                B) inside            C) near                D) close to
2.    A) On the contrary    B) On the other hand    C) However        D) Furthermore
3.    A) glance            B) watching            C) gazing            D) view
4.    A) nervousness        B) hospitality        C) uncertainties        D) doubt
5.    A) acquainted        B) known            C) similar            D) intimate
6.    A) observing        B) observed        C) behaving        D) speaking
7.    A) which            B) where            C) when            D) if
8.    A) variety            B) range            C) scope            D) number
9.    A) so that we        B) so as to            C) so as not to        D) consequently
10.    A) specific            B) definite            C) exceptional        D) special
11.    A) have or had        B) are having or had    C) have had or have    D) are having or have had
12.    A) face-to-face        B) eye-in-eye        C) person-to-person    D) day-by-day
13.    A) much            B) most                C) largely            D) probably
14.    A) incorrect            B) infallible            C) imprecise        D) improper
15.    A) may know        B) might know        C) have known        D) may have known
16.    A) easily            B) simply            C) hardly            D) difficultly
17.    A) in                B) on                C) to                D) by
18.    A) actually            B) obviously        C) seemingly        D) apparently
19.    A) Undoubtedly        B) Coincidentally    C) Fantastically        D) Ironically
20.    A) just as important    B) equally important    C) not so important    D) less important
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Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment（素，颜料）, has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities 1 ritualistic（仪式的）in origin but have come to be designated as artistic, painting was one of the earliest ways in which man 2 to express his own personality and his 3 understanding of abstract things. 4 music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have 5 to the present day. And painting, like other arts, eshibits universal qualities that 6 for viewers of al nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.

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