Banked Cloze选词填空
一、解题步骤：
1． 快速浏览全文，了解大意；
2． 全面考虑与分析文章空格处所需填写词的词性，注意语法结构与搭配；
3． 确定词库中所给出的信息词的词性；
4． 在用过的单词上作标记；
5． 对于难以确定的题，可暂时空出，待其他空填完后，再从余下的同类词中筛选；
6． 通读全文，检查答案。
二、解题要求
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read t
he passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
三、练习
Test 1
El Nino is the name given to the mysterious and often unpredictable change in the climate of the world. This strange _____1____ happens every five to eight years. It starts in the Pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade wind (信风), which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in ____2____, the ocean temperatures rise, causing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5°C.
The warming of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid (潮湿的) air over the oc
ean causes severe ____3___ thunderstorms. The rainfall is increased across South America, ____4____ floods to Peru. In the West Pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and _____5____.
E1 Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. The 1982-83 El Nino brought the most ____ 6___ weather in modern history. Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds _____7___ of damage. The 1990 El Nino lasted until June, 1995. Scientists ____8____ this to be the longest El Nino for 2,000 years.
Nowadays, weather experts are able to forecast when an El Nino will ____9____, but they are still not ____10___ sure what leads to it or for what affects how strong it will be.
Word Bank for Test 1: A. estimate    B. strength    C. deliberately    D. notify    E. tropical  F. phenomenon    G. stable    H. attraction    I. completely    J. destructive    K. starvation    L. bringing    M. exhaustion    N. worth    O. strike
sort of in orderTest 2
Normally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to ____1____, and each course which he attends gives him a ___2____ which he may count towards a degree. In many American universities the total work for a degree ___3___ of thirty-six courses, each lasting for one semester. A typical course consists of three classes per week for fifteen weeks; while attending a university a student will probably attend four or five courses during each ____4____. Normally a student would expect to take four years attending two semesters each year. It is possible to spread the period of work for the degree over a longer period. It is also ___5____ for a student to move between one university and another during his degree course, though this is not in fact done as a ____6____ practice.
For every course that he follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is ____7____ for the student to show to prospective employers. All this imposes a constant pressure and strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activity in student affairs. Elections to positions in student organizations arouse much ____8____. The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students w
ho advise the academic authorities. Any student who is thought to have broken the ____9____, for example, by cheating, has to appear before a student court. With the enormous numbers of students, the operation of the system does involve a certain amount of activity. A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much ___10____ and it will be of benefit to him later in his career.
Word Bank for Test 2: A. common    B. enthusiasm    C. semester    D. possible    E. credit    F. available    G. rules    H. class    I. attention    J. consists    K. graduate    L. regular    M. tempted    N. learn    O. respected
Test 3
The old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to ____1___ that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mrs. Smith usually brought or what sort of washing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not ___2___ was the shop a center of buying and selling, but also a social meeti
ng place.
A ___3___ general store might have employed four or five assistances, and so there were very few problems in management as far as the staff were ___4___. But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changed ____5___. The modern supermarket manager has to ___6____ with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.

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