Part IV Cloze (10%) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fit into the passage. Then mark the correspondi
　　About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion of the reading of a will. I can remember one passage that particularly struck me. It ran something 【B1】 this.
　　"And I direct that $10,000 be 【B2】 to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years, 【B3】 always put off doing so." It 【B4】 the last words of a dying man. But the story does not 【B5】 there. When the lawyers came to 【B6】 out the bequest (遗赠) , they discovered that old William B had 【B7】 , too, and so the 【B8】 deed was lost.
　　I felt rather 【B9】 about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable 【B10】 that William should not have had his $10,000 just 【B11】 somebody kept putting 【B12】 giving it to him. And from 【B13】 accounts, William could have done with the 【B14】 . But I am sure 【B15】 there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be 【B16】 today, which are being put off " 【B17】 later. "
　　George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, 【B18】 that "One of these days is better than 【B19】 of these days. " But I say that 【B20】 is better than all.
　　56.
　　A about
　　B like
　　C for
　　D of
　　答案:B
　　这句话的意思是：我记得有一小节的内容给了我特别的冲击，它叙述了像这样的事情。like为介词：跟…一样。
　　57.
　　A consumed
　　B cost
　　C paid
　　D devoted
　　答案:D
　　Devote to：奉献给，送给。(consume为消费；cost为花费，pay为支付，根据后面一句意思，“是我多年想帮助的一个朋友”，所以只有D符合题意。
　　58.
　　A and
　　B or
　　C still
　　D but
　　答案:D
　　我多年来都希望帮助他，但一直没有做到，but表示转折。Put off：拖延。
　　59.
　　A was
　　B were
　　C is
　　D has been
　　答案:D
　　这是一个将要死去的人后的遗言。根据正文整体时态，此处也应用过去时。
　　60.
　　A remain
　　B end
　　C finish
　　D appear
　　答案:B
　　前面说到后的遗言，也就是遗嘱宣读完了，然后用but表示转折，说明故事还没有完。Finish多表示完成某事，end有结束的意思。
　　61.
　　A find
　　B point
　　C put
　　D carry
　　答案:D
　　Carry out：执行。宣读完后律师要执行遗嘱的内容，进行馈赠。Find out找出，查明；point out指出；put out熄灭，扑灭。
　　62.
　　A died
　　B disappeared
　　C escaped
　　D hidden
　　答案:A
　　人们发现old William B也怎么样了，其余三选项是在前面都没有出现的动作，前面只谈到了死亡，因此选died．
　　63.
　　A invaluable
　　B identical
　　C good
　　D historic
　　答案:C
　　因此照顾old William B善行也不能实现了。Good deed：善行。Invaluable为无价的；identical相同的；historic历史性的，用在此处过于夸张，不合适。
　　64.
　　A happy
　　B sorry
　　C faithful
　　D exciting
　　答案:B
　　作者在这里只能感到很遗憾，不可能是激动，忠实或高兴。
　　65.
　　A matters
　　B dream
　　C task
　　D thing
　　答案:D
　　对作者来说这是件很可惜的事情。Matters是复数不能与a搭配，梦想和任务都不合适。

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