Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For eachblank there are .four choices marked A), B),C) and D) on the right side of thepaper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
When we think of creative people the names that probably spring tomind are those of men such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, etc.—— a few exceptionallygifted men with 67talent and genius.The tendency to regard creativityand 68 thinking as the exclusive69of a lucky few disregards thecreative70 inherent in the solution of many of the tasks we regularlyhave to face——the71anddevelopment of new methods and techniques, theimprovement of old methods, 72 inventions and products.
Everyone has creative ability to some 73 .Creative thinking 74posingoneself a problem and then 75 or inventing a solution along new and unconventional lines. It involves 76 newanalogies, discovering new combinations, and/or new applications of things thatare already known. It 77 , then, that a creative person will 78 great intellectual curiosity and imagination. He will be alert and observantwith a great store of information which he will be able to 79 out andcombine, in the solution of problems. He will be emotionally 80 to newand unconventional idea sand will be able to communicate uninhibitedly and willnot be too 81 about other people's reaction to his apparently"crazy" 82 . People calledthe Wright brothers 83 but it did not stop them 84 becoming the first men 85 and flyheavier-than-air 86.
67. A) scarce
B)rare
C) little
D) weird
68. A)illustrious
B) illustrative
C) imaginative
D) imaginary
69. A) district
B)region
C) activity
D) province
70. A) aspects
B) things
C) prospects
D) expectations
71. A) invention
B) discovery
C) analysis
D) advancement
72. A)temporary
B) extant
C) alive
D) existing
73. A)expanse
B) boundary
C) expansion
D) extent
74. A) concludes
B) includes
C) involves
D) excludes
75. A)originating
B) orientating
C) organizing
D) oscillating
76. A) drawing
B) imagining
C) painting
D) following
77. A) dawns on
B) follows
C) realizes
D) comprehends
78. A)perform
B) show off
C) show around
D) demonstrate
79. A) seek
B) work
C) sort
D) find
80. A)receptive
B) hearty
C) indifferent
D) notable
81. A)angry
C) happy
B) concerned
D) satisfied
82. A) illnesses
B) impressions
C) notions
D) thinkings
83. A) dangerous
B) conventional
C) risky
D) mad
84. A) to
B) for
C) from
D) by
85. A) constructing
B) to construct
C) having constructed
D) for constructing
86. A) satellite
B) balloon
C) space shuttle
D) craft
