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.
For too many young people today, citizenship is an abstractconcept, not a part of their daily lives. By calling on our 67 to help their neighbors, school-based communityservice teaches an important 68 that being an American 69 bothrights and responsibilities. It's at least as important a(n) 70 as mathematics or physics, maybe more.
It's a myth, pure and simple, that supporting a mandatory" (义务性的) community service requirementautomatically means 71 individual rights. On the contrary, it can be a 72 sign that schools are 73 service and citizenship seriously. Myorganization 74 to no one in thepassionate defense of cherished American 75 andfreedom, whether it's freedom of speech, religion, reproductive rights or civilrights. We also 76 just as strongly, however, that thespirit of community 77 the freedom we enjoy.
School-based programs can and should be designed to 78 that community spirit, while carefully safeguardingFirst Amendment protections.
To 79 both goals, they must have clear 80 purposesand components. A wide range of service 81 must be provided so thatyoung people aren't forced to participate in activities that make themuncomfortable. This is 82 common sense.
The idea of service is 83 new or startling(令人吃惊的). Just look at the warm andoverwhelming response 84 disasters like Hurricane Andrew. There'snothing 85 with trying to impart the 86 ethic of helping others to a newgeneration.
67. A) citizens
B) teachers
C) youth
D) family
68. A) idea
B) reason
C) example
D) lesson
69. A) requires
B) involves
C) demands
D) consists
70. A) achievement
B) replacement
C) requirement
D) advancement
71. A) surrendering
B) suspending
C) surveying
D) surviving
72. A) marked
C) affirmative
B) positive
D) negative
73. A) taking
B) viewing
C) seeing
D) thinking
74. A) agrees
B) fails
C) turns
D) yields
75. A) responsibilities
B) duties
C) fights
D) opinions
76. A) suspect
B) believe
C) assume
D) state
77. A) sustains
B) supplements
C) summons
D) suggests
78. A) formulate
B) forge
C) foster
D) forbid
79. A) include
B) meet
C) acquire
D) arrive
80. A) supervisory
B) instructive
C) tutorial
D) educational
81.A) forms
B) options
C) tools
D) titles
82. A) very
B) specially
C) plain
D) particularly
83. A) anything
B) everything
C) nothing
D) something
84. A) for
B) about
C) by
D) to
85. A) right
B) wrong
C) difficult
D) easy
86. A) valuable
B) value-free
C) valueless
D) useful
