Part IV Cloze Test (10 points)

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very definite life patterns that almost all people 76 . Today，when we live 20 years longer than our great-grandparents，and when women mysteriously 77 men by seven years，it is clearer than ever that the“game of life”is really a game of 78 . As we age, we trade strength for ingenuity，speed for thoroughness，passion for reason. These 79 may not always seem fair，but at every age，there are some 80 . So it is reassuring to note that 81 you've passed some of your“prime.”you still have other prime years to experience 82 . Certain important primes seem to 83 later in life. Then which are the best years of life? When asked this question, people may 84 with various answers. It seems that different periods of life 85 to different kinds of achievement.

76. A. know B. share C. resist D. like

77. A. outnumber B. outcome C. outlive D. outbreak

78. A. trade-offs B. trade-ins C. years D. age

79. A. discussions B. changes C. businesses D. exchanges

80. A. problems B. advantages C. difficulties D. profits

81. A. no matter B. as soon as C. even if D. because of

82. A. in the past B. in the future C. just then D. just now

83. A. peak B. climb C. stay D. result

84. A. come out B. come in C. come at D. come up

85. A. are likely B. are fixed C. are related D. pay attention

Part IV Cloze Test (10 points)

参考答案：

76. B 77. C 78. A 79. D 80. B 81. C 82. B 83. A 84. D 85. C