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Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Though it is a mere one third of the population, the upper class makes up at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two parts: upper-upper and lower-upper. 62____, the upper-upper class is the “old rich” — families that have been wealthy for several generations — a nobility of 63____ and wealth. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, and the Vanderbilts. Most are not 64____ to the general public. They have no 65____ to the rest of the community, 66____ their income from the investment of their inherited wealth. By 67____, the lower-upper class is the “new rich”. 68____ they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich have been 69____ to make their money like 70____ else beneath their class. 71 ____ their status is generally 72 ____ than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who 73____ to look down upon the new rich. However its wealth is 74____, the upper class is very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to 75____ an interest in the arts and to 76____ rare books and paintings. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind, all of which keeps them so 77____ from the masses that they have been called the out-of- sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be 78____ of being members of a class. They also 79____ an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they 80____ many top government positions. Their actions 81____ the lives of millions.
62. A) Consequently B) Accordingly C) Regularly D) Basically
63. A) beginning B) birth C) infancy D) foundation
64. A) visible B) noticeable C) obvious D) apparent
65. A) contact B) association C) communication D) relation
66. A) pulling B) abstracting C) drawing D) making
67. A) comparison B) contrast C) contrary D) difference
68. A) Although B) Because C) Therefore D) However
69. A) greedy B) indifferent C) sympathetic D) depressed
70. A) nobody B) everybody C) somebody D) anybody
71. A) Then B) But C) Thus D) Whereas
72. A) superior B) inferior C) higher D) lower
73. A) want B) select C) hate D) tend
74. A) retained B) benefited C) acquired D) rewarded
75. A) reproduce B) yield C) cultivate D) rear
76. A) collect B) gather C) assemble D) accumulate
77. A) distant B) far C) separate D) remote
78. A) doubtful B) conscious C) sensitive D) sensible
79. A) demand B) control C) direct D) command
80. A) seize B) abuse C) hold D) sustain
81. A) attract B) affect C) effect D) incline
