Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)

Did you ever have someone’s name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? __71__ this happens again, do not __72__ to recall it. Do something __73__ for a couple of minutes. __74__ the name may come into your head. The name is there, since you have met __75__ person and learned his name. It __76__ has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall __77__ the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious (下意识的) __78__ that go to work to dig up a __79__ memory. Forcing yourself to recall __80__ never helps because it doesn’t __81__ your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful __82__ examinations. They read over the questions __83__ trying to answer any of them. __84__ they answer first the ones __85__ which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking __86__; work is being done on the __87__ difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers __88__ the more difficult ones will usually begin to __89__ into consciousness. It is often __90__ a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.



71. A) As
B) When
C) While
D) Whether（B）

72. A) try
B) want
C) hesitate
D) wait（A）

73. A) simple
B) apart
C) else
D) similar（C）

74. A) unless
B) and
C) or
D) until（B）

75. A) some
B) certain
C) a
D) this（D）

76. A) then
B) really
C) only
D) indeed（C）

77. A) leads
B) begins
C) helps
D) prepares（D）

78. A) deeds
B) activities
C) movements
D) procedures（B）

79. A) light
B) fresh
C) dim
D) dark（C）

80. A) merely
B) almost
C) barely
D) hardly（B）

81. A) loosen
B) weaken
C) decrease
D) reduce（A）

82. A) into
B) in
C) about
D) by（B）

83. A) after
B) besides
C) before
D) against（C）

84. A) Thus
B) But
C) Therefore
D) Then（D）

85. A) of
B) with
C) for
D) in（A）

86. A) place
B) shape
C) charge
D) action（A）

87. A) too
B) less
C) not
D) more（D）

88. A) to
B) of
C) about
D) for（A）

89. A) appear
B) grow
C) extend
D) come（D）

90. A) nearly
B) likely
C) just
D) even（C）