PART Ⅰ ［15 MIN.］
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( x& ^6 f5 v# X R1 ` Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your ANSWER SHEET.6 D- [+ q/ k# h2 @# o" S
0 H0 X. A8 ~! T9 i% I" @/ _ We all know that a magician does not really depend on “magic” to perform his tricks, but on his ability to act at great speed. ___ 1___, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician ___ 2___ rabbits from a hat. ___ 3___ the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of ___ 4___. He could free himself from the tightest knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. ___ 5___ no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt ___ 6___ he had made a close study of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needlelike tool strapped to his leg and he used this in place of a key. Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They ___ 7 ___ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself___ 8 ____ an instant. The police ___ 9___ him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his “needle” in a wax like ___ 10 ____ and dropped it on the floor in the passage. ___ 11___ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was ___ 12___ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of ___ 13 ____ was nailed down. The ___ 14___ was dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was___ 15___, it was opened and the chains were found inside.) I# o& K: t8 ` b4 z1 e1 g j
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1. A. Generally B. However C. Possibly D. Likewise
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2. A. to produce B. who producesC. produce D. how to produce
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q2 o) Y# t+ A9 b5 J3. A. Out of the question B. ThoughC. Probably D. Undoubted ' f, r; J" Q5 q W% t* N
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4. A. escaping B. locking C. opening D. dropping
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5. A. Surprisingly B. Obviously C. Perhaps D. Although+ M* P/ U5 }4 }, |' G I$ K
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' }& O! n- Q% Q7. A. involved B. closed C. connected D. bound
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5 }/ U' B7 y) P0 ]8. A. at B. by C. in D. for
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9. A. rid B. charged C. accused D. deprived. I6 G' H3 s8 V0 v$ c- c
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10. A. candle B. mud C. something D. substance
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11. A. As B. Usually C. Maybe D. Then
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12. A. overall B. all but C. no longer D. altogether1 c P9 v* b* C* u5 f8 d' }
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14. A. chest B. body C. lid D. chain |
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