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Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.
1 s1 \8 y7 l9 J7 a6 } In recent times there have been several gold rushes. people heard stories of finding large_1_ of gold lying on the_2_. _3_ they heard could_4_ a fortune just by _5_ a little. Then all kinds of people rushed to the _6_ of the latest gold discovery.
5 U: G' P, U, S, W* E The California gold rush _7_ in 1849 brought hundreds of people into a wild, unknown area with very _8_ government control. Most of them were very _9_ and looking for adventure as well as riches. The gold rush on the Fraser River in British Columbia was different. The miners needed a _10_ from the Canadian government and were not _11_ to more around the area to look for gold.
5 I4 l# g! w2 t+ k- s* u There were other gold rushes in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. In 1886 gold was discovered in South Africa. However, the _12_ was different there. The miners needed complicated _13_ to take gold from the ground and separate it _14_ the other minerals. only large companies had the money to _15_ this. _16_ this reason, a few large mining companies _17_ the gold production in South Africa today. / T" I( q; L- P3 ^- j( ^4 i% u8 v
Gold lasts _18_. For centuries people have made gold coins and jewelry, later _19_ them into a liquid, and used the gold again. If you have some gold jewelry, it is possible that this same gold was a piece of jewelry for _20_ who lived thousands of years ago. And thousands of years from now, someone else may be wearing this same gold in another form.
* h2 t1 f+ b0 c5 W6 h8 E 1. A. bar B. sheets C. pieces D. quantity 0 p, B. d2 c L5 ~9 ^/ o
2. A. earth B. soil C. ground D. field
& S7 ~( P9 m) s) y; F3 j 3. A. otherwise B. or C. yet D. then
7 M3 Y% a3 @# [4 S6 K* R! x* _ 4. A. seek B. push C. earn D. take & {, O! C6 v- V7 P! b, b
5. A. drawing B. digging C. searching D. exploiting
8 ^. H6 i+ ?' v% B3 P# a/ } 6. A. condition B. location C. situation D. scene
2 _1 t% R) ?) E 7. A. setting B. dating C. originating D. starting
: Q/ d$ j j2 N) y7 T5 k+ B) W+ w5 n 8. A. little B. strong C. few D. strict ! u" C2 ], c" i
9. A. dependent B. isolating C. confident D. independent
9 r% e- b b6 D; m/ W 10. A. order B. promise C. approval D. license
7 u# ?$ t2 h) D3 F* ^ 11. A. freed B. free C. promised D. liberal : T% y- }1 R5 B, x8 I0 G9 T* H6 S
12. A. rush B. circumstance C. situation D. discovery & j$ ^. H6 d) ?! h2 A- w. _
13. A. machinery B. machine C. mechanism D. engine
/ ~; D9 T; ~6 m( ^4 ^8 S' ? 14. A. from B. out C. of D. off 1 X" B; U4 {4 x; A7 D0 J* V7 E Y
15. A. buy B. do C. have D. make
% B! M9 U- D; q4 N* w$ P$ P( o 16. A. at B. for C. with D. in 6 J9 f6 G; c1 X* a; K5 e
17. A. control B. limit C. promote D. run
% j% D( o9 }6 g, V- V: N% u 18. A. finally B. lately C. forever D. eventually : C# y' u" K7 j$ o
19. A. melted B. formed C. combined D. made
: V6 f! H+ Y g1 G s 20. A. someone B. anyone C. anybody D. nobody |
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