泽熙美文Cloze Test
It is not long since conditions in the mines were worse than they are now. There are still 1 a few very old women who in their youth have worked 2 , with harness round their waists, and a chain 3 passed between their legs, crawling on all 4 and dragging tugs of coal. They used to go on 5 this even when they were pregnant.
And 6 now, if coal could not be produced without pregnant women dragging it 7 and fro, I fancy we should let them do it 8 than deprive ourselves of coal. But most of the time, of course, we should 9 to forget that they were doing it. It is the 10 with all types of manual work; it keeps us alive, and we are oblivious of its existence. More than anything 11 perhaps, the miner can stand as the type of manual worker, not only because it is so vitally necessary and 12 so 13 , that we are capable 14 forgetting it as we forget the blood in our veins. In 15 way it is even humiliating to watch coal-miners working. It raises in you a momentary doubt 16 your own status as an “intellectual” and a superior person generally. For it is brought 17 to you, at least while you are watching, that it is only 18 miners sweat their guts out 19 superior persons can 20 superior.
1.
A.alive
B.living
C.walking
D.breathing
正确答案：B
[解析] A．alive活着的；活动的。B．living居住。C．walking走，步行。D．breathing气息，呼吸。答案是B。
2.
A.underground
B.above
C.below
D.late
正确答案：A
[解析] underground地(面)下的。煤矿是在地下工作。答案为A。
3.
A.it
B.this
C.who
D.that
正确答案：D
[解析] 本处要求选填定语从句的引导词。选项中只有D项符合题意，从句修饰先行词chain。
4.
A.limbs
B.fours
C.legs
D.bodies
正确答案：B
[解析] on all fours匍匐着，爬着。答案是B。
5.
A.making
B.working
C.do
D.doing
正确答案：D
[解析] go on doing sth．继续做某事，答案是D。
6.
A.just
B.even
C.right
D.well
正确答案：B
[解析] A．just now刚才。B．even Flow即使在现在。C．right now刚才。答案是B。
7.
A.from
B.for
C.to
D.at
正确答案：C
[解析] to and fro来回地，往复地。答案是C。
8.
A.rather
B.more
C.would
D.less
正确答案：A
[解析] rather than宁可。more than超过，多于。less than少于。答案是A。
9.
A.ask
B.prefer
C.make
D.willing
正确答案：B
[解析] prefer to更喜欢，宁愿。be willing to愿意，心甘情愿的。答案是B。
10.
A.same
B.what
C.so
D.that
正确答案：A
[解析] the same with与……一样。答案是A。
11.
A.more
B.beside
C.too
D.else
正确答案：D
[解析] anything else除此之外，别的。答案是B。
12.
A.but
B.yet
C.however
D.also
正确答案：B
[解析] and yet然而；however然而，可是。答案是B。
13.
A.efficient
B.silent
C.black
D.required
正确答案：B
[解析] A．efficient高效的，有效的。B．silent沉默的，无言的。C．black黑色的，阴郁的。D．required必修的(大学课程)。答案是B。
14.
A.to
B.for
C.of
D.at
正确答案：C
[解析] be capable of能够，有能力做某事。答案是C。
15.
A.the
B.its
C.a
D.that
正确答案：C
[解析] in a way：从某种程度上说，从某一点看。答案是C。
16.
A.about
