EnglishPlacementTest2020.7
PartICloze(每小题2分，共40分)
Directions:EachBlankinthefollowingpassageisprovidedwithfourpossiblechoices.Readthe
wholepassageandchoosethebestanswerforeachblank.ThenmarkyourchoicesontheAnswer
Sheet.
WhenIcomeacrossagoodarticleinreadingnewspapers,Ioftenwanttocutandkeepit.Butjust
asIamabouttodosoIfindthearticleonthe1sideisasmuchinteresting.Itmaybeadiscussion
ofthewayto2ingoodhealth,or3abouthowtobehaveandconductoneselfinsociety.IfIcut
thefrontarticle,theoppositeoneislikelyto4damage,leavingouthalfofitorkeepingthetext
5thetitle.Therefore,thescissorswould6beforetheystart,7halfwaydonewhenIfindoutthe
8result.
Sometimestwothingsaretobedoneatthesametime,bothworthyour9.Youcanonlytakeup
oneofthem,theotherhastowaitorbe10up.Butyouknowthefutureisunpredictable（不可
预料的）—thechangedsituationmaynotallowyoutodowhatisleft11.Thusyouare12ina
difficultpositionandfeelsad.How13thatnicechancesandbrilliantideasshouldgatheraround
allatonce?Itmayhappenthatyourlife14greatlyonyourpreferenceofonechoicetotheother.
Infactthatiswhat15islike:weareoften16withthetwooppositesidesofathingwhichare
bothdesirablelikeanewspapercutting.Itoftenoccursthatyourattentionisdrawntoonething
only17wegetintoanother.The18maybemoreimportantthanthelatterandgiverisetodivided
mind.I19rememberaphilosopher’sremarks:“Whenonedoorshuts,anotheropensinlife.”Soa
casual（不经意）20maynotbeabadone.
1.A.frontB.sameC.eitherD.opposite
2.A.getB.keepC.lead