¡¡¡¡Part IV Cloze ( 15 minutes) ª¤

¡¡¡¡Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B) C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE with a single line through the centre.

¡¡¡¡In the United States, the first day nursery, was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the 61 half of the 19th century; most

¡¡¡¡of 62 were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S., the dayª²nursery movemen

¡¡¡¡t received great 63 during the First World War, when 64 of manpower caused the

¡¡¡¡industrial employment of ª«unprecedentedª«(Ç°ËùδÓÐ) numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established 65 in ª«munitionsª«(¾ü»ð) plants, under direct government sponsorship. 66 the number of nurseries in the U.S. also rose 67 ,

¡¡¡¡this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years

¡¡¡¡following the First World War, 68 , federal,State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control 69 the day nurseries, chiefly by 70 them and by. The 71 of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were 72 called up on to replace men in the factories. On this 73 the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, 74 $ 6,000,000 in July, 1942,for a nurseryª²school program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities 75 this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared 76 in daycare centers receiving Federal 77 . Soon afterward, the Federal government 78 cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later 79 them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their 80 at the end of

¡¡¡¡the war was only partly fulfilled.ª¤

¡¡¡¡61. A) latter C) other B) late D) first ª¤

¡¡¡¡62. A) those B) them C) whose D) imitation ª¤

¡¡¡¡63. A) impetus B) input C) imitation D) initiative

¡¡¡¡64. A) sources B) abundance C) shortage D) reduction

¡¡¡¡65. A) hardly B) entirely C) only D) even ª¤

¡¡¡¡66. A) Because B) As C) Since D) Although ª¤

¡¡¡¡67. A) unanimously B) sharply C) predominantly D) militantly ª¤

¡¡¡¡68. A) therefore B) consequently C) however D) moreover

¡¡¡¡69. A) over B) in C) at D) about ª¤

¡¡¡¡70. A) formulating B) labeling C) patenting D) licensing

¡¡¡¡71. A) outset B) outbreak C) breakthrough D) breakdown

¡¡¡¡72. A) again B) thus C) repeatedly D) yet ª¤

¡¡¡¡73. A) circumstance B) occasion C) case D) situation

¡¡¡¡74. A) regulating B) summoning C) allocating D) transferring ª¤

¡¡¡¡75. A) expanded B) facilitated C) supplemented D) compensated ª¤

¡¡¡¡76. A) by B) after C) of D) for ª¤

¡¡¡¡77. A) pensions B) subsidies C) revenues D) budgets

¡¡¡¡78. A) prevalently B) furiously C) statistically D) drastically ª¤

¡¡¡¡79. A) abolished B) diminished C) jeopardized D)precluded

¡¡¡¡80. A) nurseries B) homes C) jobs D) chidren

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