Part III Cloze Directions: There are twenty blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and then marks your answer on the Answer Sheet. In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher was reported 61 in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix motor race from Paris to Dakar. This sad news, so 62 , shook the usually calm and unperturbed seasoned politician 63 her balance. Though she did her best to pretend as if 64 had happened and made her public appearances as usual, people could not 65 to notice that she was no longer the old 66 prime minister who always had everything 67 control. 68 she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her shock. One day, when she was to speak at a luncheon party, a reporter caught her 69 her guard by 70 up the subject of her missing son again. She was totally mentally 71 for the question and lost her self control. Tears were rolling down her eyes as she sobbingly told the reporter that there 72 still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries 73 had promised to do their best to help her find her son. 74 that she broke down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she 75 down and started to speak as 76. it was a very moving scene which 77 a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s character the public do not usually see, 78 people began to talk about the Iron Woman’s maternal love, a sentiment that is 79 to all human kind. Later Mark returned 80 and sound to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual, as if nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, however, broke down again as was sobbing for the second time. 61. A. missing B. missed C. wanting D. wanted 62. A. expected B. expecting C. unexpected D. unexpecting 63. A. with B. on C. out D. off 64. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 65. A. miss B. fail C. pretend D. expect 66. A. reassured B. self-assured C. assuring D. self-assuring 67. A. for B. beneath C. below D. under 68. A. Instead B. however C. Therefore D. So 69. A. into B. out of C. on D. off 70. A. putting B. bringing C. taking D. giving 71. A. ready B. prepared C. unprepared D. unexpected 72. A. was B. were C. should be D. would be 73. A. concerning B. concerned C. worrying D. worried 74. A. At B. Before C. After D. With 75. A. sat B. broke C. calmed D. became 76. A. planned B. planning C. plans D. a plan 77. A. explained B. exposed C. excluded D. exclaimed 78. A. however B. instead C. so D. but 79. A. universal B. unique C. single D. strange 80. A. safe B. safely C. sight D. hearing-查字典考试网