2014考研英语复习：模拟试题之完型专项练习(十)
Section I Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark a, b, c or d on answer sheet 1.( 10 points )
Everybody dances. If you have 1 swerved to avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk, you have danced. If you have every kneeled to pray, you have danced. For these actions have figured importantly 2 the history of dance. Dance goes 3 to the beginning of civilization- 4the tribe where natives danced to get 5 they wanted. Primitive dance was 6 all practical, not the social dancing we know today. Natives approached dance with 7 seriousness as a way to help the tribe in the crucial process 8 survival. Dance was believed to be the 9 direct way to repel locusts, to 10 rain to fall, to insure that a male heir would be born, and 11 guarantee victory in a forthcoming battle.
Primitive 12 was generally done by many people moving in the same manner and direction. 13all dances had leaders, solo dances 14 rare. Much use was made of 15 part of the body. And so16 were these tribe dances that, if a native 17 miss a single step, he would be put to death18 the spot. Fortunately, the same rigid 19 that governed the lives of these people do not apply in the 20 relaxed settings of today's disco.
1. a. ever b. never c. before d. after
2. a. about b. for c. in d. around
3. a. forward b. back c. up d. down
4. a. at b. for c. of d. to
5. a. when b. why c. which d. what
6. a. about b. above c. under d. over
7. a. little b. great c. less d. least
8. a. to b. over c. of d. at
9. a. most b. first c. least d. last
10. a. cause b. happen c. try d. make
11. a. for b. of c. to d. at
12. a. food b. dance c. spells d. harvest
13. a. since b. despite c. thus d. although
14. a. are b. was c. were d. is
15. a. only b. every c. some d. all
16. a. comic b. boring c. solemn d. tiring
17. a. would b. should c. might d. could
18. a.in b.at c.on d.around
19. a. sticks b. messages c. reviews d. rules
20. a. less b. more c. least d. most
