2007年六级英语考试模拟试题

　　Part IV Cloze （15 minutes）

　　Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked〔A〕,〔B〕,〔C〕and〔D〕. Choose the best one an d mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the bracket s. （10 points）

　　Traditional marriage in Britain is currently in a disturbance. Not only is the divorce rate rising, 71 the rate at which people marry is falling. Living together is more popular than 72 before. The shape of the family is now no longer one man, one woman and their children. Instead, there are 73numbers of families which include step-parents, half sisters and brothers, or merely one lonely parent coping 74 her own.
　　Compared with other countries, Britain is still conservative in its marriage pat terns. In America, the divorce rate is 75 more shocking. Two ou t of five marriages 76 divorce. In Sweden living together is now more popular than marriage among couples in their early twenties and a similar 77 seems to be emerging in Denmark.
　　Although this is happening on a smaller 78 in Britain, it has not yet become such a marked trend. But 79 we do follow the American and Scandinavian patterns, the 80 will see many more couples living together before marriage-and even more divorce.
　　Interestingly enough, it is women 81men who get a divorce in the courts. Seven out of ten divorces are 82 to the wife. Divorce, of course, only reflects the 83 winding up of a marriage which may have 84 broken up long before. The partner who asks for divorce may not be the partner who 85 the marriage. Women usually have more to gain from the courts in the way of money, rights 86 the home, and child maintenance . 87 there is also a certain unequal proportion in one of the g rounds that the sexes choose for divorce. The grounds 88 unreasonable or cruel behavior are overwhelming, chosen by ten 89 more women t h an men. Does this mean that women will 90 less than they used to?

　　71.

　　〔A〕and
　　〔B〕but
　　〔C〕however
　　〔D〕yet

　　72.

　　〔A〕ever
　　〔B〕never
　　〔C〕much
　　〔D〕none

　　73.　　

　　〔A〕decreasing
　　〔B〕growing
　　〔C〕diminishing
　　〔D〕enlarging

　　74.

　　〔A〕with
　　〔B〕on
　　〔C〕through
　　〔D〕by

　　75.

　　〔A〕still
　　〔B〕even
　　〔C〕rather
　　〔D〕ever

　　76.

　　〔A〕end in
　　〔B〕break in
　　〔C〕separate in
　　〔D〕slip in

　　77.

　　〔A〕figure
　　〔B〕form
　　〔C〕model
　　〔D〕patter

　　78.

　　〔A〕range
　　〔B〕size
　　〔C〕scale
　　〔D〕number

　　79.

　　〔A〕unless
　　〔B〕if
　　〔C〕when
　　〔D〕while

　　80.

　　〔A〕result
　　〔B〕consequence
　　〔C〕future
　　〔D〕family

　　81.

　　〔A〕other than
　　〔B〕rather than
　　〔C〕apart from
　　〔D〕except for

　　82.

　　〔A〕granted
　　〔B〕judged
　　〔C〕sentenced
　　〔D〕given

　　83.

　　〔A〕lawful
　　〔B〕legal
　　〔C〕justifiable
　　〔D〕sociable

　　84.

　　〔A〕efficiently
　　〔B〕factually
　　〔C〕effectively
　　〔D〕indefinitely

　　85.

　　〔A〕broke up
　　〔B〕cause up
　　〔C〕call up
　　〔D〕burst up

　　86.

　　〔A〕to
　　〔B〕for
　　〔C〕with
　　〔D〕on

　　87.

　　〔A〕While
　　〔B〕Therefore
　　〔C〕So
　　〔D〕But

　　88.

　　〔A〕on
　　〔B〕that
　　〔C〕of
　　〔D〕which

　　89.

　　〔A〕ratios
　　〔B〕times
　　〔C〕rates
　　〔D〕volumes

　　90.

　　〔A〕put up with
　　〔B〕stand up with
　　〔C〕come up with
　　〔D〕take up with