2016年12月大学英语四级/cet4阅读练习二十八

　　Part Ⅴ Cloze

　　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 that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　There are more than forty universities in Britain-nearly twice as many as in 1960s. During the 1960s eight (67) new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created by (68) old colleges of technologies into universities. In the same period the (69) of students more than doubled, from 70,000 to more than 200,000. By 1973 about 10% of men (70) from eighteen to twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are (71) institutions. Each has its own governing councils, (72) some local businessmen and local politicians as (73) as a few academics. The state began to give (74) to them fifty years ago, and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its (75) from state grants. Students have to pay fees and living costs, (76) every student may receive from the local authority of the place where he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full (77) , including lodging and food unless his parents are (78) Most students (79) jobs in the summer for about six weeks, but they do not (80) do outside work during the (81) year. The Department of Education takes (82) for the payment which covers the whole (83) of the universities, but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence (84) new developments through its power to (85) funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly (86) of academics.

　　67. [A] essentially [B] completely [C] remarkably [D] comparatively

　　68. [A] altering [B] transferring [C] converting [D] varying

　　69. [A] amount [B] quantity [C] population [D] number

　　70. [A] counted [B] aged [C] seemed [D] lived

　　71. [A] public [B] individual [C] private [D] personal

　　72. [A] including [B] consisting [C] making [D] taking

　　73. [A] good [B] long [C] little [D] well

　　74. [A] grants [B] pensions [C] revenues [D] degrees

　　75. [A] payments [B] charges [C] profits [D] funds

　　76. [A] and [B] but [C] or [D] so

　　77. [A] costs [B] prices [C] fees [D] fares

　　78. [A] poor [B] generous [C] kind-hearted [D] rich

　　79. [A] earn [B] take [C] derive [D] offer

　　80. [A] obviously [B] surprisingly [C] normally [D] particularly

　　81. [A] professional [B] intellectual [C] rational [D] academic

　　82. [A] responsibility [B] advice [C] duty [D] pleasure

　　83. [A] damages [B] waste [C] expenses [D] salaries

　　84. [A] over [B] to [C] on [D] for

　　85. [A] collect [B] contribute [C] distribute [D] gather

　　86. [A] consisted [B] composed [C] made [D] taken

　　参考答案：

　　67. B 68. C 69. D 70. B 71. C

　　72. A 73. D 74. A 75. D 76. B

　　77. A 78. D79. B 80. C 81. D

　　82. A 83. C 84. C 85. C 86. B