Part IV Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter in the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people 61 a desire to predict their future 62 . People seem inclined to 63 this task using causal reasoning. First, we generally 64 that future circumstances are 65 caused or conditioned by present 66 . We learn that getting an education will 67 how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy 68 with a shark.
Second, people also learn that such 69 of cause and effect are probabilistic（概率）in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are 70 , but not always. 71 , students learn that studying hard 72 good grades in most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more explicit and 73 techniques for dealing 74 then more rigorously than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to 75 between prediction and understanding. Often, even if we don’t understand why, we are willing to act 76 the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.
Whatever the primitive drives 77 motivate human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to predict future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in a 78 of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns 79 , you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry aims 80 answering both “what” and “why” question, and we pursue these goals by observing and figuring out.
61. A) exhibit B) exaggerate C) examine D) exceed
62. A) contexts B) circumstances C) inspections D) intuitions
63. A) underestimate B) undermine C) undertake D) undergo
64. A) recall B) recede C) reckon D) recognize
65. A) somehow B) somebody C) someone D) something
66. A) one B) ones C) one’s D) oneself
67. A) enact B) affect C) reflect D) inflect
68. A) meeting B) occurrence C) encounter D) contact
69. A) patterns B) designs C) arrangements D) pictures
70. A) disappointed B) absent C) inadequate D) absolute
71. A) Thus B) So that C) However D) Though
72. A) creates B)produces C) loses D) protects
73. A) prevents B) proceeds C) provides D) predicts
74. A) for B) at C) in D) with
75. A) distinguish B) distinct C) distort D) distract
76. A) at B) on C) to D) under
77. A) why B) how C) that D) where
78. A) content B) contact C) contest D) context
79. A) happen B) occur C) occupy D) incur
80. A) at B) on C) to D) beyond
