Part II Cloze (1*20=20%)

　　There are four choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the correct answer to each question.

　　There was a time when, if a lady got into a crowded bus or train, a gentleman would immediately stand up and __16____ her seat. But now, things are different. Today a gentleman will probably look out of the window ___17___if he feels a bit shy, hide behind his newspaer. Either way, the lady will have to stand ___18____ someone else gets off.

　　You can't entirely blame men for this change in manners, ___19___. Gone are the days when women could be referred to as weakers without causing___20___. A whole generation of women has grown up demanding ___21___with men, not just equality in jobs or education, ___22___in social life. Hold a door open for some women and you are ___23___to get an angry lecture on treating women as ___24___ unable o open doors for themselves. Take a girl out for a meal and she'll probably ___25___ on paying her share of the bill. On second thoughts, that is perhaps not a bad idea.

　　16. A. provide B. offer C. hand D. reserve

　　17. A. so B. therefore C. otherwise D. or

　　18. A. if B. when C. until D. while

　　19. A. though B. either C. indeed D. too

　　20. A. trouble B. offence C. damage D. problem

　　21. A. working B. contact C. correspondence D. equality

　　22. A. neither B. and C. but D. besides

　　23. A. able B. sorry C. likely D. disappointed

　　24. A. patients B. inferiors C. housewives D. cripples

　　25. A. keep B. concentrate C. depend D. insist

　　If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it 26 . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch 27 perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to 28 it up. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to 29 by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: "The regulator (校准器) is to be pushed up 30 your watch is four minutes 31 ."

　　I tried to stop him, tried to 32 him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.

　　My beautiful watch began to gain time. It 33 faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it 34 all the clocks and watches of the town far 35 .

　　26.A.for reality B.for truth C.for certain D.for certainty

　　27.A.kept B.told C.observed D.struck

　　28.A.turn B.wind C.pick D.put

　　29.A.be turned B.be taken C.be put D.be set

　　30.A.as B.as if C.when D.if

　　31.A.fast B.slowly C.faster D.slow

　　32.A.get B.persuade C.make D.explain

　　33.A.gained B.lost C.went D.won

　　34.A.had remained B.had left C.had stayed D.had fallen

　　35. A. before B. behind C. ahead D. after