Directions: There are 10 blanks in the passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Ask most people for their list of Top Ten fears, and you’ll be sure to find being burgled fairly high on the list. An informal survey I carried out among friends at a party last week (41)________that eight of them had their homes broken into more than twice, and two had been burgled five times.To put the record (42)________, none of my friends owns valuable paintings or a sideboard full of family silverware. Three of them are students, in fact. The most (43)________burglary, it seems, involves the theft of easily transportable items—the television, the video, even food from the freezer. This may have something to do with the fact that the average burglar is(44)________his (or her) late teens, and probably wouldn’t know what to do with a Picasso, (45)________selling a Walkman or a vacuum cleaner is a much easier matter. They are perhaps not so much (46)________criminals as hard-up young people who need a few pounds and some excitement. (47)________that this makes having your house turned upside down and your favourite things stolen any easier to accept. In most cases, the police have no luck (48)________any of the stolen goods. Unless there is any (49)________evidence, they are probably unable to do anything at all. And alarms or special locks don’t seem to help either. The only advice my friends could (50)________up with was “Never live on the ground floor” and “Keep two or three very fierce dogs”.
41. A. released B. revealed C. reclaimed D. redeemed
42. A. straight B. clear C. apparent D. correct
43. A. typical B. abnormal C. hazardous D. vicious
44. A. near B. in C. beyond D. out of
45. A. whereas B. whenever C. however D. once
46. A. serious B. professional C. efficient D. perfect
47. A. Given B. Even C. Not D. Despite
48. A. seizing B. withdrawing C. seeking D. recovering
49. A. distinguishable B. obscure C. outstanding D. definite
50. A. come B. catch C. keep D. put
Keys:
41. B 42. A 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. D 49. D 50. A
