Part Three Cloze

Directions:

There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A,

B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line

through the center.

There once was a master who came to India, perhaps from Persia. When he got there, he saw a lot of

31 . In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive. So he saw a big basket of some

very red, long fruit, the cheapest in the shop. He bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started 32

it. But after he ate some of it, his eyes and mouth 33 and burned, and his face became red. He

coughed and choked, jumping up and down.

But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were 34 him said, "Those are hot peppers!

People use them as a flavor, but only a little bit to put into food for 35. You can't just eat them 36

that; they're not fruit!" But the stupid master said, "No, I can't stop! I 37 money for them, and now I'll

eat them. It's my money!"

And you think that master was stupid, right? 38, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We invest

money, time or effort in a relationship, business or job. Even though bitter experience tells us it won't work,

we still continue just 39 we've invested money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate

the peppers and 40 so much but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid.

31. A. baskets B. peppers C. fruit D. people

32. A. consuming B. selling C. biting D. eating

33. A. watered B. water C. watering D. waters

34. A. dealing with B. looking at C. laughing at D. playing with

35. A. smell B. taste C. nutrition D. health

36. A. like B. as C. for D. with

37. A. spent B. made C. earned D. paid

38. A. Traditionally B. Hopefully C. Similarly D. Unexpectedly

39. A. when B. if C. because D. since

40. A. suffered B. enjoyed C. invested D. complained