Wilson L. Taylor is credited with being the inventor of the cloze technique. He is also responsible for _____21_____ the word “cloze,” which is rather obviously a spelling corruption of the word “close” as in “close the door.” It has been a stumbling stone to many a typesetter and has often been _____22_____ by overzealous and unknowing editors who find _____23_____ difficult to believe that anyone would really intend to spell a word C-L-O-Z-E. The term is a mnemonic or perhaps a humorless pun intended to call to _____24_____ the process of closure celebrated by Gestalt psychology. In the cloze technique,blanks are placed in prose where words in the text have been _____25_____ . Filling the blanks by guessing the missing words is, according to Taylor’s notions, a special kind of closure — hence the term cloze. 【題組】25. (A) deleted (B) looked for (C) demanded (D) looked up
▲閱讀下文，回答第 36−40 題 A pandemic refers to a disease that is existing in almost all parts of the world. It is a
widespread outbreak of an infectious disease 36 place across international boundaries and
affecting lots of people. It can also happen in agricultural animals and plants such as cattle and
bananas. There 37 some major pandemics recorded in human history, 38 , cholera,
smallpox, tuberculosis, and influenza. One of the most serious pandemics was the Black Death
which killed nearly half the people of western Europe in the 14th century. 39 fight against
pandemics, the World Health Organization (WHO) has come up with a flow chart that shows
how a new virus moves from the first few infections in human beings to a pandemic. This
begins with the virus infecting animals. Then the virus moves to the 40 where it spreads
among people. Finally, the pandemic ends when infections have spread internationally and are
effectively controlled afterwards.
【題組】39. (A) Compared to (B) In order to (C) Owing to (D) With regard to
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