【正文】 foothigh balconies at each end of the gym. The basic 85)______ of the game was to throw the ball into the basket. Naismith worth rules for the game, 86)______ of which, though with some small changes, are still 87)______ effect.Basketball was an immediate success. The students 88)______ it to their friends and the new sport quickly 89)______ on. Today, basketball is one of the most popular games 90)______ the world.76.A. to have eB. ingC. eD. to e77.A. betweens pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper39。 economic choices 39)______ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 40)______. Newspapers are sold at a price that 41)______ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 42)______ of ine for most newspapers is mercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspaper39。 but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his needle in a wax like 25)______ and dropped it on the floor in the passage. 26)______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was 27)______ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of 28)______ was nailed down. The 29)______ was dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was 30)______, it was opened and the chains were found inside.16. A. GenerallyB. HoweverC. Possibly D. Likewise17. A. to produce　　　　　　　　　　B. who producesC. produce　　　　　　　　　　　 D. how to produce18. A. Out of the question 　　　　　B. ThoughC. Probably 　　　　　　　　　　 D. Undoubted19. A. escaping 　　　　B. locking　　　　C. opening　　　　　D. dropping20. A. Surprisingly 　　B. Obviously 　　C. Perhaps D. Although21. A. if 　　　　　　　 B. whether　　　 C. as to　　　　　　D. that22. A. involved 　　　　 B. closed 　　　 C. connected　　　　D. bound23. A. at 　　　　　　　 B. by 　　　　　　C. in 　　　　　　　D. for24. A. rid 　　　　　　　B. charged　　　　C. accused　　　　 D. deprived25. A. candle 　　　　　B. mud 　　　　　 C. something 　　　D. substance26. A. As 　　　　　　　B. Usually　　　　C. Maybe D. Then27. A. overall　　　　　B. all but　　　　C. no longer　　　　D. altogether28. A. it 　　　　　　　B. which 　　　　 C. that 　　　　　　D. him29. A. chest 　　　　　 B. body 　　　　　C. lid 　　　　　　 D. chain30. A. brought up 　　　B. sunk 　　　　 C. broken apart 　　 D. snappedPassage 3　Who won the World cup 1998 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 31)______ an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets giving the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to gather the news. Newspapers have one basic 32)______, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 33)______ it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 34)______ inventions brought petition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of munication. 35)______, this petition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly make use of the newer and faster means of munication to improve the 36)______ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 37)______ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers 38)______ of the latest news, today39。 at the 700 level, the ratio was 14 to 1. The conclusion: males have 10)______ superior mathematical reasoning ability.Benbow and Stanley39。 官方總站：TEM4 Exercise3Cloze TestDirections: There are 6 passages in this part of the exercise. Each passage has 15 blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Passage 1It is well known that teenage boys tend to do better 1)______ math than girls, that male high school students are more likely than their female counterparts 2)______ advanced math courses like calculus, that virtually all the great mathematicians 3)______ men. Are women born with 4)______ mathematical ability? Or does society39。s sexism slow their progress? In 1980, two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried 5)______ the eternal nature/nurture debate. Julian Stanley and Camilla Benbow 6)______ 10,000 talented seventh and eighth graders between 1972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic Aptitude Test, in which math questions are meant to measure ability rather than knowledge, they discovered 7)______ sex differences. 8)______ the verbal abilities of the males and females 9)______ differed, twice as many boys as girls scored over 500 (on a scale of 200 to 800) on mathematical ability。s findings, 11)______ were published in Sc