he is ___4___ 22 years old.

Many people think that Clark is the most promising fencer in this country today. Although

he is young, he was been able to ___5___ the necessary skills. Already he has won a number of

fencing contests ___6___ older fencers. And he is almost certain to become a member of the US

Olympic fencing team.

“There is no ___7___ danger in fencing today,” Clark says, “But I will never ___8___ that

fencing was not always a sport. In the old days, people fenced to ___9___ a quarrel. Each match

was a matter of life and death. If that came true in the matches I ___10___ today, every touch

against me would mean that I had been wounded or killed. So I try to play as if I were fencing

for my life.”

（ ）1、A、And

（ ）2、A、clear

（ ）3、A、ways

（ ）4、A、nearly

（ ）5、A、lift

（ ）6、A、against

（ ）7、A、large

（ ）8、A、agree

（ ）9、A、make

（ ）10、A、play

Passage 3

In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Families with five or more children

were ___1___. Over the years the size of the family has ___2___. One reason for this is an

increase in the cost of living. ___3___ average, children attend schools for more years than they

used to. ___4___, children nowadays, are better dressed and have more money to ___5___ on

entertainment. Parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses.

At the same time, families are less close than they ___6___. The divorce rate is now on the

rise. The break-up of the family occurs ___7___ the parents divorce. A lot of children in the

United States live part of their young lives with only one parent. Broken families ___8___ result

in problems. Children grow up ___9___ uneasy as they move back and forth between parents.

Single parents often ___10___ other single parents. In this type of families, children often have

difficulties in establishing new relationships with their stepbrothers or stepsisters.

（ ）1、A、common B、regular C、unusual D、extraordinary

（ ）2、A、increased

（ ）3、A、On

（ ）4、A、However

（ ）5、A、take

（ ）6、A、use to be B、decreased B、In B、Accordingly B、spend C、dropped C、To C、Therefore C、cost B、used to be D、risen D、At D、Moreover D、waste B、But B、wrong B、titles B、not B、rise B、for B、real B、forget B、pick B、go C、Then C、true C、fields C、only C、study C、over C、such C、think C、start C、work D、So D、clever D、methods D、already D、master D、with D、little D、remember D、settle D、stay

C、are used to be

（ ）7、A、when B、as

（ ）8、A、rarely

（ ）9、A、feel

（ ）10、A、prefer B、seldom B、to feel B、dislike D、were used to be C、where D、since C、usually C、feeling C、attract D、always D、felt D、marry