Exercise I

　　1. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.

　　From the beginning, water has furnished man with a source of food and a highway to travel upon. The first civilisations arose____________ (1) water was a dominant element in the environment, a challenge__________(2) man's ingenuity. The Egyptians invented the 365___________ (3) calendar in response___________ (4) the Nile's annual flooding. The Babylonians, who were among ___________ (5) most famous law-makers___________ (6) antiquity, devised edicts regulating water usage. Water inspired the Chinese___________ (7) build a 1,000 mile canal, a complex system___________ (8), after nearly 2,500 years, ___________ (9) still partly in use and still commands the awe of engineers. But the ancients never found complete solutions ____________ (10) their water problems. The Hwang Ho, or Yellow River, is also known___________ (11) "China's Sorrow"; it is so erratic and dangerous___________ (12) in a single flood it has caused a million deaths. Floods harassed the great civilisation of the Indus River valley, and inadequate drainage ruined much__________ (13) its land. Today____________ (14) dominates man as it always has___________ (15). Its presence continues to govern the location of his homes and cities; its tempestuous variability can kill ___________ (16) or his herds or his crops; its routes link him to____________ (17) fellows; its immense value may add___________ (18) already dangerous political conflicts. There are many examples__________ (19) this in our___________ (20) time.

　　Exercise II

　　1. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.

　　Between 1820__________ (1) 1860, _________ (2) United States underwent three significant changes: wares ___________ (3) immigrants flooded the port cities; the non-Anglo San population greatly _________ (4); and cities grew__________ (5) a rapid ___________ (6). Proud defenders of the Old Republic felt that_________ (7) changes, taken___________ (8) a whole, constituted a threat to American society. The massive immigration was larger and more rapid_________ (9) any________ (10) the past. No legal restrictions inhibited the stream___________ (11) those seeking a new life___________ (12) the Atlantic. About 5,000,000 immigrants__________ (13) to America between 1820 and 1860, half of __________ (14) arriving after 1850. A small nation _____________ (15) 10,000,000 in 1820 was transformed__________ (16) a giant of 31,000,000___________ (17) 1860.

　　Many of the newcomers brought__________ (18) them a war of__________ (19)which__________(20) radically from that of America.

　　Exercise III

　　1. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.

　　Note: advocate and barrister are both words for a lawyer engaged to defend someone in court.

　　Every person charged___________ (1) a criminal offence is entitled to__________ his version of the case put before the court.___________ (3) is no part of an advocate’s duty to prejudge the case: that is within__________ (4) exclusive province of the jury,___________ (5) the judge, ___________ (6) the case may be, after hearing___________ (7) sides.__________ (8), a barrister has__________(9) right to refuse a murder case, for instance, _____________(10) the ground that he believes that__________(11) accused is guilty, and conversely, he must not allow__________ (12) to be _________(13) carried away by his personal belief in his client that he _________ (14) a partisan____________ (15) of an advocate. In his personal__________ (16), an advocate should be detached from the case; in his capacity__________ (17) an advocate, it is his duty to present the evidence and the arguments____________ (18) favor of his client to the ____________(19) of his ability, ___________ (20) he believes in them or not.

　　参考答案：

　　Exercise I:

　　1. where 2. to 3. day 4. to 5. the 6. of/in 7. to 8. which/that 9. is/remains 10. to 11. as 12. that 13. of 14. it/water 15. done 16. him/man 17. his 18. to 19. of 20.own

　　Exercise II:

　　1. and 2. the 3. of 4. increased 5. at 6. rate/aped/pace 7. those/such/the 8. as 9. than 10. in 11. of 12. across/beyond 13. went/came/traveled 14. them/these 15. of 16. into 17. by 18. with 19. life/living 20.differed

　　Exercise III:

　　1. with 2. have/hear/get 3. It 4. the 5. and 6. whatever 7. both 8. Thus

　　9. no 10. on 11. the 12. himself 13. so 14. is/becomes

　　15. instead 16.capacity 17. as 18. in 19. best 20.whether