Model Test 2
Some things belong to the unexplained mysteries of Life. They
are often inconvenient, frequently useless, 1 boring, yet we are called 2 to admire them just because they are there. Among these mysteries I have always 3 Grand Opera. On the rare occasions 4 I have been obliged to attend such performances, 5 has always seemed strange to me that an otherwise 6 person who, for example, wants an urgent message 7 , should find it necessary to make his 8 in song at the top of his 9 . In fact it often takes five minutes or so 10 a message of this sort is properly understood by the person who is to 11 it. A simple statement such as, Please tell the Countess I 12 for her by the fountain at midnight, would not take five seconds to say.
Even more strange is the behavior of persons taken prisoner in Grand Opera. A supposedly dangerous spy, or 13 like, will keep his guards calmly waiting, even joining in 14 chorus, while he indulges in an aria which 15 has little or nothing to do with the plot. It doesnt stop there. 16 in goal, prisoners,
particularly those who have been wrongly imprisoned, are given to singing arias in voices of 17 power that it is a wonder the other prisoners do not complain, and even more surprising that the guards do not arrive to see what all the noise is about.
Most peculiar of all, however, is the conduct of heroines, 18 dying or about to commit suicide. Stabbed through the heart, preparing to d rink poison or leap from castle walls, these ladies can still announce in song t heir departure from this world 19 effortlessly to top notes, even on occasion providing an encore for 20 audiences .
1.〔A〕even〔B〕still〔C〕much〔D〕nevertheless
2.〔A〕off〔B〕over〔C〕upon〔D〕for
3.〔A〕seen〔B〕classed〔C〕visited〔D〕waited
4.〔A〕that〔B〕which〔C〕before〔D〕when
5.〔A〕this〔B〕these〔C〕it〔D〕that
6.〔A〕sensible〔B〕sensational〔C〕senseless〔D〕sensual
7.〔A〕delivering〔B〕to deliver〔C〕be deliver ed 〔D〕delivered
8.〔A〕demand〔B〕requisite〔C〕request〔D〕requirement
9.〔A〕notes〔B〕tone〔C〕pitch〔D〕voice
10.〔A〕after〔B〕before〔C〕until〔D〕because
