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

　　11.〔A〕deliver〔B〕read〔C〕write〔D〕hear

　　12.〔A〕will be waiting〔B〕wait〔C〕am waiti ng〔D〕am to
wait

　　13.〔A〕a〔B〕the〔C〕some〔D〕any

　　14.〔A〕at〔B〕with〔C〕for〔D〕as

　　15.〔A〕regularly〔B〕seldom〔C〕frequently〔D〕infrequently

　　16.〔A〕Because〔B〕Once〔C〕Though〔D〕Before

　　17.〔A〕great〔B〕much〔C〕mighty〔D〕such

　　18.〔A〕whether〔B〕either〔C〕both〔D〕neither

　　19.〔A〕raising〔B〕arising〔C〕rising〔D〕increasing

　　20.〔A〕appreciative〔B〕appreciated〔C〕appreciable
〔D〕appreciating

　　Key to Model Test 2

　　1.〔A〕2.〔C〕3.〔B〕3.〔D〕5.〔C〕6.〔A〕7.〔D〕8.〔C〕
9.〔D〕10.〔B〕

　　11.〔A〕12.〔A〕13.〔B〕14.〔D〕15.〔C〕16.〔B〕17.〔D〕
18.〔B〕19.〔C〕20.〔A〕