Model Test 4
Literature is one of the great creative and universal means
of communicating the emotional, spiritual, or intellectual 1 of
mankind. Like fine music and art, fine literature is 2 by
imagination, meaningfulness of expression, and good form and
technique. The 3 literary forms are prose and verse, and within
these basic classifications there 4 innumerable varieties in 5
to style and form as well as purposes novels, plays, short
stories, essay s, biographies, lyric poetry, narrative poetry,
and epics. Literature may 6 and inform, entertain, express
personal joy or 7 , reflect religious devotion, glorify a nation
or hero, or 8 a particular point of view - whether it 9
political, social, or aesthetic.
Most literature in modern times is written and printed, 10
there is also a long history of oral literature. Oral literature
may be 11 back to earliest times - to ancient Greece and to
medieval Europe, 12 traveling poets entertained audiences by
reciting their works. 13 , some of the great literary
masterpieces, such as Homers Iliad and Odyssey, probably were
14 orally. The oral tradition is still alive today in folk
literature, 15 stories and poems are 16 by word of mouth from
generation to generation.
Some literature such as lyric poetry, is almost a private
experience - 17 to be read and savored by an individual. 18
forms of literature, such as the drama, are designed to be seen
and heard in a 19 setting. However, all great literature,
whether a private or a shared experience, by expressing basic
truths that are 20 to all of mankind, evokes a deeply responsive
chord.
1.〔A〕feelings〔B〕concerns〔C〕values〔D〕morals
2.〔A〕classified〔B〕appreciated〔C〕characterized〔D〕evaluated
3.〔A〕finest〔B〕easiest〔C〕simplest〔D〕broadest
4.〔A〕contain〔B〕exist〔C〕remain〔D〕include
5.〔A〕regard〔B〕view〔C〕contrast〔D〕addition
6.〔A〕instruct〔B〕comment〔C〕lecture〔D〕suggest
7.〔A〕hatred〔B〕excitement〔C〕pain〔D〕happiness
8.〔A〕explain〔B〕illustrate〔C〕describe〔D〕advocate
9.〔A〕were〔B〕is being〔C〕be〔D〕h as been
10.〔A〕or〔B〕for〔C〕and〔D〕but
11.〔A〕traced〔B〕dated〔C〕identified〔D〕retrieved
12.〔A〕because〔B〕when〔C〕while〔D〕w here
13.〔A〕In case〔B〕In fact〔C〕In particular〔D〕In general
14.〔A〕expressed〔B〕recorded〔C〕performed〔D〕composed
15.〔A〕in which〔B〕of which〔C〕to which〔D〕for which
16.〔A〕handed back〔B〕handed out〔C〕handed down〔D〕handed off
17.〔A〕considered〔B〕thought〔C〕meant〔D〕known
18.〔A〕Some〔B〕Other〔C〕Few〔D〕Many
19.〔A〕communal〔B〕national〔C〕collective〔D〕natural
20.〔A〕peculiar〔B〕equal〔C〕valuable〔D〕common
Key to Model Test 4
1.〔B〕2.〔C〕3.〔D〕3.〔B〕5.〔A〕6.〔A〕7.〔C〕8.
〔D〕9.〔C〕10.〔D〕
11.〔A〕12.〔B〕13.〔B〕14.〔D〕15.〔A〕16.〔C〕17.〔C〕
18.〔B〕19.〔A〕20.〔D〕