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第二節(jié) 語法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）
閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填人一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標(biāo)號為31～40的相應(yīng)位置上。
In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted    31   saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.
In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students    32   (work) for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject.
Generally,    33  , modern examinations are written. The written examination,    34   all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known    35   the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into    36   (exist) with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination,    37    (time) exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers,    38   (appear) like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.
One type of test is sometimes called as “objective” test. It is    39   (intend) to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up    40   objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.

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31. of           32. working          33. however / nevertheless       34. where       35. until  
36. existence     37. timed      38. appears                  39. intended    40. an

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