Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Though it is a mere one third of the population, the upper class makes up at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two parts: upper-upper and lower-upper. 62 , the upper-upper class is the “old rich” — families that have been wealthy for several generations — a nobility of 63 and wealth. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, and the Vanderbilts. Most are not 64 to the general public. They have no 65 to the rest of the community, 66 their income from the investment of their inherited wealth. By 67 , the lower-upper class is the “new rich”. 68 they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich have been 69 to make their money like 70 else beneath their class. 71 their status is generally 72 than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who 73 to look down upon the new rich. However its wealth is 74 , the upper class is very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to __75 an interest in the arts and to 76 rare books and paintings. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind, all of which keeps them so 77 from the masses that they have been called the out-of- sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be 78 of being members of a class. They also 79 an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they _ 80 many top government positions. Their actions 81 the lives of millions.
62. A) Consequently B) Accordingly C) Regularly D) Basically 63. A) beginning B) birth C) infancy D) foundation 64. A) visible B) noticeable C) obvious D) apparent 65. A) contact B) association C) communication D) relation 66. A) pulling B) abstracting C) drawing D) making 67. A) comparison B) contrast C) contrary D) difference 68. A) Although B) Because C) Therefore D) However 69. A) greedy B) indifferent C) sympathetic D) depressed 70. A) nobody B) everybody C) somebody D) anybody 71. A) Then B) But C) Thus D) Whereas 72. A) superior B) inferior C) higher D) lower 73. A) want B) select C) hate D) tend 74. A) retained B) benefited C) acquired D) rewarded 75. A) reproduce B) yield C) cultivate D) rear 76. A) collect B) gather C) assemble D) accumulate 77. A) distant B) far C) separate D) remote 78. A) doubtful B) conscious C) sensitive D) sensible 79. A) demand B) control C) direct D) command 80. A) seize B) abuse C) hold D) sustain 81. A) attract B) affect C) effect D) incline
动词，这里表达老富豪的一种倾向，所以选择动词tend。
的距离比较远。所以选择A中的distant，表示“和某人有距离”。
响力，command原意为“命令，指挥”，此处意为“获得”。
