Part IV Cloze Test (10 points)

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passag . For each numbered blank , there are 4 choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

Mass immigration has benefited the economy greatly over the past ten years, a report claims today.

It has helped avoid  (76) of labor and skilled workers and the economy has been able to stay on a “stable growth path”, (77) the Work Foundation.

Interest and inflation rates have also been kept  (78) as a result of people coming to work in Britain--- and this has not led to lower wages for workers or  (79) unemployment levels. “The government has had hard time over immigration, not because it has lost control of the issue,   (80) because it has failed to tell a convincing story  (81) steady high-quality information,” the report claims.

“The official statistics are so irregular that the government finds  (82) difficult to defend otherwise good policies.” The Work Foundation is calling for work restrictions (83) Romanians and Bulgarians to be relaxed. The countries joined the European Union last year but their citizens do not have full (84) to move to Britain.

The findings contrast with a recent House of Lords report, (85) said there was no evidence to suggest immigration generated significant economic benefits for the country.

76. A. neglect B. shortage C. ignorance D. lacking

77. A. seeing to B. owing to C. according to D. referring to

78. A. lesser B. less C. fewer D. lower

79. A. affected B. effected C. infected D. selected

80. A. and B. or C. either D. but

81. A. linked to B. based on C. interested in D. taken in

82. A. them B. it C. that D. this

83. A. to B. for C. on D. at

84. A. powers B. forces C. rights D. strengths

85. A. which B. it C. this D. that