II. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each)
下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案。
Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men and animals possess, if they are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play with it 11 their hands were burnt away. 12 , if pain existed but fear did not, a child would burn itself again and again, because fear would not 13 it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before. Fear and pain are therefore two guards, 14 which men and animals might soon die out. In the first sentence we suggest that fear ought to be properly used. If, 15 , you never go out of your house 16 of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too 17 . Even in your house you are not absolutely 18 : an airplane may crash on your house or you may get cancer! The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but 19 to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; 20 you have to decide what action to take.
11. A. because B. if C. though D. until
12. A. Generally B. Probably C. Similarly D. Consequently
13. A. warn B. request C. manage D. protect
14. A. with B. without C. for D. against
15. A. after all B. by chance C. for example D. in fact
16. A. regardless B. because C. in terms D. in front
17. A. little B. more C. many D. much
18. A. firm B. calm C. safe D. strong
19. A. instead B. better C. similarly D. further
20. A. then B. otherwise C. likewise D. even
