I. Use of English (Cloze)
The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed.___1___until recently, people who were left-handed were considered___2___, and once children showed this tendency they were forced to use their right hands. Today left-handedness is generally___3___, but it is still a disadvantage in a world___4___most people are right-handed. For example, most tools and implements are still___5___for right-handed people.
In sports,___6___contrast, doing things with the left hand or foot, is often an advantage. Throwing, kicking, punching or batting from the “___7___” side may result in throwing___8___many opponents who are more accustomed to dealing with the___ 9___of players who are right-handed. This is why, in many___10___at a professional level, a___11___proportion of players are left-handed than in the population as a whole.
The word “right” in many languages means “correct” or is___12___with lawfulness, whereas the words associated___ 13___“l(fā)eft”, such as “sinister”, generally have___14___associations. Moreover, among a number of primitive peoples, there is a close___15___between death and the left hand.
In the past, in___16___Western societies, children were often forced to use their right hands, especially to write with. In some cases the left hand was___17___behind the child’s back so that it could not be used. If, in the future, they are allowed to choose,___18___will certainly be more left-handers, and probably___19___people with minor psychological disturbances as a result of being forced to use their___20___hand.
1. A. Down B. Never C. Up D. Not
2. A. unique B. special C. normal D. abnormal
3. A. accepted B. admitted C. approved D. acknowledged
4. A. when B. that C. where D. which
5. A. ordered B. designed C. planned D. supposed
6. A. by B. for C. at D. in
7. A. proper B. indirect C. correct D. wrong
8. A. away B. down C. off D. up
9. A. minority B. majority C. plenty D. lack
10. A. games B. hobbies C. activities D. rounds
11. A. more B. higher C. better D. smaller
12. A. related B. mixed C. connected D. combined
13. A. by B. with C. to D. at
14. A. negative B. positive C. similar D. equal
15. A. division B. examination C. combination D. association
16. A. all B. mostly C. any D. most
17. A. tied B. attached C. brought D. removed
18. A. those B. these C. there D. they
19. A. no B. more C. greater D. fewer
20. A. left B. right C. either D. correct
