問題詳情
II. Cloze (35%) [A]The power of the press is so profound that it can bring major changes to ordinary people’s lives. A casein point is the Fischer quintuplets. Before the quintuplets were born, the poor family had already beenunder great financial stress with 5 children 11 to be fed. After the parents knew it was another 4 girlsand 1 boy who were on the way, they were flabbergasted. 12 , things took a turn for the 13 .Sponsors and fans alike showered them with so many gifts that they didn’t have to worry about money. Yet, fame is 14 . While the Fischers enjoyed the privileges of being celebrities, they had a 15price to pay—they were deprived of their privacy! 16 home from the hospital after the quintuplets’birth, there were 60 reporters standing at their door! 17 throngs of paparazzi showed up uninvitedand stalked them around. Journalists fought over the rights to publish scoops and exclusive photos, somuch so that the family 18 attorneys to act as spokespeople. If you think that’s all there is to the story, you’re mistaken! The townspeople got carried away andthings started to get out of hand. The construction of a new highway as well as a museum was 19discussion. 20 , the name of the town was even changed to “Quint-city”. All this sounds very ironic forno one remembers them nowadays. With the first sextuplets and septuplets 21 , the story of the firstquintuplets quickly became a thing of the past.
【題組】11.
(A) needed
(B) who need
(C) who were needed
(D) needing
參考答案
答案：D
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(1),C(1),D(0),E(0)