PART III CLOZE [15 MIN ] Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks . Mark the best choice for each blank on ANSWER SHEET TWO . The Victorians had become addicted to speed and they wanted to go ever faster . Time was money and efficiency became (31)____ important . Although divisions of labour had been (32)____ by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin factory in The Wealth of Nations in 1776, (33)____ could now become fully realised . This specialization of labour was in (34)____ contrast to the rural means of production , in (35)____ the family was the means of production , consumption and socialization . (36)____ greater speed came a greater need for industries and businesses to make more and make it quicker . Steam made this (37)____ and changed working life forever (38)____ were the days when work was (39)____ by natural forces : steam engines were servant (40)____ neither season nor sunshine . Factories had foremen and life became correspondingly more (41)____. The clocking-on machine was (42)____ in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would be introduced only (43)____ twenty years later . (44)____ it was not all bad news . Agricultural incomes depended on variable harvests and weather . Factories provided (45)____ and predictable income , but long hours . Working life was becoming increasingly regulated , and the working (46)____ was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency . The old (47)____ St . Monday - when no work was done - was (48)____, work stopped around midday on Saturday and did not resume (49)____ Monday morning . A new division between “ work ” and “ leisure ” emerged , and this new block of weekend leisure time coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and football , and the (50)____ of music hall entertainment for the new working classes . 31. A . increasingly B . surprisingly C . slowly D . obviously 32. A . contributed B . informed C . spread D . conceived 33. A . he B . it C . these D . those 34. A . clear B . marked C . apparent D . firm 35. A . that B . what C . where D . which 36. A . Upon B . Over C . With D . For 37. A . possible B . practical C . worthwhile D . useful 38. A . Passed B . Lost C . Gone D . Missed 39. A . defined B . controlled C . limited D . dictated 40. A . over B . on C . by D . to 41. A . standard B . controlled C . difficult D . dreadful 42. A . designed B . created C . invented D . bought 43. A . some B . certain C . these D . those 44. A . For B . But C . Consequently D . Accordingly 45. A . safe B . good C . continuous D . secure 46. A . week B . period C . pattern D . practice 47. A . culture B . behaviour C . custom D . habit 48. A . repair B . compensate C . mend D . moderate 49. A . before B . until C . on D . after 50. A . raise B . increase C . trend D . present