2. Wagner’s listeners, although stunned and deafened, would agree with him in order to flatter him.
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5.The author of the passage wants to tell us that _____. ()
Americans like sports and sports reveal much about the changing ethnic structure of the U.S.
B. in Washington, several games are played in one day.
C. Americans like all kinds of games.
D. the American games are watched by native-Americans and played by people from different countries.
9.We may infer from the passage that ____. ()
A. People in Arizona are easily exposed to strong sunlight
B. walking is most suitable for those 65 years and older
C. water is better than any other drinks for walkers
D. jogging and dancing don’t have any positive effect on the psyche.
Part II. Blank filling. Directions: Complete the following sentences (taken from the texts) by using the clues given. The initial letter of the words has been provided. Please write your complete words on the following lines. --- The decline of manners has been widely lamented. Manners, it seems to me, are about giving people space, not stepping on toes, ______ g_____ people their private ______ d______.--- How can something, that is on the one hand responsible for global ______ u______ by enabling the free exchange of ideas, ______ a______ the participants?--- Yamahata, a ______ p______ serving in the Japanese army, was ______ d_____ to the destroyed city.--- That ______ a______, even more than ______ w_______, contains the heart of the matter.--- Now, they can come into existence only if, through an act of faith and ______ c______ will, we ______ e______their right to exist.--- There had been something almost ______ a_______ about these visions of attachment--- as if producers ______ c_____ their plots from some pop anthropology book on male ______ b_______ .--- If all of this ______ r______ with me, it may be because my family moved to Paris in 1954, when I was three, and I was ______ e______ in French schools for most of my grade-school years.
Part IV. Cloze Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A. agree withB. meaningfulC. shareD. experienceE. demandF. undertakeG. normsH. stuffI. meanJ. regularlyK. naturallyL. illustrateM. noticeN. agree onO. constantly Whether we want it or not we are all greedy by nature. From the moment we are born and to the last day of our life we ______ have an unsatisfied hunger to possess more than we have. Greed is a way for us to take care of our needs and to make sure that we have enough in life. If you do not ______ me then look at my child. Children and especially babies do not have any social______ that they have to follow. All of their desires are engraved in them from birth. No matter whether it is a toy or extra 5 minutes of hugging with Mommy or Daddy, children do not want to share it with anybody. As parents we teach them that it is good to ______ and to be generous, however, generosity does not come ______ . It is a fact that generous people are happier in life, they feel that their life is more ______ and they appreciate it more. We often associate generosity with money and wealth; however this is just the tip of the iceberg. Being generous does not only______ leaving a big tip at a restaurant or buying the most expensive gifts for Christmas. Generosity is all about giving and you can give your time, attention, love, help, and a smile as much as you can give money and ______ .Cultivating the spirit of generosity can be an eye-opening ______ for you because you will see in how many areas of your life you weren’t generous enough. If you open your heart to the world around you and start giving more to it then you will ______ how much more you will receive in return.