All we know about the origin of language is that men，unlike animals， _____ invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings，actions and things，so that they could communicate with each other.

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• 1I come from a country where for virtually two centuries the people of color have，as a deliberate policy，been _____ the freedom of association，assemble，thought，inquiry and selfexpression.

  A.deprived

  B.denied

  C.rejected

  D.refused

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• 2The period of adolescence may be long or short，depending on social _____ and on society's definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood.

  A.anticipation

  B.perspective

  C.proposition

  D.expectation

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• 3Newspapers must not only provide for the reader the facts，pure， _____ objectively selected facts but also supply interpretation，the meaning of the facts.

  A.unrevised

  B.balanced

  C.unprejudiced

  D.valid

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• 4Convinced of the importance of education，modern states“invest” in institutions of learning to get back“interest”in the form of a large group of _____ young men who are potential leaders.

  A.enlightened

  B.cultivated

  C.qualified

  D.nourished

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• 5Whatever the reason，once you find yourself in a bookstore，the desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is _____ ，although you may end up with a rather dull book.

  A.indispensible

  B.inevitable

  C.irresistible

  D.unavoidable

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• 6Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and _____ .

  A.sensations

  B.passions

  C.emotions

  D.moods

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• 7The real poet is a master of words.He can _____ his meaning in words which sing like music，and which by their position and association can move men to tears.

  A.transform

  B.transmit

  C.manifest

  D.convey

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• 8The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with _____ physical survival and beyond that，its own economic prosperity.

  A.sheer

  B.thoroughly

  C.utterly

  D.simply

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• 9If no importance is attached to collecting information，we cannot survive in such a(n) _____ competitive society，because it is the basis on which we make our decisions.

  A.powerfully

  B.forcefully

  C.intensely

  D.intensively

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• 10Crosscountry bicycle racing， _____ early in the 20th century in France，was current in the 1920s and became prominent in the 1950s.

  A.generated

  B.originated

  C.sponsored

  D.proclaimed

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