The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a
list of words or expressions marked A to Y. One word or expression for each
blank only. The fact is significant. To
what is it 1 In part, I suppose, to a
general increase in 2 . The rich have
always 3 their personal appearance. The
4 of wealth—such as it is—now allows
those of the 5 who are less 6 than their fathers to do the same.
The 7 of aging and eventual
death must ultimately be accepted as the natural 8
of the life cycle, the old 9 their prescribed life spans and 10 way for the young. Much that is 11 in old age in fact derives from the reality of aging and the 12 of death. News of Harlem
rioting 13 the multi-national student
14 there. The typical European
15 was unlike anything I had seen
before. They had no homes or businesses to worry about protecting. They want to
know why Negroes did not riot more often 16 the only Negro in the summer 17 I
felt embarrassed for a time I was embarrassed because I did not have any
18 . The investigation
was not 19 so that veterans could
20 out their hearts or 21 their; it was 22
to prove that the policy of the U.S. in Indochina is tantamount
23 genocide, and that not only the
soldiers are responsible 24 what is
happening, 25 that everyone here in
America is responsible. A. answers
B. As C.
badly off D. community E.
completing F. cultivated G.
diffusion H. done
I. due J. for
K. imminence L.
jolted M. making N.
poor O. process
P. progression Q. prosperity
R. purge S. unique
T. response U. session
V. spill W. staged
X. to Y. but