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2 7. Nobody from the President down should imagine they are ______ the law. A. beyond B. over C. within D. above 8. At first the children enjoyed the game but quite soon the novelty ______. A. went off B. died out C. died down D. wore off 9. When attacked by his opponents, the general ______ with a strong justification for his policy. A. hit back B. struck up C. leapt up D. pushed forward 10. The free tickets for the band's concert were ______ within seconds by the enthusiasts flocking at the hall door. A. run up B. broken up C. drawn up D. snapped up C. VOCABULARY. Choose the best options to complete the following sentences. 1. I found the information for the project in the encyclopedia but I couldn't give ______ and verse on it. A. chapter B. unit C. poem D. extract 2. During the riots, hundreds of people broke into the city's main department store ______ and it. There was almost nothing left after the night had finished. A. mugged B. looted C. conned D. stole 3. When his manager went on a business trip, Smith stepped into the ______ and chaired the meeting. A. hole B. pool C. breach D. crack 4. The country has few natural resources and its economy has been ______ for some time now. A. diseased B. unwell C. sickening D. ailing 5. Every time the government meets their demands, the union leaders shift the ______. A. goalposts B. lamp-posts C. bus stops D. roadblocks 6. They worked from dawn to dusk with such ______ that they were exhausted. A. boredom B. zeal C. crack D. debility 7. The Prime Minister will decide whether to release the prisoner or not; that’s his ______. A. prerogative B. contortion C. derogatory D. abdication 8. The sheep were huddled into a ______ to protect them from overnight frosts. A. pen B. hutch C. kennel D. barn 9. That human rights are ______ is unacceptable in a civilized society. A. infringed B. impeached C. abrogated D. quashed 10. I overslept this morning and caught the last bus to school by ______. A. the hair of my head B. the skin of my teeth C. the nail of my fingerD. the skin of my heels 11. Since he is too old to be a porter, they have decided to put him out to, A. the door B. grounds C. grass D. the kerb 12. Andrew Johnson was the first president of the US ever to be. primarily because of his violent temper and unyielding stubbornness. A. impeached B. overthrown C. overpowered D. dethroned 13. If she wins the prize again this year, it'll be a real ______ in her cap. A. nutshell B. gemstone C. feather D. landmark 14. Maggie is so moody and unpredictable. She's apt to fly off the ______ without any real cause. A. handle B. strap C. catch D. belt 15. Despite a string of ______ performances he retained his place in the side. A. promising B. reasonable C. satisfactory D. moderate 16. The earthquake ______ 6.5 on the Richter scale. A. weighed B. measured C. achieved D. counted 17. It was ______ clear to me what they meant by their cold manner.

4 from (3) ______ Native Americans with their construction. Instead, American settlers developed several theories that claimed a superior but (4) ______ "mound-builder" civilization made the earthworks. Moreover, particular details of different mound-builder theories reflected the specific prejudices of the people who supported them. For example, devout Christian groups like the Mormons argued that a (5) ______ Israeli society was responsible, and while Americans argued that only the Vikings could have built such mounds because they believed that their European (6) ______ was far superior to Native Americans. The (7) ______ of these myths showed how for centuries Americans selectively examined evidence and distorted science in order to support their own agendas (8) ______ the natives. Prior to the 20th century, many Americans accepted the mound-builder theories as despite the dubious evidence that supported them. For instance, most believers argued that the presence of metal artifacts beneath the mounds showed that the natives couldn't have them because they had no knowledge of metallurgy. Some tribes did in fact possess such skills, and the presence of defensive walls around tribal lands indicates that Native Americans could indeed construct structures such as earth mounds. Nonetheless, most Americans (9) ______ such evidence and instead considered other potential candidates for the mound builders. Popular choices were ancient Chinese, Greek, or African civilizations, none of which were in prehistoric America. Other people argued that mystical (10) ______ such as God or people from mythical Atlantis, built the mounds. 1. A. scattered B. extended C. stretched D. covered 2. A. philosophical B. infinite C. ritualistic D. opportunistic 3. A. commemorating B. accrediting C. recognizing D. endowing 4. A. bygone B. disrupted C. exhausted D. extinct 5. A. secretive B. divine C. celestial D. sacred 6. A. forefather B. ancestors C. foregoer D. ancestry 7. A. persistence B. perseverance C. insistence D. determination 8. A. for B. towards C. against D. from 9. A. missed B. refuted C. dispatched D. disposed 10. A. rites B. vigors C. powers D. motivations E. READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGE A MUSICAL TALENT Among all the abilities with which an individual may be endowed, musical talent appears earliest in life. Very young children can exhibit musical precocity for different reasons. Some develop exceptional skill as a result of a well-designed instructional regime, such as the Suzuki method for the violin. Some have a good fortune to be born into musical family in a household filled with music. In a number of interesting cases, musical talent is part of an otherwise disabling condition such as autism or mental retardation. A musically gifted child has an inborn talent, however, the extent to which the talent is expressed publicly will depend upon the environment in which the child lives. Musically gifted children master at an early age the principal elements of music, including pitch and rhythm. Pitch — or melody — is more central in certain cultures, for example, in Eastern societies that make use of tiny quarter tone interval. Rhythm, sounds produced at certain auditory frequencies and grouped according to a prescribed system, is emphasized in sub-Saharan Africa, where the rhythmic ratios can be very complex. All children have some aptitude for making music. During infancy, normal children sing as well as babble, and they can produce individual sounds and sound pattern. Infants as young as two months can match their mother's songs in pitch, loudness, and melodic shape, and infants at four months can match rhythmic structure as well. Infants are especially predisposed to acquire these core aspects of music, and they can also engage in sound play that clearly exhibits creativity. Individual differences begin to merge in young children as they learn to sing. Some children can match segments of a song by the age of two or three. Many others can only approximate pitch at this age and may still have difficulty in producing accurate melodies by the age of five or six. However, by the time they reach school age, most children in any culture have a schema of what a song should be like and can produce a reasonably accurate imitation of the songs commonly heard in their environment.