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C) the potential benefit of multivitamins can never be overestimated
D) it’s reasonable to take a rational dose of multivitamins daily
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage
26. The word "portend" (Line 2, Para. 1) is closest in meaning to " ".
A) defy B) signal C) suffer from D) result from
27. It is said in the passage that when the economy slides, .
A) men would choose working women as their marriage partners
B) more women would get married to seek financial security
C) even working women would worry about their marriages
D) more people would prefer to remain single for the time being
28. If women find fulfillment through work outside the home, .
A) they are more likely to dominate their marriage partners
B) their husbands are expected to do more housework
C) their marriage ties be can strengthened
D) they tend to put their career before marriage
29. One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that .
A) they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom
B) they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands
C) they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations
D) they tend to suspect their husbands' loyalty to their marriage
30. Which of the following statements can best summarize the author's view in the passage?
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B) Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage.
C) In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and remain independent.
D) The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case.
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
31. The traditional view of "human nature" was strongly challenged by .
A) the emergence of the evolutionary theory
B) the historical approach to man
C) new insight into human behavior
D) the philosophical analysis of slavery
32. According to the passage, anthropologists believe that human beings _ .
A) have some traits in common B) are born with diverse cultures
C) are born without a fixed nature D) change their charac
ters as they grow up
33. The author mentioned Aristotle, a great ancient thinker, in order to .
A) emphasize that he contributed a lot to defining the concept of "human nature”
B) show that the concept of "human nature" was used to justify social evils
C) prove that he had a profound influence on the concept of "human nature"
D) support the idea that some human traits are acquired
34. The word "untenable" (Line 3) in the last paragraph of the passage most probably means .
A) invaluable B) imaginable C) changeable D) indefensible
35. Most philosophers believed that human nature
