Racial Prejudice
6 S: \+ _2 J0 TIn some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has been taken for granted as a means of solving differences; and this is not even questioned. There are countries ___1___ the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by __2__ fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be __3__ men, get up and calmly argue __4__ violence- --as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you __5__ despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress __6__. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the __7__ history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never __8__ a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed and the suffering __9__ nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder __10_ hit us.
0 W; t% }. n7 N. U5 F" zThe truly reasonable men who know where the solutions __11__ are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own __12__ because they advocate such apparently outrageous things __13__ law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were __14__, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment __15__ all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution.5 w/ W- z$ {6 p4 Y4 P
EXERCISE:2 R# A5 _' [" F
1. A) where B) that C) which D) who
( ]4 H# g: H( Z) S% Z0 \ q. t2. A) giving B) catching C) setting D) letting
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4. A) for the sake of B) for fear of C) in case of D) in favor of
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; X7 E$ F$ \9 O+ Z$ l$ ]* T4 `: u z6. A) at all B) after all C) at last D) in the end
# ?' v e/ t9 J2 K% `; U7 }; Q- i7. A) record B) recording C) recorded D) records
9 d8 Q, f+ `4 ^' T7 X! C8. A) keeps B) deals C) answers D) solves* a+ A; M0 D9 X
9. A) meant B) mean C) is meaning D) are meaning! _2 B; Z$ m1 R
10. A) what B) that C) / D) which ]0 n" z2 I6 a0 Q
11. A) lay B) lays C) lie D) lies2 N \9 I6 P4 v. j. O+ s
12. A) kind B) way C) right D) rule( J; F1 ~# @; {6 Y, K
13. A) like B) so C) that D) as" w7 H( T5 P- C4 @5 N/ z( b
14. A) put to use good B0 put to good use C0 put good to use D) good put to use' i: D' ?. j. r
15. A) by B) at C) for D) with. J8 x, I w4 U, Q, X
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