Part Ⅰ 1. Loneliness is most acutely for with others, even with a lover sometimes, we suffer from our differences of taste, temperament and mood. Human intercourse often demands that we soften the edge of perception. That is to say, it asks that we withdraw at the very instant of personal truth for fear of being inappropriately present in a social situation. Alone we can afford to be wholly whatever we are, and to feel whatever we feel absolutely. (a) perceived alone (b) felt with other people (c) treasured greedily (d) endured stoically 2. For the uninitiated, the "white hat" nomenclature confused many when they first heard of it. White hat is a fairly common term for people who hack legitimately - security staff, researchers and so on. By contrast, black hats . Basically, white hats are the good guys; black hats are the bad guys. I fact these terms come from the early Hollywood made Westerns. Because the movies were filmed in black and white, the chase scenes tended to get a bit confusing, until someone decided to give the good guys white hats and the bad guys black hats. (a) invade systems for big business (b) have no interest in security and research (c) do research with white hat approval (d) hack maliciously 3. Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language, and a classical language of India. Today, it is the official language of the country of India. Contrary to many beliefs, as its writing and reading aspects are currently still taught I in schools and in household across the country. According to recent reports, it is being revived as a vernacular in the village of Mathoor, Karnataka. Sanskrit is mostly used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals. (a) it has become an extinct language (b) it has forms of hynms and mantras (c) it is the most archaic language ever (d) it is not a dead language 4. Dear Creditor,I wish to which you have handled your business relationship with me. I have been a model customer for the past five years. Yet you have begun to treat me like a deadbeat just because I've been late in paying my bill the last two months. I've recently lost my job, but I'll be starting a new one next month. Nevertheless, you have embarrassed me greatly by calling my wife about my account and revealing my state of unemployment to her. As someone who has always done his best to honor the terms of our contract, I feel you should have been much more understanding and should also not have sent bill collectors to my home. Sincerely, Ethan Benedict (a) critically evaluate (b) promote the methods with (c) protest the way (d) rebel against the practice of 5. When archaeologists study ancient societies and peoples, they are reluctant to look for signs of warfare and conflict. Take for instance 5,000 year old Otzi, the Ice Man discovered in the alps in 1991. In the beginning, anthropologists said that he must have been a shepherd and had fallen asleep frozen to death in a snowstorm. . He carried a copper battle axe good for chopping people, not trees. The knife he had been carrying was stained with the blood from four different individuals. (a) The archaeologists biases were proven to be true (b) Warfare was almost totally unknown by Otzi's people (c) In fact, Otzi really was just a peaceful farmer (d) The truth is much more graphic 6. The astronomers who claim to have discovered the 10th planet named Xena in the solar system have another intriguing announcement: It has a moon. The moon's discovery is important because it can help scientists determine the new planet's mass. By determining the moon's distance and orbit around Xena, scientists can calculate how heavy Xena is. For example , the faster a moon goes around a planet, the more massive the planet is. Scientists believe Xena's moon was formed when Kuiper Belt objects collided with one another. The Earth's moon formed in a similar way when Earth the size of Mars. (a) incinerated a target (b) vandalized a proto-planet (c) crashed into an object (d) desecrated another planet 7. I was laid off a while ago and have been hard at work trying to find a job. I've answered tons of want ads, networked my tail off, and have approached every company in the area in my industry. I've learned on thing from job-hunting; that . Would it kill them to have a form letter to send out confirming that they've received my application? Even a short phone call or a brief e-mail saying that they've hired someone else for the position? Come on, you corporate snobs. Folks take the time to apply for your positions; the least you can do is let them know where they stand. (a) firms at these times are uninformed, practicing ignorant manners (b) business nowadays are slippery, constantly litigious (c) companies these days are cruel, seeming nearly omnipotent (d) corporations today are rude, bordering on obnoxious 8. The history of contemporary music competitions dates back to the contest between composers and pianists, organized on the initiative of a famous Russian composer, pianist and conductor Anton Rubinstein in 1890. Rubinstein managed to meet the demands of the time and correctly realized the importance of such events, on which lay the foundations of young musicians' careers. Thus, under Rubinstein's stimulus, the P.I. Tchaikovshy international contest, established by the Soviet government in 1958, became one of the most outstanding events on the music arena and the . (a) discoverer of young talents (b) decimator of gifted musician's careers (c) authenticator of musical incapacity (d) suppress