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C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 2)

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  • The _____ we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is the permanent feeling that we are far from being all we might be.
    price
    fee
    charge
    fund
  • The arid character of the Navajo Indian´s country forces them to _______ a nomadic life.
    escort
    serve
    lead
    hold
  • The elaborate system of pagan worship, expressed in chants, sacrifices, sand painting, and dances, make the Navajo ______ very religious.
    assume
    appear
    apply
    arise
  • The Navajo women weave the renown Navajo blankets, _______ for their durability, beauty and variety of design.
    conspicuous
    famous
    notorious
    obscure
  • Rather than trying to become bigger fish, we should concentrate our energies on ______ around us smaller companions.
    heaping
    gathering
    distributing
    loading
  • They are _______ believers in their faith system.
    flimsy
    firm
    drastic
    obstinate
  • A solution to ________ desires and expectations perhaps lies in the recognition that wealth does not involve having many things,
    spiralling
    curving
    revolving
    coiling
  • The net effect of these societies may be to _______ us because they keep open a permanent gap between what we want and what we can afford.
    enrich
    impoverish
    redeem
    augment
  • Their superstitions, ceremonies and customs are diligently kept alive by an extraordinarily large number of medicine men who ______ a powerful influence among them.
    process
    fetch
    hang
    wield
  • There are two ways to make people richer: to give them more money or to _______ their desires.
    reassure
    restrain
    refer
    recline
  • Every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be _______ as rich, however little we may actually own.
    accounted
    added
    thought
    counted
  • The Navajo believe in a hereafter ______ of a life of happiness with the people of the lower worlds.
    containing
    incorporating
    blending
    consisting
  • Though missionaries have lived among the Navajo since the early 1600s, few Navajo have been _______ to Christianity.
    confessed
    converted
    modified
    exchanged
  • Navajos have little of the sullen, reticent disposition ______ to Indians generally, and are cheerful, friendly, hospitable and industrious.
    blamed
    donated
    contributed
    attributed
  • Pueblo lndians were eventually adopted into the tribe, are responsible for a number of clans. As a ______ there is nothing like a pronounced or a prevailing Navajo type.
    sequel
    consequence
    connection
    condition
  • The most effective way to feel wealthy may not be to try to make more money. It can be to ______ ourselves - practically and emotionally
    single
    distance
    dispute
    vary
  • If we have smaller companions next to us, our own size will not ________ us.
    console
    fret
    brood
    trouble
  • Their local chiefs are men of temporary and ill-defined authority, whose power ______ largely upon their personal influence.
    trusts
    reckons
    determines
    depends
  • We must not allow ourselves to be _______ into a life of materialism.
    liberated
    investigated
    brainwashed
    quarantined
  • No matter what the media _______ at us, we must remain realistic in our goals and expectations.
    exploits
    throws
    delivers
    sends