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

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  • Their superstitions, ceremonies and customs are diligently kept alive by an extraordinarily large number of medicine men who ______ a powerful influence among them.
    fetch
    hang
    wield
    process
  • 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.
    connection
    condition
    consequence
    sequel
  • The Navajo believe in a hereafter ______ of a life of happiness with the people of the lower worlds.
    incorporating
    containing
    blending
    consisting
  • Rather than trying to become bigger fish, we should concentrate our energies on ______ around us smaller companions.
    distributing
    gathering
    heaping
    loading
  • Navajos have little of the sullen, reticent disposition ______ to Indians generally, and are cheerful, friendly, hospitable and industrious.
    attributed
    donated
    blamed
    contributed
  • A solution to ________ desires and expectations perhaps lies in the recognition that wealth does not involve having many things,
    revolving
    coiling
    curving
    spiralling
  • Though missionaries have lived among the Navajo since the early 1600s, few Navajo have been _______ to Christianity.
    confessed
    modified
    exchanged
    converted
  • They are _______ believers in their faith system.
    obstinate
    firm
    flimsy
    drastic
  • 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.
    charge
    price
    fee
    fund
  • If we have smaller companions next to us, our own size will not ________ us.
    fret
    trouble
    console
    brood
  • 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
    vary
    dispute
    distance
  • No matter what the media _______ at us, we must remain realistic in our goals and expectations.
    delivers
    throws
    sends
    exploits
  • Their local chiefs are men of temporary and ill-defined authority, whose power ______ largely upon their personal influence.
    trusts
    determines
    reckons
    depends
  • The Navajo women weave the renown Navajo blankets, _______ for their durability, beauty and variety of design.
    conspicuous
    famous
    obscure
    notorious
  • 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
    augment
    impoverish
    redeem
  • We must not allow ourselves to be _______ into a life of materialism.
    investigated
    liberated
    quarantined
    brainwashed
  • There are two ways to make people richer: to give them more money or to _______ their desires.
    refer
    recline
    restrain
    reassure
  • The elaborate system of pagan worship, expressed in chants, sacrifices, sand painting, and dances, make the Navajo ______ very religious.
    arise
    assume
    apply
    appear
  • The arid character of the Navajo Indian´s country forces them to _______ a nomadic life.
    serve
    hold
    escort
    lead
  • Every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be _______ as rich, however little we may actually own.
    counted
    accounted
    thought
    added