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