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

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