45 According to this passage, which of the following statements about word origin is true?
(A)The word “chauvinism” originated from a French soldier’s blind attachment to his sex.
(B)Captain Boycott was the one who led the protest of the Irish tenant farmers. 
(C)From the origin of words, we can see that new words are coined constantly.
(D)Many French words originated from English names.

41 According to this passage, what might be the main reason for communication problems in relationships between men and women? (A)Negative connotations. (B)Misinterpretation. (C)Concealment of true feelings. (D)Wrong expressions.

42 According to this passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)Men tend to give supportive responses because they don’t want arguments with women. (B)Women often don’t feel heard because men have hearing problems. (C)Women tend to take poetic license to express their feelings. (D)Men fail to listen to facts and information and so feel tired of women’s nagging.

43 What is the main idea of this passage? (A)Men tend to interpret women’s talk literally and find fault with women’s logic in speech. (B)In order to help them understand each other better, men and women need translators when they are talking. (C)It is hard for men and women to understand each other since they don’t want to listen to each other. (D)Communication problems between the two sexes often result from men’s and women’s different interpretations of the same words.

44 According to this passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” were all coined during the French Revolution. (B)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” all have negative implications. (C)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” all originated from people’s names. (D)The words “sabotage,” “chauvinism,” and “boycott” all came from French.

46 What is the main idea of this passage? (A)You can depend exclusively on word origin for the sound definition of a word. (B)The origin of a word helps you remember it because of the picture it creates. (C)The origin of a world helps us understand social and historical problems better. (D)If we know the origin of a word, we can understand the word and the language better.

47 Which of the following is the most appropriate title for this passage? (A)Your Diet and the Environment (B)How to Stay Healthy (C)Let’s Protect Our Environment (D)What We Should Eat in the Future

48 The word “vital” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to . (A)superfluous (B)crucial(C)negligible (D)erroneous

49 This passage would probably be of little interest to . (A)psychiatrists (B)nutritionists(C)environmentalists (D)vegetarians

50 Which of the following can be concluded from the article? (A)Many vegetarians are at risk of serious illness. (B)Nutritionists believe that following a vegetarian diet is healthy. (C)Eating meat is bad for the environment. (D)There are now too many vegetarians.

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