The Eskimos believed that a human being is made up of a body, a soul, and a name, and it is not ___1___ unless it has all three. This ___2___ has a great ___3___ on the Eskimos daily life and runs like a golden ___4___ through the Eskimos culture.
As for the soul of man, the Eskimos do not claim to know exactly what it is… but, who does? They see it, however, as the beginning of life, and the energy ___5___ which life cannot continue.
An Eskimo’s name is ___6___ to give life of ___7___. It has in it all the good qualities of all the persons who have been called by it. Many Eskimos believe that a newborn baby ___8___ because it wants ___9___ name and will not complete until it gets it. 
Immediately after a birth, some wise elders ___10___ to ___11___ the child. The name that is ___12___ must be ___13___ of someone who has died ___14___. When my son was born, everyone realized that ___15___ was great-grandfather, Mequsaq(who had died a few months ___16___,) who had been reborn in him. The newborn baby had a slight squint(看一眼) in ___17___ eye that old Mequsaq had ___18___ to the enemy ride in the battle. This was taken as a ___19___ from the name spirit that the baby ___20___ be called Mequsaq.
1. A. separate  B. complete    C. serious       D scientific
2. A. thought  B. idea    C. belief  D. theory
3. A. result     B. effect  C. control       D. touch
4. A. thread    B. line     C. way    D. rope
5. A. with       B. without      C. by      D. along
6. A. believed B. taken  C. held    D. regarded
7. A. his own  B. its own       C. own    D. itself
8. A. sobs       B. laughs C. weeps D. cries
9. A. it    B. his      C. her     D. its
10. A. run       B. discuss       C. gather D. appear
11. A. name    B. call     C. hold    D. dress
12. A. decided B. selected      C. elected       D. demanded
13. A. this      B. these   C. those   D. that
14. A. recently       B. long ago     C. just now     D. meanwhile
15. A. this      B. that     C. it D. who
16. A. since    B. later    C. ago     D. before
17. A. the other      B. the same     C. the different      D. other
18. A. hurt      B. wounded    C. lost     D. injured
19. A. choice  B. decision     C. notice D. sign
20. A. could    B. might  C. would D. should
George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long time. Then he ___3___ that his friend Jim was one of the members of the jury(陪审团). He succeeded in seeing him ___4___. He said to him, “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I can’t hope to be found ___5___ of taking it. But I should be grateful ___6___ you if you could ___7___ the other members of the jury to ___8___ some strong ___9___ for me to their statement that they consider me seriously guilty.”
“Well, George,” answered Jim, “I shall ___10___ try to do what I can for you as an old friend, ___11___ I cannot promise you will be highly ___12___ with the result. The other eleven members of the jury are not ___13___ good terms with me.” Of course, George was very ___14___, but he did not have a ___15___ to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, ___16___, Jim visited him in prison. George ___17___ him very much for what he had done.
“Well, George,” Jim told him, “___18___ I thought, those eleven men were very ___19___ to persuade, but I managed it in the end ___20___ tiring them out. You know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”
1. A. punishment    B. trial    C. sentence     D. arrest
2. A. doubtful B. firm    C. sure    D. uncertain
3. A. wondered      B. imagined    C. explained   D. discovered
4. A. secretly  B. rarely  C. often   D. openly
5. A. guilty     B. moral  C. not moral   D. not guilty
6. A. for  B. with    C. to       D. of
7. A. please     B. try      C. persuade     D. advise
8. A. add B. add up       C. increase      D. increase up
9. A. feeling   B. mercy C. care    D. excuse
10. A. difficulty     B. easily  C. certainly     D. uncertainly
11. A. so  B. but     C. thus    D. then
12. A. surprised      B. supposed    C. satisfied     D. separated
13. A. in  B. by      C. on      D. of
14. A. lucky    B. unlucky      C. pleased       D. disappointed
15. A. time     B. hope   C. chance       D. reason
16. A. moreover     B. however     C. therefore    D. thus
17. A. complained  B. criticized    C. thanked      D. envy
18. A. as  B. like     C. if D. though
19. A. foolish  B. easy    C. clever D. difficult
20. A. in  B. by      C. with    D. after

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