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C. READING (60 points) Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points) Saving Latin Try telling the Reverend Reginald Foster that Lantin is a dead language. The response will be an 1. ________
rant from a teacher who has dedicated a large
2.______of his life to keeping the forerunner of the English and Romance languages alive. A man on a mission, he speaks only in Latin to his students, 3.________the language to life with his dramatic recitations. But Reverend Foster is not alone. Latin plays a special part in Italian cultural heritage, and politicians and academics have 4. ________concerns that enthusiasm for Latin in schools appears to be on the 5.________because of the popularity of English. Some purists even feel this is 6.______their national 7. ______. They have a point; in my experience Italians seem obsessed with using English words, and will 8._________an English word into a sentence even when a perfectly good native word will 9.__________. But need we really fear for Latin just yet? Maybe not. Even if it is on its last 10._______, it has survived for over 2,000 years. 1. A. impassioned
B. impassive
C. unenthusiastic
2. A. volume
B. chapter
C. act
D. scene
3. A. getting
B. putting
C. bringing
D. setting
4. A. conveyed
B. voiced
C. uttered
D. sounded
5. A. wane
B. fall
C. ebb
D. drop
6. A. deteriorating
B. eroding
C. disintegrating
D. eating
7. A. advancement
B. ontogenesis
C. retrogression
D. identity
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D. apathetic