Passage Eleven
One of the fundamental interests of human beings is the desire to broaden one's experience of human life. Within the restricted compass of the 1 person's daily life, opportunities for so doing are severely limited, but it is here 2 the novel can be a considerable asset in enlarging the mental horizon of its reader. The characters and situations that are described in a novel may be quite foreign to one's own 3 but, through the medium of the novel, there can be achieved some appreciation of the varied factors motivating the lives of those classes of society-poeple with whom there is no chance of coming into 4 .
The educational purpose of the novel can take a multiplicity of forms. As novels 5 a wide public, their usefulness in influencing opinion has not been neglected. A fictional story which reflects actual conditions obtaining in a particular class of society can be a powerful vehicle for 6 sympathies. Charles Dickens is a typical example of a novelist who used his powerful writing. 7 the above arguments are sufficient to convince the skeptical that the novel has a very definit 8 and that it is entitled to a place of respect in the modern world. The 9 , like the body, needs a change of diet and should not subsist only on 10 type of food.
1.［A］ average ［B］ usual ［C］ normal ［D］ every 2.［A］ that ［B］ where ［C］ in which ［D］ at which 3.［A］ area ［B］ circle ［C］ club ［D］ quarters 4.［A］ relation ［B］ link ［C］ contact ［D］ acquaintance 5.［A］ appeal ［B］ recommend［C］ demand ［D］ command 6.［A］ arousing ［B］ arising ［C］ raising ［D］ rising 7.［A］ Thus ［B］ Then ［C］ But ［D］ Perhaps 8.［A］ superiority［B］ merit ［C］ advantage［D］ worth 9.［A］ mind ［B］ head ［C］ heart ［D］ thought 10.［A］ one ［B］ same ［C］ sole ［D］ unique
