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Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.
people live in groups, which we call societies. Societies and social relations are the subject _1_ in the social sciences.
Men depend on other and on the world around _2_. The sun brings the warmth and light, day and night, summer and winter. plants grow _3_ there is air and sunshine, earth and water; animals depend on plants; _4_ depend on water, air, sunshine, and the plants and animals around them.
Wherever people live and _5_ they look like, many of their _6_ are the same. They need food and places to live _7_, warmth and sleep. They need _8_ social existence; they need friendships and relationships which will _9_ to marriage and family life. The members depend on one _10_.
In different societies we find different ways of finding _11_ and different ways of preparing it. Societies have _12_ habits and customs. They teach their children, _13_ sick people, look after old people in various ways. They have different _14_ about life, death and the world _15_ which they were born.
Most men _16_ to live in peach. The members of every social group accept certain rules and customs _17_ expect other members to know them. Children are taught to _18_ these rules, and what they do in _19_ life depends on the habits they _20_ when they were young.
1. A. studied B. learned C. researched D. explained
2. A. it B. them C. us D. everyone
3. A. where B. that C. when D. whenever
4. A. animals B. plants C. men D. everything
5. A. what B. how C. however D. whatever
6. A. necessities B. requirements C. realities D. probabilities
7. A. in B. on C. with D. by
8. A. such B. the C. a D. that
9. A. move B. lead C. go D. come
10. A. another B. other C. each D. thing
11. A. food B. meal C. crops D. cakes
12. A. modern B. strict C. various D. limited
13. A. care of B. care C. care with D. care for
14. A. comments B. considerations C. beliefs D. attitudes
15. A. onto B. into C. from D. beyond
16. A. want B. think C. have D. believe
17. A. or B. but C. and D. so
18. A. use B. get C. form D. follow
19. A. late B. later C. latter D. latest
20. A. learned B. knew C. obtained D. acquired
