Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Many young people have objected to _ marriage, which is decided by the parents of the bride and groom.
A.agreed
B.shared
C.contractual
D.sacrificed

A.laughed
B.weighed
C.helped
D.missed

A.appeared
B.agreed
C.coughed
D.loved

A.concerned
B.raised
C.developed
D.maintained

Speech is one of the most important........... (31)of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also............. (32)to by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of................ (33) that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very ............... (34). The basic............... (35) of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite................. (36) . But the more idea you can ...............(37) the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the ................(38)thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we ................ (39)the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and ...............(40) whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
............(40)
A.show
B.ask
C.understand
D.know

do this as successfully. One reason that has been suggested for this is that, in the
A.as
B.successfully
C.reason
D.for

in any formal sense. This theory has been changing, and with the concept
A.any
B.theory
C.has been changing
D.with

of communication as an "art" now appears regularly in the management
A.of
B.as
C.in
D.the

Speech is one of the most important........... (31)of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also............. (32)to by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of................ (33) that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very ............... (34). The basic............... (35) of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite................. (36) . But the more idea you can ...............(37) the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the ................(38)thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we ................ (39)the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and ...............(40) whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
.............(38)
A.main
B.certain
C.full
D.most

Speech is one of the most important........... (31)of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also............. (32)to by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of................ (33) that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very ............... (34). The basic............... (35) of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite................. (36) . But the more idea you can ...............(37) the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the ................(38)thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we ................ (39)the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and ...............(40) whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
...........(33)
A.systems
B.sounds
C.languages
D.talks