Directions:  

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)

Trust is a tricky business. On the one hand, it's a necessary condition [ 1 ] many worthwhile things: child care, friendships, etc. On the other hand, putting your [ 2 ] in the wrong place often carries a high [ 3 ].

[ 4 ], why do we trust at all? Well, because it feels good. [ 5 ] people place their trust in an individual or an institution, their brains release oxytocin, a hormone that [ 6 ] pleasurable feelings and triggers the herding instinct that prompts humans to [ 7 ] with one another. Scientists have found that exposure [ 8 ] this hormone puts us in a trusting [ 9 ]: In a Swiss study, researchers sprayed oxytocin into the noses of half the subjects; those subjects were ready to lend significantly higher amounts of money to strangers than were their [ 10 ] who inhaled something else.

[ 11 ] for us, we also have a sixth sense for dishonesty that may [ 12 ] us. A Canadian study found that children as young as 14 months can differentiate [ 13 ] a credible person and a dishonest one. Sixty toddlers were each [ 14 ] to an adult tester holding a plastic container. The tester would ask, "What's in here?" before looking into the container, smiling, and exclaiming, "Wow!" Each subject was then invited to look [ 15 ]. Half of them found a toy; the other half [ 16 ] the container was empty - and realized the tester had [ 17 ] them.

Among the children who had not been tricked, the majority were [ 18 ] to cooperate with the tester in learning a new skill, demonstrating that they trusted his leadership.[ 19 ] , only five of the 30 children paired with the " [ 20 ]" tester participated in a follow-up activity.

1.[A] on   [B] like  [C] for   [D] from

2.[A] faith   [B] concern [C] attention  [D] interest

3.[A] benefit  [B] debt  [C] hope   [D] price

4.[A] Therefore  [B] Then  [C] Instead  [D] Again

5.[A] Until   [B] Unless [C] Although  [D] When

6. [A] selects  [B] produces [C] applies  [D] maintains

7. [A] consult  [B] compete [C] connect  [D] compare

8. [A] at   [B] by  [C] of   [D] to

9. [A] context  [B] mood  [C] period  [D] circle

10.[A] counterparts [B] substitutes [C] colleagues  [D] supporters

11.[A] Funny  [B] Lucky  [C] Odd   [D] Ironic

12.[A] monitor  [B] protect [C] surprise  [D] delight

13.[A] between  [B] within  [C] toward  [D] over

14.[A] transferred [B] added  [C] introduced  [D] entrusted

15.[A] out   [B] back  [C] around  [D] inside

16.[A] discovered [B] proved [C] insisted  [D] remembered

17.[A] betrayed  [B] wronged [C] fooled   [D] mocked

18. [A] forced  [B] willing [C] hesitant  [D] entitled

19. [A] In contrast [B] As a result [C] On the whole [D] For instance

20. [A] inflexible [B] incapable [C] unreliable  [D] unsuitable