B) appreciation
C) assessment
D) presentation
54. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun it refers to ________.
A) fitting our actions to those of other people appropriately
B) identification of other peoples statuses
C) selecting ones own statuses
D) constant mental process
55. By saying that an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince , the writer means ________.
A) different people have different styles of clothes
B) ready-made clothes may need alterations
C) statuses come ready made just like clothes
D) our choice of statuses is limited
Passage Two
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that theres big difference between being a writer and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. Youve got to want to write, I say to them, not want to be a writer.
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didnt even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual type writer and felt like a genuine writer.
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