硕士学位英语考试

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1996年同等学历人员申请硕士学位英语水平全国统一考试试题

PaperOne试卷一

(1996.6A卷)

PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes,15points)略

PartIIVocabulary(10minutes,10points)

Directions:Ineachquestion,decidewhichofthefour

choicesgivenwillmostsuitablycompletethentenceif

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tyourchoiceonthe

ANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

eltthatthelackedthe_______topursuea

difficulttasktotheveryend.

mentD.

qualification

nothingthat_______theinterestsofthe

collective.

to

heviewshimlfasarealist,Cetronsaysthat

hisfindingsmakehimvery_______aboutfuture.

iveD.

precautions

achangingandcomplexsociety,formerlysimply

solutionstoinformationalneedsbecome_________.

le

comestoteaching________,manyparentsbelieve

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thatiftheylovetheirchildrenandtreatthemkindly,the

kidswillknowhowtobehave.

ty

emstobenefitthebrainpowerofhealthyand

sick,youngandold_____.

ed

yhasdemonstratedthatcountrieswithdifferent

socialsystemsandideologiescanjoinhandsinmeetingthe

commonchallengestohuman______anddevelopment.

ghsports_______thehouhold,Joedrewtheline

whentheyinterferedwithfamilytraditionsandroutine.

nced

ngforanewswimsuitisoneofleast

_______activities,becauIalmostalwaysgetsalesclerk

withasicknofhumor.

cial

ringsummerbreaksthatwefirsttastethe

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satisfactionofworkthat_______intohardcurrency.

itsD.

transplants

dtechniciansandadvancedtechnologienableus

tobuilduncompromidqualityintoallourcars,becau

ourfirst______isbringingyoupleasureforyearstocome.

en______,convincingfactsandaglobalangle,

Epsteinvividlyrecordedabrilliantpageofthegreat

revolution.

t

mmunicationdevelopmentnablethendingof

messages_____television,radioandveryshortly,

electronicmailtobombardpeoplewithmanymessages.

-calledintelligentbehaviordemandsmemory,

rememberingbeingaprimary______forreasoning.

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’scentralroleinmanagingnaturalresourcesand

protectingtheenvironmenthasbeenoverlookedmoreoften

ithasbeen______.

zedD.

associated

logyhas_______thesharingofinformationandthe

storageanddeliveryofinformation,thusmakingmore

informationavailabletomorepeople.

onedD.

facilitated

government_______theforeign-ownedfieldsone

afteranother.

dyfoundthatjobapplicantswhomakemoreeye

contactare______asmorealert,dependable,confidentand

responsible.

ed

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overbs_______inancientGreeceandRomeandin

medievalEurope,spreadingfromcountrytocountryinLatin

texts.

youageneralideaofourproducts,weenclod

thecataloguesshowingvariousproductshandledbyuswith

detailed______andmeansofpacking.

rasD.

specifications.

PartIIIReadingComprehension(50minutes,30points)

Directions:ssage

eachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthe

correspondingletterontheANSWERSHEETwithasingleline

throughthecenter.

PassageOne

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AprovenmethodforeffectivetextbookreadingistheSQ3R

ststepisto

survey(theSstep)thechapterbyreadingthetitle,

introduction,ctionheadings,summaryandbystudyingany

graphs,poofthis

stepistogetanoverviewofthechaptersothatyouwill

econd

step(theQstep),foreachctionyouaskyourlf

questionssuchas“WhatdoIalreadyknowaboutthis

topic?”and“WhatdoIwanttoknow?”Inthisstepyou

alsotakethectionheadingandturnitintoaquestion.

thirdstep(thefirstofthe3R’s)istoreadtofindthe

theendofeachction,

beforegoingontothenextction,yourecite(thecond

ofthe3R’s)theanswerstothequestionsthatyouformed

ureciteyoushouldsaythe

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informationyouwanttolearnoutloudinyourownwords.

Thefifthstepisdoneafteryouhavecompletedsteps2,3

iew(thelastofthe3R’s)

iewisdonemuchasthesurvey

eview,holdamental

conversationwithyourlfasyourecitetheinformationyou

talconversation

couldtaketheformofaskingandansweringthequestions

formedfromtheheadingsorreadingthesummary,whichlists

themainideasinthechapter,andtryingtofillinthe

detailsfroeachmainidea.

sageimpliesthattheSQ3Rmethod_______.

obeproven

muchtobedesired

uttobepracticable

beudbyeveryreader

3Rmethodconsistsof_____steps.

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ingtothepassage,thefirststephelpsthe

readers_________.

rstveralparagraphs

ewholechapter

hegraphs

themeofthechapter

fthefollowingisthefourthstep?

tionyourlf.

forinformation.

ryouranswers.

aconclusion.

fthefollowingstatementsistrue?

aststep,youshouldrememberalltheinformation.

ufinishthelaststep,youwillgetboththemain

ideaandthedetails.

talconversationinvolvesansweringthequestions

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askedbytheauthor.

ouareholdingamentalconversationyoulect

theimportantinformation.

PassageTwo

ThoughitismereIto3percentofthepopulation,the

upperclassposssatleast25percentofthenation’s

asshastowgments:upper-upperand

lly,theupper-upperclassisthe“old

rich”—familiesthathavebeewealthyforveral

generations—ames

areintheSocialRegister,alistingofacceptablemembers

eknownacrossthenation,suchas

theRockefellers,Roovelts,enot

veingrandclusion

(深居简出),drawingtheirincomefromtheinvestmentof

rast,thelower-upperclass

isthe“newrich”.Althoughtheymaybewealthierthansome

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oftheoldrich;thenewrichhavehustled(急于做)tomake

theirprestigeisgenerallylowerthanthatoftheoldrich,

whohavenotfounditnecessarytoliftafingertomaketheir

money,andwhotendtolookdownuponthenewrich.

Howeveritswealthisacquired,theupperclassisvery,

veenoughmoneyandleisuretimeto

cultivateaninterestintheartsandtocollectratebooks,

painting,nerallyliveinexclusive

areas,belongtoexclusivesocialclubs,communicatewith

eachother,andmarrytheirownkind—allofwhichkeepsthem

sodistantfromthemassthattheyhavebeencalledthe

ananyotherclass,theytendto

socommand

anenormousamountofpowerandinfluencehereandabroad,

astheyholdmanytopgovernmentpositions,runtheCouncil

onForeignRelations,andcontrolmultinational

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ionsaffectthelivesofmillions.

followingstatementsaretrueEXCEPTthat

________.

er-upperclassisofaristocraticorigin.

“oldrich”enjoyhigherprestigethanthe“new

rich”.

“oldrich”isolatethemlvesandleadalonely

life.

erclassownsatleastaquarterofthecountry’s

wealth.

“oldrich”getricher________.

htheSocialRegister

htheirreputation

stingtheirinheritedwealth

ectingpaintingsandsculptures

sonwhythe“oldrich”lookdownuponthe“new

rich”isthat______.

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merarewealthierthanthelater

ersweatthemlvestomakemoney

“newrich”havenointerestinarts

“oldrich”areconsciousofbeingmembersofthe

upperclass

erclassisalsocalledtheout-of-sightclass

becau_________.

epawayfromthegeneralpublic

endmostoftheirtimeabroad

n’tcommunicatewithanypeople

vefrequentlyfromplacetoplace

earnfromthepassagethat________.

erclassispowerfulandinfluential

erclasscollectsrarebookstomakemoney

erclassholdsalltopgovernmentpositions

“oldrich”makesmuchmoremoneythanthe“new

rich”

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PassageThree

What,besideschildren,connectsmothersaroundtheworld

andacrossheasoftime?It’schickensoup,onprominent

Americanfoodexpertsays.

FromRussianvillagestoAfricaandAsia,chickensoup

s

pasdtheirknowledgeontoancientwritersofGreece,China

andRome,andeventhe12thcenturyphilosopherandphysician

MosMainmidextolled(赞美)itsvirtues.

Amongtheancients,Aristotlethoughtpoultryshould

standinhigherestimationthanfour-leggedanimalsbecau

nsgotanother

boost(吹捧)inthebookofGenesis,whereitiswrittenthat

birdsandfishwerecreatedonthefifthday,adaybefore

four-leggedanimals.

ButaccordingtoMimiSheraton,whohasspentmuchofthe

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pastthreeyearxploringtheworldofchickensoup,much

ofthereasonforchicken’srealorimaginedcurative(治

愈)powerscomesfromitscolor.

Hernewbook,“TheWholeWorldLovesChickenSoup”,

looksatthebelovedandmysteriousbrew,withdozensof

recipesfromaroundtheworld.“Throughouttheages,”she

said,“therehasbeenalotoffeelingthatwhite-colored

foodsareeasiertoeatfortheweak—womenandtheill,”

Inaddition,“soups,oranythingforthatmattereatenwith

aspoon”areconsidered“comfortfoods.”Sheratonsaid.

“IlovesoupandlovemakingsoupandasIwascollecting

recipesIbegantoethisasaninternationaldish….It

hasauniversalmystiqueassomethingcurative,astrength

builder,”SheratonsaidfromherNewYorkhome.

Herbooktreatstheoldestremedyasifitwasbrandnew.

TheNationalBroilerCouncil,thetradegroup

reprentingthechickenindustry,reportedthat51percent

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ofthepeopleitsurveyedsaidtheyboughtchickenbecau

itwashealthier,50percentsaiditwasversatile,41

percentsaiditwaconomicaland46percentsaiditwas

lowinfat.

fthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthe

passage?

entAmericanFoods

yoftheChickenSoup

nSoupRecipes

nSoup,aUniversalCure-all

ncienttimes,thevalueofchickensoup________.

nover-estimated

nwidelyacknowledged

nappreciatedonlybyphilosophers

nknownonlytomother.

fthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

nsouphasaverylonghistory.

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ncienttimes,chickensouphasbeenahomeremedy.

yusuallystandshigherthanfour-leggedanimal.

-leggedanimalsweresaidtobecreatedonthesixth

day.

nsouphascurativepowersmainlyfor

_____accordingtoSheraton.

ipe

esaidfromthesurveythatchickenis______.

ish

arfood

rthananyotherfood

heabove

PassageFour

Throughouthistorymanhaschangedhisphysical

environmentinordertoimprovehiswayoflife.

Withthetoolsoftechnologyhehasalteredmanyphysical

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ransformedwoodlandsinto

farmland,andmadelakesandrervoirsoutofriversfor

also

modifiedthefaceoftheearthbydrainingmarshesand

cuttingthroughmountainstobuildroadsandrailways.

However,man’schangestophysicalenvironmenthavenot

,pollutionoftheair

andwaterisanincreasingdangertothehealthoftheplanet.

Eachdaythousandsoftonsofgascomeoutoftheexhausts

ofmotorvehicles;smokefromfactoriespollutestheairof

industrializedareasandthesurroundingareasof

incitiesisbecomingincreasingly

unhealthy.

ea,

pollutionfromoilisincreasingandiskillingenormous

numbersofalgae(水藻),leecological

eproblemexists

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rialwasteshavealreadymademanyrivers

lifeless.

Conrvationistsbelievethatitisnownecessaryforman

tolimitthegrowthoftechnologyinordertosurviveon

earth.

changedhisphysicalenvironmentwithaviewto

________.

ngthephysicalfeaturesoftheearth

inghiswayoflife

inghissurroundings

ingthefaceoftheplanet

ingtothepassage,pollutionoftheairandwater

iscaudby_____.

ndsoftonsofgascomingoutoftheexhaustsof

motorvehicles

ngesoftheenvironmentthantechnologyhasbrought

toman

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reasingamountofoilthathasbeenproduced

rialwastesdischargedintorivers

logicalbalanceoftheaislostwhen_________.

consumemorefishthantheyudto

logicalbalanceoftheriverislost

umbersofalgae,fishandbirdsarekilled

ductionofmarinepetroleumisincread

ldmostprobablydisagreewithconrvationists?

ssmenD.

Environmentalists.

poofthewriteris_________.

cemoderntechnology

oveman’swayoflife.

peoplenottochangethenaturalenvironment

attentiontotheprotectionofthenatural

environment

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PassageFive

politicsdarkblueoftenmeans“tradition”andredmeans

“socialchange”.Butbluecanalsomeansadness(I’m

feelingblue).Whiteisoftenforpurity,althoughinChina

whiteiswornforfunerals,andredisudtoexpressthe

joyofawedding,inwesternEuropewhiteriswornatweddings

andblackforfuneralsadvertirsareawareofthe

importanceoflectingcolorsaccordingtothewaypeople

wderscomeinwhiteandlightblue

packets(cleanandcold,likeice);cerealsoftencomein

brownpackets(likewheatfields),butcosmeticsnevercome

inbrownjars(dirty!).

Wheredotheideascomefrom?MaxiLuscherfromthe

UniversityofGenevabelievesthatinthebeginninglifewas

dictatedbytwofactorsbeyondourcontrol:nightandday.

Nightbroughtpassivity,andageneralslowingdownof

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metabolism(新陈代谢);daybroughtwithitthepossibility

ofaction,andincreainthemetabolicrate,thusproviding

ue,therefore,isthe

colorofquietandpassivity,brightyellowthecolorofhope

andactivity.

Inprehistorictimes,activityasaruletookoneoftwo

forms:eitherwewerehuntingandattacking,orwerebeing

is

universallyreprentedbythecolorred;lf-prervation

byitscomplementgreen.

her’sview,theassociationofcolorswith

feelingandattitudescanbetracedbacktotheassociation

of________.

nightwithpassivityandactioninancienttime

ithfuneralsinwesternEurope

ithpurityinsomecountries

hjoyinChina

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fthefollowingisnottrue?

uebringstragedy.

uemeanstradition.

uereprentsnight.

ueindicatesquietness.

wderscomeinwhiteandlightbluepacketsto

_____.

leice

ality

tpurity

tcustomers

her’sview,whichofthefollowingcolorsis

associatedwithdefen?

ingtothepassage,whatkindofpeoplewould

probablyfavoryellow?

whoarepassiveandconrvative.

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whoarecreativeandaggressive.

whoarehopefulandactive.

whoareidealanddreamy.

PassageSix

Moresurprising,perhaps,thanthecurrentdifficulties

oftraditionalmarriageisthefactthatmarriageitlfis

nicknotes,Americansarea

marryingpeople:relativetoEuropeans,moreofusmarryand

er,afteradeclineinthe

early1970s,therateofmarriageintheUnitedStatesis

edivorcerateneedstobetakenin

thispro-marriagecontext:some80percentofdivorced

,marriageremains,byfar,the

preferredwayoflifeforthevastmajorityofpeopleinour

society.

Whathaschangedmorethanmarriageisthenuclearfamily.

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Twenty-fiveyearsago,thetypicalAmericanfamilyconsisted

ofahusband,awife,,there

aremanymarriagesinwhichcoupleshavedecidednottohave

rearemanymarriageswhereatleast

someofthechildrenareformthewife’spreviousmarriage,

orthehusband’s,mesthechildrenspend

alloftheirtimewithoneparentfromtheformermarriage;

sometimestheyaresharedbetweenthetwoformerspous(配

偶).

Thusonecanfindtheverytypeoffamilyarrangement.

Therearemarriageswithoutchildren;marriageswith

childrenfromonlytheprentmarriage;marriageswith

“full-time”childrenfromtheprentmarriageand

“part-time”re

stepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,andhalf-sisters.

Itisnotallthatunusualforachildtohavefourparents

andeightgrandparents!Theareenormouschangesfromthe

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nso,eveninthemidst

ofallthis,thereremainsoneconstant;mostAmericansspend

mostoftheiradultlivesmarried.

ingAmericansmarryingpeopletheauthormeans

that______.

ansaremoretraditionalthanEuropeans

anxpertmoreoutofmarriagethanEuropeans

nEurope

Americans,ascomparedwithEuropeans,prefer

marriageandtheyacceptitatayoungerage

edAmericans_______.

stlikelyremarry

thewaytheylive

stfaithinmarriage

vastmajorityofpeopleinthesociety

fthefollowingcanbeprentedasthepicture

oftoday’sAmericanfamilies?

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alAmericanfamilyconsistsofonlyahusbandand

awife.

pesoffamilyarrangementshavebecomesocially

acceptable.

ansprefertohavemorekidsthanbefore.

renonuclearfamiliesanymore.

64.“Part-time”children________.

omeoftheirtimewiththeirhalf-brothersandsome

oftheirtimewiththeirhalf-sisters

lloftheirtimewithoneparentfromtheprevious

marriage

redbetweenthetowformerspous

staywith“full-time”children

oughgreatchangeshavetakenplaceinthe

structureofAmericanfamilies,________.

ctionsofmarriageremainunchanged

ericanspreferacondmarriage

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tmajorityofAmericansstillhavefaithin

marriage

heabove

PartIVClozeTest(15minutes,10points)

Directions:Therearetwentyblanksinthefollowingpassage.

ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD

uldchootheONE

rkthecorresponding

letterontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthe

center.

Businessandgovernmentleadersalsoconsiderthe

inflationratetobeanimportantgeneralindicator.

Inflationisaperiodofincread66thatcausrapid

risinprices.67yourmoneybuysfewergoodssothat

youget68forthesameamountofmoneyasbefore,

sageneralri69the

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mes

peopledescribeinflationasa(n)70when“adollaris

notworthadollaranymore”.

wholive

dpeople,for

instance,cannot72onanincreainincomeasprices

ypeoplewhodonotworkfaceriousproblems

instretchingtheirincomesto73theirneedsintimeof

mentincome74anyfixedincomeusually

tiredpeoplemust

casthey

muststop76somenecessaryitems,suchasfoodand

77workingpeoplewhoincomesaregoing

up,78oflivinggoesup,

whoworkmusthaveevenmoremoneytokeepup

yingthethingstheyneed

comesdonotkeep79withrisingprices,

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maybeearningthe

sameamountofmoney,buttheyarenotliving80becau

theyarenotabletobuyasmanygoodsandrvices.

Governmentunitsgatherinformationaboutpricesinour

economyandpublishitaspriceindexes81therateof

indexmeasureschangesin

e

priceist83100,andtheotherpricesarereportedas

indexmakes85possible

tocomparecurrentpricesoftypicalconsumergoods,for

example,withpricesofthesamegoodsinpreviousyears.

ing

D.

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occasion

.

worst

D.

count

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acquire

ingD.

including

ith

with

bought

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h

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definite

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fraction

PaperTwo试卷二

PartIErrorDetectionandCorrection(10minutes,10

points)

Directions:Eachofthefollowingntenceshasfour

artsaremarkedA,B,CandD.

,

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writedownthecorrespondingletterand,withoutaltering

themeaningofthentence,putthecorrectionontheANSWER

SHEET.

manyyearsagomymotherjoggedinthealleybehind

ourhoubecau

AB

shewambarrasdtoejogginginpublic.

CD

ertremarksthatacomputerwithsomanytubesas

thebrainhasneurons

AB

C

wouldrequiretheEmpireStateBuildingtocontainit.

D

ethissimilaritywithothercreatures,the

evolutionofhumankinddiffers

AB

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fromotherspeciesinoneimportantanduniqueway.

CD

entists,concernedaboutthepotentialhazards,

wantedthelatestrearch

AB

findingmadepublicly.

CD

llthepoemsIhavereadrecently,ThomasHardy’s

“TheDarklingTrust”

A

emsthemostrelevanttoourtimes.

BCD

sidentdevotedhinergiestoupdatethecurricula,

makingtheeducation

ABC

offeredatWashingtonCollegeasmeaningfulandusualas

possible.

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D

etoadverticouldresultineitherreducedsales

andlessprofitnorlegal

ABC

D

actions.

ly,Gallup’snamewasoneveryone’slips;notonly

hewastheprophetof

AB

themoment,butitwasgenerallybelievedthathehad

foundedanewandmost

CD

importantmethodofprediction.

yyouwillbemorelikelytofindinctsifyou

examinefinertwigs

AB

ratherthanthecoarpartsoftrees.

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CD

revolutionnotonlyhaschangedhowworkisdone

butredefinedthe

ABC

functionofeveryonewhoworksinanoffice.

D

PartIITranslation

Directions:TranslatethefollowingpassageintoEnglish.

WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

在过去的几十年里，可能没有任何话题比领导艺术更受到治理

研究者的关注，在治理人员的培训和开发方面，领导艺术也是最

喧闹的话题之一。这表明专业治理人员对探究卓有成效的领导艺

术的奇妙专门感兴趣。

PartIIIWriting

Directions:Migrantworkersmadeagreatcontributiontothe

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prosperityofcities(外地民工为都市繁荣做出了专门大贡献).

Inthispart,youaretowritewithin30minutesacomposition

of100wordsorsoabouttheroleofmigrantworkers(外地

民工的作用).Youcanagreeordisagree,completelyor

atterwhich

positionyoutake,youshouldgivesoundsupportingreasons.