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請依下文回答第 12 題至第 15 題The word tolerance is an ambiguous term worth thinking about. To tolerate others, according to The AmericanHeritage Dictionary, means, on the one hand, to recognize and respect them, their beliefs or practices, withoutnecessarily agreeing or sympathizing with them. On the other hand, the word can mean to put up with or bear withothers, though you may 12 them, because some force, such as the law, requires that you do so. It seems to me thatpeople often pretend to use the first meaning of the word when they really have in mind the second meaning. In suchcases, people are 13 when they use the word, and I do not admire them. They pretend respect for others, but inreality they are merely putting up with them. It is 14 they were saying, “Behave yourself and I will be graciousenough to permit you to exist.” Does anyone have the right to be that gracious, I wonder? The idea can beexpressed 15 , “If you will accept my superiority, I will tolerate you.” With such an attitude, the word toleranceimplies a sense of inequality that is unacceptable to me. Because the word is ambiguous and often used in an insultingmanner, I often wonder what people mean when they use it, and I sometimes think we would be better off without theword.
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(A) respect
(B) despise
(C) abandon
(D) seduce

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.575758
統計：A(4),B(19),C(2),D(3),E(0)

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