C. George was crossed in love recently.
D. George didn’t get the promotion he was promised.
20. A. Maggie loves Jack very much.
B. Maggie is George’s sister.
C. Maggie takes George and Jake like a family.
D. Maggie is not optimistic at all.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent
and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper
form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The Ball Game of Mesoamerica
The sport known simply as the Ball Game was popular across Mesoamerica and played by all
the major civilizations from the Olmecs to the Aztecs. The impressive stone courts became a
staple feature of acity’s sacred complex and there were often several playing courts in a single
city. (21)_________ it is more than just a game, the event could have a religious significance and
featured in episodes of Mesoamerican mythology. The contests even supplied candidates for
human sacrifice, for the sport could, quite literally, be a game of life or death.
The game (22) _________ (invent) sometime in the Preclassical Period (2500—100 BCE),
probably by the Olmec, and became a common Mesoamerican-wide feature of the urban
landscape by the Classical Period (300—900 CE). Eventually, the game was even exported to
other cultures in North America and the Caribbean.
In Mesoamerican mythology the game is an important element in the story of the Maya gods
Hun Hunahpú and Vucub Hunahpú. The pair annoyed the gods of the underworld with their noisy
playing and the two brothers were tricked into descending into Xibalba (the underworld)
_________ (23) they were challenged to a ball game. (24) _________ (lose) the game, Hun
Hunahpús had his head cut off; a foretaste of (25) _________ would become common practice for
players unfortunate enough to lose a game.
In (26) _________ legend, a famous ball game was held at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan
(27) _________ the Aztec king Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (r. 1502—1520 CE) and the king of
Texcoco. The latter (28) _________ (predict) that Motecuhzoma’s kingdom would fall and the
game was set-up (29 ) _________ ( establish) the truth of this bold prediction. Motecuhzoma lost
the game and did, of course, lose his kingdom at the hands of the invaders from the Old World.
The story also supports the idea (30) _________ the ball game was sometimes used for the
purposes of divination.
Section B
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