When a country is under-populated, newcomers are not competitors, but assistants. If more come they may produce not only new quotas, but a (1) as well. In such a state of things land is (2) and cheap. The possession of it (3) no power or privilege. No one will work for another for wages (4) he can take up new land and be his own master. Hence it will pay no one to own more land than he can (5) by his own labor, or with such aid as his own family (6) . Hence, again, land (7) little or no rent; there will be no landlords living on rent and no laborers living on (8) , but only a middle class of yeoman farmers(自耕农). All are (9) on an equality, and democracy becomes the political form, because this is the only state of society in which equality, on which democracy is (10) , is realized as a fact. The same effects are powerfully (11) by other facts. In a new and under-populated country the industries which are most profitable are the extractive industries. The (12) of these, with the exception of some kinds of mining, is that they call (13) only a low organization of labor and small amount of capital. Hence they allow the workman to become (14) his own master, and they educate him to freedom, independence, and self (15) . At the same time, the social groups being only (16) marked off from each other, it is easy to (17) from one class of occupations, and consequently from one social grade, to another. Finally, under the same circumstances, education, skill, and superior training have but inferior value compared with what they have in (18) populated countries. The (19) lie in an under-populated country, with the (20) , unskilled, manual occupations, and not with the highest developments of science, literature, and art.

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.20（）

A:flexible B:coarse C:presentable D:masculine

Something Men Do Not Like to Do
Eric Brown hates shopping. "It’s just not enjoyable to me," said the 28-year-old. Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city’s main street, Michigan Avenue. "When I’m out (1) , I basically know what I want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I (2) ."
Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now (3) this "men-hate-to-shop" notion.
" (4) social class, ethnicity, age — men say they hate to shop," says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. "Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they (5) to shop. Men generally like to shop for (6) , music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they’ll say ’Well that’s not shopping. That’s (7) .’" In other words, what men and women call "buying things" and how they approach that task are (8) . Women will (9) through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the (10) digital camcorder. Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a (11) to be won.
"Men are frequently shopping to win," says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. "They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, The last one and if they do that it (12) them happy."
When women shop, "they’re doing it in a way where they want (13) to be very happy," says McGrath. "They’re kind of shopping for love."
In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female (14) most clearly. Why, grumble some men, are all male clothes navy, grey, black or brown But would they wear Light green and pink
"These days, many guys wear a sort of uniform", says Paco Underhill, author of Why We Bye, "It’s been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious in a business way. It becomes much, much easier if you (15) your range of choices."
grumble n. 抱怨，发牢骚
ethnicity n. 种族特点
camcorder n. 摄像放像机

A:cheap B:fashionable C:presentable D:perfect

Eric Brown hates shopping. "It’s just not enjoyable to me," said the 28-year-old Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city’s main street, Michigan Avenue. "When I’m out (51) , I basically know what I want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I (52) "
Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now (53) this "men-hate-to-shop" notion.
" (54) social class, ethnicity, age, men say they hate to shop," says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. "Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they (55) to shop. Men generally like to shop for (56) , music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they’ll say "Well, that’s not shopping. That’s (57) "
In other words, what men and women call "buying things" and how they approach that task are (58) .
Women will (59) through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the (60) digital camcorder.
Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a (61) to be won.
"Men are frequently shopping to win," says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. "They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one. The last one and if they do that it (62) them happy."
When women shop, "they’re doing it in a way where they want (63) to be very happy," says McGrath. "They’re kind of shopping for love."
In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female (64) most clearly. Why, grumble some men, are all male clothes navy, grey, black or brown But would they wear light green and pink
These days, many guys wear a sort of "uniform", says Paco Underhill, author of "Why We Buy", "It’s been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious in a business way. It becomes much, much easier if you (65) your range of choices./

A:cheap B:fashionable C:presentable D:perfect

下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

A:cheap B:fashionable C:presentable D:perfect