Modern（）perhaps causes more problems than it solves.

A. technique
B. technology
C. tactics
D. tendency

The small mountain village was（）by the snow for more than one month.

A. cut back
B. cut out
C. cut off
D. cut away

To obtain a satisfactory result ， one must apply two（）of paint on a clean surface.

A. coats
B. levels
C. times
D. courses

We can hear（）from the back of the room.

A. just as good
B. just as easy
C. just as well
D. easily as well

Frank almost never received any education ，（）？

A. would he
B. did he
C. didn't he
D. wouldn't he

Bread and butter（）liked by Westerners.

A. is
B. are
C. were
D. be

He set up in business（）his own and was very successful.

A. in
B. of
C. on
D. by

So you think I am an automation？—a machine without feelings？ And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched form. my lips and my drop of living water dashed from my cup？ Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless？ – You think wrong! – I have as much soul as you—and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh: -- it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal – as we are!”<br>1. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.<br>2. Who is the narrator and whom is the speaker addressing？<br>3. Summarize the speaker’s meaning.

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