Choose the answer that correctly interprets the sentence from the text.1 Learning humanities was secure repetition in China, but it was shaky originality here. (Para. 5)A) If one learned humanities in China, one felt safe because it was all about repeating what had been taught. However, if one learned humanities here, one would be shaking all over because he/she had to come up with his/her own ideas.B) If one learned humanities in China, one just repeated the correct answers given by the teacher and there was no uncertainty at all. However, if one learned humanities here, one had to come up with his/her own ideas, which made one feel insecure and nervous.
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2 His present life is split, pulled apart by the bygone days and by the days to come. (Para. 7)A) He divides his life between the past and the future.B) He is torn between the past and the future.
3 I saw myself in what I wrote. (Para. 7)A) I realized what I was writing mirrored the situation I was in.B) I came to regard myself as a character in my writing.
During calls home every two weeks, my mother pleaded with me to take chemistry or biology. (Para. 8)A) When I made phone calls home every two weeks, my mother urged me to major in (主修) chemistry or biology.B) In the telephone conversations I had with my mother every two weeks, she encouraged me to switch from chemistry to biology.
5 By the time I missed home so much that soup dumplings and sautéed eels popped up in my head as I read, Nietzsche had replaced Plato on the chronological reading list and Flaubert Homer. (Para. 10)A) By the time I missed home so much that I couldn’t help thinking about soup dumplings and sautéed eels, I had finished reading ancient authors like Plato and Homer and moved on to more modern authors like Nietzsche and Flaubert.B) By the time I missed home so much that I started to lose my mind, it seemed that Nietzsche had become Plato and Flaubert had become Homer.