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 Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
  Trust is a tricky business. On the one hand, it's a necessary condition  1  many worthwhile things: child care, friendships, etc. On the other hand, putting your  2 , in the wrong place often carries a high  3 .
   4 , why do we trust at all? Well, because it feels good.  5  people place their trust in an individual or an institution, their brains release oxytocin, a hormone that  6  pleasurable feelings and triggers the herding instruct that prompts humans to  7  with one another. Scientists have found that exposure  8  this hormone puts us in a trusting  9 : In a Swiss study, researchers sprayed oxytocin into the noses of half the subjects; those subjects were ready to lend significantly higher amounts of money to strangers than were their  10  who inhaled something else.
   11  for us, we also have a sixth sense for dishonesty that may  12  us. A Canadian study found that children as young as 14 months can differentiate  13  a credible person and a dishonest one. Sixty toddlers were each  14  to an adult tester holding a plastic container. The tester would ask, “What's in here?” before looking into the container, smiling, and exclaiming, “Wow!” Each subject was then invited to look  15 . Half of them found a toy; the other half  16  the container was empty-and realized the tester had  17  them.
  Among the children who had not been tricked, the majority were  18  to cooperate with the tester in learning a new skill, demonstrating that they trusted his leadership. 19 , only five of the 30 children paired with the “ 20 ” tester participated in a follow-up activity.

1._____ 
  • A.out
  • B.back
  • C.around
  • D.inside

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