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languages, how to swim, how to drive a bus, how to analyze a chemical substance, that you
know some history and some geography, that you know a number of different people, and so
on. The list even in general terms like this would be a very long one, and it would not be
possible, for practical purposes, to set out such a catalogue in detail. But one thing is obvious
from the few examples I have given; the word ''know'' is commonly used in many different
senses.
16. The key point of the passage is ........................ .
a. that the frontiers of knowledge cannot be defined
b. to make people realize how little they know
c. to demonstrate how variable are the meanings of the word ''know''
d. whether it is desirable to know everything
17. It is shown in the text that ........................ .
a. the cataloguing of knowledge is deceptive
b. most people's knowledge is one-sided
c. people have more theoretical than practical knowledge
d. theoretical knowledge is underestimated
18. A suitable title for this text could be ........................ .
a. Practical Knowledge
b. Catalogues of knowledge
c. Learning Foreign Languages
d. Defining the Word ''know''
Secularization as it has developed since the Middle Ages has consisted in substituting for
supernatural and theological explanations naturalistic and reasonable ones. This change is one
of the most profound affecting mankind and forms the basis of modern democratic government
and of our scientific technological age. In a society based on divine right of kings there could
be no genuinely democratic government in the modern sense. Democracy is built on the plan
that the individual has a right to judge political issues for himself.
19. According to the text, with the rise of democracy ........................
a. supernatural ideas have given way to theological ones
b. scientific and technological progress has been neglected
c. secularization has lost its traditional meaning
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