ALTHOUGH HER SEVERE PAIN, PAT DECIDED TO COME TO THE MEETING SO TH...

41. Although her severe pain, Pat decided to come to the meeting so that there would be a quorum. A B C D III. CLOZE PASSAGE Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank. Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (42)________of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral (43)________. When there is a language (44)________ communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions (45)________ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to (46)________ to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot. Body language (47)________ ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod (48)________ approval, while shaking the head (49)________ a negative reaction. Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be (50)________ in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people. (51)________ verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.