THE BOY LOST SEVERAL OF HIS FINGERS BECAUSE OF FIRECRACKERS. THE...

31. The boy lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers. The doctors are operating on him.

A. The boy who lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers is being operating on.

B. The boy was whom the doctors are operating on him lost several of his fingers because of

firecrackers.

C. The boy whom the doctors are operating on him lost several of his fingers because of

firecrackers.

D. The doctors are operating on the boy who lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks..

People have tried for over 2000 years to find a relationship (32)_______ people's physical

features and their character, and even though there is a complete lack of evidence for such an idea,

it is still popular.

The Ancient Greeks were interested in the idea of human personality although they did not link

it with outward appearance. Later, during the Renaissance, some writers claimed that there was a

direct connection between a person's character and their face, and they called this new science would

(33)_______ you know a great deal about a person simply by analyzing their face. Kings and princes

were interested in the science, as they thought it might allow them to be better judges of character,

and they believed that these new skills would (34)_______ it more difficult for dishonest courtiers to

take them in.

Despite the fact that nobody takes these theories seriously nowadays, scientists are still

interested in the basic idea. They have shown that there is a link between a person's character and

their build.

Extroverts and other confident, outgoing people are usually short and thick set, and in contrast,

people who are shy and reserved tend to be (35)_______ and thin. There is some scientific basis to

this theory because glands have such an important effect on both a person's build and their moods,

so it is not (36)_______ to find a link between them.