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(D) Austronesian

12. How many languages are there in the Austronesian language family?

(A) 6,000

(B) 1,200

(D) 26

13. According to the article, Austronesian languages originated from

(A) Madagascar

(B) Easter Island

(D) East Polynesia

14. The reason behind Blust’s analysis is

(A) The Austronesian languages found in Taiwan are related to Slavic languages spoken in

Britain and Sri Lanka.

(B) The diversity of Austronesian languages found in Taiwan is much wider than that in other

regions.

(D) Non-Chinese aborigines in Taiwan can speak Germanic, Celtic, Hittite, and Italic languages.

15. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for this article?

(A) Home of the Austronesian Languages

(B) Madagascar and the Austronesian Languages

(D) When East Meets West

D. For questions 16-20

People throughout history have sought to categorize themselves and each other. For example,

Hippocrates (406-377?B.C.) and Aristotle (384-322B.C.) attempted to classify personalities

according to bodily humors and blood. According to social scientists, this recurring desire stems

from an urge to define the self and others in specific social and cultural roles. In 1930, Tokeji

Furukawa contributed to the classification efforts by choosing blood as a physiological

classification characteristic; Furukawa’s assertions caused an impact that would shape the next

eighty years of popular Japanese culture.

Furukawa’s research claimed that individual blood types—A, B, O, and AB—reflected the

personalities of those who carried them. Using questionnaires but providing no controls or

statistical tests, Furukawa presented intricate behavioral charts defining the various blood types and

concluded that a correlation between blood types and personality exists. As the study lacked

empirical evidence, in 1936 G. N. Thomson refuted Furukawa’s arguments but was followed by a

wave of pro- and anti-counter arguments throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1970s numerous

books revived public interest in the subject, peaking in 1984-1985 with a total of 204 publications

discussing the link between blood type and personality. From this foundation, blood type

categorization, or ketsueki-gata, firmly established itself into Japanese culture.

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