D)?To?announce?the?success?of?a?previous?act?of?civil?disobedience.
24.?The?author?suggests?that?when?protesters?go?to?jail?_______.
????A)?it?helps?convince?the?public?to?support?their?cause
????B)?they?usually?do?so?unwillingly
????C)?it?is?because?their?protest?has?not?gone?according?to?plan
????D)?they?are?always?released?almost?immediately
25.?In?the?2nd?paragraph,?the?author?________.
????A)?argues?that?civil?disobedience?is?unnecessary
?????B)?provides?an?extensive?history?of?civil?disobedience
?????C)?presents?several?differing?viewpoints?on?civil?disobedience
?????D)?defines?the?concept?of?civil?disobedience
?
Passage?6
?????In?taking?up?a?new?life?across?the?Atlantic,?the?early?European?settlers?of?the?United?States?did?not?abandon?the?diversions?with?which?their?ancestors?had?traditionally?relieved?the?tedium?of?life.?Neither?the?harshness?of?existence?on?the?new?continent?nor?the?scattered?population?nor?the?disapproval?of?the?clergy?discouraged?the?majority?from?the?pursuit?of?pleasure.
??????City?and?country?dwellers,?of?course,?conducted?this?pursuit?in?different?ways.?Farm?dwellers?in?their?isolation?not?only?found?it?harder?to?locate?companions?in?play?but?also,?thanks?to?the?unending?demands?and?pressures?of?their?work,?felt?it?necessary?to?combine?fun?with?purpose.?No?other?set?of?colonists?took?so?seriously?an?expression?of?the?period,?"Leisure?is?time?for?doing?something?useful."?In?the?countryside?farmers?therefore?relieved?the?burden?of?the?daily?routine?with?such?double-purpose?relaxations?as?hunting,?fishing,?and?trapping.?When?a?neighbor?needed?help,?families?rallied?from?miles?around?to?assist?in?building?a?house?or?barn,?husking?corn,?shearing?sheep,?or?chopping?wood.?Food,?drink,?and?celebration?after?the?group?work
?provided?relaxation?and?soothed?weary?muscles.
??????The?most?eagerly?anticipated?social?events?were?the?rural?parties.?Hundreds?of?men,?women,?and?children?attended?from?far?and?near.?The?men?bought?or?traded?farm?animals?and?acquired?needed?merchandise?while?the?women?displayed?food?prepared?in?their?kitchens,?and?everyone,?including?the?youngsters,?watched?or?participated?in?a?variety?of?competitive?sports,?with?prizes?awarded?to?the?winners.?These?events?typically?included?horse?races,?wrestling?matches,?and?foot?races,?as?well?as?some?nonathletic?events?such?as?whistling?competitions.?No?other?occasions?did?so?much?to?relieve?the?isolation?of?farm?existence.