Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

​11.
A. flexibility

B. rigidity

C. elasticity

D. resilience

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Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

12.
A. prosper
B. decline
C. get on
D. flower

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Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

13.
A. trusted
B. funded
C. accounted D. stocked

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Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

14.
A. pretensions
B. objections
C. preoccupation D. intentions

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lt offers just as much to look at when the lights are on and the curtains closed. The floors in the (18)…………………… named Grand Lobby are polished ltalian lava rock, surrounded by marble walls and capped with a bas-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat, beehives, swans, and scenes from Roman mythology. With the (19)……………………. inner foyer, Hershey thumbed his nose even harder at the ravages of the Depression: The arched ceiling is tiled in gold, the fire curtain bears a painting of Venice, and the ceiling is (20)………………….with 88 tiny lightbulbs to re-create a star-lit night.

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18. A. aptly B. inappropriately C. seemingly D. frightfully

19. A. dizzying B. gaudy C. dazzling D. bland

20. A. holed B. studded C. supported D. magnified

He seems to have (15)……………….. to expense; most of the new building were strikingly (16)…………… . The first to be finished was the three-million-dollar limestone Community Center, home to the 1,904-seat Venetian-style Hershey Community Theater, which has played (17)....................... since 1933 to touring Broadway shows and to music, dance, and opera performances. lt offers just as much to look at when the lights are on and the curtains closed.

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15. A. spared B. spent C. allowed D. justified

16. A. impoverished B. unattractive C. poor D. opulent

17. A. hosting B. housing C. host D. homogeneously