human practice

According to a face-to-face interview survey, ( ) July 12, only 35 percent of respondents said Japanese ( ) to exhibit a hardworking diligence, the kind that has helped ( ) the country's economic development, while 61 percent said they ( ). In a similar survey conducted in 1984, 59 percent said Japanese people would remain hardworking, while 33 percent said they would not. Observers point out that the results reveal pessimism ( ) the industriousness of Japanese overwhelming ( ) during the last quarter century.

In five surveys conducted from 1984-91, more people gave positive answers ( ) the same question than those who ( ). The latest survey is the first ( ) more people gave negative responses. Those in their 20s were especially negative.

1. a. conducted in b. conducting on c. conducted on d. conducting in
2. a. would continue b. continued c. was going to continue d. must continue
3. a. sustaining b. sustained c. for sustaining d. sustain
4. a. didn’t b. will not c. wouldn’t d. were not
5. a. concerning b. to concern c. concerned d. for concerning
6. a. optimism b. an optimism c. the optimism d. that optimism
7. a. for b. toward c. at d. to
8. a. were not b. wouldn’t c. didn’t d. shouldn’t
9. a. on which b. which c. for which d. in which