Group 2 (无提示词) A It was a cold night. I was heading back to the hotel##1##a man came into my view. He asked ##2## I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I had read the signs: “Don’t give money to beggars ##3## most of them are cheaters.” So I shook my head and kept walking. But the incident kept bothering me for the rest of the week. On a freezing cold night, however, I assumed the worst of a human being. B The death of languages is not ##4## new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years. ##5## is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe’s colonial expansion caused a sharp decline ##6## linguistic( 语言的 ) diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. ##7## rise of modern nation-states has also been decisive in this trend. C Shyness is a behavioral style reflecting awkwardness or worry that some people consistently feel when approaching or being approached ##8## others. Our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity. People often talk as if shyness is a disease or mental condition ##9## can be cured. I prefer to think of it as an emotional disability. There are too many people, however, ##10## seem to be determined to find some way to do away with it.