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SECTION A
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
Now listen to the mini-lecture.
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s)you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.
Religion in American Life
Diversity is the chief feature of religion in the United States. Although
Christianity has always been the major American faith, the existence
of more than 250 different religious sects here has made Americans
(1)______of all forms of worship—Christian and non-Christian. 1.______
Among the first immigrants in America, quite a number of them
were (2)______, whose purpose of coming to this New World was to 2.______
pursue religious freedom. So the First Amendment to the Constitution not
only forbids the establishment of an official (3)______religion but also 3.______
prohibits state or federal interference with religious institutions or practices.
There are generally three main religions in the U.S. The combined
(4)______sects form the largest religious faith in the United States. 4.______
But Roman Catholicism is by far the largest (5)______ religious 5.______
body. The third biggest religion in the United States is (6)______ 6.______
Although in the United States religion provides the ceremonies that
mark life’s most important events, religion has (7)______in importance 7.______
tance in terms of influencing behavior and philosophical outlook. When
Americans need personal (8)______they usually turn to psychiatrists 8.______
or to professional counselors rather than to religious leaders for
help. Modern Americans have a strong faith in their (9)______ to improve 9.______
conditions through their own efforts.
Influenced by the nontraditional religious fervor of the young Americans,
people in the U.S. are adopting new kinds of religious services.
Now many of the progressive churches draw crowds to their weekly services,
while more (10)______ones are half-empty. 10.______