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Everybody dances. If you have (1) swerved to avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk, you have danced. If you have ever kneeled to pray, you have danced. For these actions have figured importantly (2) the history of dance. Dance goes (3) to the beginnings of civilization— (4) the tribe—where natives danced to get (5) they wanted. Primitive dance was (6) all practical, not the social dancing we know today. Natives approached dance with (7) seriousness as a way to help the tribe in the crucial process (8) survival. Dance was believed to be the (9) direct way to repel locusts, to (10) rain to fall, to insure that a male heir would be born, and (11) guarantee victory in a forthcoming battle.
Primitive (12) was generally done by many people moving in the same manner and direction. (13) all dances had leaders, solo dances (14) rare. Much use
A. to
B. over
C. of
D. at

Everybody dances. If you have (1) swerved to avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk, you have danced. If you have ever kneeled to pray, you have danced. For these actions have figured importantly (2) the history of dance. Dance goes (3) to the beginnings of civilization— (4) the tribe—where natives danced to get (5) they wanted. Primitive dance was (6) all practical, not the social dancing we know today. Natives approached dance with (7) seriousness as a way to help the tribe in the crucial process (8) survival. Dance was believed to be the (9) direct way to repel locusts, to (10) rain to fall, to insure that a male heir would be born, and (11) guarantee victory in a forthcoming battle.
Primitive (12) was generally done by many people moving in the same manner and direction. (13) all dances had leaders, solo dances (14) rare. Much use
A. ever
B. never
C. before
D. after