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Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different
kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple
reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the
first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more
groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater
worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to
promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where
people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the
need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And
although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and
undisputed.

Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more
readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in
technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than
what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in
their opposite; in
the simple elements rather than in thecomplex ones; in form rather than in substance;
and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.

Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more
readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with violent changes.
This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as
compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance
between them and their white counterparts.

following factors tend to promote social change except ____.
A) different kinds of people B) different points of view
C) different interests D) different conditions


expression “greater tolerance”(Line 8,Para.1) refers to “____”.
A) more respect for different beliefs and behaviors
B) quicker adaptation to changing circumstances
C) greater willingness to accept social change
D) greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas


33. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE within a society?