69. The third paragraph intends to tell us that ________.

A. to live is to persuade.

B. we may not always win.

C. we live among competing interests.

D. persuasion can be ethical or unethical.

70. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to¬¬¬¬¬¬¬________.

A. tell an interesting story

B. persuade the reader that a point of view is correct

C. entertain the reader with many interesting examples

D. appeal to the reader’s senses

第II卷 非选择题 (两部分，共35分)

第四部分  任务型阅读(共10题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意：每空格不多于3个单词。