Câu 19: CBEST Section 2 Reading: California Basic Educational Skills Test - Reading

Ever since human beings began their conscious sojourn on this planet, they have puzzled over the riddle of evil and debated its source. Two concepts have predominated in the debate. The first of these holds that evil is an active force, a force of darkness as substantial and powerful as that of light. In terms of the individual human being, this force might be seen as the "Shadow" side of the personality, the feared side that the individual may deny but that is still a real and integral part of her or him. The second of the two concepts holds that evil is essentially ___________, the absence of good, that darkness is not a thing in itself but rather the absence of light. In terms of the individual human being, this doctrine says that evil arises from a lack, a deprivation, from what John A. Sanford calls "a mutilation of the soul."On the basis of above passage please answer the following question. Which of the following phrases would best fit into the blank in the third sentence of the passage?

1. A. perplexing
2. B. passive
3. C. capricious — đáp án hiện tại
4. D. ephemeral
5. E. artificial