Art ultimately must be valued because of its capacity to improve the quality
of life: by increasing __41__ others and our surroundings, by sharpening our
perceptions, by reshaping our values so that moral and societal concerns __42__
material well-being. Of all the arts, theater has perhaps the greatest potential as
a humanizing force, for at its best it asks us to enter __43__ into the lives of
others so we may understand their aspirations and motivations. Through role-playing
(either in daily life or in the theater) we come to understand who and what we are
and to see ourselves in relation to others. Perhaps most important, in a world given
increasingly to violence, the value of being able to understand and feel for others
as human beings cannot be overestimated, because violence __44__ most fully when we
so dehumanize others that we __45__ think of their hopes, aims, and sufferings but
treat them as objects to be manipulated.
【題組】44 (A) crashes (B) perishes (C) vanishes (D) flourishes