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】41 (A) our sense about (B) our sensation of
(C) our sensitivity to (D) our sensibility into