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Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

The learning of a foreign language should be an integral part of every university student's education. As a discipline, it affords the mind excellent training. It utilizes skills needed in so many other subjects: the concentration required for memorizing music (not to mention developing the ear for tone and pitch); the logical thinking for resolving mathematical problems, even the deductive reasoning capabilities needed to comprehend philosophical concepts. The mind is stretched through the simple act of teaming the gram­matical patterns, vocabulary and phonological system of a language. At the same time, the student of a for­eign language is acquiring a useful tool. This tool has a double advantage, for a whole most people (especially teachers) expound on the rewards of being able to communicate in a second, third or fourth language. Perhaps the more promising of the two, is being able to understand and hopefully appreciate another cul­tural group through their literature, their music and customs all of which are best assimilated through the medium of their language