41.C
But there is a widespread belief that people who get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it, but because of influential friends or the right background.
42.D
he was politically acceptable to his superiors
43.D
44.C (中立)
Sometimes it may just be a comforting and harmless belief, while at the other extreme it can be very destructive.
All the same, we should not be pessimistic
45.A
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