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The fоllоwing pаrаgrаph have the main idea that may appear at variоus places within the paragraph. Identify the topic sentence of each paragraph by filling in the correct sentence number in the space provided.  1 Shame is a painful emotion resulting from a strong sense of guilt or unworthiness. 2 It exists in all cultures. 3 But in Western culture in general and the United States in particular, shame is self-oriented, while in a country like Japan, it is linked not to the self but to others. 4 In America, if a child fails an exam, the child might feel terrible and be ashamed. 5 A Japanese child, on the other hand, would be ashamed not because he or she failed but because the failure resulted in shame for the child’s parents. 6 Shame shows up in a similar way in the workplace. 7 In Japan, if a company doesn’t make aprofit as a result of worker laziness, the worker will be ashamed. 8 It’s very hard to think of any American worker feeling ashamed that General Motors didn’t make a profit. 9 The Japanese corporation works because it is part of a social system in which the failure of the individual reflects upon the group. 10 One feels shame for letting down the group, not the self.

The fоllоwing pаrаgrаph have the main idea that may appear at variоus places within the paragraph. Identify the topic sentence of each paragraph by filling in the correct sentence number in the space provided. 1. The pattern of life for most Europeans between 1600 and 1800 centered on the struggle to stay alive. 2 At least once a decade, climatic conditions—usually a long period of summer rainfall—would produce a devastatingly bad harvest, which in turn would result in widespread malnutrition, often leading to serious illness and death. 3 A family might survive for a time by eating less, but eventually, with its meager stocks exhausted and the cost of grain high, the human costs would mount. 4 The substitution of grass, nuts, and tree bark for grain on which the peasants depended almost entirely for nourishment was inadequate to sustain healthy life.