Paragraph Five As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people interms of their status. For example, we must judge whether the person in thelibrary is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or asalesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meterreader, and so on. 40. A tendency to i__________a person.
【正确答案】：identify
【题目解析】：本段介绍了我们对他人地位身份的判断。日常生活中，我们心里总是想要判断他人的身份地位。比如判断图书馆里的人是读者还是图书管理员、打电话的是朋友还是销售人员、来到我们家的陌生人究竟是贼还是抄表工。既然是和判断身份有关的动词，又是以字母i开头的动词，显然正确答案只能是identify.
