S1: American private lives may seem shallow. P: Students would walk away with books they had not paid for. Q: A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library. R: Their public morality, however, impressed visitors. S: But in general they returned them. S6: This would not happen in China, he said. The Proper sequence should be: A. PSQR B. QPSR C. RPSQ D. RQPS

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The correct answer is: D. RQPS

The sentence “American private lives may seem shallow” is not related to the other sentences, so it should be the last sentence. The sentence “A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library” is the topic sentence, so it should be the first sentence. The sentence “Their public morality, however, impressed visitors” is about the public morality of Americans, so it should come after the sentence about the library. The sentence “Students would walk away with books they had not paid for” is about the private lives of Americans, so it should come after the sentence about the public morality of Americans. The sentence “But in general they returned them” is about the students who walked away with books, so it should come after the sentence about the students walking away with books. The sentence “This would not happen in China, he said” is about the Chinese journalist’s comment, so it should come after the sentence about the Chinese journalist’s comment.

Therefore, the correct sequence is:

1. A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library.
2. Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.
3. Students would walk away with books they had not paid for.
4. But in general they returned them.
5. This would not happen in China, he said.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow the logical order of the sentences.