Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. This is often done in the workplace, or (31) "continuing education" courses at secondary schools, or at a college or university. Educating adults differs from educating (32) in several ways. One of the most important (33) is that adults have gained knowledge and experience which can (34) add value to a learning experience or interfere with it. Another important difference is that adults frequently must apply their knowledge in some (35) fashion in order to learn effectively there must be a (36) and a reasonable expectation that the new knowledge will help them further that goal. One example, (37) in the 1990s, was the spread of computer training courses in (38) adults, most of them office workers, could enroll These courses would teach basic use of the operating system or specific application (39) . Because the skills (40) to interact with a PC were so new, many people who had been working white-collar jobs for ten years or more eventually took such training courses, either of their own will (to gain computer skills and thus can higher pay) or at the request of their managers.
【答案解析】[解析] 本题测试根据上下文选词的能力。前面提到operating system“操作系统”，后面与其并列的 specific application“具体应用方面的”，应该是指software“软件”。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题测试根据上下文选词的能力。此处缺少一个词来修饰theskills。首先，related应排除，因为后面接的是不定式，而related to(与……相关)中的to是介词；另外，interact with a PC直译为“与计算机互动”，即指“操作计算机”，因此根据句意，只有required符合，表示“操作计算机所需技术”。designed“设计”和expected"期望”均不符合题意。