Usually, companies would like to employ experienced applicants. For many college students

They tossed your thoughts back and forth for over an hour, but still could not make ______of them.

The actual cost of the building was much higher than our original ______.

How men first learned to invent words is unknown; 1 , the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain 2 to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, 3 they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed 4 certain signs, called letters, which could be 5 to represent those sounds, and which could be 6 . Those sounds, whether spoken, 7 written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their 8 —the things they bring up before our minds. Words become 9 with meaning for us by experience; 10 the longer we live, the more certain words 11 to us the happy and sad events of our past; and the more we 12 , the more the number of words that mean something to us 13 . Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal 14 to our minds and emotions. This 15 and telling use of words is what we call 16 style. Above all, the real poet is a master of 17 . He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which 18 their position and association can 19 men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will 20 our speech or writing silly and vulgar.

There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal combustion engine (内燃机) has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons (活塞) being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computer's impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a form of literacy (读写能力); it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art. Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violin-making. Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more "user-friendly". Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase "learning to use a computer" mean? It sounds like "learning to drive a car", that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer. In fact, "learning to use a computer" is much more like "learning to play a game", but learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished. To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should ______.

Jimmy earns his living by ______ works of art in the museum.

I don't understand why people______such a beautiful garden with cans and bottles.

They had a far better yield than any other farm miles around this year.

In charge of an army of seven-thousand men, he______the oriental city for nine months and finally defeated it.

She______the list of names to see if hers was on it.

The archaeologist ______ that the vase was 3500 years old.

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Which of the following details about the front of the house is CORRECT?

My work is not very profitable______money, but I'm getting valuable experience out of it.

One of the basic characteristics of capitalism is the private ownership of the major means of production—capital. The ownership of large amounts of capital can bring【C1】______profits, as well as economic and political power. Some recent theorists,【C2】______, have argued that our society has moved to a new stage of【C3】______that they call ""postindustrial"" society. One important change in such society is that the ownership of【C4】______amounts of capital is no longer the only or even the most important【C5】______of profits and influence; knowledge as well as【C6】______capital brings profits and influence. There are many【C7】______with the thesis above, not the least of【C8】______is that wealthy capitalists can buy the experts and knowledge they need to keep their profits and influence. But this does not【C9】______the importance of knowledge in an advanced industrial society, as the【C10】______of some new industries indicates.【C11】______, genetic engineering and the new computer technology have【C12】______many new firms and made some scientists quite rich. In【C13】______with criticism of the postindustrial society thesis, however, it must also be【C14】______that those already in control of huge amounts of capital(i. e. , major corporations)soon【C15】______to take most profits in these industries based on new knowledge. Moving down from the level of wealth and power, we still find knowledge increasingly【C16】______. Many new high-tech jobs are being created at the upper-skill, low-paying service【C17】______. Something like a caste line is emerging centered around knowledge. Individuals who fall too far behind in the【C18】______of knowledge at a young age will find it almost impossible to catch up later, no matter how hard they try. Illiteracy in English language has been a severe【C19】______for many years in the United States, but we are also moving to the point when computer illiteracy will hinder many more people and【C20】______them to a life of low-skill and low-paid labor."

The human brain is the most delicate and complex ______ in all living things.

You know yourself better than anyone else: does not undertake that project unless you can______it.

The National Geographic Society headquarters

We have to ______ the routine expenditure

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