His peers admonished him that he had to increase his study time as the final examination was around the corner.

Our neighbors are so reserved and unfriendly that they never speak to us.

In the popular mind, the Internet is the realization of the global village, where the flow of information and ideas is unimpeded by distance or national barriers. Much has been written【C1】______ the technology and the benefits that this system of unregulated information exchange will bring. But【C2】______ has been very little discussion about the languages — human, not computer languages【C3】______ are being used on the Internet. Central【C4】______ the ideology of the emerging Internet community is the freedom of the individual users to express【C5】______ as they like. Nevertheless,【C6】______ recently, it has been very difficult to communicate through the Internet in any language【C7】______ could not be expressed in the standard English alphabet as defined【C8】______ the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII). English is already the premier【C9】______of science and technology worldwide. The peculiar restriction of 【C10】______ able to communicate with only the limited ASCII character set has worked to further encourage the 【C11】______ English, especially by those【C12】______ native language is not normally expressed in some version of【C13】______ Roman alphabet. In fact, it seems to be typical that【C14】______ accessing a network in a non-English speaking country【C15】______ is often presented with a choice of the local language (s) or English. Many of the national networks that have now linked 【C16】______ to the Internet are used【C17】______ scientific and technical communication, 【C18】______ a rapidly growing portion of the Internet's community are nonprofessional people. Familiarity with English may be assumed【C19】______ a linguist or a physicist, but growing【C20】______ of users with no English language skills are joining the net in spite of the dominance of English in message forums and mail lists. Messages on the Usenet newsgroups are overwhelmingly written in English, and the bulk of the moderated mailing lists (including the Linguist Discussion List, and international E-mail discussion list for linguists) are conducted in English.

He remained calm in the face of the impending danger.

The senior senator has in the past three terms both experienced the sweet taste of success and the bitterness of defeat in his legislation fights with his opponents.

She had________opportunity to exercise leadership, which she has dreamed of since she was young.

Daylight saving time was instituted to increase productivity.

When I visited the area after the hurricane, I became________by what I saw and heard there.

Justices of the peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses.

Some consumer researchers distinguish【C1】______ " rational" motives and "emotional" (or "non-rational" motives. They use the term "rationality"【C2】______ the traditional economic sense that assumes【C3】______ consumers behave rationally when they carefully consider all alternatives【C4】______ choose those that give them the greatest utility (i. e. , satisfaction). 【C5】______ a marketing context, the term "rationality" implies that the consumer selects goods based【C6】______ totally objective criteria, such【C7】______size, weight, price, and so on. "Emotional" motives imply the selection of goods【C8】______ to personal or subjective criteria — the desire 【C9】______ individuality, pride, fear, affection or status. The assumption underlying this distinction is【C10】______subjective or emotional criteria do not maximize utility or satisfaction.【C11】______, it is reasonable to assume that consumers always attempt to select alternatives that,【C12】______ their view, serve to maximize satisfaction. Obviously, the assessment of satisfaction is a very personal process, based【C13】______ the individual's own needs as【C14】______ as on past behavioral, social, and learning experiences. What may appear【C15】______ irrational to an outside observer may be perfectly rational【C16】______ the context of the consumer's own psychological field. For example, a product purchased to enhance one's self-image (such as a fragrance) is a perfectly rational form of consumer behavior. 【C17】______ behavior did not appear rational to the person who undertakes it【C18】______ the time that it is undertaken, obviously he or she would not do it.【C19】______ the distinction between rational and emotional motives does not appear to be warranted. Some researchers go so far【C20】______ to suggest that emphasis on "needs" obscures the rational, or conscious, nature of most consumer motivation. They claim that consumers act consciously to maximize their gains and minimize their losses; that they act not from subconscious drives but from rational preferences, or what they perceive to be in their own best interests.

John is very diligent, but his pay isn't sufficient enough for his work.

Going around at the top of the mountain, we watched the fog________from the valley below; it seemed that we had entered a fairyland.

Life insurance, before available only to young, healthy persons , can now be obtained for old people, and even for pets.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Dimmesdale succumbed to Hester's charms.

The affluent middle class created by the Asian boom now take up over from exports as the main engine of growth.

When he realized he had been suggested to sign the contract by intrigue, he threatened to start legal proceedings to cancel the agreement.

Our programs come second to theirs.

There are more people who are obese today than 20 years ago.

Relaxation therapy teaches one not to fret over small problems.

We regret being unable to entertain your request for providing free boarding to 15 sportsmen for two weeks.