Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The universities are schools of education and research but the main reason for their existence is not in the knowledge taught to the students or in the opportunities for the economic or social ___50___ resulting from the research findings.
The true function of a university is that it keeps the ___51___ between knowledge and the real life. It unites the students with ordinary life in a ___52___ way. The university passes on information, but it ___53___ the information imaginatively. Imagination is the driving force for the society’s future development. Students’ imagination is the very ___54___ every university should protect and encourage. A university which ___55___ to do so has no reason for existence. With imagination, knowledge is not only knowledge: it includes all possibilities. It’s no longer a ___56___ on students’ memory. It’s food for thought and ___57___ for creative inventions.
Imagination is not ___58___ knowledge. Instead, it is a way leading to more knowledge. It works by thoroughly studying the current knowledge and then exploring every possibility about the knowledge. In the exploration, new knowledge ___59___. Imagination enables men to construct a new vision of the world and it adds ___60___ to life through endless possibilities. Imaginative people are restless all along.
Youth is imaginative and if the university can help preserve this precious wealth, the power of imagination can ___61___ change the world. Besides, it should also be made clear that imagination won’t be most effective without necessary experience. The problem of the current world is that those who are imaginative have only little experience ___62___ those who are experienced have weak imaginations. The ___63___ left for the universities is to hold together these two factors for the whole human race to ___64___ greater development and happiness.
1. A. problem B. development C. life D. inquiry
2. A. connection B. attraction C. difference D. tradition
3. A. technical B. difficult C. creative D. basic
4. A. supposes B. conveys C. expects D. weighs
5. A. spirit B. goods C. message D. theory
6. A. tries B. pretends C. fails D. means
7.. A. burden B. treasure C. schedule D. science
8.A. result B. material C. cost D. figure
9. A. superior to B. familiar with C. separate from D. strict with
10. A. takes shape B. steps in C. sets off D. speeds up
11. A. proof B. excitement C. greed D. seed
12. A. temporarily B. carefully C. reluctantly D. finally
13. A. because B. unless C. while D. until
14.A. sympathy B. solution C. condition D. purpose
15. A. require B. fix C. imagine D. achieve
Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A. exchange B. constant C. involve D. spend E. traditional F. offer G. strength H. familiar I. engage J. element |
We，in the world of fast growth, are now witnessing the appearance of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical ___1___, raw materials, and money are no longer the key factors in the creation of wealth. Now, the vital ___2___ in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow’s wealth depends on the development and ___3___ of knowledge. And individuals entering the workforce ___4___ their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers ___5___ in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, figures, and data.
What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be communicating information. Currently, many jobs ___6___ some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future.
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in __7___ training to get new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine-to-five jobs, lifetime security, easy promotions, and even the ___8___ workplace, which you are __9___ with now. Don’t expect the companies will provide you with a clear career path. And don’t wait for someone to “encourage” you. You have to encourage yourself.
It may take a while _____ you find a hobby that truly interests yourself, so
don’t give up.
A. that B. before C. unless D. since
European countries, ______ crisis is at hand, are providing great
encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 21st century.
A. to realize B. realized C. have realized D. realizing
The web allows people to create web sites ______ they can pour out their
deepest thoughts, desires and motivations to thousands or even millions of perfect
strangers.
A. that B. in which C. through which D. as
Sorry I’m late, but you cannot imagine ______ great trouble I took to find your
house.
A. how B. however C. whatever D. what
