2. In the Information Age, we ought to develop a selective mind to determine _____ sources of information.
3. The big _____ of writing a treatise on communications has made it impossible for the professor to take up other interests.
4. It is freezing cold. My hands have gone numb (僵) and I can _____ feel my toes.
5. If tests are to _____, what will be used to let both the student and the teacher know how much he has learned?
6. The theatre is a unique one because it provides _____ translation in both English and Chinese. 7. when the egg comes before the chicken or the other way round will turn out to be a(n) ________debate with no answer ever to be found.
8. Although research is important, the university exists and operates _____ for the students.
9. Some words, such as “caribou” (北美驯鹿), can only be found in American English. They have no British _____.
10. Technical schools prepare their students for the ________ of practical skills they learn in class to their work.
11. Her written English was first-class, and she had a(n) _____ vocabulary for a sophomore. 12. It is painful to memorize large numbers of words without knowing exactly how to use them. And what’s more, I can’t see what _____ this could serve.
13. Einstein’s theory was too difficult to gain broad _____ in the beginning.
14. Dr. Wilson wrote the book in the hope of _____ discussion of the problem of global warming.
