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e local governments are unwilling toinvestin the rebuilding projects.10. According to recent research reports, learning a new dance step mayboostthe brain in the same way that learning a language does.liableliberalunconsciousobjectivepromisingrealisticsufficientdominantcynicaldestructive1. Both parents and teachers are very concerned about thedestructiveeffects that violent films may have on children.2. If you keep interrupting me, it is unlikely that I will havesufficienttime to give you the plete picture which you are so anxious to get!3. The new method is both reliable andobjective furthermore, it has benefited greatly from the development of puter technology.4. Of all the media, the Internet is clearlydominant, with television a close second, at least as a source of news and other information.5. Body movements are oftenunconsciousforms of expressions, and they can convey certain information to the audience.6. The school principal has someliberalviews about what his students should wear and how much freedom should allow them.7. Word meanings are especiallyliableto change because people learn them by hearing them in context rather than by looking up the standard definition.8. The pany seemspromisingbecause the electronic and printing unit alone has annual sales of about $80 million.9. During the time of economic depression, many people may seem to becynicalabout what the government might do, and they just cannot believe the wealthy officials.10. The bottom line is that I have tried to be true to myself at all times and in all situations, and I simply don39。t think it isrealisticto expect anything else.enrollbotherinstallinvestrecruitreformreviseshrinkacknowledgeconfirm1. Steve Jobs has beenacknowledgedas a genius in business。 his greatest skills are his insight, creative mind, and his management ability.2. To keep the panies going, firms need torecruitcandidates frequently to replace those who choose not to continue their contracts.3. I believe I have torevisemy ideas about my boss — he39。s stubborn sometimes but very clever and creative in many cases.4. In order to improve their job skills — to get new jobs or to advance in the ones they already have, manyenrollin some forms of continuing education courses.5. In business settings, is best used to convey some key information, toconfirmappointments, to document decisions, or to contact a decision maker directly.6. Wetland losses have caused populations of some bird species — starved for water, food, and nesting sites — toshrinkby 60 to 80 percent.7. Better technology means you caninstallmore sensitive alarm systems in your home and carry less cash on the street.8. The name Joe particularlybothersme as some think it makes me more qualified to be a baseball player rather than an art critic.9. We can surelyreformour public health care system, but it still gives us, for all its flaws, the best health care in the world.10. The manual labor in the countryside for 10 years hadinvestedhim witha strong will and perseverance to overe difficulties.A. calculateB. assertsC. distinguish D. literallyE. securedF. broadenedG. performsH. insightI. accumulateJ. insertsK. justL. extremelyM. boundN. perceiveO. sightWhy study the humanities? The 19thcentury English philosopher John Stuart Millassertsthat, instead of places for pure learning, universities ought to be places thatliterallyencourage students to bee good human beings.This assertion may sound outofdate since most college students today areboundto learn knowledge and special skills. According to Mill, human beings arejusthuman beings before they are lawyers or doctors. Mill further explains that a strong liberal arts curriculum will make lawyers or doctors see differently withbroadenedhorizons.But can someone be a successful lawyer of great innerinsightwithout studying the humanities? Yes. Can someone succeed in business or medicine without the liberal arts? Sure. But we ought todistinguishthe goodness of the operation from the goodness of the operator. How well someoneperformsin a specialized field is not necessary to do with how well a person behaves as a good human being.The study of the humanities, therefore, prepares students for their future philosophic habit of mind — somethingextremelydifferent from an Internet and Information Age which values speed and instant satisfaction. On the contrary, studying the humanities enables us toaccumulateslow, ongoing knowledge to respond to the basic questions of our age, a means of human betterment.U3deceivedistractconfusehesitatesnaprouseaffirmsurrenderwitnessacquaint1. More and more unexpected stress and pressure began to get to her, and one morning she justsnappedas she could no longer bear them.2. The young and handsome speaker was standing in front of a large crowd of people, attempting torousethe crowd with a cry for action.3. No matter where we are, we must not let cultural, racial, or social barriersdistractus from the job that must be done on our responsibility.4. The government hassurrendereditself to the pressure from big business and panies and eventually brought down interest rates.5. The fresh air and bright sunlightdeceivedme into thinking I might still have some youthful energy left in these old bones of mine.6. The man denied havingwitnessedthe accident because he was afraid of getting himself involved in a long process of investigation.7. The press gave a pletely different version of the events, which greatlyconfusedthose who tried to understand the truth.8. He continued toaffirmthat the introduction of divorce would make it more difficult for people to lead good