Passage 11
　　Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. This is often done in the workplace, or 1___ “continuing education” courses at secondary schools, or at a college or university.
　　Educating adults differs from educating __2___ in several ways. One of the most important 3____ is that adults have gained knowledge and experience which can ___4 _add value to a learning experience or interfere with it.
　　Another important difference is that adults frequently must apply their knowledge in some
　　__5__ fashion in order to learn effectively: there must be a __6__ and a reasonable expectation that the new knowledge will help them further that goal. One example, _7_ in the 1990s, was the spread of computer training courses in __8__ adults, most of them office workers, could enroll. These courses would teach basic use of the operating system or specific application __9__.Because the skill __10__ to interact with a PC were so new, many people who had been working white-collar jobs for ten years or more eventually took such training courses, either of their own will (to gain computer skills and thus can higher pay)or at the request of their managers
　　1. A . by         B. from         C. on           D. through
　　2. A. children     B. students      C. worker        D. employees
　　3. A. signs       B. features       C. differences    D. practices
　　4. A. either       B. neither        C. both         D. so
　　5. A. probable     B. practical      C. modern       D. routine
　　6.A. plan         B. prospect      C. goal          D. possibility
　　7. A. normal      B. common      C. regular        D. profitable
　　8. A. that         B. which        C. those         D. whose
　　9. A. software     B. hardware     C. technology     D. framework
　　10. A. related       B. designed     C. expected       D. required

　　Passage 12
　　In just eight years, by 2010, there will be 58 million jobs in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau   1    between now and 2010 some 22 million new jobs will be created. And 36 million more   2___  will result from retirements and others who drop out of the workforce.
　　Nearly all that job   3   incidentally, will come in the service sector. Manufacturing jobs will grow at only    4   of a percent annually. That's not because those jobs are going overseas, by the way. Blame the slow growth in manufacturing   5   the fast growth in manufacturing productivity.
　　Ed Potter, president of the Employment Policy Foundations in Washington, said the foundation's analysis of job growth and what's     6     happening in education show we could be as    7     as 3.5 million professionals at the end of this decade.
　　Despite the current recession and layoffs, a     8    of employers by the National Association of Manufacturers found 80 percent of companies say a severe shortage of qualified job     9     already exists. And 60 percent of those companies said the lack of skilled workers is    10     their ability to produce goods and services they could sell.
　　1.  A.  persists         B. predicts        C. interprets      D. distinguishes
　　2.  A. openings         B.  people       C. employees    D.  occupations
　　3.  A. seekers         B. interviews      C. growth       D. application
　　4.  A. three-tenths       B. third-ten       C. third-tenth    D. thirds-ten
　　5.  A.  for            B. with           C. on           D.  above
　　6.  A. reliably          B. currently       C. fortunately     D. definitely
　　7.  A. many            B. strong         C. confident      D. short
　　8.  A. survey           B. lot            C. show         D. group
　　9.  A.  increase        B. candidates      C. decline       D.  interviewers
　　10.  A.  influencing     B. effecting       C. affecting      D. enhancing