Some people jumped to the ___________ that something must be wrong.

A. summary
B. conclusion

If I were you, I ( accept ) _______________ the job.

A. would accept
B. will accept

The teacher asked me ______________ .

A. how old was I
B. how old I was

The tourist ____________ the map is a relative of my father.

A. looking at
B. looked at

People ____________ in cities can enjoy more of modern life.

A. lived
B. living

___________, her poor health was due to the fact that she smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day.

A. Obviously
B. Generally

He works with such enthusiasm as if he never (know) _______ fatigue (疲倦).

A. would know
B. knew

As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.

The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone.

The ____________ starts on Friday and the experts will be discussing the impact of technology on the climate in the future.