Parents, teachers in schools and communicators in or using the mass media are all capable of ________ our potential interests.

The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.

The functions of institutions of higher education in the U.S. are ________.

It is not decided ________ the conference will be held.

Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary ’ , 3rd Edition (1980), is among the best-known British ______ dictionaries.

We cannot leave this tough job to a person ________.

As far as Australian culture is concerned, the history of Australia can be divided into the following phases with the exception of ________.

________ you had been here, we wouldn ’ t have had so much trouble then.

Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poets in his time.

The word “minister” originally meant “a servant”, but now has changed to“a head of a ministry ”. This process of meaning change is called ______ .