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TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2017) -GRADEFOUR- TIMELIMIT:130MIN PARTⅠ DICTATION [10MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading,whichwillbedoneatnormalspeed,listen andtry tounderstandthe meaning.For thesecondand third reading, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done atnormalspeed again and during this timeyou should check your work.You will then begivenONEminutetocheckthroughyourworkoncemore. PleasewritethewholepassageonANSWERSHEETONE. PART Ⅱ LISTENINGCOMPERHESION [20MIN] SECTIONA TALK In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure whatyoufillinisbothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayusetheblanksheetfornote-taking. Youhavethirtysecondstopreviewthegap-fillingtask. Nowlistentothetalk.Whenitisover,youwillbegivenTWOminutestocheckyourwork. SECTIONB CONVERSATINS Inthissectionyouwillhear twoconversations.Atthe endofeachconversation,fivequestionswillbeasked aboutwhatwas said.Boththe conversations andthe questions willbespokenONCE ONLY.After eachquestion there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of [A], [B], [C] and [D], andmarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO. Youhavethirtysecondstopreviewthechoices. Now,listentotheconversations. ConversationOne Questions1to5arebasedonConversationOne. 1.[A]Ithaswipedthedatafromtheflashdrive. [B]Itcan’treaddatafromtheflashdrive. [C]Thefilesstoredinithavegotlost. [D]Thefilesinitcan’tbeopened. 2.[A]Getatotalrefund. [B]Getapartialrefund. [C]Getanewcomputer. [D]Getanewharddisk. 3.[A]Indifferent. [B]Surprised. [C]Anxious. [D]Dissatisfied. 4.[A]By8:30tomorrowmorning. [B]After8:30tomorrowmorning. [C]At8:30thisevening. [D]Anytimetomorrow. 5.[A]6574-3205. [B]6547-2305. [C]6457-2035. [D]6475-3025. ConversationTwo Questions6to10arebasedonConversationTwo. 6.[A]Holdapartyathome. [B]Introduceourselvesfirst. [C]Avoidmeetingthem. [D]Waitforthemtovisitus. 7.[A]Donothingaboutit. [B]Tellhimtostop. [C]Givehimareasontostop. [D]Callthepoliceimmediately. 8.[A]Trytobepatient. [B]Trytobesympathetic. [C]Don’tappeartobefriendly. [D]Don’tanswertheirquestions.9.[A]Nomorethanfiveminutes. [B]Fivetotenminutes. [C]Abouthalfanhour. [D]Aboutanhour. 10.[A]FamilyCircleMagazine. [B]Morningradioprograms. [C]Betty’swebsite. [D]CBSnewswebsite. PART Ⅲ LANGUAGEUSAGE [10MIN] There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four options marked [A]. [B], [C]and[D].Chooseonewordorphrasethatbestcompletesthesentence. MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETTWO. 11. ________ combination of techniques authors use, all stories—from the briefest anecdotes to the longest novels —haveaplot. [A]Regarding [B]Whatever [C]Insofaras [D]Nomatter 12. She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door, ________ the woman gave a quick knockbeforeopeningit. [A]onwhich [B]butwhen [C]wherein [D]then 13.MsEnnabisoneofthefirstPalestinian________withsevenyears’racingexperience. [A]womandrivers [B]womendriver [C]womendrivers [D]womandriver 14.“IwonderedifIcouldhaveawordwithyou.”Thepasttenseusedinthesentencereferstoa________. [A]pasteventforexacttimereference [B]presenteventfortentativeness [C]presenteventforuncertainty [D]pasteventforpoliteness 15.“IfIwereyou,Iwouldn’twaittoproposetoher.”Thesubjunctivemoodinthesentenceisusedto________. [A]alleviatehostility [B]expressunfavorablefeelings [C]indicateuncertainty [D]makeasuggestion 16. “It’s a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.” The modal auxiliary SHOULD expresses________. [A]obligation [B]disappointment [C]futureinthepast [D]tentativeness 17. Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, initially opted against the stem cell transplant that ________ history. [A]couldhavelatermade [B]shouldhavemadelater [C]mightmakelater [D]wouldlatermake 18.SomeMartianrockstructureslookstrikinglylikestructuresonEarththatareknown________bymicrobes. [A]havingbeencreated [B]beingcreated [C]tohavebeencreated [D]tobecreated 19. At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary sense, as I ________ if I ________alone. [A]wouldhavebeen...hadbeen [B]shouldbe...hadbeen [C]couldbe...were [D]mighthavebeen...were 20.Youmustfire________incompetentassistantofyours. [A]the [B]an [C]that [D]whichever 21. Some narratives seem more like plays, heavy with dialogue by which writers allow their ________ to reveal themselves. [A]charisma [B]characters [C]characteristics [D]characterizations 22.If youintendtomeltthesnowfordrinkingwater,youcan________extra puritybyrunningitthrough acoffee filter. [A]assure [B]insure [C]reassure [D]ensure23.Thedaisy-likeflowersofchamomilehavebeenusedforcenturiesto________anxietyandinsomnia. [A]decline [B]relieve [C]quench [D]suppress 24. Despite concern about the disappearance of the album in popular music, 2014 delivered a great crop of album ________. [A]releases [B]appearances [C]publications [D]presentations 25.Theparty’sreducedvoteinthegeneralelectionwas________oflackofsupportforitspolicies. [A]revealing [B]confirming [C]indicative [D]evident 26.HeclosedhiseyesandheldthetwoversionsofLaMappatohismind’s________toanalyzetheirdifferences. [A]vision [B]eye [C]view [D]sight 27.Twelvepupilswerekilledandfive________injuredaftergunmenattackedtheschoolduringlunchtime. [A]critically [B]enormously [C]greatly [D]hard 28.A15-year-oldgirlhasbeenarrested________accusationsofusingInstagramtoanonymouslythreatenherhigh school. [A]over [B]with [C]on [D]for 29.Itwasreportedthata73-year-oldmandiedonanEtihadflight________toGermanyfromAbuDhabi. [A]bounded [B]binded [C]boundary [D]bound 30.It’s________thecase inthe region;a story always soundsclearenough ata distance,buttheneareryou get to thesceneofeventsthevagueritbecomes. [A]invariably [B]immovably [C]unalterably [D]unchangeably PART Ⅳ CLOZE [10MIN] Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank.Thewordscanbeused ONCE ONLY.Mark the letter foreachwordonANSWER SHEET TWO. [A]always [B]barely [C]demise [D]emergence [E]gained [F]implications [G]leaf [H]lost [I]naturally [J]object [K]one [L]online [M]rising [N]single [O]value Millions of people now rent their movies the Netflix way. They fill out a wish list from 50,009 titles on the company’swebsiteandreceivethefirstfewDVD’sinthemail;whentheymaileachoneback,thenextoneonthe listissent.TheNetflixmodelhasbeenexhaustivelyanalyzedforitsdisruptive,new-economy(31)________.What willitmeanforvideostoreslikeBlockbuster?Whatwillitmeanformoviestudiosandtheaters?Whatdoesitshow about “long tail” businesses—ones that combine many markets into a (32) ________ target audience? But one other major implication has (33) ________ been mentioned: what this and similar Internet-based businesses mean fortheUnitedStatesPostalService. Everyday,some two millionNetflixenvelopes come andgo as first-class mail.They arejoinedbymillions of other shipments from (34) ________ pharmacies, eBay vendors, Amazon. com and other businesses that did not existbeforetheInternet. The (35) ________ of “snail mail” in the age of electronic communication has beenpredicted at leastas often as the coming of the paperless office. But the consumption of paper keeps (36) ________. It has roughly doubled since1980.Onaverage,anAmericanhouseholdreceivestwiceasmanypiecesofmailadayasitdidinthe1970’s. The harmful side of the Internet’s impact is obvious but statistically less important than many would guess. People (37) ________ write fewer letters when they can send e-mail messages. To (38) ________ trough a box of old paper correspondence is to know whatbeen (39) ________in this shift: the pretty stamps, the varying lookand feelofhandwrittenandtypedcorrespondence,thetangible(40)________thatwasonceinthesender’shands.PART Ⅴ READINGCOMPREHENSION [35MIN] SECTIONA MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS In this sectionthere are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For eachmultiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the bestanswerandmarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETTWO. PASSAGEONE (1)WhenIwas ayounggirllivingin Ireland,Iwasalways pleasedwhenitrained,becausethatmeantI could go treasure hunting. What’s the connection between a wet day and a search for buried treasure? Well, it’s quite simple. Ireland, as some of you may already know, is the home of Leprechauns—little men who possess magic powersand,perhapsmoreinterestingly,potsofgold. (2) Now, although Leprechauns are interesting characters, I have to admit that I was more interested in the storiesoftheirtreasurehoard.This,asallofIrelandknows,theyhideattheendoftherainbow.Leprechaunscanbe fearsome folk but if you can discover the end of the rainbow, they have to unwillingly surrender their gold to you. Sowheneveritrained,Iwouldlookupintheskyandfollowthecurveoftherainbowtoseewhereitended.Inever didunearthanytreasure,butIdidspendmanyhappy,showerydaysdreamingofwhatIcoulddowiththefortuneif Ifoundit. (3)As I got older,and started working, rainy days came to be just another nuisance and my childhood dreams of finding treasure faded. But for some people the dream of striking it lucky never fades, and for a fortunate few, the dream even comes true! Such is the case of Mel Fisher. His dream of finding treasure also began in childhood, while reading the great literature classics “Treasure Island” and “Moby Dick”. However, unlike me, he chased his dream and in the end managed to become one of the most famous professional treasure hunters of all time, and for good reason. In 1985, he fished up the priceless cargo of the sunken Spanish ship Atocha, which netted him an incredible400milliondollars! (4)Aftertheshipsankin1622offthecoastofFlorida,itsmurky watersbecameatreasure-trove (埋藏的宝 藏)of precious stones, gold bars and silver coins known as “pieces of eight”. The aptly-named Fisher, who ran a commercialsalvagingoperation,hadbeentryingtolocatetheunderwatertreasureforover16yearswhenhefinally hit the jackpot! His dreams had come true but finding and keeping the treasure wasn’t all plain sailing. After battlingwithhostileconditionsatsea,Fisherthenhadtobattleinthecourts.Infact,theStateofFloridatookFisher tocourtoverownershipofthefindandtheFederalgovernmentsoonfollowedsuit.Aftermorethan200hearings, Fisher agreed to donate 20% of his findings for public display, and so now there is a museum in Florida which displayshundredsoftheobjectswhichweresalvagedfromtheAtocha. (5)Thistruestoryseemslikeamodern-dayfairytale:amanpursueshisdreamthroughhardshipandintheend, he triumphs over the difficulties—they all live happily ever after, right?Well, notexactly.Archaeologists object to the fact that with commercial salvaging operations like Fisher’s, the objects are sold and dispersed, and UNESCO arealsoworriedaboutprotectingourunderwaterheritagefromwhatitdescribesas“pillaging”(抢劫、掠夺). (6)The counter-argument is thatin professional, well-run operations such as Fisher’s, each piece is accurately and minutely recorded and that it is this information which is more important than the actual object, and that such operations help increase our wealth of archaeological knowledge.indeed, as in Fisher’s case, they make history moreaccessibletopeoplethroughmuseumdonationsandinformationonwebsites. (7) The distinction of whether these treasure hunters are salvaging or pillaging our underwater heritage may not be clear, but what is clear is that treasure hunting is not just innocent child’s play anymore but profitable big business. I have learnt that the end of the rainbow is beyond my reach, but in consolation, with just a click of the mouse, I too can have a share in the riches that the Atocha has revealed. As Friedrich Nietzsche so wisely said: “Ourtreasureliesinthebeehiveofourknowledge.”41.InPara.4,thephrase“hitthejackpot”means________accordingtothecontext. [A]discoveredthejackpot [B]foundthetreasure [C]brokeoneoftheobjects [D]ranasalvagingoperation 42.ItcanbeconcludedfromParas.5and6that________. [A]UNESCO’sviewisdifferentfromarchaeologists’ [B]allsalvagingoperationsshouldbeprohibited [C]attentionshouldbepaidtothefind’seducationalvalue [D]peopleholdentirelydifferentviewsontheissue 43.HowdidtheauthorfeelaboutthetreasurefromtheAtocha(Para.7)? [A]Shewasgladthatpeoplecanhaveachancetoseethetreasure. [B]Shewassadthatshewasunabletodiscoverandsalvagetreasure. [C]Shewasangrythattreasurehunterswerepillagingheritage. [D]Shewasunconcernedaboutwherethetreasurecamefrom. PASSAGETWO (1) Paul was dissatisfied with himself and with everything. The deepest of his love belonged to his mother. When he felt he had hurt her, or wounded his love for her, he could not bear it. Now it was spring and there was battle between him and Miriam, his girlfriend.This year he hada good dealagainst her.She was vaguely aware of it. The old feeling that she was to be sacrifice to this love, which she had had when she prayed, was mingled in all her emotions. She did not at the bottom believe she ever would have him. She did not believe in herself primarily: doubted whether she could ever be what he would demand of her. Certainly she never saw herself living happily through a lifetime with him. She saw tragedy, sorrow, and sacrifice ahead. And in sacrifice she was proud, in renunciation she was strong, for she did not trust herself to support everyday life. She was prepared for the big thingsandthedeepthings,liketragedy.Itwasthesufficiencyofthesmallday-lifeshecouldnottrust. (2) The Easter holidays began happily. Paul was his own frank self. Yet she felt it would go wrong. On the Sundayafternoonshestoodatherbedroomwindow,lookingacrossattheoaktreesofthewood,inwhosebranches a twilight was tangled, below the bright sky of the afternoon. Grey-green rosettes of honeysuckle leaves hung beforethewindow,somealready,shefancied,showingbud.Itwasspring,whichshelovedanddreaded. (3) Hearing the clack of the gate she stood in suspense. It was a bright grey day.Paul came into the yard with hisbicycle,whichglitteredashewalked. Usuallyheranghisbellandlaughedtowardsthehouse.Todayhewalked with shut lips and cold, cruel bearing,that had something of a slouch and a sneer in it. She knew him well by now, and could tell from keen-looking what was happening inside him. There was a cold correctness in the way he put hisbicycleinitsplace,thatmadeherheartsink. (4) She came downstairs nervously. She was wearing a new net blouse that she thought became her. It had a high collar with a tiny ruff, making her, she thought, look wonderfully a woman, and dignified.At twenty she was full-breasted and luxuriously formed. Her face was still like a soft rich mask, unchangeable. But her eyes, once lifted,werewonderful.Shewasafraidofhim.Hewouldnoticehernewblouse. (5) He, being in a hard, ironical mood, was entertaining the family to a description of a service given in the PrimitiveMethodistChapel.Hesatattheheadofthetable,hismobileface,withtheeyesthatcouldbesobeautiful, shining with tenderness or dancing with laughter, now taking on one expression and then another, in imitation of various people he was mocking. His mockery always hurt her; it was too near the reality. He was too clever and cruel. She felt that when his eyes were like this, hard with mocking hate, he would spare neither himself nor anybody else. But Miriam’s mother was wiping her eyes with laughter,and her father,just awake from his Sunday nap, was rubbing his head in amusement. The three brothers sat with ruffled, sleepy appearance in their shirt-sleeves,givingaguffawfromtimetotime.Thewholefamilyloveda“take-off”morethananything.44.ItcanbelearnedfromthebeginningthatMiriam’sattitudetowardslovebetweenherandPaulis_______. [A]indifferent [B]desperate [C]pessimistic [D]ambiguous 45.ThenarrationinPara.3tellsusthatMiriamhadallthefollowingfeelingsEXCEPT________. [A]delight [B]expectation [C]uncertainty [D]foreboding 46.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisCORRECTaboutthefamily’sresponsetoPaul’smockery? [A]Onlytheparentsfounditentertaining. [B]EverymemberexceptMiriamwasamused. [C]Thebrothersfoundithardtoappreciate. [D]Miriamalsothoughtitwasamusing. PASSAGETHREE (1) I’ve written this article and you’re reading it. So we are members of the same club. We’re both literate— we can read and write.And we both probably feel that literacy is essential to our lives. But millions of people all over the world are illiterate. Even in industrialised Western countries, such as the UK and the the USA, approximately20%ofthepopulationhave“lowliteracylevels”.Butwhatexactlydoesthatmean? (2) My parents both left school at 14. They could read and write, but except for a quick look at the daily newspaper, reading and writing didn’t play a big part in their lives. There were very few books in the house. My mother was amazed because the woman who lived next door always wrote a list of what she needed before she went to the supermarket. Why couldn’t she remember? We laughed about that for weeks. Our family didn’t write lists! And when I was only 14 years old my father gave me an important letter that he’d written to the bank and asked me to check it for grammar and spelling mistakes.And there were quite a lot. He never usually wrote letters orpostcards or even Christmas cards. So when hehadto write hewasn’tcomfortable orconfident.Does thatmean thatmyfatherhada“lowlevelofliteracy”?Idon’tthinkso. (3) There are lots of different definitions of literacy. Some experts define it as having the reading and writing skills that you need to be independent in your everyday life. So, for example, if you can read instructions, write a cheque,fillinaform—anythingthatyouneedtodoineverydaylife—thenyouare“functionallyliterate”. (4) Other people say that you are illiterate if you think that you are illiterate. In other words, if you feel that youcan’treadorwriteaswellasyouwouldliketo. (5) If you live in a society where most people are literate, then you will feel ashamed or embarrassed and avoidsituationsinwhichyouhavetoreadorwrite.Thefatherofafriendofminefinallyadmittedtohisfamilythat he couldn’t read when he was 45 years old. He bought the newspaper every day and pretended to read it —and believeitornot,hisfamilyhadnoidea. (6)Weoften forget that writing is a recent invention. Many years ago, the word “literate” meantbeing able to communicate well in speaking, in other words what we now call “articulate”. Story telling was an important activity in the pastand still is today in some societies. Reading was often a co-operative activity—someone would readaloudtoagroup,oftenfromareligioustextsuchastheKoranortheBible. (7) Only a hundred years ago, in the United States, you were considered to be literate if you could sign your name to a piece of paper. It was an important skill. You were not allowed to vote if you couldn’t sign the voting register, so literacy was connected with political rights, and many people were excluded from the democratic process. (8) Nowadays we see reading and writing as being connected, but that wasn’t so in the past. Many people couldread,butnotwrite.Writingwasaskilledprofession.Ifyouneededsomethingwrittenthenyoupaidanexpert towriteitforyou. (9)Andofcourse,richandimportantpeoplehavealways employedpeopletowrite thingsforthem.Important company bosses dictated letters to their secretaries or personal assistants. And now with new computer software youcandictatedirectlytoyourcomputer. (10) Being illiterate can have a big effect on people’s lives. For example, a study in the UK showed that people who write and spell badly are seen as careless, immature and unreliable, and often unintelligent. So it is moredifficultforthemtofindjobs,evenwhenreadingandwritingarenotnecessaryforthework.(11)Worldwidestatisticsshowthatliteracyproblemsareassociatedwithpovertyandalackofpoliticalpower. More women than men are illiterate. Illiterate people have worse health, bigger families and are more likely to go to prison. So literacy campaigns must be a good thing. But don’t forget thatan illiterate person, orsomeone with a low level o literacy, isn’t necessarily stupid or ignorant, and may not be unhappy at all. Knowledge and wisdom isn’tonlyfoundinwriting. 47.WhydoestheauthorgivetwoexamplesinPara.2? [A]Toshowthatliteracyisinterpretedindifferentways. [B]ToshowthatFatherwasmoreliteratethanMother. [C]Toindicatehowimportantreadingandwritingare. [D]Tocomparethelevelofliteracybetweenneighbours. 48.Accordingtotheauthor,thefollowingaresomeofthedefiningfeaturesofliteracyEXCEPT________. [A]psychological [B]functional [C]social [D]independent 49.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutreadingandwritingisCORRECT? [A]Readingandwritinghavealwaysbeenregardedasequallydifficult. [B]Peoplehadtoreadandwritewellinordertobeallowedtovote. [C]Readingoftenrequiresmoreimmediateinteractionthanwriting. [D]Readingandwritinghavealwaysbeenviewedasbeingconnected. 50.Whatdothelasttwoparagraphsmainlyfocuson(Paras.10and10)? [A]Effectsofilliteracyandemploymentproblems. [B]Effectsofilliteracyandassociatedproblems. [C]Effectsofilliteracyonone’spersonalitydevelopment. [D]Effectsofilliteracyonwomen’scareerdevelopment. SECTIONBSHORTANSWERQUESTIONS In this section there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. Answer the questionswithNOMORETHANTENWORDSinthespaceprovidedonANSWERSHEETTWO. PASSAGEONE 51.WhatdoesThisinPara.2referto? 52.WhydidFisherhavetobattleinthecourtsafterhefoundthetreasure(Para.4)? PASSAGETWO 53.WhydidMiriamwearanewnetblouseonSundayafternoon? 54.Whatisthemeaningofthesentence“...hewouldspareneitherhimselfnoranybodyelse”inPara.5? PASSAGETHREE 55.ExplainthemeaningofthelastsentenceofPara.11accordingtothecontext. PART Ⅵ WRITING [45MIN] Read carefully the following report and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS, in which youshould: 1)summarizethemainmessageoftheexcerpt,andthen 2)commentonwhetherourbrainswillgetlazyinaworldrunbyintelligentmachines Youcansupportyourselfwithinformationfromtheexcerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failuretofollowtheaboveinstructionsmayresultinalossofmarks. WithIntelligentMachinestoDotheThinking,WillOurBrainsGetLazy? Changing technology stimulates the brain and increases intelligence. But that may only be true if the technologychallengesus.Inaworldrunbyintelligentmachines,ourlivescouldgetalotsimpler.Wouldthatmake uslessintelligent? Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instance, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of controlling air traffic around large modern airports is also achievedbyartificialintelligencethatoperateswellbeyondthecapabilityofmerehumanairtrafficcontrollers. Artificial intelligence is embedded in many features of modern life for the simple reason that intelligent machines can already outperform humans, including some aptitudes where there was once thought to be a human advantage,suchasplayingchess,andwritingpoetry,orevennovels. As machines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. In the future, the electronicassistantwilldeveloptothepointthatitserves similarfunctionsasarealliving butler,fulfilling requests suchas:“OrganizeadinnerpartyforsixonThursday,Jeeves,andinvitetheusualguests.” Atthatpoint,ourlong struggle with challenging technologies is atanend.Like BertieWooster,we cantake it easy knowing that the hard work of planning and organizing is being done by a better brain—the electronic assistant.Starvedofmentaleffort,ourbrainswillregress. WriteyourresponseonANSWERSHEETTHREE. —THEEND—PART Ⅱ LISTENINGCOMPRENSION SECTIONA TALK 下列各题必须使用黑色字迹签字笔在答题区域内作答,超出红色矩形边框限定区域的答案无效。 OnlineEducation Introduction Onlinecoursescanbringthebestqualityeducationtopeople Aroundtheworldforfree. Componentsofonlineeducation noconstraintsof (1) (1)......................... —contentdesignforonlinecourses —short,modularunitseachdiscussing (2) (2)......................... —differentwaysofdealingwiththematerial —amuchmore (3) (3)......................... providingstudentswith — (4) questions (4)......................... — (5) onthequestions (5).........................  (6) indifferentways (6)......................... — (7) forum (7)......................... —medianresponsetime:22minutes Benefitsofonlineeducation —educationasa (8) (8)......................... —enabling (9) (9)......................... —making (10) possible (10)......................... Conclusion Onlineeducationwillhaveapromisingfuture.