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Answer the suppоrting-detаil questiоns thаt fоllow the pаssage below.1The other day I heard someone say, "I wish I'd known then what I know now." 2The statement made me ask myself what I do know now that I didn't know when I was a teenager, still in high school, living at home with my parents. 3I eventually decided that I have learned several important lessons. 4The first is that almost any decision is better than no decision. 5Gather the best information you can, make a decision, and then show up and do your best. 6No matter what happens next, you will learn and grow from the experience. 7Another lesson I've learned is that life is not fair. 8Good people sometimes suffer unimaginable hardships; bad people sometimes live seemingly charmed lives. 9You can protest, "But that's not fair!" until you're blue in the face, but it won't change a thing. 10All you can do is to try to be fair and just in your own life and not be embittered by the reality around you. 11A final lesson I've learned is that people are very complex. 12The worst of us are capable of moments of generosity and compassion; the best of us can be petty, small-minded, and hurtful. 13To decide that you know everything about someone is to set yourself up for a shock. 14We are all full of surprises; we are wonderfully and maddeningly complicated. Sentence 7 provides ____________
Answer the suppоrting-detаil questiоns thаt fоllow the pаssage below.1In education, as in other fields, new technologies tend to go through three stages of application. 2In the first stage, the technology is applied to things we already do. 3For instance, when microcomputer programs were first introduced into education, computer programs were created to simulate flash cards for math drill. 4As a technology moves into the second stage, it is used to improve on the tasks we do. 5As an example, a more sophisticated math software application can provide remedial instruction when a student makes the same mistake more than once. 6It can also expand to cover more math topics and increase motivation by using game-like activities. 7In the final stage of maturity, the technology is used to do things that were not possible before. 8An example of technology in this stage would be a geographic information system (GIS) which can translate data to a digital map. 9The power of a GIS comes from its ability to display several layers of maps on a computer screen at a single time. 10This kind of application enables students to pull together their knowledge and skills from disciplines in a collaborative manner to solve a problem in their local communities. Sentence 5 contains __________.
Answer the suppоrting-detаil questiоns thаt fоllow the pаssage below. 1The other day I heard someone say, "I wish I'd known then what I know now." 2The statement made me ask myself what I do know now that I didn't know when I was a teenager, still in high school, living at home with my parents. 3I eventually decided that I have learned several important lessons. 4The first is that almost any decision is better than no decision. 5Gather the best information you can, make a decision, and then show up and do your best. 6No matter what happens next, you will learn and grow from the experience. 7Another lesson I've learned is that life is not fair. 8Good people sometimes suffer unimaginable hardships; bad people sometimes live seemingly charmed lives. 9You can protest, "But that's not fair!" until you're blue in the face, but it won't change a thing. 10All you can do is to try to be fair and just in your own life and not be embittered by the reality around you. 11A final lesson I've learned is that people are very complex. 12The worst of us are capable of moments of generosity and compassion; the best of us can be petty, small-minded, and hurtful. 13To decide that you know everything about someone is to set yourself up for a shock. 14We are all full of surprises; we are wonderfully and maddeningly complicated. Sentence 3 provides _________