Nowadaysemployeesaresupposedtomakecontributionstotheircompanies．Whatisthe（16）（value）contributionemployeesmaketotheircompanies，knowledgeorjudgment？Isayjudgment．Knowledge，nomatterhowbroad，isuseless（17

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Nowadays employees are supposed to make contributions to their companies．What is the （16）___（value） contribution employees make to their companies，knowledge or judgment？I say judgment．Knowledge，no matter how broad，is useless （17）___ it is applied．And application takes judgment，（18）___ involves something of a sixth sense-a high performance of the mind．
This raises interesting questions about the best （19）___ （train） for today's business people．As Daniel Goleman suggests in （20）___ new book，Emotional Intelligence，the latest scientific findings seem to indicate that clever （21）___ inflexible people don't have the right stuff in an age when the suitable ability is the key （22）___ survival．
In （23）___ recent cover story，Time Magazine sorted through the current thinking on intelligence and reported，"New brain research suggests that emotions，not IQ，may be the true measure of human intelligence．"The basic significance of the emotional intelligence that Time called"EQ"（24）___ （suggest） by management expert Karen Boylston："Customers are telling businesses，‘I don't care whether every member of your staff graduated from Harvard．I will take my business and go （25）___ I am understood and treated with respect．，"

Answer 1

16．valuable   本题考查形容词的用法．contribution前有冠词the修饰，所以后面应该使用形容词作定语，表示有价值的贡献；故答案为valuable．
17．until/unless   本题考查连词的用法．Knowledge，no matter how broad，is useless成立的条件是后面的从句，所以用until/unless来引导条件状语从句，即除非被应用，否则知识再渊博都是无用的；故答案为until/unless．
18．which   本题考查定语从句中关系词的用法．本句前面为一逗号，后面又是一个缺少主语的句子，所以后面为which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词judgment；故答案为which．
19．training     本题考查名词的用法．该词受到the best的修饰，所以应该使用名词形式，指最佳的培训；故答案为training
20．his   本题考查代词的用法．根据常识及短文内容可推断Emotional Intelligence应该是Daniel Goleman的新书，所以应该使用形容词性物主代词his；故答案为his．
21．but   本题考查连词的用法．clever和inflexible是一对对立的形容词，同时描述人的优缺点，所以用表示转折的连词but；故答案为but．
22．to  本题考查介词的用法．表示…的诀窍/秘诀时，the key后面多用介词to；故答案为to．
23．a   本题考查冠词的用法．这一段是描述的一个封面故事，表示泛指一个，所以用不定冠词a；故答案为a．
24．was suggested  本题考查动词的用法．根据后面的介词短语by management expert Karen Boylston可知，应该是情商的基本意义被专家Karen Boylston提倡；故答案为was suggested．
25．where 本题考查副词的用法．这是where引导的地点状语从句，指我将去我被理解和受到尊重的地方去经营我的生意；故答案为where．