Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and entertaining, many people do not have the _______ to read a book that requires thinking.

In order to learn the _______ of the family business, Bill took a job as messenger boy in one of the offices.

--- Believe it or not, last month in America I came across the girl whose photo was in the drift bottle I had got 3 years before. --- Really? That’s the most surprising ___________________ I’ve ever heard of.

China sent up two manned spaceships and they were also great scientific _______ in the world.

Mind your ____, and thank your friend when you leave the party.