When Liam McGee departed as president of Bank of America in August, his explanation was surprisingly straight up. Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuse, he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company.” Broadcasting his ambition was “very much my decision,” McGee says. Within two weeks, he was talking for the first time with the board of Hartford Financial Services Group, which named him CEO and chairman on September 29.
McGee says leaving without a position lined up gave him time to reflect on what kinds of company he wanted to run. It also sent a clear message to the outside world about his aspirations. And McGee isn’t alone. In recent weeks the No. 2 executives at Avon and American Express quit with the explanation that they were looking for a CEO post. As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don’t get the nod also may wish to move on. A turbulent business environment also has senior managers cautious of letting vague pronouncements cloud their reputations.
As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold, deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net. In the third quarter, CEO turnover was down 23% from a year ago as nervous boards stuck with the leaders they had, according to Liberum Research. As the economy picks up, opportunities will abound for aspiring leaders.
The decision to quit a senior position to look for a better one is unconventional. For years executives and headhunters have adhered to the rule that the most attractive CEO candidates are the ones who must be poached. Says Korn Ferry, senior partner Dennis Carey: “I can’t think of a single search I’ve done where a board has not instructed me to look at sitting CEOs first.”
Those who jumped without a job haven’t always landed in top positions quickly. Ellen Marram quit as chief of Tropicana when the business became part of PepsiCo (PEP) a decade ago, saying she wanted to be a CEO. It was a year before she became head of a tiny internet-based commodities exchange. Robert Willemstad left Citigroup in 2005 with ambitions to be a CEO. He finally took that post at a major financial institution three years later.
Many recruiters say the old disgrace is fading for top performers. The financial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave a bad one. “The traditional rule was it’s safer to stay where you are, but that’s been fundamentally inverted,” says one headhunter. “The people who’ve been hurt the worst are those who’ve stayed too long.”
1. When McGee announced his departure, his manner can best be described as being _______.| A．arrogant. | B．frank. | C．self-centered. | D．impulsive. |
| A．their expectation of better financial status | B．their need to reflect on their private life |
| C．their strained relations with the boards | D．their pursuit of new career goals |
| A．top performers used to cling to their posts |
| B．loyalty of top performers is getting out-dated |
| C．top performers care more about reputations |
| D．it’s safer to stick to the traditional rules |
| A．CEOs; Where to Go? | B．CEOs: All the Way Up? |
| C．Top Managers Jump without a Net | D．The Only Way Out for Top Performers |
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【推荐1】Smokejumpers
Every year, wildfires destroy millions of hectares of forest land, leaving many homes damaged and a lot of people homeless. Smokejumpers are helping to stop this.
What is a smokejumper?
Smokejumpers are a special type of firefighter. Unlike regular firefighters, they work in a different way. They jump from planes or are lowered by helicopters into areas that are difficult to reach by car or on foot, like the middle of a mountain forest. They race to put out fires as fast as they can.
What do smokejumpers do?
At a fire site, smokejumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire. Their main goal is to stop a fire from spreading or to slow its progress until full, ground-based firefighters arrive. Using basic equipment such as shovels and axes, smokejumpers clear land of burnable material like dry grass and dead trees. They carry water with them too, but only a limited amount.
Who can be a smokejumper?
Although the majority of smokejumpers are men, more women are joining now. The most important factors are your height and weight. Smokejumpers employed in the United States, for example, must be between 120 and 200 pounds (54 and 91 kilograms), so they don’t get blown by strong winds, or get hurt when they land. Smokejumpers must also be capable of surviving in the wild.
The work is dangerous, and the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smokejumping isn’t just an occupation. They love being able to jump out of planes, fight fires, and live in the forest. As 28-year-old smokejumper Bob Smith says, “This is the best job for tough guys.”
1. What is the first thing a smokejumper does after arriving at a fire site?| A．Clear the land. |
| B．Study the area. |
| C．Look for water. |
| D．Put out the fire. |
| A．within a certain weight range |
| B．male |
| C．able to fly a plane |
| D．older than 28 years of age |
| A．what-is-on.com. |
| B．all-occupations.org. |
| C．extremesports.com. |
| D．adventuretours.org. |
【推荐2】MEGHAN YOUNG is a professional Instagram star. She gets paid to climb beautiful mountains, photograph their glittering (闪闪发光的) summits and post about her adventures to her fans.
Young graduated from Seattle University’s school of Law in 2015. But she decided she didn’t want to become a lawyer. Her parents were shocked by the decision. “They were worried about what I was going to do,” Young says. “How was I going to find career stability?”
But her legal skills haven’t gone to waste. Once companies express an interest in working with her, there’s the tough task of negotiating the terms (条款) of the deal. And the work is still unfinished even after she’s done take the photos. When Young returns from her adventures, she carefully edits the images and writes captions to go along with them. Once the posts are public, businesses sometimes don’t pay on time. That's when she needs to follow up. Her least favorite problem is when she discovers that a company has used her photos in a way that violates the terms of the contract.That usually leads to time-consuming email exchanges.
Social media influencing is not as effortless as it seems. The stress it creates even has its own name: creator burnout (精疲力竭) . Young used to obsessively check her post’s performance, which she says will “drive you crazy”, so she stopped. But if she doesn’t reply, people will stop commenting.Without that engagement on her posts, brands won’t want to keep paying her. Therefore, she had to accept the fact that she’ll be tethered (拴住) to her phone as long as she’s in this line of work.
Beyond the day-to- day headaches of a career online, social media’s inherent (固有的) uncertainly also poses problems for creators. There are times when Young is staring at the calendar without another project in the works. In the long term, it can be risky to focus a career on a single platform, or even on social media itself.
Yet Young says it’s all been worth it, because the sponsorship allow her to spend much of her life in the mountains. Her ideal day starts with unzipping her tent at dawn so she can take pictures of the sunrise reflecting on snowy summits around her. Few jobs in the world would allow her to do that so consistently (一贯地) .
1. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?| A．The main work involved in being an Instagram influencer. |
| B．The difficulties that every Instagram star will meet. |
| C．How to deal with dishonest companies. |
| D．How Meghan Young’s legal skills help her work. |
| A．there are a lot of tough tasks when dealing with sponsors. |
| B．the work of photo-taking and image-editing is difficult to handle. |
| C．it is stressful to check one’s phone and to interact with fans all the time. |
| D．the income is unstable and the career prospects are uncertain. |
| A．Bored. | B．Worried. |
| C．Satisfied | D．Confident. |
| A．Meghan Young’s decision to be a full-time influencer was supported by her parents. |
| B．It happens frequently that Meghan Young doesn’t get paid on time. |
| C．It is impossible for Instagram influencers to put down their phones. |
| D．In order to increase their influence, creators have to keep a good relationship with fans. |
【推荐3】As anyone who freelances (做自由职业) knows, there are lots of advantages of working at home alone. But there are drawbacks too, like the potential loneliness. No wonder co-working spaces are becoming so popular, they permit self-employed individuals to feel like they are part of all office environment, while making them get some work done too. But renting a co-working space does cost money.
Now a Swedish project is aiming to change that by turning people’s under-used homes into temporary co-working spaces, available to freelancers for free. Hoffice was started by freelancers Christofer Gradin Franzen and Johline Zandra about a year ago in Stockholm when they invited a few people into their home office to work together. It was a great success, and the project has since spread to a number of cities in Europe, North and South America, Australia, India and Japan. Anyone can sign up and offer their home space as a free co-working space, or go find a Hoffice near them.
On a Hoffice day, everyone arrives and starts work at a certain hour. After 45 minutes，everyone gets up to take a break, stretch, do qigong or yoga for 10 to 15 minutes. Afterwards，people can gather around again, and re-state their intentions and goals for the rest of the work day, as a way to motivate each other. Meals can be eaten together at a certain hour, potluck-style (家常饭) or by bringing their own lunch.
This process creates an encouraging and supportive work environment. As some freelancers describe, “By working at Hoffice, we give ourselves and each other the gift to spend our days in a social working environment, where we are extremely productive without ignoring our other human needs. We also make sure to give ourselves and each other what we need to feel calm, happy, inspired and creative during the working day.”
So Hoffice is not just about sharing space; it’s also about a free exchange of ideas. And perhaps the best thing is that Hoffices are free to use.
1. Hoffice was started to________.| A．change people’s attitude to work | B．encourage people to be more social |
| C．provide a co-working space for free | D．improve people’s working conditions |
| A．How a Hoffice day works. | B．How people respond to Hoffice. |
| C．What people share at Hoffice. | D．What Hoffice means to people. |
| A．work longer than before | B．benefit a lot from the working style |
| C．expect more people to join them | D．can’t be separated from each other |
| A．It is suitable for people from all walks of life. |
| B．It has created many new job opportunities. |
| C．It has been around for quite a few years. |
| D．It is becoming increasingly popular. |
【推荐1】Nearly 19 percent of teachers of color(有色人种教师) left their jobs after the 2014-2015 school year. Some left for personal reasons like taking care of their families. But 50 percent said they left because they were dissatisfied with their employment situation, such as poor working conditions, student discipline problems and large class sizes. Thus, taking immediate measures to improve it is our top priority.
For years, researchers have proved the benefits of increasing the share of minority teachers in schools, especially as our public school system has turned to one that is made up mostly of minority students. Teachers of color, who are more likely than their white counterparts to choose to work in racially diverse( 多 种 多 样 的 ) schools, offer particular benefits to their students. Graduation rates increase among minority students when they are taught by racially similar educators, research shows. They can also serve as positive role models, and their presence reduces the chance of racial discrimination at school.
The Shanker Institute report suggests that the rate of minority teacher hiring is not the whole problem. The problem is what happens after these teachers enter the classroom. These teachers often work in high-poverty rural schools. They are more likely to have less-desirable working conditions.
Diversity is a key component to equality and opportunity. Where there’s a diverse teaching workforce, all kids thrive. So solutions must be found at once to turn this trend around. Firstly, schools should develop mentorship programs that support minority teachers once they are in the classroom. Secondly, more money should be spent in improving working conditions in these schools. Of course, school headmasters should also be evaluated on their ability to retain teachers of color.
1. Among teachers of color leaving their jobs, half of them quit because .| A．they had to move to other places |
| B．they had to take care of their children |
| C．they eventually found better-paid jobs |
| D．their employment situation was unsatisfactory |
| A．The benefits of increasing the share of minority teachers in schools. |
| B．The reasons for teachers of color leaving their jobs in many schools. |
| C．The ways to decrease the possibility of racial discrimination at school. |
| D．The solutions to increasing graduation rates among minority students. |
| A．Honesty | B．Variety |
| C．Ability | D．Safety |
| A．He felt angry about the government. |
| B．He felt it urgent to solve the problem. |
| C．He was satisfied with the present situation. |
| D．He didn’t care about diverse teaching workforce. |
【推荐2】Engaging in Family Meals
Engaging in family meals may be a matter of improving communication and support at home. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, connects less family discouragement and better family communication with a higher likelihood to eat evening family meals and family breakfasts together, and not in front of a television. The researchers surveyed 259 patients who participated in weight management and weight loss programs at the Ohio State University or Wake Forest University.
“It’s important to note all family members in the home have influence,” lead study author Keeley J. Pratt, PhD, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, said of the findings that any family member can influence the adoption and maintenance of healthy patterns and behaviors in the home.
“While open communication with children about health is beneficial, it’s important to ensure communication directly about children’s weight is not harmful in their development of a healthy body image and behaviors. That includes older children and adolescents who are at greater risk of developing eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors,” Professor Pratt said.
| A．The study shows parents of older children were more likely to talk about their own weight with the child. |
| B．They found parents with better family communication were more likely to participate in family meals. |
| C．There was no significant difference between male and female children in this study. |
| D．This was the first study specifically to examine the home eating habits of adult patients. |
| E．Previous study has shown parental obesity (肥胖) is the strongest risk for children’s obesity. |
| F．Someone has no power to influence the family, but they are influencing each other. |
【推荐3】Mark DeMatteis had just paid money to walk past angry clowns, and a screaming madman with a knife, and he was loving every minute of it. “I love to be scared. …I love the art of it.” said the 38-year-old lover of haunted houses（鬼屋）and horror films. He’s never experienced a fright he didn’t like.
There’s no doubt that real life can be frightening sometimes, or even dangerous to one’s health. That is part of the reason people love a good fright in a haunted house or movie theater, which they can manage with little actual risk involved.
“It’s a big thing for people to do something they’re really afraid of, and come out on the other side knowing, ‘I did it, I controlled it, I didn’t fall apart.’” said Glenn Sparks, a Purdue University professor who has studied how people handle fear from media images.
He said that in modern society, a young male’s ability to face a scary image or amusement park ride could be the thing that could help him prove himself.
Sparks has observed how haunted houses and horror films are common dating experiences for young couples. He believes that males and females have expectations of how the other should act. “If a male goes into one of those situations and shows control, females tend to find him more attractive and he is admired more,” he said. “Similarly, for a female, the normal reaction is to show fear. If a female doesn’t show that, the female becomes less attractive.”
It’s unusual for fright alone to actually harm anyone, although DeMatteis remembered working at a haunted house a few years ago where a man fainted（昏厥）inside. Dr. Cyril Wecht is unaware of any cases in which people reacted to frightening images so strongly that they were actually scared to death. However, he doesn’t say it's impossible. It depends on the strength of the person’s heart at the time he experiences fear. Wecht and others say that a real-life fear is more likely to affect one’s health.
Recently, Theresa Streshenkoff, 16, was on her third trip to the haunted house even though she said she was often scared. Her first time this year, the high school student ran screaming from a frightening figure in costume. She still felt excitement going through again days later, even after she knew what to expect. “It isn’t supposed to be fun to be scared, but if it’s frightening and you know it’s not going to hurt you, it’s fun,” she explained.
1. Why do people love to be scared in haunted houses or movie theaters?| A．Because being frightened is good for their health. |
| B．Because they know they aren’t taking real risks. |
| C．Because these places are considered dangerous. |
| D．Because screaming makes them feel good. |
| A．complete a challenge | B．realize a mistake |
| C．win an award | D．accept a fact |
| A．Watching a frightening movie with a classmate. |
| B．Being scared by your friends on Halloween. |
| C．Experiencing a terrible earthquake. |
| D．Going to an amusement park. |
| A．Fear Is a Lot Fun | B．How to Overcome Fear |
| C．Fright Doesn’t Lead to Death | D．Don’t Fight a Good Fright |
【推荐1】The artificial-intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has shaken educators since its November release. New York City public schools have banned it from their networks and school devices. There is, perhaps surprisingly, one subject area that doesn’t seem threatened, It turns out ChatGPT is quite bad at maths.
“I’m not hearing maths instructors express concern about ChatGPT,” said Paul von Hippel, a professor at the University of Texas who studies data science and statistics. “I’m not sure it’s useful for maths at all, which feels strange because maths was the first-use case for the artificial-intelligence devices.”
ChatGPT’s struggle with maths is inherent in this type of AI, known as a large language model. It scans a large amount of text from across the web and develops a model that might be extremely effective for writing grammatically correct responses to essay requirement, but not for solving a maths problem.
In an email, I asked Debarghya Das, a search-engine engineer, why ChatGPT gets some simple questions right but others completely wrong. “Maybe the right analogy (类比) is if you ask a room of people, who have no idea what maths is but have read many hieroglyphics (象形文字), ‘What comes after 2+2,’ they might say, ‘Usually, we see a 4,’ That’s what ChatGPT is doing.” But, he adds, “Maths isn’t just a series of hieroglyphics. It’s the process of calculating.”
It isn’t great for pretending you know it through a maths class because you only recognize the mistakes if you know the maths. Another reason that maths instructors are less anxious about this innovation is that they have been here before. The field was upended for the first time decades ago with the general availability of computers and calculators.
“Maths has had the biggest revolution based on machinery of any mainstream subject,” said Conrad Wolfram, the strategic director of Wolfram Research. “In the real world, since computers came along, have maths, science and engineering gotten conceptually simpler? No, completely the opposite. We’re asking harder and harder questions, going up a level.”
Eventually, AI will probably get to the point where its maths answers are not only confident but correct. A pure large language model might not be up for the job, but the technology will improve. In general, however, AI, like computers, will likely ultimately be most useful for those who already know a field well. They know the questions to ask, how to identify the shortcomings and what to do with the answer. A tool, in other words, is for those who know the most maths, not the least.
1. What does the underlined word “inherent” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?| A．Stable. | B．Practical. | C．Limited. | D．Natural. |
| A．Calculating requires some knowledge of hieroglyphics. |
| B．ChatGPT is good at solving mathematical questions by analogy. |
| C．Reading hieroglyphics prevents ChatGPT solving maths questions. |
| D．ChatGPT’s response is based on language models instead of calculations. |
| A．ChatGPT is useful to identify maths mistakes. |
| B．Technical revolution made maths easier to understand. |
| C．New technology will end up pushing the boundaries of maths. |
| D．ChatGPT has been banned from networks and school devices. |
| A．It will play the largest role for professionals in a field. |
| B．It will become confident to solve all the maths problems. |
| C．It will turn the maths field over again just like computers. |
| D．It will take the jobs from humans as the technology improves. |
【推荐2】After traveling more than seven months in space, Tianwen I is one step closer to Mars! Tianwen I, China’s first Mars probe, successfully entered Mars orbit in February, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
A small step on the red planet will be a big step for human beings. Humans have launched 46 Mars exploration missions since October 1960, but only 19 of them have been successful.
Among the three tasks, touchdown on the red planet is the most difficult. The result mainly depends on the breathtaking seven minutes, which will deploy multiple cutting-edge technologies and accurate timing of each action, including the burning of engines and opening of parachutes to ensure a safe landing.
February was Mars month. NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed on Mars on Feb 19, and China’s Tianwen I and United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Hope have arrived within orbit of the redplanet.
| A．Although they started their Mars journeys at almost the same time, their missions vary. |
| B．It’s China’s first spacecraft to Mars, and the missions are rather ambitious. |
| C．It will stay in orbit for about three months before landing on the red planet. |
| D．After the “Chang’e series” lunar exploration mission came another space exploration project. |
| E．CNSA is willing to work together with the international community to make new and greater contributions to exploring the mysteries of the universe. |
| F．The previous success of Chang’e 5 has accumulated experience in this regard, which boosts confidence. |
【推荐3】Shortly after World War Il, a Dutch art dealer was arrested for secretly selling paintings by Vermeer（1632-1675） to the Nazis who invaded Holland during the war. Because Vermeer is considered to be one of Holland’s best painters, the dealer was charged with selling national treasures to the enemy. To avoid the punishment for this serious crime, he admitted that the paintings were forgeries（伪造品）， or fakes he had painted them himself and fooled the art world and the Nazis. Today, experts agree that the forgeries do not look like Vermeer's other works, Why then, did the art world accept the fakes as real？
One reason why they were accepted was that the forgeries actually looked different than Vermeer's other works. The dealer had claimed that the forgeries were from an unknown period early in Vermeer's career. Because painters' styles often change throughout their careers, art historians at the time did not expect "the new discovery" to look exactly like the known works of Vermeer. In fact, because they did not look similar to the known works, experts did not bother to look at them carefully. This is because experts expect a forger to copy famous paintings as closely as possible. Once the art dealer's first forgeries were accepted as real, he was free to make more The others closely matched the first paintings in style, so they were also accepted as real Vermeer tings from the same early period.
Another reason experts were fooled is what some historians call The Emperor’s New Clothes Effects. In Hans Christian Andersen’s story, The Emperor’s New Clothes, two criminals convince an emperor that he is wearing beautiful clothes, when he is actually naked. No one in the empire wants to admit that they can’t see the clothes because they believe the clothes are magic and that only good people can see them. Similarly, the art world was influenced by the famous art historian Wilhelm von Bode, who said the forgeries were some of Vermeer's best works. Because von Bod was highly respected, other experts began praising the "new discoveries.” At the time, this made it difficult to criticize the paintings or suggest that they were fakes
1. Why did the art dealer admit that he had faked paintings？| A．He wanted to anger the Nazis |
| B．He wanted to prove he was a good painter |
| C．He felt bad about what he had done |
| D．He wanted to escape heavy punishment |
| A．The experts didn't carefully examine the paintings |
| B．Painters' styles vary during their careers |
| C．Painters often create forgeries to fool experts. |
| D．The paintings looked similar to Vermeer s earlier works |
| A．To compare the works of Vermeer with those of Andersen |
| B．To suggest that Vermeer was the emperor of the art world |
| C．To explain how experts were fooled by the forgeries |
| D．To give an example of a forgery in the literary world |
| A．The Nazi invasion of Holland in World War II. |
| B．How von Bode influenced the art world |
| C．How some forgeries fooled the art world |
| D．The paintings of Vermeer's early period |
【推荐1】The World Wildlife Fund for Nature - WWF - reports that nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia’s wildfires in 2019 and 2020. The number, reported in late July, was about three times higher than an earlier WWF estimate. “It ranks as one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history,” said WWF - Australia Chief Executive officer Dermot O’ Gorman.
The WWF said it used different methods to estimate wildlife populations, including information from over 100, 000 studies. The scientists created models to estimate the number of creatures found in areas destroyed by fire. Project leader Lily Van Eeden from the University of Sydney said the research was the first continent - wide examination of animals affected by wildfires. “Other nations can build upon this research to improve understanding of bushfire impacts everywhere,” she said.
Those creatures that fled destroyed habitats faced a lack of food and shelter or the likelihood of moving into already occupied habitats. Researchers said the destruction will cause some species to become extinct before their existence is even recorded. “We don’t even know what we are losing,” said Chris Dickman, a professor of ecology at the University of Sydney. “These were species that were here and now they have gone. . . It’s almost too tragic to think about,” Dickman added.
The WWF report calls for improvements in habitat connectivity to help species escape from fires. It also calls for identifying and protecting habitat that was not burned to help save threatened species. An expanded report on the study is expected later this year.
The wildfires started in September 2019 and continued through March of this year. Scientists say the fires were fueled by higher than normal temperatures and years of drought in the Australian bush. The fires caused 34 human deaths and destroyed nearly 3, 000 homes. The WWF said that over the past year, it had raised money from donors to allocate emergency aid to the front lines of the fires to help injured and displaced wildlife.
1. What do we know about Australia’s wildfires in 2019 and 2020?| A．They were the worst disasters in history. |
| B．Over 3 billion animals died in the wildfires. |
| C．They caused more damage than calculated earlier. |
| D．Most animals moved to already occupied habitats. |
| A．Astonished. | B．Pained. | C．Annoyed. | D．Puzzled. |
| A．The wildfires last a whole year. |
| B．The wildfires were caused by the heat. |
| C．The wildfires also cause damages to humans. |
| D．The wildfires were soon under control with donations. |
| A．Humans shouldn’t occupy wildlife habitat. |
| B．Humans shouldn’t overestimate the bushfire. |
| C．We should raise money for wildlife protection. |
| D．We should develop the methods to prevent wildfires. |
【推荐2】For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram. Not long ago, the 11-year-old discovered that her mom had been posting photos of her, without her permission for much of her life.
Like most other modern kids, Cara grew up surrounded by social media. Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and Instagram have been around since she was a baby. While many kids may not yet have accounts themselves, their parents, schools, sports teams, and organizations have been creating an online presence for them since birth. The shock of realizing that details about your life have been shared online without your agreement or knowledge has become a pivotal(关键的) experience in the lives of many teens.
Recently a parenting blogger(博主) wrote in a Washington Post essay that despite her 14-year-old daughter's horror at discovering that her mother had shared years of personal stories and information about her online, she simply could not stop posting on her blog and social media. The writer claimed that promising her daughter that she would stop posting about her publicly on the Internet "would mean shutting down a vital part of myself, which isn't necessarily good for me or her. "
Cara and other teens say they hope to lay down ground rules for their parents, Cara wants her mom to tell her the next time she posts about her, and the 11-year-old would like veto power over any photo, which exposes her privacy or is against her wish, before it goes up.
Some legislatures(立法机构) are also getting involved. In 2014, Europe's highest court ruled that Internet providers must give users the "right to be forgotten". Under the ruling, European citizens can apply to have past damaging information, including crimes committed as a minor, hidden from Google search results. And in France, strict privacy laws mean kids can sue their own parents for publishing secret or private details of their lives without agreement In the United States, however, teens aren't offered such protections, and many simply walk on eggshells.
1. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?| A．Many social media have appeared before the young. |
| B．Many people don’t realize they have an online presence. |
| C．Many social media have a great influence on teens' life. |
| D．Many teens' life has been shared online without their permission. |
| A．She feels happy. | B．She feels terrible. |
| C．She feels very relaxed. | D．She feels so embarrassed. |
| A．The right to say no. |
| B．The right to choose a leader. |
| C．The right to make something perfect |
| D．The right to change the original material. |
| A．He is satisfied with the current situation |
| B．He pays no attention to the situation at all. |
| C．He thinks American government should make laws. |
| D．He feels a little bit disappointed at the current situation. |
【推荐3】The first Earth Day took place on April 22,1970. Twenty million Americans, about 10% of the US’s population then, demonstrated(示威) against the widespread attitude at the time of ignoring environmental issues. Now, 50 years later, Earth Day remains an important event to draw attention to necessary actions to protect the planet. Unfortunately, threats to the environment also continue, including at least one that certainly wasn’t as apparent in 1970.
The first Earth Day, notes EDN (Earth Day Network, the global organizer of Earth Day), caused a wave of action, including the passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States such as the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts, as well as the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many countries soon adopted similar laws, it adds.
Today, EDN works with more than 75,000 partners in over 190 countries. The theme of 2020 Earth Day is climate action.Thanks to groups like EDN, public awareness and demands for better environmental management have grown dramatically and prompted great progress is many areas.
One problem that hadn’t surfaced much in 1970- the harm of unwanted plastics -has become a major environmental issue. It is drawing increasing attention and is stimulating efforts both to find productive uses for the waste materials and to develop more environmentally friendly alternatives.
Among the recent coronavirus global pandemic (流行病), EDN marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with the first Digital Earth Day, a global digital mobilization (动员) on April 22 to address the most urgent threats to people and the planet.
“At Earth Day Network, health and safety of volunteers and participants in Earth Day events are our top concern. Among the recent outbreak, we encourage people to rise up but to do so safely and responsibly-in many cases, that means using our voices to drive action online rather than in person,” said Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network.
1. What does the author wasn’t to tell us in paragraph one?| A．The environmental pollution wasn’t obvious in 1970. |
| B．People have managed to prevent the planet from being polluted. |
| C．American people paid no attention to protecting their environment. |
| D．Earth Day has encouraged many people to focus on environmental problems. |
| A．To introduce the first Earth Day. |
| B．To celebrate the first Digital Earth Day. |
| C．To promote public environmental awareness. |
| D．To improve health and safety of the public. |
| A．The first Earth Day caused many countries to make laws to protect he earth. |
| B．The Earth Day Network has cooperated with 75, 000 partners in America. |
| C．EDN called on people to take part in person during the recent outbreak. |
| D．People showed concern about their health and safety in Earth Day events. |
| A．Doubtful | B．Positive. | C．Negative. | D．Conservative. |
