【推荐1】My father grew up in Chicago and loved the local team Cubs (小熊队) his whole life. I loved my dad, so the Cubs _________ me too. When I went back home after school or work, I always watched the Cubs with him. Two decades after my father’s _________, every time I watch the Cubs on television, I think of him and _________ with him in my head about their game.

Perhaps baseball is too _________ a thing for father and son to connect over. A ball game might seem, frankly, sort of _________ compared with family and career concerns. But that is _________ what makes it ideal for forming relationships. We had nothing to _________ as we watched them play, except for the _________ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had _________ without the other. The Cubs were the “place” where we met to enjoy being __________.

Lots of sports fans have similar __________. Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were “very __________” with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans.

If your __________ with family are a little cold, you might be __________ too much usefulness in your activities. Maybe the solution is to develop a taste for baseball, or maybe instead for opera or __________.

【推荐2】Imagine meeting someone for the first time who comes from some distant country but is fluent in your language. There may appear to be no immediate communication _________, so would you adapt the tone of your voice? How about adjusting your body language and facial expressions, _________ on the background of the person in front of you? Would you sit or stand differently and think carefully about your hand gestures?

These are just a handful of the unobvious _________ in behavior that indicate your “cultural intelligence,” or CQ. Now, there is growing evidence that suggests they are well worth learning.

“The top _________of your success in today’s borderless world is not your IQ, not your resume, and not even your expertise (专长),” writes social scientist David Livermore in his book The Cultural Intelligence Difference. “It’s your CQ.”

Much of the research on CQ has been conducted by Soon Ang, a professor of management at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Ang _________ an international team of programmers to help solve problems.

These programmers were some of the brightest minds in the business, but Ang soon found that they have difficulty working _________. Often, individual members would appear to agree on a solution, but then carry it out in completely _________ways.

These findings led Ang to team up with British psychologist Christopher Earley. Together, they built a theory of CQ, which they defined as "the ability to function effectively in a variety of cultural _________.”

Typically, CQ is measured by evaluating four key components. The first is “CQ Drive” –the _________ to learn about other cultures. Then, there is “CQ Knowledge,” which is an understanding of some of the general cultural differences. “CQ Strategy,” meanwhile, examines how you __________ those difficult conflicts and learn from them. Finally, “CQ Action” involves your behavioral __________--whether you are able to adapt your behavior like a “cultural chameleon (变色龙).”

Someone with __________ CQ might have a tendency to view everyone else’s behavior through his own cultural lens. If he comes from a more sociable environment, for instance, and notices that his Japanese colleagues are very __________ in a meeting, he may think that they are being unfriendly or bored. A person at the top of the scale, __________, might realize that silence is a sign of respect and that feedback won’t be given unless it is invited.

A high CQ could be crucial in a wide range of careers, from bankers and soldiers to scientists and teachers - anyone, who regularly interacts with people from different backgrounds. Therefore, instead of just caring about your IQ and EQ, perhaps you should put __________ value on enhancing your CQ!

【推荐3】For decades, people have guessed that artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually replace human workers. But developments in the past few years have _______ these concerns as companies have released AI that can answer questions, write articles and create images. Now, even people in creative fields must consider the _______ of AI replacing them. But many experts still insist that these AI programs are no substitute for human ability.

AI programs have the _______ to perform some tasks currently performed by human workers. These include media jobs, such as writing advertisements and articles, along with many jobs in the financial fields and even tech-related jobs such as computer programming. AI is good at _______ data, so financial analysts and market research analysts may find their jobs _______.

Using AI for certain tasks may be a good thing. Perhaps AI will _______ less interesting work, allowing people to do more satisfying jobs, just as earlier technologies have. Using a machine to do laundry saves time _______ to washing clothes by hand, and many people use that extra time productively. _______, AI may be able to take over dull tasks, liberating people to be truly creative, since thinking up new ideas is something AI cannot do.

Another big challenge for AI is human _______. Most people prefer to communicate with humans rather than machines. Hence, AI is __________ to replace humans for jobs that require personal connection, such as counseling or teaching. A robot can perform tasks, but it cannot __________ care about others, and sometimes care is what people need.

AI can process data quickly, but it can only use data that it is given. So it cannot adapt to situations that __________ significantly from those in its data. Thus, although some AI programs can create content, none of them can be truly creative as the content AI creates will __________ consist of some combination of its sources.

Finally, if the AI receives false information, it has no way of recognizing that as false. Humans can also be fooled, but life experience can tell them whether a claim is reasonable, an ability that AI does not have. __________, AI must continually be fact-checked to make sure its data, and therefore its conclusions, are accurate.

Thus, although AI may replace some jobs, others require a human __________. At best AI may eliminate certain boring parts of tasks so that humans can focus on things that only they can do.