The “Phone Stack (堆)”Game
Whenever Michael Carl, the fashion market director at Vanity Fair, goes out to dinner with friends, he plays something called the “phone stack”game：Everyone places their phones in the middle of the table; whoever looks at their device before the check arrives picks up the bill. As smartphones continue to burrow (钻入) their way into our lives, and wearable devices like Google Glass threaten to eat into our personal space even further, overburdened users are carving out their own device-free zones with special tricks and life hacks.
“Disconnecting is a luxury that we all need,” said Lesley M. M. Blume, a New York writer who keeps her phone away from the dinner table at home. “The expectation that we must always be available to employers, colleague, family: It creates a real obstacle in trying to set aside private time. But that private time is more important than ever.” Much of the digital detoxing (戒瘾) is centred on the home, where urgent e-mails from co-workers, texts from friends, Instagram photos from acquaintances and updates on Facebook get together to disturb domestic quietness.
A popular method is to appoint a kind of cellphone lockbox, like the milk tin that Brandon Holley, the former editor of lucky magazine, uses. “If my phone is buzzing or lighting up, it’s still a distraction, so it goes in the box,” said Ms. Holley, who lives in a row house in Red Hook, Brooklyn, with her son, Smith, and husband, John. “It’s not something I want my kid to see.” Sleep is a big factor, which is why some people draw the cellphone-free line at the bedroom. “I don’t want to sleep next to something that is a charged ball of information with photos and e-mails,” said Peter Som, the fashion designer, who keeps his phone plugged in the living room overnight. “It definitely is a head clearer and describes daytime and sleep time clearly.”
Households with young children are especially mindful about being overconnected, with parents sensitive to how children may imitate bad habits. But it’s not just inside the home where users are separating themselves from the habit. Cellphone overusers are making efforts to disconnect in social settings, whether at the request of the host or in the form of friendly competition. The phone-stack game is a lighthearted way for friends to police against rude behavior when eating out. The game gained popularity after Brian Perez, a dancer in Los Angeles, posted the idea online.
1. What might be the reason for Michael Carl to play the “phone stack” game?| A．His friends aren’t willing to pay for the meal voluntarily. |
| B．He wants to do some funny things with those phones. |
| C．He has been fed up with digital devices being present everywhere. |
| D．The wearable devices have brought threats to his privacy. |
| A．Because they have to do some work at home. |
| B．Because they are expected to be always available to the outside. |
| C．Because people have been addicted to digital devices. |
| D．Because digital devices can enrich people’s family life. |
| A．He puts his phone in the living room. |
| B．He ignores any information in the phone. |
| C．He deletes all information in his phone. |
| D．He puts his phone in a lockbox. |
| A．The game helps create a harmonious relationship among friends. |
| B．The game makes the host get along well with the guest. |
| C．The game can prevent children from imitating their parents’ behavior. |
| D．The game meets people’s demand for keeping away from phones easily. |
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【推荐1】Are These the Best Years of Your Life?
The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very clear life patterns that almost all people share. Even if you have passed some of your best years, you still have other good years to come.
When are you smartest? From 18 to 25, according to I. Q. scores; but you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age. You’re sharpest in your 20’s; around 30, mental abilities begin to decline, particularly your ability to do maths.
| A．When are you happiest? |
| B．When are you most creative? |
| C．But your ability to complete other tasks climbs. |
| D．The above gives you an accurate figure. |
| E．Certain good years seem to come later in life. |
| F．For people who are creative, there is no upper age limit. |
| G．The human life journey cannot be charted by a clear life pattern. |
【推荐2】Nowadays, the Internet is usually one of the first places a lonely heart turns to as the following story shows.
A 63-year-old retired woman in Zhengzhou, made headlines two days after she posted an advertisement on her Wechat(微信) page, in which she said she wanted to find a young female companion for a trip to Sanya, China’s Southern Hainan island, a local newspaper Dahe Daily reported. In the advertisement, the Chinese dama (Chinese term for middle-aged and elderly women) surnamed(a person’s last name) Li said she is in good health, and she was particularly looking forward to a sea trip this winter.
"I have a daughter who works in Canada, and I don't want to disturb her. My husband rarely has time to travel with me. But I’m afraid of traveling alone, so I am looking for a sweet, happy young woman, aged between 19 and 25 to travel with me. Hope she could chat with me, take photos with me."
At the end of the advertisement, Dama Li showed her sincerity by saying she would be responsible for all the costs of the trip, including accommodation(膳宿) and air tickets, plus an iPhone 7 as a gift. Dama Li told Dahe Daily that she did not expect her advertisement to receive so much attention. "My phone keeps buzzing all the time."However, some people question the truth of Li's advertisement. They say it might be organized by travel agencies aiming to promote(促进，推销) Sanya tourism, or even served as a promotional advertisement for real estate（房地产） on the island. Li denied those doubts and said all she wants is just to find a sweet "daughter".
But Li's advertisement for a daughter has also received as many online mockeries(嘲笑) as positive feedback.
1. Which girl may meet Dama Li’s requirements?| A．A girl aged 20 who wants to travel very much but has little money. |
| B．A girl student aged 18 who is very interested in an iPhone 7. |
| C．An airsick girl aged 21 who wants to take a train trip to travel. |
| D．A girl aged 22 who wants to travel alone to Sanya. |
| A．her own daughter has to stay home to work |
| B．her husband only cares about his work |
| C．it is easy for a lonely person to find a companion through the Internet |
| D．she doesn’t want to travel alone but no other family members are free |
| A．Objective. | B．Subjective. | C．Negative. | D．Positive. |
【推荐3】Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that the UK will host the first ever Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit(峰会) in London this October.This global summit aims to put mental-health care on an equal footing with the physical kind.
But there is a long way to go. One in four people will experience a mental-health problem at some point in life. In rich countries mental illnesses account for more suffering and premature death than heart disease, strokes(中风) or cancer. Meanwhile the central-African countries have just one mental-health professional per 100,000 people, a fiftieth as many as Europe has. (Less than 1% of foreign aid for health care goes towards mental health.)
As developing countries handle infectious diseases, mental health will consume a greater share of budgets and attention there. By 2020 mental-health conditions may account for 15% of the global burden of disease, but even in rich countries many people with common problems still go without treatment.
It is clear that mental illness is fast becoming one of the global health challenges of the 21st century. Until recently, this hasn’t had the profile it deserves on a global stage. The ministers gathering in London must produce new money and focus—and not just another declaration. The summit is also expected to help countries learn from each other to find the best ways to deal with increased rates of depression and anxiety among young people.
1. Which of the following best explains “on an equal footing” underlined in paragraph 1?| A．Standing up for. | B．Being as important as. |
| C．Standing in one’s shoes. | D．Having an advantage over. |
| A．To find more foreign aid for health care. |
| B．To make a declaration on mental illnesses. |
| C．To solve the physical problems of the youth. |
| D．To stress the importance of mental health. |
| A．Heart disease. | B．Cancer. |
| C．Mental illness. | D．Stroke. |
| A．Effective measures should be taken on mental health. |
| B．The problem of mental illness has drawn enough attention. |
| C．People in developed countries suffer less mental illnesses. |
| D．Mental-health diseases have taken up about 15% of the global illness cases. |
【推荐1】The main reason people come to America is said to be that they can chase the American Dream. Everyone has heard of it, and many have died fighting for it. The only thing is that there is no clear definition of the American Dream. It is not defined by one dream, but by all the opportunities that the United States offers. Since the founding of the United States, people have beenstrivingto define the American Dream.
In the playDeath of a Salesman, every character is trying to realize his own version of the American Dream. Willy feels that he has done so. He has spent his whole life as a not very successful salesman. As he gets older, he starts having conflicts with everyone in his life, and feels that only by killing himself will the people around him be able to finally be happy.
Bernard, on the other hand, feels that the American Dream can only be achieved through career success. He shows that through hard work and dedication he will be crowned with success.
The dialogue of the characters reveals the different attitudes they have toward the American Dream, and the reaction of Willy to the fact that Bernard is very successful while he is not.
Many people try to achieve the American Dream, but few actually do so. As with any goal, it takes hard work and dedication to achieve the American Dream. InDeath of a Salesman, all aspects of this goal are examined. For the goal to be achieved, the dream must be an attainable one which is worth working toward. It also must be a dream that the professional world accepts and finds useful.
1. The underlined word “striving” probably has the same meaning as “_________”.| A．trying hard | B．giving up |
| C．bending down | D．standing still |
| A．what the American Dream is like |
| B．why Willy decides to kill himself |
| C．about Bernard’s dedication to his work |
| D．the life stories of Willy and Bernard |
| A．he understands the real world |
| B．he knows how to take advantage of his knowledge |
| C．he works hard to achieve his goals |
| D．he is popular around the world |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
【推荐2】About 7,000 languages in use today speak to the fact that our species is born to communicate. But while we tend to view language as merely a consequence of our extraordinary cognitive (认知的) powers, Caleb Everett thinks there may be more going on. Everett argues in his book “A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think” that language itself may influence our understanding of the world and our experience of time and space.
Such a challenging idea might have caused arguments a few decades ago, says Everett, because linguists (语言学家) restricted themselves to analyzing languages of industrialized, higher-income countries. These are relatively similar, so they encourage speakers to think along broadly similar lines, he says. But we now know they fall short of representing the variety of languages spoken today — and the more we learn about understudied languages, the more evidence we find for the complicated interaction between language and thinking.
Consider Berinmo, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Unlike English speakers, explains Everett, Berinmo speakers struggle to remember whether an object they were shown earlier was blue or green — perhaps because that language doesn’t distinguish between these colors. But it does make a formal distinction between yellowish-greens and other greens, and Berinmo speakers typically find it easy to remember which of these colors an object they saw earlier was, while English speakers struggle to do this.
Everett’s book celebrates two main subjects: understudied languages, with the interesting insights they offer, and the careful work of linguists, cognitive scientists, and other experts to explore the way language influences our thinking.
As Everett stresses, this work is vital as we live through a language extinction event predicted to see the loss of about 30 percent of today’s languages by 2100. His book makes it clear that this is more than just a tragedy for local communities. Given the insights that languages offer into the human mind, their disappearance is detrimental to us all.
1. What does Everett’s book discuss?| A．How many languages are still in use. |
| B．How language may impact our world view. |
| C．How humans gain languages since birth. |
| D．How language promotes mental development. |
| A．By following advice from language experts. |
| B．By interviewing different cognitive scientists. |
| C．By gaining insights from minority languages. |
| D．By contrasting the world’s dominant languages. |
| A．It is accurate in describing objects. | B．It is greatly influenced by English. |
| C．It has a decreasing number of users. | D．It has a unique way of telling colors apart. |
| A．Harmful. | B．Familiar. | C．Essential. | D．Strange. |
【推荐3】Travel is one of the most exciting experiences a human being can have. Imagine how Italian traveler Marco Polo must have felt when he found himself on Chinese soil, seeing a way of life quite different from anything he’d seen before.
And how marvelous must it have been to listen to Zhang Qian when he returned to China from his journey through Central Asia and West Asia? His brain must have been packed with everything he’d seen and heard, leading to the founding of the Silk Road.
Some people have traveled all over the world, and travel is a way of life to them. They perhaps know what to expect before they travel. That’s why the best travel is when it’s for the first time. Imagine a person who has always wanted to travel to the United States. Of course, they’ve probably seen the Statue of Liberty a thousand times on TV, and the White House, and all the other famous sights. But none of that would compare to the thrill of looking out of the cabin window as the plane lands, watching the cities and streets of the real America come into view.
Although travel is often just for recreation, it’s also educational. We may not know that we are getting an education, but we still are.
We’re learning every day: new words in a new language, new people, and new ways of life. But this learning takes place in the school of the world, not the classroom. One of the lessons we learn is undoubtedly a moral one. As we get to know foreign places, we come to understand that there are many different ways to live, and that the way we live isn’t necessarily the best way. The British politician Benjamin Disraeli summed this up well when he said, “Travel teaches toleration.”
1. The author uses Marco Polo and Zhang Qian as examples to .| A．explain how the Silk Road was founded |
| B．present travel as an amazing experience |
| C．show how the way people travel has changed |
| D．describe important cultural exchanges in history |
| A．one’s first trip is usually the most challenging |
| B．no other trip is better than one’s first trip |
| C．there is always much to learn on one’s first trip |
| D．people usually make better preparations for their first trip |
| A．learning | B．knowledge |
| C．fun | D．risk |
| A．traveling should be included in formal education |
| B．traveling improves people’s confidence in their lifestyle |
| C．a foreign journey may raise people’s cultural understanding |
| D．there is more to learn from adventures than being in classroom |
【推荐1】Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “peak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees—anywhere at all!
Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.
At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”
1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ________.| A．connect them to libraries | B．surf the Internet |
| C．work at home | D．use for their schoolwork |
| A．It is an old college in America. | B．1500 students have laptops. |
| C．All teachers use computers. | D．Students there can do everything. |
| A．attend lectures on information technology |
| B．get information from around the world |
| C．travel around the world |
| D．have free laptops |
| A．The program is successful. | B．We don’t know the result of the program yet. |
| C．The program is too expensive. | D．The program is not workable. |
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7 – that’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
It’s a club with impressive features for teenagers:
No account keeping fees!
You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄）without taking them out in a month.
Convenient
Teenagers are busy – we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet···You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!
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The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key – card) but it is easy. We can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!
1. The Winners Club is a bank account intended for ________.
| A．parents | B．teenagers | C．winners | D．adults |
| A．Special gifts are ready for parents. |
| B．The bank opens only on work days. |
| C．Services are convenient for its members. |
| D．Fees are necessary for the account keeping. |
| A．encourage spending |
| B．are free to all teenagers |
| C．are full of adventure stories |
| D．help to make more of your money |
| A．be an Internet user |
| B．be permitted by your parent |
| C．have a big sum of money |
| D．be in your twenties |
| A．To set up a club. |
| B．To provide part-time jobs. |
| C．To organize key-cards. |
| D．To introduce a new banking service. |
【推荐3】Myth: If you cut your hair, it will grow long faster.
Truth: That’s not true. “Your hair isn’t like a lawn or a rosebush, where cutting can stimulate fresh growth,” says Phillip Kingsley. The length of your hair is genetically determined. When it reaches a certain length, it stops growing. When you clear up the dead split ends, this makes your hair look healthier, but not necessarily longer.
Myth: If you skip meals, you lose weight fast.
Truth: There’s no truth in this advice. Not only will you not lose weight by starving yourself, but according to Carol Ann Rinzler, this may actually cause you to gain weight. Rinzler reasons that missing a meal causes your metabolism (新陈代谢) to slow down so that you burn food more slowly. This only makes you feel hungrier and by the time you finally do reach the table you will probably eat more food. Strange as it may seem, studies show that eating several small meals and snacks throughout the day is a more healthy way to lose pounds.
Myth: If you swallow goon, it will stay inside your stomach for seven years.
Truth: Actually, it takes just a few days for gum to make its exit - not seven years, says Nei Izenberg, M. D., editor of Kids Health organization. But because gum is made of the same thing as rubber, it cannot be fully digested in your stomach — so if you gum up the works on a regular basis, might find yourself in a stick situation.
Myth: The best way to stop a nosebleed is to lift your head back.
Truth: Now that’s bad advice. Bloody noses are caused by broken blood vessels, so while lifting your head back might stop the fluid from rushing out of your nose, it won’t stop the bleeding; you’ll just end up swallowing lots of blood. Your best bet? “Rest quietly. Don’t poke or pick, and the blood will naturally clot (凝结) within a minute or two,” suggests Dr. Izenberg.
1. The length of your hair is determined by ________.| A．cutting it often | B．your gene |
| C．the food you eat | D．clearing up the dead split ends |
| A．help you lose weight fast | B．help you lose weight slowly |
| C．cause you to become fatter | D．make you burn food more quickly |
| A．Gum cannot be fully digested in the stomach. |
| B．Gum can stay inside your stomach for seven years if you swallow it. |
| C．Gun can leave your stomach after you swallow it a few days later. |
| D．If you often swallow gum, you might find yourself in a sticky situation. |
| A．A large sum of money. | B．An impossible action. |
| C．High expectation. | D．A wise solution. |
【推荐1】The home of the future won't be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today. But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams. No two homes will be the same. People will be able to buy "house kits" containing a basic house structure, with movable walls, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts to create the home they want.
Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still exist but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians won't disappear because machines can't replace them. Teachers will still exist because students need human contact. But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home. The medical technology revolution and space travel will create new jobs which we can only imagine today.
Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won't be for everyone because they won't be cheap. Short space trips will develop first, then space hotels will orbit the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with leisure facilities for families.
Paper won't exist in the future. Instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This will develop in order to save natural resources. E-newspapers and e-magazines will replace traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our reusable paper.
The laws of physics tell us that the earth is going to disappear sometime in the future. This isn't going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in five billion years when our sun explodes (爆炸). We will have to explore the universe and find another home. At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another planet. There won't be any other choice.
1. Homes of the future will__________.| A．be completely different from those of today. |
| B．be very similar to our homes |
| C．be movable as you want |
| D．all be different from one another |
| A．become a very common way to spend a holiday |
| B．be the cheapest holiday choice for families |
| C．still only be for very rich people |
| D．attract a lot of people |
| A．it won't waste natural resource |
| B．young people like it |
| C．it will be cheaper to produce |
| D．it will be convenient to carry |
| A．if we want to live a better life |
| B．if we want to save the human race |
| C．when the earth explodes |
| D．when the earth is too crowded to live on |
【推荐2】Last year, the bushfires in Australia burned more than 12.35 million acres of land. At least 25 people were killed and 2000 homes destroyed. According to the BBC, that was the most casualties(伤亡) from wildfires in the country since 2009. The University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals have died in South Wales alone.
Zeke Hausfather, an energy systems analyst and climate researcher at Berkeley Earth, said warmer temperatures and extreme weather made Australia more susceptible to fires and increased the length of the fire season. "The drier conditions combined with record high temperatures in 2019 created main conditions for the disastrous fires. Australia's fires were worsened by the combination of those two. 2019 was the perfect storm for being the warmest year on record for Australia and the driest year on record for Australia," Hausfather added on Friday.
Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, said warmer ocean temperatures are also contributed to more variable weather around the world. Trenberth believes that global warming contributed to energy imbalances and hot spots in the oceans, which can create a wave in the atmosphere that locks weather patterns in places, causing longer rain events in Indonesia, for example, and at the same time contributing to drought in Australia. He said that once an area experiences drought conditions for two months or more, it increases the risk of fires catching and spreading. Those changing weather patterns due to global warming make drought events longer.
Climate experts stress that climate change is not the only factor in the severity(严重) of wildfires. How land is managed can also impact the amount of fuel available for fires. Practices like controlled bums and other factors can impact the risk to people and property, such as warning systems and the type of development in a given area. Changing those policies has great potential to limit future damage from wildfires along with changes to how fire management resources are dispatched(派遣).
1. What are the numbers about in paragraph 1?| A．The causes of Australian fires. | B．The results of Australian fires. |
| C．The damaged areas of Australian fires. | D．The property destruction of Australian fires. |
| A．Very quickly to adapt to. |
| B．Very seriously to focus on. |
| C．Very likely to be influenced by. |
| D．Very easily to be protected against. |
| A．Longer dry weather contributes to global warming. |
| B．Global wanning is also a main cause of the bushfires. |
| C．Warmer ocean temperatures leads to the fires directly. |
| D．The imbalanced energy leads to the temperature rising. |
| A．To stress the effects of Australia fires. |
| B．To show the methods for land management. |
| C．To predict the seriousness of Australia fires. |
| D．To provide some advice about reducing fire damage. |
【推荐3】We all know that music is a powerful influencer. A movie without a soundtrack doesn’t inspire the same emotional journey. A workout without a pump-up can feel very boring. But is there a way to quantify these reactions?
In a new paper, researchers at the University of Southern California mapped out how things like pitch, rhythm, and harmony trigger different types of activity,psychological reactions, and emotions and how machine learning could use those relationships to predict how people might respond to a new piece of music. The results, presented at a conference show how we may one day be able to engineer targeted music experiences for purposes ranging from therapy(医疗）to movies.
The research is part of the lab’s broader goal to understand how different forms of media, such as films and TV ads as well as music, affect people’s bodies and brains. “Once we understand how media can affect your various emotions, then we can try to productively use it for actually supporting or improve human experiences,” says Shrikanth Narayanan, a professor at USC and the chef researcher in the lab.
The research first searched music sites like Spotify for songs with very few plays, tagged either”happy” or “sad”. Through a series of human tests, 6o pieces for each emotion were narrowed down to a final list of three: two that reliably caused sadness and one that reliably caused happiness. One hundred participants who hadn’t heard the songs before split into two groups, listened to all three pieces, and either took an FMRI scan or wore pulse, heat, and eccentricity sensors on their skin and rated their emotions on a scale of 0 to 10.
The research then fed the data, along with 74 features for each song into several machine-learning algorithms(算法）and examined which features were the strongest predictors of responses. They found, for example, that the brightness of a song and the strength of its beat were both among the best predictors of how a song would affect a listener’s hart rate and brain activity.
The research is still in very early stages, and it will be a while before more powerful machine-learning models will be able to predict your mental and physical reactions to a song with any precision. But the researchers are excited about how such modes could be applied: to design music for specific individuals, to help patients with mental health challenges stimulate(刺激） specific part of their brain. The lab is already working with addiction treatment clinics to see how other forms of media could help patients.
More simply, the research could be use to general playlists. “ You wouldn’t want to listen to a song that’s gonna make your heart rate speed up right before bedtime, but maybe you do if your ‘r going on a long drive and you haven’t had much coffee,” says Greer.
1. The writer mentioned the movie, workout at he beginning of the passage in order to ________| A．Show the importance of music | B．introduce the issue about relaxation |
| C．remind people of entertainment | D．discuss the relationship between music and brains. |
| A．Because it can improve life experiences |
| B．Because it has been proved successful. |
| C．Because it can benefit humans. |
| D．Because it can be profitable. |
| A．It lacks the financial support from the government. |
| B．It will take a long while to search for various styles of songs. |
| C．The machine-learning models that predict reactions is still on the way |
| D．The data collected form the participants are not reliable |
| A．The contents of the research. |
| B．The drawbacks of the research. |
| C．The process of the research |
| D．The findings of the research |
| A．engineer different music for individuals |
| B．treat mental problem patients by stimulating their brains |
| C．make people feel more energetic for driving |
| D．keep people informed of the latest music |
| A．doubtful | B．objective |
| C．negative | D．enthusiastic |
