1 . According to a 2018 report, people aged between 16 and 24
We have reached the point of recognizing a disconnect between art and audiences but haven’t yet determined how to
If you have ever tried to power through reading a museum’s complex wall text, you know art discussions can be full of special
More traditional institutions are paying attention. This summer, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles issued a social-media challenge for people to recreate paintings using items they had at home. Users displayed incredible creativity—toilet rolls featured frequently—and the museum was
Social media have offered a platform for people who have not traditionally had a seat at the table. Anyone can recognize a gap in the field and
Ensuring that art—and writing and talking about art—resonates(产生共鸣)throughout the population
A.cover up | B.make up | C.make for | D.set about |
A.Similarly | B.Actually | C.Consequently | D.Eventually |
A.widen | B.leave | C.open | D.bridge |
A.stick to | B.stay in | C.lie in | D.lead to |
A.events | B.issues | C.terms | D.aspects |
A.retain | B.engage | C.arise | D.conduct |
A.further | B.convenient | C.accessible | D.intense |
A.adjusting | B.connecting | C.leading | D.presenting |
A.covered | B.related | C.flooded | D.founded |
A.if | B.although | C.despite | D.unless |
A.address | B.locate | C.trace | D.analyse |
A.vision | B.scope | C.range | D.diversity |
A.represented | B.presented | C.stated | D.prevented |
A.makes sure | B.goes through | C.depends on | D.comes up |
A.influence | B.funding | C.enterprise | D.impression |
2 . Whenever Michael Carl, the fashion market director at Vanity Fair, goes out to have dinner with friends, he plays something called the “phone stack” game: Everyone
Brandon Holley, the former editor of the Lucky magazine, had trouble
As smartphones
“Disconnecting is a luxury(奢侈品) that we all
A popular method for disconnecting is to choose a box for your cellphone, like the milk tin that Ms. Holley uses. “
Sleep is a big factor, which is why some
A.exchanges | B.allocates | C.arranges | D.places |
A.examining | B.ignoring | C.missing | D.finding |
A.stopped | B.forgot | C.began | D.suggested |
A.hate | B.want | C.expect | D.refuse |
A.talked | B.agreed | C.provided | D.shared |
A.intend | B.choose | C.continue | D.happen |
A.barrier | B.suffering | C.issue | D.drawback |
A.learn | B.consider | C.accept | D.need |
A.dependable | B.available | C.convenient | D.appealing |
A.figure out | B.save up | C.set aside | D.take up |
A.Unless | B.If | C.Until | D.Although |
A.goes | B.fills | C.buries | D.lays |
A.flexible | B.urgent | C.relaxing | D.upsetting |
A.admit | B.prefer | C.refuse | D.permit |
A.definitely | B.rarely | C.finally | D.originally |
3 . There are too many fat people in America, so many Americans are fighting against overweight. But the
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating
In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent lifestyle
A.present | B.natural | C.strange | D.modern |
A.continue | B.move | C.try | D.expand |
A.research | B.novel | C.book | D.newspaper |
A.where | B.why | C.how | D.when |
A.sensitive | B.sad | C.happy | D.full |
A.pockets | B.refrigerators | C.houses | D.plates |
A.into | B.as | C.inside | D.to |
A.fairly long | B.fairly short | C.very exciting | D.rather fast |
A.anything | B.something | C.everything | D.nothing |
A.get | B.bring | C.lose | D.receive |
A.hot | B.cool | C.warm | D.frozen |
A.therefore | B.instead | C.however | D.merely |
A.choice | B.message | C.taste | D.number |
A.examples | B.traditions | C.changes | D.stories |
A.failure | B.success | C.acceptance | D.rejection |
4 . For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between
Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict.
In this article, I’ll describe three no-win
Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the
A.ancient | B.developing | C.independent | D.neighbouring |
A.do | B.have | C.promise | D.control |
A.In part | B.In short | C.In particular | D.In contrast |
A.starting | B.preventing | C.stopping | D.handling |
A.rudeness | B.impatience | C.unreasonableness | D.immatureness |
A.vaguely | B.oppositely | C.hesitantly | D.unexpectedly |
A.quarrels | B.occasions | C.situations | D.consequences |
A.trap | B.hatred | C.competition | D.difficulty |
A.simple | B.domestic | C.educational | D.unimportant |
A.desire | B.failure | C.practice | D.lateness |
A.goal | B.topic | C.regulation | D.argument |
A.problem | B.point | C.issue | D.consequence |
A.senior | B.leader | C.winner | D.authority |
A.belief | B.reward | C.respect | D.apology |
A.gain | B.regret | C.know | D.possess |
5 . In summarising the state of the planet—rising population, widespread conflict, one-sixth of the planet suffering extreme poverty and hunger, global warming—Jeffrey Sachs, author of “The Common Wealth, can paint a terrible picture. However, he’s an
Take child mortality (死亡). Perhaps surprisingly, the higher the child mortality rate is, the higher the birth rate. This leads to a
However, it is
These ideas are already being
So if it’s so
So while Sachs sees an opportunity to end poverty forever, he also raises an
A.economist | B.optimist | C.expert | D.opponent |
A.prospectively | B.essentially | C.thoughtfully | D.refreshingly |
A.declining | B.global | C.booming | D.local |
A.in turn | B.by contrast | C.on end | D.with care |
A.truth | B.principle | C.solution | D.statement |
A.transmit | B.specify | C.worsen | D.reduce |
A.downward | B.general | C.modem | D.previous |
A.describing | B.reserving | C.adopting | D.protesting |
A.modify | B.intensify | C.prevent | D.locate |
A.successfully | B.hesitantly | C.personally | D.worthlessly |
A.popular | B.simple | C.hard | D.strange |
A.spent | B.promised | C.learned | D.featured |
A.requirement | B.condition | C.challenge | D.target |
A.restricted | B.standardized | C.requested | D.combined |
A.alarm | B.objection | C.amount | D.instance |
Cowboy or spaceman ? A dilemma for a children’s party, perhaps. But also a question for economists, argued Kenneth Boulding, in an essay published in 1966. we have run our
To its
There are two ways our economies can grow, ecological economists point out: through technological change, or through maximum use of resources. Only the
Mainstream economists are not
A.grasslands | B.nations | C.economies | D.spaceships |
A.ignorant | B.confident | C.astonished | D.anxious |
A.less | B.smaller | C.more | D.larger |
A.movements | B.influences | C.limits | D.threats |
A.reject | B.realize | C.resemble | D.revolutionize |
A.challengers | B.learners | C.advocates | D.professors |
A.addressed | B.ignored | C.opposed | D.reflected |
A.advanced | B.former | C.latter | D.scientific |
A.number | B.product | C.idea | D.measure |
A.In addition | B.For example | C.In other words | D.In its place |
A.peaked | B.plunged | C.persisted | D.paused |
A.sufficient | B.efficient | C.constant | D.adequate |
A.impressed | B.involved | C.concerned | D.appointed |
A.call for | B.contribute to | C.warn against | D.refer to |
A.setting | B.overstepping | C.extending | D.redrawing |
7 . In The Debunking (揭穿真相) Handbook, a short guide published in 2011, John Cook, at George Mason University, and Stephan Lewandowsky, at the University of Bristol, looked at the world-view backfire effect, the idea that if a correction of a false claim disagrees with your world view, it strengthens the
What’s more, although some later studies have seen similar results, many haven’t seen the effect at all. This suggests it is much
But whatever you do, don’t point this out, or turn to
The good news is that social events are
The bad news is that even with all this in mind, you are still unlikely to
So why even
And always
Indeed, Cook thinks there is little chance of changing the minds of, say, the 7 per cent of people in the US who are very
A.association | B.offensiveness | C.probability | D.misconception |
A.harder | B.rarer | C.more diverse | D.more important |
A.reactions | B.judgements | C.forecasts | D.reasons |
A.reveal | B.avoid | C.define | D.link |
A.frustrating | B.excellent | C.familiar | D.occasional |
A.widespread | B.deliberate | C.inevitable | D.effective |
A.in person | B.in detail | C.on purpose | D.on business |
A.encourage | B.impress | C.surprise | D.convince |
A.try | B.stop | C.move | D.wait |
A.Validating | B.Investigating | C.Questioning | D.Understanding |
A.support | B.locate | C.interview | D.consider |
A.aware | B.happy | C.sure | D.disappointed |
A.make up | B.look up to | C.focus on | D.set out on |
A.For instance | B.What’s more | C.As a result | D.On the contrary |
A.surprised at | B.doubtful of | C.curious of | D.annoyed at |
8 . Osley Cook, a music teacher, has worked in education for 27 years and he knows how to help his students learn. He used to
“When I’m teaching a mixed class, if I walk over to percussion (打击乐), then the camera
Parents Are Becoming “Co-teachers”
Education Is Becoming More
Consisting of more than 14,000 school districts across 50 states, the American primary-education system is extensive, diverse, and decentralized. In normal times, all of that works against rapid
At Rolling Hills Elementary School, principal Cherish Pip organized an event in which roughly 120 students and their families drove through the school’s parking lot to collect books and take-home activities. “Our high-school band came to play. We had our mascot (吉祥物) there. It was just
Educators now see an opportunity to release the “enormous
For many educators, education is changing. They can’t go back, for that’s just not a(n)
A.answer | B.ignore | C.receive | D.forward |
A.cautioned | B.forced | C.tempted | D.guided |
A.responding | B.opposing | C.returning | D.sticking |
A.freezes | B.transmits | C.removes | D.follows |
A.alone | B.apart | C.alike | D.away |
A.Exposures | B.Locations | C.Closures | D.Expansions |
A.in the light of | B.in the hope of | C.in the case of | D.in combination with |
A.careful | B.optimistic | C.reluctant | D.willing |
A.Temporary | B.Flexible | C.Compulsory | D.Predictable |
A.campaign | B.change | C.assembly | D.resistance |
A.authorized | B.reminded | C.forbidden | D.guaranteed |
A.festive | B.normal | C.noisy | D.dizzy |
A.appeal | B.demand | C.potential | D.evidence |
A.positively | B.mechanically | C.subjectively | D.negatively |
A.parallel | B.option | C.initiative | D.reference |
9 . Anyone could be in his or her unfavorable situations, whatever their ages and social status. Adults are often
To learn more about how children think about looking for help, we asked 576 children, aged four to nine, to predict the
Children thought that the kid who wanted to seem smart would be
We also found that they recognize several more behaviors that might make a child appear less clever in front of fellow kids, such as
However, a number of
Seeking help could even be framed as
A.delighted with | B.ready for | C.serious about | D.embarrassed about |
A.impersonal | B.sensitive | C.helpless | D.desperate |
A.incapability | B.enthusiasm | C.generosity | D.friendliness |
A.protection | B.individuality | C.assistance | D.personality |
A.behavior | B.intelligence | C.success | D.capability |
A.ready | B.unlikely | C.comfortable | D.desperate |
A.separately | B.moderately | C.purposefully | D.privately |
A.admitting | B.neglecting | C.avoiding | D.underestimating |
A.friendly | B.smart | C.independent | D.reliable |
A.theories | B.reasons | C.solutions | D.researches |
A.mission | B.advice | C.instinct | D.barrier |
A.instructive | B.decisive | C.intellectual | D.reputational |
A.ordinary | B.vivid | C.achievable | D.virtual |
A.personally | B.mentally | C.potentially | D.socially |
A.dominant | B.similar | C.complex | D.original |
10 . Artificial intelligence (AI) has amazing potential to change the world, and we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface. As AI matures and people move further away from distinct programming and monitoring of systems, unidentified bias (偏见) might make decisions continue for a long time that cause
All too often, data sets are incomplete and the sample represented in the data set does not
Bias resulting from AI algorithms themselves, or algorithmic bias, is equally
To create ethical AI, companies need to put the
Having
None of this will be easy, but true innovation never is. By coming together and working on the problem of bias now, before it becomes a(n)
A.theoretical | B.psychological | C.disproportionate | D.unintended |
A.arise from | B.contribute to | C.take over | D.make up |
A.inspire | B.match | C.protect | D.restrict |
A.quit | B.administer | C.compare | D.analyze |
A.distinct | B.predictable | C.original | D.widespread |
A.restore | B.imply | C.miss | D.favor |
A.embarrassing | B.dangerous | C.relevant | D.ridiculous |
A.intentionally | B.temporarily | C.automatically | D.appropriately |
A.influence | B.help | C.attract | D.predict |
A.admit | B.define | C.address | D.publicize |
A.belongings | B.expressions | C.characteristics | D.needs |
A.civil | B.digital | C.legal | D.natural |
A.frequent | B.responsible | C.peculiar | D.graceful |
A.fair | B.quick | C.appealing | D.adequate |
A.leading | B.innovative | C.cultural | D.destructive |