The US Supreme Court rules that, barring circumstances like child abduction
or a ticking time bomb, the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution
requires police to get a warrant before examining a cell phone after an arrest.
This ruling makes our digital privacy no “less worthy of the protection for
which the Founders of our nation fought.”
(A)
Under certain extreme conditions, the Fourth Amendment can be
temporarily suspended.
(B)
The Fourth Amendment is considered a ticking time bomb by the US
Constitution.
(C)
The police needs to get the authorities' approval to search any suspect's
cell phone.
(D)
The founders of the USA also fought for their digital privacy.
It would be quite naive to expect a life without conflict, naive and boring. After all, as
we struggle to find solutions,conflict leads to new ways of thinking. Nothing ever ____6____
in a world without conflicts. We see this in our lives; we see this in science. In
fact, in science crises are essential: without them there is no ____7____ . A life lived in
harmony ____8____ a life without conflict. It must be a life where conflict leads to growth.
Harmony is not the absence of conflict.It is the state in which conflict leads to positive
change. Harmony is dynamic, not static. Innovation and growth challenge the status quo,
shaking the very foundations where most base their values. Change only comes when we
are ready to embrace it; change needs ____9____ . It is much easier to plant our feet in the
traditional, the convenient, in what does not force us to reexamine our views. No one likes
to be wrong. This is why great innovation comes with ____10____ ,often bloody. The blood
that is spilled is not always the one coursing through our veins: it is the blood of conviction,
of prejudices, of deep-seated ideas that are abandoned by the inexorable force of reason.
It would be quite naive to expect a life without conflict, naive and boring. After all, as we struggle to find solutions,conflict leads to new ways of thinking. Nothing ever ____6____ in a world without conflicts. We see this in our lives; we see this in science. In fact, in science crises are essential: without them there is no ____7____ . A life lived in harmony ____8____ a life without conflict. It must be a life where conflict leads to growth. Harmony is not the absence of conflict.It is the state in which conflict leads to positive change. Harmony is dynamic, not static. Innovation and growth challenge the status quo, shaking the very foundations where most base their values. Change only comes when we are ready to embrace it; change needs ____9____ . It is much easier to plant our feet in the traditional, the convenient, in what does not force us to reexamine our views. No one likes to be wrong. This is why great innovation comes with ____10____ ,often bloody. The blood that is spilled is not always the one coursing through our veins: it is the blood of conviction, of prejudices, of deep-seated ideas that are abandoned by the inexorable force of reason.
It would be quite naive to expect a life without conflict, naive and boring. After all, as we struggle to find solutions,conflict leads to new ways of thinking. Nothing ever ____6____ in a world without conflicts. We see this in our lives; we see this in science. In fact, in science crises are essential: without them there is no ____7____ . A life lived in harmony ____8____ a life without conflict. It must be a life where conflict leads to growth. Harmony is not the absence of conflict.It is the state in which conflict leads to positive change. Harmony is dynamic, not static. Innovation and growth challenge the status quo, shaking the very foundations where most base their values. Change only comes when we are ready to embrace it; change needs ____9____ . It is much easier to plant our feet in the traditional, the convenient, in what does not force us to reexamine our views. No one likes to be wrong. This is why great innovation comes with ____10____ ,often bloody. The blood that is spilled is not always the one coursing through our veins: it is the blood of conviction, of prejudices, of deep-seated ideas that are abandoned by the inexorable force of reason.
It would be quite naive to expect a life without conflict, naive and boring. After all, as we struggle to find solutions,conflict leads to new ways of thinking. Nothing ever ____6____ in a world without conflicts. We see this in our lives; we see this in science. In fact, in science crises are essential: without them there is no ____7____ . A life lived in harmony ____8____ a life without conflict. It must be a life where conflict leads to growth. Harmony is not the absence of conflict.It is the state in which conflict leads to positive change. Harmony is dynamic, not static. Innovation and growth challenge the status quo, shaking the very foundations where most base their values. Change only comes when we are ready to embrace it; change needs ____9____ . It is much easier to plant our feet in the traditional, the convenient, in what does not force us to reexamine our views. No one likes to be wrong. This is why great innovation comes with ____10____ ,often bloody. The blood that is spilled is not always the one coursing through our veins: it is the blood of conviction, of prejudices, of deep-seated ideas that are abandoned by the inexorable force of reason.
It would be quite naive to expect a life without conflict, naive and boring. After all, as we struggle to find solutions,conflict leads to new ways of thinking. Nothing ever ____6____ in a world without conflicts. We see this in our lives; we see this in science. In fact, in science crises are essential: without them there is no ____7____ . A life lived in harmony ____8____ a life without conflict. It must be a life where conflict leads to growth. Harmony is not the absence of conflict.It is the state in which conflict leads to positive change. Harmony is dynamic, not static. Innovation and growth challenge the status quo, shaking the very foundations where most base their values. Change only comes when we are ready to embrace it; change needs ____9____ . It is much easier to plant our feet in the traditional, the convenient, in what does not force us to reexamine our views. No one likes to be wrong. This is why great innovation comes with ____10____ ,often bloody. The blood that is spilled is not always the one coursing through our veins: it is the blood of conviction, of prejudices, of deep-seated ideas that are abandoned by the inexorable force of reason.
E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen before. Computers and other
electronic devices ____11____ obsolete in just a few years, leaving consumers with few
alternatives but to catch up by buying newer models. Tens of millions of tons of computers,
TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other gadgets ____12____ each year.
Unfortunately, in most parts of the world, the bulk of all this e-waste ____13____ landfills,
where it poisons the environment. This is because it contains a variety of toxic ____14____
such as lead, mercury, and arsenic that leak into the ground. In theory, recycling seems to
be a good ____15____ . However, the problem is that a large percentage of e-waste
dropped off for recycling in rich countries is sold to the developing world, where its toxin
may threaten the health of people living there.
E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen before. Computers and other electronic devices ____11____ obsolete in just a few years, leaving consumers with few alternatives but to catch up by buying newer models. Tens of millions of tons of computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other gadgets ____12____ each year. Unfortunately, in most parts of the world, the bulk of all this e-waste ____13____ landfills, where it poisons the environment. This is because it contains a variety of toxic ____14____ such as lead, mercury, and arsenic that leak into the ground. In theory, recycling seems to be a good ____15____ . However, the problem is that a large percentage of e-waste dropped off for recycling in rich countries is sold to the developing world, where its toxin may threaten the health of people living there.
E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen before. Computers and other electronic devices ____11____ obsolete in just a few years, leaving consumers with few alternatives but to catch up by buying newer models. Tens of millions of tons of computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other gadgets ____12____ each year. Unfortunately, in most parts of the world, the bulk of all this e-waste ____13____ landfills, where it poisons the environment. This is because it contains a variety of toxic ____14____ such as lead, mercury, and arsenic that leak into the ground. In theory, recycling seems to be a good ____15____ . However, the problem is that a large percentage of e-waste dropped off for recycling in rich countries is sold to the developing world, where its toxin may threaten the health of people living there.
E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen before. Computers and other electronic devices ____11____ obsolete in just a few years, leaving consumers with few alternatives but to catch up by buying newer models. Tens of millions of tons of computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other gadgets ____12____ each year. Unfortunately, in most parts of the world, the bulk of all this e-waste ____13____ landfills, where it poisons the environment. This is because it contains a variety of toxic ____14____ such as lead, mercury, and arsenic that leak into the ground. In theory, recycling seems to be a good ____15____ . However, the problem is that a large percentage of e-waste dropped off for recycling in rich countries is sold to the developing world, where its toxin may threaten the health of people living there.
E-waste is being produced on a scale never seen before. Computers and other electronic devices ____11____ obsolete in just a few years, leaving consumers with few alternatives but to catch up by buying newer models. Tens of millions of tons of computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other gadgets ____12____ each year. Unfortunately, in most parts of the world, the bulk of all this e-waste ____13____ landfills, where it poisons the environment. This is because it contains a variety of toxic ____14____ such as lead, mercury, and arsenic that leak into the ground. In theory, recycling seems to be a good ____15____ . However, the problem is that a large percentage of e-waste dropped off for recycling in rich countries is sold to the developing world, where its toxin may threaten the health of people living there.
At 16, Maya Angelou became San Francisco’s first black female streetcar conductor. Her first book, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells us her early life. Its unsparing account of black life in the South during the Depression and of her sexual abuse is not easy reading. But her tough, funny, lyrical voice transforms her story into a hymn of endurance that influenced later memoirists. Her own obituary sums up her life: “Love is that condition which encourages us to build bridges and to trust them and cross them in attempts to reach other human beings.”
16.What can we infer from the passage?
(A)
Growing up in the American South was tough for her.
(B)
Her first book was difficult to understand.
(C)
She used to be a bird lover.
(D)
Streetcars did not welcome black female passengers.
At 16, Maya Angelou became San Francisco’s first black female streetcar conductor. Her first book, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells us her early life. Its unsparing account of black life in the South during the Depression and of her sexual abuse is not easy reading. But her tough, funny, lyrical voice transforms her story into a hymn of endurance that influenced later memoirists. Her own obituary sums up her life: “Love is that condition which encourages us to build bridges and to trust them and cross them in attempts to reach other human beings.”
At 16, Maya Angelou became San Francisco’s first black female streetcar conductor. Her first book, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells us her early life. Its unsparing account of black life in the South during the Depression and of her sexual abuse is not easy reading. But her tough, funny, lyrical voice transforms her story into a hymn of endurance that influenced later memoirists. Her own obituary sums up her life: “Love is that condition which encourages us to build bridges and to trust them and cross them in attempts to reach other human beings.”
18.Who are most likely influenced by her writing style?
At 16, Maya Angelou became San Francisco’s first black female streetcar conductor. Her first book, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells us her early life. Its unsparing account of black life in the South during the Depression and of her sexual abuse is not easy reading. But her tough, funny, lyrical voice transforms her story into a hymn of endurance that influenced later memoirists. Her own obituary sums up her life: “Love is that condition which encourages us to build bridges and to trust them and cross them in attempts to reach other human beings.”
At 16, Maya Angelou became San Francisco’s first black female streetcar conductor. Her first book, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells us her early life. Its unsparing account of black life in the South during the Depression and of her sexual abuse is not easy reading. But her tough, funny, lyrical voice transforms her story into a hymn of endurance that influenced later memoirists. Her own obituary sums up her life: “Love is that condition which encourages us to build bridges and to trust them and cross them in attempts to reach other human beings.”
20.Which statement best paraphrases Angelou's definition of “love”?