Text Music is an important way of expressing people’s feelings and emotions. The (26) , for instance, from 1960 to 1969 will be (27) by many people as a period of social and political unrest in America. (28) this time, many people despaired (29) the music favored by the American teenagers. (30) , we must now admit that the music they loved was (31) a sign of the period and a (32) of the tensions and changes that were (33) American society. In the early sixties, (34) about social justice and equality were (35) by the song "Blowing in the Wind" which (36) the civil rights song "We Shall Overcome". The conflict concerning military (37) in Vietnam was sung about in 1965 in the (38) song "Eve of Destruction" and in the song "Ballad of the Green Beret". A few years (39) , a gradual shift in mood became (40) in one of the most popular songs which suggested calmer questions and possible answers even as some pop stars protested loudly (41) the draft. Finally, music as a (42) of the political and social process in America was highlighted at Woodstock, New York, where half of a million young people came (43) in 1969 to spend three days listening to songs that spanned the decade. This event was a symbol of the desire for (44) within a time of unrest. Woodstock was a (45) of hope in days of rage.
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Suppose you are a secretary of the manager of a company. You have attended the negotiation between your company and a foreign company. Write a memo of the negotiation. The memo should include: 1) time and place of the negotiation 2) participants of the negotiation 3) content of the negotiation including the agreement reached and the differences that still remain 4) the time for the next negotiation You should write approximately 100 words.
Text 1 Fourteen-year-old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety-two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first. The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges. But Hawley says "I did pretty well at staying calm. I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make--it would distract me from playing. "he says. "I don’t even remember trying to impress people while I played. It’s almost as if they weren’t there. I just wanted to make music." Hawley is a winner. But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning. He did it by concentrating on playing well. "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part," said the founder of the modem Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin. "The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." New research shows that Coubertin’s philosophy is exactly the path achievers take to win at life’s challenging games. A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr. Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions. "They are interested in winning, but they’re more interested in self-development, testing their limits." One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had--and how much they’ve learned from each. "Not one of the 1, 500 I studied defined losing as failing," Garfield says. "They kept calling their losses ’ setbacks’." A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree. "The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a prolonged depression. You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them." Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise. He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal. The passage tells us that "praise" in times of trouble ______.
A. helps people realize their goals
B. helps people deal with their disappointment
C. makes people regret about their past
D. makes people forget their setbacks
Text 3 Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families. Television is the most significant of these influences, because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school. And, by the time that the average child finishes high school, he or she will have spent 18,000 hours in front of a television set as opposed to 12,000 hours in a classroom. Parents are concerned about these figures. They are also concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for children. The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them. Even if it is unreal--a cartoon cat beating up a cartoon mouse with a baseball bat--this violence may have a negative effect on the young minds exposed to it. Studies indicate that, when children are exposed to violence, they may become aggressive or insecure. Parents are also concerned about the commercials that their children see on television. Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children. And some parents feel that these shows should not have any commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers. Educational television has no commercials and has programs for children that many parents approve of. The most famous of these is "Sesame Street", which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet and numbers. It also tries to teach children useful things about the world in which they live. Even though most parents and educators give "Sesame Street" and shows like it high marks for quality, some critics argue that all television, whether educational or not, is harmful to children. These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television every day turns children into bored and passive consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it. We still do not know enough about the effects of watching television to be able to say whether or not it is good for children. Until we do, perhaps it would be wise to put a warning on television sets such as the one on cigarette packages: "Caution: Watching Too Much Television May Be Harmful to Your Child’s Developing Mind." The best title for the text would be ______.
A. Education and Television
Bad Influence of Television
Children and Television
D. TV Programs for Children
Text Music is an important way of expressing people’s feelings and emotions. The (26) , for instance, from 1960 to 1969 will be (27) by many people as a period of social and political unrest in America. (28) this time, many people despaired (29) the music favored by the American teenagers. (30) , we must now admit that the music they loved was (31) a sign of the period and a (32) of the tensions and changes that were (33) American society. In the early sixties, (34) about social justice and equality were (35) by the song "Blowing in the Wind" which (36) the civil rights song "We Shall Overcome". The conflict concerning military (37) in Vietnam was sung about in 1965 in the (38) song "Eve of Destruction" and in the song "Ballad of the Green Beret". A few years (39) , a gradual shift in mood became (40) in one of the most popular songs which suggested calmer questions and possible answers even as some pop stars protested loudly (41) the draft. Finally, music as a (42) of the political and social process in America was highlighted at Woodstock, New York, where half of a million young people came (43) in 1969 to spend three days listening to songs that spanned the decade. This event was a symbol of the desire for (44) within a time of unrest. Woodstock was a (45) of hope in days of rage.
A. with
B. about
C. towards
D. against