Choose the word which has the bold part pronounced differently from the others.
pyramid
hygiene
nylon
lifestyle
supposed
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Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and depressed when being asked about their future.
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The development of the boiler is closely related to those of the steam engine, to which it is a necessary adjunct.
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Among the favorite attractions at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C are the film presented on the five-story-tall screen.
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Most of the school-leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and earning money.
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He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.
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His boss has had enough of his impudence, and doesn’t want to hire him anymore.
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The company was collapsed due to the director’s fatal mistakes in management.
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The mistake in the accounts was not noticed until the figures were rechecked.
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This conference wouldn’t have been possible without your organization.
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You needn’t have taken so many warm clothes there.
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The boss allows his staff to make some important decisions. That fostered a spirit of togetherness and commitment.
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The leader failed to explain the cause of the problem. He didn’t offer any solutions.
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You _____ to your teacher like that. It was very rude.
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What measures have been _____ to control traffic jam at rush hours?
Jane: "What about going out for a walk after supper?"
Jimmy: "_____. Walking after meals is good for our health."
Industrialization has been responsible for _____ most radical of the environmental changes caused by human.
Public opinion remained largely _____ to the issue.
I remember _____ the money in the top drawer, but it’s not there now.
Daisy is talking to Jim about his house.
Daisy: "What a lovely house you have!"
Jim: "_____"
On the battle field _____.
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Environmental Concerns
Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so alive we are rapidly destroying the very resource we have by which all the people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are so much that they will never be able to recover completely. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a result, the planet’s ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are increasingly heavy demands on it.
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There has been much debate over the past few decades concerning fears that automation will lead to robots replacing human workers on a massive scale. The increasing use of robotics, computers and artificial intelligence is a reality, but its full implications are far from cut and dried. Some forecasts present the future in a utopian way, claiming that robots will take over the tedious heavy work, thus freeing time and potential, allowing for more creativity and innovation. At the other end of the spectrum are those who foresee an employment apocalypse, predicting that almost fifty percent of all American jobs could vanish within the next few decades. Former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stated that in 20 years robots could be in place in a number of job categories, particularly those at the lower end of the scale in terms of skills.
The bottom line is that while the future is always uncertain, robots are a fixture of our society, which is not going to disappear. As with the Industrial Revolution, where machines were utilized in many tasks in place of manual laborers and social upheaval followed, the Digital Revolution is likely to place robots in various jobs. In spite of that, many of today's jobs were not in existence before the Industrial Revolution, such as those of programmers, engineers and data scientists. This leads other experts to criticize this alarmist approach of robot scare-mongering, which is invariably compared to the 19th-century "Luddites". This group was textile workers who feared being displaced by machines and resorted to violence, burning down factories and destroying industrial equipment - their rejection of inevitable progress has come to symbolize mindless ignorance.
Needless to say, exactly what new kinds of jobs might exist in the future is difficult to envision at present. Therefore, the crux of the issue is not whether jobs will be lost, but whether the creation of new vacancies will outpace the ever-increasing number of losses and what skills will be required in the future.
It is clearly not all doom and gloom, as demand for employees with skills in data analysis, coding, computer science, artificial intelligence and human-machine interface is rising and will continue to do so. Furthermore, the demand for skills in jobs where humans surpass computers, such as those involving care, creativity and innovative craftsmanship, are likely to increase considerably. Ultimately, the key lies in the adaptation of the workforce, through appropriate education and training, to keep pace with our world's technological progress.
What is the main concern associated with technological advances in the workplace?
What do optimists predict technology will allow?
What is the modern-day view of the Luddites?
Which of the following is closest in meaning to "crux" in paragraph 4?
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The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire, although nobody knows exactly when he acquired the use of the latter.
The origin of language is also obscure. No doubt it began very gradually. Animals have a few cries that serve as signals, but even the highest apes have not been found able to pronounce words, even with the most intensive professional instruction. The superior brain of man is apparently a necessity for the mastering of speech. When man became sufficiently intelligent, we must suppose that he gradually increased the number of cries for different purposes. It was a great day when he discovered that speech could be used for narrative. There are those who think in this respect picture language preceded oral language. A man could draw a picture on the wall of his cave to show in which direction he had gone, or what prey he hoped to catch. Probably picture language and oral language developed side by side. I am inclined to think that language has been the most important single factor in the development of man.
Two important stages came not so long before the dawn of written history. The first was the domestication of animals; the second was agriculture. Agriculture was a step in human progress to which subsequently there was nothing comparable until our own machine age. Agriculture made possible an immense increase in the number of the human species in the regions where it could be successfully practiced. These were, at first, only those in which nature fertilized the soil after each harvest. Agriculture met with violent resistance from the pastoral nomads, but the agricultural way of life prevailed in the end because of the physical comforts it provided.
Another fundamental technical advance was writing, which, like spoken language, developed out of picture, but as soon as it had reached a certain stage, it was possible to keep records transmit information to people who were not present when the information was given.
These inventions and discoveries - fire, speech, weapons, domestic animals, agriculture, and writing - made the existence of civilized communities possible. From about 300 B.C until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution less than two hundred years ago there was no technical advance comparable to these. During this long period man had time to become accustomed to his technique and to develop the beliefs and political organizations appropriate to it. There was, of course, an immense extension in the area of civilized life. At first it had been confined to the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris and the Indus, but at the end of the period in question it covered much the greater part of the inhabitable globe. I do not mean to suggest that there was no technical progress during this long time; there was progress - there were even two inventions of very great importance, namely gunpowder and the mariner’s compass - but neither of these can be compared in their power to such things as speech and writing and agriculture.
Adapted from "The Development of Human Civilization"
The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to _____.
The word "obscure" in paragraph 2 probably means _____.