What is one of the consequences of living big?
Many Americans' quality of life has become lower.
People from diverse backgrounds no longer socialize.
People no longer have access to public swimming pools.
Many Americans' private life has been negatively affected.
What kind of social system does the author think is unacceptable?
One in which the rich purchase amenities at an increasingly unjustifiable price.
One in which the wealthy exploit the low-wage laborers building their houses.
One in which the upper classes deprive the lower classes of affordable housing.
One in which the affluent enjoy a more comfortable life at the expense of the poor
What does the author advocate for people to live well?
Finding ways to turn private spaces into public ones.
Building more houses affordable to those less affluent.
More public spaces created for everyone to enjoy.
All amenities made accessible to the rich and the poor alike.
What does the author think of most entrepreneurs?
They are more willing to risk their own lives.
They are more ambitious than ordinary people.
They achieve greater nonconventional success.
They have more positive qualities than most of us.
What does the author imply by saying "this isn't always the case" (Line 1, Para. 3)?
Ambitious people may not have a greater chance of success.
Ambitious people may not have more positive qualities.
Entrepreneurs' ambition does as much good as harm.
Entrepreneurs are more naturally driven to success.
What does the author say is of extreme importance for one to become a successful entrepreneur?
Holding on to one's original vision.
Being able to adapt to new situations.
Focusing determinedly on one particular goal.
Avoiding radical change in one's career direction.
How do the most ambitious entrepreneurs regard failure in their endeavor（尽力）?
It will awaken them to reality.
It is a lesson they have to learn.
It means the end of their career.
It will result in a slow recovery.
What does the author advise us to do concerning ambition?
Distinguish between conventional success and our life goal.
Follow the example of the most ambitious entrepreneurs.
Avoid taking unnecessary risks when starting a business.
Prioritize health and happiness over material success.
What do we learn about the deeper implications of AI?
It is causing catastrophic levels of unemployment.
It is doing physical harm to human operators.
It is altering moral judgments.
It is reshaping humanity.
What is the consequence of algorithmic（算法的） prescription replacing human judgment?
People lose the chance to cultivate the ability to make practical judgments.
People are prevented from participating in making major decisions in the workplace.
Managers no longer have the chance to decide which loan to approve.
Managers do not need to take the trouble to determine who to hire or fire.
What may result from increasing application of recommendation engines in our consumption of culture?
Consumers will have much limited choice.
Consumers will actually enjoy better luck.
It will be easier to decide on what to enjoy.
Humans will develop tastes similar to machines'.
What is likely to happen to larger parts of our daily life as machine learning algorithms improve?
They will turn out to be more pleasant.
They can be completely anticipated.（预期的）
They will repeat our past experience.
They may become better and better.
Why does the author say the creatures living in the more and more Al-mediated world will become increasingly unlike us?
They will have lost the most significant human element of being intelligent
They will no longer possess the human characteristic of being unpredictable.
They will not be able to understand themselves as we can do today.
They will be deprived of what their predecessors were proud of about themselves.
What do we learn about phonics in many American classrooms?
It is ill reputed（有声誉的）.
It is arbitrarily（任意的） excluded.
It is mostly misapplied.
It is misrepresented（歪曲）.
What has America been witnessing for decades?
An obsession with（痴迷于） innovating teaching methodologies of reading.
An enduring（持久的） debate over the approach to teaching children to read.
An increasing concern with many children's inadequacy（不充分） in literacy.
An ever-forceful advocacy（强有力的宣传） of a combined method for teaching reading.
Why does Tenette Smith think a combination of teaching methods is ineffective?
Elementary school children will be frustrated when taught with several methods combined.
Phonics has to be systematically applied and clearly taught to achieve the desired effect.
Sprinkling（穿插） in a little phonics deters（阻止） the progress of even adequately motivated children.
Balanced literacy fails to sustain children's interest in developing a good reading habit.
What does the author say Mississippi's success is attributed to?
Convening a National Reading Panel to synthesize（综合体） research evidence.
Placing sufficient emphasis upon both fluency and comprehension.
Adopting scientifically grounded approaches to teaching reading.
Obtaining support from Congress to upgrade teaching methods.
What have advances in statistics and brain imaging proved ineffective?
The teaching of symbol-sound relationships.
Efforts to end the reading wars.
Explicit（清楚的） instruction in phonemic awareness.
The immersive approach.