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Fortunately, the Schumpeterian waves of destructive innovation also create jobs. History has shown disruptive innovations are not always a zero-sum game. In the long run, the loss of low-added-value jobs to machines can have a positive impact in the overall quality of life of most workers.
The ATM paradox is a good example of this. As the use of automatic teller machines spread in the 1980s and '90s, many predicted massive unemployment in the banking sector. Instead, ATMs created more jobs as the cost of opening new agencies decreased. The number of agencies multiplied, as did the portfolio of banking products. Thanks to automation, going to the bank offers a much better customer experience than in previous decades. And the jobs in the industry became better paid and were of better quality.
This optimist scenario assumes, however, that education systems will do a better job of preparing our children to become good at what humans do best: creative and critical thinking. Less learning-by-heart and more learning-by-doing. Fewer clerical skills and more philosophical insights about human nature and how to cater to its infinite needs for art and culture.
To become creative and critical thinkers, our children will need knowledge and wisdom more than raw data points. They need to ask “why?”, “how?” and “what if?” more often than “what?”, “who?” and “when?” And they must construct this knowledge by relying on databases as cognitive partners as soon as they learn how to read and write.
Thus, the future of human-machine cooperation looks less like the scenario in the Terminator movies and more like a Minority Report-style of “augmented intelligence”. There will be jobs if we adapt the education system to equip our children to do what humans are good at: to think critically and creatively, to develop knowledge and wisdom, to appreciate and create beautiful works of art. That does not mean it will be a painless transition. Machines and automation will likely take away millions of low-quality jobs as it has happened in the past. But better-quality jobs will likely replace them, requiring less physical effort and shorter hours to deliver better results.
No, artificial intelligence won’t ①__________ your children’s jobs Passage outline
Supporting details With the rise of AI,
machines ③__________ threaten the security of
A ②__________phenomenon
people’s current jobs, making the future of the
workforce look rather dark and gloomy. l Those not skilled in computer using need to plan ④__________, for they are at a higher risk of
losing their jobs to machines.
l Drivers, faced with the increasing popularity of
An objective analysis
automated cars, need to be
compensated, ⑤__________for re-employment. l ATMs, though, create well-paid jobs as well as
increase customers’ ⑥__________
l Adjustments need to be made to education systems
by ⑦__________ our children for the jobs ⑧__________ creative and critical
A practical solution
thinking.
l ⑨__________of learning philosophy and change in the way of learning styles will be introduced for
developing critical thinkers.
AI won’t cost your children their jobs. Instead, it
A safe conclusion
will make them more creative and ⑩__________.
4、【 江苏省苏锡常镇四市2019届高三二模考试（十）】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
Anyone who's ever made room for a big milestone of adult life—a job, a marriage,
a move—has likely shoved a friendship to the side. After all, there is no contract locking us to the other person, as in marriage, and there are no blood bonds, as in family. We choose our friends, and our friends choose us. That's a really distinctive attribute of friendships.
But modern life can become so busy that people forget to keep choosing each other. That's when friendships fade, and there's reason to believe it's happening more than ever. Loneliness is on the rise, and feeling lonely has been found to increase a person's risk of dying early by 26%—and to be even worse for the body than obesity and air pollution. Loneliness damages health in many ways, particularly because it removes the safety net of social support. “When we perceive our world as threatening, that can be associated with an increase in heart rate and blood pressure.”
The solution is simple: friendship. It helps protect the brain and body from stress, anxiety and depression. “Being around trusted others, in essence, signals safety and security，” says Holt－Lunstad. A study last year found that friendships are especially beneficial later in life. Having supportive friends in old age is a stronger predictor of well－being than family ties—suggesting that the friends you pick may be at least as important as the family you're born into.
Easy as the fix may sound, it can be difficult to keep and make friends as an adult. But research suggests that you only need between four and five close pals. If you've ever had a good one, you know what you're looking for. “The expectations of friends, once you have a mature understanding of friendship, don't really change across the life course，” Rawlins says. “People want their close friends to be someone they can talk to and someone they can depend upon.”
If you're trying to fill a dried－up friendship pool, start by looking inward. Think back to how you met some of your very favorite friends. Volunteering on a political campaign or in a favorite spin class? Playing in a band? “Friendships are always about something，” says Rawlins. Common passions help people bond at a personal level, and they bridge people of different ages and life experiences.
Whatever you're into, someone else is too. Let your passion guide you toward people. Volunteer, for example, take a new course or join a committee at your community centers. If you like yoga, start going to classes regularly. Fellow dog lovers tend to gather at dog runs. Using apps and social media—like Facebook to find a local book club—is also a good way to find easy－going folks.
Once you meet a potential future friend, then comes the scary part: inviting
them to do something. “You do have to put yourself out there，” says Janice McCabe, associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth College and a friendship researcher. “There's a chance that the person will say no. But there's also the chance they'll say yes, and something really great could happen.”
The process takes time, and you may experience false starts. Not everyone will want to put in the effort necessary to be a good friend.
It's never too late to start being a better pal. The work you put into friendships—both new and old—will be well worth it for your health and happiness.
Outline Supporting details ●Making friends ①____________ people of negative feelings, especially benefiting the old. However, quick－paced life robs Problems people of the time to maintain friendship and leads to more occurrences of ②____________． ●③____________ from society makes people mentally and physically unhealthy. ●Be ④____________ with what you expect of your friends: they should be good listeners and ⑤____________． ●⑥____________ on how you built up good friendship. Solutions ●Follow your heart and make friends with those people with ⑦____________ interests. ●⑧____________ yourself to win a friend by inviting him to do something, not fearing to be ⑨____________. Conclusion
5、【江苏省苏锡常镇四市2019届高三二模考试（十一）英语试卷】 请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意: 每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。
Do the Right Thing
In life, people feel most satisfied when they choose options that side with their most deeply held values. Here’s how to stay true to yours.
If you hope to have your life shaped according to your ideals, you have to know
The more ⑩____________ you are to making friends, the healthier and happier you will be.