| Many things make people think artists
are weird—the odd hours, the nonconformity, the clove cigarettes. However, the
weirdest may be this: artists’ only jobs are to explore emotions, and yet they
choose to focus on the ones that feel lousy. This wasn’t always so. The earliest
forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy.
But somewhere in the 19th(上标) century, more artists began seeing happiness as
insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring. In the 20th(上标) century, classical
music became more atonal, visual art more unsettling. Sure, there have been exceptions, but it would not be a stretch to say that for the past century or so, serious art has been at war with happiness. In 1824, Beethoven completed his "Ode to Joy". In 1962, novelist Anthoy Burgess used it in A Clockwork Orange as the favorite A. They wear special clothes. B. They rarely work in the daytime. C. They mainly depict distressing things. D. They are liable to take illegal drugs. [单项选择]
W: Neil had promised to do well in his studies this semester. A. He isn’t trustworthy. B. He’s hard working. C. He’s a responsible person. D. He’s a convincing liar. [填空题]The computer does not seem to work well, and I think it needs ______ (repair).
[单项选择]Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief about this week’s ruling by the Supreme Court on "affirmative action". In a 5-4 ruling, the court decided that universities (and by extension companies and the armed forces) can use race as a criterion when they choose which people they let in. Citing the importance of racial diversity, the court argued that giving preference to "disadvantaged minorities" was in the national interest. On the other hand, in a 6-3 decision, the justices struck down a specific points-scoring system used by the University of Michigan because it made race "a decisive factor". The compromise has been welcomed by George Bush, various Democratic presidential candidates, the Pentagon and several large companies,
Alas, a popular decision is not necessarily a correct one. In this case the decision seems doubly incorrect—wrong in principle and wrong in execution This is not the pragmatic solution that takes race out of the equation. The principle part of the arg A. They are both welcomed by the US government. B. It is hard to trace their inequality. C. They are both grading system. D. They are both forms of discrimination. 我来回答: 提交
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