[单项选择]Some people hate everything that is modern. They cannot imagine how anyone can really like modern music; they find it hard to accept the new fashions in clothing; they think that all modern painting is ugly; and they seldom have a good word for the new buildings that are being built everywhere in the world. Such people look for perfection in everything, and they take their standards of perfection from the past. They are usually impatient with anyone who is brave enough to experiment with new or to express himself or the age in materials original ways. It is, of course, true that many artists do not succeed in their work and instead produce works that can only be considered as failures. If the work of art is a painting, the artist’s failure concerns himself alone, but if it is a building, his failure concerns others too, because it may damage the beauty of the whole place. This does sometimes happen, but it is completely untrue to say, as some people do, that modern architecture is noth
A. means nothing
B. concerns others
C. concerns only the artist
D. concerns all the people in the world

[单项选择]Some people hate everything that is modern. They cannot imagine how anyone can really like modern music; they find it hard to accept the new fashions in clothing; they think that all modern painting is ugly; and they seldom have a good word for the new buildings that are being built everywhere in the world. Such people look for perfection in everything, and they take their standards of perfection from the past. They are usually impatient with anyone who is brave enough to experiment with new or to express himself or the age in materials original ways. It is, of course, true that many artists do not succeed in their work and instead produce works that can only be considered as failures. If the work of art is a painting, the artist’s failure concerns himself alone, but if it is a building, his failure concerns others too, because it may damage the beauty of the whole place. This does sometimes happen, but it is completely untrue to say, as some people do, that modern architecture is noth
A. they are aged
B. they find it hard to accept modern things
C. they take their standards of perfection from the Greek
D. they look at things by the standards of the past

[填空题]Some people hate the（）(commerce) that dominates modern culture.

[填空题]Some people hate the ______ (commerce) that dominates modern culture.

[单项选择] Seven Secrets of Naturally Thin People
You hate them.
You know the type… the ones who never bat an eye when it comes time to order lunch or dinner. Ask them their weight and they probably can’t even tell you—they don’t know it. Question them about calorie count and you’re likely to be answered with a blank stare.
They are the men and women who don’t give weight watching a second thought. And that’s the very reason they’re at a happy, healthy weight. They are naturally thin people—the enemy to anyone who’s ever battled extra pound.
But please don’t hate them. You too can be one of them, says Dr. Doris Mccubbrey, author of How Much Does Your Soul Weight: Diet-Free Solutions to Your Food, Weight and Body Worries. The weight issues specialist and licensed professional counselor has spent the last 15 years helping people explore their weight woes (悲哀). Dr. Doris, the "Don’t Diet" doctor, has made it her mission to take the focus
A. being a weight counselor
B. writing her book
C. studying psychology
D. being on diet