Fire was one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to cat and digest).

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Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs

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But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.

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Advances in AI will make human beings smarter, more able and "just better human beings".

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

As a result, the public is divided about whether the imbalance in corporate America will change in the foreseeable future, even though women have made major advances in the workplace.

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Indoor pollution, which includes sources like home heating and cooking, has remained constant over the past several decades despite advances in the area.

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Anything you do that advances your presence—especially in a larger sphere, outside the communities you know一is a net win.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

But advances in technology might make Antarctica a lot more accessible three decades from now.

2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Furthermore, with continuing advances in individual genome sequencing and the advent of personalized medicine, more non-scientists will need to be comfortable analyzing complex scientific information to make decisions that directly affect their quality of

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In what's probably the craziest headline I've ever written, I've reported that advances in livestock protection are happening with scientists painting eyes on the butts of cows.

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Much has been written about how the relationship between scientists and the media can shape the efficient transmission of scientific advances to the public.

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nine decades ago, leading economists predicted that technological advances and rising productivity would mean that would be working a 15-hour week.

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The combination of computational power and engineering advances will eventually enable lower-cost in-home care for the disabled, widespread use of driverless cars that may reduce drunk- and distracted-driving accidents and countless home and service-indus

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

The purpose of today's lecture, as you have seen from the title and the abstract, is to examine in more detail the problems facing small- and medium-sized enterprises which arise at least in part from having to adapt to rapid advances in technology.

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

As recently reported in The Auk: ornithological advances, some mother birds may teach their young to sing even before they hatch?

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As the industry advances, however, other suits may have an even greater impact.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Curiosity is often considered a good instinct－It can lead to new scientific advances, for instance－but sometimes such inquiry can backfire.

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Davidson's article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Gre

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In the last decade or so, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.

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Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be misinterpreted as "weird".

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