Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War 2, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the Publications in
A. arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers
B. English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews
C. high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers
D. young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies
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他用空空两手造就了一份家业。到临死还周到地为儿孙安排了舒适的生活。他叮嘱后人保留着他修建的房屋和他辛苦地搜集起来的书画。但是儿孙们回答他的还是同样的字：分和卖。我很奇怪，为什么这样聪明的老人还不明白一个浅显的道理：财富并不“长宜子孙”，倘使不给他们一个生活技能，不向他们指示一条生活道路；“家”这个小圈子只能摧毁年轻心灵的发育成长，倘使不同时让他们睁起眼睛去看广大世界；财富只能毁灭崇高的理想和善良的气质，要是它只消耗在个人的利益上面。
Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been demonstrated that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a fragrant flavor was added to the vitamin-enriched fluid, the rats did seem to develop a taste for it and kept drinking it, even after the vitamins were switched to the clear water. In time, however, they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were.
In a classic experiment, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria feeding arrangement, with a wide selection of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in, We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns, but that over a period of time they managed to select well-balanced diet.
So, i
A. both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet
B. both prefer flavored food and drink
C. both have the same eating patterns
D. both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors
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