State and local governments regularly disclose financial information to the public so that the current financial status of the government is recognized publicly. The purpose of such disclosure is to achieve accountability and inform citizens about governments’ financial decisions. Despite the efforts to improve the accessibility and readability of financial information, we do not know whether and how the financial information is processed by citizens. This study investigates how citizens assess the financial condition of governments when different financial information is presented. We conduct an online survey experiment to understand how disclosed financial information shapes citizens’ perceived level of a government’s fiscal stress and their attitudes toward governments’ revenue-ra... Ver mais

    State and local governments regularly disclose financial information to the public so that the current financial status of the government is recognized publicly. The purpose of such disclosure is to achieve accountability and inform citizens about governments’ financial decisions. Despite the efforts to improve the accessibility and readability of financial information, we do not know whether and how the financial information is processed by citizens. This study investigates how citizens assess the financial condition of governments when different financial information is presented. We conduct an online survey experiment to understand how disclosed financial information shapes citizens’ perceived level of a government’s fiscal stress and their attitudes toward governments’ revenue-ra... Ver mais

Based on the text above and the vocabulary used in it, judge the following item. 

The study shows that citizens’ perception of disclosed financial information is essentially shaped by fiscal stress. 

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In the sentence “Mingming is less energetic than usual” (lines 3 and 4), the opposite of “less energetic” is more energetic. 

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The tittle “Pet well soon” is a wordplay with the expression Get well soon.

Read the following sentence:
“Teaching of reading skills is an important aspect of language            . The learning of this skill is especially essential for            a second language. This is also so because most of the teachinglearning           is in the written form, either in the form of books or computer based material. Reading and literacy are thus interdependent.”

Choose the alternative which contains the correct words to complete the sentence.

The controversial future of nuclear power in the U.S.

Lois Parshley

In the fragment of paragraph 2 “because demand for electricity is expected to rise, especially if we power more cars with it”, is expected to rise is used to 

The controversial future of nuclear power in the U.S.

Lois Parshley

In the fragment of paragraph 5 “Nuclear power has a lot going for it” means that the use of nuclear power 

The controversial future of nuclear power in the U.S.

Lois Parshley

In the fragment of paragraph 7 “and the perennial concerns about safety and long-lived radioactive waste may not be the biggest”, may not be expresses a(n)

Here’s why we’ll never be able to build a brain in a computer
It’s easy to equate brains and computers – they’re both thinking machines, after all. But the comparison doesn’t really stand up to closer inspection, as Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett reveals.
People often describe the brain as a computer, as if neurons are like hardware and the mind is software. But this metaphor is deeply flawed.
A computer is built from static parts, whereas your brain constantly rewires itself as you age and learn. A computer stores information in files that are retrieved exactly, but brains don’t store information in any literal sense. Your memory is a constant construction of electrical pulses and swirling chemicals, and the same remembrance can be reassembled in different ways at different times. ... Ver mais