Baking bacon _____ the oven is a great way to get crispy, perfect bacon to serve with eggs.
The better the weather is, _____.
In Britain, most shops close at 6 pm, _____ in other countries they often open in the evening, too.
I _____ my own living since I was seven, doing all kinds of jobs.
Scientists try to prove theories by showing _____ facts in support of a theory’s predictions.
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The Museum of Ethnology has huge collection of items of cultural importance from different ethnic groups in Vietnam.
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A large amount of popular expressions in our language have interesting backgrounds.
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No cactus has flowers most beautiful or fragrant than those of the night-blooming cereus.
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Neither the Minister nor his colleagues has given an explanation for the chaos in the financial market last week.
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A sport consists of a physical and mentally competitive activity it is carried out with a recreational purpose for competition and for self-enjoyment.
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He now goes to work on his bicycle instead of by car.
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I whispered as I didn't want anybody to hear our conversation.
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Several studies have confirmed that appropriate sun exposure actually helps prevent skin cancer.
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Mr. Brown said to me "Make good use of your time. You won't get such an opportunity again."
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He survived the operation thanks to the skillful surgeon.
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A smart phone is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing abilities than a common phone. The first smart phones enabled users to send and receive emails. Later models added the function of portable media players, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation units to form one multi-use device. Many modern smart phones also include touchscreens and web browsers that display web pages.
A recent report says we spend an average of two hours and 40 minutes each day looking at a smart phone. That doesn’t mean making calls, but playing phone games and browsing the Web. Nowadays we always find people checking emails in a restaurant, taking a picture of the food when it arrives, or checking a message during a conversation instead of traditional communication. It’s no secret that our lives are being affected by our smart phone’s obsession.
However, this phenomenon has never been presented so vividly as in the short film I Forgot My Phone. Despite only being online on YouTube for a few days, it has already been viewed more than 10.5 million times. Whether it will be screened in the cinema remains to be seen.
Ironically, YouTube’s data show that the site gets a billion views per day from mobile devices, so a lot of those people watched it on their phones.
The short film, written by and starring actress Charlene deGuzman, shows that people obsessed with being more connected to others through their smartphones than who they are physically with in the real world. To a certain extent, we all do it.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word "screened"？
The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to _____.
What might be the writer's attitude while mentioning the number of people watching the videos from mobile devices in the fifth paragraph?