单选题Tom had a car accident yesterday but he was only ______ wounded.

单选题You can negotiate virtually anything. Some people negotiate deals for a living. Dr Herb Cohen is one of these professional talkers, called in by companies to negotiate on their behalf. He approaches the art of negotiation as a game because, as he is usually negotiating for somebody else, he says this helps him drain the emotional content from his conversation. He is working in a competitive field and needs to avoid being too adversarial. Whether he succeeds or not, it is important to him to make a good impression so that people will recommend him. The starting point for any deal, he believes, is to identify exactly what you want from each other. More often than not, one party will be trying to persuade the other round to their point of view. Negotiation requires two people at the end saying "yes". This can be a problem because one of them usually begins by saying "no". Top management may well reject the idea initially because it is the safer option but they would not be there if they were not interested. It is a misconception that skilled negotiators are smooth operators in smart suits. Dr Cohen says that one of his strategies is to dress down so that the other side can relate to you. Pitch your look to suit your customer. You do not need to make them feel better than you but dressing in a style that is not overtly expensive or successful will make you more approachable. People will generally feel more comfortable with somebody who appears to be like them rather than superior to them. They may not like you but they will feel they can trust you. Dr Cohen also suggests that the best way to seI1 your proposal is by getting into the world of the other side. Do not be too clever which will alienate them; do not rush what you are saying—put a few hesitations in; do not try to blind them with your verbal dexterity. Inevitably some deals will not succeed. Generally the longer the negotiations go on, the better chance they have because people do not want to think their investment and energies have gone to waste. However, joint venture can mean joint risk and sometimes, if this becomes too great, neither party may be prepared to see the deal through. More common is a corporate culture clash between companies. Even having agreed a deal, things may not be tied up quickly because when the lawyers get involved, everything gets slowed down as they argue about small details. Dr Cohen thinks that children are the masters of negotiation. They understand the decision-making process within families perfectly. If Mum refuses their request, they will troop along to Dad and pressure him. If they cannot get what they want again, they will try the grandparents, using some emotional blackmail. They can also be very single-minded and have an inexhaustible supply of energy for the cause they are pursuing. So there are lessons to be learned from watching and listening to children.

单选题The young man ______ forgot that his girl friend's birthday was drawing ______.A. nearly; nearlyB. near; nearlyC. nearly; nearD. near; near

单选题Why are mobiles so popular? Because people love to talk to each other. And it is easier with a mobile phone. In countries like Russia and China, people use mobile phone in places where there is no ordinary telephone. Business people use mobiles when they"re traveling. In some countries, like Japan, many people use their mobile phones to send email message and access the Internet. They use a new kind of mobile phone called "imode". You can even use a mobile phone listen to music. Mobile phones are very fashionable with teenagers. Parents buy mobile phones for their children. They can call home if they are in trouble and need help. So they feel safer. But teenagers mostly use them to keep in touch with their friends or play simple computer games. It"s cool to be the owner of a small expensive mobile. Research shows that teenage owners of mobile phone smoke less. Parents and schools are happy that teenagers are safer and smoke less. But many people dislike them. They hate it when the businessman opposite them on the train has a loud conversation on his phone. Or when mobile phone ring in a café or restaurant. But there is a much more serious problem. It"s possible that mobile phone can heat up the brain because we hold the phone so close to our head. Scientists fear that mobiles can perhaps be bad for your memory and even give you cancer.

单选题NOBODY else in the computer industry, or any other industry for that matter, could put on a show like Steve Jobs. His product launches, at which he would stand alone on a black stage and conjure up a "magical" or "incredible" new electronic gadget in front of an awed crowd, were the performances of a master showman. All computers do is fetch and shuffle numbers, he once explained, but do it fast enough and "the results appear to be magic". He spent his life packaging that magic into elegantly designed easy to use products. In retrospect, Mr Jobs was a man ahead of his time during his first stint at Apple. Computing"s early years were dominated by technical types. But his emphasis on design and ease of use gave him the edge later on. Elegance, simplicity and an understanding of other fields came to matter in a world in which computers are fashion items, carried by everyone, that can do almost anything. "Technology alone is not enough, " said Mr Jobs at the end of his speech introducing the iPad, in January 2010. " It"s technology married with liberal arts, married with humanities, that yields the results that make our hearts sing. " It was an unusual statement for the head of a technology firm, but it was vintage Steve Jobs. His interdisciplinary approach was backed up by an obsessive attention to detail. A carpenter making a fine chest of drawers will not use plywood on the back, even though nobody will see it, he said, and he applied the same approach to his products. " For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through. " He insisted that the first Macintosh should have no internal cooling fan, so that it would be silent—putting user needs above engineering convenience. He called an Apple engineer one weekend with an urgent request: the colour of one letter of an on-screen logo on the iPhone was not quite the right shade of yellow. He often wrote or rewrote the text of Apple"s advertisements himself. His on-stage persona as a Zen-like mystic notwithstanding, Mr Jobs was an autocratic manager with a fierce temper. But his egomania was largely justified. He eschewed market researchers and focus groups, preferring to trust his own instincts when evaluating potential new products. "A lot of times, people don"t know what they want until you show it to them, " he said. His judgment proved uncannily accurate: by the end of his career the hits far outweighed the misses. Mr Jobs was said by an engineer in the early years of Apple to emit a "reality distortion field" , such were his powers of persuasion. But in the end he changed reality, channelling the magic of computing into products that reshaped music, telecoms and media. The man who said in his youth that he wanted to " put a ding in the universe" did just that.

单选题The international Olympic Games, A regarded as the world's most B prestigious athletic competition, C take place once D every the four years .

单选题What is the narrator' s feeling about their present living?

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单选题Man: Mary doesn't want me to take the job. She says our child is too young. And the job requires much travelling. Woman: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision. Question: What do we learn from the conversation? A. The man is thinking about taking a new job. B. The man likes a job that enables him to travel. C. The man is sure that he will gain more by taking the job. D. The man doesn't want to stay home and take care of their child.

单选题The music indicates the way in which Mozart was developing his ideas in 1773 as he attempted to shake off his reputation as a child prodigy and be taken seriously as a composer.

单选题To understand how Americans think about things, it is necessary to understand "the point". Americans mention it often: "Let's get right to the point, " they will say. "My point is…" "What is the point of all this?" The " point" is the idea of the piece of information that Americans suppose is, or should be, at the center of people's thinking, writings, and spoken comments. Speakers and writers are supposed to " make their points clear" , meaning that they are supposed to say or write clearly the idea of the piece of information they wish to express. People from many other cultures have different ideas about the point. Africans traditionally tell stories that express the thoughts they have in mind, rather than stating the point clearly. Japanese traditionally speak indirectly, leaving the listener to figure out what the point is. Thus , while an American might say to a friend, "I don't think that coat goes very well with the rest of your outfit , " a Japanese might say, "Maybe this other coat would look even better than the one you have on. "Americans value a person who " gets right to the point. " Japanese are likely to consider such a person insensitive if not rude. The Chinese and Japanese languages are characterized by vagueness(模糊)and ambiguity(歧义). The precision and directness Americans associate with "the point" cannot be achieved, at least not with any grace, in Chinese and Japanese. Speakers of those languages thus have to learn a new way of reasoning and expressing their ideas if they are going to communicate satisfactorily with Americans.

单选题Directions: For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets. Educational attitudes in a country may be a {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}by which its basic cultural values are reflected. To take the American higher education {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}example, university classrooms share certain identical features though they {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}from course to course in some aspects. Any student, {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}their ethnic and social background, is not only allowed but also encouraged to have chances for active participation in class. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}, teachers often expect independent learning {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}their students. It will be most appreciated if a student can {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}the initiative and complete the assignment without too much {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}upon his or her instructors. These two {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}features in American university classrooms actually manifest the basic American values, especially self-reliance and {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of opportunity.

单选题He drives much ______ than he did three years ago. A) careful B) carefully C) more careful D) more carefully

单选题______ his reply, Mary became very angry and decided to write again. A. Not having received B. Having not received C. Not received D. Received not

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} In this part there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets. {{B}}Passage One{{/B}} The first ancient Olympics were held in 776 B. C. The games got their name from Olympia, the Greek city where they took place. Like the summer Olympics of today, the ancient Olympics were held every four years. Thousands of people from all over the Greek world came to watch. The main stadium held about 45,000 people. "We have accounts of visitors and pilgrims setting up tents all around the site," Lisa Cerrato of Tufts University said. During the first Olympics, there was only one competition—a 200-meter race. But over time the games grew to include wrestling, chariot racing, boxing, and other sports. Women were not allowed to compete, but they had their own separate games. "The ancient athlete became celebrities(名人), just like today. They often lived the rest of their lives being treated to free dinners," Cerrato said. "City-states even tried to steal away each other's athletes by offering them various awards." The ancient Olympics existed until A. D. 393. But the modem Olympics are still going strong.

单选题Without the help of people from every corner of the world, people in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province ______ recovered very quickly from the May twelfth Earthquake. A. must not have B. couldn't have C. may not have D. can't have

单选题The case had erupted round my head. A. metaphor B. Metonymy

单选题Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the surveys?

单选题Wendy. Do you know what Daisy's boyfriend does? Bill：______ A. He's not a professional writer. B. He travels a lot on business. C. Isn't he a salesperson? D. He meets with Daisy twice a week.

单选题Losing his job was a financial {{U}}catastrophe{{/U}} for his family.