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Henric Ibsen, author of the play "A
Doll's House", in which a pretty, helpless housewife abandons her husband and
children to seek a more serious life, would surely have approved. From January
1st, 2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least
40% of their board directors are women. Most firms have obeyed the law, which
was passed in 2003. But about 75 out of the 480 or so companies it affects are
still too male for the government's liking. They will shortly receive a letter
informing them that they have until the end of February to act, or face the
legal consequences—which could include being dissolved. Before
the law was proposed, about 7% of board members in Norway were female, according
to the Centre for Corporate Diversity. The number has since jumped to 36%. That
is far higher than the average of 9% for big companies across Europe or
America's 15% for the Fortune 500. Norway's stock exchange and its main business
lobby oppose the law, as do many businessmen. "I am against quotas for women or
men as a matter of principle," says Sverre Munck, head of international
operations at a media firm. "Board members of public companies should be chosen
solely on the basis of merit and experience," he says. Several firms have even
given up their public status in order to escape the new law.
Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years. Many
complain that it has been difficult to find experienced candidates. Because of
this, some of the best women have collected as many as 25-35 directorships each,
and are known in Norwegian business circles as the "golden skirts" . One reason
for the scarcity is that there are fairly few women in management in Norwegian
companies—they occupy around 15% of senior positions. It has been particularly
hard for firms in the oil, technology and financial industries to find women
with enough experience. Some people worry that their relative
lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, and that in turn could mean
that boards might become less able to hold managers to account. Recent history
in Norway, however, suggests that the right women can make strong directors.
"Women feel more compelled than men to do their homework," says Ms Reksten
Skaugen, who was voted Norway's chairman of the year for 2007, "and we can
afford to ask the hard questions, because women are not always expected to know
the answers."
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单选题More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor window. Wear a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.
Therefore drivers or front passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to $50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver"s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing(倒开) your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have valid (有效的) medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.
单选题— Didn't you arrive late? — ______.
单选题(2006) Mr. and Mrs. Smith were not rich themselves, but they had a sympathetic heart and hated to turn away anyone in need of food and_____.
单选题Only occasionally (one could) take a break (out of) season, (getting) the best bargains—though not (necessarily) the best weather.
单选题In the museum there is a ______ of the ship Mayflower. A. supplement B. nucleus C. miniature D. valve
单选题I think this novel is suitable for you middle school students, for it is written in plain Eng- lish. The underlined word means ______.A. oldB. modernC. simpleD. complicated
单选题Over the last decade, Dr. Benjamin Van Voorhees has been trying to find the best way to teach coping strategies to adolescents who are at risk of suffering from severe depression. The idea is to help them keep depression at bay so that it doesn"t become a devastating part of their lives. The goal is to identify kids at risk and then use a combination of traditional counseling and Internet-based learning to keep off mental disorders and their accompanying medicines.
Van Voorhees said he wants to change the way doctors, especially pediatricians, deal with mental illness by moving the focus, which is now so heavily trained on treatment, to prevention. He said, "We"re trying to develop a type of behavioral vaccine that functions the same way vaccines work in fighting infections. We hope this approach will be simple, culturally acceptable, universally deployable—and inexpensive." He said that initial depressive episodes tend to strike between the ages of 13 and 17. Once an adolescent develops into severe depression, episodes can recur across his or her lifetime.
Van Voorhees said young people establish patterns of coping in adolescence and young adulthood. "There"s a period of plasticity in the brain during which it"s developing the capacity for learning new coping skills," he said. "You want to make youths elastic against mental disorders, and you try to give them ways to cope so that they don"t fall into substance abuse." His research has been testing the effectiveness of Internet use and other techniques to hone such skills.
Project CATCH-IT is a multimillion-dollar study. CATCH-IT includes an initial motivational interview with a physician to get the young person to understand the importance of the program. It also has a self-contained learning component on the Internet that focuses on changing behavior and improving cognitive thinking and social skills. The website, which has evolved over time, teaches plasticity skills in part by allowing patients to read stories about other teens to learn how they overcame adversity and became more successful in school, their relationships or on the job.
Van Voorhees said the goal is to reach as many young people as possible. They want to develop a model that will be embedded in primary care with pediatricians screening kids who are at risk for mental disorders and trying to prevent them ahead of time. Over the years CATCH-IT has shown some evidence of being effective. But in February a new study, called PATH, was begun to determine whether CATCH-IT does a better job of preventing depression than routine mental health care and health education that teens can find online. "With CATCH-IT alone, we saw depression dropping over the years, but we didn"t have anything to compare it to," said Monika Marko-Holguin, PATH"s project manager.
单选题{{B}}Directions: {{/B}}Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each
numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
During recent years we have heard much
about "race": how this race does certain things and that race believes certain
things and so on. Yet, the{{U}} (1) {{/U}}phenomenon of race consists of
a few surface indications. We judge race usually{{U}} (2)
{{/U}}the coloring of the skin: a white race, a brown race, a yellow race
and a black race. But{{U}} (3) {{/U}}you were to remove the skin you
could not{{U}} (4) {{/U}}anything about the race to which the
individual belonged. There is{{U}} (5) {{/U}}in physical structure, the
brain or the internal organs to{{U}} (6) {{/U}}a difference.
There are four types of blood.{{U}} (7) {{/U}}types are found in
every race, and no type is distinct to any race. Human brains are the{{U}}
(8) {{/U}}. No scientists could examine a brain and tell you the race
to which the individual belonged. Brains win{{U}} (9) {{/U}}in size, but
this occurs within every race.{{U}} (10) {{/U}}does size have anything
to do with intelligence. The largest brain{{U}} (11) {{/U}}examined
belonged to a person of weak{{U}} (12) {{/U}}. On the other hand, some
of our most distinguished people have had{{U}} (13)
{{/U}}brains. Mental tests which are reasonably{{U}}
(14) {{/U}}show no differences in intelligence between races. High and
low test results both can be recorded by different members of any race.{{U}}
(15) {{/U}}equal educational advantages, there will be no difference
in average standings, either on account of race or geographical location.
Individuals of every race{{U}} (16) {{/U}}civilization to go backward or
forward. Training and education can change the response of groups of people,{{U}}
(17) {{/U}}enable them to behave in a{{U}} (18)
{{/U}}way. The behavior and ideals of people change
according to circumstances, but they can always go back or go on to something
new{{U}} (19) {{/U}}is better and higher than anything{{U}} (20)
{{/U}}the past.
单选题Man: Are you sure this is the right way to get to the airport? My flight will depart in forty minutes.
Woman: Sure. This is a shortcut. We"ll be there soon.
Question: What does the woman mean?
单选题He used a lot of examples to make himself ______.
单选题The
constant
motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creates the change of the seasons.
单选题Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______with an assignment(2007年3月中国科学院考博试题)
单选题A car ______ Jane's cat and sped away. A. ran over B. ran into C. ran through D. ran down
单选题The narration of the European model in the second Paragraph implies that
单选题A proven method for effective textbook reading is the SQ3R method developed by Francis Robinson. The first step is to survey (the S step) the chapter by reading the title, introduction, section headings, summary and by studying any graphs, tables, illustrations or charts. The purpose of this step is to get an overview of the chapter so that you will know before you read what it will be about. In the second step (the Q step), for each section you ask yourself questions such as "What do I already know about this topic?" and "What do I want to know?" In this step you also take the section heading and turn it into a question. This step gives you a purpose for reading the section. The third step (the first of the 3 R's) is to read to find the answer to your questions. Then at the end of each section, before going on to the next section, you recite (the second of the 3 R's) the answers to the questions that you formed in the question step. When you recite you should say the information you want to learn out loud in your own words. The fifth step is done after you have completed steps 2, 3 and 4 for each section. You review (the last of the 3 R's) the entire chapter. The review is done much as the survey was in the first step. As you review, hold a mental conversation with yourself as you recite the information you selected as important to learn. The mental conversation could take the form of asking and answering the questions fromed from the headings or reading the summary, which lists the main ideas in the chapter, and trying to fill in the details for each main idea.
单选题—Do I have to get up very early tomorrow? —No, you______. A．dont need B．shouldnt C．neednt D．dont have
单选题Because of its potential for cutting costs, the distribution step in the marketing process is receiving more attention. Distribution involves warehousing, transporting and keeping inventory of manufactured products. Take an everyday product like fabric softener. After it comes off the assembly line, it's packed in cartons and trucked to warehouses around the country. When orders come in from retailers, the fabric softener is delivered to supermarket shelves. This is distribution. Probably the most crucial area for controlling costs is inventory. Companies don't want to overproduce and have unsold stock of their product piled up in warehouses. Wholesale companies and large retail chains employ several techniques for inventory control. This is where the computer revolution really had an impact. Computerized information systems give precise and up-to-date accounts of inventory on hand. And the field of distribution offers good entry-level jobs for persons with training in computer programming or data processing. Overseeing the whole area of distribution is the distribution manager. This job is becoming increasingly important and can lead to an executive position.
单选题LAST month, America's National Law Journal told its readers that "employment lawyers are warning lovestruck co-workers to take precautions in the office before locking lips outside". The advice came too late for Harry Stonecipher. The boss of Boeing was forced to resign last weekend—for reasons that will strike many outsiders as absurd—after his board were told of an affair that the 68-year-old married man had been conducting with a female employee "who did not report directly to him". Inevitably, as the week rolled on, details of the affair rolled out. The other party was reported to be Debra Peabody, who is unmarried and has worked for Boeing for 25 years. The couple were said to have first got together at Boeing's annual retreat at Palm Desert, California in January. After that much of the affair must have been conducted from a distance: Mr. Stonecipher's office is at Boeing's headquarters in Chicago; Ms Peabody runs the firm's government-relations office in Washington, DC. They exchanged e-mails, it seems, as office lovers tend to do these days, and therein probably lay Mr Stonecipher's downfall. Lewis Platt, Boeing's chairman, said that Mr Stonecipher broke a company rule that says: "Employees will not engage in conduct or activity that may raise questions as to the company's honesty, impartiality, reputation or otherwise cause embarrassment to the company." Having an affair with a fellow employee is not, of itself, against company rules; causing embarrassment to Boeing is. It seems that the board judged that the contents of the lovers' e-mails would have been bad for Boeing had they been made public. Gone are the days when a board considered such matters none of its business, as Citibank's did in 1991 when its boss, John Reed, became the talk of Wall Street for having an affair with a stewardess on Citi's corporate jet. At Boeing, a whistleblower is said to have forwarded the messages to Mr Platt. In general, e-mails are encrypted and not accessible to anyone who does not know the sender's password. But many firms install software designed to search electronic communications for key words such as, "sex" and "CEO". A study last year of 840 American firms by the American Management Association found that 60% of them check external e-mails (incoming and outgoing), while 27% scrutinize internal messages between employees. Sweet nothings whispered by the water cooler may travel less far these days than electronic billets doux. Boeing is particularly sensitive to embarrassment at the moment. Mr. Stonecipher was recalled from retirement only 15 months ago, after the company's previous boss, Phil Condit, and its chief financial officer, Michael Sears, had left in the wake of a scandal involving an illegal job offer to a Pentagon official. Mr Stonecipher, a crusty former number two at Boeing, was brought back specifically to raise the company's ethical standards and to help it be seen in its main (and affectedly puritanical) market, in Washington, DC, as squeaky clean. Verbally explicit extra-marital affairs are inconsistent with such a strategy, it seems, though they are not yet enough to bring down future kings of England. In corporate life, such affairs are hardly unusual. One survey found that one-quarter of all long-term relationships start at work; another found that over 40% of executives say they have been involved in an affair with a colleague, and that in half of these cases one or other party was married at the time. Many a boss has married his assistant and lived happily ever after. Boeing apparently used to accept this: Mr. Condit's fourth wife was a colleague before they married.
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单选题They ______ only five tractors two years ago．
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单选题To maintain a leading position in the market, companies have to
develop products which are cheaper, more ______ and more reliable than those of
their competitors.
A. innovative
B. commensurate
C. enlightening
D. legitimate
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单选题To produce a calming effect, some companies use the smell of .
单选题Anyone who wants to can call any timepiece a clock, but technically speaking, only ______ one rings out the time actually deserves the name. A. whenever B. whatever C. whichever D. wherever
单选题{{B}}Text 4{{/B}}
You cannot buy Prada shoes on Prada.
com. In fact, there are no working links on the Web site. This is not a
technical disorder. Since the late' 9Os, the site has been a single page, with
only the name of the Italian fashion house and two photographs. No store
locations or help numbers. Nothing. "I love Prada," ponders Nina Dietzel,
president of Web-design company 300FeetOut. "But what's up with their 'site'
?" Prada claims a new Web site is "under development." But
having a mysteriously useless home page, it admits, has an allure. It screams
exclusivity: you can see, but you can't click. It's a uniquely Prada solution to
this riddle: how to make your luxury brand work on the Internet without
diminishing its value. In a sense, the Internet is antithetical to the "high
touch" luxury experience. There is no indulgence by sales staff, and customers
have come to see the Net as a path to cheap prices, not top-dollar goods.
There's no velvet rope: anyone can place an order, or set up shop. That's why
Prada strives to maintain the link between its name and the extravagant
experience of shopping at stores like its $ 40 million New York flagship,
designed by Rem Koolhaas. Unlike Prada, most luxury companies
can't afford to ignore the Web: in the United States, ecommerce accounted for $
2.5 billion in luxury sales. That figure is expected to grow to $ 7 billion by
2010, says Forrester Research. It's still a small fraction of the total market
compared to other retail sectors, but five years ago analysts said there was "no
way" luxury would sell online. They were betting customers wouldn't pay that
much on the Web, and top brands wouldn't go slumming in this bargain basement.
One of the first high-end luxury retailers, Ashford. com, had many
well-publicized struggles, with its stock dropping to near rock bottom in
2001. Companies like Neiman Marcus that have strong catalog
sales have made the transition to the Web more easily; online sales are the
company's fastest-growing source of revenue. Swiss watchmakers Breitling and
Patek Philippe have taken another tack with Web sites that offer only
information, not sales. Breitling director of marketing Ben Balmer says a luxury
brand needs to offer "a buying experience" that only a well-run store can
provide. However, he notes that since 2002, it has presented 30 percent fewer
catalogs in the United States, and seen sales rise more than 35 percent, thanks
to exposure on the Internet. Prada may not need a working Web site after
all.
单选题He gave up ______ on medical advice. A. drinking B. to drink C. drink D. to being drink
单选题Susanne had worked for three years to be a computer analyst but found her progress______.
单选题American literary historians are perhaps ______ to viewing their own national scene too narrowly, mistaking prominence for uniqueness.
A. prone B. legible C incompatible D. prior
单选题Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "clumsiness" ?
单选题The appeal of the world of work is first its freedom. The child is compelled to go to school: he is (21) of authority. As he grows up, he sees (22) it is to be free of school and to be able to choose his job and change it if he doesn't like it. The boys and girls, (23) he has long observed, revisit school utterly changed and apparently mature. Suddenly teachers seem as out of date (24) his parents and the authority of school a ridiculous thing. At the moment the adult world may appear (25) the school world that the desire to enter it cannot be satisfied by exercises in school books. This may not be the (26) but it is a necessary part of growing up, for every man and woman must come sooner or later to the point of saying" Really, I've had enough of being taught; I must (27) ". Some young people come to this decision sooner than they ought. Yet (28) a way this is not a bad frame of mind to be in leaving school. (29) work, the young man makes one of the first great acceptances of life-he (30) the discipline of the material or the process he is working with. He sees the point of it and in doing so (31) life. The work process constitutes a reality in some sense superior to that of school, and this is (32) he so often longs to get to grips with it. Nothing done in school imposes its will in (33) the same way; if the maths master is ill one can get on with something else. But even the boy delivering papers, (34) the driver taking out his bus, discovers that one cannot put it off because there is snow on the ground, or the foreman (工头) is easily annoyed, or he himself (35) that morning.
单选题The president of the college, together with the deans, ______ a conference for the purpose of laying down certain regulations.
单选题It is universally known that microscopes make small things appear larger than______.
单选题Which one of the following statements would supporters of the "nature" theory agree with?
单选题Because the rooms ______ ,we have not moved in yet.
单选题If the Europeans thought a drought—a long period of dry weather—was something that happened only in Africa, they know better now. After four years of below-normal rainfall (in some cases only 10 percent of the annual average), vast areas of France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Britain and Ireland are dry and barren(贫瘠). Water is so low in the canals of northern France that waterway traffic is forbidden except on weekends. Oyster (牡蛎) grows in Brittany report a 30 percent drop in production because of the loss of fresh water in local rivers necessary for oyster breeding. In southeastern England, the rolling green hills of Kent have turned so brown that officials have been weighing plans to pipe in water from Wales. In Portugal, farmers in the southern Alentejo region have held prayer meeting for rain—so far, in vain.
Governments in drought-spread countries are taking severe measures. Authorities in hard-hit areas of France have banned washing cars and watering lawns. In Britain, water will soon be metered, like gas and electricity. "The English have always taken water for granted," says Graham Warren, a spokesman of Britain"s National Rivers Authority. "Now they"re putting a price on it." Even a sudden end to the drought would not end the misery in some areas. It will take several years of unusually heavy winter rain, the experts say, just to bring existing water reserves up to their normal levels.
单选题______ was known to them all that William had broken his promise ______ he would give each of them a gift. A) As; Which B) What; that C) It; that D) it; which
单选题 When, in the age of automation, man searches for a worker
to do the tedious, unpleasant jobs that are more or less impossible to
mechanize, he may very profitably consider the ape. If we
tackled the problem of breeding for brains with as much enthusiasm as we devote
to breeding dogs of surrealistic shapes, we could eventually produce assorted
models of useful primates, ranging in size from the gorilla down to the baboon
(狒狒), each adapted to a special kind of work. It is not putting too much strain
on the imagination to assume that geneticists could produce a super-ape, which
is able to understand some scores of words, and capable of being trained for
such jobs as picking fruit, cleaning up the litter in parks, shining shoes,
collecting garage, doing household chores, and even baby-sitting, although I
have known some babies I would not care to trust with a valuable ape.
Apes could do many jobs, such as cleaning streets and the more repetitive
types of agricultural work, without supervision, though they might need
protection from those {{U}}egregious{{/U}} specimens of human beings who think it
amusing to tease or bully anything they consider lower on the evolutionary
ladder. For other tasks, such as delivering papers and laboring on the docks,
our man-ape would have to work under human overseers; and, incidentally, I would
love to see the ending of the twenty-first century version of On the Waterfront
in which {{U}}the honest but hairy hero{{/U}} will drum on his chest
after—literally—taking the wicked labor leader apart. Once a
supply of nonhuman workers becomes available, a whole range of low IQ jobs could
be thankfully given up by mankind, to its great mental and physical advantage.
What is more, one of the problems which has plagued so many fictional Utopias
would be avoided: there would be none of the degradingly subhuman Epsilons of
Huxley's Brave New World to act as a permanent reproach to society, for there is
a profound moral difference between breeding sub-men and super-apes, though the
end products are much the same. The first would introduce a form of slavery, but
the second would be a biological triumph which could benefit both men and
animals.
单选题Section A
单选题What he told us about the accident does not ______. A. make any sense B. mean any point C. mean any importance D. take anything
单选题Richard doesn't think he could ever______what is called "free-style" poetry.
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Colleges in the US have added a new subject, “great
chemistry”, to their curriculum today. “Green chemistry __51__ how we can
develop products that won’t __52__ the environment,” explains Paul Anastas,
director of Yale University’s Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering,
opened at the beginning of this year. The American Chemical Society, __53__
approves more than 600 college chemistry programs, only lists about a dozen that
teach green chemistry. But that __54__ is growing.Cambridge College in
Massachusetts is offering “ an introduction to green chemistry” course this gall
and is offering the nation’s first bachelor’s and master’s __55__ in green
chemistry. The program will have classes in environmental science and even
environmental __56 __and policy. These subjects are not __57__ taught to
chemistry major.Employers __58__ the introduction of green chemistry.
Businesses are increasing seeking graduates __59__ backgrounds in the subject
because it can help them make or save money in he development and manufacturing
of products. “We need people who can not only understand their place __60__, but
also understand the worldwide perspective,” said Adam Peterson, a chemical
division manager at Dow Corning Corp.
单选题When she was invited to the party, she
readily
accepted.
单选题Generally speaking, the bird flying (across) our path is observed, and (the one) staying on the tree near (at hand) is passed by (without noticed).
单选题It can be inferred that the criterion/criteria for the selection of qualified candidates is/are ______.
单选题Directions: There are 4 passages in this part . Each of the
passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them
there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your
answer. They are among the 250,000 people under the
age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that accounts for 40
percent of the nation's unemployed. A storm of anger boils up at the
government-sponsored (政府资助的) youth center, even among those who are continuing
their studies. "We study for jobs that don't exist. " Nicollete Steggerda, 23,
said. After three decades of prosperity, unemployment among 10
member nations of the European Community has exceeded 11 percent, affecting a
total of 12.3 million people, and the number is climbing. The
bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the
Continent. The title of a rock song " No Future" can now be seen written on the
brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France. Recent
surveys have found that the increasing argument in the last few years over the
deployment (布局) in Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization missiles and the
possibility of nuclear war have clouded European youths' confidence in the
future. One form of protest tends to put the responsibility for
a country's economic troubles on the large numbers of "guest workers" from Third
World nations, people welcomed in Western Europe in the years of
prosperity. Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period
of economic success and general stability, seem to resemble Americans more than
they do their own parents. Material enjoyment has given them a sense of
expectation, each the right, to a standard of living that they see around
them. "And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet people at
the café, and sit and stare. Said Isabella Gcuit. "There is usually not
much conversation. You look for happiness. Sometimes you even find it. "
单选题Time, as we know it, is a very recent invention. The modern time-sense is hardly older than the United States. It is a by-product of industrialism--a sort of psychological analogue of synthetic perfumes and aniline dyes. Time is our tyrant. We are chronically aware of the moving minute hand, even of the moving second hand. We have to be. There are trains to be caught, clocks to be punched, tasks to be done in specified periods, records to be broken by fractions of a second, machines that set the pace and have to be kept up with. Another time-emphasizing entity is the factory and its dependent, the office. Factories exist for the purpose of getting certain quantities of goods made in a certain time. The old artisan worked as it suited him with the result that consumers generally had to wait for the goods they had ordered from him. The factory is a device for making workmen hurry. The machine revolves so often each minute; so many movements have to be made, so many pieces produced each hour. Result: the factory worker (and the same is true of the office worker) is compelled to know time in its smallest fractions. In the hand-work age there was no such compulsion to be aware of minutes and seconds. Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-times and regular train services. For a modern American or Englishman, waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation, even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine art of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, is wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes. This brings us to a seeming paradox. Acutely aware of the smallest constituent particles of time--of time, as measured by clock-work and train arrivals and the revolutions of machines--industrialized man has to a great extent lost the old awareness of time in its larger divisions. The time of which we have knowledge is artificial, machine-made time. Of natural, cosmic time, as it is measured out by sun and moon, we are for the most part almost wholly unconscious. Pre-industrial people know time in its daily, monthly and seasonal rhythms. They are aware of sunrise, noon and sunset; of the full moon and the new; of equinox and solstice; of spring and summer, autumn and winter. Industrialism and urbanism have changed all this. One can live and work in a town without being aware of the daily march of the sun across the sky; without ever seeing the moon and stars. Even changes of season affect the townsman very little. He is the inhabitant of an artificial universe that is, to a great extent, walled off from the world of nature. Outside the walls, time is cosmic and moves with the motion of sun and stars. Within, it is an affair of revolving wheels and is measured in seconds and minutes--at its longest, in eight-hour days and five-day weeks. We have a new consciousness; but it has been purchased at the expense of the old consciousness.
单选题Everything is decided in a family ______. A. by the couple B. with the help of their parents C. by brothers and sisters D. with the help of aunts and uncles
单选题I'd like to go with you; ______, my hands are full at the moment.
A. whenever
B. however
C. wherever
D. whatever
单选题Welikedtheoilpaintingbetter____________welookedatit.
单选题It is incongruous that the number of British institutions offering MBA courses should have grown by 254 percent during a period when the economy has been sliding into deeper recession. Optimists, or those given to speed, assumptions, might think it marvelous to have such a resource of business school graduates ready for the recovery. Unfortunately, there is now much doubt about the value of the degree not least among MBA graduates themselves, suffering as they are from the effects of recession and facing the prospect of shrinking management structures. What was taken some years ago as a ticket of certain admission to success is now being exposed to the scrutiny of cost-conscious employers who seek "can-dos" rather than "might-dos", and who feel that academia has not been sufficiently appreciative of the needs of industry or of the employers' possible contribution. It is curious, given the name of the degree, that there should be no league table for UK business schools; no unanimity about what the degree should encompass; and no agreed system of accreditation. Surely there is something wrong. One wonders where all the tutors for this massive infusion of business expertise came from and why all this mushrooming took place. Perhaps companies that made large investments would have been wiser to invest in already existing managers, perched anxiously on their own internal ladders. The Institute of Management's 1992 survey, which revealed that eighty-one per cent of managers thought they personally would be more effective if they received more training, suggests that this might be the case. There is, too, the fact that training alone does not make successful managers. They need the inherent qualifications. Of character; a degree of self-subjugation; and, above all, the ability to communicate and lead more so now, when empowerment is a buzzword that is at least generating genuflexions, if not total conviction. One can easily think of people, some comparatively unlettered, who are now lauded captains of industry. We may, therefore, not need to be too concerned about the fall in applications for business school places, or even the doubt about MBAs. The proliferation and subsequent questioning may have been an inevitable evolution. If the Management Charter Initiative, now exploring the introduction of a senior management qualification, is successful, there will be a powerful corrective. We believe now that management is all about change. One hopes there will be some of that in relationship between management and science within industry, currently causing concern and which is overdue for attention. No one doubts that we need more scientists and innovation to give us an edge in an increasingly competitive world. If scientists feel themselves under-valued and under-used, working in industrial ghettos, that is not a promising augury for the future. It seems we have to resolve these misapprehensions between science and industry. Above all, we have to make sure that management is not itself smug about its status and that it does not issue mission statements about communication without realizing that the essence of it is a dialogue. More empowerment is required and we should strive to achieve it.
单选题The Nicaragua Sign Language is__________.
单选题The author wants to write ______.
单选题In the age of Google, our minds are adapting ______ we are experts at knowing where to find information even though we don't recall what it is. A. so much B. so that C. such that D. so what
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单选题The clever method (was) (paid attention) by very few technicians (until) (the) early 1970s.
单选题What do you think is the water's purpose in writing this passage?
单选题Even if I won a million-dollar lottery, I would continue to live ______ A. subtly B. frugally C. explicitly D. cautiously
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单选题Although speech and writing are the special means of communicating of humans, the interchange also takes place in many other ways. A person may relay his or her feelings, thoughts, and reactions through body positioning, body contact, body odors, eye contact, responsive actions, habits, attitudes, interests, state of health, dress and grooming, choice of life-style, and use of talents — in fact, through everything the individual says or does. In turn, every person is constantly receiving multitudes of external and internal messages through his or her five senses and personal biorhythm system. An individual screens, selects, regulates, and controls specific aspects of this information through a process of mental choices. Some of these choices are automatic; some are subconscious because of habit, block, or lack of development; and some are made by a conscious process. The degree to which a person is able to communicate depends upon the extent of his or her conscious awareness, priority of need, and control of this process. The person with a behavior disorder is shut off from the communicative flow that normally exists among humans. His or her mind is confused, and he or she may feel unable to express personal thoughts, needs, and emotions, and unable to make himself or herself understood. Sometimes the person may feel that he or she is communicating clearly but that others cannot or will not understand. Because the person is thus isolated in internal problems, he or she is interested only in these problems and cannot focus attention on the messages of others. The person often projects fears and fantasies onto others, so that no matter what the real content is of the messages that others relay, the messages received are threatening ones. The causes of such communicative shutoffs are blocks in the neural pathways of the person's processing of information. Sometimes a block is physical, as in deafness, mental retardation, brain tumor, or hardening of the cerebral arteries. However, the most common causes of blocks are injuries to a person's emotional system. Emotional blocks occur to some degree in all human beings. They usually occur in childhood before good communicative skills are learned, and they are connected to individual symbolism. Unless such a block is removed shortly after happening, it can have profound and complicating effects that will distort emotional and mental growth and arrest the development potential of the individual. Even though a child with blocks will appear to grow and to seem mature in some ways, he or she will show the evidence of emotional blocking in efforts to communicate.
单选题It is economically essential to make sure that this entire shipment of new ears ______ to the port on time.
单选题Which of the following words can NOT be used to complete "With urbanization the ______between rich and poor sharpened"?
单选题To give praise ______ the giver nothing but a moment's thought and a moment's effort.
单选题—Can I see you at 3：00 P．m．next Monday? —I ______．I will have flown to New York long before then．A．am afraid notB．am afraid soC．am afraid toD．am afraid not to
单选题It was Friday afternoon and the shops were full ______ customers.
单选题There are some very beautifully______ glass windows in the church. A. designed B. drawn C. marked D. stained
单选题 It is easier to negotiate initial salary requirement
because once you are inside, the organizational cortstraints(约束) influence wage
increases. One thing, however, is certain: your chances of getting the raise you
feel you deserve are less if you don't at least ask for it. Men tend to ask for
more, and they get more, and this holds true with other resources, not just pay
increases. Consider Beth's stoly: I did not get what I wanted
when I did not ask for it. We had cubicle(小隔间) offices and window offices. I sat
in the cubicles with several male colleagues. One by one they were moved into
window offices, while I remained in the cubicles. Several males who were hired
after me also went to offices. One in particular told me he was next in line for
an office and that it had been part of his negotiations for the job. I guess
they thought me content to stay in the cubicles since I did not voice my opinion
either way. It would he nice if we all received automatic pay
increases equal to our merit, but "nice" isn't a quality attributed to most
organizations. If you feel you deserve a significant raise in pay, you'll
probably have to ask for it. Performance is your best
bargaining chip(筹码) when you are seeking a raise. You must be able to
demonstrate that you deserve a raise. Timing is also a good bargaining chip. If
you can give your boss something he or she needs(a new client or a sizable
contract, for example) just before merit pay decisions are being made, you are
more likely to get the raise you want. Use information as a
bargaining chip too. Find out what you are worth on the open market. What will
someone else pay for your services? Go into the negotiations
prepared to place your chips on the table at the appropriate time and prepared
to use communication style to guide the direction of the interaction.
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单选题Many people believe prisoner abuse is ______.
单选题(2001) The police found that George had still another______of income.
单选题The child was______ to open the window.
单选题1 To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the differ ence between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily on the efficient production of goods, and then relied on "persuasive salesman ship" to move as much of these goods as possible. Such production and selling focuses on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then convert them into money. Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye-on-the-consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first try to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it according to consumer demand. This concept does not imply that consumer satisfaction is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to every business activity--the firm and the custom- er—and each must be satisfied before trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest route to profit is through understanding customers. This concept has been recognized in such slogans as "Have It Your Way. " and "You're the Boss. " A good example of the importance of satisfying the consumer presented itself in mid 1985, when Coca-Cola changed the flavor of its drink. The non-acceptance of the new flavor by a significant portion of the public brought about a prompt restoration of the Clas sic Coke, which was then marketed alongside the new. King Customer ruled!
单选题A syllable can be divided into two parts, the NUCLEUS and the CODA.(大连外国语学院2008研)
单选题The word science is heard so often in modern times that almost everybody has some notion of its meaning. On the other hand, its definition is difficult for many people. The meaning of the term is confused, but everyone should understand its meaning and objectives. Just to make the explanation as simple as possible, suppose science is defined as classified knowledge (facts). Even in the true sciences distinguishing fact from fiction is not always easy. For this reason great care should be taken to distinguish between beliefs and truths. There is no danger as long as a clear difference is made between temporary and proved explanations. For example, hypotheses and theories are attempts to explain natural phenomena. From these positions the scientist continues to experiment and observe until they are proved or discredited. The exact statue of any explanation should be clearly labeled to avoid confusion. The objectives of science are primarily the discovery and the subsequent understanding of the unknown. Man cannot be satisfied with recognizing that secrets exist in nature or that questions are unanswerable; he must solve them. Toward that end specialists in the field of biology and related fields of interest are directing much of their time and energy. Actually, two basic approaches lead to the discovery of new information. One, aimed at satisfying curiosity, is referred to as pure science. The other is aimed at using knowledge for specific purposes—for instance, improving health, raising standards of living, or creating new consumer products. In this case knowledge is put to economic use. Such an approach is referred to as applied science. Sometimes practical-minded people miss the point of pure science in thinking only of its immediate application for economic rewards. Chemists responsible for many of the discoveries could hardly have anticipated that their findings would one day result in application of such a practical nature as those directly related to life and death. The discoveries of one bit of information opens the door to the discovery of another. Some discoveries seem so simple that one is amazed they were not made years ago; however, one should remember that the 'construction of the microscope had to precede the discovery of the cell. The host of scientists dedicating their lives to pure science are not apologetic about ignoring the practical side of their discoveries; they know from experience that most knowledge is eventually applied.
单选题We'd like to ______ a table for five for dinner this evening. [A] preserve [B] reserve [C] retain [D] sustain
单选题The fire, which otherwise______more serious damage, was put out by the volunteer firemen.
单选题When one animal attacks another, it engages in the most obvious example of aggressive behavior. Psychologists have adopted several approaches to understanding aggressive behavior in people. The Biological Approach. Numerous biological structures and chemicals appear to be involved in aggression. One is the hypothalamus, a region of the brain. In response to certain stimuli, many animals show instinctive aggressive reactions. The hypothalamus appears to be involved in this inborn reaction pattern; electrical stimulation of part of the hypothalamus triggers stereotypical aggressive behaviors in many animals. In people, however, whose brains are more complex, other brain structures apparently moderate possible instincts. An offshoot of the biological approach called sociobiology suggests that aggression is natural and even desirable for people. Sociobiology views much social behavior, including aggressive behavior, as genetically determined. Consider Darwin's theory of evolution. Darwin held that many more individuals are produced than can find food and survive into adulthood. A struggle for survival follows. Those individuals who possess characteristics that provide them with an advantage in the struggle for existence are more likely to survive and contribute their genes to the next generation. In many species, such characteristics include aggressiveness. Because aggressive individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce, whatever genes are linked to aggressive behavior are more likely to be transmitted to subsequent generations. The sociobiology view has been attacked on numerous grounds. One is that people's capacity to outwit other species, not their aggressiveness, appears to be the dominant factor in human survival. Another is that there is too much variation among people to believe that they are dominated by, or at the mercy of, aggressive impulses. The Psychodynamic Approach. Theorists adopting the psychodynamic approach hold that inner conflicts are crucial for understanding human behavior, including aggression. Sigmund Freud, for example, believed that aggressive impulses are inevitable reactions to the frustrations of daily life. Children normally desire to vent aggressive impulses on other people, including their parents, because even the most attentive parents cannot gratify all of their demands immediately. Yet children, also fearing their parents' punishment and the loss of parental love, come to repress most aggressive impulses. The Freudian perspective, in a sense: sees us as "steam engines. " By holding in rather than venting "steam," we set the stage for future explosions. Pent-up aggressive impulses demand outlets. They may be expressed toward parents in indirect ways such as destroying furniture, or they may be expressed toward strangers later in life. According to psychodynamic theory, the best ways to prevent harmful aggression may be to encourage less harmful aggression. In the steam-engine analogy, verbal aggression may vent some of the aggressive steam. So might cheering on one's favorite sports team. Psychoanalysts, therapists adopting a psychodynamic approach, refer to the venting of aggressive impulses as "catharsis." Catharsis is theorized to be a safety valve. But research findings on the usefulness of catharsis are mixed. Some studies suggest that catharsis leads to reductions in tension and a lowered likelihood of future aggression. Other studies, however, suggest that letting some steam escape actually encourages more aggression later on. The Cognitive Approach. Cognitive psychologists assert that our behavior is influenced by our values, by the ways in which we interpret our situations and by choice. For example, people who believe that aggression is necessary and justified-as during wartime — are likely to act aggressively, whereas people who believe that a particular war or act of aggression is unjust, or who think that aggression is never justified, are less likely to behave aggressively. One cognitive theory suggests that aggravating and painful events trigger unpleasant feelings. These feelings, in turn, can lead to aggressive action, but not automatically. Cognitive factors intervene. People decide whether they will act aggressively or not on the basis of factors such as their experiences with aggression and their interpretation of other people's motives. Supporting evidence comes from research showing that aggressive people often distort other people's motives. For example, they assume that other people mean them harm when they do not.
单选题These books, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you ______ you need. A. all the information B. all the informations C. all of information D. all of the informations
单选题My mother had to visit our aunt at the hospital and insisted that we ______ bread for dinner.
单选题He will pass two milestones ______, that is, he will receive his master's degree and find a challenging job.A. long agoB. for longC. before longD. long before
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单选题Words are to a language______bricks are to a building.
单选题The roof ______under the weight of the snow.
单选题A swim-learner must first learn how to______ the movements of his limbs before he can swim properly.
单选题Is that film still ______?
单选题He explained everything over and over again ______ anyone should misunderstand him. A. since B. when C. test D. as if
单选题No step in life is more important than the choice of a vocation. The wise selection of the business, profession, trade, or occupation to which one"s life is to be devoted and the development of full efficiency in the chosen field are matters of the deepest moment to young men and to the public. These vital problems should be solved in a careful, scientific way, with due regard to each person"s aptitudes, abilities, ambitions, resources, and limitations and the relations of these elements to the conditions of success in different industries. If a boy takes up a line of work to which he is adapted, he will achieve far greater success than if he drifts into an industry for which he is not fitted. An occupation out of harmony with the worker"s aptitudes and capacities means inefficiency, unenthusiastic and perhaps distasteful labor, and low pay, while an occupation in harmony with the nature of the man means enthusiasm, love of work, and high economic values—superior product, efficient service, and good pay. If a young man chooses his vocation so that his best abilities and enthusiasms will be united with his daily work, he has laid the foundations of success and happiness. But if his best abilities and enthusiasms are separated from his daily work or do not find in it fair scope and opportunity for exercise and development; if his occupation is merely a means of making a living, and the work he loves to do is sidetracked into the evening hours or pushed out of his life altogether, he will be only a fraction of the man he ought to be. Efficiency and success are largely dependent on adaptation.
单选题It can be inferred from the passage that all the work on the assembly line was ______.
单选题The wandering ship was a dramatic symbol for a problem plaguing our age. In 1987, the ship, loaded with thousands of tons of New York garbage, spent weeks wandering from one port to another in search of a dump before finally returning home, mission unaccomplished. New York, like other communities throughout the world is running out of space to put its trash. As throwaway societies, the US and other industrialized countries expect their garbage to be picked up by trucks that magically transported the refuse to some out-of-sight incinerator (焚化炉) or dump. But in the developing counties of Asia, Africa and Latin America, thousands of tons of trash collected daily are thrown into open dumps, where it feeds huge populations of rats that swarm through poor neighborhoods. "The world is literally swimming in garbage," says a scientist. "Communities worldwide are being forced to confront the problem." Green Peace spokesman Bryan Bence adds, "The crisis in garbage stems in part from the fact that we've ignored long-term disposal problem in favor of cheap quick fixes." The garbage glut (过剩) has inspired many communities in the U.S., Japan and Western Europe to start recycling programs. Once considered a curious counter culture activity recycling has moved firmly into the mainstream. Recycling involves separating usable products from trash, processing them so they can be substituted for more expensive raw materials and returning them to the marketplace as parts of new products. Many countries now have mandatory recycling programs, and others plan to follow the trend soon. Most notably, Japan has stood out as a model and leader of the waste management trend, recycling an estimated 65 percent of its waste. "That's what we should do, to the garbage crisis", says David Antonioli, a staff member with the New York Public Interest Research Corp. "The earth is not a dump!/
单选题The comparison between humans and other animals is made to show that ______.
单选题What does the underlined word "unearth" mean?
单选题Television, like language, can be a cultural challenge for better or worse, and this is what it is in many of its activities, whether voluntarily or, on occasion, involuntarily. Although it may sometimes be soothing, television is often provocative in the sense that it gives information and arouses interest. That being said, the new means of broadcasting and communicating throughout the world increases the complexity of television even further.
An important question is what television is there to do and to say. In actual fact, however, the issue does not seem to have been put in this way by all governments and their officials, nor by private television companies.
Since the primary aim is to get an audience (and who would want to make television programmes nobody looked at?), programmes are becoming more and more standardized. The cultural challenge represented by television must not turn into a challenge to culture. At all events, television carries messages which influence, and will increasingly influence, trends in our societies one way or another. Either television will contribute to enriching our cultures or it will contribute to eroding them or to enabling some of these cultures to dominate others.
Undoubtedly there are outstanding events, such as broadcasts of major occasions, but the out-of-the-ordinary nature of a cultural message soon becomes part of life, part of the very air breathed by those to whom the messages are sent. Living in a world of painting, literature and music is a very different thing from the stardom of a composer, writer or performer. While the heads of television channels sometimes display boldness, they do not seem to find it necessary to do so when it comes to music (with the occasional exception), because they themselves are not convinced of the emotional impact of music on television. And yet, in spite of all obstacles, music is a challenge through its daily presence. This represents a victory for whom? Pure music—that is to say, music soberly presented through the playing of the performers—goes down very well on the small screen. Its presence on television makes it part of everyday life.
Let us be optimistic and hope that those in charge of television of whatever kind are aware-of the importance of their function over and above audience surveys and ratings and that they will call primarily on the talents of cultural people and give them priority over the salesman.
单选题In ancient Greek, the term euthanatos meant "easy death". Today euthanasia (安乐死) generally refers to mercy killing, the voluntary (自愿) ending of the life of someone who is terminally ill. Like abortion, euthanasia has become a legal, medical, and moral issue over which opinion is divided. Euthanasia can be either active or passive. Active euthanasia means that a physician or other medical personnel takes an action that will result in death, such as giving an overdose of deadly medicine. Passive euthanasia means letting a patient die for lack of treatment, or stopping the treatment that has begun. Examples of passive euthanasia include taking patients off a breathing machine or removing other life-support systems. Stopping the food supply is also considered passive. A good deal of the debate about mercy killing originates from the decision-making process. Who decides whether a patient is to die? This issue has not been solved legally in the United States. The matter is left to state law, which usually allows the physician in charge to suggest the option of death to a patient's relatives, especially if the patient is brain dead. In an attempt to make decisions about when their own lives should end, several terminally ill patients in the early 1990s used a controversial suicide device, developed by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, to end their lives. In parts of Europe, the decision-making process has become very flexible. Even in cases where the patients are not brain dead, patients have been put to death without their approval at the request of relatives or at the suggestion of physicians. Many cases of passive euthanasia involve old people or newborn infants. The principle justifying this practice is that such individuals have a "life not worthy of life". In countries where passive euthanasia is not legal, the court systems have proved very tolerant in dealing with medical personnel who practice it. In Japan, for example, if physicians follow certain guidelines they may actively carry out mercy killings on hopelessly ill people. Courts have also been somewhat tolerant of friends or relatives who have assisted terminally ill patients to die.
单选题The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause ______ of vegetables in the coming days. [A] rarity [B] scarcity [C] invalidity [D] variety
单选题This machine does not run______that one.
单选题It was Usensible/U of him to do that.
单选题Betty was ______ all sorts of terrible things that might happen to her if she were left alone in the mountain. [A] imagining [B] guessing [C] supposing
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单选题Why do you look so ______? You never smile or look cheerful.
单选题The author implies that many employee health insurance plans
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Few beyond California' s technology
crowd recognise the name Larry Sonsini; none within its circle could fail to.
For four decades he has been lawyer, adviser and friend to many prominent
companies and investors. Some consider him the most powerful person in Silicon
Valley. Companies beg for his law firm to represent them. The 65-year-old
chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and more recently, as outside counsel to Hewlett-Packard (HP),
for initially defending the board's dubious investigative practices.
WSG&R boasts 600 lawyers and represents around half of Silicon
Valley's public companies, including Apple? Sun Microsystems and Google. Last
year it ranked first in private-equity and venture-capital deals, with nearly
twice as many as its closest rival. Over the past five years WSG&R has
worked on over 1 000 mergers and acquisitions, collectively worth over $ 260
billion. The recent troubles cast a shadow over WSG&R's
reputation. Although Mr. Sonsini is not accused of wrongdoing himself, many of
his firm's clients are on the ropes. Former executives at Brocade Communications
suffered criminal charges in July, Mr. Sonsini Served on Brocade's board
until last year and his firm was its outside counsel. He also was on the boards
of Pixar, Echelon, Lattice Semiconductor, LSI Logic and Novell all firms at
which the issuing of stock options is being called into question.
WSG&R dismisses the idea that Mr. Sonsini faced a conflict of interest
by acting as both director and legal adviser to so many firms and says he did
not advise HP in its investigation of board members. Mr. Sonsini initially said
it was "well done and within legal limits". It now seems it was
neither.
单选题Man: It seems that your father takes you under his wing. Woman: I have the same feeling. But I don't like the way he treats my sister. Question: What can we learn from the conversation.9
单选题The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ______ methodology into question.
单选题A child learns to read by seeing the words _______.
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单选题All the afternoon he worked in his room with the door ______.
单选题______dog was the first animal to be domesticated is generally agreed upon by authorities in the field.
单选题The wearables market is still______, with only three percent of the U. S. population aged 16 and up owning a smartwatch or a smartband.
单选题______a slight limp he seemed fit; he could run away, but not very fast.
单选题These animals are more ______ green colour; they always make for the tag with various shades of green. A. sensitive to B. anxious for C. keen on D. displeased with
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单选题Performance bond amounting to 10/% of the total value of the works ______ is required when signing the contract. A．bidding upon B．bade upon C．bid upon D．bidded upon
单选题New claims for unemployment insurance dipped last week, suggesting that companies are laying off fewer workers as the budding economic recovery unfolds. The Labor Department reported Thursday that for the work week ending April 27, new claims for jobless benefits went down by a seasonally adjusted 10,000 to 418,000, the lowest level since March 23. In another report, orders to US factories rose for the fourth straight month, a solid 0.4 percent rise in March. The figure was largely boosted by stronger demand for nondurable goods, such as food, clothes, paper products and chemicals. Total nondurable goods were up 1.6 percent in March, the biggest increase in two years. Orders also rose for some manufactured goods, including metals, construction machinery, household appliances and defense equipment. The report reinforces the view that the nation"s manufacturers—which sharply cut production and saw hundreds of thousands of jobs evaporate during the recession—are on the comeback trail. Stocks were rising again Thursday. In the first half-hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 43 points and the Nasdaq index was up 14 points.
In the jobless claims report, even with the decline, a government analyst said, the level was inflated as a result of a technical fluke. The distortion is coming from a requirement that laid-off workers seeking to take advantage of a federal extension for benefits must submit new claims. Congress recently passed legislation signed into law by President Bush that provided a 13-week extension of jobless benefits.
The fluke has clouded the layoffs picture for several weeks. But the government analyst said the refiling requirement is having much less of an effect on the claims numbers than in previous weeks. The more stable four-week moving average of new claims, which smoothes out weekly fluctuations, also fell last week to 435,750, the lowest level since the beginning of April. But the number of workers continuing to receive unemployment benefits rose to 3.8 million for the work week ending April 20, evidence that people who are out of work are having trouble finding new jobs.
Economists predict that job growth won"t be strong enough in the coming months to prevent the nation"s unemployment rate—now at 5.7 percent—from rising. Many economists are forecasting a rise in April"s jobless rate to 5.8 percent and estimating that businesses added around 55,000 jobs during the month. The government will release the April employment report Friday. Even as the economy bounces back from recession, some economists expect the jobless rate will peak to just over 6 percent by June. That"s because companies will be reluctant to quickly hire back laid-off workers until they are assured the recovery is here to stay. Given the fledgling rebound, many economists expect the Federal Reserve to leave short-term interest rates—now at 40-year lows—unchanged when it meets May 7. The Fed cut rates 11 times last year to rescue the economy from recession, which began in March 2001.
单选题Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened (51) . As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic (52) , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the company of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution (53) up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (54) the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in perspective. It is important to do so. It is generally recognized, (55) , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, followed by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, (56) its impact on the media was not immediately (57) . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as (58) , with display becoming sharper and storage (59) increasing. They were thought of, like people, (60) generations, with the distance between generations much smaller.
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单选题The propeller began to______, and the small plane started down the runway.
单选题Brazilian music is thoroughly imbued with African themes, and illustrious composers have long found inspiration in the black musical heritage. A. imaginative B. sensitive C. distinguished D. persistent
单选题It has long been the subject of speculation among the police and criminologists: what would happen if all the officers who now spend so much of their time taking statements, profiling criminals and moving pieces of paper around were suddenly put on the streets? Crime figures released by London's Metropolitan Police this week provide the best answer yet. Following the bombings of July 7th and 21st, thousands of police officers materialised on London's pavements, many of them sporting brightly coloured jackets. Drawn from all over the city, they were assigned to guard potential targets such as railway stations. The police presence was especially heavy in the bombed boroughs: Camden (which was struck three times), Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, Westminster and the City of London. The show of force did not just scare off terrorists. There was less crime in July than in May or June, which is unusual: the warmer month tends to bring out criminal tendencies, as windows are left open and alcohol is imbibed alfresco. But the chilling effect was much stronger in the six boroughs that were targeted by terrorists. There, overall crime was down by 12% compared with July 2004.In inner London as a whole, crime fell by 6%. But in outer London, where the blue line was thinner, it went up slightly. Simon Foy, who tracks such trends at the Metropolitan Police, says that crime fell particularly steeply on the days of the attacks, partly because of the overwhelming police presence and partly because "even criminals were watching their televisions". What is significant is that crime barely rose thereafter. That was a change from the aftermath of September 11th 2001, when crime quickly soared just about everywhere—possibly because officers were deployed only in the very centre of London. "The received wisdom among criminologists is that marginal changes invisible patrolling have little or no effect on crime," says Mike Hough, a criminologist at King's College London. July's experiment should put that argument to rest. Even if offenders do not make rational calculations about the odds of being caught—which was low both before and after the bombings—they will be moved by a display of overwhelming force.
单选题With the introduction of the computer, libraries today are quite different from ______ they were in the past. A) that B) what C) which D) those
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单选题He sometimes thought that missing that plane had been the most
consequential
event of his life.
单选题We all buy things on the______of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an "impulse buy".(2007年中国科学院考博试题)
单选题The World Exposition Center ______ by the end of 2010, will attract over 70 million people.
单选题An estimated 20 percent of the U.S. population has no bank account. More than half of this group don't have credit card ______ can not get bank loans.
单选题I am not used ______ like that.
单选题______on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace.
单选题The 20th century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ______.
单选题The underlined word "which" refers to ______.
单选题The doctor informed his patient that the drug was very ______ and can
have unpleasant sideeffects.
A.potent
B.efficient
C.intricate
D.fragile
单选题First there was a Washington Post article published shortly after the elections on the presumptive new House speaker, "Muted Tones of Quiet Authority: A Look Suited to the Speaker." It offered the information that "Pelosi's suit was by Giorgio Armani -- the Italian master of neutral tones and modem power dressing- and she wore it well."The article at least appeared in the newspaper's Style section, but was chock--full of psychoanalytic forays into Pelosi's wardrobe choices, asserting that an Armani suit, for a woman, is a tool for playing with the boys without pretending to be one. I would wager that Pelosi is one woman who doesn't play around with anyone. Then there was a New York Times article in January in its Thursday Styles section titled "Speaking Chic to Power."While noting that Pelosi, barely in her new job a month, had brought the House to votes on a minimum wage increase, stem cell research and Medicare drug prices, the article said "she did it looking preternaturally fresh, with a wardrobe that, while still subdued and over-reliant on suits, has seldom spruced the halls of Congress." Similar articles appeared in the Baltimore Sun and Chicago Tribune. Mentioned were other women politicians and their fashion choices, such as Sen. Hillary Clinton's hair style and preference for black pantsuits or Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's haircut. The question is whether focusing on the clothing choices of serious female political players risks rendering them less than serious. Another question is whether such reports warrant precious space. After all, with rare exceptions, male politicians are seldom scrutinized for their choice of suits. Some reporters and editors haven't figured out a way to cover female politicians that doesn't rely on the old stereotypes, says Gail Dines, sociology and women's studies professor at Wheelock College in Boston. "To be a woman politician, you have to strategize and work hard, and yet what matters is what designer you're wearing. It's a way to make women in power less scary," Dines notes. "It's putting women into a comfort zone for those who are still baffled by how to treat strong women." The articles seem a throwback to a time when women were only spouses, not players, says Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. "To focus on their attire, the cut of their clothes...is to be in danger of trivializing who they are, the important role they play and the meaning behind women's advancement to positions of power: That is, we're moving to a true democracy of shared leadership." The problem is the media haven't quite caught up. "A woman who rises to a leadership position at any level is going to dress appropriately," says Kathleen Hail Jamieson, professor at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. "It underscores her competence and is not a distraction. You take for granted that it would not be worthy of comment any more." Jamieson thinks the underlying motivation for reporting on femaIe politicians' style is "the naturaI news interest in talking about what changes, and men don' t look different. There is a uniform for men in power and we all know that it looks like.The only thing to change is the color of the shirt or tie." Because women have greater fashion options, changes they make are more obvious and invite analysis. Now that Pelosi's "uniform" has been established, that should be the end of it. Ditto for Clinton. "Clinton now has a range of what she wears." Jamieson says. "She hasn't been changing hairstyles or her pantsuits. That is our definition of what she wears, and that should end it." Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, thinks reporting that describes women politicians' appearance is justified in profiles of them. Female politicians will certainly survive such silly coverage, and some argue the stories are harmless. But these women are role models for young women and offer an alternative to the fashion model and celebrity in setting the standard for female beauty and worth. Dines worries that when the media emphasize the appearance of women, it perpetuates attitudes in the larger world that devalue and limit women. "These are fortunate, privileged women," Dines notes of politicians, "but for yong women trying to make it in the world, how they look can affect their opportunities./
单选题A young pair of pandas is expected to settle in their new home in the Atlanta's Zoo to- morrow, tile Beijing Youth Daily reported yesterday. Born in the Chengdu Panda Breeding Base, the two, named Jiu Jiu and Hua Hua, will .spend the next 10 years in the United States. At a cost of $ 4 million, their new home is an exact copy of the natural environment where they lived in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in Southwest China. The panda house is also equipped with advanced facilities to study pandas in an all-around way, said the report. Visitors can view pandas in a separate room inside the panda house, which is open to public every day. As part of an international co operative plan to protect and study panda, the co-operation between Chengdu and Atlanta has finally come to an agreement after three years of discussion. And the research fund of $ 5 million raised by Atlanta's zoo has also contributed to the co-operation. After a flight in a huge and comfortable case, Jiu Jiu and Hua Hua will be put under quarantine(隔离) for two weeks upon their arrival. And a welcome ceremony will be held for them in Atlanta on November 20, with ambassador(大使) Li, former U. S. President Carter and his wife, the Georgia governor and mayor of Atlanta.
单选题It was dark, and we could not ______ who was coming along the avenue.
单选题According to the author, in order to stay young and attractive, women should ______. A. follow the fashion B. dress up in beautiful clothes C. do more exercises D. enrich their mind
单选题Despite his ______ as a trouble-maker, he was promoted to department manger.(2003年上海交通大学考博试题)
单选题
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BMale advertisers/B
BFemale advertisers/B
1
MALE, aged 25, WLTM female, n/s, 20-30 for
friendship, possible romance. I like pubs, clubs, staying in, as well as
going out. I live in the Windsor area and t get on well with kids.
A
FEMALE, 26, prof, fairly slim, WLTM a slim male,
26-33, for friendship and possible romance.
2
IF you are not separated or emotionally unstable but are a
widow over 55 & looking for partner with view to long-term &
meaningful relationship, then this 67 year old widower could be the one
for you.
B
ACTIVE lady, living in Maidstone area, early 60s WLTM
females or males for friendship and to shareinterests, mostly
travel.
3
HL, I'm Andy, 32yo and divorced. Ahappy-go-lucky person
looking for a lady between 25 and 40. Single parents welcome as I love
children and a home life.
C
ARE you the romantic, friendly, articulate male with
varied interests and a GSOH that this woman islooking for? If so and
you're40ish-50ish but feeling 30ishthen we will have a lot in
common.
4
MALE, 50s, caring, & sincere, with aGSOH, seeks an
affectionate lady forfriendship, possible romance.
D
LADY, 40s, fairly slim, seeks a kind, generous,
warm-hearted man, about same age, for friendship and outings.
5
I am an energetic man of 63, but don't look it. I have a good
head of hair. I like country find western music and historical places,
walking, a pint now and again. I'm stillworking part-time, but I don't
drive. I have a GSOH.
E
HELLO. my name is Liz. I am 19 yrs old and live in the
Cambridge area. I am seeking a male 20-25. enjoy pubs and clubs and
I like nights in or out and I like children. I AM 5'5″ with red
hair.
单选题Every society has its own peculiar customs and______of acting.
A. ways
B. attitudes
C. behaviors
D. means
单选题The new secretary has written a remarkably ______ report within a few hundred words but with all the important details included.(2004年湖北省考博试题)
单选题I hate to see papers ______ in pencil.
单选题Dr. Brosnan and Dr. de Waal have eventually found in their study that the monkeys ______.
单选题Jason made sharp comments on Mary"s idea, but he didn"t mean ______ her.
单选题Fashion is partly a search for a new language to discredit the old, a way in which each generation can______its immediate predecessor and distinguish itself.
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单选题Ausubel of Rockefeller University says the key renewable energy sources, including sun, wind and biofuels, would all require vast
1
of land if developed up to large scale production unlike nuclear power. That land would be far better left alone, he says. Renewables look attractive when they are quite
2
. But
3
we start producing renewable energy on a large scale, the fallout (结果) is going to be horrible. Instead, Ausubel argues
4
renewed development of nuclear.
Ausubel
5
his conclusions by analyzing the amount of energy renewables, natural gas and nuclear that can produce in terms of power per square meter of land used. Moreover, he claims that as renewable energy use increases, this measure of efficiency will
6
as the best land for wind, biofuels, and solar power gets used up.
Using biofuels to obtain the
7
amount of energy as a 1000 megawatt (兆瓦) nuclear power plant would require 2500 square kilometers of farm
8
, Ausubel says. "We should be sparing land for nature, not using it as pasture (牧场，草地) for cars and trucks," he adds.
Solar power is
9
more efficient than biofuel in terms of the area of land
10
, but it would still require 150 square kilometers of photovoltaic (光电的) cells to
11
the energy production of the 1000 MW nuclear plant. In another example, he says meeting the 2005 US electricity demand
12
wind power alone would need 780, 000 square kilometers, an area the size of Texas.
However, several experts are highly critical
13
Ausubel"s conclusions. John Turner of the US government"s National Renewable Energy Laboratory says that
14
the US got all of its power from solar energy, it would still need less than half the amount of land that has been paved over for highways. Further, it need not
15
additional land. The US could get a quarter of its energy just from covering rooftops of
16
buildings, he says.
According to Turner, the same "dual use" also
17
to wind power. The footprint for wind is only 5% of the land that it
18
. Farmers can still farm the land that the turbines (涡轮机) are on. Turner says looking solely at land use is an oversimplification of the
19
"I"m not sure I"d want to build one of these nuclear plants in Afghanistan, but we could
19
put in wind and solar power," he adds.
单选题One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?" "You don't owe me anything," she replied. He said, "Then I thank you from my heart. ' Years later that young woman became critically iii. The local doctors sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, he rose immediately and 'went to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case. After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the edge. The bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words: "Paid in full with one glass of milk./
单选题Large lecture classes are frequently regarded as a necessary evil. Such classes have to be【56】in many colleges and universities to meet high student【57】with limited faculty resources, 【58】teaching a large lecture class can be a【59】task. Lecture halls are【60】large, barren, and foreboding. It is difficult to get to know students. Students may seem【61】in the impersonal environment and may【62】read newspapers or even leave class in the middle of a lecture. Written work by the students seems out of the【63】.Although the challenges of teaching a large lecture class are strong, they are possible to get over. The【64】is to develop innovative methods of classroom instruction that can【65】, if not eliminate, many of the difficulties【66】in the mass class. In fact, we have【67】at Kent State University teaching techniques which help make a large lecture class more like a small【68】. An【69】but important benefit of teaching the course【70】this manner has involved the activities of the teaching【71】who help us mark students' written work. The faculty instructor originally decided to ask the TAs for help【72】this was the only practical way to【73】that all the papers could be evaluated. Now those【74】report enjoying their new status as junior professors, "gaining a very different【75】on college education by being on" the other side of the desk, "learning a great deal about the subject matter, and improving their own writing as a direct result of grading other students" paper.
单选题Usually you will be (more likely) to find insects (if) you examine finer twigs (嫩枝) (rather than) the (coarse) parts of trees. A. more likely B. if C. rather than D. coarse
单选题The Foreign Ministry holds weekly press conferences to ______ reporters ______ the latest development in diplomacy.
单选题Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed— and perhaps never before it's served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe. A. by which B. it's served C. peoples and nations D. as
单选题The author's overall point is that ______.
单选题 A happy life, according to the Scottish poet James
Thomson, consists of "retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books," among other
things. Alice Munro, perhaps the greatest short-story writer of our time, has
elected to embrace this bliss, saying last week, "I'm probably not going to
write anymore." An incredulous editor from the National Post had to follow up on
whether she really meant it-that last year's sublimely devastating collection,
Dear Life, was it for her. "Oh, yes," the 81-year-old Canadian said, telling
disappointed fans to "read the old ones over again. There are lots of
them." Yet if you have ever imagined a typical day in the life
of an author, your vision probably resembles Thomson's. Writing seems like
tender labor, and it's not hard to picture all those quarterly Munro stories—
the ones that appear in The New Yorker as regularly as fresh interns—being
created from a diet of easy grace, fertilized frequently with tea, long walks,
dinners on the porch, and Chekhov readings. Why would anyone have to retire from
writing, as if it's a job with regular hours? Except it is.
John Updike used to rent a one-room office above a restaurant, where he would
report to write six days a week. John Cheever famously put on his only suit and
rode the elevator with the 9-to-5 crowd, only he would proceed down to the
basement to write in a storage room. Robert Caro still puts on a jacket and tie
every day and repairs to his 22nd-floor Manhattan office. Authors who corral
their duties into daily routines help remind us of the industry of writing. A
muse does not pour words into someone's skull. The drudgery has conquered some
of our best wordsmiths. "When you decide 'to be a writer, ' you don't have the
faintest idea of what the work is like," Philip Roth, another recent literary
retiree, has said about the "stringent exigencies" of literature. "But working
at it nearly every day for 50 years ... turns out to be an extremely taxing job
and hardly the pleasantest of human activities." He even called it "just
torture, awful." Munro has long been able to pensively observe
someone and effortlessly penetrate the character's extraordinary private
history. "Nobody bothers anymore to judge her goodness," the critic James Wood
has said. "Her reputation is like a good address." It is as if she can look upon
a person and always see the full span of a life. Now she has taken a measure of
her years and judged that, at last, she can stop. Let us read the old ones over
again. There are lots of them.
单选题(2008)—Why did you leave the meeting early? --I found the discussion______.
单选题What is the author's attitude towards television?
单选题The quality and number of a city's public roads offer an excellent means of gauging its prosperity.
单选题The happy look on his face ______ that he had passed the final
examination successfully.
A. explained
B. suggested
C. expressed
D. described
单选题When cocoa was first introduced to Europe ______, it soon became fashionable.
单选题By saying "Let's hope that this time it really will be the last one", the father meant that ______.
单选题The fund is for ______ distress among the flood victims in the southern city.(2004年西南财经大学考博试题)
单选题Henry often helps look after Granny Wang, but ______.A. seldom is GeorgeB. seldom George doesC. seldom does GeorgeD. seldom looks George after Granny Wang
单选题Guests at this house are amazed by the flowers and a well-kept lawn Utraversed/U by concrete walks.
单选题Culture is activity of thought and receptiveness to beauty and humane feeling. 【C1】______of information have nothing to do with it. A merely well-informed man is the most useless 【C2】______on God"s earth. What we should aim at producing is men who possess both culture and expert knowledge in some special direction. Their expert knowledge will give them the ground to start【C3】______, and their culture will lead them as deep as philosophy and as high as 【C4】______. We have to remember that the valuable intellectual development is self-development, and that it【C5】______takes place between that ages of sixteen and thirty. As to training, the most important part is given by mothers before the age of twelve. In training a child to activity of thought, above all things we must beware of what I will call "inert ideas"—that is to say, ideas that are merely【C6】______into the mind without being utilized, or tested , or thrown into fresh combinations. In the history of education, the most【C7】______phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one epoch are alive with a craze for genius, in a succeeding generation exhibit merely pedantry and routine. The reason is that they are overladen with inert ideas. Except at【C8】______intervals of intellectual motivation, education in the past has been radically【C9】______with inert ideas. That is the reason why uneducated clever women, who have seen much of the world, are in middle life so much the most cultured part of the community. They have been saved from this horrible burden of inert ideas. Every intellectual revolution which has ever stirred humanity【C10】______greatness has been a passionate protest against inert ideas.
单选题Kids all over the world wear the things related to Jordan except ______.
单选题It can be inferred that through Chapter-A-Day ______.
单选题The capital intended to broaden the export base and ______ efficiency gains from international trade was channeled in stead of uneconomic import substitution.
单选题James: Hi, there, Mike. Fancy meeting you here.
It's... Allen: ______ James: Oh, I'm terribly
sorry.
A. Mind you, my name is Allen.
B. Hi, nice to meet you.
C. Sorry, but you must be mistaken.
D. Who is Mike?
单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}}
One day I was at the airport waiting
for a ticket to New York and the girl in the ticket office said, "I'm sorry, I
can't sell you a ticket. Our computer is down." "If your
computer is down, just write me out a ticket." "I can't write
you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so."
I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there
staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people
do?' "We give the computer the information about your trip, and
then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not." "So when
it goes down, you go down with it." "That's good, sir.
' "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to
know. "I have no idea. There's no way we can find out without
asking the computer." After the girl told me they had no backup
(备用) computer, I said. "Let's forget the computer. What about your
planes? They're still flying, aren't they?" "I wouldn't know,"
she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT'knows. 'It'can't tell
me. By this time there were quite a few people standing in
lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down.
Some people started to cry and still others kicked their
luggage.
单选题Woman: I'm looking forward to the long weekend, David. It's been such a hectic week! We've been running here, running there, always on the go.Man: Well, Anna, I don't think we need to think twice about how we'd like to spend our time off.Woman: That's for sure. After taking care of a few odds and ends, let's get away from the rat race of city life!Question: What are they probably looking forward to?
单选题I know nothing about him ______ he is a teacher.
单选题Gold used in jewelry is mixed with harder metals to add strength and durability. The metals added can also be used to change gold's color, giving it a fashionable rose or white tint, or to lighten or darken the natural yellow tone of pure gold. Mixtures like these, of less costly metals with more valuable ones, are called alloys. Copper and silver are the most common metals mixed with gold to make yellow gold jewelry. White gold is usually made with an alloy of gold and nickel. The measure of gold's purity is called a karat. The higher the karat rating, the higher the amount of pure gold: 24 karat is pure gold, 18 karat is 75% pure gold, 14 karat is 58.5% pure gold, and 9 karat is 37.5% pure gold. All other things being equal, the higher the percentage of pure gold used in the alloy, the more valuable and expensive the jewelry will be. Gold jewelry pieces are usually stamped with a marking to identify the karat amount. While gold that is 24K is too soft for jewelry, 18K, 14K and 9K gold are all appropriate for jewelry, and they all make pieces that look great and wear beautifully.
单选题Some people think they have an answer to the problems of automobile crowding and pollution in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or "bike".
In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown section of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines.
For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bicycle riders. For example, they want the city to paint special lanes for bicycle on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes. But no bicycle lanes have been painted yet. Not everyone thinks they are a good idea. Taxi drivers don"t like the idea— they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don"t like the idea—they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.
The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park—the largest open space in New York—is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown.
Until that happens, the safest place to bicycle may be in the park.
单选题The poor girl spent over half a year in the hospital but she is now ______ for it. A. none the worse B. none the better C. never worse D. never better
单选题______ visitors to the UK were asked by newspaper reporters what their impressions of the British people were.A. The number ofB. A number ofC. Numbers ofD. Any numbers of
单选题It doesn't take long to get a good feel for the potential of cloud computing and how it can offer ready access to entirely new business capabilities, less expensive IT resources, and unrivaled flexibility for businesses of every size. Since becoming a hot topic early 2008 as major vendors, including top firms such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, jumped on the bandwagon with a wide-range of offerings, cloud computing has consistently stayed on the industry's radar. With leading companies still joining the movement—including IBM, HP, and Salesforce—cloud computing has moved from a cottage industry to one of the bigger growth areas in the computing business, just as the industry as a whole begins to take serious lumps from the recession. The onus is now on businesses to take advantage of cloud computing to cut costs and become more agile. In the process, they will have some hard choices to make—some intriguing ones too—if they want to access the many advantages that cloud computing platforms can provide. There are also some non-trivial challenges involved in adopting cloud computing that must be watched closely as well. These includes a long list of issues such as the security and privacy of business data in remote 3rd party data centers, the dreaded concerns about platform lock-in, worries about reliability and performance, and even fears about making the wrong decision before the industry begins to mature. However, in a business environment where change is almost mandatory in order to survive, cloud computing appears to offer significant economic benefits if the risks can be offset. Hence, one of the bigger challenges IT departments will face this year is whether they can take the plunge with cloud computing quickly enough to benefit their organizations as a whole. Phil Wainewright has covered some of the more interesting issues swirling around cloud computing of late including the default lock-out that occurs in the event of the demise of a cloud computing provider as well as the brewing SLA battles between the major providers. This underscores hew the cloud computing space is where the new platform wars are forming and it's sizing up to be as big or bigger than earlier ones. The good news for now: In a wide-open new industry, there is no clear leader today and choice prevails. This brings up the side discussion of what actually constitutes cloud computing, since everyone seems to be applying the label to anything that runs on the network. Is it Web hosting of your application code? Is it a software platform as an on-demand service? Do SaaS applications count as cloud computing? The answers to all these questions are a qualified yes; the answer hovers roughly around the outsourcing of computing of any kind (CPU, storage, apps, etc.) using a shared cost, commodity utility model. In general, you know if you're involved with cloud computing of some kind if you're receiving a bill for computing services being done for you somewhere else but which you can access directly.
单选题The passage was written in ______.
单选题Graham was not a little ______ because he drank too much last night.A. tiredB. tiringC. angryD. drunk
单选题"The effect of this medicine ______ by midnight," the doctor told Emma
"You had better not try to read tonight."
单选题It is appropriate on an anniversary of the founding of a university to remind ourselves of its purposes. It is equally appropriate at such riffle for students to (61) why they have been chosen to attend and to consider how they can best (62) the privilege of attending. At the least you as students can hope to become (63) in subject matter which may be useful to you in later life. There is, (64) , much more to be gained. It is now that you must learn to exercise your mind sufficiently (65) learning becomes a joy and you thereby become a student for life. (66) this may require an effort of will and a period of self-discipline. Certainly it is not (67) without hard work. Teachers can guide and encourage you, but learning is not done passively. To learn is your (68) . There is (69) the trained mind satisfaction to be derived from exploring the ideas of others, mastering them and evaluating them. But there is (70) level of inquiry which I hope that some of you will choose. If your study takes you to the (71) of understanding of a subject and, you have reached so far, you find that you can penetrate to (72) no one has been before, you research. Commitment to a life of scholarship or research is (73) many other laudable goals. It is edifying, and it is a source of inner satisfaction even (74) other facets of life prove disappointing. I strongly (75) it.
单选题My mother had to visit our aunt at the hospital and insisted that we ______ bread for dinner. A. eat B. ate C. would eat D. must eat
单选题Dinosaurs were reptiles which became extinct about 65 million years ago. The most intriguing question about dinosaurs has always been " (21) did they die out?" There is no simple answer to this question, (22) many hundreds of scientists are studying the problem. They are not studying the extinction of the dinosaurs (23) , but the whole question of extinction. Many other plants and animals have (24) in the past, and it is important to understand (25) this happened. Having this information could help save many species that are (26) in the modern world. Humans are causing extinctions now, because of pollution and other damage (27) the environment. Maybe the dinosaurs can tell us how to save the earth today, (28) their extinction 65 million years ago! Some of the early dinosaur scientists, 100 years ago, thought the dinosaurs died out because the (29) changed, and they could not breathe. Others thought that the dinosaurs disappeared simply because they became too big. They were (30) to move and could not find enough food (31) One theory is that a huge killer meteorite (32) the earth. Some scientists (33) that the extinction of dinosaurs was possibly due to rapid (34) of the planet's climate. Perhaps huge amounts of lava pours out of volcanoes in India. This sent up vast (35) of dust that blacked out the sun, and made the earth icy cold.
单选题Concerning population, China ranks high in the world, ______ some areas are sparsely settled. A. and yet B. so even C. if not D. except for
单选题Advances in computers and data networks inspire visions of a future "information economy" in which everyone will have (1) to gigabytes of all kinds of information anywhere and anytime, (2) information has always been a (3) difficult commodity to deal with, and, in some ways, computers and high-speed networks make the problems of buying, (4) , and distributing information goods worse (5) better. The evolution of the Internet itself (6) serious problems. (7) the Intemet has been privatized, several companies are (8) to provide the backbones that will carry traffic (9) local networks, but (10) business models for intereonnectinn—who pays how much for each packet (11) , for example—have (12) to be developed. (13) intereonnection standards are developed that make (14) cheap and easy to transmit information across independent networks, competition will (15) . If technical or economic (16) make interconnection difficult, (17) transmitting data across multiple networks is expensive or too slow, the (18) suppliers can offer a signfficant performance (19) ; they may be able to use this edge to drive out competitors and (20) the market.
单选题She was our distinguished guest and was treated as ______.
单选题After spending some time on the island they became ______to the hardships. A. scathed B. sniggered C. inured D. outreached
单选题He comes every Friday, ______ ?
单选题A: You are a college student. Tel1 me what you would like to
do? B. ______
A. I like to take a taxi.
B. I don't know, but I like to develop computer software.
C. I will go and have fun with my classmates.
D. I don't know. but I like to have a choice.
单选题Experiments in the photography of moving objects ______ in both the United States and Europe well before 1990. A. have been conducting B. were conducting C. had been conducted D. are conducted
单选题I didn't sleep well last night because it was too ______ outside.A. noisyB. quietC. noiseD. loud
单选题The wealth of a country should be measured______the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
单选题Take the case of public education alone. The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increase in the number of pupils. This has been caused by the advance of the legal age for going into industry and the impossibility of finding a job even when the legal age has been reached. In view of the technological improvements in the last few years, business will require in the future proportionately fewer workers than ever before. The result will be still further raising of the legal age for going into employment, and still further difficulty in finding employment when that age has been attained. If we cannot put our children to work, we must put them in school. We may also be quite confident that the present trend toward a shorter day and a shorter week will be maintained. We have developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class. Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since the depression began. They will be little better off when it is over. Their support must come from the taxpayer. It is surely too much to hope that these increases in the cost of public education can be borne by the local communities. They cannot care for the present restricted and inadequate system. The local communities have failed in their efforts to cope with unemployment. They cannot expect to cope with public education on the scale on which we must attempt it. The answer to the problem of unemployment has been Federal relief. The answer to the problem of public education may have to be much the same, and properly so. If there is one thing in which the citizens of all parts of the country have an interest, it is in the decent education of the citizens of all parts of the country. Our income tax now goes in part to keep our neighbors alive. It may have to go in part as well to make our neighbors intelligent. We are now attempting to preserve the present generation through Federal relief of the destitute (贫民). Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federal funds as public education may require. (378 words)
单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}}
There are four basic types of
competition in business that form a continuum from pure competition through
monopolistic competition and oligopoly (商品供应垄断) to monopoly. At one end of the
continuum, pure competition results when every company has a similar product.
Companies that deal in commodities such as wheat or corn are often involved in
pure competition. In pure competition, it is often the ease and efficiency of
distribution that influences purchase. In contrast, in
monopolistic competition several companies may compete for the sale of items
that may be substituted. The classic example of monopolistic competition is
coffee and tea. If the price of one is perceived as too high, consumers may
begin to purchase the other. Coupons and other discounts (折扣) are often used as
part of a marketing strategy to influence sales. Oligopoly
occurs when a few companies dominate the sales of a product or service. For
example, only five airline carriers control more than 70 percent of all ticket
sales in the United States. In oligopoly, serious competition is not considered
desirable because it would result in reduced revenue for every company in the
group. Although price wars do occur, in which all companies offer substantial
savings to customers, a somewhat similar tendency to raise prices simultaneously
is also usual. Finally, monopoly occurs when only one firm sells
the product. Some monopolies have been tolerated for producers of goods
and services that have been considered basic or essential, including electricity
and water. In these cases, it is government control, rather than
competition, that protects and influences sales.
单选题According to the passage, global warming and climate change might cause
单选题Manner of articulation is the only way by which we tell whether a sound is a consonant or not.
单选题I hand been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes, waiting
1
. The trains from Littlebury never seemed to start
2
and I often thought that I could have
3
in bed a little longer or had
4
cup of tea before
5
. Suddenly I heard someone shouting
6
the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man
7
put out his hand to stop her but she ran past him and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle blew and the train started.
"I nearly missed it,
8
?" the girl said. "How long does it take to
9
London?" "It depends on the
10
." I said. "Some days it"s
11
others."
"I"ll have to have my watch mended,
12
late again tomorrow," she said. "It"s my first day
13
with a new firm today and they told me that the man
14
is very strict. I
15
him yet so I don"t know
16
but he sounds a bit frightening."
She talked about her new job
17
the way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My
18
secretary had just left so I must be her new boss.
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only fair to tell her.
"Oh, dear," she said. "
20
mistake! I wish I had known."
"Never mind," I said. "At least you"ll know when your train"s late that mine will be, too."
单选题{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}}
Seventy years ago, a film featuring a talking mouse appeared
in the United States. The character was only a pencil drawing, but it began a
fantasy that America and much of the wider world have yet to grow tired
of. Predicting the future is always risky. But it's probably
safe to say that at least a few historians will one day speak of the
20th century as America's "Disney era". The reasons for Disney's
success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the credit belongs to one person
-- the man who created the cartoon and build the company from nothing, Walt
Disney. Ironically(讽刺地), he could not draw particularly well. But he was a
genius in plenty of other respects. In business, his greatest skills were his
insight and his management ability. But what really distinguished Disney was his
ability to identify with his audiences. Disney always made sure his films
championed the "little guy", and made him feel proud to be American. This he
achieved by creating characters that reflected the hopes and fear of ordinary
people. Disney's other great virtue was the fact that his company -- unlike
other big corporations -- had a human face. His Hollywood studio -- the public
heard -- operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on first-name terms
and had a say in how things should be run. By the time he died
in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon(偶像) like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers.
To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to the public at large,
he was "Uncle Walt" -- the man who had entertained them all their lives, the man
who represented all that was good about America.