单选题Robots have been the stuff of science fiction for so long that it is surprisingly hard to see them as the stuff of management fact. It is time for management thinkers to catch up with science-fiction writers. Robots have been doing menial jobs on production lines since the 1960s. The world already has more than 1 million industrial robots. There is now an acceleration in the rates at which they are becoming both cleverer and cheaper: an explosive combination. Robots are learning to interact with the world around them. Their ability to see things is getting ever closer to that of humans, as is their capacity to ingest information and act on it. Tomorrow"s robots will increasingly take on delicate, complex tasks. And instead of being imprisoned in cages to stop them colliding with people and machines, they will be free to wander. Until now executives have largely ignored robots, regarding them as an engineering rather than a management problem. This cannot go on: robots are becoming too powerful and ubiquitous . Companies certainly need to rethink their human-resources policies—starting by questioning whether they should have departments devoted to purely human resources. The first issue is how to manage the robots themselves. An American writer, Isaac Asimov laid down the basic rule in 1942: no robot should harm a human. This rule has been reinforced by recent technological improvements: robots are now much more sensitive to their surroundings and can be instructed to avoid hitting people. A second question is how to manage the homo side of homo-robo relations. Workers have always worried that new technologies will take away their livelihoods, ever since the original Luddites" fears about mechanised looms. Now, the arrival of increasingly humanoid automatons in workplaces, in an era of high unemployment, is bound to provoke a reaction. Two principles—don"t let robots hurt or frighten people—are relatively simple. Robot scientists are tackling more complicated problems as robots become more sophisticated. They are keen to avoid hierarchies among rescue-robots (because the loss of the leader would render the rest redundant). They are keen to avoid duplication between robots and their human handlers. This suggests that the world could be on the verge of a great management revolution: making robots behave like humans rather than the 20th century"s preferred option, making humans behave like robots.

单选题Ms. Breen has been living in town for only one year, yet she seems to be ______ with everyone who comes to the store.

单选题The police chief ordered that parking ______ on Main Street during the rush hour.

单选题_______countries are now at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of completion rates. 

单选题The CalPERS lawsuit indicates that ______.

单选题You may make good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will succeed eventually only by studying hard every day. A. in due course B. in the long run C. in the main D. in the first place

单选题Her parents expect ______a qualified doctor.

单选题This newspaper will not knowingly accept______for real estate which is in violation of the law.

单选题George loves his daughter, ______ he is strict with her. A. Even B. For C. Although D. Whether

单选题—I do want to fire him.—But you won't do it, ______?

单选题Speaker A: Can you tell me something about your company?Speaker B:________. Our company was established in 1953. We produce a wide variety of electronic equipment, A．I am glad. B．Good idea. C．You are welcome. D．My pleasure.

单选题The rebel army is attempting to ______ the government.

单选题-- _______you going to Dave' s birthday party tomorrow?--Yes, I am.

单选题These three teachers vary ______ their manner of teaching.

单选题______ had been expected, he opposed to the plan.

单选题He pointed at the new car and asked, "___ is it? Have you ever seen it before?"