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Operator: Reservations. May I help you? Customer: ______

The rise of multinational corporations(跨国公司), global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR. Surprisingly, since modem PR was largely an American invention, the U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the world"s top five public relations agencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate(公司的) planning activities, compared to about one-third of U.S. companies. It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR. Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts(相对应的人) in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson-Marshall"s U.S. employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage. Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, publications not often read in this country. Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN(Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the word "foreign" would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, global communications have made the nations of the world so interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as foreign.

Secretary: Good morning. Fame and Fortune Talent Agency. Can I help you? Caller: Yes, Mr. Andrews, please. Secretary: I"m afraid he"s not in. Mr. Andrews is out to lunch right now. ______

Should English classes be ______at the elementary or primary school level in countries where it is not the native language?

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. Early in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was【B1】on both sides with many various businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries.【B2】, some shops offered【B3】. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.【B4】in the 1950s, a change began to【B5】. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street【B6】too few parking places were available to shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces【B7】the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed. And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centres, or rather malls,【B8】as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centres. Attracted by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from【B9】areas to outlying malls. And the growing popularity of shopping centres led in tam to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.【B10】the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the convenience of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.

James: Hello. May I speak to Peter? Peter: ______.

The hobby of collecting autographs(亲笔签名) is called philography, from a Greek word meaning love of writing. People【B1】many kinds of autographs. Some collect signatures or other handwritten materials of authors, composers, movie stars, or sports heroes. Others focus on certain【B2】such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a presidential election, or the space program.【B3】collectors try to acquire a complete set of autographs of Novel Prize winners or Academy Award winners. Collectors may request autographs【B4】celebrities either in person or by letter. Most beginning autograph collectors do not have the knowledge to determine【B5】an autograph is genuine(真实的). They may mistake other kinds of signatures for【B6】handwritten signatures. For example, some people have secretaries who sigh their mall. Some individuals send out mass-produced letters or signed photographs to collectors who【B7】their autographs. Many famous people use a mechanical device called an Autopen to sign autographs. The【B8】can sign 3,000 signatures in eight hours. The only way to recognize an Autopen autograph is to compare two of them. All Autopen autographs are【B9】, but no two handwritten autographs are【B10】alike.

Bob: Yes. Here you are, 20 dollars. Cashier: Thanks. _________. Next one, please.

Every manager needs a secretary that he can______to take care of something that may occur in his absence.

By lip reading or watching the movements of the speaker"s lips, a deaf person can actually see ______ the person at the other telephone is saying.

Clerk: I"m sorry for being late this morning. My alarm clock didn"t ting. Manager: ______

In previous times, when fresh meat was in short______, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.

James: Phil has decided to quit smoking. Kim: Again? ______.

A: I"ve called you a hundred times today. B: ______. I was busy.

Chinese farmers are earning ______ money per capita today as they did fifteen years ago.

A: I ordered a book from you last Saturday. It hasn"t arrived yet. B: Please tell me the serial number on your order sheet. ______.

Although no one is certain why migration occurs, there are several theories. One theory claims that prehistoric birds of the Northern Hemisphere were forced south during the Ice Age. As the glaciers melted, the birds came back to their homelands, spent the summer, and then went south again as the ice advanced in winter. In time, the migration became a habit in spite of the disappearance of glaciers. Another theory proposes that the ancestral home of all modern birds was the tropics. When the region became overpopulated, many species were crowded north. During the summer, there was plenty of food, but during the winter, scarcity forced them to return to the tropics. A more recent theory suggests a relationship between increasing daylight and the stimulation of certain glands(腺) in the birds" bodies that may prepare them for migration. One scientist has been able to cause midwinter migrations by exposing birds to artificial periods of daylight. He has concluded that changes occur in the bodies of birds due to seasonal changes in the length of daylight.

Everyone pays the same tax rate, irrespective ______ whether they are married or single.

Nancy: Hello, Ted. What"s wrong with your arm? Ted: I broke it when I was skating on the holiday. Nancy: Oh, no! ______ Ted: Much better, thanks.