单选题Being a parent is not always easy, and being the parent of a child with special needs often carries with______extra stress.

单选题This information doesn't shed any light _____the problem.A. in B. toward C. on D. to

单选题Seven years ago，when I was visiting Germany，I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems．Watching the U．S．economy【B1】_____during the 1990s，the Germans had decided that they，too，needed to go the high-technology 【B2】_____．But how? In the late 1990s，the answer schemed obvious：Indians．【B3】_____all，Indian entrepreneurs accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups．So the German government decided that it would 【B4】_____ Indians to Germany just as America does：by 【B6】_____green cards．Officials created something called the German Green Card and 6 that they would issue 20000 in the first year．【B7】_____，the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come，and perhaps the【B8】_____ would have to be increased．But the program was a failure．A year later【B9】_____half of the 20000 cards had been issued．After a few extensions，the program was【B10】_____． I told the German official at the time that 1 was sure the【B11】_____would fail．It’s not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy，【B12】_____I understood something about green cards，because I had one(the American 【B13】_____)．The German Green Card was misnamed，I argued，【B14】_____it never，under any circumstances，translated into German citizenship．The U．S．green card，by contrast，is an almost【B15】_____ Path to becoming American(after five years and a clean record)．The official【B16】_____my objection，saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these people citizenship．“We need young tech workers”，he said．“That’s what this program is all【B17】_____．”So Germany was asking bright young【B18】_____to leave their country’culture and families，move thousands of miles away，learn a new language and work in a strange land—but without any【B19】_____of ever being part of their new home．Germany was sending a signal，one that was【B20】_____received in India and other countries，and also by Germany’s own immigrant community．

单选题 Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes in the automobile to monitor exhaust and send data on pollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine. They speak of what the New York Times calls "metal-hungry microbes that might be used to mine valuable trace metal from ocean water". They have already demanded and won the right to patent new life forms. Nervous critics, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientific rivalry in the entire biotechnological field. They create images not of oil spills, hut of "microbe spills" that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. The creation and accidental release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. Completely rational and respectable scientists are talking about possibilities that stagger the imagination. Should we breed people with cow—with stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby relieving the food problem by modifying us to eat lower clown on the food chain? Should we biologically alter workers to fit the job requirement, for example, creating pilots with faster reaction times or assembly-line workers designed to do our monotonous work for us? Should we attempt to eliminate "inferior" people and breed a "super-race"? (Hitler tried this, but without the genetic weaponry that may soon issue from our laboratories.) Should we produce soldiers to do our fighting? Should we use genetic forecasting to pre-eliminate "unfit" babies? Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a "savings bank" full of spare kidney, livers, or hands? Wild as these notions may sound, every one has its advocates (and opposers) in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application. As two critics of genetic engineering, Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard, state in their book Who Should Play God?, "Broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way as assembly lines, automobiles, vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. As each new genetic advance becomes commercially practical, a new consumer need will be exploited and a market for the new technology will be created."

单选题The term“joint international business venture”，joint venture for short，has come to mean many things to many people．It sometimes is taken to mean any joint relationship between one or more foreign firms and one or more local firms．Such a broad definition is excluded here．Joint venture will be taken to mean joint ownership of an operation in which at least one of the partners is foreign based． Joint ventures can take many forms．A foreign firm may take a majority share，a minority share，or an equal share in ownership．While it is not necessary to have financial control or to have operating control，some firms refuse to use the joint venture form if it is not possible to have a majority position in ownership．There are firms that have few qualms about holding minority position，however，so long as they can have operating control．They achieve this through technical-aid，management，or supply contracts． It should be recognized that maintaining operating control is sometimes difficult if one does not have financial control too．Objectives of the participants may diverge；when they do，financial control becomes important．Management may wish to reinvest earnings while the majority of the board may wish earnings distributed as dividends．Unless policy issues of this kind can be settled amicably，lack of financial control can prove to be very unsatisfactory，if not fatal． Many joint ventures emerge as matters of necessity：that is，no single firm is willing to assume the risks entailed，while a consortium of firms is．Large，capital-intensive，long-lived investments are natural candidates for the joint venture．Exploitation of resource deposits often is done by a consortium of several petroleum or mining firms．Roles are parceled out even though each phase of the operation is owned jointly．One firm does the actual mining，another provides transportation，and still another does the refining and extraction．There is a wide variety of combinations． Also the joint venture can pose problems，especially if it is an enforced marriage of partners．For many ventures in small countries，it is difficult to find a suitable local partner，that is，one with sufficient capital and know how t0 be able to contribute to the partnership．In some developing countries，a small handful of families control the entire locally-owned part of the industrial structure．Under these circumstances’a joint venture merely insulates them further from independent，foreign-owned plants that would compete against them．F0r this and other reasons，the only suitable partner may end up being the government itself．Most multinational firms，however，shy away from such arrangements where possible．

单选题—I'm sorry I didn't make it to your party last night. —______. I know you' re busy these days.

单选题If your computer ______ experience any problems within the warranty period, you can take it to an authorized repair center free of charge. A. will B. should C. had D. would

单选题With proper measures, the economy in China is beginning to ______ again.

单选题June 3, 2006 Suzanne Rogers Ultra-Ergonomic Furniture Sales and Shipping Department Suite 58, 107 Morris Circle Moorabbin, Victoria 3206 Dear Ms. Rogers, As I'm sure you are aware, our company has been organizing conventions, festivals, and other large corporate events for the last fifteen years, and in fact we are leaders in the field. We have relied on UltraErgonomic Furniture for purchase and rental supplies of high-quality furniture for that entire period, and we've never had any cause for complaints with regard to your services. I am writing to you personally to ask a special favor. We recently made an order with your company for the supply of rental furniture that includes chairs, tables, partitions, and lecterns for an auto show (see order No.11-35698A). Unfortunately, a serious error was made. In fact the exposition begins one week earlier than indicated on the order form. The starting date is actually July 7. I would appreciate it very much if you could try to do everything you can to ensure that our order be delivered to us on that date. Also, if possible, I'd like to add 20 pop-up displays on top of our original order. I realize that this is a big favor to ask, but on the basis of our long-term business relationship, I hope that you will be able to find a way. I'm really sorry for any inconvenience. Please contact me soon. Yours sincerely, Michael Robinson Properties Manager mrobinson@btc.com From: srogers@uef.shipping.com Sent: June 8,2006 To: mrobinson@btc.com Subject: Your request Dear Mr. Robinson, Thank you for your letter, I was surprised, and of course concerned, that you find yourself in this unfortunate situation. And of course I will do my best to help you. Your company has been one of our best clients since we began operations in 1978. Anyway, I personally took a trip down to our warehouse this morning to have a closer look at our stock to see if we have all things you need for your convention-which I believe is from July 7 to 14. I am happy to say that we will be able to provide you with everything you originally requested. However, as for the additional request you made, it won't be possible because we have already rented them out to another client during that week. My suggestion is that you come down to my office to discuss other possibilities. I can take you down to our warehouse, and you can look at our inventory. So, please call me soon to arrange a time. Kinds regards. Suzanne Rogers Sales and Shipping Department

单选题Attempt to balance the budget were so successful that analysts are projecting a ______ of $2 million over four years. A. price B. surplus C. check D. penalty

单选题Dr. Smith, together with his wife and daughters,______ visit Beijing this summer. A. is going to B. are going to C. was going to D. were going to

单选题When a governing body is formed,（ ）qualifications for guides will be sure to follow

单选题【2015光大银行】The walls are made of hollow concrete blocks．

单选题【2015招商银行】This letter will ensure you an interview．

单选题The man ______ in the chair asked me to ______. A. seated; seated B. sitting; sitting C. seating; seat D. seated; be seated

单选题Is ______ he said really true? A. that B. what C. why D. whether

单选题If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes that before the earth's resources are completely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and so create a new world almost as large as earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there. Sagan proposes that algae organisms, which can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen, should be bred in conditions similar to those on Venus. As soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceships will then fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere. In a fairly short time, the algae will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon. When the algae have done their work, the atmosphere will become cooler, but before man can set foot on Venus it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain. The surface of the planet will still be too hot for men to land on it but the rain will eventually fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.

单选题Most of the meeting was spent going over the sales ______ from the previous month. A. shapes B. celebrities C. figures D. measures

单选题Support structure under the Main St. bridge have corroded ______ faster than the bridge's designer had predicted. A. a lot B. so too C. very D. real

单选题I met several people there, two of ______ being foreigners. A. whom B. them C. who D. which