单选题Sales of our car model have risen by around 50 percent ______ to the results last quarter. A. matched B. evaluated C. compared D. weighed

单选题The rise of multinational corporations, global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR. Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the US 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 planning activities, compared to about one-third of US 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? Firstly, 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, American lag behind their European and Asian counterparts in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson-Marshall"s US 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.

单选题Summer Travel Sale North Sun Airlines is proud to bring you its annual Summer Travel Sale! As usual, fights between selected cities in the U.S. and Canada are on sale for as low as $44 each way. Fares this low can' t last long, so visit our website or call a customer service operator and book your tickets today! Prices below apply to travel beginning May 21st, 2006. Travel must be completed by October 1st, 2006. Tickets must be purchased by May 1st to be eligible for the sale. Sample One-way Summer Sales Fares Minneapolis to Winnipeg $44 Pittsburgh to Toronto $64 Sacramento to Victoria $64 Omaha to Denver $94 Detroit to Ottawa $94 Cleveland to Toronto $94 Toronto to Dallas $94 Columbus to Quebec City $104 Philadelphia to Ottawa $104 San Jose to San Antonio $114

单选题______ with you, I don't like playing football.A. To be frankB. What's moreC. In additionD. However

单选题It took us along time to mend the old church.

单选题The Cornwall Times is published weekly by QYC Newspapers,Inc,a______of Woodbridge Media Holdings.

单选题These girls didn't like to visit Chicago, and they had to go.A. toB. visitC. andD. had

单选题When you look for a job, it's not your book knowledge but your experience______ matters more.

单选题—I'm going on a trip to Hainan after the exam. —Really? ______! A. Have a nice time B. Congratulations C. OK D. It's nice of you

单选题From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor car! It is a never ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people over the world are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen. It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor car often brings out a man"s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill mannered and aggressive, willful as two-year-old and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving. The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten. It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person"s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be mad much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as severe if it results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor cars.

单选题The freezing point is the temperature ______ water changes into ice. A. at which B. on that C. in which D. of what

单选题【2015农业银行】You think you are one of the high and mighty ，remember pride goes before a fall．

单选题The entrepreneur，according to French economist J．B．Say，“is a person who shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and yield．”But Say’s definition does not tell us who this entrepreneur is．Some define the entrepreneur simply as one who starts his or her own new and small business．For our purposes，we will define the entrepreneur as a person who takes the necessary risks to organize and manage a business and receives the financial profits and nonmonetary rewards． The man who opens a small pizza restaurant is in business，but is he an entrepreneur? He took a risk and did something，but did he shift resources or start the business? If the answer is yes，then he is considered an entrepreneur．Ray Kroc is an example of an entrepreneur because he founded and established MCDonald’s．His hamburgers were not a new idea，but he applied new techniques，resource allocations，and organizational methods in his venture．Ray Kroc upgraded the productivity and yield from the resources applied to create his fast-food chain．This is what entrepreneurs do；this is what entrepreneurship means． Many of the sharp，black-and-white contrasts between the entrepreneur and the professional have faced to a gray color．Formerly，professionals such as doctors，lawyers，dentists，and accountants were not supposed to be entrepreneurial．aggressive。or market oriented．They were“above”the market-driven world．Entrepreneurs，on the other hand，were the mavericks of society．They were risk-takers who aggressively sought to make something happen．Long hours were about all the two worlds had in common．However，increased competition，saturated markets，and a more price—conscious public have changed the world of the professionals．Today they need to market their skills．，talents，and competencies；Lawyers advertise their services．Doctors specialize in one form of surgery．Accounting firms join with other businesses(e．g．，consulting and law)to serve clients． Entrepreneurs exhibit many different behaviors；searching for a specific personality pattern is very difficult．Some entrepreneurs are quiet，introverted，and analytical．On the other hand，some are brash，extroverted，and very emotional．Many of them share some qualities．Viewing change as the norm，entrepreneurs usually search for it，respond to it，and treat it as an opportunity．An entrepreneur such as Ray Kroc of MCDonald’s is able to take resources and shift them to meet a need．Making the decision to shift resources works better if a person is creative，experienced，and confident．

单选题From next term, students in our school______ an email instead of a letter, to be told the exam results.

单选题The manager made it clear that he intended to（ ）down some new rules to enforce workplace discipline

单选题The ship changed its course because of there was a storm.A. changedB. courseC. ofD. a

单选题Both teams were in hard training; ______ was willing to lose the game.A. eitherB. neitherC. anotherD. the other

单选题He kept in touch to his old friends.A. keptB. inC. touchD. to

单选题It's not safe to carry valuables around here. You'd better _____them in the hotel safe along with your passport.A. save B. hide C. pack D. deposit

单选题Rising wages -together with currency fluctuations and high fuel costs -are eating away the once-formidable "China price" advantage, prompting thousands of factory owners to flee the Pearl River Delta. Much has been written about the more than doubling of wages at the Shenzhen factory of Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, which produces Apple iPhones and iPads and employs 920,000 people in China alone. "One can talk about a world pre-and post-Foxconn," says Victor Fung, chairman of Li & Fung, the world's biggest sourcing company and a supplier of Wal-Mart. "Foxconn is as important as that." Foxconn's wage increases are only the most dramatic. Our analysis suggests that, since February, minimum wages have climbed more than 20 percent in 20 Chinese regions and up to 30 percent in some, including Sichuan. At a Guangdong Province factory supplying Honda, wages have risen an astonishing 47 percent. All this is bad news for companies operating in the world's manufacturing hub, and chief executives should assume that double-digit annual rises-if not on the scale witnessed this year-are here to stay. Looked at another way, however, wage inflation provides companies with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink radically the way they approach global production -and they should do so sooner rather than later. Why the urgency? After all, wage hikes in China are nothing new. Since 1990, they have risen by an average of 13 percent a year in U.S. dollar terms and 19 percent annually in the past five years. There are two big reasons the situation is different now. The first has to do with productivity. Over the past 20 years, productivity increases have broadly matched wage increase, negating their impact. The pay rises came from a very low base, so while average wages grew 19 percent a year from 2005 to 2010, this amounted to only ￥260 a month per employee, a sum that could be offset by more efficient production or switching to cheaper sources of parts and materials. If labor costs continue, however, to increase at 19 percent a year for another five years, monthly wages would grew ￥623 per month, according to BCG estimates. Such an increase would ripple through the economy in the form of higher prices for components, business services, cargo-handling and office staff. The second reason relates to societal change. Until now, it has been easy to lure a seemingly unlimited number of young, low-wage workers to the richer coastal regions and house them cheaply in dormitories until they saved enough to return home to their families in the interior provinces. In the future, though, young workers will be harder to recruit. This is partly because there will be fewer of them: Largely because of the country's one-child policy, the number of Chinese aged 15 to 29 will start declining in 2011. Moreover, with living standards rising across China, fewer of today' s rural youth will want to go to coastal regions to toil for 60 hours a week on an assembly line and live in a cramped dormitory. So what can CEOs do in this fast-changing environment? An instinctive reaction is to search for cheaper labor elsewhere. But this is short-sighted and would provide-at best-a short-term fix. Another option is to stay in China and try to squeeze out greater productivity gains.