单选题The Hidden Price Tag For many small or recently established businesses, finding sources of capital can be difficult. Companies are often in need of funds before they can build a stable customer base, so they are forced to turn to investors. Many such businesses soon discover, however, that this borrowed money can come at a high price. If entrepreneurs are not careful about which investors they do business with, their companies can suffer the consequences. The most common problem, according to financial experts, are investment deals that allow the investor to take control of key operations away from the company's management. Struggling firms and new businesses facing mounting start-up costs can be easily tempted to take the offer that provides them with the most money, regardless of the deal's conditions. Unfortunately, the biggest investment usually comes with the most strings attached. For example, some deals give the venture capital firm seats on the board of the company it invests in. From this position, the investor has the ability to control all aspects of a company's operations, including decisions concerning mergers or sales. This situation may remain tolerable as long as the investor and the management share the same goals. Yet. the investor will inevitably choose to protect its own interests over those of the company, creating a conflict that the company is then helpless to prevent. The best advice analysts have for businesses seeking investment capital is to thoroughly analyze any deal before agreeing to it. Sometimes, the control that must be given up is worth much more than the money being offered.

单选题第2篇 Doubtful Ways to Reduce and Increase Your Weight You hear this: "No wonder you are fat. All you ever do is eat. " You feel sad: "I skip my breakfast and supper. I run every morning and evening. What else can I do?" Basically you can do nothing. Your genes, not your life habits, determine your weight and your body constantly tries to maintain it. Albert Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania found from experiments that, "80 percent of the children of two obese (肥胖的) parents become obese, as compared with no more than 14 percent of the offspring of two parents of normal weight. " How can obese people become normal or even thin through dieting? Well, dieting can be effective, but the health costs are tremendous. Jules Hirsch, a research physician at Rockefeller University, did a study of eight fat people. They were given a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day. After more than 10 weeks, the subjects lost 45ka on average. But after leaving the hospital, they all regained weight. The results were surprising: by metabolic (新陈代谢)measurement, fat people who lost large amounts of weight seemed like they were starving. They had psychiatric problems. They dreamed of food or breaking their diet. They were anxious and depressed; some were suicidal. They hid food in their rooms. Researchers warn that it is possible that weight reduction doesn't result in normal weight, but in an abnormal state resembling that of starved non-obese people. Thin people, however, suffer from the opposite. They have to make a great effort to gain weight. Ethan Sims, of the University of Vermont, got prisoners to volunteer to gain weight. In four to six months, they ate as much as they could. They succeeded in increasing their weight by 20 to 25 percent. But months after the study ended they were back to normal weight and stayed there. This does not mean that people are completely without hope in controlling their weight. It means that those who tend to be fat will have to constantly baffle their genetic inheritance if they want to significantly lower their weight. The findings also provide evidence for something scientists thought was true -- each person has a comfortable weight range. The range might be as much as 9kg. Someone might weigh 60-69kg without too much effort. But going above or below the natural weight range is difficult. The body resists by feeling hungry or full and changing the metabolism to push the weight back to the range it seeks.

单选题We need to involve at least 20 people on this project,（ ）it cant go ahead

单选题Residents of Pine Beach are divided over plans for a highway aimed at reducing traffic ______ by vacationers every year.

单选题They feel they are justified _____the child because he was not behaving himself.A. to punish B. to be punishingC. in punishing D. punishing

单选题Once we begin ______ these files according to their content and date, our computer network drive will seem less confusing. A. organize B. organized C. organizing D. organizes

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Most people were deep moved by this film.

单选题It"s impolite to cut in when others are having a conversation.

单选题 H&K Marketing Representatives, a firm with over 15 years of experience in the highly competitive marketing industry, is seeking to fill the following position: Executive Bookkeeper Our bookkeeping staff carries out all accounting operations within the company, including, but not limited to: creating detailed financial statements for all company business activities, reviewing budget proposals submitted by other department heads. maintaining and updating accounting records in the company's archives and completing the appropriate yearly tax forms as required by law. As Executive Bookkeeper, you will be responsible for supervising all of these operations. You will also be expected to prepare bimonthly reports on the company's overall financial situation for submission to the Chief Financial Officer. Other occasional duties may include: organizing training workshops for the bookkeeping staff, supervising and training new members in your department, helping department managers prepare their budgets, etc. Anyone interested in this position should contact Yolanda Lee in the Human Resources Department at 1-249-555-2092 for information on how to apply.

单选题The French domestic market is the largest consumer of champagne.

单选题A man landed on Mars? You must be joking. That______be true.

单选题They said the building would be completed ______ a year. A. after B. for C. in D. about

单选题【2015建设银行】The moon was obscured by thick clouds．

单选题Any employee working late on a Friday must remember to turn off all computer equipment ______leaving for the night.

单选题If city noises ______ from increasing, people ______ shout to be heard even at the dinner table in 20 years from now. A. are not kept; will have to B. are not kept; have to C. do not deep; will have to D. do not deep; have to

单选题Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he ______ our chairman now. A.must have been B.would have been C.were D.would be

单选题The beautiful mountain village______ we spent our holiday last year is located in______is now part of Guangxi.

单选题[2010年典型真题]Greece，economically，is in the black．With very little to export other than such farm products as tobacco，cotton and fruit，the country earns enough from“invisible earnings”to pay for its needed，growing imports．From the sending out of things the Greeks，earn only$285 million；from tourism，shipping and the remittances of Greeks abroad，the country takes in an additional$375 million and this washes out the almost$400 million by which imports exceed exports． It has a balanced budget．Although more than one drachma out of four goes for defense，the government ended a recent year with fl slight surplus—$5 million．Greece has fl decent reserve of almost a third of a billion dollars in gold and foreign exchange．It has fl government not dependent on coalescing incompatible parties to obtain parliamentary majorities． In thus summarizing a few happy highlights．I don’t mean to minimize the vast extent of Greece’S problems．It is the poorest country by a wide margin in Free Europe，and poverty is widespread．At best an annual income 0f$60 to$70 is the lot of many fl peasant，and substantial unemployment plagues the countryside，cities，and towns of Greece．There are few natural resources on which to build any substantial industrial base．Some years ago 1 wrote here： “Greek statesmanship will have to create an atmosphere in which home and foreign savings will willingly seek investment opportunities in the backward economy of Greece．So far，most American and other foreign attempt have bogged down in the Greek government’s red tape and shrewdness about small points．”Great strides have been made．As far back as 1956，expanding tourism seemed a logical way to bring needed foreign currencies and additional jobs to Greece．At that time I talked with the Hilton Hotel people，who had been examining hotel possibilities，and to the Greek government division responsible for this area of the economy．They were hopelessly deadlocked in almost total differences of opinion and outlook． Today most of the incredibly varied，beautiful，historical sights of Greece have new，if in manv cases modest，tourist facilities．Tourism itself has j umped from approximately$3 1 million to over$90 million．There is both a magnificent new Hilton Hotel in Athens and a completely modernized，greatly expanded Grande Bretagne，as well as other first—rate new hotels．And the advent of jets has made Athens as accessible as Paris or Rome—without the sky—high prices of traffic—choked streets of either．

单选题Samuel Johnson Machines guarantees that any defective photocopy machine will be______ immediately with a new one.