单选题The jewellery designerHe was young and completely unknown, but Paul Waterhouse believed in himself. He'd heard that there was going to be a large exhibition for jewellery designers and he asked the organisers whether he could show some of his work. 'I was only 21,' he says, 'and they agreed, if I could show a complete collection.' So he went to the bank, borrowed ￡1,500 for materials, and began to work on new designs. 'The exhibition was fantastic. Although everyone else was much more experienced than I was, my designs were still praised.'He decided to transfer his business to Canada and began to experiment with new materials: all sorts of stones from around the world, some totally new to him. 'As most of them weren't precious, it changed the way I approached design. It was great! I was able to produce much larger pieces of modern jewellery,' he says. 'Then I was asked by an advertising agency to design a wedding ring for a TV advert. The agency liked what I'd done, but their client, a car manufacturer, wanted something a little more traditional. I was happy to make changes and that work gave me a lot of free publicity.'

单选题· Read the article about the future of a company conference.· Choose the best word to fill in each gap, from A, B or C.· For each question (29 -40) , mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. {{U}}(29) {{/U}} the January 2006 company conference, top level executives discussed their financial results {{U}}(30) {{/U}} 2005. Leading the conference {{U}}(31) {{/U}} Mr. Miller, Chief Executive Officer, {{U}}(32) {{/U}} would later report the results to Mr. Harvey, the corporate President. Reporting {{U}}(33) {{/U}} Mr. Miller at the meeting were Emily Lee, Peter Smith and John Walker, each a vice president {{U}}(34) {{/U}} separate departments within the company, Both Emily Lee and Peter Smith reported ordinary profits for the year 2005, with funds {{U}}(35) {{/U}} excess of 20% greater than that of the previous year. However, John Walker was able to report an exceptionally high profit {{U}}(36) {{/U}} her department, with revenue exceeding 70% from that of the previous {{U}}(37) {{/U}}. {{U}}(38) {{/U}} a result, Mr. Miller requested John Walker to present a more detailed report. Later, Mr. Miller reported the data to Mr. Harvey, who presented the results in a speech {{U}}(39) {{/U}} an international symposium held in Hong Kong. Mr. Harvey's company then won an award {{U}}(40) {{/U}} high achievement in business.

单选题But these ideas have been much slower to take ______ where they matter most: the state laws and policies that overwhelmingly shape our nation's school; too many interest groups maintain full-time presence in the policy making process. A. chance B. hold C. control D. place

单选题Crashed Cars to Text for Help There is no good place to have a car crash—but some places are worse than others. In a foreign country, for instance, (29) to explain via cellphone that you are upside down in a ditch when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the emergency services. But an answer may be at hand. Researchers funded by the European Commission are beginning tests of a system called E-merge that (30) senses when a car has crashed and sends a text message telling emergency services in the local language that the accident has taken place. The system was (31) by ERTICO, a transport research organization based in Brussels, Belgium. Cars are fitted with a cellphone-sized device attached (32) the underside of the dashboard which is activated by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash. The device (33) a cellphone circuit, a GPS positioning unit, and a microphone and loudspeaker. It registers the severity of the crash by (34) the deceleration data from the airbag's sensor. Using GPS information, it works out which country the car is in, and from this it determines (35) which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location of the accident. The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services (36) If the car's occupants are conscious, they can communicate with the operator (37) the speaker and microphone. E-merge also transmits the vehicles make, model, color and license number, and its heading when it crashed, which in turn indicates on which side of a multi-lane highway it ended up. This (38) the emergency services find the vehicle as soon as they arrive on the scene, "we can waste a large (39) time searching for an incident," says Jim Hammond, an expert in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK. Tests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UK. Trials have already started in Germany, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy. In-car systems that summon the emergency services after a crash have (40) been fitted in some premium cars. ERTICO says that if EU states are willing to fund the necessary infrastructure, E-merge could be working by 2008. A study by French car maker Renault concluded that the system could save up to 6,000 fo the 40,000 lives lost each year on Europe's roads, and prevent a similar number of serious injuries. The Renault study estimates that fitting E-merge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 150 billion per year in terms of reduced costs to health services and insurance companies, and fewer lost working days.

单选题If you could give anything in the world to your child, you might want to give a love of words. Young children who can express their feelings don't have as many temper tantrums (发脾). They also learn to control themselves using words. A two-year-old child reaches toward the oven (烤箱) door, then stops, tells herself, "Hot, hot," and turns away. Researchers call this "self-directed speech". It's one of the ways children learn to do what's right and not to do what's wrong. With each new word, a child gains a broader view of the world. Early on, all four-legged anize-brasmals are dogs or maybe cats. But new words change them into horses, cows, elephants, and zebras. Children who have a wealth of words have a wealth of ideas. By age four, the number of words a child understands tells us how easily that a child will learn to read in school. It even tells us how well she'll be able to understand what she reads, and to ex press her ideas in writing later on. So, how do you give your child this wonderful gift? First of all, talk a lot. Talk when you're feeding or preparing a bottle; talk when you're doing the dishes or walking down the street. Second, do a lot of listening. Even before your child can speak clearly, ask questions and listen for answers. Assume (设想) that your child has ideas, and try to figure out what they are. Re searchers have found a direct connection between the number of words a child knows and the number of words he hears, and especially the number of questions he is invited to answer. Third, read aloud every day. There are many reasons for reading aloud, but maybe the best is that books contain words; lots of new, different, interesting words. Here's an exciting thing that happens when you read aloud every day: You begin to hear "book words" in your child's speech. You're walking down the street, and you see a pretty flower. "Look," you say, "a pretty flower. " "Actually," your child corrects, "it's beautiful. " Actually? Beautiful? That's when you know you've truly given your child a love of words.

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单选题Annual Leave There will be 30 days paid annual leave plus 10 days public and privilege holidays. The employees are entitled toA．20 paid holidays each year．B．30 paid holidays each year．C．40 paid holidays each year．

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单选题The new Chief Executive of a major electronics manufacturer wants to see if his appointment is mentioned in the magazine.

单选题· Read the information about Telecommuter.· Choose the correct word to fill in each gap, from A, B or C below.· For each question 29-40, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. {{B}}Telecommuter portrait: editing facts by fax{{/B}} Jennifer Porter is the managing editor of Healthcare, a publication of the American Pharmaceutical Association. {{U}}(29) {{/U}}her private office in her Virginia home, she assigns{{U}} (30) {{/U}}to ten articles for each issue of the magazine. The writers send her their stories on a computer disk, usually{{U}} (31) {{/U}}means of an overnight delivery service. Porter checks than and then sends them{{U}} (32) {{/U}}the designer's office in New York. Porter's biggest problem{{U}} (33) {{/U}}electronic publishing is training her writers. One sent the story on a wrong-sized disk; {{U}}(34) {{/U}}used a disk that my computer couldn't read; a third used software I couldn't decipher. The disk problems should improve on the next issue{{U}} (35) {{/U}}. Porter has recently invested in a modem{{U}} (36) {{/U}}writers can send their stories directly to her computer. Porter says she is a skeptical technical consumer. I like a computer the same way I{{U}} (37) {{/U}}a pencil. They are both tools that must work. {{U}}(38) {{/U}}son, thing goes{{U}} (39) {{/U}}with my electronic equipment out here in the middle of Virginia, I have to put it in the car and{{U}} (40) {{/U}}it someplace.

单选题● Listen to the conversation. ● For each question 23--30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. ● After you have listened once, replay the recording.

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单选题EVENTS Bicycle tour and race A bike tour and race will be held on July 26 and 27(Sat. & Sun.). At 4:30 a. m. , the riders will leave Tian' anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55-kilometre leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive(竞争性的) part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli. The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside at Nandaihe, coveting a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing. Cost: 200 yuan Telephone: 4675027 Brazilian footballers The Brazilian Football Club will play Beijing Guoan Team at the Workers Stadium on July 26. The club has several national team players. Also coming is 1994 US World Cup star Romario who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes. Ticket prices: 60 yuan, 100 yuan, 150 yuan Time/Date : 4: 30 p. m., July 26 (Sat.) Telephone : 5012372 Rock climbing The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on July 26～27 at the Huairou Mountain Climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition of climbing. Free for spectators (观众). Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou. Time/Dates :9～12 a. m., July 26 and 27 Telephone : 7143177, 7144850, Wang Zhenghua

单选题Mr Hilon is used to giving presentations to large audiences.Mr Hilon ______ . A. Doesn't give presentations to large groups any more. B. often gives presentations to large groups. C. often gave presentations to large groups in the past.

单选题Which of the following reflexive pronouns (反射代词) is used as an appositive (同位语)? A. He promised himself rapid progress. B. The manager herself will interview Mary. C. I have nothing to say for myself. D. They quarreled themselves red in the face.

单选题 Lord Leveson's inquiry into the British press yesterday tackled one of the most pressing mysteries facing government and the media: how on earth does Rupert Murdoch ever get anything done? By his own, often amusing, account, the 81-year-old head of News Corporation never asks for favours from politicians, does not give orders to his editors and has very little charisma. Given this, it is a puzzle how, over 43 years, he has managed to build the UK's most powerful media company and break his way into US newspapers, television and film. The polite way to describe Mr Murdoch's evidence—on the heels of his son James's disclosures about private communications with the office of Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary—is implausible. It was belied by his presence—droll, dismissive and impatient, he was not the "deaf, doddery, proud old man" observed by Tom Watson, the Labour MR in parliament last July. It is now obvious, despite Mr Murdoch's modesty, that News Corp has exercised an unholy grip over British politicians, who helped it to avoid anti-trust barriers as it bought The Times and the Sunday Times in 1981, and British Sky Broadcasting in 1990. Those politicians were so in awe of Mr Murdoch that they leapt to accommodate him without him needing to ask out loud. It is also clear that cabinet ministers can be trusted to adjudicate impartially on media mergers about as much as they could be trusted before 1997 to set interest rates for the good of the economy, as opposed to their parties. After the {{U}}fiasco{{/U}} of Vince Cable, the business secretary, "declaring war" on the Murdochs over their attempted full acquisition 0fBSkyB comes Mr Hunt's humiliation. The long-term question is how to prevent another baron—perhaps a rich émigré such as Evgeny Lebedev, chairman of the Evening Standard and The Independent—from pulling off the trick again. In a fluid and troubled market, roiled by the internet and loss-making papers, there will be opportunities similar to the ones Mr Murdoch seized. One way for any company to rise rapidly to dominance in a foreign market is to pay bribes to local officials, as Walmart is accused of having done in Mexico. The New York Times reported last weekend that Walmart paid out more than $24m in "envelopes of cash" to mayors and city council members to be allowed to build stores. The other is to wield influence on elections. Humbert Wolfe's observation that: "You cannot hope to bribe or twist the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do, there's no occasion to" applies equally to a politician facing a media mogul.