单选题To manager hoping to blossom as a business leader must develop the skill to communicate effectively. One of the foremost tasks of a leader is to create 1 to a cause. To do that he must first communicate to build mutual understanding. 2 a manager communicates mostly to 3 information, a leader uses communications to build relationships. A manager overwhelms others with details and still 4 them cold. A leader 5 their hearts by combining his vision with their 6 in a common cause. Most Asian business leaders are instinctively 7 relationship building 8 direct communications. But they don"t use the mass media so well. While face to face communications is 9 , it is not enough in today"s big business. 10 their western 11 , they are not so much frightened by mass media"s potential to magnify, distort, and expose. The problem lies more in the 12 of professional support 13 to them. In most Asian companies the public affairs function either does not exist or is 14 routine chores removed from helping the CEO to communicate with wider audiences. The reason primarily is that the 15 communications officers are placed quite low in the organizational hierarchy. Asia"s need for business leaders who are 16 in using mass media to involve the public 17 the economic development dream has never been greaten. Television and the print media have an enormous 18 on the public"s perception of business. Our business leaders have not yet faced an unsympathetic press. They should start now 19 the day not be too far away 20 they are suddenly forced to enter the perilous arena of public communications.

单选题The more time scientists spend designing computers the more they marvel at the human brain. Tasks that baffle (难住) the most advanced supercomputer—recognizing a face, reading a handwritten note—are child's play for the 3-pound organ. Most important, unlike any conventional computer, the brain can learn from its mistakes. Researchers have tried for years to program computers to imitate the brain's abilities, but without success. Now a growing number of designers believe they have the answer: if a computer is to function more like a person and less like an over-grown calculator, it must be built more like a brain, which distributes information across a vast interconnected web of nerve cells, or neurons. Conventional computers function by following a chainlike sequence of detailed instructions. Although very fast, their processors can perform only one task at a time. This approach works best in solving problems that can be broken down into simpler logical pieces. The processors in a neural-network computer, by contrast, form a network much like the nerve cells in the brain. Since these artificial neurons are interconnected, they can share information and perform tasks at the same time. This two-dimensional approach works best at recognizing patterns. Instead of programming a neural-network computer to make decisions, its maker trains it to recognize patterns in any solution to a problem by repeatedly feeding examples to the machine. Neural networks come in all shapes and sizes. Until now most exist as software simulations (模拟品) because redesigning computer chips took a lot of time and money. By experimenting with different approaches through software rather than hardware, scientists have been able to avoid costly mistakes.

单选题The Austrian manufacturing industry consists of a few large organizations, many of which operate under government auspices .

单选题The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that ______ lot. A. valid B. vain C. vacant D. vague

单选题An obvious change of attitude at the top towards women' s status in society will ______ through the current law system in that country.

单选题From the passage, we can infer that language clock is ______. A. a mechanic clock B. a figurative clock C. an electronic clock C. a diamond clock

单选题Categories, we found, (must) be seen (in) their conceptual context, against the background of larger cognitive models, and it is obvious that these models will, (to) some point, have to include (sequencing) in time.

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单选题The Home Secretary has been asked to ______ because the union leaders and their employers cannot agree on a course of action.

单选题According to the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, if a culture has more expressions for certain concepts, it shows that ______.

单选题Concerned people want to ______ the risk of developing cancer.

单选题"What courses are you going to do next semester?" "I don"t know. But it"s about time______on something."

单选题The meeting was ______ over by the mayor to discuss the toll of crossing the bridges in Wuhan.

单选题The multibillion-dollar fitness industry ______ fat profits from our hunger to look good. A. comes in B. gets in C. ropes in D. rakes in

单选题{{B}}Passage 1{{/B}} The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain. As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment (承担的义务), self-improvement. Ask a bachelor (单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three-day vacation. I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children, But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money; buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

单选题These photos of my family ______ happy memories of my early childhood.

单选题A feeling of tiredness almost ______ the soldier on duty and he had to struggle hard to keep awake. A. overcame B. defeated C. conquered D. overtook

单选题" Tear ' em apart!' " " Kill the fool!" " Murder the referee!" These are common remarks one may hear at various sporting events. At the time they are made, they may seem innocent enough. But let's not kid ourselves. They have been known to influence behavior in such a way as to lead to real bloodshed. Volumes have been written about the way words affect us. It has been shown that words having certain connotations may cause us to react in ways quite foreign to what we consider to be our usual humanistic behavior. I see the term "opponent" as one of those words. Perhaps the time has come to delete it from sports terms. The dictionary meaning of the term "opponent" is "adversary" , "ememy" , "one who opposes your interests. " Thus, when a player meets an opponent, he or she may tend to treat that opponent as an enemy. At such times, winning may dominate one's intellect, and every action, no matter how gross, may be considered justifiable. I recall an incident in a handball game when a referee refused a play's request for a time out for a glove change because he did not considered them wet enough. The player proceeded to rub his gloves across his wet T-shirt and then exclaimed. " Are they wet enough now?" In the heat of battle, players have been observed to throw themselves across the court without considering the consequences that such a move might have on anyone in their way. I have also witnessed a player reacting to his opponent's international and illegal blocking by deliberately hitting him with the ball as hard as he could during the course of play. Off the court, they are good friends. Does that make any sense? It certainly gives proof of a court attitude which departs from normal behavior. Therefore, I believe it is time we elevated the game to the level where it belongs thereby setting an example to the rest of the sporting world. Replacing the term "opponent" with "associate" could be an ideal way to start. The dictionary meaning of the term "associate" is "colleague"; "friend"; "companion. " Reflect a moment! You may soon see and possibly feel the difference in your reaction to the term "associate" rather than "opponent."