填空题Which lamp is the brightest? Lamp A is less brighter than Lamp B; Lamp B is brighter than Lamp C; Lamp C is as bright as Lamp D; Lamp B is brighter than Lamp D; Lamp D is brighter than Lamp A.

填空题 Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are ten missing words in it. Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear on the tape. In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more {{U}}(21) {{/U}}. Some experts {{U}}(22) {{/U}} the answer is to make jobs more varied. But do more varied jobs lead to greater productivity? There is {{U}}(23) {{/U}} to suggest that while variety certainly makes the worker's life more enjoyable, it does not {{U}}(24) {{/U}} make it harder. As far as increasing productivity is {{U}}(25) {{/U}}, variety is not an important factor. Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no {{U}}(26) {{/U}} that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modem factory with its complicated {{U}}(27) {{/U}} which must be used in a fixed way. To what extent does more money lead to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is important. But {{U}}(28) {{/U}} they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar {{U}}(29) {{/U}} may explain demands for shorter hours. Perhaps if we {{U}}(30) {{/U}} in making their jobs more interesting, neither more money, nor shorter working hours will be so important to them.

填空题The number codes 3152, 3455 and 5213 stand for three of the words MASH, MISS and SHAM. Work out the code for each of the four words: MISS, SHAM, MASH and HAMS.

填空题The cost of staging the year 2000 Olympics in Sydney is estimated to be a staggering ＄960 million, but the city is preparing to reap the financial benefits that ensue from holding such an international event by emulating the commercial success of Los Angeles, the only city yet to have made a demonstrable profit from the Games in 1984. At precisely 4:20 a. m. on Friday the 24th of September 1993, it was announced that Sydney had beaten five other competing cities around the world, and Australians everywhere, not only Sydneysiders, were justifiably proud of the result. But, if Sydney had lost the bid, would the taxpayers of NSW and of Australia have approved of governments spending millions of dollars in a failed and costly exercise? There may have been some consolation in the fact that the bid came in ＄1 million below the revised budget and ＄5 million below the original budget of ＄29 million formulated in mid-1991. However, the final cost was the considerable sum of ＄24 million, the bulk of which was paid for by corporate and community contributions, merchandising, licensing, and the proceeds of lotteries, with the NSW Government, which had originally been willing to spend up to ＄10 million, contributing some ＄2 million. The Federal Government's grant of ＄5 million meant, in effect, that the Sydney bid was financed by every Australian taxpayer. Prior to the announcement of the winning city, there was considerable debate about the wisdom of taking financial risks of this kind at a time of economic recession. Others argued that 70 percent of the facilities were already in place, and all were on government-owned land, removing some potential areas of conflict which troubled previous Olympic bidders. The former NSW Premier, Mr. Nick Greiner, went on record as saying that the advantage of having the Games... "is not that you are going to have ＄7.4 billion in extra gross domestic product over the next 14 years... I think the real point of the Games is the psychological change, the catalyst of confidence.., apart from the other more obvious reasons, such as the building of sporting facilities, tourism, and things of that nature." However, the dubiousness of the benefits that Melbourne, an unsuccessful bidder for the 1988 Olympic Games, received at a time when the State of Victoria was still in economic turmoil meant many corporate bodies were unenthusiastic. There is no doubt that Sydney's seductive physical charms caused the world's media to compare the city favorably to its rivals Beijing, Berlin, Manchester, and Istanbul. Mr. Godfrey Santer, the Australian Tourist Commission's Manager of Corporate Planning Services, stated that soon after the bid was made, intense media focus was already having a beneficial effect on in-bound tourism. Developers and those responsible for community development projects eagerly pointed to the improvements taking place to the existing infrastructure of the city, the creation of employment, and especially the building of sporting facilities, all of which meet the needs of the community and help to attract more tourists. At Homebush Bay ＄300 million was spent providing the twin athletic arenas and the "high-tech" Aquatic Centre. However, perhaps the most impressive legacy was the new attitude shown towards both industrial relations and environmental problems. The high-profile nature of the bid; and the perception that it must proceed smoothly created a unique attitude of co-operation between the workforce and employers involved in the construction of the Olympic Village at Homebush Bay. The improvements included the lack of strikes, the breaking down of demarkation barriers, and the completion of projects within budget and ahead of time.

填空题Proofread the passage as required. Each indicated line contains a maximum of one error. Correct the passage in the following way: for a correct line, put the sign "√" in the corresponding blank; for a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank; for a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with the sign "∧" and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank; for an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with the sign "—" and put the word with the sign "—" in the blank. Write the answers on the answer sheet. During average year, about 50 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning in 81. ______the UK, caused directly by fumes from home heat appliances which are 82. ______subsequently discovered to be defective. Several hundred people a year aremade into ill by inhaling the fumes, and have to have hospital treatment. These 83. ______deaths and illnesses are unnecessary, and can easily be prevented. Carbonmonoxide had no colour, smell or taste, but it can kill. It can be given 84. ______in by any equipment which burns a fossil fuel, such as coal, gas or oil. 85. ______ Fumes may build up in your home if the equipment is faulty, or if the 86. ______room does not allow circulation of fresh air. Watch out for any of the following:gas flames burning orange or yellow, dirty or sooty mark on or above a heater 87. ______and wood or coal stoves where burn slowly or go out easily. You may feel 88. ______sleepy, or have headaches, chest or stomach pains, sickness or suddengiddiness. If you notice any of the above, stop use the appliance and call a 89. ______qualified engineer. See your doctor at once if you have physical symptoms.Make sure your heaters are serviced regularly, have your chimneys sweep once 90. ______a year, and keep air vents and windows unblocked.

填空题For question.s 58-64, mark Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for No) if the statement contradicts the irzjormation given in the passage; NG (for Not Gliven) if the information is not given in the passage. (7 points) For the first century or so.of the industrial revolution, increased productivity led to decreases in working hours. Employees who had been putting in 12-hour days, six days a week, found their time on the job shrinking to 10 hours daily, then, finally, to eight hours, five days a week. Only a generation ago social planners worried about what people would do with all this new-found free time. In the U. S., at least, it seems they need not have bothered. Although the output per hour of work has more than doubled since 1945, leisure seems reserved largely for the unemployed and underemployed. Those who work full-time spend as much time on the job as they did at the end of World War II. In fact, working hours have increased noticeably since 1970-perhaps because real wages have stagnated since that year. Bookstores now abound with manuals describing how to manage time and cope with stress. There are several reasons for lost leisure. Since 1979, companies have responded to improvements in the business climate by having employees work overtime rather than by hiring extra personnel, says economist Juliet B. Schor of Harvard University. Indeed, the current economic recovery has gained a certain amount of notoriety for its"jobless" nature: increased production has been almost entirely decoupled from employment. Some firms are even downsizing as their profits climb. "AlI things being equal, we'd be better off spreading around the work, " observes labour economist Ronald G. Ehrenberg of Co:mell University. Yet a host of factors pushes employers to hire fewer workers for more hours and, at the same time, compels workers to spend more time on the job. Most of those incentives involve what Ehrenberg calls the structure of compensation: quirks in the way salaries and benefits are organised that make it more profitable to ask 40 employees to labour an extra hour each than to hire one more worker to do the same 40-hour job. Professional and managerial employees supply the most obvious lesson along these lines. Once people are on salary, their cost to a firm is the same whether they spend 35 hours a week in the office or 70. Diminishing returns may eventually set in as overworked employees lose efficiency or leave for more arable pastures. But in the short run, the employer's incentive is clear. Even hourly employees receive benefits-such as pension contributions and medical insurancethat are not tied to the number of hours they work. Therefore, it is more profitable for employers to work their existing employees harder. For all that employees complain about long hours, they, too, have reasons not to trade money for leisure. "People who work reduced hours pay a huge penalty in career terms, " Schor maintains. "It's taken as a negative signal about their commitment to the firm. "[Lotte] Bailyn[ of Massachusetts Institute of Technology] adds that many corporate managers find it difficult to measure the contribution of their underlings to a firm's wellbeing, so they use the number of hours worked as a proxy for output. "Employees know this, " she says, and they adjust their behavior accordingly. "Although the image of the good worker is the one whose life belongs to the company, " Bailyn says." it doesn't fit the facts, " She cites both quantitative and qualitative studies that show increased productivity for part-time workers: they make better use of the time they have, and they are less likely to succumb to fatigue in stressful jobs. Companies that employ more workers for less time also gain from the resulting redundancy, she asserts. "The extra people can cover the contingencies that you know are going to happen, such as when crises take people away from the workplace. " Positive experiences with reduced hours have begun to change the more-is-better culture at some companies, Schor reports. Larger firms, in particular, appear to be more willing to experiment with flexible working arrangements... It may take even more than changes in the financial and cultural structures of employment for workers successfully to trade increased productivity and money for leisure time, Schor contends. She says the U. S. market for goods has become skewed by the assumption of full-time, two-career households. Automobile makers no longer manufacture cheap models, and developers do not build the tiny bungalows that served the first postwar generation of home buyers. Not even the humblest household object is made without a microprocessor. As Schor notes, the situation is a curious inversion of the "appropriate technology" vision that designers have had for developing countries: U. S. goods are appropriate only for high incomes and long hours.

填空题TheContinuingPopularityoftheFountainPenThefountainpenisstillaveryattractiveandpracticalobject,eveninthesedaysofcheap,(1)(dispose)ball-pointandfelt-tippens.Fewownersare(2)(differ)toit.Emotionsrangefromacasualattractiontoabsolutepassion.However,thoughthereasonsforsuchprofound(3)(attach)tothepenaremany,thewaypeoplefeelis(4)(universe).Whatexactlyisitthenaboutthissmallcylindricalobjectthatprovokessuch(5)(intense)offeeling?Themostlikelyanswertothisquestionisthat(6)(base)thefountainpenisfarmorethanamerewritinginstrument.Itisoftenseenasan(7)(assert)oftheowner'ssocialstanding.Forsome,theornamentationiswhereitsundoubted(8)(attract)lies.Itcanbeadornedwithgold,withdiamondsorinlaidwithfloralorgeometricdesigns.Afountainpenshouldonlybeloanedoutin(9)(except)circumstances,sinceinnotimeatallitwillbealteredbytheseconduser'shand.Thisisoneofthe(10)(distinct)characteristicsoftheinstrument,whichmakeseachoneuniqueandpersonaltoitsowner.

填空题SpaceenthusiastshopingtobecomeChina'snextastronautsmustpass"superhuman"healthchecks...andthatmeansnobadbreath.New"taikonauts"mustalsohavebrushedtheirteeththoroughlyovertheyearsasanyonewithdentalcavitiesisdisqualified.Andevenifanindividualisfightingfit,hewon'tbeselectediftherehasbeenanyseriousillnessinthelastthreegenerationsofhisfamily.Theseareamongstthe100healthrequirementsforwould-beastronautsvyingtobepartofChina'snextspaceteam,accordingtotheYangtseEveningPaper.Theselectionprocess,whichthepapersaidisforthesecondbatchofChineseastronauts,willdisqualifythosewhohavescars,runnynoses,ringworm,dragallergiesorbadbreath."Thebadsmellwouldaffecttheirfellowcolleaguesintheconfinedspace,"saidShiBingbing,anofficialatoneofthesixastronauthealthscreeninghospitalsinNanjing.Asidefromthephysicalrequirementsofthejob,thecandidatemustalsopossessapleasantandadaptabledisposition,thepapersaid."Theseastronautscouldberegardedassuperhumanbeings,"Shisaid.ChinabecamethethirdcountrywithasuccessfulmannedspaceprogrammeaftertheysentanastronautintospaceaboardShenzhou5onOctober15,2003,formorethan21hours.China'sfirstmannedspace-walkoccurredinSeptemberlastyear.ZhaiZhigang,thesonofasnack-seller,unveiledasmallChineseflaginspace,helpedbyhiscolleagueLiuBoming,whoalsobrieflypoppedhisheadoutofthecapsule.ThespacewalkwasasteptowardsChinarslonger-termgoalofassemblingaspacelabandthenalargerspacestation.

填空题A window cleaner was cleaning windows on the fifteenth floor of a skyscraper when he slipped and fell. He suffered only minor bruising. How was this possible when he was not wearing a safety harness and nothing slowed or interrupted his fall?

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填空题SteveJobs,co-founderandformerchiefexecutiveofUStechnoloygiantApple,hasdiedattheageof56.Tributeshavebeenmade.Applesaidhehadbeen"thesourceof(46)(count)innovationsthatenrichandimp(47)allofourlives"andhadmadetheworld"immeasurablybetter".EvenUSPresidentBarackObamasaidtheworldhad"lostavisionary".In2004,Mr.Jobsannouncedthathewassu(48)frompancreaticcancer.Andhehadalivertransplantfiveyearslater.InJanuary,2011,hetookamedicalleave,beforeresigningasCEOinAugustandhandingoverhisdutiestoTimCook,whowasmadeApple'sCEOafterMr.JobsstooddowninAugust,2011.Inhisresi(49)letter,Mr.Jobssaid:"IbelieveApple'sbrightestandmost(50)(innovate)daysareaheadofit.AndIlookforwardtowatchingand(51).(contribution)toitssuccessinanewrole."However,Mr.JobsstayedonasApple'schairperson.AsthefaceofApple,SteveJobsrepresenteditsded(52)tohigh-endtechnologyaridfashionabledesign.Mr.Jobsreliedonhisowninstinctforrefining(53)(existence)technologiesanddevelopingnewproductsandpackagingtheminawaythatpeoplewouldwanttouse.SoappealingweregadgetssuchastheiPod,iPhoneandiPad(54)thepublicquicklyengagedwiththem.Thatwasdue,innosmallpart,(55)SteveJobs'abilityasasalesman-explaininghisproductssimplyinawaythateveryonecouldunderstand.PleaseremembersentencesfromMr,Job'scommencementaddressinStanfordUniversitydeliveredonJune12,2005,"StayHungry.StayFoolish".

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