单选题Harriet Beecher Stowe's works mainly focus on ______.A. romanticism B. local colourismC. naturalism D. transcendentalism
单选题In 1812, the United States fought the first war withA. France.B. Britain.C. Spain.D. Mexico.
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单选题According to the passage yon have just read, it seemed that Edward Stewart was ______.
单选题The saying "Every son must rise above his father" reflects ______.
A.the teaching syllabus
B.the education reform
C.the education plan
D.the American Dream
单选题In the study of functional syntax, Halliday defines his ______ as "tile one to whom or for whom the process is said to take place", which is also called Recipient in material processes, Client in verbal processes or Receiver in relational processes.[A] range[B] circumstances[C] beneficiary[D] token
单选题______ is not one of the functions of language?
单选题Which of the following works is NOT written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?A. The Fall of the Bastille B. The Lady of the LakeC. Kubla Khan D. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
单选题Which of the following languages is NOT spoken in Scotland? A. English. B. Scottish. C. Gaelic. D. Denish.
单选题Which of the following statements would the writer probably Not support?
单选题The SAH’s approach to organisational structure required changing practices in ______.
单选题{{B}}TEXT E{{/B}} In my early childhood I
received no formal religious education. I did, of course, received that ethical
and moral training that moral and conscientious parents give their children.
When I was about ten years old, my parents decided that it would be good for me
to receive some formal religious instruction and to study the Bible, if for no
other reason than that a knowledge of both is essential to the understanding of
literature and culture. As lapsed Catholics, they sought a group
which had as little doctrine and dogma as possible, but what they considered
having good moral and ethical values. After some searching, they joined the
local Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Although my parents did not
attend Meetings for worship very often, I went to first Day School there
regularly, eventually completing the coarse and receiving an inscribed
Bible. At the Quake School, I learnt about the concept of the
"inner light" and it has stayed with me. I was, however, unable to accept the
idea of Jesus Christ being any more divine than, say, Buddha. As a result, I be
came estrange from the Quakers, who, though believing in substantially the same
moral and ethical values as I do, and even the same religious concept of the
inner light, had arrived at these conclusions from a premise which I could not
accept. I admit that my religion is the poorer for having not revealed word and
no supreme prophet, but my inherited aversion to dogmatism limits my faith to e
Supreme Being and the goodness of man. Later, at another Meeting
of Worship, I found that some Quakers had similar though not so strong
reservations about the Christian aspects of their belief. I made some attempt to
rejoin a Meeting for Worship, but found that, though they remained far closer to
me than any other organized religious group, I did not wish to become one again.
I do attend Meeting for Worship on occasion, but it is for the help on deep
contemplation which it brings rather than any lingering desire m rejoin the
fold. I do believe in a "Supreme Being" (or ground of our being,
as Tillich would call it). This being is ineffable and not to be fully
understood by humans. He is not cut off from the world and we can know him
somewhat through the knowledge which we are limited to--the world. He is
interested and concerned for humankind, but on man himself falls the burden of
his own life. To me the message of the great prophets, especially Jesus, is that
good is its own reward, and indeed the only possible rewards that ark intrinsic
in the actions themselves. The relationship between each human and the Supreme
Being is an entire personal one. It is my faith that each person
has this unique relationship with the Supreme Being. To me that is the meaning
of the inner light. The purpose of life, insofar as a human can grasp it, is to
understand and increase this lifeline to the Supreme Being, this piece of
divinity that every human has. Thus, the taking of any life by choice is the
closing of some connection to God, and unconscionable. Killing anyone not only
denies them their purpose, but corrupts the purpose of all men. (553)
单选题This passage is most probably authored by ______.
单选题For multinational corporations, tax planning has become an extremely complex affair. It has often been stated that no multinational corporation possesses the ultimate tax expertise. There are just too many countries and regions involved and thus a web of tax regulations. Therefore, in addition to having their own experts, MNCs rely heavily on local tax experts and legal counsel.
Taxes have a very important impact on foreign direct investment decisions. Taxes will determine the financial structure of a subsidiary, and they will influence pricing decisions. They may also lead to the formation of holding companies. An MNC may decide to establish a branch rather than a subsidiary because of a given tax situation. The absence of a tax treaty between the country of a would-be investor and the nation where a foreign investment is to take place might lead to cancellation of investment plans. An unfavorable depreciation allowance may keep the foreign investor out. This unit will deal with the different tax systems in the world and their impact on an MNC"s global strategy.
Basically, any tax system can be divided into direct and indirect taxes. Corporate and individual income taxes are direct; value-added taxes, sales taxes, and import duties are indirect taxes. Corporate income taxes (taxes levied on earnings) vary among the industrialized nations. France, the United States, Holland, Canada, and Germany have rates of around 50 percent; Italy, the United Kingdom, and Japan have rates of between 36 and 40 percent.
Less developed countries usually have lower corporate tax rates, in order to attract foreign investment. Thus, Brazil has a rate of 30 percent, and Indonesia has a 40 percent rate. A corporate tax is levied on taxable earnings. Taxable earnings are more significant than the tax rate itself. They determine what can be deducted before the tax is computed; in other words, these items are tax deductible. Countries differ greatly in determining taxable earnings. Some allow accelerated depreciation, whereby the asset (usually the plant or equipment) is written off at a substantially higher rate during the first years than in the later years. This allows for smaller taxable earnings in the early years. Other countries allow tax-free investment reserves. These are used at a later stage for investment in underdeveloped areas of countries or are sent when countries are in a recession.
A recent type of tax that has won recognition in the European Common Market is value-added tax (VAT). This is a national sales tax levied at each stage of production to the value added during that stage. Generally, manufacturing goods, such as plant and equipment, have been exempted from this tax. In most cases, food items also have been exempted.
Here is an example of how VAT works. A tree owner who sells part of a tree to a lumber mill for $1 must set aside ten cents VAT to pay to the government. The lumber mill processes the tree into building material and sells the wood for $3 to a lumber wholesaler. The mill adds $2 in value, and thus sets aside ten percent of the added value, or twenty cents, to pay to the government. And so the VAT continues until the final sale.
The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. Profitable and unprofitable firms are taxed alike, as there is no possibility of tax deductions to determine taxable income. Further, VAT is easy to calculate and collect. But VAT is often accused of having contributed to serious inflation in countries where it was introduced, notably in Western Europe.
单选题The two leading parties in Britain are__________.
单选题One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of ______.
单选题{{I}} Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.{{/I}}
单选题Susanhadalwaysbeeninterestedin______.A.multimediaeducationB.multimediadevicesC.multiculturaleducationD.multiculturalcommunication
单选题The author is suffering from ______.
单选题Hollywood is located in ______.