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单选题 The rise of multinational corporations, global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR(public relation). Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the world's top five public relations agencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate planning activities, compared to about one-third of U.S. companies. It may not belong before London replaces New York as the capital of PR. Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? Firstly, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly {{U}}provincial{{/U}} and take more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly, American lag behind their European and Asian counterparts in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson-Marshall's U.S. employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage. Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, publications not often read in this country. Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN (Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the word "foreign" would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, global communications have made the nations of the would so interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as foreign.

单选题The underlined word "Kombi" (Para. 1) most probably means" ______".

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单选题From the sentence "Like Proust, the French author whose experiences became his literary capital, man can recapture the past." you can tell that Proust

单选题Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (21) , the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (22) to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (23) the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (24) being classified as "English". Even in England there are many (25) in regional character and speech. The chief (26) is between southern England and northern England. South of a (27) going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (28) there are local variations. Further north, regional speech is usually " (29) " than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (30) to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (31) . They are openhearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (32) . Northerners generally have hearty (33) : the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (34) at meal times. In accent and character the people of the Midlands (35) a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman. In Scotland the sound (36) by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (37) in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (38) inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (39) as being more "fiery" than the English. They are (40) a race that is quite distinct from the English.

单选题{{B}}Passage 2{{/B}} Pursuing free trade through WTO has many attractions. Countries bind themselves and their trading partners to transparent and non-discriminatory trade rules, which the WTO then enforces even handedly. Since most governments operate on the premise that opening domestic markets is a concession to be traded for access to foreign markets, multilateral liberalization is often the most effective route to free trade. A successful WTO round requires two big bargains to be struck: a transatlantic deal between America and the EU and a north-south deal between the rich and the poor. Yet at Seattle this year there is a long way to go before such broad bargains can be considered, let alone struck. America wants a few priority issues to be settled. Its list includes an extension of the duty-free status of e-commerce, a broader IT pact, reform of the WTO dispute settlements system, increased WTO transparency and the phase out of tariffs in eight sectors including chemicals, energy products and environmental products. The EU on the other hand professes to want a more comprehensive approach that focuses on removing tariff peaks for such imports as textiles, glass and footwear, but would preserve tariff preferences for developing countries. The biggest obstacle may be the insistence of many developing countries that they will block further liberalization until their gripes over the Uruguay round are addressed They want their obligations in areas such as intellectual property, investor protection, subsidies and anti-dumping to be eased. They argue that the Uruguay round has failed to deliver expected benefits in such areas as agriculture and textiles. Though by no means a monolithic block, the developing countries share a feeling that whatever the promise of liberalization at the WTO, rich countries will Conspire to keep their markets closed. Indeed, the EU insists that freeing trade should be "controlled, steered and managed according to the concerns of EU citizens". That is in keeping with a view, widespread on the continent, that "a protectionist trade policy is a price readily paid for political objectives". However great these obstacles are, they could be overcome if America were still leading the drive for freer world trade. With its economy doing well, greater access to foreign markets seems a less pressing priority. The Clinton administration is unwilling to make politically painful concessions required to achieve that aim. So there is a possibility that the Seattle round will turn out to be a fiasco. If that happens, it will encourage the anti-WTO groups to go on the offensive. America, the EU and Japan would increasingly be tempted by {{U}}managed trade{{/U}}.

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单选题What did the boy say about his early use of the languages?

单选题 {{I}}Questions 20 ～23 are based on the following monologue on psychological space.{{/I}}

单选题The big identity-theft bust last week was just a taste of what"s to come. Here"s how to protect your good name. HERE"S THE SCARY THING about the identity-theft ring that the Feds cracked last week: there was nothing any of its estimated 40000 victims could have done to prevent it from happening. This was an inside job, according to court documents. A lowly help-desk worker at Teledata Communications, a software firm that helps banks access credit reports online, allegedly stole passwords for those reports and sold them to a group of 20 thieves at $60 a pop. That allowed the gang to cherry-pick consumers with good credit and apply for all kinds of accounts in their names. Cost to the victims: $3 million and rising. Even scarier is that this, the largest identity-theft bust to date, is just a drop in the bit bucket. More than 700000 Americans have their credit hijacked every year. It"s one of crime"s biggest growth markets. A name, address and Social Security number—which can often be found on the Web—is all anybody needs to apply for a bogus line of credit. Credit companies make $1.3 trillion annually and lose less than 2% of that revenue to fraud, so there"s little financial incentive for them to make the application process more secure. As it stands now, it"s up to you to protect your identity. The good news is that there are plenty of steps you can take. Most credit thieves are opportunists, not well-organized gangs. A lot of them go Dumpster diving for those millions of "pre-approved" credit-card mailings that go out every day. Others steal wallets and return them, taking only a Social Security number. Shredding your junk mail and leaving your Social Security card at home can save a lot of agony later. But the most effective way to keep your identity clean is to check your credit reports once or twice a year. There are three major credit-report outfits: Equifax (at equifax. com), Trans-Union (www. transunion. come) and Experian (experian. com). All allow you to order reports online, which is a lot better than wading through voice-mail hell on their 800 lines. Of the three, I found Trans-Union"s website to be the cheapest and most comprehensive—laying out state-by-state prices, rights and tips for consumers in easy-to-read fashion. If you"re lucky enough to live in Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey or Vermont, you are entitled to one free report a year by law. Otherwise it"s going to cost $ 8 to $14 each time. Avoid services that offer to monitor your reports year-round for about $70; that"s $10 more than the going rate among thieves. If you think you"re a victim of identity theft, you can ask for fraud alerts to be put on file at each of the three credit-report companies. You can also download a theft-report form at www. consumer. gov/idtheft, which, along with a local police re- port, should help when irate creditors come knocking. Just don"t expect justice. That audacious help-desk worker was one of the fewer than 2% of identity thieves who are ever caught.

单选题The phone rings at work. You pick it up and the caller (1) into a complaint: "I asked for a catalogue three weeks ago and I still don't have it! What kind of (2) are you running, anyway?" Don't (3) explaining that half the staff is out with (4) flu. Well- intentioned though they may be, such explanations usually add to the complainer's (5) because they come across as excuses. (6) the complainer has a (7) gripe, avoid belaboring what went wrong. (8) , agree, apologize and then move on to what can be done about it. Simply (9) : "You're right. I'm sorry you haven't received it yet. If I can have your name and address again, I'll (10) put it in the mail to you today." I recently (11) this approach firsthand. The reception area in my doctor's office was full. The man across (12) me had already (13) the pile of tattered magazines and was squirming in his seat, looking at his watch every few minutes. Finally he marched to the receptionist's window and (14) on the glass. "What's going on?" he demanded (15) , "I had an (16) for three o'clock!" "You're right," said the receptionist, "I'm sorry you've had to wait so long. The doctor was held up in surgery. Let me (17) the hospital to see how much longer he'll be. I (18) your patience." Telling someone you're sorry doesn't mean you're admitting guilt. It simply acknowledges his frustration and defuses the complaint. Then by taking action and focusing on what (19) be done rather than what hasn't been done, you (20) a mistake before it gets bigger.

单选题We don't know the reason ______ he didn't show up. A. that B. which C. / D. why

单选题Questions 17～20 are based on the following interesting story about David Jones. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17～20.