单选题Which of the following was unique to Frank M. Robinson, working with the Pemberton's Company?

单选题I was entrusted to______to a newspaper article making predictions for the New Year.

单选题Metals______when cooled and expand when healed.

单选题Today this city is a highly skilled society without the urban sprawl and rural poverty that usually ______ larger nations.

单选题They want to stimulate economic growth in the region by offering______to foreign investors. A. incentives B. abundances C. warriors D. outnumbers

单选题The number of old people is to ______ in the new century.

单选题Since any answer was likely to cause embarrassment to his party, the politician tried to ______ the question.

单选题When import taxes on goods arc high, there is a greater chance that they will be ______.

单选题Look, if you were interested in science, it would be like having a chance to rub shoulders with people of Einstein's ______.

单选题Violence is just one of the many problems______ in city life.(2003年上海交通大学考博试题)

单选题The renaissance was a(n) ______ of unparalleled cultural achievement and had a great impact on almost all European countries. A. moment B. dynasty C. instant D. epoch

单选题Manyoftheearliest______intotheUnitedStatesestablishedlargeplantations.

单选题He was stabbed with a bayonet by his enemy.

单选题A few simple ______ to this plan would greatly improve it.

单选题Society is a (joint-stock) company, in which the members agree, (for) the better (securing of )bread for each shareholder, (to surrender to) the liberty and culture of each individual.

单选题Walking, gardening, collecting stamps, and reading are quiet forms of______.

单选题{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}} Successful business tends to continue implementing the ideas that made them successful. But in a rapidly changing world, ideas often become obsolete overnight. What worked in the past won't necessarily work in the future. In order to thrive in the future, you must constantly create new ideas for every aspect of your business. In fact, you must continually generate new ideas just to keep your head above water. Businesses that aren't creative about their future may not survive. Although Bill Gates is the richest, most successful man on the planet, he did not anticipate the Internet. Now he's scrambling to catch up. If Bill Gates can miss a major aspect of his industry, it can happen to you in your industry. Your business needs to continually innovate and create its future. Gates is now constantly worried about the future of Microsoft. Here's what he said in a recent interview in U.S. News World Report: "Will we be replaced tomorrow? No. In a very short time frame, Microsoft is an incredibly strong company. But when you look to the two to three-year time frame, I don't think anyone can say with a straight face that any technology company has a guaranteed position. Not Intel, not Microsoft, not Compaq, not Dell, take any of your favorites. And that's totally honest." You may remember that in 1985 the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls were the best-selling toy on the market. But after Coleco Industries introduced their sensational line of dolls they became complacent and didn't create any new toys worth mentioning. As a result, Coleco went bankrupt in 1988. The most successful businesses survive in the long term because they constantly reassess their situations and reinvest themselves accordingly. The 3M Company has a 15% rule: Employees are encouraged to spend 15% of their time developing new ideas on any project they desire. It's no surprise, then, that 3M has been around since 1902. Most businesses are not willing to tear apart last year's model of success and build a new one. Here's a familiar analogy to explain why they are lulled into complacency; imagine that your business is like a pot of lobsters. To cook lobsters, you put them into a pot of warm water and gradually turn up the heat. The lobsters don't realize they're being cooked because the process is so gradual. As a result, they become complacent and die without a struggle. However, if you throw a lobster into the pot when the water is boiling, it will desperately try to escape. This lobster is not lulled by a slowly changing environment. It realizes instantly that it's in a bad environment and takes immediate action to change its status.

单选题If you plant two apple trees in one square yard of land, and the trees' productivity ______ decline.

单选题Regular use of this moistening cream will help to ______ the rough, dry condition of your skin. A. alleviate B. abstract C. evaporate D. abbreviate