单选题Our research has not shown us anything so far, so there is little ______ to continue with it.

单选题Three weeks after the suicidal bombing, the police were still hunting for bombers for they believe more were ______. [A] on the verge [B] on the sly [C] on the spot [D] on the loose

单选题Some disputes among these countries are ______ by history.

单选题Reading became difficult for the old lady, so the optician______ her a pair of glasses to make her reading possible.(2002年厦门大学考博试题)

单选题The epic is possible because America is an idea as much as it is a country. America has nothing to do with allegiance to a dynasty and very little to do with allegiance to a particular place, but everything to do with allegiance to a set of principles. A. conviction B. loyalty C. conversion D. component

单选题Glass-fiber cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______. A. spontaneously B: simultaneously C. immediately D. immiscibly

单选题How valiant that general who prosecutes a war with vigor!

单选题In ancient Egyptian paintings, royal figures were {{U}}differentiated{{/U}} by making them several times larger than others.

单选题When he speaks at banquets, he makes a point of going into the kitchen and to shake hands with every waiter and waitress. A. B. C. D.

单选题By ______ Mr. Smith is a bus driver.

单选题He ______ himself bitterly for his miserable behavior that evening. A. repealed B. resented C. relayed D. reproached

单选题Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way you can avoid it______you can avoid being hungry.

单选题Mainstream pro-market economists all agree that competition is an ______ spur to efficiency and innovation.

单选题Peter was seen crying when he came out of the office. We can deduce that he must have been punished. A. confer B. refer C. prefer D. infer

单选题In 1982, Hitachi was indicted for stealing confidential documents from IBM. As part of a court settlement, the company paid IBM hundreds of millions of dollars. A. condemned for B. accused of C. disciplined for D. disapproved of

单选题Tomorrow Japan and South Korea will celebrate White Day, an annual event when men are expected to buy a gift for the adored women in their lives. It is a relatively new (21) that was commercially created as payback for Valentine's Day. That's (22) in both countries, 14 February is all about the man. On Valentine's Day, women are expected to buy all the important male (23) in their lives a token gift= not just their partners, (24) their bosses or older relatives too. This seems (25) enough. Surely it's reasonable for men to be indulged on one day of the year, (26) the number of times they're expected to produce bouquets of flowers and (27) their woman with perfume or pearls. But the idea of a woman (28) a man didn't sit easily with people. In 1978, the National Confectionery Industry Association (糖果业协会) (29) an idea to solve this problem. They started to market white chocolate that men could give to women on 14 March, as (30) for the male-oriented Valentine's Day. It started with a handful of sweet makers' producing candy (31) a simple gift idea. The day (32) the public imagination, and is now a nationally (33) date in the diary— and one where men are (34) to whip out their credit cards. In fact, men are now expected to give gifts worth (35) the value of those they received. What a complication: not only do men have to remember who bought them what, they have to estimate the value and multiply it by three.

单选题For multinational corporations, tax planning has become extremely complex affairs. It has been stated that no multinational corporation possesses the ultimate tax expertise. Therefore, in addition to having their own experts, MNCs rely on 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 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 earning) 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 tax 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 undeveloped 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 or at the sale of consumer goods. The tax is assessed in proportion 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 10 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. A badly run company is, therefore, forced to improve or go out of business. 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 damage to his car was ______; therefore, he could repair it himself.

单选题Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on. The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather effortlessly. A status has been compared to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits, the buyer can choose style and fabric. But an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the clothing presented by our society. Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit, as well as by our pocketbook. Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain alterations made, hut apart from minor adjustments, we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their racks. Statuses too come ready made, and the range of choice among them is limited.