问题:单选题The Lancaster case shows that employees have the right to get compensation if they ______.A are given work that they are unable to doB suffer mental injury caused by their workC are forced to do work that they don’t likeD feel isolated, let down and extremely anxious
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问题:单选题Which of the following is true of women’s nurturiring nature according to the passage?A It is not inborn in any sense.B It is inspired by women’s families.C It is caused by social prejudiceD It is partly biological in origin.
问题:单选题One reason for quick population increase in underdeveloped countries is that ______.A those countries encourage people to have large familiesB people can get government support if they have more kidsC improved public health standards have reduced death rate greatlyD those countries have enough resources to support a large population
问题:单选题What is the writer’s comment on park rangers work?A They are slack in their work.B They should make more efforts.C They are devoted to their work.D They need to reorganize their work.
问题:单选题A large population in an underdeveloped country may lead to ______.A a rise in work efficiencyB a shortage of farm workersC a decline in grain productionD a reduction in average income
问题:问答题Practice 1 Directions: Read the texts from a magazine article in which five business leaders talked about their predictions for high-tech developments in the 21st century. For Questions 1 to 5, match the name of each person to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Maguel de Icaza: Free software benefits people, countries and companies by giving them complete control of the software on which they depend. This is helping close the digital divide between developed and underdeveloped countries. People who previously might never have had access to this sort of technology are already leading the efforts to bring it to the developing world. Free software is the foundation on which a fairer future and a more efficient economy is being built. Austin Hill: Welcome to the future. Your mobile phone tracks your location, your interactive TV records your viewing habits. Privacy is to the information age what environmentalism was to the industrial age. Businesses will protect themselves, and their customers, by introducing privacy-promoting technologies and building better data controls into every aspect of their operation. A leading class of privacy protectors will emerge in every industry, and both they and their customers will reap the rewards of the ethical privacy brand. Ng Ede Phang: This will be the year that plain old text e-mail sits up and starts talking--and talking a lot. The human voice is powerful weapon. An e-mail doesn’t tell me whether you’re happy, sad or excited, whereas lnternet voice services provide all these key emotional characteristics. The human voice adds a very powerful element to business relationships that e-mail just cannot match. Murray Goldman: For those of us who live on airplanes, a key decision is which electronic devices to carry on a trip. The future is in the appropriate combination of communications and computing devices. Many business travelers will require the full computing power of a personal computer, with a screen large enough to do intensive work. As a result, lightweight notebooks have been introduced to the market with innovative options such as built-in DVDs, cameras and wireless capabilities. Christine Karman: We’ll see agents on portals and community websites helping people trade goods and information. Venture capitalists are shifting from dotcoms to software and hardware companies. In Europe, that shift is hard to make because we don’t have a Silicon Valley from which lots of companies are conquering the world. As a consequence, the slowly emerging Internet and software industry in Europe may not survive. If I were starting a new software company now, I’d go to California or Boston. Now match the name of each person (1 to 5) to the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. Statements
问题:单选题According to the passage, dairies are ______.A experimenting with the use of paper bottlesB giving up the use of glass bottlesC increasing the use of plastic bottlesD re-using their paper containers
问题:问答题Practice 3 You have read the job advertisement below in a newspaper and you want to apply for the job. Write a letter of application to the manager of the company, Mr. Meed, giving all the necessary personal information. You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use“Wang Lin” instead. You do not need to write the address.
问题:单选题What is the best title for this passage? ______.A The Theory of Division of Labour and Its SignificanceB The Industrial Revolution and Its SignificanceC The Causes of Industrial RevolutionD Adam Smith, the Economist and Philosopher
问题:单选题Why is it useful to carry enough 25-cent coins with you?A They can act as small change for the exact bus fares.B There is generally no problem in using them in Canada.C As a basic unit of money, they are gradually gaining in usage.D They may come in handy for pay phones or laundry machines.
问题:单选题According to the author, life learning ______.A could prevent one from running risksB could be a road full of trials and errorsC makes a kid independent of his parentsD teaches a kid how to avoid being scorned
问题:单选题We can infer from the passage that quakes ______.A may happen anywhere at any timeB mostly strike in oceans and mountainsC are unobservable in masses of landD are hardly the direct cause of fatalities
问题:单选题It can be learned from the passage that top performers are not ______.A free of lossesB interested in winningC accustomed to failuresD concerned about setbacks
问题:单选题Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text about some parents’ attitudes to ward commercials?A Children should never watch commercials on TV.B Advertisers are not always telling truth in commercials.C Children can benefit from some commercials.D There shouldn’t be too many commercials in children’s programs.
问题:单选题The tanker could not sail into the harbor because ______.A the tide was not suitableB she had run aground on sandC her engines had broken downD most of her crew had gone ashore
问题:问答题Practice 1The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in shortest possible time. Although these wide modem roads are generally 1 and well maintained, with few sharp curves and many straight sections, a direct route is not always the most 2 one. Large highways often pass by scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally 3 large urban centers which means that they become crowded with 4 traffic during rush hours, when the "fast, direct" way becomes a very slow route.However, there is almost always another route to take if you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 5 new "superhighways", there are often older,6 heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. Some of these are good two-lane roads; others are uneven roads 7 through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high 8 , or down frightening hillsides to towns 9 in deep valleys. Through these less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places where the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean 10 of the world.[A] connect [B] relatively [C] view[D] less [E] lead [F] curving[G] heavy [H] laying [I] cliffs[J] profitable [K] lying [L] regularly[M] smooth [N] enjoyable [O] more
问题:单选题To promote sales, advertisers often exploit consumer ______.A economic statusB practical needC emotional needD social status
问题:单选题The word “like” in an ad often focuses the consumer’s attention on ______.A what the advertiser says about the productB what magic the product really possessesC why the advertiser promotes the productD why the product is as good as promised
问题:单选题In this text the writer is expressing ______.A her personal opinionsB the opinions of the general publicC her feelings about cancer sufferersD some ideas of fund-raising