In the past few years, it has been a trend for Chinese universities to build new campuses,
听力原文: In the past few years, millions of Americans have become suddenly enthusiastic about the bicycle as if it were a great new invention. Annual bicycle sales doubled between 1960 and 1970, and there are nearly 70 million bicycles in the United States today.
Of course, the bicycle has been around for more than 160 years and this isn't America's first bicycle passion. A wave of bicycle enthusiasm swept the land in the late 1800s and bicycle production was up to two million in 18917. Then with the coming of the automobile, bicycle declined, and for decades remained popular only with children and a few adults.
Now, a national concern with air pollution and physical fitness has brought the bicycle back to the forefront, particularly with adults. More than eight million bikes were sold in the United States last year, a third of which bought by adults. But the year before, only 15 percent of new bicycle sales were for adults.
(33)
A.Nearly 7 million.
B.Nearly 17 million.
C.Nearly 70 million.
D.Nearly 77 million.
听力原文: In the past two years, millions of Americans have suddenly embraced the bicycle as if it were a startling new invention. Annual bike sales doubled between 1960 and 1970, and there are nearly 70 million bikes in the United States today. That's more than two for every three automobiles.
Of course, the bike has been around for more than 150 years, and this isn't America's first bicycle boom. A wave of bike enthusiasm swept the land in the late 1800s and bicycle production hit two million units in 1897. Then with the coming of the auto, bicycling declined, and for decades remained popular only with children and a few adult faddists.
Now, national preoccupation with air pollution and physical fitness has brought the bike back to the forefront—particularly with adults. More than eight million bikes were sold in the United States last year and a third of them went to adults. The year before, only 15 percent of new bike sales were for adults.
(30)
A.The use of bikes is a new invention in the U.S.
B.Annual bike sales doubled in the 60s in the U.S.
C.The producers made 70 million bikes every year.
D.The number of bikes is two times that of cars in the U.S.
Which of the following is true about the Japanese economy, according to the passage?
A.It will slide into deflation very soon.
B.It has been affected by economic recession for almost ten years.
C.It has maintained a sustained economic recovery for the past decade.
D.It will propose to attract more American businesses to invest in key industries.
What is the main reason for woman's talk?
A.To describe her vision for the future
B.To announce a shift in business strategy
C.To explain why the budget has been increased
D.To express support for a proposed partnership
请根据下面短文回答第下列各题: Temperatures(温度)around the world are going up year after year. A report shows that the ten wan nest years since 1860 all happened after 1987. Of those ten, nine happened after 1990. There port also says the increase(上升) in temperature over the past 25 years is greater than that over the past 1,000 years. Ken Davidson, a world-famous scientist, agrees with the scientific findings that global (全球的) warming is happening just because of what people do on the earth. He says one of the most important reasons for the higher temperatures is the fact that cities are getting bigger and bigger. Studies show that cities are hotter than other places. Reports Show that many places around the world have had unusual weather in the past few years because of global warming. Most of Asia, for example, is warmer than before, and in India hundreds of people have even died from the hot and dry weather each year. Parts of Africa have of-ten had unusually heavy rains while other parts of Africa have had unusually dry weather. In parts of Europe, more than 100 people died from heavy rainfall in September 2002. Yet large parts of North and South America had very dry weather in the same year. What is the text about?
A.Big cities.
B.Global warming.
C.A famous scientist.
In the old days, such postal deliveries were only for important people. The messengers would sometimes carry letters for ordinary citizens, but the cost was very high and the messengers were often careless. And so in the 17th century in Britain, a service was started for everyone. At first this postal service carried letters only between a few very busy towns, but year by year it grew larger and better.
Today, there are post offices in every country. Letters can be sent by post in almost any village, anywhere. In Britain, the postman who delivers the mail may walk or ride bicycle for a short distance. Post offices also use many other ways to carry mail — by train and ship and by airplane, depending on the fastest and easiest way.
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A.In 15th century.
B.Before 15th century.
C.In the 17th century.
D.After 17th century.
Annual Performance Reviews
In theory, annual performance reviews are constructive and positive interactions between managers and employees working together to attain maximum performance and strengthen the organization. In reality, they often create division, (51) morale (士气) ,and spark anger and jealousy. (52) , although the object of the annual performance review is to improve performance, it often has the (53) result. A programmer at a brokerage (经纪) firm was shocked to learn at her annual performance review that she was denied a promotion (54) she wasn't a "team player", What were the data used to make this (55) ? She didn't smile in the company photo.
(56) this story might sound as if it came straight out of a comic strip, it is a true (57) of one woman's experience. By following a few tips and guidelines (准则) from industry analysis, this kind of ordeal (厄运) can be avoided.
To end the year (58) a positive and useful performance review, managers and employees must start the year by working together to (59) clear goals and expectations.
It may be helpful to allow employees to submit a list of people (60) with the company who will be in a good position to (61) their performance at the end of the year; these people may be coworkers, suppliers, or even customers.
By checking employees progress at about nine months, managers can give them a chance to correct mistakes and provide (62) to those who need it before the year is out. When conducting the review, managers should (63) strengths and weaknesses during the past year and discuss future responsibilities, avoiding punishment or blame.
(64) , when employees leave their performance reviews, they should he focusing on (65) they can do in the year ahead, not worrying about what went into their files about the past.
(51)
A.heighten
B.undermine
C.stimulate
D.hinder
Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or a good-bye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and their confused families behind them.
Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reported missing from home--the highest in 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity.
To those left behind this form. of desertion is a terrible blow to their pride and self-confidence. Even the finality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection or failure. Worse than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free to start a fresh life.
Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believes most departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive. "It's typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore other people's pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressive act. By creating an absence the people left behind feel guilty, upset and empty."
When her husband left home, Eileen Doyle ______.
A.could not forgive him for taking the children
B.had been expecting it to happen for some time
C.could not understand why
D.blamed herself for what had happened
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Unfortunately sales results over the last year have failed to come up to our expectations. A number of factors have been responsible, but basically it is the result of too many companies chasing the microcomputer market which is no longer expanding as fast as it once was.
Looking at the past year in detail, it must be admitted that the sales have declined considerably over the period. Our market share in wholesales has dropped from 21% to only 10%. The lack of a good local distributor in Asia has meant that our sales of the Obec series have collapsed despite the huge jump in the microcomputer market there during the past year. Our dominance of that part of the market has been lost to Strong, but once we find a new distributor we should come back strongly.
Retail sales in general have been a problem. There has been a tendency for the big high street stores to concentrate on high volume turnover of a few fairly well-known makers. When they stopped promotion of the Obec 1500, sales slumped by 50%. We are negotiating a fresh marketing deal for the new Obec 1600. Once this is settled we expect a gradual rise in sales, which will be followed by a big TV advertising campaign at the appropriate time. What we are facing now is that we have not been able to push the Obec 1500 as much as we would have liked because of insufficient advertising.
Most of our advertising budget went on the promotion of the Obec Extra before last Christmas. Unfortunately we have failed consistently to find the proper marketing strategy for the Extra, which has not been sold to either the leisure or the business market.
The serious business market has performed worse than any other in the period under review. The main factor was the introduction of the new Legend 586 Plus, when sales reduced over a period of several months. With this background it is natural that sales of the Obec 1000 and 2000 have gone into a slide. They showed a slight upturn just after the introduction of the 586 Plus, only to crash again a few weeks later.
What purpose does this passage possibly serve?
A.A company introduction to its employees.
B.A market analysis for a specific industry to inform. a client.
C.An annual report of a company to direct its future decision.
D.A marketing strategy proposal for discussion.
In the past few years, the Massachusetts-based company _________________ (强加限制于) the number of its distributors.
51~65 Man of Few Words
Everyone chases success,but not all of US want to be famous.
South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is________(1)for keeping himself to himself.When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month,reporters were warned that they would find him, particularly difficult to________ (2)"
Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago He seemed________ (3)by the news that he won the us$1.3 million prize."It came as a complete surprise.1 wasn't even aware they were due to make the announcement,"he said. His________ (4)of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize。giving in Stockholm,Sweden,on December 10.
But despite being described as________ (5)to track down,the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know.
Born in Cape Town,South Africa,to an English-speaking family,Coetzee________(6)his breakthrough in l 980 with the novel" Waiting for the Barbarians(野蛮人)" He________ (7)his place among the world。S leading writers with two Booker prize victories,Britain。S highest honour for novels.He first________ (8)in l 983 for the" Life and Times of Michael K",and his second title came in l999 for "Disgrace"
A major theme in his work is South African's former apartheid(种族隔离)system,which divided whites from blacks.________ (9)with the problems of violence。crime and racial division that still exist in the country.his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid________ (10)within.
"I have always been more interested in the past than the future。"he said in a rare interview."The past________ (11)its shadow over the present.I hope I have made one or two people think________ (12) about whether they want to forget the past completely."
In fact this purity in his writing seems to be________ (13) in his personal life.
Coetzee is a vegetarian,a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn't drink alcohol.
But what he has________ (14)to literature,culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up."In looking at weakness and failure in l№."the Nobel prize judging panel said,"Coetzee'S work________ (15) the divine (神圣的) spark in man."
第 51 题 请选择(1)处的最佳答案。
A.looked after
B.well known
C.locked
D.Protected