Compared with the U.S.,most Western European nations. A)have higher infant death rates B)
42 Compared with the country with the longest Life expectancy, the U. S. is
A nearly 3 years behind. B nearly 4 years behind.
C nearly 6 years behind. D nearly 8 years behind。
32 Compared with the country with the longest lire expectancy, the U. S. is
A nearly 3 years behind. B nearly 4 years behind.
C nearly 6 years behind. D nearly 8 years behind.
Compared with the country with the longest life expectancy, the U. S. is
A.nearly 3 years behind
B.nearly 4 years behind.
C.nearly 6 years behind
D.nearly 8 years behind.
A.are caused by poverty
B.have cultural background
C.have ethnic background
D.can be cut down only through force
The Development of PR
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.
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 age, 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 provincial 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 Bur son-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 world so interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as foreign.
According to the passage, U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened because of______.
A.shrinking cultural differences and new communication technologies
B.increased efforts of other countries in public relations
C.an unparalleled increase in the number of public relations companies
D.the decreasing number of multinational corporations technologies
With manufacturing in the doldrums across Europe and the U. S. , consumer spending has been increasingly seen as the best hope of stopping the global economic slowdown from turning into a recession. The French government said the news proved that the economy was holding up to the strain of the slowdown.
Meanwhile in Germany, new regional price figures went someway towards calming fears about inflation in Europe's largest economy -- a key reason for the European Central Bank's reluctance to cut interest rates 15 states said consumer prices were broadly stable, with inflation falling year on year. The information backed economists' expectations that inflation for the country as a whole is set to fall back to a yearly rate of 2.1%, compared to a yearly rate of 2.6% in August, closing in on the Euro-wide target of 2%. The drop is partly due to last year's spike in oil prices dropping out of the year-on-year calculation.
The icing on the cake was news that Italy's job market has remained buoyant. The country's July unemployment rate dropped to 9.4% from 9.6% the month before, its lowest level in more than eight years. And a business confidence survey from quasi-governmental research group ISAE told of a general pick-up in demand in the six weeks to early September. But the news was tempered by an announcement by Alitalia, the country's biggest airline, that it will have to get rid of 2,500 staff to cope with the expected contraction as well as selling 12 aeroplanes. And industrial group Confindustria warned that the attacks on U. S. targets meant growth will be about 1.9% this year, well short of the government's 2.4% target. And it said the budget deficit will probably be about 1.5%, nearly twice the 0.8% Italy's government has promised its European Union partners.
We know from the first paragraph that ______.
A.new figures from the three European countries show the prediction of forecasters is exactly right
B.European economy gets on better than forecasters have predicted
C.all of the forecasters expect the fully figure to show a reduction
D.in three European countries the consumer spending continues to rise
Text 4
Unlike the private enterprise model, which is the foundation of the U. S. health care system, Canada has a health care system based on different principles:l) Universality: everyone is covered. 2) Portability:people can move from province to province and from job to job, or be un-employed, and they will still be covered. 3) Comprehensiveness: the plan covers all medically necessary treatment. 4) Public administration: the system is publicly run and publicly accountable.
Since 1947 Canada has had a tax-supported health care system in which every Canadian is covered for the costs of all medically necessary services. Under this plan, each citizen is issued a health card by the government, which is presented when health care is received. Using tax money, the govemment pays back physicians and hospitals, based on a fee schedule determined by the government, not the market. The keys are that the health services are paid for by the government and all Canadians have equal access to the care they need. Canadians can select any doctor they like. The plan is a " single payer"plan, with the doctors billing the provincial insurance plans directly (the government of each Canadian province pays the medical bills of its citizens) . For patients,there are no bills,claim forms, fees,and long waits for compensations from insurance carriers.
The key difference between the Canadian system and that in the United States is that"in Canada health care is considered a social right, while in the United States it is treated more like a commodity".
The usual arguments against such a plan are that it is inefficient and costly.ln Canada's case, health care is administered more efficiently, at less cost, and with better results, than the health care system in the United States. The results, as measured by infant mortality and life expectancy, show that Canada is ahead of the United States. Administrative costs are less in Canada (about one-fourth of U. S. administrative expenses for physicians, hospitals, and insurance companies) .
The Canadian health care system is not perfect. Canadians have less access than Americans to the latest technological innovations. There may be waits for those not needing immediate surgeries. But despite some small problems ,most Canadians like their health care system. A Gallup Poll in 1991 revealed, for example, that 91 percent of Canadians rated their health care system better than that in the United States, compared to only 26 percent of Americans who felt their system was su- perior to that in Canada.
56. The Canadian health care system is________
[ A] financially supported by private enterprises.
[ B] run according to different principles.
[ C] designed for the convenience of the public.
[ D] complicated by administration.
Since 1947 Canada has had a tax-supported health care system in which every Canadian is covered for the costs of all medically necessary services. Under this plan, each citizen is issued a health card by the government, which is presented when health care is received. Using tax money, the government pays back physicians and hospitals, based on a fee schedule determined by the government, not the market. The keys are that the health services are paid for by the government and all Canadians have equal access to the care they need. Canadians can select any doctor they like. The plan is a "single payer"plan, with the doctors billing the provincial insurance plans directly (the government of each Canadian province pays the medical bills of its citizens). For patients, there are no bills, claim forms, fees, and long waits for compensations from insurance carriers.
The key difference between the Canadian system and that in the United States is that "in Canada health care is considered a social right, while in the United States it is treated more like a commodity".
The usual arguments against such a plan are that it is inefficient and costly. In Canada's case, health care is administered more efficiently, at less cost, and with better results, than the health care system in the United States. The results, as measured by infant mortality and life expectancy, show that Canada is ahead of the United States. Administrative costs are less in Canada (about one-fourth of U. S. administrative expenses for physicians, hospitals, and insurance companies).
The Canadian health care system is not perfect. Canadians have less access than Americans to the latest technological innovations. There may be waits for those not needing immediate surgeries. But despite some small problems, most Canadians like their health care system. A Gallup Poll in 1991 revealed, for example, that 91 percent of Canadians rated their health care system better than that in the United States, compared to only 26 percent of Americans who felt their system was superior to that in Canada.
The Canadian health care system is
A.financially supported by private enterprises.
B.run according to different principles.
C.designed for the convenience of the public.
D.complicated by administration.
Spot gold was at $404.20/404.70 a(an) 【C2】______ by 0412 GMT compared with $404.00/404.50 【C3】______ quoted in New York on Wednesday. Dealers pegged key resistance at $405 an ounce.
Dealers said investors were likely to lock in profits at current 【C4】______ prices but rising oil prices have 【C5】______ some physical demand. Gold has 【C6】______ by nearly nine percent since 【C7】______ this year's low of $371 an ounce in May.
"The outlook is still for oil prices to reach $50 a barrel, having already risen $10 since the end of June and a whopping $16 a barrel or 50 percent over the last year," N M Rothschild said in a(n) 【C8】______ .
"The market remains 【C9】______ about supply disruptions from Iraq. Higher oil prices bode well for gold, as the potential for inflation increases, which gold has historically been seen as a hedge against," it said.
In the Tokyo gold 【C10】______ , the benchmark June 2005 gold contract rose one yen per gram to 1,424 yen.
Gold has been 【C11】______ around $400 this week, but it is still some way off the heights 【C12】______ in January, when the market hit a 15-year peak of $430.50 as the euro 【C13】______ against the U. S. currency.
The euro was little changed at $1.2337. Some dealers pegged upside target at $410 an ounce but any move upward would 【C14】______ on how the dollar behaved against other 【C15】______ .
"There's a little bit of physical demand but overall trading is quiet. I think trading range in Asia will be between $404 to $406 an ounce," said one dealer in Hong Kong SAR, a key bullion trading center in East Asia.
【C1】______
A.rude
B.rough
C.pure
D.crude