What does the author mean by "paralysis by analysis"（Last line, Para. 4)？A．Endless studies

The statement "it is all too monkey"(Last line, Para. 1)implies that______.

A．monkeys are also outraged by slack rivals

B．resenting unfairness is also monkeys"nature

C．monkeys, like humans, tend to be jealous of each other

D．no animals other than monkeys can develop such emotions

ing about______.

A．gold market

B．real estate

C．stock exchange

D．venture investment

The expression "tip service"(Line 4, Para. 3)most probably means______.

A．advisory

B．compensation

C．interaction

D．reminder

database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites "personal search agent". Its an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then e-mail them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the key words legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D. C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. "I struck gold," says Redmon, who e-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company. With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you, "Every time you answer a question, you eliminate a possibility," says one expert. For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept what you think you want to do — then broaden it. "None of these programs do that," says another expert. "Theres no career counseling implicit in all of this." Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get an e-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. "I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me," says the author of a job-searching guide. Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When Career Sites agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs—those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them—and they do. "On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic," says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for Career Site. Even those who arent hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at Career Builder. "You always keep your eyes open," he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.

How did Redmon find his job?

A．By searching openings in a job database.

B．By posting a matching position in a database.

C．By using a special service of a database.

D．By e-mailing his resume to a database.

The word "arbiters"(Line 6, Para. 4)most probably refers to those______.

A．who work as coordinators

B．who function as judges

C．who supervise transactions

D．who determine the price

The phrase "making the biggest splash"(Line 1, Para. 3)most probably means______.

A．causing the biggest trouble

B．exerting the greatest effort

C．achieving the greatest success

D．enjoying the widest popularity

Which of the following best defines the word "aggressive"(Line 3, Para. 7)?

A．Bold.

B．Harmful.

C．Careless.

D．Desperate.

The word "gizmos"(Line 1, Para. 2)most probably means______.

A．programs

B．experts

C．devices

D．creatures

he process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying: "Wont the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable anti-competitive force?" Theres no question that the big are getting bigger and more powerful. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982. Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. International affiliates account for a fast-growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s, multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial production of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy. I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M&A wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and communication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customers demands. All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. As productivity grows, the worlds wealth increases. Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty. Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could recreate the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil trust was broken up. The mergers of telecom companies, such as WorldCom, hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress. On the contrary, the price of communications is coming down fast. In cars, too, concentration is increasing — witness Daimler and Chrysler, Renault and Nissan — but it does not appear that consumers are being hurt. Yet the fact remains that the merger movement must be watched a few weeks ago, Alan Greenspan warned against the megamergers in the banking industry. Who is going to supervise, regulate and operate as lender of last resort with the gigantic banks that are being created? Wont multinationals shift production from one place to another when a nation gets too strict about infringements to fair competition? And should one country take upon itself the role of "defending competition" on issues that affect many other nations, as in the U.S. vs. Microsoft case?

What is the typical trend of businesses today?

A．To take in more foreign funds

B．To invest more abroad

C．To combine and become bigger

D．To trade with more countries

____.

A．failure to realize its real problem

B．tendency to hire annoying reporters

C．likeliness to do inaccurate reporting

D．prejudice in matters of race and gender