第1题
A.an increase in the rate of inflation because firms will pass on their increased costs to the consumer by marking up prices
B.an increase in the rate of inflation because the wages received will increase aggregate demand
C.an increase in the rate of unemployment
D.all of the above
第2题
One process the company【B5】use is to issue bonds. Bonds are a special kind of【B6】note. They are issued in different【B7】, in the forms of money used in different countries, such as the pound in England or the【B8】in Germany. These bonds can easily be sold again to other people or to other companies. The company the【B9】the bonds promises to pay a particular amount of money as interest【B10】for a certain period of time. This continues until the time【B11】the company has to pay back the principal of the bond. Payments of principal and interest must be made on time【B12】the company has been earning money or not. If these payments are not made on time, it means that the company has not done【B13】it agreed to do and can be sued.
Another process companies may use is to issue other forms of promissory notes.【B14】stocks. Bonds and stocks are opposite methods of providing money for a company. The people who buy stocks【B15】money which is put into and used by the company. These persons receive a part of the money that is earned and take part in deciding how the company will【B16】its business. They must also take part in the【B17】. The people who own stocks receive dividends only after the company has paid all of its debts to the people who own bonds.【B18】, the persons who own bonds have no right,【B19】to the law, to help decide how the company will handle its business, unless it is bankrupt or in danger of becoming【B20】.
【B1】
A.get
B.have
C.go
D.run
第3题
A.buffering
B.queuing
C.receiving
D.timing
第4题
第5题
It is not always true to say that things in Change Alley cost less. I once bought a Czechoslo-vakian glass butter-dish from Robinson's for a little under two dollars. I then went on to Change Al-ley and just by chance saw an article of the same shape, design and size, in one of the shops. I then asked about its price, and was surprised when the man demanded more than four dollars for it. "How much can you offer?" he shouted at me. I offered him exactly the same price I paid for the article and his reply was shockingly rude (粗鲁). I opened my bag, showed him my receipt, stared at him and walked out of his shop.
A buyer in England expects to find the price of goods clearly shown, or, to be told exactly what the price is. He knows this is the lowest price that will be accepted. If he thinks the price is be- yond what he can afford, he shrugs (耸耸) his shoulders and walks away. He does not attempt to bargain with the shopkeeper. Even if he showed annoyance or surprise, he would expect to be told that if the price was unacceptable, he should try elsewhere.
The underlined word "haggling" ( line 2, para. 1 ) in the text most probably means______.
A.accepting the prices immediately
B.fixing the right cost for some goods
C.arguing about the price of something
D.paying extra for comfortable shopping
第6题
More and more companies are using nanotechnology(纳米技术) to improve their products, but many experts say safety research is trailing far behind the pace of commercialization and want the US Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies to regulate the emerging industry, more strongly. In the first single inventory of largely government funded research projects, the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies found that there is a need for more, resources, for a consistent risk-related research strategy and for public-private partnerships and international research cooperation.
Scientists manipulating matter at the molecular level have improved on hundreds of everyday products in recent years and are promising dramatic breakthroughs in medicine and other industries as billions of dollars a year are pumped into the newborn sector. But relatively little is known about the potential health and environmental effects of the tiny particles—just atoms wide and small enough to easily penetrate cells in lungs, brains and other organs.
While governments and businesses have begun pumping millions of dollars into researching such effects, scientists and others say nowhere near enough is being spent to determine whether nanomaterials pose a danger to human health. Michael Crichton's bestselling book Prey paints a doomsday(世界末日) scene in which a large number of tiny nanomachines escapes the lab and threatens to overwhelm humanity. Scientists believe the potential threat from nanomaterials is more everyday than a terrible novel, but no less serious.
Studies have shown that some of the most promising carbon nanoparticles—including long, hollow nanotubes and sphere-shaped buckyballs—can be poisonous to animal cells. There are fears that exposure can cause breathing problems, as occurs with some other very small particles, that nanoparticles could be inhaled through the nose, bringing unknown damage on brain cells, or that nanotubes placed on the skin could damage DNA. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is developing guidelines for working with nanomaterials, saying the tiny particles may raise health concerns and the risk to those who work with them is unknown. Also unknown is the risk to consumers and the environment.
"No one knows, and that's the problem," said Pat Roy Mooney, executive director of the ETC Group, an Ottawa-based nonprofit that studies the impact of technology on people and the environment. "People are rubbing them on our skin as sunscreens and as cosmetics(化妆品)." Mooney's group is calling for products, such as sunscreen that are directly absorbed into the body, to be taken off the shelf until there is more study. "Frankly, I don't think that skin creams or strain resistant pants are a good reason to sacrifice someone's health," he said.
The federal government currently spends about $1 billion a year on nanotechnology research under its National Nanotechnology Initiative. A newly released inventory by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies found about $6 million being spent annually by the federal government on research that is highly focused on health and environmental effects of nanotechnology. Though the inventory is not a complete accounting of all research, it indicates that a small percentage of research dollars are going to health and safety, said Dave Rejeski, director of the non-partisan policy group. "More energy and more funding needs to go into it," said Kevin Ausman, executive director of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice University in Texas. "There is not going to be a simple answer to the question 'Is nanotechnology dangerous?'" he said.
But Ausman and others said the nanotechnology sector is ahead of the curve when it comes to understanding potential dangers, and is doing far more early research than has
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第7题
Sales last year were almost eight billion dollars. The company believes in opening many stores in busy areas of cities. For example, there are about thirty Starbucks stores in downtown Seattle. Recently, three Starbucks opened in the area near VOA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Starbucks sells more than just plain coffee. It started a whole coffee culture with its own special language and coffee workers called baristas. It sells many kinds of hot and cold coffee drinks, like White Chocolate Mocha and Frappuccino. It also sells music albums, coffee makers, food, and even books. But most of all, it sells the idea of being a warm and friendly place for people to sit, read or talk.
Starbucks is a great success story. Buyers are willing to pay as much as five dollars for a coffee drink. People we talked to said they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want and to be nearby.
However, some people do not like the company's aggressive expansion. A small coffee seller is taking the company to court. She says the way the company does business is illegal because it stops property owners from leasing stores to other coffee companies. She sees Starbucks as controlling the market and forcing out competition.
Nicolas O'Connell works for La Colombe, a coffee roasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He says Starbucks has helped to educate people about coffee from many countries. But he criticizes the company for using machines more than people to make the coffee. Mr. O'Connell points out that the coffee culture is all about a hand-made product and interaction between people.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Where did Starbucks, the store name come from?
34. What is Starbucks' most extraordinary character?
35. Why does Mr. O'Connell not like Starbucks?
(30)
A.A special symbol in life.
B.A theatrical role in a play.
C.A great character in history.
D.An imaginary person in a fiction.
第8题
Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs, of folklore (风俗). All this is very difficult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild grass. The college students should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide and confused wilderness and how long scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long.
In the last paragraph the phrase "this wide and confused wilderness" refers to ______.
A.personal experience
B.wild weeds among good plants
C.the information from the parents
D.the vast store of traditional practices
第9题
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
It is a matter of common observation that although incomes keep going up over the years, people never seem to become much better off! Prices are rising continuously. This condition is known as one of inflation; the money supply is becoming inflated so that each unit of it becomes less valuable. People have grown accustomed in recent years to higher and higher rates of inflation. What could be bought ten years age for one dollar now costs well over two dollars. Present indications are that this rate of inflation is tending to rise rather than to fall. If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices, one might think that inflation does not matter. But it does. When money is losing value, it lacks one of the qualities of a good money—stability of value. It is no longer acceptable as a store of value; and it becomes an unsuitable standard of deferred(延期的) payments. Nobody wants to hold a wasting asset(财富), so people try to get rid of money as quickly as possible. Inflation therefore stimulates consumer spending, and prevents people from saving.
Inflation is a situation in which ______.
A.we find our money more valuable than before
B.people can easily find better paying jobs
C.employment no longer becomes a problem
D.money keeps losing its value
第10题
M: Well, uhm, it'd be great to get away, but I've never done it before.
W: None of the others have either except for me. I went once last fall. But there'll be an instructor in each canoe the first day.
M: I don't know.
W: Oh, come on. This is our last chance to take a break before finals. The scenery is beautiful, and if it gets too hot we can dive in whenever we feel like it. The river's really calm this time of the year, no rapids to deal with.
M: That's a relief. What would I have to bring?
W: Let's see. Tom's bringing food for the Friday night cookout for everyone. And the people who run the trip have tents set up and they supply food and drinks for all day Saturday. On the way back Sunday morning we'll stop somewhere for breakfast. So, you have to bring a bathing suit and a sleeping bag.
M: Well, I do love camping and sleeping out. Where is this place?
W: Well, it's about an hour and a half to the place where we meet the trip leaders. We leave our car there and they drive us and then canoes upriver to the place where we start canoeing.
M: And who's driving us to the meeting place?
W: Well, I was hoping we could take your car. Mine's in the shop again.
M: Oh, I see. It's not me you want, it's my car.
W: Don't be silly. So what would you say?
M: Oh, why not!
W: Great! I'll give you a call when I find out when everyone wants to leave on Friday.
(20)
A.To convince him to go on a canoe trip.
B.To invite him to a cookout.
C.To ask if she can borrow his car.
D.To tell him about a trip she took.
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