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What can we learn about the man at the beginning of the conversation?

A．He is eager to work on the presentation.

B．He has plenty of time to prepare for the presentation.

C．He doesn"t know there is a literature presentation until the woman tells him.

D．He may not start to prepare for the presentation until next week.

The carrier shall be bound before and at the beginning of the voyage to exercise due diligence to ______．

A.make the ship seaworthy

B.prepare the cargo properly for the carriage

C.clean the holds before discharging the goods and/or after loading the goods

D.train crew members in accordance with all regulations concerned

From the beginning of the passage, we learn that Jack B.Weinstein most probably is ______ .

A．a federal judge

B．a New York lawyer

C．a report writer

D．an Eastern District judge

From the beginning of the passage, we learn that Jack B.Weinstein most probably is ______ .

A．a federal judge

B．a New York lawyer

C．a report writer

D．an Eastern District judge

Electronic Commerce

At the beginning of the 1990s, no one had heard of the Internet, apart from a few researchers and academics. Increasingly, no matter what business you are in, whether it be services, manufacturing, or the primary, sector, the capacity to access and process information, and to interact more directly and speedily with suppliers and customers, is becoming the central means of creating value.

Today, electronic commerce is having an effect on the way many New Zealanders do business. (8) .It has become clear that younger people especially are creating their own Internet-based businesses instead of working for someone else. Equally, a growing number of New Zealanders of all ages and from all walks of life are grasping the opportunities the Internet offers. All these businesses are creating exciting new products and services and are adding value and dynamism to the economy.

(9) .Markets are changing and customers are becoming more demanding. Labour, products, and services flow ever more easily across international borders.

(10) .Just ten years later, some 360 million people around the world have Internet access, and the number of Internet users continues to grow rapidly.

In 2000, IDC, a research company, estimates that the value of New Zealand's Internet-based electronic commerce will exceed $800 million. That is not counting New Zealand's wholesale electricity market, which in itself is worth a billion dollars annually, and which operates the first electricity trading system in the world accessible through the Internet.

E-commerce is available to a multinational company. (11) .

(12) .The software that makes the Internet work is in the public domain. Anyone can install it for free. The Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who sell you Internet access are often owned by large companies, which also own the telecommunications networks over which the Internet runs, but they don't own the Internet itself. No one does.

A．Although this new environment provides opportunities, it poses risks as well.

B．The Internet, On the other hand, is an open network.

C．At the beginning of the 1990s, no one had heard of the Internet, apart from a few researchers and academics.

D．It means that our business can operate in the global environment, participating in global networks and e-commerce means on-line trading, that is, buying and selling goods and services over electronic networks.

E．New opportunities for exporting, for creating new businesses, and for growing established businesses are resulting.

F．In 2000, the government launched an e-commerce strategy to encourage economic growth and innovation in New Zealand through promotion of e-commerce and technology-based business.

G．The emergence of the Internet in the 1990s has fuelled the recent rapid growth of electronic commerce, and this in turn is changing the nature of business.

(8)

The topic sentence of Paragraph 3 is ______ .

A．at the beginning of this paragraph

B．at the end of this paragraph

C．in the middle of this paragraph

D．Both A and B

Suppose Golden Finance invests $1.37million in academic research at the beginning of year 1, and the discount rate is 8%. The estimated after-tax earnings in this project are listed as below: End of year 1 0.5million End of year 2 0.65million End of year 3 0.93million The net present value (NPV) of the project is closest to:

A.$0.

B.-$0.39.

C.$0.39.

The topic sentence of Paragraph 3 is______.

A．at the beginning of this paragraph

B．at the end of this paragraph

C．in the middle of this paragraph

D．Both A and B

Normally, at the beginning of the school year, the Student Services of universities and colleges publish lists of rooms and apartments available off campus. You should pay attention to these services as well as advertisements in the local or college/university newspapers, and bulletin boards on the campus or in supermarkets. You might also walk through the section of the city or town in which you wish to live to see whether there are "FOR RENT" signs on the doors of houses. You may also ask other students for advice, either Canadian or from overseas. It would be wise to set aside several full days to look for accommodation at the beginning of your program. This will allow you to obtain an idea of the range of housing available. Usually, it is not a good idea to take the first accommodation that you see unless, of course, you are certain that it will be satisfactory.

Accommodation outside the center of a city is normally less expensive than accommodation in the center of the city.

How to find rooms or apartments for rent:

You should pay attention to:

【46】of your university or college;

【47】in some newspaper; or

【48】.

It would be wise to set aside【49】to search for accommodation.

It is not a good idea to take the first accommodation unless it is【50】.

At the beginning of the year, a company issued a $1,000 face value bond.Interest on that bond is paid semiannually, the annual coupon rate on the bond is 9%, and the bond matures in ten years.The market rate of the interest at the time the bond was issued was 10% on an annual basis.The amount of the initial liability recorded for this bond was closest to:

A.$938.

B.$961.

C.1,065.