The __________ selection statement performs one of many different actions, depending on the value of an expression.

The project are well defined,however,the performing organization does not have the resource to develop the project and wants to use a provider for all management services to cooperate in the development of this project.What should use the type of contract the project manager suggest?

A.Firm fixed price contracts.

B.Time and material contracts.

C.Cost plus incentive fee contracts.

D.Fixed price incentive fee contracts.

The statement of financial position of Pinto Co at 31 March 20X7 showed property, plant and equipment with a carrying amount of $1,860,000. At 31 March 20X8 it had increased to $2,880,000.During the year to 31 March 20X8 plant with a carrying amount of $240,000 was sold at a loss of $90,000, depreciation of $280,000 was charged and $100,000 was added to the revaluation surplus in respect of property, plant and equipment.What amount should appear under 'investing activities' in the statement of cash flows of Pinto Co for the year ended 31 March 20X8 as cash paid to acquire property, plant and equipment?

A、$1,640,000

B、$1,440,000

C、$1,260,000

D、$1,350,000

The answer depends on what kind of system is ultimately adopted.(47)The first is a special-purpose lane system, in which certain lanes are reserved for automated vehicles. The second is a mixed traffic system: fully automated vehicles would share the road with partially automated or manual driven cars. A special-purpose lane system would require more extensive physical modifications to existing highways, but it promises the greatest gains in freeway(高速公路) capacity.

Under either scheme, the driver would specify the desired destination, furnishing this information to a computer in the car at the beginning of the trip or perhaps just before reaching the automated highway. If a mixed traffic system was in place, automated driving could begin whenever the driver was on suitably equipped roads. If special-purpose lanes were available, the car could enter them and join existing traffic in two different ways. (48)As the driver approached the point of entry for the highway, devices installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to determine it destination and to ascertain that it had the proper automation equipment in good working order. Assuming it passed such tests, the driver would then be guided through a gate and toward an automated lane. In this case, the transition from manual to automated control would take place on the entrance ramp.(49)The driver would steer onto the highway and move in normal fashion to a "transition" lane. The vehicle would then shift under computer control onto a lane reserved for automated traffic. (The limitation of these lanes to automated traffic would, presumably, be well respected, because all trespassers(非法进入者) could be swiftly identified by authorities.

Either approach to joining a lane of automated traffic would harmonize the movement of newly entering vehicles with those already traveling. Automatic control here should allow for smooth merging, without the usual uncertainties and potential for accidents.(50).

A. An alternative technique could employ conventional lanes, which would be shared by automated and regular vehicles.

B. Vehicles traveling on it are assigned different lanes according to their destinations.

C. And once a vehicle had settled into automated travel, the driver would be free to release the wheel, open the morning paper or just relax.

D. What might driving on an automated highway be like?

E. One method would use a special onramp(入口引道).

F. Two distinct types are on the drawing board.

Many people believe they are suppose to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about 【S1】______

two liters. What?Because that is what they have been told all their life.But a new report【S2】______

offers some different advice. Experts say people should obey their bodies; they should

drink as much water as they feel like drink. 【S3】______

The report contains some general suggestion. The experts say women should get

about two-point-seven liters of water day. Men should get about three-point-seven liters.【S4】______

But wait--in each case, that is more than eight glasses.

There is an important difference. The report does not tell people how many glasses

of water to drink. In fact, the experts say it may be possible to know how many glasses 【S5】______

are needed to meet these guidelines. This is because the daily water requirement can

include the water content in foods.

People need to drink more water when they are physically active.The same is true

of those live in hot climates.Depending on heat and activity, people could need two times【S6】______

so much water as others do. 【S7】______

All this, however, docs not answer one question. No one seems sure why people

have the idea that good health require eight glasses of water daily. 【S8】______

It may have started with a misunderstanding. In nineteen-forty-five, the National

Academy of Sciences published some guidelines. Its Food and Nutrition Board said a

good number of water for most adults was two-point-five liters daily. This was based on 【S9】______

an average of one milliliter for each calorie of food eat.But that was only part of what【S10】______

the board said. It also said that most of this amount is contained in prepared foods.

【S1】

Teenagers are different from people of other age groups. The differences can be 18) from how they behave. In fact, the brains of teenagers are very different from those of children or adults.

Once people believed it was 19) that the human brain was fully developed by the age of three. According to this theory, teenager behaviors like risk-taking, a lack of sensitivity to how their actions 20)both themselves and others, increased aggressive deeds, 21) concentration and a negative attitude were thought to be due to bad parenting or changes in body chemistry.

However, new technology has allowed researchers to examine the healthy brain at work. What they have discovered is something 22) : Not only does the brain continue to grow beyond the age of three, but the research also23) that the brain of a teenager is larger than that of an adult.

As teen brains are 24) with chemicals during adolescence phase, the brain grows. However, only the cells that are used the most will 25) the competition within the brain. Those that are used less begin to die off until the brain reaches what will be its adult size.

The way that teens spend their time 26) influences which connections remain and which disappear. On the basis of this knowledge, experts advise parents to be 27) on how their teenagers spend their time. What teens do today will affect their brains for the rest of their lives.

A) diminished

B) demonstrated

C) alert

D) radical

E) surrender

F) survive

G) affirms

H) afford

I) affect

J) effect

K) soaked

L) soaped

M) sensitive

N) sensible

O) somehow

People have different ways of escaping the stress and difficulties of modem life. Some read; some exercise; others work in their gardens. What do you think are the best ways of reducing stress? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your opinion on the following topic:

Reducing Stress

In the first part of your essay you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you, should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

?Look at the statements below and at the five extracts from an article about loss of control downward in management.

?Which article (A, B, C, D or E) does each statement 1—8 refer to?

?For each statement 1—8, mark one letter (A, B, C, D or E) on your Answer Sheet.

?You will need to use some of these letters more than once.

A

Managers control other employees. This is a vital function of management that varies only in degree and style. One area of change threatens to reduce the degree substantially: the "dilution" of control downward. A key function from the beginning, control shares the collective essence of management with planning, organizing, staffing, and directing. Some would add two more: innovating and representing. Today, many prefer a less autocratic-sounding word, but the logic remains convincing: Somebody must "run things". By implication, monitoring that process is also necessary if an effective, profitable organization is to be realized.

B

Some control has already been diluted when the authority to make decisions in the bosses name is delegated. Needed especially as organizations grow larger, delegation almost inevitably generates tension. Managers know they should and must delegate, for many reasons. No matter how skilled and experienced, one person can neither do everything nor make all necessary decisions. Even if that superhuman ability existed, the development of promotable subordinates would be compromised.

C

Regardless of how necessary and desirable, however, delegation remains difficult. Typically, managers view letting a "less qualified person" do the job as illogical. They also fear potential loss of power and control. Despite such resistance, recent years have seen greater pressure to delegate. Those who like to invent terminology might call the new situation "delegation-plus', or perhaps "macro-delegation". Even the basic word might be ready for retirement.

D

In other words, long-existing delegation of authority down the chain of command has been supplemented greatly by widespread "empowerment". Decision-making has been "pushed downward" with a vengeance. Emphasis has been placed on decentralization and multiple teams. Causes are both philosophical and practical. Some see a pervasive paradigm shift. A vigorous effort is being made in benchmark firms not only to seek constantly better ways to do things but to do so more democratically, for assumed long-run effectiveness. One way to do this is to push organizational decision-making downward. Practically speaking, this effort is complemented by widespread downsizing. The restructuring that accompanies it often means reducing the number of middle managers. In the resulting "flat" organizations, those who remain wield broader spans of control or management, meaning they have more people to supervise.

E

Despite its popularity and even urgency, downward shifting provokes serious questions. Is it possible to reduce a manager's operational control too much? Is the concept of "diminishing returns" likely, as in economic theory? The trend has been long ongoing; if that point does exist, how close are we? Is endless decentralization logical? Delegation per se does not have to compromise management control; should not, in fact, provided the needed skill exists. But the danger is always present.

However managers are afraid of losing control, the pressure to delegate has been seen recently.

完形填空Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into cities.Satisfying the 21 of the people leads to further polluting by industry.If the rapid increase in human population 22 at the present rate (比率), there may be much greater harm.Some scientists speak of the 23 in number of people as “Population Pollution”.

About 2000 years ago, the world 24 was probably about 250 million.It reached a billion in 1850.By 1930 the population was two billion.It is 25 three and a half billion.It is expected to double by the year 2000.If the population continues to grow at the same 26 , there would be 25 billion people in the world a hundred years from now.

Man has been using the earth’s 27 more and more rapidly over the years.Some of them are almost gone.Now many people believe that man’s greatest 28 is how to control the growth of this population.The materials in the world will not support the human population in time to come if the present rate of increase continues.29 there is over crowding in the cities and hunger in some countries.Can man’s rate of increase continue?

Many people believe that human survival (幸存者) in the future 30 on the answer to the question.

21.A.needs

B.supplies

C.service

D.supports

22.A.stops

B.continues

C.slows down

D.adds to

23.A.increase

B.reduce

C.country

D.improvement

24.A.people

B.situation

C.population

D.land

25.A.now

B.in the past

C.in the future

D.then

26.A.place

B.time

C.rate

D.result

27.A coal

B.oil

C.mines

D.resources

28.A.problem

B.power

C.plan

D.idea

29.A.Already

B.Yet

C.Still

D.Often

30.A.feeds

B.lives

C.keeps

D.depends