s_______ （n.) happening one after the other without anything different happening in between

What were the two boats?

One was a ______ and the other was a Japanese fishing boat.

The northern and southern polar regions are different in many ways. The most important difference concerns the distribution of land and water. The northern Arctic regions are ice-covered sea, almost completely surrounded by land. The pole itself is in deep water. In the south, Antarctic is a huge continent which is surrounded by a great ocean. Because of this basic difference other differences occur. The Arctic has a varied climate, while the Antarctic climate varies little; the Arctic has much plant life, but the Antarctic is an empty desert. And whereas the Arctic has been exploited economically for centuries, trade has never really touched Antarctic. Interest in the Arctic began when America was discovered, and explorers tried to find a western sea route to India and China. In their search to find the "North-West Passage" the main problem facing the explorers was how to avoid the ice. One explorer, Nansen, found a unique answer to this problem. He intentionally became struck in the ice and traveled with it across the Arctic Ocean! But although many explorers tried, it was not until 1903 that the Arctic polar region was crossed by sea. Antarctic exploration begins with Ptolemy. He believed that all the oceans were surrounded by land, and therefore, there was huge continent somewhere in the south. His idea led to centuries of search, and again trade played its part. The real discoverers of Antarctic were the hunters who traveled far south to catch seals. One reason for the present interest in both polar regions is that world may soon be short of fresh water. In fact, over 85% of the earths entire fresh water is found in the polar ice. If we could find a way of carrying this ice to other parts of the world, this would solve all our fresh water problems.

Trade, according to the passage, has never really touched Antarctic because Antarctic is

A．a land surrounded by a great ocean

B．an empty desert and has no plant life

C．not open to public

D．different from the Arctic

For most senior students there are mainly two alternatives: one is to find a job; the other is to pursue postgraduate study. For different senior students there should be a choice that is more suitable than the other. Which do you think is more suitable for you? Why do you think so? Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic:

Finding a Job or Going on Studying?

AcustomerisinstallinganHMC-managedPower720withtwopartitions,oneforProductiontheotherforTesting.TheyplantousetheTestingpartitiononlyoccasionallyandwanttominimizehardware.Whichofthefollowingmeetstheserequirements?（）

A.Createasystemprofileforeachpartition.Assignallneededresourcesas‘required‘.

B.Defineallsystemresourcesas‘desired‘ontheTestingpartition.Activateonlyasneeded.

C.Createtwosharedprocessorpools.AssigntheminimalI/Oresourcesrequiredforeachpartitiontothesharedpools.

D.Createbothpartitionswithminimal‘required‘resources,andoptionalresourcesas‘desired‘.Activateeachpartitionasnecessary.

The Organic Bread Company (OBC) makes a range of breads for sale direct to the public. The production process begins with workers weighing out ingredients on electronic scales and then placing them in a machine for mixing. A worker then manually removes the mix from the machine and shapes it into loaves by hand, after which the bread is then placed into the oven for baking.

All baked loaves are then inspected by OBC’s quality inspector before they are packaged up and made ready for sale. Any loaves which fail the inspection are donated to a local food bank.

The standard cost card for OBC’s ‘Mixed Bloomer’, one of its most popular loaves, is as follows:

Budgeted production of Mixed Bloomers was 1,000 units for the quarter, although actual production was only 950 units. The total actual quantities used and their actual costs were:

Required:

(a) Calculate the total material mix variance and the total material yield variance for OBC for the last quarter. (7 marks)

(b) Using the information in the question, suggest THREE possible reasons why an ADVERSE MATERIAL YIELD variance could arise at OBC. (3 marks)

Two Tigers

There were two tigers; one lived in a cage and the other in the wild. The caged one didn&39;t have to worry about his meal while the one outside was unrestrained.

The caged tiger was always envious of the freedom of the one in the wild, while the other one envied the caged one for his ease. One day, one tiger said to the other: "let&39;s change places". The other one agreeded.

Thereupon the caged one went back to nature while the other came into the cage. But before long both died, one of starvation, and the other, melancholy.

Sometimes one is not conscious of his own happiness and always thinks the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but not think over that one man&39;s meat is anoter man&39;s poison