Referring to the occasion is often used as an introduction to tribute speeches, toasts, dedication ceremonies and historical events.

A、Even though psychology has cataloged a long list of East-West differences, it still lacks an accepted explanation of what causes these differences.

B、In today’s world of social media, the socialization of children must involve many different mediums and approaches.

C、The results indicate that there are significant differences between draft/ revised/ final research papers, and that most students improve their academic writing skills.

D、Academic writing has been the subject of instruction and research for decades in most western universities.

AD Ltd manufactures and sells a single product, E, and uses a standard absorption costing system. Standard cost and selling price details for product E are as follows. $ per unit Variable cost 8 Fixed cost 2 10 Standard profit 5 Standard selling price 15 The sales volume variance reported for last period was $9,000 adverse. AD Ltd is considering using standard marginal costing as the basis for variance reporting in future. What would be the correct sales volume variance to be shown in a marginal costing operating statement for last period?

A、$6,428 (A)

B、$6,428 (F)

C、$12,600 (F)

D、$12,600 (A)

A film studio, Nadir Productions, has to decide whether to make a movie out of the book “Planetary Wars”, which it has acquired the rights to. The studio’s experts estimate that the production costs for the film will be $30 million and the subsequent cash flows net of distribution costs and taxes to be received a year later are expected to be $60 million with a probability of 50% and $10 million with a probability of 50%. The studio uses a discount rate of 18% in deciding whether to accept such projects. What is the NPV of the project? Should the project be accepted? At this point a new MBA on the CFO’s staff suggests that they have not taken account of the option to produce a sequel to the movie. If the movie succeeds at the box office, then surely they will want to make “Planetary Wars II” the following year. Draw a decision tree for the project. Assuming that the cost estimates and the distribution of future cash flows for the sequel are the same as for the original movie, how does taking account of the option to make a sequel affect the desirability of the project? Suppose that Nadir’s executives believe that a successful film of this genre can have as many as three sequels. What is the NPV of the project taking account of this?

The following is a list of sentences which forms an introduction section. Read each of them and rearrange them in a logical order of the introduction. a. With the application of audio and visual materials in teaching, the class will become alive and attractive. b. and then analyze the advantages they will bring to the teachers as well as students. c. Teaching method is always a heated topic for teachers to make his or her class well. d. Such a class can not only develop students’ initiatives but also improve teachers teaching performance. e. Multimedia techniques will help teachers make a class better. f. The essay will first demonstrate the significance of multimedia techniques; g. Traditional classes are teacher-centered and the teaching pattern is “one chalk, one blackboard”. h. According to Wikipedia, multimedia techniques refer to the techniques of the combined use of media such as television, slides, etc, esp. in education. i. The purpose of the essay is to study the advantages multimedia techniques bring to a class. j. This pattern can easily lead to a boring and tedious class.

A、Dishes are always cooked with butter, cheese and cream.

B、Spices are popularly used to enhance the flavor of foods.

C、Fish is used as staple food.

D、The art of swift cooking at very high temperature is supreme.

Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points.The activity of animals is usually coordinated with periodically recurring events in the environment.

A．Mostanimalssurviveandreproducesuccessfullywithoutcoordinatingtheiractivitiestoexternalenvironmentalrhythms．

B．Thecircadianperiodofananimal’sinternalclockisgeneticallydeterminedandbasicallyunchangeabl

e

C．Environmentalcuessuchasachangeintemperatureareenoughtoresetananimal’sclock．

D．Animalshaveinternalclocksthatinfluencetheiractivitiesevenwhenenvironmentalcuesareabsent．

E．Animalsarelessaffectedbylargedifferencesbetweentheirinternalrhythmsandthelocalsolardaythanarehumans．

F．Becauseananimal’sinternalclockdoesnotoperateona24-hourcycle,environmentalstimuliareneededtokeepthebiologicaldayalignedwiththesolarday．