We can infer from the last paragraph that
A.Neiman Marcus has just decided to transit to the Web.
B.online sales are the sole source of Neiman Marcus' revenue.
C.the total sales of Breitling has increased in spite of less catalogs since 2002.
D.Prada does not need a Web site at all.
We need to ________an eye on all the activities to make sure that people stay safe.
A.catch
B.take
C.keep
D.bring
All the essential services on which we depend are
A.run by the Government or our local authorities
B.in constant need of financial support
C.financed wholly by rates and taxes
D.unable to provide for the needs of the population
阅读理解:阅读下面的短文,根据文章内容进行判断,正确为“T”,错误为“F”。
A 4 year Kid, who does not know what an Email or a Chat App is, prays to GodA、“Hey, Lord, Please make me a smartphone”. This young kid is asking such a wish from God, because he sees that his parents at home are completely glued to this magical device called smartphone and has no time to look up at him. The smartphone is getting more attention in the house than the child. His parents are present there physically, but their minds are somewhere else.
It’s so true that this device has become an inseparable part of our day to day life, and we are addicted to it. We will start feeling restless if we do not look to our phone after a few minutes. We react faster to a phone beep or a message compared to a call by a family member from a different room. We all need to come out of this head-down syndrome. We all need to connect and communicate in real world. We need to put this technology to good use and not become a slave.
So what shall we do? It’s simpleA、the solution is called “digital break”. This means, when you return home from work, you simply turn off or mute all your digital devices for a few hours every day, or at least once in a while. What do you do then? You can share your time with the family, chatting with your wife or husband, playing games with your kids, doing things with other family members, etc. in real life. You will soon realize the world outside the smartphone is much more enjoyable
1. The kid is 5 years old. {T、F}
2. The kid asked God for a smartphone. {T、F}
3. Smartphones have become an inseparable part of our daily life. {T、F}
4. We all need to connect and communicate in virtual world. {T、F}
5. The only solution to the head-down syndrome is called “digital break. {T、F}
We may think of all of these as our needs. Yet most of us would be far from satisfied if we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. (78) We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays. So we must add our wants to our basic needs. Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.
But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in many countries now. Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter. Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need.It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.
What we need in life is divided into ________ according to this article.
A.the basic necessities and luxury
B.many kinds of need such as food, clothing and houses
C.four groups the basic necessities, luxury, reliable income and future expense
D.the basic necessities and reliable income
Most of us have also had trips that we would (14) to forget. Many conditions Can produce a bad traveling experience. For example,if the four conditions listed above do not exist,we will probably have a bad experience, (15) at best a difficult (16) . Students who travel to a foreign country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel alone. They don't know the language of the new country (17) . They often arrive in the new country (18) a huge international airport. From the airport,they need to find their way to their school. Maybe they need to change airplanes,to take a bus,a train,or a taxi. They need to do all this in a country (19) everything is unfamiliar. Later,after the experiences are over,they Can laugh. But at the (20) ,they feel terrible.
A. include
B. conclude
C. hold
D. contain
Perhaps the best way to think of our present situation is to imagine a train coming into a switchyard. All of the switches are set before the train arrives, so that its path is completely determined. Some switches we can see, others we can not. There is no ambiguity if we can see the setting of a switch: we can say with confidence that some possible futures will not materialize and others will. At the unseen switches, however, there is no such certainty. We know the train will take one of the tracks leading out, but we have no idea which one. The unseen switches are the true decision points in the future, and what happens when we arrive at them determines the entire subsequent course of events.
When we think about the future of the universe, we can see our "track" many billions of years into the future, but after that there are decision points to be dealt with and possible fates to consider. The goal of science is to reduce the ambiguity at the decision points and find the true road that will be followed.
According to the passage, it is difficult to be certain about the distant future of the universe because we ______.
A.have too many conflicting theories
B.do not have enough funding to continue our research
C.are not sure how the universe is put together
D.have focused on investigations of the moon and planets
When we think about the future of the universe, we can see our "track" many billions of years into the future, but after that there are decision points to be dealt with and possible fates to consider. The goal of science is to reduce the ambiguity at the decision points and find the true road that will be followed.
According to the passage, it is difficult to be certain about the distant future of the universe because we______.
A.have too many conflicting theories
B.do not have enough funding to continue our research
C.are not sure how the universe is put together
D.have focused our investigations on the moon and planets
Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments Would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three or four times in packages that all have to be disposed off drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us no only to buy thing we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by curing out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.
The main cause of pollution is ______.
A.the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment
B.the production of new industrial goods
C.increased amounts of a natural substance
D.our ever-increasing population
What was taken some years ago as a ticket of certain admission to success is now being exposed to the scrutiny of cost-conscious employers who seek "can-dos" rather than "might-dos", and who feel that academia has not been sufficiently appreciative of the needs of industry or of the employers' possible contribution.
It is curious, given the name of the degree, that there should be no league table for UK business schools: no unanimity about what the degree should encompass; and no agreed system of accreditation. Surely there is something wrong. One wonders where all the tutors for this massive infusion of business expertise came from and why all this mushrooming took place.
Perhaps companies that made large investments would have been wiser to invest in already existing managers, perched anxiously on their own internal ladders. The Institute of Management's 1992 survey, which revealed that eighty-one per cent of managers thought they personally would be more effective if they received more training, suggests that this might be the case. There is, too, the fact that training alone does not make successful managers. They need the inherent qualifications. Of character; a degree of self-subjugation; and, above all, the ability to communicate and lead; more so now, when empowerment is a buzzword that is at least generating genuflexions, if not total conviction.
One can easily think of people, some comparatively unlettered, who are now lauded captains of industry. We may, therefore, not need to be too concerned about the fall in applications for business school places, or even the doubt about MBAs. The proliferation and subsequent questioning may have been an inevitable evolution. If the Management Charter Initiative, now exploring the introduction of a senior management qualification, is successful, there will be a powerful corrective.
We believe now that management is all about change. One hopes there will be some of that in relationship between management and science within industry, currently causing concern and which is overdue for attention. No one doubts that we need more scientists and innovation to give us an edge in an increasingly competitive world. If scientists feel themselves under-valued and under-used, working in industrial ghettos, that is not a promising augury for the future. It seems we have to resolve these misapprehensions between science and industry. Above all, we have to make sure that management is not itself smug about its status and that it does not issue mission statements about communication without realizing that the essence of it is a dialogue. More empowerment is required and we should strive to achieve it.
What is the writer's view in the reading passage?
A.He believes that there are too many MBAs.
B.He believes that the degree is over-valued.
C.He believes that standards are inconsistent.
D.He believes that the degree has dubious value.
There are many problems in our modern world. One very serious problem is energy. We get a great 【71】 of energy we need from coal, gas, and oil. However, the 【72】 of energy which we use is 【73】 every year, and we only have enough coal, gas, and oil for the next twenty or thirty years. How will we live 【74】 the energy which these things give us? Scientists are looking for 【75】 to this problem. They are looking for new 【76】 to produce energy. For example, they are working with new ways 【77】 energy from the light and heat of the sun. They are also working with plans which produce energy from 【78】 of the oceans. All of the new methods 【79】 scientists are finding are still very expensive, but perhaps they will help solve our energy problems 【80】 the future.
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B.group
C.price
D.deal
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effect
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increase
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C had increased
D is ncreasing
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improve
C
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key
B a direction
C a solution
D service
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cost
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C
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B pay
C save
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welfare
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B
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