It's a good idea to bring a small present when you go to a dinner party.

What is the main idea of paragraph 4？

A．Maybe individual's living longer would not be such a good thing for our society as a whole.

B．It is the quality of life, instead of its length, that truly matters.

C．We have some related issues to worry about along with the citizens' longevity.

D．The current welfare system is not ready yet to support such a large old-age population.

The basic idea of the first paragraph may be stated as follows: ______.

A．all persons have an equal portion of good will when they are born

B．great souls are capable of great evil

C．good sense, in terms of its distribution among persons, may be called common sense

D．good sense is the mark of the truly good person

According to Jenny Jervis, ______.

A．the price of the product doesn"t reflect its true value

B．smart choice of products is the key to saving money

C．paying by working hours may make the product less attractive

D．always having a second look at the purchase is a good idea

ewards risk taking and change. Decisions based on intuition are valued as much as those that are well rationalized. Management prides itself on its history of experimenting with new technologies and its success in regularly introducing innovative products. Managers or employees who have a good idea are encouraged to "run with it," and failures are treated as "learning experiences." The company prides itself on being market driven and rapidly responsive to the changing needs of its customers.

There are few rules and regulations for employees to follow, and supervision is loose because management believes that its employees are hardworking and trustworthy. Management is concerned with high productivity but believes that this comes through treating its people right. The company is proud of its reputation as being a good place to work.

ated back to the 8th century, German breweries that 【M2】______ hail from the 11th and an Italian bank with roots in the 15th. What is unusual about IBM, which celebrates its 100th birthday this week, is that it has been so successful and so long in the fast-moving field of 【M3】______ technology. How has it done it？ IBMs secret is that it is built around an idea that transcends any special product or technology. Its strategy is to package technology 【M4】______ for use by businesses. At first this meant making punch-card tabulators, but IBM moved on to magnetic-tape systems, mainframes, PCs, and most recently services and consulting. Building a company around an idea, other than a specific technology, makes it easier to 【M5】______ adapt when industry platform. shifts occur. True, IBMs longevity is also due, in parts, to dumb luck. It 【M6】______ almost came unstuck early because its bosses were hesitant to 【M7】______ abandon punch cards. And it had a near-death experience in 1993 since its bosses realized that the best way to package technology for 【M8】______ use by businesses was to focus on services. An elegant organizing idea is of use if a company cannot come up with good products or 【M9】______ services, and if it has clueless bosses. But on the basis of this simple 【M10】______ formula — that a company should focus more on an idea than a technology, which of todays technology giants might still be standing tall a century after their founding？

【M1】

repaired. Man: Dont waste your time and money any more. Its a very old watch and it is quite worn out. Question: What does the man mean？

A．It will take about one month to repair the watch.

B．The woman should have saved more money.

C．It is a good idea to keep the old watch.

D．The watch is no longer worth repairing.

When might you need to give blood for a personality (个性) test？ The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job.

Some people believe that your blood group hides no secrets. It shows the" real you". And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at certain tasks. This is the very reason why you could be asked to offer your blood group before being given a job.

The new idea was carried out first in Japan and now it had been brought over to other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about its needs: "For our office members, we must have 30 percent of group A and 15 percent of AB, 25 percent of O and 30 percent of B.

Do you happen to know your own blood groups？ It seems that if you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers, while blood group B are highly creative (创造力的). And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping orders in the office.

According to the passage, ________.

A．four types of the blood were discovered by Japan

B．people of good blood might do their work very well

C．knowing your own blood group you could get a good idea

D．more and more countries accepted the new idea about blood group

根据以下内容回答题：

Have you ever heard the old saying，“Never judge a book by its cover”？This is a good rule to（1）when trying to judge the intelligence of others．Some people have minds that shine only in certain（2）．A young man with an unusual gifts in．creative writing may find himself（3）in the presence of a pretty girl．He searches awkwardly for words and does not talk smoothly．But don’t make the（4）of thinking him stupid．With a pen and paper，he can express himself very well． Other people may（5）you into overestimating their intelligence by putting up a good appearance．A student who listens attentively and take notes in class is bound to make a favorable impression（6）their teachers．But when it comes to exams，he may score near the（7）of the class． The main idea is that you can’t judge someone by appearance．The only way to determine a person’s intelligence is to get to know him．Then you can observe（8）he reacts to different situations．The（9）situations you observe，the more（10）your judgment is likely to be．So take your time．Don’t judge the book by its cover．

1.

A.follow

B.obey

C.watch

D.observe

rogram to get international【21】. American officials believed they should【22】the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world【23】. The first VOA news report began with these words in【24】: "The【25】may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth." Within a week, other VOA【26】were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World war II【27】in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's【28】had to be changed,【29】the Soviet Union (苏联)became the enemy of America. They wanted to reach Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began【30】something new to its broadcast that was【31】"Music USA" , Another new idea came【32】in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know【33】English to completely understand its normal English broadcast. So VOA【34】a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken【35】,of course, it is Special English.

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A．business

B．culture

C．support

D．information.

incipal use, as I see it, of hard work in studies. Unless you train your body you can't be a good sportsman, and unless you train your mind you can't be much of a scholar. The four miles a boatman covers at top speed is in itself nothing to the good, but the physical capacity to hold out over the distance is thought to be of some value. So a good part of what you learn by hard study may not be retained forever, and may not seem to be of much final value, but your mind is a better and more powerful instrument because you have learned it. "Knowledge is power," but still more the ability of acquiring and using knowledge is power. If you have a trained and powerful mind, you are bound to have stored it with something, its value is more in what it can do, what it can grasp and use, than in what it contains; and if it were possible, as it is not, to come out of college with a trained mind and nothing useful in it, you would still be ahead, and still, in a manner, educated.

The title that best expresses the main idea of this passage is ______. ()

A．Knowledge Is Power

B．How to Retain and Use Knowledge

C．Physical and Mental Efforts

D．The Trained Mind Is What One Needs