What did Elizabeth Kendall do ten years ago?
A.She won a great award.
B.She established a company.
C.She had a book published.
D.She completed a research project.
What did Elizabeth Kendall do ten years ago?
A.She won a great award.
B.She established a company.
C.She had a book published.
D.She completed a research project.
A.visited
B.would have visited
C.has visited
D.is visiting
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It seems now that a dollar is not the same as that ten years ago. We can not use it to buy as many things as before. No one can deny that one dollar is worth 100 cents. The amount of money is fixed but the value has experienced great changes. Do our living conditions get decreased? Many people are confused about this question.
All the goods are ruled by the axioms of supply and demand. We all know that workers earn more than before, as a result, they have more to pay for what they need or what they like. The great demand promotes the price to go up. At the same time, if there is a shortage, the price also goes up. According to the economists, the value of money depends on the cost of living. The cost of living is what we spend on the necessities. The food, housing and medical expenses have increased largely these years, so the value of money has decreased. For some people whose salary . has not increased much, the expense of living becomes a headache. Don't worry about that. To help you better manage your salary and keep the quality of your life, here comes some money saving tips.
First, you need to set ambitious goals to encourage you to save money. For exampie, you plan
to have a formal dress in one year, to own a car in five years or to buy an apartment in twenty
years.
Second, stay away from those that waste money. Learn to keep a diary of how much you spend and what it is for. Planning a budget is important. Budget helps you to spend money wisely though the cost of living increases. So, how do you make a budget? There are numerous charts and software and all kinds of things that you can buy to help you. They're all fine, but all that you real-ly need is a notebook, a pencil and a small calculator. Just sit down and annotate everything that you spend money on in a month with these tools. Everything ! Think twice before using money on expensive skin care products. The best way to keep your skin in good condition is sufficient sleep .After you know exactly where your money is going, you can have chance to get rid of your bad consumption habit.
Following them your daily expense will be cut off easily, but still keep the quality of your life.
46. According to the passage, which way is the best to keep a balanced life?
[A] Have a formal dress in one year
[B] Own a car in two years' time
[C] Save money and have a plan to avoid waste
[D] Put down every penny we spend
The onset of the Great Depression, on the other hand, was rapidly mirrored in American literature, especially in novels, and during the ten years after the Depression started, much writing dealt with it. One of the best of these novels was John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. But the arrival of the Depression little affected Hemingway's attitudes. During the 1930s, he continued to publish novels and short stories. They dealt with a variety of subjects but customarily revealed his high view of courage. The brave did not always survive in his fiction but they lived their lives to the fullest. It was not until the late 1930s that reference to the Depression crept into Hemingway's writing and, even then, its influence was indirect.
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A.American literature was slow to reflect the war.
B.The war was hardly reflected in American literature.
C.The war was rapidly reflected in American literature.
D.Hemingway was the only author to write about the war.
W: Justin has put in the most time with the company, but he doesn' t want any more responsibility because he already has his own business. So, I think Allan is the most qualified person. He' s been with us for more than ten years and has a great reputation with our clients.
M: I know that Justin wouldn' t have enough time to devote. Allan is the reasonable choice. I am going to meet with him this afternoon to offer the position to him.
W: That' s good. Justin will be relieved that he wasn' t chosen and Allan will be thrilled to move up.
What are they discussing?
A.Sales figures
B.Alexis' s retirement
C.The replacement for Alexis' s position
D.Allen' s clients
Auto Design Competition By Harper Lewis West Lake Town, Jackson City(February 7)- The International Convention of Auto Design(ICAD)held its annual conference and an awards banquet in West Lake Town at the Lakeview Hotel. ICAD, a global organization whose membership includes critically renowned designers as well as newly emerging talents, recently announced the winners of its tenth annual design awards. A committee, composed of auto-design professionals, advertising executives and artists, selected nominees in ten areas of design. The committee chosed three nominees in each category. Then the entire ICAD group, composed of nearly 250 auto-design professionals, voted for the winners. Noteworthy among the awards announcements was the prize won by H&J Partners. This firm was established only three years ago and has attracted a great deal of attention. This was the third award for H&J Partners in the past year and commentators anticipate more in years to come.
Which group was NOT involved in choosing nominees for the competition?
A.Auto design professionals.
B.Magazine publishers.
C.Artists.
D.Advertising executives.
November 11, 1918 was the day when the First World War was over. Weary(疲劳的)veterans came home. They left many dead companions behind and brought home a lifetime of bloody memories. The war had been one long horror of death and【B1】______. In the months that followed, soldiers and their families began the process of redefining their lives after the【B2】______experience of war. Many servicemen returned to find that their jobs had been taken by others. Besides that, the economic【B3】______in America had shifted. While the soldiers were away, sacrificing years of their lives, wages had【B4】______. Soldiers pay and unemployment seemed a【B5】______reward for all the veterans had given. Disillusioned(理想破灭的)veterans began to press the government for compensation. In 1924, Congress【B6】______the Soldiers Bonus Act. The veterans received certificates that would be changed into a cash value of about $ 1,000 each in 1935. It seemed a【B7】______consolation (带来安慰的事物), but perhaps better than nothing. Then came 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression. The sudden economic crisis shocked everyone, especially the disabled and widows and children of soldiers killed in Europe. Many who had given everything for America on the battlefields of the Great War were now trying【B8】______to keep their families from starving. Naturally, veterans【B9】______the bonus promised by the government and they needed the bonus now. What good would a 1935 cash settlement be to a man who had died of starvation ten years earlier? But Congress and President,【B10】______a nations financial crisis, refused the servicemens request.
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SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
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听力原文: The Thorpe facility in northwest England would reprocess spent nuclear fuel and its ten years of operation could produce 60 tons of plutonium. Expertise would be needed to convert the plutonium into weapon-grade material. And that's in any case the International Atomic Energy Agency would ensure that none went astray. But there is great opposition in the United States to further production of plutonium, even for civilian uses. The Defense Department opposed the export of spent fuel to reprocessing plants in France, saying this would be an extremely damaging signal at a time when the United States wanted to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation. An independent report for the Pentagon says more plutonium would be produced from civilian programmes such as Thorpe than from the dismantling of nuclear weapons.
The main function of the proposed Thorpe facility is to produce
A.weapon-grade material.
B.nuclear fuel.
C.plutonium.
D.spent fuel.
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