在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】Thepresidentofthatcompanywasverycalmduringthepolitical（）
A.failure
B.fashion
C.proceed
D.crisis

【单选题】在南美，因为气候恶劣，同时又有许多原先种植胡椒的农民改种价值更高的可可，所以
过去三年中世界胡椒的产量一直低于销售量，胡椒处于相对短缺状态，价格也飞涨直至与可可相当。由上文可推知：（）
A.胡椒只有大量种植才有利可图。
B.过去三年中世界胡椒消费量高得非同寻常。
C.气候一旦回转正常，世界胡椒产量又会回升。
D.过去三年中世界的胡椒剩余储备减少了。
E.过去三年种植胡椒的农民获利之大是前所未有的。
6.有人认为，由于胡椒价格上涨，那些三年前改种可可的人并不见得比不改种的好。但是，这个结论是不确定的，因为由上文可以推知：（）
A.那些改种可可的农民并不能预见到底胡椒价格会涨到多高。
B.从种胡椒转种可可的初始成本巨大。
C.如果他们不转种可可，胡椒的供给不可能如此之少而导致价格上涨。
D.可可和胡椒一样易受气候条件的影响。
E.当越来越多的人种植可可时，可可的供给就会上升，价格就会下降。

【单选题】The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these mornings. They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be in "self care".
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of history, after all,Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In ruralAmerica, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy.But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
"We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life," saysDr.ErnestBoyer, head of theCarnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching."
Dr.Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. "School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been. "
His is not a popular ideA、Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems.Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives
It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling.Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United States still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most ofEurope, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition.And surely from kids.But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
The currentAmerican school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to ______.
A、the growing season on the nation’s farm
B、the labour demands of the industrial age
C、teachers’ demands for more vacation time
D、parents’ demands for other experiences for their kids

【单选题】As soon as the exams were over, the students all went their ______ ways.
A．homely
B．perspective
C．respective
D．diverted

【单选题】I need to move to a larger apartment. Do you know of any ______ ones in this neighborhood
A．empty
B．blank
C．vacant
D．bare

【单选题】No unfit actually faced with water scarcity ____ appreciate the value of water to a region.
A．one can
B．one cannot
C．can one
D．cannot one

【单选题】The information provided in this passage may help us____.
A．make better use of the library as a useful service institution
B．pay more attention to up-to-date news provided in libraries
C．better understand librarians and appreciate their hard work
D．save more time for entertainment in library activities

【单选题】whAt is A knowlEDgE workEr knowlEDgE workErs ArE pEoplE who routinEly usE A ComputEr in thEir work to EnhAnCE thEir proDuCtivity. shE or hE is thE CritiCAl ComponEnt in A ComputEr systEm.
A、ComputEr systEm is mADE up oF pEoplE, using DAtA AnD proCEDurEs to work with soFtwArE AnD hArDwArE ComponEnts. it tAkEs All FivE working togEthEr to proDuCE rEsults. knowlEDgE workErs ArE whitE-CollAr proFEssionAls From mAny wAlks oF liFE who hAvE thE Following ChArACtEristiCs.
thEy unDErstAnD how to usE A pErsonAl ComputEr.
thEy know how to work with ComputEr-BAsED inFormAtion.
thEy unDErstAnD how thE ComputEr BEnEFits thEir work AnD thE BusinEss.
thEy rEgArD thE ComputEr As A proDuCtivity tool.
knowlEDgE workErs mAy BE EmployED in A CompAny oF Any sizE, lArgE or smAll, At A wiDE rAngE oF tAsks. thEy mAy BE sElF-EmployED, working in thEir own oFFiCE or At homE. thEy mAy BE sAlEs rEprEsEntAtivEs or mAnAgErs who trAvEl with A portABlE ComputEr. stuDEnts ArE knowlEDgE workErs As wEll. mAny oF you mAy BE prEpAring For A CArEEr in knowlEDgE work in oFFiCE AutomAtion, puBliC rElAtions, ACCount supErvision, soCiAl work, mAnAgEmEnt, or A numBEr oF othEr oCCupAtions.
toDAy, thErE ArE ovEr 70 million knowlEDgE workErs in thE unitED stAtEs, who gEnErAtE nEArly 2 trillion piECEs oF pApEr EACh yEAr. thEsE knowlEDgE workErs work 10 hours pEr wEEk morE thAn thEy DiD 10 yEArs Ago, AnD CrEAtE ovEr 15 Billion nEw piECEs oF pApEr A yEAr.ACCorDing to A survEy ConDuCtED By inDustry wEEk mAgAzinE in 1990, 39 pErCEnt oF u. s. mAnAgEmEnt-lEvEl knowlEDgE workErs sAy pApErwork is A proBlEm. FurthEr, us
A、toDAy rEportED in 1991 thAt thE AvErAgE knowlEDgE workEr hAs 36 hours oF work stACkED up on thE DEsk.ClEArly, thE ComputEr As A proDuCtivity tool must plAy An EvEr morE importAnt rolE in knowlEDgE work AnD knowlEDgE work itsElF is stEADily Assuming lArgEr proportions.ACCorDing to sEvErAl worlDwiDE stuDiEs, urBAn CEntErs inCAnADA, thE unitED stAtEs,EuropE, AnD othEr DEvElopED ArEAs ArE inCrEAsingly using ComputEr tEChnology AnD thus Evolving knowlEDgE-BAsED CitiEs. thEsE knowlEDgE-BAsED CitiEs ArE ChArACtErizED By. (1) A ConCEntrAtion oF sCiEntists AnD EnginEErs, (2) BusinEss, univErsity, AnD govErnmEntAl rEsEArCh ACtivitiEs, (3) A high DEgrEE oF intErACtion BEtwEEn inDiviDuAls AnD thE vArious institutions, AnD (4) A positivE imAgE thAt AttrACts CollEgE grADuAtEs to knowlEDgE work.ClEArly, thE DECADE oF thE 1990s AnD thE nEw millEnnium thAt Follows ArE An ExCiting timE For knowlEDgE work.
thE FivE ComponEnts oF A ComputEr systEms ArE ______.
A、knowlEDgE workEr, ComputEr, DAtE, soFtwArE, rEsults
B、knowlEDgE workEr, DAtA, proCEDurEs, soFtwArE, hArDwArE
C、pEoplE, ComputEr, inFormAtion, work, rEsults
D、not mEntionED

【单选题】On seeing Mr. Lee ______ him, she fled and slammed the door behind him.
A．to walk
B．having walked
C．walk
D．walked

【单选题】He ______ a well-meant but unsuccessful campaign to easeEast-West tensions calling for arms reduction and a summit of the nuclear powers.
A、embarked on
B、reckoned on
C、caught on
D、dwelt on