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You should have been more patient ________ that customer; I’m sure that selling him the watch was a possibility.
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You should have been more patient ________ that customer; I’m sure that selling him the watch was a possibility.
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It takes an hour to like someone, a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Don’t rely on one's appearance; it can deceive. Don’t rely on wealth; even that fades away. Rely on someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts others, too. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness waits for those who cry, those who have been hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can't go on well in life until you let your past failures and heartaches go off. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
(1)You should rely on someone who makes you smile_______________.
A、because a smile can make your dark time easier.
B、because a smile is bright.
C、because you have nothing.
D、because you can believe someone
(2)What does the word “assurance” mean in the first paragraph?
A、return
B、promise
C、maintain
D、storage
(3)In the third paragraph, “Always put yourself in other's shoes” means_______________.
A、you should try other's shoes before you buy it.
B、you should make yourself small enough.
C、you should consider from another person's aspect.
D、None of the above.
(4) If you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying when you die, you are
A、Satisfied
B、Upset
C、Sad
D、Indifferent(冷漠的)
(5)What has been mentioned in the passage?
A、to tell us not to demand too much
B、to warn us not to believe in appearance
C、to consider other people and learn to forgive
D、all of the above
Color does influence our moods (情绪)― there is no doubt about it.A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress bri ngs warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.On the other hand, black is depressing.A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area — until it was repainted green.The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply; perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but also more active.It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or gray.
1.The author regards the psychologists'findings as ().
A.groundless
B.doubtful
C.reasonable
D.unusual
2.According to the psycholog ists, a person’s color preference ().
A.is formed as he grows up
B.is acquired through experience
C.is decided by his surroundings
D.is possessed from birth
3.It can be concluded from the passage that bright color lovers tend to be ().
A.quiet
B.active
C.depressive
D.pessimistic
4.The example of the bridge is used to illustrate that ().
A.people tend to kill themselves by jumping from bridges
B.color can affect people’s moods to a great degree
C.the bridge should have been repainted earlier
D.certain color can kill people sometimes
5.The notion that machines painted orange can reduce the risk of accidents ().
A.is a well-accepted fact
B.remains to be proved
C.is an illusion of workers
D.is a good wish of scientists
听力原文:W: Hello, Mr. Black's office.
M: Hello, may I speak with the educational advisor?
W: I'm sorry. Mr. Black's not here this morning, I'm his secretary. May I help you?
M: Yes, I would like some information about English-language schools in the United States. I'm graduating from Kuwait University this year and I want to study for my master's degree in America.
W: Have you been accepted by an American university yet?
M: Yes, I've just been accepted at the University of Chicago, but the university wrote me that I have to take an intensive English course before entering their program.
W: Well... there are many schools in the U.S. that offer English courses. Perhaps you should come down and talk to Mr. Black.
M: Ok. Could you make an appointment for me?
W: Yes, would nine o'clock tomorrow be all right?
M: No, I'm sorry. I can't come then. I have an exam at that time. Could I come the day after tomorrow at ten o'clock?
W: Yes, that will be fine, I think. May I have your name and phone number?
M: Sure, my name is Suleiman Mohammed and my phone number is 6536667.
W: Thank you, Mr. Suleiman. We'll see you Wednesday, June ninth, at ten o'clock.
M: Thank you. Good-bye.
W: Good-bye.
(20)
A.Mr. Black's secretary.
B.Mr. Suleiman.
C.The educational advisor.
D.A teacher at the University of Chicago.
阅读下列短文,并根据短文内容判断其后的句子是正确(T)还是错误(F)。
Meetings are very common nowadays. They can be weekly, monthly or annually. Some people think most meetings feel like a waste of time. They seem pointless and boring at times.
Then how do you run an effective meeting?
First, assign roles, such as greeter, timekeeper and note taker, so that you, the organizer, can be free to lead discussions and presentations.
Next, take charge from the start. Everyone will listen to you and join your discussion if you take charge in every aspect of the meeting. Show everyone that you really know what you are talking about, and everything that you talk about is useful.
Most important of all, follow the agenda. At the end of the meeting, spend a little extra time for the participants to discuss anything that needs to be immediately discussed but which may not have been on the agenda.
Always ask the participants questions to speak their minds and keep them interested. Remember that a good meeting is a two way communication. Be open to everyone's opinion, ideas, and suggestions. Don't forget to thank them for the ideas they present.
And finally, close the meeting with everyone knowing what is expected of them and what they should do for the following weeks. Then, send out meeting minutes within a few days, while everyone still remembers the points.
()21. A successful meeting should have different people to play different roles.
()22. Generally people only discuss the items listed on the agenda in a successful meeting.
()23. An unsuccessful meeting might be full of single-way communication.
()24. When the meeting is closed, it means there is nothing to do in the following weeks.
()25. Minutes should be sent out to the participants within a month after the end of the meeting.
A.must be
B.must have been
C.should be
D.should have been
Heat Co is now trying to ascertain the best pricing policy that they should adopt for the Energy Buster’s launch onto the market. Demand is very responsive to price changes and research has established that, for every $15 increase in price, demand would be expected to fall by 1,000 units. If the company set the price at $735, only 1,000 units would be demanded.
The costs of producing each air conditioning unit are as follows:
Note
The first air conditioning unit took 1·5 hours to make and labour cost $8 per hour. A 95% learning curve exists, in relation to production of the unit, although the learning curve is expected to finish after making 100 units. Heat Co’s management have said that any pricing decisions about the Energy Buster should be based on the time it takes to make the 100th unit of the product. You have been told that the learning co-efficient, b = –0·0740005.
All other costs are expected to remain the same up to the maximum demand levels.
Required:
(a) (i) Establish the demand function (equation) for air conditioning units; (3 marks)
(ii) Calculate the marginal cost for each air conditioning unit after adjusting the labour cost as required by the note above; (6 marks)
(iii) Equate marginal cost and marginal revenue in order to calculate the optimum price and quantity. (3 marks)
(b) Explain what is meant by a ‘penetration pricing’ strategy and a ‘market skimming’ strategy and discuss whether either strategy might be suitable for Heat Co when launching the Energy Buster. (8 marks)
There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before—there are more and more readers, and more and more books.
The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.
As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, and e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.
On the other hand, there is the danger of civilization. One twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long "digests" of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span—that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.
In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.
In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.
Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading?
A.Paragraph One.
B.Paragraph Two.
C.Paragraph Three.
D.Paragraph Four.
Proper controls that should()developed as part of routine safety procedures were not in place.
A. has been
B. have been
C. be