（c) （i) Using ONLY the above information, assess the competitive position of Diverse Holdi

Franco: Is this your calligraphy, Xiaoyan？

Xiaoyan: Yes. Do you like it？

Franco: It' beautiful.

Xiaoyan: 1 think I'm good at art because my father is an artist.

Franco: l' m not. My handwriting is terrible, but 1 always write personal letters by hand.

一I don't like using the computer for that.

Xiaoyan: Neither do 1. But my family only send emails, don' t get real letters anymore.

Franco: Me neither - I'll write you a real letter!

Xiaoyan: Thank you! But I like using the computer for some things. I 'm keen on

researching my family history and I love surfing the Internet for information about that.

Franco: Really -me too!

31. Franco's handwriting is beautiful.

A. Right

B. Wrong

32. Franco doesn' t like using computers for personal letters.

A. Right

B. Wrong

33. Xiaoyan doesn' t like using computers for personal letters.

A. Right

B. Wrong

34. Xiaoyan enjoys surfing the internet for information about her family history.

A. Right

B. Wrong

35. Franco is not interested in researching his family history.

A. Right

B. Wrong

A.Have you ever used this software before

B.You can’t keep using your bad back as an excuse

C.This shop is for the use of members only

State Building if you had to climb 102 flights of stairs to reach the top. Not many, I imagine. If it were not for the invention of elevators, or lifts, tall buildings would be unusable.

The first lift was just a box suspended on a rope. Using a series of pulleys, a group of oxen ox strong men would pull the rope end lift the box to a higher point. Lifts were used only for heavy materials, not passengers. Even in the nineteenth century, when steam power was used to operate the lifts, people didn't ride them. They didn't trust the rope that held the box.

In 1853, Elisha G. Otis invented the first safe lift. He showed his invention in New York at the Crystal Palace Exhibition. At the exhibition, Otis was pulled up in an open box that was attached to two guide mils. When he was lifted far above the spectators, he gave the order to cat the rope. To the amazement of the crowd, the lift did not fall straight downward to the floor. Instead, it was held fast to the guide rails by a certain device. He had built powerful metal clamps on the carriage as a safety measure. The demonstration worked, and people have been riding as passengers in elevators ever since.

(30)

A．Disadvantages of tall buildings.

B．The Crystal Palace Exhibition.

C．Modem elevators.

D．The invention of the elevator.

--I wonder if I could use your computer tonight.--_________. I’m not using it right now.

A、Sure, so ahead.

B、I don’t know.

C、It doesn’t matter.

D、Who cares？

A.I don’t know.

B.Who cares？

C.It doesn’t matter.

D.Sure, go ahead.

tem (ADS)？()I. The taxpayer desires rapid write off of assets.II. The taxpayer may be close to being subject to the alternative minimum tax.III. The taxpayer is experiencing a low income time period.

A、Statements I and III are correct

B、Only statement I is correct

C、Statements II and III are correct

D、Statements I and II are correct

E、Statements I, II, and III are correct

A. It utilizes the OS file system cache.

B. A traditional NFS mount is not required when using Direct NFS.

C. Oracle Disk Manager can manage NFS on its own, without using the operating kernel NFS driver.

D. Direct NFS is available only in UNIX platforms.

E. Direct NFS can load-balance I/O traffic across multiple network adapters.

—I wonder if Icould use your tablet tonight？

—________________. I’m not using it right now.

A、It doesn’t matter.

B、No, thank you.

C、Sure, here you are.

A. Only data files and the control file are backed up.

B. Archived redo logs are backed up only I f the database is open during the backup.

C. The backup is deleted after one day, regardless of the default retention policy settings.

D. The backup becomes obsolete after one day, regardless of the default retention policy settings.

rom my school days, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from Reader's Digest to test our vocabulary.

Today, more than 45 years later, I always check out " It pays to Enrich Your Word Power" first when the Digest comes each month. I am impressed with that idea, word power. Reader's Digest knows the power that words have to move people to entertain, inform. and inspire. The Digest editors know that the big word isn't always the best word. Take just one example, a Quotable Quote from the February 1985 issue: " Time is a playful thing. It slips quickly and drinks the day like a bowl of milk. "

Seventeen words, only two of them more than one syllable, yet how much they convey! That's usually how it is with Reader's Digest. The small and simple can be profound.

As chairman of a foundation to restore the Statue of Liberty, I've been making a lot of speeches lately. I try to keep them fairly short. I use small but vivid words: words like "hope" , "guts", "faith" and "dreams". Those are words that move people and say so much about the spirit of America.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not against using big words, when it is right to do so, but I have also learned that a small word can work a small miracle—if it's the right word, in the right place, at the right time. It's a "secret" that I hope I will never forget.

The passage is mainly about______.

A．one of the many old memories

B．using simple words to express profound ideas

C．Reader's Digest and school speeches

D．how to make effective speeches