（b) Prepare a reasoned explanation of how any capital gains tax arising in the UK on the s

A.A. for

B.B. as

C.C. because

D.D. why

What benefit is a weather bulletin to a mariner ________．

A.It provides a legal reason to cancel a projected voyage

B.It allows the mariner to make long term weather forecasts

C.It is of little benefit since the weather changes frequently and rapidly

D.It gives the mariner time to prepare for weather changes

ge.It is his mind that enables a famer t0 know what t0 plant，when to harvest it，how to prepare food from the result.It is his mind that enables a hunter to know what he needs to make a spear，how t0 make it，and how to use it.And it is his mind that enables a blacksmith to know how t0 make iron tools.In short，it i s the mind that enables a person to know what to d0 in order tOosurvive.

Man’s mind allows long—range planning and thinking.It enables such long—range planning as required for farming，hunting，and tool making.These efforts require the ability to form. concepts of long—term cause and effect chains.“I need t0 make a spear tonight SO I can hunt tomorrow and have food for the next 7 days.”There may be environments where people could survive for a while without long—range planning，but without the results 0f knowledge like spears，fire，and 0ther technologies，people would get out—bred by Other animals and die out。

Man’s mind is his tool for survival，but like all tools，it must be properly used.The mind makes good use 0f knowledge，and knowledge can only be 0btained through reason.Without reason，there is no knowledge，and thus no survival。

You must recognize reality and act in accordance with it in order t0 be successful.To the extent that you use reason as your method of judgment in knowledge and action，you will survive and flourish .If you ignore or escape form. reality you will suffer and die.

It is very important t0 note that survival by reason requires the freedom to act according t0 your reason.That is why people d0 not develop well in the control of others，and can not survive when they are subject t0 foree that destroys their ability to act on reason.

26.It is his mind that enables a farmer t0 know how to_______.

A.make spears

B.hunt for animals

C.make iron tools

D.cultivate crops

27.The first two paragraphs show that man’s mind______.

A. is his basic means Of survival

B. enables him to act at will

C. is used to protect themselves

D. helps him 100k int0 reality

28. In order to survive，man should_______.

A.be conquered by 0thel"allimals

B.make a long—range plan for the future

C.1earn to recall knowledge

D.1earn to think reasonably

29.Without the results Of knowledge like spears，fire，and Other technologies，people_____.

A.Could only survive for7 days

B.would kill off a11 the animals

C.would be controlled by 0thers

D.would disappear from the earth

30.It is reasonable that if people want to survive，they should______.

A.develop well in the control of others

B.ignore or escape from reality

C.have freedom to act on reason

D.be subject to certain environments

ld. They opened a popular restaurant in California which sold food that was easy to prepare and serve quickly. Hamburgers, French fries, and cold drinks were the main food there. Kroc opened similar eating places under the same name, "McDonald's", and they were an instant success. He later took over the company, and today it is one of the most famous and successful "fast-food" in America and the world. Why was his idea so successful？ Probably the most important reason was that this timing was right. In the 1950s, most married women stayed home to keep house and take care of their children. In the 1960s, many women returned to the workplace. This meant they had less time and energy to do housework and preparation of meals, so they relied more on "TV dinners" and fast-food restaurant. Single parents also have little time to spend in the kitchen. People living alone also depend on this type of food, since cooking for one is often more trouble than it is worth.

Fast-food is not part of the diet of all Americans. Another trend of the 1960s, sometimes called the back-to-nature movement influenced many people to avoid food that was packaged or processed(处理). This preference for natural food continued to this day.

From the success of Raymond Kroc’s fast-food business, we can say that social economic trends influence where and what we eat.

1.The main idea of the reading is that ().

A、Raymond Kroc is the most successful fast-food business owner in the world

B、social and economic changes affect eating habits

C、fast-food is easy to prepare and serve quickly

D、Americans eat either fast food or natural food

2.Why was McDonald''s idea so successful？ It was mainly because ().

A、people living alone depend on fast food

B、single parents have little time to spend in the kitchen

C、many women returned to the workplace in 1960s

D、his timing was right

3.Americans had the "movements"().

A、in 1955

B、in 1950s

C、in 1960s

D、both in 1950s and 1960s

4."Cooking for one is more trouble than it is worth" means ().

A、cooking for several people is worth more money

B、it is not necessary to take too much time to cook for one person

C、there are more problems when one person cooks

D、there are a lot of housework and preparation to do when one person cooks

5.An idea implied but not directly stated (陈述) in the reading is that ().

A、many married women began to work in the 1960s

B、natural foods are still popular today

C、fast food is not part of the diet of all Americans

D、divorce causes people to change their eating habits

Despite a cooling of the economy, high-technology companies are still crying out for skilled workers. The Information Technology Association of America projects that more than 800, 000 technology jobs will go unfilled next year. The lack of qualified workers poses a huge threat to the U. S. economy.

The most commonly cited reason for this state of affairs is that the country's agrarian-age (农村时代) education system fails to prepare students in the primary and secondary grades for the 21st century work. Yet an inadequate and outmoded education system is only part of the problem. A less tangible (明确的) but equally powerful cause is an antique (过时的) classification system that divides the workforce into two camps; white-collar knowledge workers and blue-collar manual laborers.

Blue-collar workers emerged in the United States during the Industrial Age as work moved from farms to factories. White-collar office workers became a significant class in the twentieth century, outnumbering(多于) the blue-collar workers by mid-century. Corporations increasingly require a new layer of knowledge worker; a highly skilled multi-disciplined talent, who combines the mind of the white-collar worker with a solid grounding in mathematics and science (physics, chemistry, and biology). These "gold-collar" workers—so named for their contributions to their companies and to the economy as well as for their personal earning ability—apply their knowledge to technology.

The gold-collar worker already exists in a wide range of jobs. The maintenance technician who tests and repairs aircraft systems at American Airlines; the network administrator who manages systems and network operations at Procter & Gamble(宝洁公司) ; the engineering technologist who assists scientists at Sandia National Laboratories; and the advanced-manufacturing technician at Intel can all be regarded as gold-collar workers.

What does the word "projects" in the first paragraph mean？

A．Throws

B．Predicts

C．Concludes

D．Claims

of all, the resume should emphasize all the related experience you have had. The resume should be clear and you should keep in mind that the person reading it will probably be reading many (1) resumes. The best thing you can do is to . (2) it obvious why you can do the job better than anybody else. Your resume should be neat and if (3), typed, the biggest advantage of a typed resume is that it is easy to read.

Once you have organized your resume, check your closet. Special attention should be (4) to what you will wear for the interview. You don't want to be dressed up as if you were going to a party, but you also don't want to be over-dressed. You should consider setting your hair trimmed before the interview. Remember that neatness (5). You should be neat in your (6) as well as in resume.

(7), you must keep in mind that (8) do not like people to smoke or chew gum during an interview. The basic (9) for this may be that you appear too relaxed. Remember you are not visiting a friend; you are trying to get a job. If you (10) all of the above advice, you have a good chance of getting the job you desire.

1.A. some B. another C. other D. else

2. A take B. make C. get D.let

3.A. capable B likely C.possible D.suggested

4.A. drawn B.spend C. allowed D. paid

5.A. counts B. sound C.goes D. functions

6.A clothing B.yourself C.language D. appearance

7.A. Next B. Finally C. In short D. Thirdly

8.A. friend B.parents C.employers D.element

9.A. reason B.need C.result D. element

10.A. seek B. listen C. keep d.follow

our- self requires your full attention. You seldom leave the office or shop at 5 p.m.【31】do you leave job problems there. They follow you home as business homework. This【32】ess time for your personal life.

The【33】you sought can put you on the spot. You don' t report to a boss. But you do【34】as hard as possible to serve your customers. They are you"【35】". You also have to compete with creditors, employees, suppliers, and tax collectors. In other words, you are never really【36】. Small firms can seldom 'afford to【37】enough employees so that each can specialize. You may have to prepare ads,【38】records, make sales calls, and collect bad debts.

You must be able to "wear many hats".【39】all these tasks takes up lots of time. But you cannot【40】long-range planning. You have to set goals and develop plans in meet them. Given too【41】time to management, your business will fall.

The major cause of business【42】is poor management. Of every three business that start, two fail.【43】half fall in the first five years. A person with limited talents may be able to hold a job in a large firm【44】others will pick up the slack. When you are in business【45】yourself, there is no one to "carry you".

Even if your firm【46】, you may still have little money to spend. You may work hard for months and not take a penny out【47】the salary you pay yourself. The reason is you may have to【48】your profits in the firm for long-term growth. Or you may need to meet short-term【49】for cash. You may not even be able to draw a salary【50】the firm becomes a truly going concern.

(31)

A．So

B．Also

C．Not

D．Either

certain general ideas for granted, and call them common sense. We should learn that other people have held quite different ideas, and that our own have started as very original guesses of philosophers.

A scientist is apt to think that all the problems of philosophy will ultimately be solved by science. I think this is true for a great many of the questions on which philosophers still argue. For example, Plato thought that when we saw something, one ray of light came to it from the sun, and another from our eyes and that seeing was something like feeling with a stick. We now know that the light comes from the sun, and is reflected into our eyes. We don't know in much detail how the changes in our eyes give rise to sensation. But there is every reason to think that as we learn more about the physiology of the brain, we shall do so, and that the great philosophical problems about knowledge are going to be pretty fully cleared up.

But if our descendants know the answers to these questions and others that perplex us today, there will still be one field of which they do not know, namely the future. However exact our science; we cannot know it as we know the past. Philosophy may be described as argument about things of which we are ignorant. And where science gives us a hope of knowledge it is often reasonable to suspend judgment. That is one reason why Marx and Engels quite rightly wrote to many philosophical problems that interested their contemporaries.

But we have got to prepare for the future, and we cannot do so rationally without some philosophy. Some people say we have only got to do the duties revealed in the past and laid down by religion, and god will look after the future. Others say that the world is a machine and the course of future events is certain, whatever efforts we may make. Marxists say that the future depends on ourselves, even though we are part of the historical process. This philosophical view certainly does inspire people to very great achievements. Whether it is true or not, it is powerful guide to action.

We need a philosophy, then, to help us to tackle the future. Agnosticism easily becomes an excuse for laziness and conservatism. Whether we adopt Marxism or any other philosophy, we cannot understand it without knowing something of how it developed. That is why knowledge of the history of philosophy is important to Marxists, even during the present critical days.

What is the main idea of this passage？

A．The argument whether philosophy will ultimately be solved by science or not.

B．The importance of learning philosophies, especially the history of philosophy.

C．The difference between philosophy and science.

D．A discuss about how to set a proper attitude towards future.

Text 4

In 1960—1961, Chad (乍得) harvested 98,000 tons of cotton for the first time in its history, and put out the flag a little too soon. The efforts of the authorities to get the peasants ' back' to work, as they had slacked off a great deal the previous year during independence celebrations, largely contributed to it. Also, rains were well spaced, and continued through the whole month of October. If the 1961—1962 total is back to the region of 45,000 tons, it is mostly because efforts slackened again and sowing was started too late.

The average date of sowing is about July 1st. ff this date is simply moved up fifteen or twenty days, 30,000 to 60,000 tons of cotton are gained, depending on the year. The peasant in Chad sows his millet first, and it is hard to criticize this instinctive priority given to his ' daily bread'.

An essential reason for his lateness with sowing cotton is that at the time when he should leave to prepare the fields he has just barely sold the cotton of the previous season. The work required to sow, in great heat, is psychologically far more difficult if one's pockets are full of money. The date of cotton sales should therefore be moved forward as much as possible, and purchases of equipment and draught animals encouraged.

Peasants should also be encouraged to save money, to help them through the difficult pealed between harvests. If necessary they should be forced to do so, by having the payments for cotton given to them in installments. The last payment would be made after proof that the peasant has planted before the deadline, the date being advanced to the end of June. Those who have done so would receive extra money whereas the last planters would not receive their last payment until later.

Only the first steps are hard, because once work has started the peasants continue willingly on their way. Educational campaigns among the peasants will play an essential role in this basic advance, early sowing, on which all the others depend. It is not a matter of controlling the peasants.

Each peasant will remain master of his fields. One could, however, suggest the need for the time being of kind but firm rule, which, as long as it cannot be realized 'by the people' , should at least be 'for the people. '

36. In 1960—1961, Chad had a good harvest of cotton because______.

A) the government greatly encouraged peasants

B) rains favored the growth of cotton

C) Chad gained independence in the previous year

D) both A and B

A.This is ...prepare

B.He is...preparing

C.It is...to prepare

A.plan

B.design

C.implement

D.prepare