When computing the bank discount yield,you would use（）days in the year.

When the amount of the negative goodwill has been confirmed, how should it be accounted for().

A、Charged as an expense in profit or loss

B、Capitalised and presented under non-current assets

C、Credited to profit or loss

D、Shown as a deduction from non-current assets

When we announced Java 2 Micro Edition(J2ME)a few years ago, we believed that Java had an important role to play in hand held devices. Some were(66)that Java would be small enough for such limited devices. But no(67), Java for the small device is a success. J2ME has emerged strongly in the wireless market. Java's portability and extensibility have brought about rapid(68)in this market. The success of Java beyond desktop computers is significant(69)developers. Java literacy is now more important than ever, as Java is used more and more to(70)a whole range of new computing devices—not only wireless handsets but also personal digital assistants, cameras, automobiles, home control, and so on.

A．skeptical

B．think

C．believe

D．approve

● When we announced Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) a few years ago, we believed that Java had an important role to play in hand held devices. Some were __(71)__ that Java would be small enough for such limited devices.

But no __(72)__, Java for the small device is a success. J2ME has emerged strongly in the wireless market. Java's portability and extensibility have brought about rapid __(73)__ in this market.

The success of Java beyond desktop computers is significant __(74)__ developers. Java literacy is now more important than ever, as Java is used more and more to __(75)__ a whole range of new computing devices—not only wireless handsets but also personal digital assistants, cameras, automobiles, home control, and so on.

(71)

A. skeptical

B. think

C. believe

D. approve

(72)

A. more

B. doubt

C. longer

D. little

(73)

A. adopt

B. adoption

C. adopting

D. adopted

(74)

A. to

B. for

C. on

D. at

(75)

A. program

B. write

C. print

D. draw

During initial days of computing, software was largely developed by small groups of people. When this software was to be maintained by another set of people, it used to be a nightmarish experience. When large commercial projects were to be handled, it used to be analmost impossible task to keep the time and budget under control, and projects used to get delayed and many projects were abandoned halfway. There was no systematic procedure forthe software development; everything was done on ad hoc basis. This ad hoc approach led tothe 'software crisis'.

Over the last few decades there has been a tremendous growth in information technologyand its impact on everyday life. Complex software systems have become critical to theoperation of many systems in areas such as banking, communications, manufacturing,power generation, and transportation. Progress in computer science and accumulated experience with industrial production of software have led to the emergence of software engineering as a separate discipline. The software engineering discipline has been defined as"the application of systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approaches to the development,operation, and maintenance of software. " that is, the application of engineering to software .

The computer science discipline concerns with developing large applications. Software engineering covers not only the technical aspects of building software systems, but also management issues, such as directing programming teams, scheduling, and budgeting.

For developing a software product, the development process is divided into differentstages. A convenient way of splitting the whole process is to divide the development into thefollowing five stages:

Requirements Analysis & Specification: define the system requirements in detail

Design: specify system architecture and modules in detail

Coding: produce source code

Testing: deal with unit testing and system testing

Maintenance: fix bugs, enhance features and adapt across platforms.

{二)Tell whether the following statements are true (T ) or false (F) according to the passage A.

(根据上立的内容判断下列句子的正误。 )

36. During initial days of the development of software, everything was done in discipline. ()

37. The definition of software engineering is "the application of systematic, disciplined,quantifiable approaches to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. " ()

38. For developing a software product, you need design, coding and testing. ()

39. software engineering is the application of engineering to software. ()

40. Software engineering only covers the technical aspects of building software systems. ()　.

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There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those 【61】 seem hopelessly old fashioned. This Christmas, there were a lot of 【62】 computers under the tree. 【63】 that computers are the key to success, parents insist that children 【64】 taught to use them in school as early as possible.

The problem for schools is that when it 【65】 computers, parents do not always know best and are eagerly urging the schools to offer computer courses as soon as possible. Many schools are 【66】 parental impatience and are purchasing hardware hastily 【67】 good educational planning, saying "OK, we've moved into the computer age. " Teachers 【68】 themselves caught in the middle of the problem between parental pressure and 【69】 educational decisions.

Educators do not even agree 【70】 how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials 【71】 can be taught 【72】 with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should 【73】 to computer warn that there are potential 【74】 to the very young. The temptation of the computer is so strong that young children who quickly 【75】 themselves to it are never aware how much time they have 【76】 on it.

These are some other problems. 【77】 every school can afford to go into computing, and there is a division 【78】 the haves and the have-nots. Very few parents ask 【79】 computer instruction in poor school districts, 【80】 there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.

(66)

A．items

B．toys

C．sets

D．series

If Bill Gates ever had reason to doubt that the brash young billionaires of Google were out to get him, the time for such uncertainty is now officially over. Last month's dramatically revised version of its program Google Desktop is a glove slap across the face of Microsoft's fabled chief software architect. Obviously Google's update to a previous tool that searched people's hard drives in addition to the usual lightning-quick survey of the entire World Wide Web, Google Desktop 2 turns out to be a not-so-stealthy attempt to hijack the desktop from Microsoft. And in a move that must be particularly galling to Gates, the program does it in a way that directly steals thunder from Microsoft's upcoming Windows update, Vista.

Specifically, I'm talking about Google's feature called Sidebar, a stack of small windows that sit on the side of the screen and dynamically draw on Web and personal information to track things like weather, stock prices, your e-mail, your photos, recently opened documents and Web destinations. Several years ago, demonstrating an early version of Vista, Microsoft proudly showed a column of on-screen "tiles" that did the same kinds of things. Microsoft's name for this upcoming feature (which it still plans to include in Vista when it ships in late 2006): Sidebar.

That's not all. Google product manager Nakhil Bhatla explains that another purpose of Desktop is to use the search box to quickly locate programs and files that you want to open—bypassing the Windows way of clicking on an icon or using the Start menu.

Clearly, Google is squatting on Microsoft's turf, asking users to live in its environment as opposed to Bill's. Microsoft still believes that the central point of personal computing is productivity. That's why the desktop search in Vista will limit itself to probing the user's hard disk. Microsoft's explanation for this approach is that mixing Web-search results with hits from your own information is just too confusing. Things go more efficiently, the theory goes, when your personal data pond is segregated from the ocean of information data located elsewhere in the world. (Microsoft offers Web search as a separate program.)

In contrast, Google Desktop searches bring results from everywhere—your hard disk, your email and billions of Web sites. That's because the Google mission is organizing and managing all the world's information. "You shouldn't have to think about where the information comes from," says Google VP Susan Wojcicki. Though Google-sites acknowledge difficulties in merging the personal with the public, their core belief is that the essence of 21st-century computing springs from the connectivity that allows all human knowledge, from books to instant messages, to be potentially shared.

As Google tries to annex new information flows, it increasingly runs smack against issues of privacy, copyright and censorship. That's one part of Google's challenge. The other will be fending off Bill Gates, undoubtedly determined to prove that his vision of computing still dominates.

From the first sentence we can infer that

A．the managers of Google are impolite.

B．there is no longer uncertainty about Microsoft's precedence.

C．it is true that now Google is surpassing Microsoft.

D．Bill Gates begins to think Google as his opponent.

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B.introducing how to apply for Direct Courses

C.arguing for Direct Courses

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A.It offers a great variety of courses.

B.It’s an e-learning experience.

C.It requires you to be skilled in computer.

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C. join the discussion forums and seminar groups anytime

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