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Having more money does not correlate with being happier ________.
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If we ______ more time and money, we could have visit many more places.
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To get more money for tuition, I have to ______ at a PANDA EXPRESS on weekends.
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If we _________ more time and money, we could have visited many more places.
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Much more money has been earned in the past two years than .
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When the government concentrates more money in fewer districts （ ） .
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China’s aircraft manufacturing industry is developing fast because more and more Chinese have the money to fly.
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Pleased with his students&39; progress，Professor Tyler gave them a pat on the back on more than one occasion．
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The authors argue that more money should be spent on______.
A．maintaining the well-being of the elderly.
B．looking after the sick.
C．extending the life of the dying.
D．developing aging-slowing interventions.
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Hermann Toplak suggested than more money should be spent on
A．surgery．
B．fat people．
C．preventive programs．
D．state health services．
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听力原文：M: What a waste of money just for a new arts center! Why couldn't the money be spent on something more important？
W: Nonsense! Nothing is more important than the arts.
What can we learn from the conversation？
A．The man spends more than he makes.
B．The man is not keen on arts.
C．The woman is an artist.
D．The woman looks down upon the man.
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Joe bought 200 tax-free cigarettes at the airport, then more on the plane, and now needs to declare them.
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Which reason backs up your behavior. of not lending money though you love them？
A．The fear of losing money.
B．The fear of being bankrupt.
C．The fear of seeing them go bankrupt.
D．The fear of seeing them hate you afterwards.
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The grocer asks you for more money______.
A．though his store opens at late hours.
B．though he buys a small number of products
C．because he can't buy things cheaper
D．because he appears to be pleasant
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The lack of money and facilities depressed and________them a lot
A．frustrated
B．flattered
C．distracted
D．diverted
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Workers want more money__________ ．
A.because their jobs are too boring
B.in order to enjoy more spare time
C.to make‘their jobs more interesting
D.to demand shorter working hours
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My wife convinced me of more careful about spending money.（)
是
否
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听力原文： The old house-allotting policy had at least two disadvantages. First, the government spent a lot of money building some houses, but these houses were allotted to people free of charge. Thus. the government would have no money to build more houses for people who badly needed them. Second, the persons who were in power could get more houses than those who were powerless. This was quite unfair. On the contrary, the new system of house allotment may bring about many new things. For example, the government will have more money which can be used in house construction. So, the housing industry can develop more quickly. Besides, because houses will be sold to people, the chances they get will be equal.
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Mobile Phones:Are They about to Transform. Our Lives？ We love them so much that some of us sleep with them under the pillow,yet we are increasingly concerned that we cannot escape their electronic reach.We use them to convey our most intimate secrets,yet we worry that they are a threat to our privacy.We rely on them more than the lnternet to cope with modern life,yet many of us don’t believe advertisements saying we need more advanced services.
Sweeping aside the doubts that many people feel about the benefits of new third generation phones and fears over the health effects of phone masts(天线竿),a recent report clains that the long-term effects of new mobile technologies will be entirely positive so long as the public can be convinced to make use of them.Research about users of mobile phones reveals that the mobile has already moved beyond being a mere practical communications tool to become the backbone (支柱)of modern social life,from love affairs to friendship to work.One female teacher,32,told the researchers:“I love my phone.It’s my friend.”
The close relationship between user and phone is most pronounced among teenagers,the report says,who regard their mobiles as an expression of their identity.This is partly because mobiles are seen as being beyond the control of parents.But the researchers suggest that another reason may be that mobiles,especially taxt messaging,are seen as a way of overcoming shyness.“Texting is often used for apologies,to excuse lateness or to communicate other things that make us uncomfortable,”the report says,The impact of phones,however,has been local rather than global,supporting existing friendships and networks,rather than opening users to a new broader community.Even the language of texting in one area can be incomprehensible to anybody from another area.
Among the most important benefits of using mobile phones,the report claims,will be a vastly improved mobile infrastructure(基础设施),providing gains throughout the economy,and the provision of a more sophisticated location-based services for users.The report calls on govemment to put more effort into the delivery of services by bobile phone,with suggestions including public transport and traffic information and doctors’ text messages to remind patients of appointments.“I love that idea,”one user said in an interview.“It would mean I wouldn’t have to write a hundred messages to myself.”
There are many other possibilities.At a recent trade fair in Sweden,a mobile navigation product was launched.When the user enters a destination,a route is automatically downloaded to their mobile and presented by voice,pictures and maps as they drive.In future,these devices will also be able to plan around congestion(交通堵塞)and road works in real time.Third generation phones will also allow for remote monitoring of patients by doctors.In Britain scientists are developing a asthma(哮喘)management solution,using mobiles to detect early signs of an attack.
第11题：What does the writer suggest in the first paragraph about our attitudes to mobile phones？
A．We can’t live without them.
B．We are worried about using them so much.
C．We have contradictory feelings about them.
D．We need them more than anything else to deal with modem life.
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To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated primarily 【C1】______ the efficient production of goods, and then relied on " 【C2】______ salesmanship" to move as much of these goods as possible. Such 【C3】______ and selling focus on the needs of the seller to produce goods and then 【C4】______ them into money.
Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with first analyzing the 【C5】______ and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye-on-the-consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which 【C6】______ means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it available for purchase.
This concept does not imply that business is benevolent or that consumer satisfaction is given priority over profit in a company. There are always two sides to every business transaction—the firm and the customer—and each 【C7】______ satisfied before trade occurs. Successful merchants and producers, however, recognize that the surest route to profit is through understanding and catering to customers. A 【C8】______ example of the importance of catering to the consumer presented itself in mid-1985, when Coca Cola changed the 【C9】______ of its drink. The non-acceptance of the new flavor by a significant portion of the public 【C10】______ a prompt restoration of the Classic Coke, which was then marketed alongside the new. King Customer ruled!
【C1】______
A．on
B．with
C．to
D．towards
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If national health insurance would not cure the problems of the American healthcare system, what, then, is responsible for them？ Suspicion falls heavily on hospitals, which make up the largest component of the system. In 1988 hospitals accounted for 39% of all health expenditures-more than doctor, nursing homes, drugs, and home health care combined.
Although U.S. hospitals provide outstanding research and frequently excellent care, they also exhibit the classic attributes of insufficient organizations: increasing costs and decreasing use. The average cost of a hospital stay in 1987—$3,850—was more than double the 1980 cost. A careful government analysis published in 1987 revealed the inflation of hospital costs, over and above general price inflation, as a major factor in their growth, even after allowances were made for increases in the population and in intensity of care. While the rate of increase for hospital costs was 2796 greater than that for all medical care and 163% greater than that for all other goods and services, demand for hospital services fell by 34%. But hospitals seemed oblivious of the decline: during this period the number of hospital beds shrank only by about 396, and the number of full-time employees grew by more than 240,000.
After yet another unexpectedly high hospital-cost increase last year, one puzzled government analyst asked: "Where's the money going？" Much of the increase in hospital costs—amounting to $180 billion from 1965 to 1987—went to duplicating medical technology available in nearby hospitals and maintaining excess beds. Modern Healthcare, a leading journal in the field, recently noted that "anecdotes of hospitals' unnecessary spending on technology abound". Medical technology is very expensive. An operating room outfitted to perform. open-heart surgery costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. From 1982 to 1989 the number of hospitals with open-heart-surgery facilities grew by 33%, and the most rapid growth occurred among smaller and moderate-sized hospitals. This growth was worrisome for reasons of both costs and quality. Underused technology almost inevitably decreases quality of care. In medicine, as in everything else, practice makes perfect. For example, most of the hospitals with the lowest mortality rates for coronary-bypass surgery perform. at least fifty to a hundred such procedures annually, and in some cases many more; the majority of those with the highest mortality rates perform. fewer than fifty a year.
According to the passage, the American health-care system______.
A．is working smoothly
B．is the best system in the world
C．is not working efficiently
D．in on the point of collapses
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Learning online may save money while wasting more time.
A:正确;
B:错误
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The morning warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more_to insects, perhaps causing them to release more attractive scents earlier in the day（）
A．immune
B．appealing
C．appearing
D．soothing
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In which of the following type of organizations would rely more on performance and profit indicators than on value for money indicators？
A．Local public sectors
B．Small retailers
C．Animal protection organizations
D．A public finance college
