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Given the following two tables: TAB1 C1 C2 1 Antarctica 2 Africa 3 Asia 4 Australia TAB2 CX CY 5 Europe 6 North America 7 South America Which of the following SQL statements will insert all rows found in table TAB2 into table TAB1?（）
A . INSERT INTO tab1 SELECT cx, cy FROM tab2
B . INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES (tab2.cx, tab2.cy)
C . INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES (SELECT cx, cy FROM tab2)
D . INSERT INTO tab1 (c1, c2) VALUES (SELECT cx, cy FROM tab2)
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Like the island continent of Antarctica,Australia is located entirely in（）
A . the Northern Hemisphere
B . the Southern Hemisphere
C . the North Pole
D . the South Pole
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It has been ten years since the Labour Party came into（）in that country.
A . control
B . force
C . power
D . charge
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The only places in Australia that experience regular winter snowfall and icy conditions are（）
A . the eastern coastal areas of Queensland
B . the Blue Mountains
C . the New England Tableland
D . the highest peaks of the Snowy Mountains and Victorian Highland
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With regard to its size,Australia is（）country in the world.
A . the third largest
B . the fourth largest
C . the fifth largest
D . the sixth largest
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There are two main parties in New Zealand: the Labour Party and the Liberal Party.
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There does not need to be a direct connection between the products of the sponsor and the event sponsored – for example, fast food chain KFC sponsors youth cricket in Australia.
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'The huge cake in the desert' refers to ( )in the centre of Australia.
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Which one is not correct to comment on the Labour Party? ( ).
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1.In 1665 after seven years’ hard labour in darkness he finished _____.
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Dick was a sailor on a big ship. It went to Japan and Australia, __21__ Dick was often on the ship for several months at a time. When he woke up in the morning and looked out, he only saw the sea, __22__ sometimes a port.
When he was twenty-four, Dick __23__ and bought a small house with a garden in his wife's town. It was far away fromthe sea. Then he had to go back to his ship, and he __24__ home for two months. He went from the port to the town by bus, and was very happy to see his wife again.
The next morning he slept until 9 o'clock. Then he woke up suddenly and looked out of the window. There were trees a few feet __25__. He was very frightened and jumped out ofbed, shouting, "We've hit land!"
21.
A.or
B.did not come
C.so
D.got married
E.away
22.
A.or
B.did not come
C.so
D.got married
E.away
23.
A.or
B.did not come
C.so
D.got married
E.away
24.
A.or
B.did not come
C.so
D.got married
E.away
25.
A.or
B.did not come
C.so
D.got married
E.away
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In 844, Charles Stun, a British soldier and colonial administrator, made an expedition ______ a supposed inland sea; his party penetrated more than ,000 miles northward, almost to the center of Australia.
A．in quest of
B．with regard to
C．in favor of
D．by way of
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_______ the obvious differences in size and population, the states of the U.S. have many things in common with Australia.
A．In spite of
B．Instead of
C．Even if
D．Because of
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Which of the following can best describe the authors attitude to the labour division？
A．An efficient way.
B．Nothing new.
C．Dialectic.
D．Sarcastic.
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In______the national anthem of Australia was changed from God Save the Queen to revised patriotic song called Advance Australia Fair.
A．1946
B．1965
C．1972
D．1984
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______ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia.
A．Melbourne
B．Sydney
C．Darwin
D．Canberra
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In Australia, legislative power is vested in the Commonwealth Parliament, which consists of the following EXCEPT______.
A．the Queen
B．the President
C．the Senate
D．the House of Representative
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It was in______that Australia passed the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act, which officially established Australias complete autonomy in both internal and external affairs.
A．1938
B．1942
C．1946
D．1950
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Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia, is the capital of______state.
A．Queensland
B．Victoria
C．South Australia
D．Western Australia
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Australia is a continent in______and lies between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean.
A．Asia
B．Europe
C．Oceania
D．America
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英语翻译
Geographical mobility of labour is limited by people`s social ties ,
lack of awareness of vacancies and difference in the availability of housing in different locations
to increase the quantity of capital goods may involve a short term opportunity cost in term of consumer goods
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Unemployment in the state hit an all-time low of 2.1 percent this summer, the lowest in the nation. Though it has edged up a little since, it is still among the tightest labour markets in the US. And Connecticut is only the most extreme manifestation of the conditions that now prevail across America. Unemployment nationally is 4.1 percent, the lowest since 1970.
The performance of the US labour market in the late 1990s is as much a feature of the puzzlingly benign so-called New Economy.
For the past four years the US has enjoyed an average annual growth rate of 4 percent— up from an average of about 3 percent in the previous decade. Productivity improvements account for about two-thirds of that elevated output, as workers have increased their output per hour.
The rest has come from a rapid increase in the total number of workers, what economists call labour inputs. There has been a surge in new jobs—7m in the last three years—that has pushed the unemployment rate down into the uncharted territory of barely 4 percent.
Recent economic history suggests that, whenever unemployment has gone this low, the scramble for workers becomes so difficult that wages are rapidly bid up, and an inflationary spiral follows. But in the US in the past five years, wage growth has been muted. In the last year, total employee compensation in the private sector rose by just 3.3 percent, almost unchanged on the figure three years ago, when the unemployment rate was 5.4 percent.
"In some ways it's a bigger puzzle than the productivity puzzle," says Paul Krugman, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "How can we have such a low unemployment rate without an explosion of wages？"
A number of factors appear to have contributed.
In their search for workers to fill positions, companies have reached out to places they have not looked at in the past. As a result, more people are working than ever. The proportion of the population in employment reached a record high this year of more than 64 percent.
This expanded labour supply helps explain why companies have kept the lid on pay over the last few years. The availability of new sources of labour—women, retirees, college students among them—means companies may not have to give big pay rises to hire new workers. It also helps explain why the benefits of the New Economy are not always widely felt—more people seem to be working longer hours than ever.
But an expanded labour supply can only explain part of what has changed in the US in recent years. After all, unemployment—the proportion of the labour force out of work—has still declined, indicating that companies have drawn new workers not just from the pool of those not previously in the labour force, but also from the unemployed.
And yet still wage costs have remained muted.
One possible explanation is that companies have become more flexible in how they pay.
"At Newfield, we use a much broader variety of means to reward workers, including performance related pay, year-end bonuses, and extended contracts," says Mr. Ostop.
Why does Connecticut have the tightest labour market in the U. S. ？
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Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the dubious distinction by establishing paid family leave starting in 2011. I wasn't surprised when this didn't make the news here in the United States—we're now the only wealthy country without such a policy.
The United States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It entitles workers to as much as 12 weeks' unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent". In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly opposed.
As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. In her book No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened in many ways in their lives: there is "no exit" when it comes to children. "Society expects—and needs—parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the intensive, intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects—and needs—parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed."
While most parents do this out of love, there are public penalties for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children' welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society imposes. To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (不断积累) to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's productive citizenry (公民). In fact, by some estimates, the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money (including lost wages), is equal to 20-30% of gross domestic product. If these investments generate huge social benefits—as they clearly do—the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
What do we learn about paid family leave from the first paragraph？
A．America is now the only developed country without the policy.
B．It has now become a hot topic in the United States.
C．It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy.
D．Its meaning was clarified when it was established in Australia.
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The Commonwealth of Australia was established in（）
A．1875
B．1862
C．1900
D．1901
