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The carrier is liable for loss of or damage to the goods or delay in delivery caused by fire，（）the claimant proves that the fire arose from fault or neglect on the part of the carrier，his servants or agents.
A . should
B . shall
C . that
D . if
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During loading or discharging，where the delay is due to the Shipowner’s fault，or that of his servants or agents acting within their authority，the time actually delayed is to be（）in calculating lay days.
A . precluded
B . included
C . excluded
D . diluted
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One of your customers is using the G.711 codec with 802.11a access point radios. This cansupport a maximum of how many phones per access point？（）
A . 8
B . 14
C . 23
D . 7
E . 19
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One of the major features of the STCW95 is the adoption of a new STCW Code, to which many have been transferred（）
A . safety regulations
B . technical regulations
C . minimum requirements
D . standard requirement
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One of the six goals set by President Bush in his"America 2000"Plan is （）
A . elimination of drugs and violence from school
B . the increase of high-school graduation rate to 86%
C . competence in forging language,mathematics,science,history and geography
D . the increase of adult literacy rate
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Francis Bacon is one of the best essayists in English literature who is well-known for his work Essays of ELia.
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In his life time Chaucer served in the agreat variety of occupations which had impacts on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career?
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F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as the author of one of his greatest novels The Great Gatsby.
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The poetry of John Donne represents a sharp break from the poetry of his predecessors in the Elizabethen Era. One of the outstanding features in his poetry is conceit which means ____.
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When the first-shift supervisor arrives at his office each day, one of his importantmissions is to exam the machines carefully.
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When communicating with people from other cultures, the individual sometimes is likely to treat them as “his people” and to assume there is only one way of doing things: that is “his way”.
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__________ is currently one of the leading candidates to carry High Definition TV (HDTV) video content on many potential applications.
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in spite of his hard work no one can________for him as his fault in work has resulted in a heavy loss of one million dollars.
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How many really suffer as a result of labor market problems？ This is one of the most critical yet contentious social policy questions. In many ways, our social statistics exaggerate the degree of hardship.
Unemployment does not have the same dire consequences today as it did in the 1930's when most of the unemployed were primary breadwinners, when income and earnings were usually much closer to the margin of subsistence, and when there were no countervailing social programs for those failing in the labor market. Increasing affluence, the rise of families with more than one wage earner, the growing predominance of secondary earners among the unemployed, and improved social welfare protection have unquestionably mitigated the consequences of joblessness. Earnings and income data also overstate the dimensions of hardship. Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming majority are from multiple-earner, relatively affluent families. Most of those counted by the poverty statistics are elderly or handicapped or have family responsibilities which keep them out of the labor force, so the poverty statistics are by no means an accurate indicator of labor market pathologies.
Yet there are also many ways our social statistics underestimate the degree of labor-market- related hardship. The unemployment counts exclude the millions of fully employed workers whose wages are so low that their families remain in poverty. Low wages and repeated or prolonged unemployment frequently interact to undermine the capacity for self-support. Since the number experiencing joblessness at some time during the year is several times the number unemployed in any month, those who suffer as a result of forced idleness can equal or exceed average annual unemployment, even though only a minority of the jobless in any month really suffer. For every person counted in the monthly unemployment tallies, there is another working part-time because of the inability to find full-time work, or else outside the labor force but wanting a job. Finally, income transfers in our country have always focused on the elderly, disabled, and dependent, neglecting the needs of the working poor, so that the dramatic expansion of cash and in-kind transfers does not necessarily mean that those failing in the labor market are adequately protected.
As a result of such contradictory evidence, it is uncertain whether those suffering seriously as a result of thousands or the tens of millions, and, hence, whether high levels of joblessness can be tolerated or must be countered by job creation and economic stimulus. There is only one area of agreement in this debate--that the existing poverty, employment, and earnings statistics are inadequate for one of their primary applications, measuring the consequences of labor market problems.
Which of the following is the principal topic of the passage？ ______
A．What causes labor market pathologies that result in suffering.
B．Why income measures are imprecise in measuring degrees of poverty.
C．Which of the currently used statistical procedures are the best for estimating the incidence of hardship that is due to unemployment.
D．How social statistics give an unclear picture of the degree of hardship caused by tow wages and insufficient employment opportunities.
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Peter is the only one of the brightest students who______his doctor degree.
A．has received
B．has accepted
C．have received
D．have accepted
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________is Jewish in origin and in many of his novels the American Jews are major characters.
A．A. Sinclair Lewis
B．B. Saul Bellow
C．C. Norman Mailer
D．D. Jerome David Salinger
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One aspect of the novel that may ____ the modern-day reader is that many of these my
A．A.perplex
B．B.disturb
C．C.reverse
D．D.prohibit
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Never far from positions of influence, wealthier from his broadcasting activities______the biggest moguls, he is in many ways on the edge of things.
A．than all but
B．as all but
C．but than all
D．but as all
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One of the well-known of American writers is Samuel Clemens, whose pen name is Mark Twain. Born in 1835, Twain grew up in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. As did many other boys of his day, Twain dreamed of traveling on river boats and of someday becoming a riverboat pilot. Twain used his memories of the life of a river town in his two most famous books, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
As a young man, Twain held many jobs. He was a printer, a good miner, and, for a time, he was a riverboat pilot. During his pilot days, he adopted the name Mark Twain. This was a term used by the boatmen to mean that the water measured two fathoms, or twelve feet, which was deep enough for safe passage.
Finally Twain became a successful writer. He traveled a great deal, writing and speaking, and became very popular both in the United States and in Europe.
Twain's style. of writing was simple and direct. Among the things he wrote about were superstitious(迷信的)people and people who were easily fooled. He used his unusual gift for humor to write about many things of importance.
Generally speaking, this article is about ______.
A．a riverboat pilot
B．a printer
C．a gold miner
D．a famous writer
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One of the best-known proverbs must be "early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retires and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $ 200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people, and it appears that in many places, more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being.
Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Keneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics. Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have flowed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are sponsored all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon.
Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. A1 a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, "You look like a runner; how far do you run each day？" A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as I have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people's minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, "Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me, I lie down till it passes."
The first paragraph indicated that medical workers ______.
A．are in great demand？
B．make a lot of money
C．are concerned with their own health
D．like sports more than ordinary people
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Jeremy Lin, _____ NBA star, is one of _____ few basketball players who are very popular with many of his Chinese fans.
A an; theB an; aC a; theD the, a
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Robert Miguel, CFA, is a portfolio manager for a large investment advisory firm. In appreciation of his impressive portfolio returns last quarter, one of his clients, Kevin Goodman, has invited Miguel
A、Both of these Standards.
B、Neither of these Standards.
C、Only one of these Standards.
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One thorn （刺) of experience is worth many times of warning.Ralph Wick was seven years o
One thorn (刺) of experience is worth many times of warning.
Ralph Wick was seven years old.In most things he was a fine boy, but he would cry from time to time.When he could not have what he wanted, he would C-31 for it.If he was told that it would hurt him, and he could not C-32 it, he would also cry.
One day, he went with his mother into the C-33 .The sun shone.The grass was cut.The flowers were starting to come out.
Ralph thought he was, for once, a good boy.A C-34 was on his face.He wished to do as he was told.Ralph helped his mother with the farm work and he was very happy.
“Now you must be tired and C-35 said his mother.“Have a good rest here and eat some cookies.I will get a beautiful red rose for you.” So his mother brought the red flower to him.When he saw his mother still had a white rose in her hand, Ralph C-36 it.
“No, my dear,” said his mother.“See how many thorns it has.You must not touch it, or you would be sure to hurt your C-37 .” When Ralph found that he could not have the white rose, he began to cry, and C-38 took it away.But he was soon very sorry.The thorns hurt his hand.It was so C-39 that he could not use it for some time.
Ralph would never C-40 this.From then on, when he wanted what he should not have, his mother would point to his hand which had been hurt before.He at last learned to do as he was told.
31.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.run
B.cry
C.plan
D.call
32.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.save
B.hide
C.have
D.lose
33.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.park
B.garden
C.forest
D.field
34.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.smile
B.sign
C.fear
D.mark
35.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.lazy
B.noisy
C.hungry
D.sleepy
36.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.waited for
B.asked for
C.cared for
D.thanked for
37.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.arm
B.leg
C.hand
D.foot
38.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.quietly
B.proudly
C.politely
D.suddenly
39.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.helpful
B.harmful
C.peaceful
D.painful
40.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？
A.accept
B.refuse
C.forget
D.remember
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Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as one of many causes of stress in the passage？
A．The boredom and frustration brought by unemployment.
B．The poorness of living space and housing shortage.
C．The stress and depression produced by sleeplessness.
D．The worry about financial and economic situation.
