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"Have you met Bill's brothers?" "I've met one. I didn't know he had______."
A.other
B.the other
C.ones
D.another
"Have you met Bill's brothers?" "I've met one. I didn't know he had______."
A.other
B.the other
C.ones
D.another
First of all, living at college gives me a sense of responsibility and of being on my own. My parents aren't around to say, "No, you're not going out tonight," or "Did you finish your homework?" Everything I do has to be my decision, and that makes me responsible for my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account. And when I got to the bank, I had to decide whether to have a checking or savings account and whether or not to get a credit card. Decisions! Decisions! Friendly people are another thing I like about college. On the first day I came to Marymount University here in Virginia from New York, I was a bit confused about where I was going. My mother and I drove in. We did not know the building we were supposed to go to, but the guard was very nice. With a smile, he told us what building we were looking for and where we could park our car. My room was on the first floor of New Gerard, and I knew I had to go through some glass doors, but my mother and I didn't know which ones. Some students saw me and asked, "Are you a new student?" When they found out I was looking for New Gerard, one said, "Oh, just follow us; that's where we're going." Even now I feel comfortable in the dorm because there are friendly people around to talk with.I do like a lot of things about college, but that doesn't mean I don't think about things at home. Although I like college, I can still get homesick. New York is a very good place, too! And sometimes I miss it!
6. The text is perhaps written by ________.
A. a new student
B. a new teacher
C. a foreign reporter
D. a foreign visitor
7. What does "gives me a sense of responsibility" in the first sentence of Paragraph 2 mean? It means it makes me feel ________.
A. responsible for my parents.
B. responsible for my teacher.
C. responsible for the school.
D. responsible for myself.
8. One thing that he liked was ________.
A. the comfortable dorm
B. finding his way around
C. his studies as a first year student
D. the friendly people
9. What is New Gerard?
A. It's a student's name.
B. It's a teacher's name.
C. It's a dorm's name.
D. It's a school's name.
10. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People in Marymount University are friendly.
B. The writer likes the new experience in the university.
C. The writer drove to Marymount University with his mother.
D. The writer is not homesick
Witch Co acquired 70% of the 200,000 equity shares of Wizard, its only subsidiary, on 1 April 20X8 when the retained earnings of Wizard Co were $450,000. The carrying amounts of Wizard Co's net assets at the date of acquisition were equal to their fair values apart from a building which had a carrying amount of $600,000 and a fair value of $850,000. The remaining useful life of the building at the acquisition date was 40 years.Witch Co measures non-controlling interest at fair value, based on share price. The market value of Wizard Co shares at the date of acquisition was $1.75.At 31 March 20X9 the retained earnings of Wizard Co were $750,000. At what amount should the non-controlling interest appear in the consolidated statement of financial position of Witch Co at 31 March 20X9?
A、$193,125
B、$195,000
C、$196,875
D、$191,500
Biologists today don’t expect that anyone will find a magical fountain of youth.Growing older is a natural part of the life cycle that can’t be reversed.As human beings grow older, organs such as the heart and lungs may stop functioning properly.Sight and hearing may become weak.And the human body becomes more likely to come down with serious illnesses from which it cannot recover.
Considered together, changes that bring about the decline of an organism are called aging.Because of aging, many biologists believe that there may be a maximum age limit to which even the healthiest organisms can live.For human beings, this maximum age limit is about 110 years.
Perhaps the most important thing that you can learn from your study of human biology is that you have a lot of control over the aging process in your own life.In fact, within our control are many physical and mental factors that have much to do with aging.For example, each of us, as recent research indicates, can do many things to help prevent heart and vessel disease, which causes half the death each year in the United States.We can avoid eating a lot of fatty meat.Eating too much of these types of animal fats can lead to the clogging and hardening of blood vessels.We can cut back on smoking and hopefully quit entirely.We can limit the amount of alcohol we drink and the amount of sugar we eat.We can exercise regularly and strengthen the heart and other organs.And we can remember to take time out each day for ourselves, time just relax.Exercise, recreation and relaxation all reduce stress – inner tension that is hard on all body organs.
One final thing we can do is to try to keep aware of advances made in health education.Information is often available free of charge from health clinics or schools.
1.Which of the following is the leading cause of death in the United States?
A.Heart disease.
B.Cancer
C.Alcohol
D.Smoking
2.What happens as people grow older?
A.They dream of a magic pill to help them live a happy and long life
B.They come down with serious illnesses
C.Their organs become weak and may stop working properly
D.Their blood vessels become clogged
3.In the opinion of biologists, _________.
A.the aging process can be reversed
B.the aging process can be controlled and slowed down
C.the aging process can be got rid of
D.the aging process can go beyond its limit
4.We can slow down the weakening of all our body organs by ______.
A.not eating animal fat
B.limiting drinking and smoking
C.exercise, recreation and relaxation to reduce stress
D.preventing the clogging and hardening of blood vessels
5.Besides physical and mental factors, which of the following also contributes to living a long and healthy life according tot the passage?
A.Health education
B.Traditional medicine
C.artificial organs
D.The invention of magic pills
On a recent afternoon, Mulcahy had a talk with Business Week Associate Editor Robert Byrnes.
Xerox has been hit in the press and in the stock market because the restatement of revenue was about double what had been expected. Is that reaction fair?
This accounting issue tends to be somewhat miscast. That was all about an accounting methodology that had to do with the timing of revenue, not the authenticity of revenue.
What have you changed at Xerox in light of the question raised about the company's accounting and management over the past few years?
Historically, we were trying to run the business by product, by industry, by segment and by geography. And when you are into a multidimensional approach, it tends to get a little cloudy as to who is actually responsible. So we did clean up the organizational structure so that everybody sitting at the table has a clear responsibility.
I think that has helped everyone deliver on very concrete, deliverable objectives. And then we have held people accountable, and that is critically important when you are in the midst of a turnaround where you can't afford to waste a lot of time.
Some observers have been questioning whether, as a Xerox insider, you are the right person to turn around the company. Is it hard to make the tough calls, to tell a colleague you have known for years that they are just not measuring up?
I think that in the past two years I have probably made tougher decisions than most CEOs. We have had to shut down businesses. I don't think those are easy choices. I think they are really tough to do, and I don't think I want them to get easy.
What experience have you drawn on the most in the past two years?
Customer focus has to be at the top of its list. Most of my career has been in sales. I spend 50% or more of my time with customers and employees, and I can't wait for it to be more than 50%.
The SEC ordered you, as part of the settlement, to reevaluate your internal financial controls. What are you doing in that regard?
That's not a new project. Over the last few years there have been a lot of changes. We outsourced internal audit to Ernst & Young to bring in more skills. I do an internal controls review at every operations review I do. We have also done things like a hotline for any kind of issue that popped, and that gets reviewed regularly and also gets reviewed with our audit committee. We do training for our management team on all sorts of ethics and compliance issues.
Xerox has been criticized for having a culture of denial. The SEC criticized the company for a lack of cooperation. Has that culture changed?
When a company goes through a crisis -- and we have -- it's an opportunity to face problems squarely and address them. We must spend all our time understanding what's not working well, what our customers want to see from us that they're not getting from us, and creating an environment where we can get in front of problems and not wait for them to become glaring that we have a crisis on our hands.
Why -- in the summer of 2001, when you became CEO -- didn't you immediately settle with the SEC?
At that point in time, people were being called to court, and documents were still being subpoenaed. There were all sorts of investigations still going on. It wasn't ready for a conclusion. We reversed the accounting. I don't think it's terribly productive for us at this point to spend a lot of time dissecting the past defend
A.the timing of revenue.
B.the genuineness of revenue.
C.the restatement of revenue.
Tang: How are you? Mr Palmer.It's really a pleasure to see you here again.I do hope you have had a very enjoyable trip from London.
Palmer: I must confess that the air trip is really a long one.But, you see, the air-lines are very comfortable so that one does not feel tired at all the end of the journey.
Tang: Glad you have had a pleasant trip.I have to doubt you are comfortably settled and find things at the hotel satisfactory.
Palmer: Everything is perfect, thank you.Well, now, Mr Tang, if you don't mind, I'll talk shop with you directly.
Tang: Perfectly all right with me.In fact, we'd better talk over our business first and then have a chat afterwards.You wish to take up the subject of the Arbutus, don't you ?
Palmer: That's right.You see, Mr Tang, you have probably been advised of the serious damage done to the last consignment of 60 cases of Arbutus.Upon its arrival in London on board s.s.Coma, it was found, much to our regret, that about 50% of the cases were leaking.Closer inspection by the Health Officers showed that the contents were considered unfit for human consumption.
Tang: Just a minute, if you please, Mr Palmer.Have your people in London discovered what were the exact causes of the leakage? It was rather a singular case, for thousands of tons of this product have been exported and this seems to be the only case of having been damaged en route.
Palmer: I am sorry I have to say it was not en route.It was definitely damaged prior to loading onto the s.s.Coma.You may think it a singular case, yet the fact remains that this has made it necessary for us to file a claim on you.Here, Mr.Tang, I have brought along with me the certificate issued by the London Health Officer.It speaks for itself.As to the causes, closer inspection and examination by our cargo handling people revealed that the leakage of juice was brought about by damaged tins.They were evidently broken through careless handling while being loaded into the ship's hold in Shanghai dock.
Tang: As I have said before, the whole business is most unfortunate.We have never come across such a case of damage during loading.
Palmer: I have to remind you that our terms are C.I.F London port.While we have full confidence in your Commodities Inspection Bureau in its capacity of quality inspection, this is a case which occured after their sampling and analysis at the works.And the broken tins through careless handling and deterioration of contents en route necessarily about this state of affairs.Now, Mr Tang, you are well aware that our business has just started this branch of activities and the losses thus sustained will be a blow to this department.I am sure you will think it fair on our part when we suggest that the total value of the parcel should be reduced by 50% and that you should give us an allowance by way of credit for the amount to be set against our future purchases of canned fruits from you.
Tang: To be fair to your company, I am directed by my Shanghai Branch to settle this issue with you amicably on condition that you give us a certificate issued by your Health Department.Now that this is available, I think everything will be in order.
Palmer: I am so glad to hear of your ready agreement.Your fairness in business dealings is really unsurpassed.Shall we send you a letter confirming this?
Tang: As soon as you send us a letter confirming this conversation, we'll send you a reply immediately.
Palmer: Thanks ever so much for your co-operation, Mr Tang.Good-bye.
Tang: Good-bye Mr Palmer.Come over here when you are through with your business and we'll have a friendly chat.
A.Because her dad did not like him.
B.Because she needed to finish her college.
C.Because he had a busy career.
D.Because her dad threatened not to support her college education.
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