Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods,()effects can still be felt now
A.which
B.whose
C.what
D.that
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B.whose
C.what
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Toyota Motor now ranks as the world's second largest automobile manufacturers owing to its improved quality and enlarged market share.
A.正确
B.错误
It was last month ______ I took part in the party.
A.that
B.where
C.when
D.不填
Unemployment rate drops to 5-month low
America's employers increased hiring in March, driving the unemployment rate down to a five-month low of 4.4%. It was a surprisingly strong performance in an economy that has otherwise shown signs of sluggishness recently.
The new snapshot, released by the Labor Department today, also showed that companies expanded their payrolls by 180,000 employees in March, the most since December. Workers also saw their paychecks get bigger. The fresh figures suggested that companies are not feeling a need to dramatically decrease hiring in the face of the slower overall economic activity and the deep housing slump.
The report was stronger than economists were expecting. They were calling for the economy to add around 135,000 jobs in March and for the unemployment rate to actually edge up to 4.6%. The 4.4% unemployment rate, which dropped down a notch from 4.5% in February, matched the rate in October.
Jobs gains in March were fairly widespread, except for the struggling manufacturing sector, which continued to cut jobs for the ninth month in a row; factories cut 16,000 in March alone. Some business services also trimmed jobs, by 7,000 last month.
Construction companies, after suffering heavy job losses in February in part due to unfavorable winter weather, bulked up in March. They added 56,000 positions last month, the most in just over a year. Retailers added nearly 36,000 jobs last month. Education and health-care services expanded employment by 54,000. Leisure and hospitality picked up 21,000 jobs, while the government added 23,000.
Why is the recent drop in unemployment rate surprising?
A.Because it's the lowest level in a year.
B.Because it's above the government's expectations.
C.Because the central bank raised interest rates.
D.Because the economy is still struggling.
Quick News Review of the Week: May 8-14
Sino-Japanese talks
Beijing and Tokyo have agreed to hold talks later this month on natural gas exploration in the East China Sea. The two sides will soon set up a meeting between their foreign ministers in an attempt to thaw icy relations.
The agreement was reached last Tuesday, the third and final day of a Sino-Japanese strategic dialogue in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou Province.
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and his Japanese counterpart, Yachi Shotaro, headed the two delegations.
Retail growth
The Ministry of Commerce said last week that the country's retail sales rose by 16 percent year-on-year over the May Day holiday week, with larger retailers primarily driving growth.
Retail sales of consumer goods hit 278 billion yuan(US $34.7 billion) over the holiday period. The figure accounted for nearly half of the country's average monthly retail sales in the first quarter of this year.
Big chain enterprises used their larger sales networks and brand power to play a leading role in the "Golden Week" market, the ministry said.
Pyramid schemes
Chinese authorities have uncovered more than 1 billion yuan(US $125 million) in illegal pyramid scheme sales over the past 12 months, the Ministry of Public Security said last week.
Figures from the ministry reveal 516 cases involving l, 147 direct sales organizations. A total of 3,408 suspects were arrested.
Gao Feng, deputy director of the ministry's Economic Crime Investigation Bureau, said pyramid schemes had become a serious economic crime in China.
New fund
Bohai Industrial Investment Fund, the first fund launched by mainland enterprises to directly invest in other companies, will begin operations next month, Tianjin Mayor Dai Xianglong said last week.
"The fund's senior management team has been determined, so it's ready to start in June," Dai said.
The creation of the fund could lead to the establishment of similar organizations in China, which is welcome news for companies short on capital, analysts said.
Airport development
The central government said last week that China will spend more on airport development in the next five years than it has in the previous 15, opening up huge investment opportunities for overseas and domestic investors.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China(CAAC. the industry regulator, said 140 billion yuan(US $17.5 billion) has been earmarked(指定款项等的用途) for airport development from 2006 to 2010. Only 120 billion yuan(US $15 billion) was invested in the country's airports between 1990 and 2005. Spending will now focus on the development of 42 new airports, in addition to upgrades to existing infrastructure.
Dam completion
Construction of the giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is scheduled to finish by May 20, marking the completion of the biggest part of the Three Gorges Hydropower Project.
Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corp, said last week the dam would be completed nine months ahead of schedule.
The dam, which is 2,309 metres long, 185 metres high and 15 metres wide, will be the world's largest. Approximately 16.1 million cubic metres of reinforced concrete bas been used on the project.
Port expansion
China's port and shipping facilities will be expanded to include two major new regions, the Ministry of Communications said last week.
Five new "port clusters" will be prioritized as part of a new development plan that will complement existing ports in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Tianjin.
Communications Minister Li Shenglin said some of the new port groups would be located on the mainland side of the Taiwan S
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听力原文:What do you think of this month' s evaluation?
(A) Last month was very cold.
(B) Looks like I have to try harder.
(C) That sink is clogged.
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B.
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The H5N1 strain of avian (5) has killed 60 people (6) 2fib in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia, but has rarely been found in birds or humans (7) Asia.
Health officials (8) that HSN1 is infecting migrating birds, which could spread the (9) into Europe. Earlier this year China registered the first outbreak of H5N1 (10) wild birds, some of which (11) to breeding grounds in Siberia. These birds could come (12) contact with others flying to Europe and North America.
Russia's (13) began in the Novosibirsk (14) , about 1,750 miles (15) of Moscow in the Asian part of Russia, early last month, but the veterinary service (16) the virus only last week. Valery Mikheyev, the chief sanitary doctor of Novosibirsk, said that teams had been (17) the (18) birds and supervising the slaughter in13 (19) villages. He said, "The state of (20) of the inhabitants of these areas gives (21) cause for alarm. Up to 6,000 people are being (22) per day.
The virus seems to have (23) only private farms that let (24) mix with wild birds. Further outbreaks were registered in the Omsk and Altai regions, but the strain had (25) to be determined, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said.
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A.would participate
B.might participate
C.would have participated
D.must participate
Part B
Suppose you are a student of Beijing University. You went to Shanghai last month and unfortunately lost your bag there with your student card, identification card and 200 yuan in it. When you got back to Beijing, you received a parcel in which the two cards and the handbag are contained, and a bill of 200 yuan. From the address, you know he is Li Ming, a sophomore of the Physics Department of X University. Now you want to write a letter of commendation to Wang Yin.
You should write appropriately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use "Wang Lin" instead. You do not need to write the address.
We were excited to learn that the last month's sales______by 30%.
A.had increased
B.increase
C.are increasing
D.have increased
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