If you have to touch a person with a cold or handle something that the person has use
A、Can the common cold be cured?
B、For centuries humans have sought ways to alleviate the discomfort associated with this minor illness, trying everything from special baths to special healing stones.
C、Today, thanks to a focused research effort, science is beginning to make headway in finding a cure.
If you think you are sick, you are____no matter what anyone else says. On the other hand, if you believe in your____, and if he tells that you are going to feel better, you probably will. The effect of the mind upon the body____and sometimes can be powerful. It exists____one is aware of it or not. Take the case of Mrs. Green, for example. She____get to sleep at night and was too tired during the day to do some____things that she used to enjoy doing. She had headaches more often which prevented her from reading or watching TV. The more she thought about conditions,____she felt. At last she went to see her doctor, whom she had known____. The doctor listened to her and gave her a very____. Then he said to her. “There is____wrong with you physically,____I accept the fact that you don’t feel well. I’m going to give you some____that should help. I want you to____one after dinner and one half an hour____going to bed tonight. Call me tomorrow and tell me____you feel.” The next day Mrs. Green____, “Doctor, I had the first____night’s sleep in two months night.____is in this pills?” The doctor said, “It’s an old formula (配方) I have____for years. Just keep on taking them for a week.” Turning to the nurse, he said, “It’s____what a little baking soda (苏打) can do!”
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Passage 1 For most people learning to drive, the driving test arises ahead as a major barrier. It is also a general source of conversation whenever drivers are gathered together. There are probably more tall stories about the driving test than about any other motoring subjects; the most remarkable thing about those stories is the number of times the old ones appear again, years after they were first heard, in new and exaggerated forms. All driving examiners have had to pass a very strict selection process, followed by at least six weeks’ training. In the course of this training the Department makes sure that their driving is of a consistently high standard. Driving test centers are chosen with equal care. It would be nice to have centers and examiners town by town. But this is just not possible, because the centers have to be at places where there is enough parking space for candidates (考生) and where there are enough test routes. Routes are carefully chosen to make sure that they are all roughly comparable—the proportion of right and left turns, hills, pedestrian (行人) crossings and so on. The object of all this is to make sure, as far as possible, that all candidates in the driving test have to cope with the same sort of conditions whether they take the test in New York or California. The work that examiners do in actually carrying out tests is checked continuously by supervising examiners. This is to make as sure as possible that every candidate for the driving test has a proper and equal chance of showing the examiner, in the words of the Regulations, “that he is competent to drive without danger to and with due consideration for other users of the road.” This is all that the examiner is concerned with. 22. According to the passage, driving examiners _______. A. are trained for six weeks, then have a difficult selection interview B. are given regular driving tests themselves by supervising examiners C. sometimes have more than six weeks’ training D. are tested during the selection process to see if their driving is of a high standard
A、A
B、B
C、C
D、D
The first issue is the importance of packaging. Numerous problems result from the failure to adapt packaging for other countries. Sometimes, the color of packaging may mean quite a lot. For instance, white symbolizes death in Japan and much of Asia; green represents danger or disease hi Malaysia. Obviously, using the wrong color hi these countries might produce negative reactions.
Language barrier is the second problem. Some product names travel poorly. For instance, the gasoline company Esso found out that the name means "stalled car" in Japan. However, some company names have traveled well. Kodak may be the most famous example. The name was pronounceable everywhere and had no specific meaning anywhere.
Next come the problems with promotions. In its US promotion, one company had effectively used this sentence: "You can use no finer napkin at your dinner table." The US company decided to use the same commercials in England. To the British, however, the word napkin or nappy actually means "diaper". The ad could hardly be expected to boost sales of dinner napkins in England.
Local customs may also pose a problem. Social norms vary greatly from country to country, so local input is vital. For example, one firm promoted eyeglasses in Thailand with commercials featuring animals wearing glasses. However, in Thailand these animals are considered a low form. of life; humans would never wear anything worn by an animal.
Problems may also result from translation. The best translations of an advertising message convey the concept of the original but do not precisely duplicate the original. Pepsi Co. learned this lesson when it reportedly discovered that its slogan "Come alive with Pepsi" was translated into German as "Come alive out of the grave with Pepsi".
Therefore, there is always the need for research. Proper market research may reduce or eliminate most international business blunders. Good research may even uncover potential translation problems.
Doing business in other cultures can be risky if you're unprepared. However, awareness of differences, and concern for host-country feelings can reduce problems and save money.
? Look at the notes about how to avoid blunders in doing business overseas.
? Some information is missing.
? You will hear part of a presentation by the company's overseas area manager.
? For each question 16-22, fall in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two words.
? You will hear the presentation twice.
How to Avoid Blunders
To avoid blunders, you must
Adapt (16) ______ for other countries
Avoid names of (17) ______
Conduct right (18) ______
Respect (19) ______
Convey (20) ______ of the original
Do (21) ______
Be aware of (22) ______
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