(多选) Which ones of the following are forms of fine art?
A、oil painting
B、sculpture
C、pencil sketch
D、brush-ink painting
A、oil painting
B、sculpture
C、pencil sketch
D、brush-ink painting
A、Increase the degree of supercooling
B、Inoculation
C、Vibration and stirring
D、Reduce the degree of supercooling
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
??The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with incomes below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.
As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with today&39;s relatively high standard of living, about tenpercent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economist ssuggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.
For one thing, more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. A large number of poor people are old. Many companies do not hire people over 65 years old, the normal retirement age.
Some poor adults do not look for jobs for avariety of personal reasons: they are sick, they do not have any motivation, they have family problems, or they do not believe that they can find a job.
Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school. Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer.
At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways. First, if the national economy grows, businesses and industries will hire more workers. Some of the poor who are qualified to look for jobs may fund employment. Then they will no longer be below the poverty line.
Second, if society invests in the poor, the poor will become more productive. If the government spends money on social programs, education, and training for poor people, the poor will have the skills to offer, and then it is more likely that they can find jobs.??
Finally, if the government distributes society&39;s income differently, it will raise some poor people above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non-poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare. In 1975 over 18 million people in the United States received welfare.
Some economists are looking for better solution to the poverty problem. However, at the present time, many people depend on welfare for a minimally acceptable standard of living.
The author&39;s main purpose to write this articleis___.
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??A.to define what the poverty line is
B.to explain why some people live below the poverty line
C.to find solutions to the problem of poverty
D.to show sympathy for those poor people
More than 40 percent of the poor people are children.This is mainly because ___.A.they do not have enough motivation
B.they are so young that they are deprived of chances to work
C.they fail to get enough education
D.they are very poor in experience
Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because___.A.they do not have any motivation to work
B.they are not very self-confident
C.they are too young or too old to work
D.they have physical and family problems
Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Ten percent of the Americans live a poor life.
B.Poor people are those who live below the poverty line.
C.The poverty line rises as the general standard of living rises.
D.The poverty line tends to be at the same level.
We may conclude from the passage that___.A.better solutions to the poverty problem are not yet found
B.welfare will enable people to be rich
C.poor people are bound to go out of the poverty line of they have chances to do business
D.Employment is the best solution to the poverty problem
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher, believed that men are divided into three classes: gold, silver and bronze. Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist, argued that “the vital few” account for most progress. In the private sector, best companies struggle relentlessly to find and keep the vital few. They offer them fat pay packets, extra training, powerful mentors and more challenging assignments. As the economy begins to recover, companies are trying harder to nurture raw talent, or to poach it from their rivals. Private-equity firms rely heavily on a few stars. High-tech firms, for all their egalitarianism, are ruthless about recruiting the brightest. Firms in emerging markets are desperate to find young high-flyers to cope with rapid growth and fast-changing environments. Bill Conaty and Ram Charan’s recent book The Talent Masters provides a nice mix of portraits of well-known talent factories along with sketches of more recent converts to the cause. “Talent masters” are proud of their elitism. GE divides its employees into three groups based on their promise. Hibdustan Unilever compiles a list of people who show innate leadership qualities. “Talent masters” all seem to agree on the importance of two things: measurement and differentiation. The best companies routinely subject employees to various “reviews” and “assessments”. But when it comes to high-flyers they make more effort to build up a three-dimensional pictures of their personalities and to provide lots of feedback. A powerful motivator is single out high-flyers for special training. GE spends $ 1 billion a year on it. Novartis sends high-flyers to regular off-site training sessions. Many companies also embrace on-job training, speaking of “stretch” assignment or “baptisms by fire”. The most coveted (令人垂涎的)are foreign postings: these can help young managers understand what it is like to run an entire company with a wide range of problems. Successful companies make sure that senior managers are involved with “talent development”. Bosses of P&G spent 40% of their time on personnel. Intel obliged senior managers to spend at least a week in a year teaching high-flyers. Involving the company’s top brass(高级职员) in the process prevents lower-level managers from monopolizing high-flyers and creates dialogues between established and future leaders. Successful companies also integrate talent development with their broader strategy to ensure that companies are more than the sum of their parts. P&G likes its managers to be both innovative and worldly. Goodyear replaced 23 of its 24 senior managers in two years as it shifted its target-consumers from carmakers to motorists. Meanwhile, in their rush to classify people, companies can miss potential stars. Those who are singled out for special treatment can become too full of themselves. But the first problem can be fixed by flexibility: people who are average in one job can become stars in another. And people who become too smug can be discarded. Question:The author mentions the needs for talent of different firms in the second paragraph to show that____.
A、the need for talent is universal
B、there is a cut-throat competition among them
C、the economy is more prosperous than before
D、the need for talent is confined to high-tech firms
A、banker
B、accountant
C、clerk
D、plumber
A、Arriving at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the show
B、Refraining from coughing
C、Switching your phone to silent mode
D、Wearing semi-formal attire
A、shadow puppetry
B、shade play
C、shadow play
D、shade show
A、shadow puppetry
B、Peking opera
C、cross-talk
D、ballet
A、Because too much information distracts the listeners' attention.
B、Because too much information overwhelms the listeners.
C、Because too much information weakens the point.
D、Because too much information is hard to remember
A、making illustrations
B、giving examples
C、using sub-layers
D、making comparisons or constrasts
A、pagoda
B、thatch house
C、bungalow
D、pavilion
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