TALK 10. The standard university degree is a four-year_____.

Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed. (12分25秒-13分31秒） Global warming is already affecting people. And the speaker then cited some facts to further proving his argument which includes

A、Moscow the year before and Europe in 2000

B、There are more than three standard deviations outside the norm

C、The Texas, Oklahoma, Mexico heatwave and drought last year

D、In recent years, because of global warming, they now cover about 10 percent -- an increase by a factor of 15 to 50

as being itself meaningless. They argue【51】meaning is a matter of language, not objects. It is a【52】of the way we talk about things, not a feature of things themselves,【53】shape, weight or colour. A cabbage or a computer is not meaningful in itself; it becomes【54】only by being caught up in our conversation. On this theory, we can make life【55】by our talk about it; but it cannot have a meaning in itself,【56】than a cloud can. It would not【57】sense, for example, to speak of a cloud as being true or false.【58】, truth and falsehood are function of our human judgments about clouds. However, there are problems with this argument,【59】there are with most philosophical arguments. We shall be【60】a few of them later on.

(51)

A．that

B．how

C．if

D．what

ou're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards,【2】are throwing the books at kids.【3】elementary school students are complaining of homework【4】What's a well-meaning parent to do？

As hard as【5】may he, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it,【6】helping too much, or even examining【7】too carefully, you may keep them【8】doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every【9】assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework. "There's a【10】of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children【11】the grade they deserve. " Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their【12】. But "you don't want them to feel it has to be【13】," she says.

That's not to say parents should【14】homework-first, they should monitor how much homework their kids【15】. Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in【16】four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be "【17】more than an hour and a half," and two for high school students. If your child【18】has more homework than this, you may want to check【19】other parents and then talk to the teacher about【20】assignments.

(1)

A．very

B．exact

C．right

D．usual

听力原文：W: Holiday Inn Hotel. Advance Reservation. Helen speaking. Can I help you？

M: Yes. This is Friendship International Travel Service from New Jersey. I'm Roger. We have a series groups visiting Hong Kong this year. The first group consisting of 28 tourists and one leader will arrive in Hong Kong on May 2. I'd like to book 14 standard rooms for them.

W: Could you hold the line, please？ I'll check the room availability for that day... Thank you for waiting, sir. We do have the rooms available on the day. How long will they be staying？

M: At least three days. Is that OK？

W: Of course. 15 standard rooms with one free for tour guide for two days on May 2 and May 3.

M: What does the standard room cost？

W: It's $60 per day.

M: Is there any special rate for a group reservation？

W: Yes. But you have to talk it with our manager.

M: OK. I'll try.

W: Since you are making a group reservation from the US, I am afraid you have to remit us five percent of the total cost as a deposit and pay the rest upon arriving.

M: That sounds reasonable.

W: Would you 151ease talk to our manager first, and then decide your rest of the reservations？

M: Yes. Goodbye. Thanks a lot.

W: You're welcome. Bye-bye.

Where are the tourists from？

A．Hong Kong.

B．London.

C．The United States.

D．Australia.

The small size of the components of computer chips has proved unstoppable. In each new (1)_____, those components are smaller and more tightly packed than they were in their predecessor. (2)_____ has been so rapid that chip designers are (3)_____ apparently fundamental barriers to further reductions in size and increases in density. In a small size version of the (4)_____ to wireless communication in the macroscopic world, a group of researchers led by Alain Nogaret, think they can make chips (5)_____ components talk to each other wirelessly.

The researchers (6)_____ to use the standard print techniques employed in chipmaking to coat a semiconductor with tiny magnets. These magnets will (7)_____ local magnetic fields that point in opposite directions at different points (8)_____ the chip's surface. Electrons have a (9)_____ called spin—that is affected by magnetic fields, and the team hopes to use a/an (10)_____ called inverse electron-spin vibration to make electrons (11)_____ the chip emit microwaves.

Dr. Nogaret imagine great advances that would stem (12)_____ the success of his work, and these are not (13)_____ to the possibility of packing components yet more tightly. In today's chips, the failure of a single connection can put the whole circuit out of (14)_____. This should not happen with a wireless system (15)_____ it could be programmed to re-route signals.

The project will not be (16)_____ sailing. Generating microwaves powerful enough to (17)_____ data reliably will (18)_____ involve stacking several layers of magnets and semiconductors together and encouraging the electrons in them to move in a harmonious union. But if it (19)_____, a whole new wireless world will be (20)_____.

A．relation

B．consideration

C．information

D．generation

听力原文： The most common kind of consolidation today is the merger. A merger occurs when two or more companies get together to form. one company.

With the deregulation of natural gas, the nation's 20 interstate pipeline companies became fearful of cut-throat competition. Some felt that they could increase their efficiency and improve their market flexibility by merging. In 1985 Internorth of Omaha paid ＄2.3 billion for Houston Natural Gas Corporation, thereby gaining control of the world's longest pipeline. The system connected markets from coast to coast and raised sales to ＄10 billion.

On occasion, mergers have occurred between smaller companies in an industry dominated by a few giant firms. These smaller companies claim that they need to merge to become more efficient and effective. They maintain that such action increases competition instead of reducing it. The Antitrust Division of the Justice Department has not always agreed with them.

Four major waves of mergers have taken place in this country. The first started in 1887, just prior to the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and ended in 1904. It involved such giants as United States Steel and Standard Oil trying to create monopolies in their industries. From the end of World War I until the 1930s, large firms swallowed smaller firms to create oligopolies. The monopoly has no chance and the oligopoly little chance of succeeding today under present antitrust policy.

The third major merger movement began in the 1960s, reached a peak in 1969, and then gradually declined. Many of the acquisitions involved giant firms in one industry buying up large companies in totally unrelated industries. Such mergers are called conglomerate mergers. A classic example is Mobil Oil Corporation's purchase of the huge retail chain Montgomery Ward & Company.

Mergers in the last ten years were in the thousands. More important is the value of the transactions, which has risen sharply. The number of mergers and acquisitions apply only to those valued at ＄100 million or more. The petroleum industry had mergers and acquisitions valued at closed to ＄80 billion between 1981 and 1984. Other industries experiencing large takeovers were banking and finance, insurance, mining and mineral, and processed foods.

You will hear a talk presented by a reporter. This talk is about mergers.

You have to complete the sentences 23--30 by choosing the correct answer.

Mark one letter A, B or C.

The most common kind of consolidation today is ______.

A．the cooperation

B．the joint venture

C．the merger

ess produces parts with a means of 10" and standard deviation of 0.002'. The process capability index is:

A . 0.002

B . 1

C . 2.5

D . 7.5

E . None of the above

SECTION B INTERVIEW

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

Now listen to the interview.

听力原文： (I -- Interviewer; C -- Christine Carpenter)

I: I'm David Chan on today's Talk on Air, and our topic today is advice on getting a job. It's a question several listeners have asked us, so we turned to a human resource consultant for answers. Christine Carpenter runs a company that helps people find jobs. She says the first step is to draft a short resume -- no more than two pages.

C: It should be customized to the company or position you're going for. By that I mean it should use the lingo of the industry. It should be clear and targeted, easy to read, on good bond paper, and it should be perfect. There should be no spelling and no grammar mistakes. So you should use spell check and then have two or three friends at a minimum review it before you send it out.

I: You say "customized". How do you know that language, the language of the company？

C: If it isn't your industry, you talk to people, you do informational interviews, you read their reports, you get your hands on everything you can that would give you any type of information that will lead you to a good cover letter and resume.

I: How do you structure a resume？ What sections are necessary in a resume？

C: I think the first thing that I'm seeing in a lot of good resumes, the very first area that you would have, is called a qualifications summary, where you identify three or four important skills that you have that will be appealing to the new employer.

I: Give us an example.

C: I actually wrote one. Let's say someone is going for a project manager job. The summary up at the very top would read: "Project manager skilled at coordinating complex information management projects; proven ability to develop and maintain client relationships; proficient at negotiating vendor contacts; particularly adept at analyzing information for patterns and trends and summarizing complex issues concisely; can-do attitude." So in the first couple of seconds an employer is going to read the top of that and then they're going to know whether they should continue to road. So you want to grab them right away with something strong.

I: What other sections should follow？

C: Right after the qualifications summary, I would do work experience, unless you just recently completed a degree, in which case you want to probably highlight your education. But I would do the experience, then the education, then skills -- either computer skills or interpersonal skills -- and then a tag line at the bottom about references, just to kind of close it and end it.

I: Should you include references, or do you just put the standard "references upon request"？

C: I would put the standard, quite honestly, because again this is the resume first going out, you don't know even if there's interest.

I: Let's talk a little bit about a cover letter.

C: Should be no more than one page, it should be addressed to a specific person. It shouldn't be a "to whom it may concern". So you should have title for the person and the correct spelling of his name -- people are very sensitive about that -- and the company name correctly spelled as well. In the cover letter you should come right to the point, identify the position that you're interested in, how you heard about it.

I: Now what are some things to avoid？

C: Ones that go on and on, two or throe pages -- avoid that. Ones that reiterate what's in the resume.

I: Do you begin with "greetings" -- what works？

C: I think you go right to the point: "Dear Mister Smith, I’m applying for the Web developer position that was advertised in the local paper this week." And then you go on to indicate

A．It should be elaborate.

B．It should be customized to the company or position one is applying for.

C．It should be easy to read.

D．It should be on good bond paper.

If the standard error of estimate= 20 and n = 10, then the sum of squares for error, SSE, is:

A、400

B、3200

C、4000

D、40，000