Though he views himself as a realist, Michael says that his findings make him very _______
A.optimistic
B.objective
C.precautious
D.sympathetic
A.optimistic
B.objective
C.precautious
D.sympathetic
A.optimistic
B.sympathetic
C.objective
D.precautious
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
"I love Microsoft and Microsoft did not lose me", protested Robert Scoble, a little too loudly, on his blog last week, in a bid to end feverish speculation in the blogosphere about why, exactly, he had decided to leave Microsoft. The software giant's "technical evangelist", Mr. Scoble has become the best-known example of a corporate blogger. On his blog, called Scobleizer, which he started in 2000, he writes about Microsoft's products, and has sometimes criticised them fiercely—thereby both establishing his credibility and, by its willingness to tolerate him, helping to humanise his employer.
As blogging's influence has grown, so bas Mr. Scoble's—both inside and outside Microsoft. Last year, after he blogged against Microsoft's decision to abandon support for a law prohibiting discrimination against gays, the company's managers backed down. He helped write a book, Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk With Customers, published in January, that has become essential reading for any boss trying to define a new-media strategy for his business.
So why leave? Mr. Scoble has denied several of the theories circulating in the blogosphere, including that he had become fed up with having his expenses challenged or with sharing an office; that Microsoft challenged his views too often; that he had become, frustrated; and that the firm had not tried hard enough to keep him. Still, his friend Dave Winer, another blogger, described Microsoft as a "stifling organisation" before observing that "when he finally decided to leave, it's as if a huge weight came off him, and all of a sudden, the old Scoble is back". He views Mr. Scoble's departure as evidence that Microsoft has been unable to move with the times: "I'm glad to see my old friend didn't go down with the ship". Another blogger says that his departure shows the "end of honest blogging".
The real reason may be less sinister—though troubling for the growing number of employers encouraging their employees to biog. Blogging allows staff to build a personal brand separate from that of their firm; if they are good at it, and build up a readership, that brand may be more valuable to them elsewhere. Mr. Scoble is off to join PodTech. net, a rising star in video podcasting, which is now far more fashionable than blogging and potentially far more lucrative. It seems that Mr. Scoble is most impressed by Rocketboom, one of whose founders, Amanda Congdon, is said to be drawing 300000 viewers a day to her videoblog, and is about to start charging advertisers $85000 a week—almost as much, Mr. Scoble is reported as saying, "as I made in an entire year working at Microsoft".
Which of the following is TRUE accoding to the text?
A.Scoble's blog never gives people the false information.
B.Microsoft doesn't agree with the opinion in Scoble's biog.
C.Scoble will not write anything in his blog when he leaves Microsoft.
D.Scoble's blog becomes the most popular corporate blog in the Internet.
Nations, too, through the political or military party in power, have their philosophers of thought and actions. Wars are waged and revolutions incited because of the clash of ideologies, the conflict of philosophies, h has always been so. World War Two is but the latest and most dramatic illustration of the combustible nature of differences in social and political philosophy.
Philosophy, says Plato, begins with wonder. We wonder about the destructive fury of earthquake, floods, storms, drought, pestilence, famine and fire, the mysteries of birth and death, pleasure and pain, change and permanence, cruelty and kindness, instincts and ideals, mind and body, the size of the universe and man's place in it. Our questions are endless. What is man? What is Nature? What is justice? What is duty? Alone among the animals man is concerned about his origin and end ,about his purposes and goals, about the meaning of life and the nature of reality. He alone distinguishes between beauty and ugliness, good and evil, the better and the worse. He may be a member of the animal kingdom, but he is also a citizen of the world ideas and values.
Some of man's questions have been answered. Where the answer is clear, we call it science or art and move to higher ground and a new vista of the world. Many of our questions, however, will never have final answers. Men will always discuss the nature of justice and right, the significance of evil, the art of government, the relation of mind and matter, the search for truth, the quest for happiness, the idea of God, and the meaning of reality.
The human race has reflected so long and often on these problems that the same patterns of thought recurs in almost every age. We should know what these thoughts are. We should know what answers have been suggested by those who have most influenced ancient and modern thought. We shall want to do our own thinking and find our own answers. It is, however, neither necessary nor advisable to travel alone. Others have helped dispel the darkness, and the light they have kindled may also illuminate our way.
By saying" Every man is a philosopher" (Line 1, Paragraph 1), the author implies that
A.everybody can know and use philosophic theories well enough to deal with the world.
B.philosophy will help everybody to deal with the world though he is not a philosopher.
C.everybody has his own views of life and they will practice these views in the world.
D.it is important for everybody to know and use philosophy to deal with the world.
A.usual
B.general
C.normal
D.ordinary
A.stable
B.peculiar
C.rebellious
D.up-to-date
As a______ president, his views are treated with respect when he is interviewed.
A.former
B.previous
C.late
D.prior
A.stable
B.peculiar
C.rebellious
D.up-to-date
A.action
B.crisis
C.conflict
D.power
As a ______ president, his views are treated with respect when he is interviewed.
A.prior
B.previous
C.late
D.former
What does Petter believe he is able to change?
A.the views the MCA holds on industry
B.the way in which the MCA decides on policy
C.how the MCA is perceived by other people
D.the MCA's relations with other trade associations
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