So ________that millions of people queue to buy it.A、popularis the smartphoneB、popular t
So ________that millions of people queue to buy it.
A、popularis the smartphone
B、popular the smartphone is
C、the smartphone is popular
So ________that millions of people queue to buy it.
A、popularis the smartphone
B、popular the smartphone is
C、the smartphone is popular
Slater left Almy and Brown to establish ______.
A.the Old Slater Mill
B.the White Mill
C.over eighty mills
D.ten or so mills
Section D
Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea.【74】, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity.【75】. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but【76】and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the 17th century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that【77】.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without mill in it. But one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when mill was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did so they also drank their tea with mill in it.【78】.
Sentences:
A. The price fell and many more people could afford to buy it
B. Not many people drunk tea before the 17th century in England
C. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like
D. Many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread
E. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today very few Britons drink tea with mill
F. Some of them were not sure how to use it
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听力原文:M: Have you ever visited a redwood forest?
W: Redwood? No, I've never seen a redwood tree, is it red?
M: Yes, its bark is kind of red. I recently had a chance to go to the Mill National Park, north of San Francisco. You can't imagine how big they are.
W: Yeah, how big?
M: The coast redwoods are the tallest living things. Some are more than three hundred and fifty feet high. But none of the trees at Mill is that high. You have to go further north in California to see the tallest trees.
W: You said that Mill is near San Francisco? I used to think it must be quite a tourist attraction.
M: Yes, it's less than an hour's drive away, so it's easy to get to.
W: I've heard that many redwood trees are thousands of years old. Are the ones in Mill that old?
M: The oldest documented age for a coast redwood is more than two thousand years. The trees at Mill are 400 to 800 years old.
W: Why have they survived so long?
M: They have remarkable resistance to forest fires. Their tough, thick bark protects the trees during a fire. The coast redwoods also like a damp, foggy climate.
W: Then since Mill is near foggy San Francisco, it must be ideal for the trees' survival.
M: Have you ever visited a redwood forest?
W: Redwood? No, I've never seen a redwood tree, is it red?
M: Yes, its bark is kind of red. I recently had a chance to go to the Mill National Park, north of San Francisco. You can't imagine how big they are.
W: Yeah, how big?
M: The coast redwoods are the tallest living things. Some are more than three hundred and fifty feet high. But none of the trees at Mill is that high. You have to go further north in California to see the tallest trees.
W: You said that Mill is near San Francisco? I used to think it must be quite a tourist attraction.
M: Yes, it's less than an hour's drive away, so it's easy to get to.
W: I've heard that many redwood trees are thousands of years old. Are the ones in Mill that old?
M: The oldest documented age for a coast redwood is more than two thousand years. The trees at Mill are 400 to 800 years old.
W: Why have they survived so long?
M: They have remarkable resistance to forest fires. Their tough, thick bark protects the trees during a fire. The coast redwoods also like a damp, foggy climate.
W: Then since Mill is near foggy San Francisco, it must be ideal for the trees' survival.
M: Yes, you must go there and see them; It's wonderful; it's the miracle of life.
W: I can't wait.
(20)
A.San Francisco.
B.Forest fires.
C.Redwood trees.
D.Survival skills.
Arriving in New York, it was not long before he learned of the experimental work of Moses Brown and William Almy, in Pawtucket, with more advanced machines than the Spinning Jennys used in New York. Initially without any contract, and working alongside the engineers already employed at the Almy and Brown mill, Slater successfully reworked a spinning frame. along the lines of Arkwright's Water Frame. This three months of work resulted in a partnership with Almy and Brown. He understood the whole spinning process and knew which machines were vital to overall success of a mill.
However, that management training and knowledge really came into its own over the next two years as Slater labored to educate the embryonic textile industry and businessmen in the techniques that had proved so successful in Belper. Without these, Slater believed the industry would not flourish. In particular, his aim was to maximize the output from the machinery and develop the market place in order to sell all the yarn that could be produced. Prior to this, the philosophy of Almy and Brown was to produce only to order. By 1792, Slater had proved, through the use of his Belper-learned management techniques, that he could make spinning a profitable business. This led to building the Old Slater Mill—the first successful U. S. cotton spinning mill. Slater's view was to concentrate on a specific aspect and specialize. The other partners believed in covering the whole textile process through to finished goods, including knitting. As a result, in 1797, Slater broke away and built his own larger mill—the White Mill. Following the success of Slater's business, the cotton industry really took off and over the next ten or so years, over eighty mills developed. Slater has been called both the "Father of American Industry", and the "Founder of the American Industrial Revolution".
What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?
A.Slater's arrival in America.
B.New York and the Almy and Brown mill.
C.The first three months and achievement of a partnership.
D.Slater's understanding of the spinning process.
Once upon a free a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know (56) to do when it slipped from his horse and fell (57) the road.The sack was (58) heavy for him to (59) , and his only hope was that (60) someone would come riding by and (61) a hand.
It was not long (62) a rider appeared, but the farmer's heart sank when he (63) him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer (64) have dared to ask (65) farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come (66) the road, but he could not beg a (67) of so great a man. (68) , as soon as the great man came up he got (69) his horse, saying "I see you've had bad luck, friend.How good it is (70) I'm here just at the (71) time. "Then he took one (72) of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you? "
"Easily enough," the great man (73) . "Whenever you see (74) else in trouble, (75) the same for him. "
(71)
A.how
B.what
C.which
D.whether
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Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know56to do when it slipped from his horse and fell57the road. The sack was58heavy for him to59, and his only hope was that60some one would come riding by and61a hand.
It was not long62a rider appeared, but the farmer' s heart sank when he63him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer64have dared to ask65 farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come66the road, but he could not beg a 67of so great a man.68, as soon as the great man came up he got69his horse, say-ing "I see you' ve had bad luck, friend. How good it is70I' m here just at the71 time. "Then he took one72of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"
"Easily enough," the great man73 "Whenever you see74else in trouble,75 the same for him. "
请回答(56)题 查看材料
A.how
B.what
C.which
D.whether
Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know 【C1】______ to do when it slipped from his horse and fell 【C2】______ the road. The sack was 【C3】______ heavy for him to 【C4】______ , and his only hope was that 【C5】______ some one would come riding by and 【C6】______ a hand.
It was not long 【C7】______ a rider appeared, but the farmer's heart sank when he 【C8】______ him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer 【C9】______ have dared to ask 【C10】______ farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come 【C11】______ the road, but he could not beg a 【C12】______ of so great a man.
【C13】______ , as soon as the great man came up he got 【C14】______ his horse, saying, "I see you've had bad luck, friend. How good it is 【C15】______ I'm here just at the 【C16】______ time. " Then he took one 【C17】______ of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"
"Easily enough," the great man 【C18】______ . "Whenever you see 【C19】______ else in trouble, 【C20】______ the same for him. "
【C1】______
A.how
B.what
C.which
D.whether
Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machine or foreign workers.
In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. Being average is just won’t earn you what it used to. It can’t when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genins. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra – their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.
Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But there’s been an acceleration. As Davidson notes, “ In the 10 years ending in 2009, factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs – about 6 millions in total – disappeared.”
There will always be change – new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution , the beat jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.
In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to buttress employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I. Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to post-high school education.
The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate
A.the impact of technological advances
B.the alleviation of jobs pressure
C.the shrinkages of textile mills
D.the decline of middle-class incomes
阅读材料,回答题。
Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know what to do when it slipped from his horse and fell ___51___ the road. The sack was too heavy for him to ___52___, and his only hope was that___ 53___ some one would come riding by and lend a hand.
It was not long before a rider appeared, but the farmer’s heart sank when he ___54___ him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer ___55___ have dared to ask another farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come___56___the road, but he could not beg a favor of so great a man.___57___, as soon as the great man came up he got off his horse, saying "I see you’ve had bad luck, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the___58___ time. "Then he took one___59___ of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse."Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"
"Easily enough," the great man___60___ "Whenever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him."
__________ 查看材料
A.on
B.in
C.off
D.onto
听力原文: One day in 1848, a carpenter named Marshall, who worked in a sawmill on the American River in California, made a surprising discovery. He noticed something bright and yellow, bent down to pick it up and took it to his friend, a Mr. Sutter. This was the beginning of the Californian Gold Rush. Sutter was a Swiss who had come to America to try to make a lot of money. The Governor of California had given him permission to make a home in the Sacramento Valley and his determination and energy had made him rich. He had built the mill together with Marshall in order to make use of the rich natural materials of his land.
Sutter realized the importance of the discovery and decided to ask the Governor for the right to the gold. So he sent a man named Bennet to San Francisco to see the Governor. He warned Bennet not to tell anyone because he was afraid that people would come before his right was recognized. Bennet could not keep the secret but people did not believe him at first. Then a newspaperman went to Sutter's mill to make a report. When he came back he ran through the streets shouting, "Gold! Gold!" Within a month almost the entire population had gone to look for the gold.
Then news spread across America to Europe and thousands of people joined in the search. Those who went by ship had to sail round Cape Horn but some preferred to go across America by land, and freight cars were used for travelers. Even then there were some who were prepared to cross the terrible desert of Death Valley.
The Gold Rush proved to be fatal to Sutter himself. For years he tried to get rid of those new-comers so that his family might enjoy the wealth of his land, but his business failed. The new-comers did a great deal of harm, and even killed one of his sons, and at the end of his life he was a poor man who often stopped people in the street to tell them that gold was worse than anything else.
Who was the first to find the gold in California?
A.Sutter.
B.Marshall.
C.Bennet.
D.A newspaperman.
Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign worker.
In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job,could earn an average lifestyle. ,But ,today ,average is officially over. Being average just won’t earn you what it used to. It can’t when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor, cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genius. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra-their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.
Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But there’s been an acceleration. As Davidson notes,” In the 10 years ending in 2009, [U.S.] factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs-about 6 million in total -disappeared.
There will always be changed-new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.
In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to support employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I.Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to poet-high school education.
The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate_______ .
A.the impact of technological advances
B.the alleviation of job pressure
C.the shrinkage of textile mills
D.the decline of middle-class incomes
The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that ______ .A.gains of technology have been erased
B.job opportunities are disappearing at a high speed
C.factories are making much less money than before
D.new jobs and services have been offered
According to the author, to reduce unemployment, the most important is_____ .A.to accelerate the I.T. revolution
B.to ensure more education for people
C.ro advance economic globalization
D.to pass more bills in the 21st century
Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?A.New Law Takes Effect
B.Technology Goes Cheap
C.Average Is Over
D.Recession Is Bad
According to Paragraph 3, to be a successful employee, one has to______ .A.work on cheap software
B.ask for a moderate salary
C.adopt an average lifestyle
D.contribute something unique
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