Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel_________.A.pessimisticB.desperate
Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel_________.
A.pessimistic
B.desperate
C.conceited
D.hopeful
Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel_________.
A.pessimistic
B.desperate
C.conceited
D.hopeful
Regarding the future of cheating, the author seems to be______.
A.depressed
B.optimistic
C.amused
D.bewildered
Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel_________.
A.pessimistic
B.desperate
C.conceited
D.hopeful
A.likely
B.more likely
C.most likely
D.much likely
A.likely
B.more likely
C.most likely
D.much likely
A) likely
B) more likely
C) most likely
D) much likely
A.有关环境的现状和未来,空气和水污染是我们关注的首要问题。
B.未来和现在的水污染和空气污染状况是我们关注的首要问题。
C.由于空气和水污染,未来和现在的环境成了我们关注的首要问题。
D.空气污染和水污染是未来和现在环境的头号杀手。
Although SF seems to take as its future social settings nothing more ambiguous than the current status quo or its totally evil variant, SF is actually a more important vehicle for speculative visions about macroscopic social change. At this level, it is hard to deal with any precision as to when general value changes or evolving social institutions might appear, but it is most important to think about the kinds of societies that could result from the rise of new forms of interaction, even if one cannot predict exactly when they might occur.
In performing this "what if…" function, SF can act as a social laboratory as authors ruminate upon the forms social relationships could take if key variables in their own societies were different, and upon what new belief systems or mythologies could arise in the future to provide the basic rationalizations for human activities. If it is true that most people find it difficult to conceive of the ways in which their society, or human nature itself, could undergo fundamental changes, then SF of this type may provoke one's imagination—to consider the diversity of paths potentially open to society.
Moreover, if SF is the laboratory of the imagination, its experiments are often of the kind that may significantly alter the subject matter even as they are being carried out. That is, SF has always had a certain cybernetic effect on society, as its visions emotionally engage the future—consciousness of the mass public regarding especially desirable and undesirable possibilities. The shape a society takes in the present is in part influenced by its image of the future; in this way particularly powerful SF images may become self-fulfilling or self-avoiding prophecies for society. For that matter, some individuals in recent years have even shaped their own life styles after appealing models provided by SF stories. The reincarnation and diffusion of SF futuristic images of alternative societies through the media of movies and television may have speeded up and augmented SF's social feedback effects. Thus SF is not only change speculator but change agent, send an echo from the future that is becoming into the present that is sculpting it. This fact alone makes imperative in any education system the study of the kinds of works discussed in this section.
In discussing the subject matter of SF, the author focuses on
A.its main functions.
B.its great diversity.
C.its bold assumptions.
D.its social impact.
Although SF seems to take as its future social settings nothing more ambiguous than the current status quo or its totally evil variant, SF is actually a more important vehicle for speculative visions about macroscopic social change. At this level, it is hard to deal with any precision as to when general value changes or evolving social institutions might appear, but it is most important to think about the kinds of societies that could result from the rise of new forms of interaction, even if one cannot predict exactly when they might occur.
In performing this "what if..." function, SF can act as a social laboratory as authors ruminate upon the forms social relationships could take if key variables in their own societies were different, and upon what new belief systems or mythologies could arise in the future to provide the basic rationalizations for human activities. If it is true that most people find it difficult to conceive of the ways in which their society, or human nature itself, could undergo fundamental changes, then SF of this type may provoke one's imagination—to consider the diversity of paths potentially open to society.
Moreover, if SF is the laboratory of the imagination, its experiments are often of the kind that may significantly alter the subject matter even as they are being carried out. That is, SF has always had a certain cybernetic effect on society, as its visions emotionally engage the future consciousness of the mass public regarding especially desirable and undesirable possibilities. The shape a society takes in the present is in part influenced by its image of the future; in this way particularly powerful SF images may become self-fulfilling or self-avoiding prophecies for society. For that matter, some individuals in recent years have even shaped their own life styles after appealing models provided by SF stories. The reincarnation and diffusion of SF futuristic images of alternative societies through the media of movies and television may have speeded up and augmented SF's social feedback effects. Thus SF is not only change speculator but change agent, send an echo from the future that is becoming into the present that is sculpting it. This fact alone makes imperative in any education system the study of the kinds of works discussed in this section.
In discussing the subject matter of SF, the author focuses on ______.
A.its main functions.
B.its great diversity.
C.its bold assumptions.
D.its social impact.
Since the 1980s, experts have been claiming that the skill demands of today’s jobs have outstripped the skills workers possess. Moss and Tilly counter that worker deficiencies lie less in job-specific skills than in such attributes as motivation, interpersonal skills, and appropriate work demeanor. However, Handel suggests that these perceived deficiencies are merely an age effect, arguing that workers pass through a phase of early adulthood characterized by weak attachment to their jobs. As they mature, workers grow out of casual work attitudes and adjust to the workplace norms of jobs that they are more interested in retaining. Significantly, complaints regarding younger workers have persisted for over two decades, but similar complaints regarding older workers have not grown as the earlier cohorts aged. The last sentence serves primarily to
A、suggest that worker deficiencies are likely to become more pronounced in the future
B、introduce facts that Handel may have failed to take into account
C、cite evidence supporting Handel’s argument about workers
D、show that the worker deficiencies cited by Handel are more than an age effect
E、distinguish certain skills more commonly possessed by young workers from skills more commonly found among mature workers
The finance director of GXJ Co would like to hedge the interest rate risk arising from the future loan and the company’s bank has offered a 3–9, 4·5%–3·5% forward rate agreement.
The finance director is also concerned about the foreign currency risk associated with the euro interest payment which would be due in nine months’ time.
The following exchange rates are available:
Required:
(a) Evaluate the proposed forward rate agreement as a way of managing the interest rate risk anticipated by GXJ Co. (3 marks)
(b) Analyse the foreign currency risk associated with the future interest payment of GXJ Co and briefly discuss ways that this risk might be hedged. (4 marks)
(c) Explain the nature of four-way equivalence in the relationship between spot exchange rates, forward exchange rates and future (expected) spot rates. (3 marks)
A.Medical advances have lowered the mortality rates for those who are forty to sixty years of age.
B.Many people gradually lose interest in going to the movies after they reach twenty-five years of age.
C.The number of movie theaters has been increasing, and this trend is expected to continue during the next ten years.
D.Movie-ticket sales tend to increase as the size of the work force increases, and the size of the work force will increase annually during the next decade.
E.Experts agree that people under twenty-five years of age will continue to account for more than half of the total number of tickets sold in each of the next ten years.
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