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Although another company has offered her a high salary, she is ______ to leave the present job.
A) willing B) reluctant C) hesitant D) determined
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第1题
Career Change
A. People who are thinking about changing careers are often afraid of what will happen if they quit their job. Will they find another one？ Will they like another field as well as the one they are in now？ Will they be able to grow and advance in a new organization？
B. As these questions come to mind, they should try to figure out the answers so they can reach a decision. Although there is a high rate of unemployment in some countries, there are usually jobs for skill ed workers who ca use computers or other equipment. Those who have specialized training in these areas can generally find a position without too much effort.
C .The question of whether they' II like another field more than their current one is also a crucial one. While it' s nice to dream about having another job , the reality may be that they aren't suited for it. For example , if an architect likes to cook but has no idea about how to run a business , it may be risky for him to open a restaurant. He can cook for his friends on weekends and satisfy his dreams of being a chef in that way.
D. Another good way for a person to find out if she will be successful in a new field is to try it out as a part-time job. Being an event planner sounds glamorous but helping friends with parties or weddings might show her that it also very stressful. However, if she has the creativity and organization necessary for such a position , she can continue to plan events for friends until she builds up a reputation. Then she can leave her current job to look for a job in event planning knowing that she' ll be successful in this area.
E. Once a person has found his or her specialty and decides on the change , it' s necessary to stick with it until the business gets off the ground. This usually takes about five years. If the move has been from one company to another, the person should stay until it is clear he is doing a good job and can advance to a higher position. Following this advice will make the transition smoother and the career change successful.
For each question , choose the best answer based on the reading sage. Write A , B , C or D on your Answer Sheet.
21. According to the reading , people who think about changing careers generally____.
A. quit their jobs
B. are afraid of quitting their jobs
C. find another one right away
D. grow and advance in a new organization
22. There is a high rate of unemployment in some countries , but skilled workers____.
A. lose their jobs
B. try to reach a decision
C. use computers
D. with training can still get jobs
23. If a person dreams about doing another job,____.
A. he is suited for it
B. he can run a business
C. he still may not be able to do it
D. he will be satisfied as a chef
24. Having a part-time job____.
A. is a good way to try another career
B. sounds glamorous
C. is very stressful
D. builds up a person' s career
25. You should stay in a new career at least fiv years because____.
A. it' s your specialty
B. you moved from one company to another
C. you can do a good job and advance in that time
D. the transition will smoother
第2题
The Internet and TV
因特网与电视
Many people are watching spellbound[1]as the Internet grows exponentially. What they often do not realize is that the Internet is not only a fascinating new interaction medium, but that it will completely dominate our society.
Previous generations knew books, newspapers, telephones and televisions. The first three were essential aids to life, two text-based, the third speech-based. Anyone who was denied access to them was disadvantaged in our society. The picture-based medium, television, helped to bring the world closer to home. But it condemned the viewer to passivity and has been more a hindrance than a help in aiding individuals to develop new skills and capabilities.
The Internet will unite all the traditional media and push them further. Most significantly, this is the first time that pictures will be used interactively for information, communication and development of skills. Even today, everyone who uses the web is able to catch a glimpse of the potential of the medium in this direction.
Our children will grow into a web generation. They won't log onto the Internet occasionally, but will be online all the time. Fortunately they will be significantly more active than the TV-dominated baby boom generation[2]. Those who are denied access to the Internet completely or partially will be enormously disadvantaged. They will be lost in our digital society.
Obviously access will not be as it is today: slow, unstructured, available only through the computer. We will have intelligent tools for tapping undreamt-of possibilities. We can glimpse the beginning of these developments in many places. Shopping over the Internet of the future will be the obvious thing to do, regardless of whether the goods are ultimately delivered or fetched in person. Both the time-short and time-rich[3]will love using the web in this way.
Regardless of whether you agree with our views, you should read on. It is important for every e-tailing and electronic-shopping strategy to understand in detail what dramatic changes the Internet will undergo in the next few years.
Anytime, Anywhere Access
Today "'interface" devices for the electronic world fall into three categories: telephone, PC and television. The telephone and the television were network-orientated devices from the beginning. They had a specific use: speech-based one-to-one communication on the one hand and picture-and-sound-based broadcasts on the other. The PC was initially a stand- alone calculating machine which was gradually networked and became a communication unit. It has been quite a long evolution. Douglas Englebart, the often unacknowledged forefather of the modern PC, not only invented the mouse, but as long ago as 1964 in his Stanford Research Institute, was propagating networking in its primitive forms. His early efforts were precursors of what we now call "hyperlinks" on the Internet. Interestingly even Apple[4]founder, Steve Jobs, who copied much from Englebart and marketed it, did not take this aspect of communication between PCs very seriously at first.
With digitalization (still only partially achieved with the telephone and the television), the three categories, telephone, PC, and TV will merge. This does not mean that multifunctional devices will dominate the market place, although these are clearly possible. After all, a medium like the radio has not disappeared although the radio function has long been integrated into TV sets. For most of today' s radio listeners TV sets are inappropriate. Digitalization of all devices does mean, however, that new applications and functional extensions will be possible. Overall we see three far-reaching changes for Internet access and electronic shopping:
·the comeback of the television;
·an increase in mobile devices; and
·the growth of 'easy use' equipment.
Surrounding these elements of tomorrow's consumer infrastructure are a number of burning questions, e. g. who will provide the operating system which allows them to function？ And who will provide the Internet access to them？ Fortunately as an e-tailer you can wait and see.
The comeback of television
A debate has been going on for a long time about whether the PC or the television will win as a preferred method of access to the Internet.
A few years ago, a Japanese delegation visiting Silicon Valley[5]asked Regis McKenna: "Which will win—the TV set or the PC？". "The microwave oven" was his stunning reply. We love it, because it not only underlines the fruitlessness of the discussion, but emphasises that—thanks to Moore's law[6]—we will see many more unconventional Internet access devices. We discuss these in more detail below.
Still, television deserves some special attention. With digitalization, it is on a technological collision course with the PC and many people believe that this means that one device will have to go. A long and pointless discussion has begun about whether the greater functionality of the PC or the wider distribution, better graphics and greater ease of operation of the TV set will win through. Combination units are already on the market. So far they have not met with much success.
The reason is simple, the "egg-laying wool-producing milk-providing pig" is impractical. In the foreseeable future there will be a device with a keyboard which primarily specialises in communicating and processing information and which will be compact to a degree or even portable—let's call this a PC. There will be another device that is big, though no longer clumsy looking, that specialises in high-resolution graphics and films—let's simply call this a television. This television can have an infrared keyboard connected to it but usually it will be controlled with its simpler remote-control unit. You will be able to interchange the two units to a certain degree, but the so-called 'look and feel' is clearly optimised to one type of application.
The critical fact is. television is becoming suitable for the Internet. This trend cannot be stopped. Most new and some proven Internet content is strongly picture-based and therefore particularly suited to television. Accessing it will not require a keyboard just as videotext or programme guides do not. The ultimate breakthrough for TV as an Internet device will come with broadband connections. Interactive TV will embrace Internet content as an add-on to TV programmes.
For a long time it has been thought that video on demand (i. e. downloading films for payment), will be interactive TV's "killer application", i.e. the decisive buying-incentive for interactive television. Now it is clear that many people think that they would like video on demand but hardly anyone would pay for such a service at today's prices. Thus the so- called "full service networks' (FSN), based on this (such as Time-Warner's[7]notorious attempt in Orlando) have all failed so far. The good news was that Time-Warner's FSN worked; the bad news was that it cost the company about ＄12, 000 per connected household.
It seems clear that an offer of a television including elements of so-called "lazy Interactivity" represents a sensible step forward. This provides:
·additional information windows: for example interrupting long-winded live broadcasts such as Oscar award-ceremonies, coronations, slow sports like golf or baseball, concerts with news
·'buy' buttons in advertising and events;
·direct voting capabilities; and
·interaction in live auctions.
These offers can be linked to a picture-in-picture segmentation or windows within the television screen. For example, users in the UK of Sky's digital TV offer will be familiar with the ability to change camera angles and call up player statistics while watching sporting events.
A big problem for TV-based Internet access today is still the lack of standardisation of the necessary set-top boxes. As consumers don't want to risk having to buy several of these boxes, many are playing a waiting game. Now PCs have become so cheap in the US that it will soon be possible, for under 400 dollars, to put a simple PC on the television set and to solve the rest of the problem with software.
The future for television as a medium is firm but the future for many television broadcasters is uncertain. Cable-TV players in some countries have got used to a pay-TV model. The advent of broad-band technology, allowing TV to be watched on the Internet threatens all this—as it becomes possible to charge subscription fees on the Internet.
Broadcast. com[8], taken over by Yahoo[9]in spring 1999, has shown what is possible on the web using streaming technology. Broadcast. com, amongst others, has acquired Internet rights for sports' broadcasts and is waiting for these to become accessible via TV sets at which point it will be in direct competition with traditional broadcasters.
For e-tailers and e-shopping suppliers this means that, within the foreseeable future, they will be able to reach the whole television-watching community. They will, of course, have competition from television broadcasters like home-shopping channel, which is moving the opposite way into the Internet. Note that as they prepare to migrate to TV, Internet sites must be adapted to be TV-acceptable with larger fonts, more pictures and navigable without a keyboard!
Notes
[1] spellbound: 人们处在一种痴迷的状态，观看着，着迷的。形容词作状语表示状态。e．g．He went home tired and sad.(他回到家，疲惫不堪，心情沮丧。)
[2] baby boom generation: 泛指出生率高的一代。
[3] time-short and time-rich: 时间紧的人和时间宝贵的人。
[4] Apple: Apple公司，美国的一家微型计算机公司，位于加利福尼亚的Cupertino,1976年4月1日由Steve Jobs和Steve Wozniak创建。
[5] Silicon Valley: 硅谷，美国加利福尼亚州森尼维附近圣克拉拉山谷内的一个地区。
[6] Moore's law: 摩尔定律。
[7] Time-Warner:(美国)时代华纳服务网站。
[8] Broadcast. com:. com域名，专用于商业的Internet域名。
[9] Yahoo: Yahoo网点，一个著名的Internet信息检索网点，由斯坦福大学David Filo和Jerry Yang开发而成，它的URL地址为：http：//www. yahoo. com/。
Choose the best answer for each of the following:
第3题
Paras. 13-16
The Disney management is stressing this tradition in an apparent response to suggestions that it is culturally insensitive. Although the concept of the theme park is closely based on the original Magic Kingdom in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, "Euro Disneyland will be unique in a manner appropriate to its European home," the company says. "The legends and fairy tales which come from Europe figure prominently in the creative development of the theme park." Officials point out, for example, that Sleeping Beauty's castle, the central feature of the theme park, is based not on Hollywood, as some might think, but on the illustrations in a medieval European book. Also, a 360-degree movie, based on the adventures of Jules Verne, features well-known European actors.
Asked to describe other aspects of the effort to make the park more European, a spokesman mentioned that direction signs in the theme park will be in French as well as English, and that some performers will chat in French, Spanish and English. "The challenge is telling things people already know--and at the same time making it different," the spokesman said.
On the other hand, this effort is not being taken too far. Another Disney spokesman said earlier that the aim of the theme park is to provide a basically American experience for those who seek it. In this way, he said, people who might otherwise have contemplated a vacation in the United States will be happy to stay on this side of the Atlantic.
The Disney organization does seem to focus a bit too much on hair. "Main Street, USA", the heart of Euro Disneyland, it promises, will feature an old time "Harmony Barber Shop" to deal with "messy hair and hairy chins" —and perhaps even offending moustaches. One difference from California or Florida: Parts of Main Street and waiting areas to get into the attractions will be covered over as a concession to Paris' rainy weather.
The Disney organization responds to the question of cultural clash.
第4题
66.We can learn from the passage that the personal computer __________.
A.has been around for a long time
B.has been accepted by all people
C.is not welcome to everyone
D.is not widely used yet
67.The man’s wife was upset because __________.
A.he loved another woman
B.he wanted to divorce her
C.she didn’t have her own computer
D.he was neglecting her and the family
68.The man’s wife threatened to divorce him if __________.
A.he continued to spend long hours with the computer
B.he did not quit his job with the computer company
C.he did not spend time with her parents
D.he did not go to see the doctor with her
69.The marriage was saved __________.
A.with the help of a doctor
B.with the help of a fortune teller
C.after the wife took over the computer
D.after the husband sold the computer
70. What seems to be worrying the author as far as the computer is concerned？
A.People may become isolated from one another.
B.Offices may no longer be necessary.
C.People will no longer read books or magazines.
D.Factory workers will lose their jobs.
第5题
Napoleon once called the British " a nation of shopkeepers" . That was intended as an insult , but had he called us a nation of traders it could not have been disputed. In Britain we buy and sell more per head of population than the people of any other country. Our island is too small to grow enough food for our people and so we need to eam enough from our exports to sustain our population.
One complication of export trade is that each country has its own independent currency system; and another is that many countries impose custom duties or other restrictions on imports.
The would-be exporter is faced with a number of problems. First there is the need to find a customer for his goods. The actual operation of selling is made more difficult because of language barriers and cultural differences. There are also additional transport problems because of the greater distances involved and often unfamiliar territories. When the manufacturer turns from selling at home to selling overseas, his problems are magnified. This is particularly true in terms of finance.
The first financial problem facing the exporter is the time taken to deliver his goods. There could be a long delay while his merchandise is in transit between London and, say, Karachi. He has incurred the costs of production, but when is he going to be paid？ The second problem is even more serious. How sure can he be that he is going to be paid at all？ And even when he receives payment his troubles may not be over. If he is paid for his goods in other currency other than sterling, and what if the other currency has fallen in value since the contract is made？ These are the perennial problems for the exporter.
Fortunately for our exporters and for our economy generally, help is available both from the government and the banks. From the government side, the Export Credits Guarantee Department offers British exporters, in return for a fee, insurance against bad debts incurred as a result of sales to foreign buyers. The Export Intelligence Department also helps by providing them with useful advice and information. The most straightforward method of financing the operations for the exporter is to borrow the necessary funds from his bank. This way he can ship his goods abroad and draw on his bank for the funds needed to carry on production while he is awaiting the proceeds. But of course the borrowings from the bank will lower his p rofit margins.
Another method of financing international trade is by documentary credit. A document known as a bill of exchange is drawn by the importer in favor of the exporter and, although the bill of exchange is a very convenient method of payment for oversea trade, once again it serves to reduce the profit margin for the exporter.
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