The development of （） has kept pace with the increasing demands made by the steady rise in power produced by modem marine diesels.

A . Runnable allows the workflow engine to compile the process. B . Runnable allows the process to be included as a stand-alone subprocess. C . Runnable allows the workflow engine to check its status during process execution. D . Runnable allows the workflow engine to define this as a top-level process and initiate it

A . excessive B . immense C . memorable D . substantia

A．excited B．excite C．exciting D．excitement

A、 crops and herds B、joint-stock companiesC.internet companies

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

A．A.considerably B．B.considerately C．C.conservatively D．D.concisely

To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture (2)_____ another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic (3)_____ among the different languages. People once (4)_____ the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped (5)_____ of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. (6)_____ it is possible that language (7)_____ began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages (8)_____ no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of (9)_____ groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely (10)_____, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They (11)_____ behind our Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, (12)_____ only in their vocabularies, which reflect their speakers' social (13)_____. Even in this department, (14)_____, two things are to be noted: 1) All languages seem to (15)_____ the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence (16)_____ by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2) The objects and activities requiring names and (17)_____ in "backward" languages, while different from ours, are often (18)_____ numerous and complicated. A Western languages distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"); some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker or to the person (19)_____ and what is removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future. This study of language, in turn, (20)_____ a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank. A．perspective B．sense C．dimension D．manner

In the 1980's, real estate prices soared to super inflated levels, and investors sank their money into the booming stock market. There seemed to be no end in sight for the land of the rising sun. Everything was rising, and the government, financial institutions, and individuals paid little heed to the warning signs of an imminent crash. Then, the bubble burst, and land and stock prices plunged. What is the result of the crash？ Many companies have faltered due to poor sales and bad debt, and have closed their doors. The domino effect on many financial institutions is that they must- bear an enormous number of unrecoverable loads, which have resulted when companies, depending on profits from land in vestments to repay loans, have fund themselves insolvent. Furthermore, many individual depositors, fearing a collapse of more banks and securities companies, have withdrawn their money in droves. Attempts by tile government to revitalize the sluggish and contracting economy have proven fruitless. Pump-priming measures including tax cuts and public works spending have done little to put the economy on tract again. What's more, the government's decision to increase the consumption tax from 3 to 5 percent in 1997 has had a devastating impact on consumer spending. As for the business sector, companies have tried various measures to streamline management, but other ill effects of such policies, including rising unemployment among older workers, have surfaced and have dealt a huge blow to the recovery process, Japan' s faltering economy has had an impact on other Asian countries, and some fear that the whole region will be drawn into depression. What will stem the tide of further economic collapse？ For one, Japan must stabilize its financial system and take immediate and effective measures to deal with non – performing loans. Revealing the severity of the problem to the public and foreign governments is an essential first step. A more vital solution might be to institute a permanent tax cut to stimulate consumer spending and confidence in the government' s handling of the situation. Ultimately, this will encourage domestic demand for goods and services and will be the driving force behind much of the recovery, That' s the bottom line. Of course, many more factors including deregulation will play a vital role in expediting economic stabilization and growth. Whatever the case, action must be carried out swiftly and decisively. A passive and .reticent approach to reform. and change is what has hampered any improvement so far. Other nations have encouraged Japan to step up the pace of implementing change, but Japan must make the first step . . . or else we might be witnessing the setting of this great rising sun. Japan's current economic crisis is the worst since ______. A．World War Ⅰ B．World War Ⅱ C．the Gulf War D．the Korean War

resort(胜地)offer．

With regard to this, perhaps their most traditionally sanctioned task, colleges and universities today find themselves in a serious bind generally. On the one hand, there is the American commitment, entered into especially since World War II, to provide higher education for all young people who can profit from it. The result of the commitment has been a dramatic rise in enrollments in our universities, coupled with a radical shift from the private to the public sector of higher education. On the other hand, there are serious and continuing limitations on the resources available for higher education. While higher education has become a great "growth industry", it is also simultaneously a tremendous drain on the resources of the nation. With the vast increase in enrollment and the shift in priorities away from education in state and federal budgets, there is in most of our public institutions a significant decrease in per capita outlay for their students. One crucial aspect of this drain on resources lies in the persistent shortage of trained faculty, which has led, in turn, to a declining standard of competence in instruction. Intensifying these difficulties is, as indicated above, the concern with research, with its competing claims on resources and the attention of the faculty. In addition, there is a strong tendency for the institutions' organization and functioning to conform. to the demands of research rather thorn those of teaching. According to the author, ______ is the most important function of institutions of higher education. A．creating new knowledge B．providing solutions to social problems C．making experts on sophisticated industries out of their students D．preparing their students to transmit inherited knowledge

A．sustainable, substantial B．substantial, sustainable C．sustainable, substantive D．sustainable, sustainable

Although interior design has existed since the beginning of architecture, its development 【21】______ a specialized field is really quite recent. Interior designers have become 【22】______ partly because of the many functions that might be 【23】______ in a single large building. There might be stores, theatres, restaurants, and other 【24】______ on the main floor or lower floors of building, while the upper floors might have hotel rooms, apartments, or business offices for many 【25】______ kinds of companies. The importance of interior design becomes 【26】______ when we realize how much time we spend in places surrounded by four walls. Whether we need to be 【27】______ , we want our surroundings to be as attractive and comfortable as possible. We also expect each place to be appropriate 【28】______ its use. You would be shocked if the 【29】______ of your bedroom was suddenly changed to look like that 【30】______ a restaurant. And you 【31】______ feel right in a business office that looked like a school. It soon becomes clear that the interior designer' s most important basic 【32】______ is the function of the particular space. For example, a theatre with poor sight lines, poor sound-shaping qualities, and too few 【33】______ and exits will not work for its 【34】______ , 【35】______ how 【36】______ it might be decorated. 【37】______ , for any kind of space, the designer needs to make various kinds of decisions. He or she must 【38】______ decoration of everything from the shape, textures, lighting, and 【39】______ to floor. 【40】______ addition, the designer must usually select furniture or design built-in furniture, according to the functions that need to be served. 【21】 A．into B．with C．on D．as

Chair Co plans on pricing the seat by adding a 50% mark-up to the total variable cost per seat, with the labour cost being based on the incremental time taken to produce the 8th unit. Required: (a) Calculate the price which Chair Co expects to charge for the new seat. Note: The learning index for a 75% learning curve is –0·415. (5 marks) (b) The first phase of production has now been completed for the new car seat. The first unit actually took 12·5 hours to make and the total time for the first eight units was 34·3 hours, at which point the learning effect came to an end. Chair Co are planning on adjusting the price to reflect the actual time it took to complete the 8th unit. Required: (i) Calculate the actual rate of learning and state whether this means that the labour force actually learnt more quickly or less quickly than expected. (3 marks) (ii) Briefly explain whether the adjusted price charged by Chair Co will be higher or lower than the price you calculated in part (a) above. You are NOT required to calculate the adjusted price. (2 marks)

A．km level B．100-meter C．submeter D．millimeter