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When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision，they shall be deemed to be in（）.
A . crossing situation
B . head-on situation
C . restricted visibility
D . overtaking situatio
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When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision,they shall be deemed to be in（）.
A . head-on situation
B . crossing situation
C . overtaking situation
D . close-quarters situatio
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A sailing vessel is overtaking a power-driven vessel in a narrow channel，so as to pass on the power-driven vessel’s port side. The overtaken vessel will have to move to facilitate passage. The sailing vessel is the（）.
A . stand-on vessel and would sound two short blasts
B . give-way vessel and would sound no whistle signal
C . stand-on vessel and would sound no whistle signal
D . give-way vessel and would sound two prolonged blasts followed by two short blast
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America is a large power distance country.
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A culture of high power distance index means the power is equally distributed.
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The jaws of the shark were so huge that we estimated a small craft could be damaged if __________ had the misfortune to encounter the beast in the ocean.
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You ____ him so closely; you should have kept your distance.
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In a low power distance organization, employees or subordinates are considered equal, or nearly equal.
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In high power distance countries and organizations, people don’t question the decisions of their leaders.
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Having been living in this small town since my birth, I feel so ______ to leave.
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Which of the following best describes Hofstede's 'power distance' dimension of culture?
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According to the text,we may conclude that the power of a single book,in some cases,is so great that it may make a person’s life totally different.
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The new economic system _____ our society, so now we become very powerful in the world.
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79. When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision, they shall be deemed to be in _____.
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138. When a feature whose characteristics or descriptions remain unchanged is to be shifted to small distance(s), ______ command is used on a chart.
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_____ style focuses on the speaker and role relationships. People with such communication style stress high power distance. This style is popular in collectivist and high-context culture.
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The world of taxi drivers is dominated by men. But there is one small taxi company in Delhi，where all the drivers and passengers are female. Women’s safety is a hot topic in India at the moment, so it's proving a very popular service.
“When I’m on the road driving our taxi I feel very proud，because this is the first taxi service only for women,” says 31yearold Shanti Sharma, who is one of eight female drivers with a taxi service called Cabs for Women by Women.
The last couple of months, since the rape and murder in the city of a college student travelling on a bus, have been particularly busy for her and her colleagues.
“After this case，our workload has increased so much,” says Sharma.“Women who used other cab services are also turning to us now.”
Most women in Delhi say they routinely face harassment(骚扰), and worse, especially on public transport.
Sharma, a single parent with three daughters, has been working as a taxi driver since 2011, when the service was first set up, and it has changed her life. This is the first time that she has earned enough—about 250 a month—to support her family.
Of course, she and the other female taxi drivers are completely outnumbered by male cabbies.“When I park somewhere there are always men there and inevitably five or six of them get together and hang out, ” she says.“I’m usually the only woman in the parking lot, so I just stay inside the car.”
It’s not much better when she is out on the road. Sharma says the male drivers give her a hard time.“As soon as they see a woman at the wheel they start honking(按喇叭) for no reason. They’ll try to overtake you. I’m always worrying about how to avoid getting hit by someone.”
The company behind Cabs for Women by Women, Sakha Consulting Wings, had a number of goals when it set up the service .It wanted to give women from poor backgrounds an opportunity to earn money. By putting women in charge of technologies, it also wanted to change people’s attitudes, and open up boundaries for women.
21、The taxi service Cabs for Women by Women _____.
A、is greatly needed at present in India
B、causes a hot debate in India
C、was set up in 2012
D、is free of charge for women
22、Why are women who used other cab services turning to Cabs for Women by Women？
A、Because it is cheap.
B、Because it is safe.
C、Because it is famous.
D、Because it is convenient.
23、What do we know about Sharma？
A、She is the first female taxi driver in Delhi.
B、She lives in harmony with her husband.
C、She has regretted becoming a taxi driver.
D、She has a better salary after becoming a taxi driver.
24、What is the main idea of the last paragraph？
A、The opportunities Cabs for Women by Women provides for women.
B、The main purposes of Cabs for Women by Women.
C、People’s attitudes towards Cabs for Women by Women.
D、The background information of Cabs for Women by Women.
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The 1982 Oil and Gas Act gives power to permit the disposal of assets held by the Corporation, and the Corporation's statutory monopoly in the supply of gas for fuel purposes so as to permit private companies to compete in this supply.
A．defers
B．curtails
C．triggers
D．sparks
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With the high price of office _______ these days, many small businesses are turning to so-called all-in-one offices-ready-made office suites that include things like high-speed Internet connections, d
A．rent
B． staff
C． hours
D． Software
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Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following. In the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been ordered or built here in 12 years.
The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown” (堆内熔化). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten U.S. public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. But don’t expect them ever on U.S. shores unless things change in Washington.
The procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court. Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every case where a plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission has ultimately granted a license to construct or operate. But the victory often costs so much that the utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway.
A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New York’s Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-’60s. Millstone, completed for $101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however, was singled out by anti-nuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $5 billion and delayed its use for many years.
Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power to force New York’s public-utilities commission to accept the following settlement; the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of homes, sits rusting.
第36题：What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants a bad dream？
A) The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation commission.
B) The enormous cost of construction and operation.
C) The length of time it takes to make investigations.
D) The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.
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听力原文：Nike is one of the most powerful marketing companies in the business world today, but it had very small beginnings. The global giant company stated in the 1960s with the company's founders selling cheap Japanese sport shoes to American high school athletes at school track meetings, using a supply of shoes they kept in their cars.
What is the purpose of this talk？
A．Introducing a product
B．Telling a company's history
C．Complaining a product
D．Promoting sales
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听力原文：In central Italy, several small towns and villages are still cut off by avalanches following the earthquake during the night which killed five people. So far hundreds of people have been made homeless.
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Perhaps only a small boy training to be a wizard at the Hogwarts school of magic could cast a spell so powerful as to create the biggest book launch ever. Wherever in the world the clock strikes midnight on June 20th, his followers will flock to get their paws on one of more than 10 million copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Bookshops will open in the middle of the night and delivery firms are drafting in extra staff and bigger trucks. Related toys, games, DVDs and other merchandise will be everywhere. There will be no escaping Pottermania.
Yet Mr. Potter's world is a curious one, in which things are often not what they appear. While an excitable media (hereby including The Economist, happy to support such a fine example of globalisation) is helping to hype the launch of J.K. Rowling's fifth novel, about the most adventurous thing that the publishers (Scholastic in America and Britain's Bloomsbury in English elsewhere) have organised is a reading by Ms. Rowling in London's Royal Albert Hall, to be broadcast as a live webcast. Hollywood, which owns everything else to do with Harry Potter, says it is doing even less. Incredible as it may seem, the guardians of the brand say that, to protect the Potter franchise, they are trying to maintain a low profile. Well, relatively low.
Ms. Rowling signed a contract in 1998 with Warner Brothers, part of AOL Time Warner, giving the studio exclusive film, licensing and merchandising rights in return for what now appears to have been a steal: some $500,000. Warner licenses other firms to produce goods using Harry Potter characters or images, from which Ms. Rowling gets a big enough cut that she is now wealthier than the queen—if you believe Britain's Sunday Times rich list. The process is self-generating: each book sets the stage for a film, which boosts book sales, which lifts sales of Potter products.
Globally, the first four Harry Potter books have sold some 200 million copies in 55 languages; the two movies have grossed over $1.8 billion at the box office.
This is a stunning success by any measure, especially as Ms. Rowling has long demanded that Harry Potter should mot be over-commercialised. In line with her wishes, Warner says it is being extraordinarily careful, at least by Hollywood standards, about what it licenses and to whom. It imposed tough conditions on Coca-Cola, insisting that no Harry Potter images should appear on cans, and is now in the, process of making its licensing programme even more restrictive. Coke may soon be considered too mass market to carry the brand at all.
The deal with Warner ties much of the merchandising to the films alone. There are no officially sanctioned products relating to "Order of the Phoenix"; nor yet for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", the film of the third book, which is due out in June 2004. Warner agrees that Ms. Rowling's creation is a different sort of commercial property, one with long-term potential that could be damaged by a typical Hollywood marketing blitz, says Diane Nelson, the studio's global brand manager for Harry Potter. It is vital, she adds, that with more to come, readers of the books are not alienated. "The evidence from our market research is that enthusiasm for the property by fans is not waning."
When the author says "there will be no escaping Pottermania", he implies that______.
A．Harry Potter's appeal for the readers is simply irresistible
B．it is somewhat irrational to be so crazy about the magic boy
C．craze about Harry Potter will not be over in the near future
D．Hogwarts school of magic will be the biggest attraction world over
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Which is NOT the Four Cultural Value System？ A.Individualism & Collectivism B.Time Orientation C.Uncertainty Avoidance D.Power Distance
A、Time Orientation
B、Time Orientation
C、Time Orientation
D、Time Orientation
