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In Ireland today about()of the population are Roman Catholics.
A . 75%
B . 80%
C . 90%
D . 93%
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In Ireland()is the court of final appeal and plays a key role in the interpretation of the Constitution.
A . the Supreme Court
B . the High Court
C . the Highest Court
D . the Central Court
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Which of the following is not true of Ireland.s climate?()
A . It is dry.
B . It is moist.
C . It is mild.
D . It is changeable
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Ireland has the following demographic features except().
A . it has a low birthrate
B . it has a late marriage age
C . it has an excess of females in the population
D . it has a high proportion of bachelors and spinsters of all age
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()is the oldest of all the parties is Ireland.
A . The Irish Labour Party
B . The Progressive Democrats
C . Fianna Fail
D . Fine Gael
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Since 1945,the UK economy has experienced()decline rather than()decline.
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()is the largest of the minor parties in Ireland after the 1987 election.
A . The Irish Labour Party
B . The Progressive Democrats
C . The Workers'Party
D . The Democratic Socialist
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The U.K. consists of England, (),()and Northern Ireland.
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Sine the 1960s,()has become the mainstay of the Irish economy.
A . manufacturing
B . mining
C . energy
D . animal husbandry
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Northern Ireland,which takes up the northern fifth of Ireland,is a fourth political division of()
A . the United Kingdom
B . Ireland
C . Scotland
D . Wale
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__________, the knowledge economy has become the major characteristic (特征) of the national economy of most developed countries.
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St. George is the patron saint of Ireland.
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Which of the following is not one of the three broad types of economic systems? A. Market economy B. Command economy C. Mixed economy D. Free economy
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Shared Economy” has been mentioned as an example of the following topics, EXCEPT for: 在讨论“共享经济”时,没有涉及以下哪一条
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An economy has five workers. Each worker can make 4 cakes or 3 shirts. What is the opportunity cost of making a shirt?______.
A.0.75 cakes
B.1.33 cakes
C.4 cakes
D.3 cakes
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The Republic of Ireland is located on the Ireland island, facing the Irish Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the______.
A.north and east
B.south and east
C.north and west
D.north and east
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Now that the damage inflicted by the Asian financial crisis looks like it was caused by an economic neutron bomb. The crisis has hurt great numbers of people, but has left the main structures of the world economy standing. The worst of the direct impact may be over. Many of the hardest-hit countries are on the road to recovery, financial "contagion" has been contained and world economic growth seems set to pick up soon.
The most important development, however, is a non-event: the collapse of global capitalism has not occurred. Instead, the post-crisis world is likely to be even more market-oriented than the one that preceded it, with a proliferation of new rules and practices that will help markets to operate more smoothly. The countries recovering best, such as Thailand and South Korea, are doing so by moving further in a free-market direction. None of the affected nations has tried to isolate itself from the global economy, and the widely feared worldwide wave of protectionism has not yet materialized.
Nor has there been the great rethinking of economic globalization that some feared and others advocated. The critics of global capitalism pounced on the crisis as proof of globalization's fatal flaws. Their analyses often concluded that "there must be something better." On the contrary, economists have taken free-market principles as the starting point for new ideas, not called them into question.
There has been much criticism of the so-called Washington consensus—the traditional free-market orthodoxy that uniformly prescribes fiscal discipline, deregulation, and financial liberalization. Partly as a result of the crisis, a new consensus simply adds extra prescriptions—such as better financial supervision, labor market, etc.—to the list. It is an elaboration of the original consensus, not a new departure.
Numerous studies also show that engagement in the global economy leads to higher growth and helps to reduce poverty in developing countries. Today's economic arguments are not over fundamental free-market policies, but what must be done to supplement them. Likewise, the efforts to devise a new "international financial architecture" in the wake of the crisis, due to continue during the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, will not involve rebuilding the system from scratch. The aim is to make incremental improvements in financial rules and practices that will oil the wheels of the market system, not to trade it in for a non-existent new model.
What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A.After the severe Asian Financial Crisis, the world economy began to recover.
B.Asian Financial Crisis is as devastating as a neutron bomb and causes great damage.
C.There are still direct and indirect impacts so that the economy cannot recover.
D.The direct impact of Asian Financial Crisis has gone.
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The economy will maintain its high growth levels and the government still has plenty of room to further tighten monetary policy.
A.reclaim
B.resent
C.restrain
D.reverse
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As one of the developed countries in Asia, Japan has been sought hegemony in Asia because of its strong power in economy. How about its present economic situation? Today let' s talk about this question. Once a symbol of enormous economic growth, Japan has plunged into a deep recession with the burst of its bubble economy beginning in the early 1990's. This is, without a doubt, the worst economic crisis facing this country since the end of World War Ⅱ. One wonders if Japan can see its way through the storm and overcome these latest doldrums.
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
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听力原文: An international children's charity says more than one-fourth of the children in Asia are living in absolute poverty and almost half of them are seriously deprived. In a report issued in Thailand, the group says that many Asian families are not benefiting from the region's booming economy and it has pledged $1 billion in aid over the next decade.
The charity group Plan International says 600 million Asian children are deprived of one of the seven basic needs used to define poverty, including food, safe water, shelter, health and education. And it says 350 million children, equivalent to the population of the European Union, are deprived of two or more basic needs, classifying them as absolutely poor.
The group's executive director, Tom Miller, compares these figures to those of the victims from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of southern Asia eight months ago. "Those numbers are absolutely staggering. The world has focused very much on Asia through the tsunami. But in many ways, what we're talking about is, this is a silent tsunami that is happening every single day."
The group, basing its figures on United Nations statistics, says some Asian countries, like China and parts of Southeast Asia, have considerably reduced their numbers of poor children. But it says significant populations of poor people remain in isolated rural areas and among ethnic minorities.
According to the news, which of the following is not among the basic needs used to define poverty?
A.food
B.health
C.education
D.freedom
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Software Engineering Economy is an effective part of software engineering, which of the following content is the research comtent of software engineering economy?
Ⅰ.Estimation of software development cost
Ⅱ.Earn & Cost analysis of software development
Ⅲ.Adjustment of software development progress
A.Ⅲ only
B.Ⅱ and Ⅲ
C.Ⅰ and Ⅱ
D.all
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Caution seems the watchword among the institutional investors surveyed in our latest portfolio poll. The allocation of money between equities, bonds and cash has, on average, remained at the same levels as it did during the third quarter. While Lehman Brothers and Commerz International have increased their overall equity allocations, Daiwa has increased its bond allocation. But given the slowdown in the American economy, it is the reaction of our investors to American equity holdings that is worthy of note.
While three of them, including Lehman Brothers, take a dim view of the prospects for American shares, the other four have either marginally increased their allocations, or have maintained them at the same levels as in the previous quarter. Lehman Brothers seems to have decided that the prospect for German shares is better than it is for American ones. Its allocation for American equities dropped by seven percentage points, to 45% of its equity holdings; while its German share portfolio increased by six percentage points, to 11%. Lehman's share allocation to America has dropped, even as its overall equity holdings have increased.
Daiwa and Standard Life are the other two that have cut back on American equities. But Credit Suisse continues to be a cheerleader for American shares. Following its ten percentage-point increase in the third quarter, the Swiss firm increased its exposure to American equities once again in the fourth quarter. Commerz International appears to share Credit Suisse's bullish outlook: its American equity holdings have increased by four percentage points, to 490. Julius Baer is extremely bullish on American equities, with 60% of its equity funds parked there. But the average American equity holdings, among our institutional investors dropped by a percentage point in the fourth quarter.
British equities seem to have become attractive—all our investors have increased their allocations. Credit Suisse, which in the third quarter cut its investment in British shares, appears to have changed its mind. It has increased its allocation by four percentage points, taking the total to 9%. On the other hand, Japanese shares have been given the thumbs-down: all our investors save Julius Baer (unchanged) and Credit Suisse (slightly up) have moved funds out of Japanese equities.
It is a relatively similar story for Japanese bonds, where everybody apart from Commerz International has either dropped their yen-denominated bond holdings, or kept them unchanged. Robeco Group seems decidedly bearish, for it has sharply, cut its allocation, from 24% to 15%. Lehman Brothers, appears to have got the timing right, by raising its allocation of dollar-denominated bonds in the fourth quarter. Its increase was followed by the Fed interest-rate cut on January 3rd. Will Lehman's bearish timing prove right for American shares, too?
Lehman Brothers______.
A.has increased its equity and bond allocation in America
B.pays less attention to the equity holdings because of the American economy's slowdown
C.is pessimistic about the American prospect and cautious about its allocation
D.is as bearish as other institutional investors
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The()is Ireland’ s head of state.A、president
B、prime minister
C、Governor-general
D、senator
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The()is Ireland’ s head of state.
A.A.president
B.B.prime minister
C.C.Governor-general
D.D.senator