Passage TwoQuestions 57~61 are based on the following passage. What’s hot for 2007 among the very rich? A $7. 3 million diamond ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals. Oh, and income inequality.
Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality and the fate of the middle class.
In December, Mortimer Zuckerman wrote a column in U. S. News & World Report, which he owns. “Our nation’s core bargain with the middle class is disintegrating, ”lamented (哀叹) the 117th-richest man in America. “Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder. Average income for a household of people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row. ” He noted that “Tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy. ” Wilbur Ross Jr. has echoed Zuckerman’s anger over the bitter struggles faced by middle-class Americans. “It’s an outrage that any American’s life expectancy should be shortened simply because the company they worked for went bankrupt and ended health-care coverage,” said the former chairman of the International Steel Group.
What’s happening? The very rich are just as trendy as you and I, and can be so when it comes to politics and policy. Given the recent change of control in Congress, the popularity of measures like increasing the minimum wage, and efforts by California’s governor to offer universal health care, these guys don’t need their own personal weathermen to know which way the wind blows.
It’s possible that plutocrats(有钱有势的人)are expressing solidarity with the struggling middle class as part of an effort to insulate themselves from confiscatory(没收性的)tax policies. But the prospect that income inequality will lead to higher taxes on the wealthy doesn’t keep plutocrats up at night. They can live with that.
No, what they fear was that the political challenges of sustaining support for global economic integration will be more difficult in the United States because of what has happened to the distribution of income and economic insecurity.
In other words, if middle-class Americans continue to struggle financially as the ultrawealthy grow ever wealthier, it will be increasingly difficult to maintain political support for the free flow of goods, services, and capital across borders. And when the United States places obstacles in the way of foreign investors and foreign goods, it’s likely to encourage reciprocal action abroad. For people who buy and sell companies, or who allocate capital to markets all around the world, that’s the real nightmare.
第57题:What is the current topic of common interest among the very rich in America?
A.The fate of the ultrawealthy people.
B.The disintegration of the middle class.
C.The inequality in the distribution of wealth.
D.The conflict between the left and the right wing
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2014年3月,统计BC类监测点的监测电压时,发现某供电公司监测点的电压等级为220kV,二次侧实际相电压为131kV,二次侧额定电压为57.7V,二测次电压限值范围为(55.97-61.74)而实际监测的电压为64-66V,严重超限,经分析排查,该监测点的表计中性端子线松动,导致监测电压不准确。通过该案例进行分析,在实际工作过程中,都有哪些原因导致监测电压等数据不准确严重超限等问题?
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患者女性,43岁,体检时CT发现右肺中叶内侧段1.0cm×1.2cm结节,无分叶及毛刺征,邻近无胸膜牵拉征。无咳嗽、咳痰及咯血,无畏寒、发热及盗汗。既往有糖尿病史,否认结核病史。一直从事会计工作。查体:体温36.6℃,呼吸18次/分。血常规:WBC6.2×109/L,N61.4%,L25.6%,PPD(1:2000)试验:(-),ESR35mm/L,血CEA57.9μg/L,NSE7.5μg/L。除了测定空腹血糖水平之外,18F-FDGPET/CT显像时显像方法及准备尚包括()。
A . A.采集前饮水,并排空膀胱
B . 禁食6小时以上
C . 患者检查时保持平静呼吸,并避免体位的移动
D . 患者保持安静、放松状态
E . 以上均是
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患者,女性,43岁,体检时CT发现右肺中叶内侧段1.0cm×1.2cm结节,无分叶及毛刺征,邻近无胸膜牵拉征。无咳嗽、咳痰及咯血,无畏寒、发热及盗汗。既往有糖尿病史,否认结核病史。一直从事会计工作。查体:体温36.6℃,呼吸18次/分。血常规:WBC6.2×109/L,N61.4%,L25.6%,PPD(1:2000)试验:(-),ESR35mm/L,血CEA57,9μg/L,NSE7.Sμg/L。除了测定空腹血糖水平之外,18F-FDGPET/CT显像时显像方法及准备尚包括()。
A . A.采集前饮水,并排空膀胱
B . 禁食6小时以上
C . 患者检查时保持平静呼吸,并避免体位的移动
D . 患者保持安静、放松状态
E . 以上均是
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31例已确定肠蠕动有问题的患者,被随机分为两组,分别给予甲、乙两种饮食,观察饮食的排出时间(小时),结果如下。请问两种饮食对肠蠕动效果有无差别? 甲组:78、76、45、56、52、67、70、69、53、61、70、63、69、76、58、66 乙组:97、74、79、84、96、100、99、96、57、63、67、67、88、83、71
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一个3岁幼儿园女孩体格检查测坐高57cm,身高93cm,其身材比值为0.61(参数为0.59),可能
A . 身材不匀称
B . 正常误差
C . 骨发育异常
D . 测量错误
E . 以上都不是
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计算题:计算如下几个噪声之和:52dB,61dB,58dB,55dB,52dB,64dB,57dB。
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根据民政部门最新统计,全国除了有57万孤儿外,还有61万事实上无人抚养的儿童。这些儿童最需要的服务是()。
A . 风险规避
B . 成长辅导
C . 长期安置
D . 教育救助
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患者女性,43岁,体检时CT发现右肺中叶内侧段1.0cm×1.2cm结节,无分叶及毛刺征,邻近无胸膜牵拉征。无咳嗽、咳痰及咯血,无畏寒、发热及盗汗。既往有糖尿病史,否认结核病史。一直从事会计工作。查体:体温36.6℃,呼吸18次/分。血常规:WBC6.2×10/L,N61.4%,L25.6%,PPD(1:2000)试验:(-),ESR35mm/L,血CEA57.9μg/L,NSE7.5/μg/L。除了测定空腹血糖水平之外,F-FDGPETl/CT显像时显像方法及准备尚包括()。
A . A.采集前饮水,并排空膀胱
B . 禁食6小时以上
C . 患者检查时保持平静呼吸,并避免体位的移动
D . 患者保持安静、放松状态
E . 以上均是
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某断路器跳闸线圈烧坏,应重绕线圈,已知线圈内径d1为27mm,外径d2为61mm,裸线线径d为0.57mm,原线圈电阻R为25Ω,铜电阻率ρ为1.75×10-8Ω•m,计算该线圈的匝数N是多少?
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某学生参加长跑集训前,体重为61Kg,集训第三-四周降至57kg,以后逐渐恢复,该学生体重下降的原因是()。
A . A、脂肪和水分丢失
B . B、运动量过大
C . C、训练水平下降
D . D、患病
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一个3岁幼儿园女童体格检查测坐高57cm,身高93cm,其身材比值为0.61(参数为0.59),可能()
A . A.身材不匀称
B . B.正常误差
C . C.骨发育异常
D . D.测量错误
E . E.以上都不是
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一个3岁幼儿园女孩体格检查测坐高57.0cm,身高93cm,其身材比值为0.61(参数为0.59),可能()
A . 身材不匀称
B . 正常误差
C . 骨发育异常
D . 测量错误
E . 以上都不是
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Read the passage and tick the measures mentioned in the passage about website maintenance.
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一火箭均匀地向后喷气,每秒钟喷出90g的气体,喷出的气体相对于火箭的速度为 ,设火箭开始时静止,火箭和燃料的总质量为 。则喷气多久后,火箭的速度达到40m/s。()(不计重力和空气阻力)fd1a08eb1a040e57ce4f81c329a030b5.pngd440f0ccd3279f6ea7ef14c61e973af7.png
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Passage Two Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. Passage 2-12
A.Last week.
B.Three’weeks ago.
C.Two months ago.
D.Three years ago.
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根据下面的文字资料回答 57~61 题RSA是一种基于(1 )原理的公钥加密算法。网络上广泛使用的PGP协议采用RSA和IDEA两种加密算法组成链式加密体系,这种方案的优点是(2 )。POP还可以对电子邮件进行认证,认证机制是用MD5算法产生(3 ) 位的报文摘要,发送方用自己的RSA私钥对(4 )进行加密,附加在邮件中进行传送。如果发送方要向一个陌生人发送保密信息,又没有对方的公钥,那么他可以(5 )。第57题:文中(1 )处正确的答案是()。
A.大素数分解
B.椭圆曲线
C.背包问题
D.离散对数
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具有起效快,体内迅速被酯酶水解,使得维持时间短的合成镇痛药物是 ()<img src='https://img2.soutiyun.com/ask/uploadfile/4482001-4485000/6add86df8bfea085e612d5d61ed28b25.jpg' /><img src='https://img2.soutiyun.com/ask/uploadfile/4482001-4485000/e8c339d968792a6db57f82b222e132ae.jpg' />
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某市电视机厂为增值税一般纳税人,2012年11月销售电视机,向某代理商销售2000台,由于量大,给对方5%折扣,开具增值税专用发票注明单价2000元/台,在备注栏注明了折扣额;向某商场销售100台,不含税售价2200元/台;当月取得进项税专用发票注明的税款为10万元(已认证)。当月应纳增值税()万元。A.57.5B.58C.58.34D.61.74
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左边给定的是纸盒的外表面,右边哪一项不能由它折叠而成?()<img src='https://img2.soutiyun.com/ask/uploadfile/5184001-5187000/acdd9742b422f12c01a57b285b27ab61.jpg' />
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【单选题】30.水泥胶砂强度试验时测得28天抗压破坏荷载分别为61.0kN、63.0kN、57.0kN、58.0kN、61.0kN、51.0kN。则该水泥28天的抗压强度为()。
A.36.6MPa
B.36.5 MPa
C.37.0 MPa
D.37.5 MPa
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某工程有4个设计方案,方案一的功能系数为0.61,成本系数为0.55;方案二的功能系数为o.63,成本系数为0.6;方案三的功能系数为0.62,成本系数为0.57;方案四的功能系数为o.64,成本系数为0.56根据价值工程原理确定的最优方案为()。
A.方案一
B.方案二
C.方案三
D.方案四
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Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Age has its privileges in America. And one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age—in some cases as low as 55—is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses—as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them;yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent (有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous (同义的). Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population. To be sure, there is economic diversity within the elderly, and many older Americans are poor, But most of them aren’t.
It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they are a direct irritant in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations.
Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involves a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another sore point, Buoyed (支持) by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.
Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a formidable economic privilege to a group with millions of members who don’t need them.
It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment; and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against-discrimination by age.
31. We learn from the first paragraph that ________.
A) offering senior citizens discounts has become routine commercial practice
B) senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a decent life
C) giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for the elderly
D) senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount
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一台复励直流发电机,PN=6 kW,UN=230V,nN=1450 r/min,电枢绕组电阻为0.57Ω,换向极绕组电阻为0.255Ω,串励绕组电阻为0.076Ω(它们都是串联),一对电刷上压降为2V,并励绕组回路电阻为177Ω,额定负载时电枢铁损耗PFe=234 W,机械损耗Pm=61W,求:
额定负载时的电磁功率和电磁转矩;
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宝宝0岁,爸爸31小三阳加抽烟,妈妈30身体健康,年收入20万请问怎样推荐呢。爸爸这样康健吉顺和寿险都不能买吗,请问可以买什么呢。不是有些重疾是免体检吗。另家里三个老人有医保,分别61、71、57岁,有什么推荐呢?