. Thousands of workers will be     if the automobile factory shuts down.

A. turned down              B. put back    C. laid off              D. locked away

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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學(xué)年上海市金山中學(xué)高二下學(xué)期期中考試英語卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解

From bankers to factory staff, employees in the west face the bleak prospect (暗淡的前景) of losing their jobs as a global recession (衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.
Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian firms try harder to keep jobs in difficult times, which will stop unemployment and may help keep Asian economies afloat at a time of slowing exports.
The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for firms to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, leaving some experts predicting Western shift to Eastern flexibility.
“In the Confucian (儒家的) attitude, the right thing to do is to share the burden. There is the sense of collective responsibility whereas (然而) in the West, it’s more about the individual survival,” said Michael Benotlel, associated professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University.
Steven Pang, Asian Regional Director for Aquent, a headhunting firm, said in many East Asian companies there was a responsibility “ to take care of the members of the family and go through the pain together” even if that meant causing losses.
US firms from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousand. But at the Asian units of Western multinationals, job cuts will probably be less severe.
Japan’s jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong’s was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.
Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals (對(duì)手) from abroad.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
【小題1】What caused the different practices of Asian and Western firms facing the global recession?
【小題2】Why is it easier for the East Asian firms to recover quickly from the economic downturn?
【小題3】Firms in the west would lay off workers when facing a bleak prospect because of ______.
【小題4】______ will make the differences in East and West less noticeable.

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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆江西省吉安市高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the Wi-Fi specially prepared for notebook computers, you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study Places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature, When you have gained at least 40 credits(學(xué)分), you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

1.The library’s upper floor is mainly for students to______.

A. have group discussions                B. read in a quiet place

C. take comfortable seats                D. get their computers fixed

2.Library computers on the ground floor_______.

A. contain software necessary for schoolwork

B. help students with their field experiments

C. are for those who want to access the Wi-Fi

D. are mostly used for filling out application forms

3.What condition should be met to book a group-study room?

A. A group must consist of 8 people

B. Three-hour use per day is the minimum

C.  Applicants must mark the room on the map

D. One should first register (注冊(cè)) at the university

4.A student can rent a locker in the library if he______.

A. can afford the rental fee

B. attends certain courses

C. has nowhere to put his books

D. has earned the required credits

5.What should NOT be brought into the library?

A. Mobile phones         B. Orange juice            C. Sandwiches           D. Candy

 

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If a business wants to sell its products internationally, it had better do some market research first. This is a lesson that some large American corporations have learned the hard way.

 What’s in the name?

Sometimes the problem is the name. When General Motors introduced its Chevy Nova into Latin America, it overlooked the fact that Nova in Spanish means “It doesn’t go”. Sure enough, the Chevy Nova never went anywhere in Latin America.

 Translation problems

Sometimes it is the slogan that doesn’t work. No company knows this better than Pepsi-Cola, with its “Come alive with Pepsi!” campaign. The campaign was so successful in the United States , Pepsi translated its slogan literally for its international campaign. As it turned out , the translations weren’t quite right. Pepsi was begging Germans to “Come out of the grave(墳?zāi)?” and telling the Chinese that “Pepsi brings your ancestors(老祖宗) back from the grave.”

A picture’s worth a thousand words

 Other times, the problem involves packaging . A picture of a smiling baby has helped sell countless jars of Gerber baby food. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in African countries, the picture on the jar shows what the jar has in it, for many people there can’t read.

Twist of fate

Even the culture and religious factors and pure coincidence can be involved. Thorn McAn shoes have a Thorn McAn “signature” inside. To people in Bangladesh, which is a Muslim country, this signature looked like Arabic script for the word Allah. In that country, feet are considered unclean, and Muslims felt the company was offending God’s name by having people walk on it.

1.From the text we learned that _________.

A. Chevy Nova was brought in Latin America

B. General Motors did the best market research of all companies

C. Pepsi still sold well in China owing to the translation problems

D. the “Come alive with Pepsi” campaign worked well in the US

2.What was “Gerber’s problem”?

A. A translation problem                                     B. Cultural factor 

C. Religious factor                                         D. The picture on the jar

3.For what reason were Thorn McAn shoes turned down in Bangladesh?

A. They are not designed attractively 

B. Their advertisements are not persuasive

C. A signature looking like the word Allah was in the shoes

D. Problem for Thorn McAn was the company’s name

4.What does the text mainly tell us?

A. Lessons from some large corporations.

B. How to make use of advertisements

C. The importance of market research

D. The importance of packaging

 

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用適當(dāng)?shù)脑~填空。（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

occur      inhabitant     crowd     measure     strong

reduce     similarity      poor      fortunate    disaster

1.A fire broke out in the factory. ___________, one of the firefighters was killed.

2.The boy knows much about the           and differences between pop music and classical music.

3.The government is making efforts to ________the traffic noises in order to let citizens have a quiet sleep.

4.         have been taken to reduce pollution in developing countries.

5.He threw it forward with all his         .

6.The buses are so        during the rush hour.

7.The polluted air and water can explain the main reason why the ________here are getting ill one by one.

8.Our goal is to reduce the number of the families in         in the village.

9.An unexpected storm  　　 when we were enjoying the pleasant voyage at the Yellow Sea.

10.One million five hundred thousand people died in natural _____ between 1980 and 2000

 

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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

    1     ．For example，too many tourists can crowd public places that are  also enjoyed by the inhabitants of the country. If tourists  create too  much traffic，the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy．They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely．They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy．It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them．     2     ．Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants．

    3      ．If tourism grows too quickly，people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry．This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer．

     4     ．Businesses can also lose money．It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels，airports， first-class roads，and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example，a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build．If this room is not used most of the time，the owners of the hotel will lose money．

Building a hotel is just a beginning．There must be many other support facilities as well，including roads to get to the hotel，electricity，sewers(下水道)to handle waste，and water．     5      ．If they are not used because there are not enough tourists，jobs and money are lost.

A．It is extremely important to develop tourism

B．Too much tourism can be a problem

C．Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems

D．All of these support facilities cost money

E. Planning is of great importance to tourism

F. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists

G. On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs

 

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