(b) Prepare a reasoned explanation of how any capital gains tax arising in the UK on the s
(b) Prepare a reasoned explanation of how any capital gains tax arising in the UK on the sale of the paintings
can be minimised. (2 marks)
(b) Prepare a reasoned explanation of how any capital gains tax arising in the UK on the sale of the paintings
can be minimised. (2 marks)
Despite a cooling of the economy, high-technology companies are still crying out for skilled workers. The Information Technology Association of America projects that more than 800, 000 technology jobs will go unfilled next year. The lack of qualified workers poses a huge threat to the U. S. economy.
The most commonly cited reason for this state of affairs is that the country's agrarian-age (农村时代) education system fails to prepare students in the primary and secondary grades for the 21st century work. Yet an inadequate and outmoded education system is only part of the problem. A less tangible (明确的) but equally powerful cause is an antique (过时的) classification system that divides the workforce into two camps; white-collar knowledge workers and blue-collar manual laborers.
Blue-collar workers emerged in the United States during the Industrial Age as work moved from farms to factories. White-collar office workers became a significant class in the twentieth century, outnumbering(多于) the blue-collar workers by mid-century. Corporations increasingly require a new layer of knowledge worker; a highly skilled multi-disciplined talent, who combines the mind of the white-collar worker with a solid grounding in mathematics and science (physics, chemistry, and biology). These "gold-collar" workers—so named for their contributions to their companies and to the economy as well as for their personal earning ability—apply their knowledge to technology.
The gold-collar worker already exists in a wide range of jobs. The maintenance technician who tests and repairs aircraft systems at American Airlines; the network administrator who manages systems and network operations at Procter & Gamble(宝洁公司) ; the engineering technologist who assists scientists at Sandia National Laboratories; and the advanced-manufacturing technician at Intel can all be regarded as gold-collar workers.
What does the word "projects" in the first paragraph mean?
A.Throws
B.Predicts
C.Concludes
D.Claims
Once you have organized your resume, check your closet. Special attention should be (4) to what you will wear for the interview. You don't want to be dressed up as if you were going to a party, but you also don't want to be over-dressed. You should consider setting your hair trimmed before the interview. Remember that neatness (5). You should be neat in your (6) as well as in resume.
(7), you must keep in mind that (8) do not like people to smoke or chew gum during an interview. The basic (9) for this may be that you appear too relaxed. Remember you are not visiting a friend; you are trying to get a job. If you (10) all of the above advice, you have a good chance of getting the job you desire.
1.A. some B. another C. other D. else
2. A take B. make C. get D.let
3.A. capable B likely C.possible D.suggested
4.A. drawn B.spend C. allowed D. paid
5.A. counts B. sound C.goes D. functions
6.A clothing B.yourself C.language D. appearance
7.A. Next B. Finally C. In short D. Thirdly
8.A. friend B.parents C.employers D.element
9.A. reason B.need C.result D. element
10.A. seek B. listen C. keep d.follow
A scientist is apt to think that all the problems of philosophy will ultimately be solved by science. I think this is true for a great many of the questions on which philosophers still argue. For example, Plato thought that when we saw something, one ray of light came to it from the sun, and another from our eyes and that seeing was something like feeling with a stick. We now know that the light comes from the sun, and is reflected into our eyes. We don't know in much detail how the changes in our eyes give rise to sensation. But there is every reason to think that as we learn more about the physiology of the brain, we shall do so, and that the great philosophical problems about knowledge are going to be pretty fully cleared up.
But if our descendants know the answers to these questions and others that perplex us today, there will still be one field of which they do not know, namely the future. However exact our science; we cannot know it as we know the past. Philosophy may be described as argument about things of which we are ignorant. And where science gives us a hope of knowledge it is often reasonable to suspend judgment. That is one reason why Marx and Engels quite rightly wrote to many philosophical problems that interested their contemporaries.
But we have got to prepare for the future, and we cannot do so rationally without some philosophy. Some people say we have only got to do the duties revealed in the past and laid down by religion, and god will look after the future. Others say that the world is a machine and the course of future events is certain, whatever efforts we may make. Marxists say that the future depends on ourselves, even though we are part of the historical process. This philosophical view certainly does inspire people to very great achievements. Whether it is true or not, it is powerful guide to action.
We need a philosophy, then, to help us to tackle the future. Agnosticism easily becomes an excuse for laziness and conservatism. Whether we adopt Marxism or any other philosophy, we cannot understand it without knowing something of how it developed. That is why knowledge of the history of philosophy is important to Marxists, even during the present critical days.
What is the main idea of this passage?
A.The argument whether philosophy will ultimately be solved by science or not.
B.The importance of learning philosophies, especially the history of philosophy.
C.The difference between philosophy and science.
D.A discuss about how to set a proper attitude towards future.
A.preparing, prepare.
B.preparing, prepare for
C.preparing for, prepare
D.preparing for, prepare for
A.Guess What!1/2
B.Prepare!1
C.Guess What!5/6
D.Prepare!2
E.新课标四年级(三起点)
F.Prepare!3