Which minority is regared as the “model minority” in America?A.Asian AmericanB.White Ame
Which minority is regared as the “model minority” in America?
A.Asian American
B.White American
C.African American
D.Latino
Which minority is regared as the “model minority” in America?
A.Asian American
B.White American
C.African American
D.Latino
A major function of self-help networks is financial support. Most scholars agree that minority business owners have depended primarily on family funds and ethnic community resources for investment capital. Personal savings have been accumulated often through frugal living habits that require sacrifices by the entire family and are thus a product of long-term family financial behavior. Additional loans and gifts from relatives forthcoming because of group obligation rather than narrow investment calculation, have supplemented personal savings. Individual entrepreneurs do not necessarily rely on their kin because they cannot obtain financial backing from commercial resources. They may actually avoid banks because they assume that commercial institutions either cannot comprehend the special needs of minority enterprise or charge unreasonably high interest rates.
Within the larger ethnic community, rotating credit associations have been used to raise capital. These associations arc informal clubs of friends and other trusted members of the ethnic group who make regular contributions to a fund that is given to each contributor in rotation. One author estimates that 40 percent of New York Chinatown firms established during 1900-1950 utilized such associations as their initial source of capital. However, recent immigrants and third or fourth generations of older groups now employ rotating credit associations only occasionally to raise investment funds. Some groups like Black Americans, found other means of financial support for their entrepreneurial efforts. The first Black-operated banks were created in the late nineteenth century as depositories for dues collected from fraternal or lodge groups, which themselves had sprung from Black churches. Black banks made limited investments in other Black enterprises. Irish immigrants in American cities organized many building and loan associations to provide capital for home construction and purchase. They in turn, provided work for many Irish home-building contractor firms. Other ethnic and minority groups followed similar practices in founding ethnic-directed financial institutions.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about rotating credit associations?
A.They were developed exclusively by Chinese immigrants.
B.They accounted for a significant portion of the investment capital used by Chinese immigrants in blew York in the early twentieth century.
C.Third- generation members of an immigrant group who started businesses in the 1920's would have been unlikely to rely on them.
D.Recent immigrants still frequently turn to rotating credit associations instead of banks for investment capital.
What they’re thinking is given away in the way()they look and behave.
A.that
B.what
C.in that
D.which
In the last paragraph,the words you're on the same page mean that ______.
A.you're following the speakers closely
B.you're reading the same page as the speaker does
C.you should know which page the speaker refers to
D.your story is written on the same page as the speaker's
Which of the following statements, if any, is/are correct? (1) Internal auditors should report to the finance director as they understand internal controls and are best placed to implement any recommendations in a timely manner (2) Companies are not required to establish and maintain an internal audit function
A.1 only
B.2 only
C.Both 1 and 2
D.Neither 1 nor 2
That many numerous societies of men should have believed in the influence of the evil eye and the existence of a firmament, should have sacrificed slaves and goods to the ghosts of the departed, should have handed down traditions of giants slaying monsters and men turning into beasts—all this is ground for holding that such ideas were indeed produced in men’s minds by efficient causes, but it is not ground for holding that the rites in question are profitable, the beliefs sound, and the history authentic. This may seem at the first glance a truism, but, in fact, it is the denial of a fallacy which deeply affects the minds of all but a small critical minority of mankind. Popularly, what everybody says must be true, what everybody does must be right.
There are various topics, especially in history, law, philosophy, and theology, where even the educated people we live among can hardly be brought to see that the cause why men do hold an opinion, or practise a custom, is by no means necessarily a reason why they ought to do so. Now collections of ethnographic evidence, bringing so prominently into view the agreement of immense multitudes of men as to certain traditions, beliefs, and usages, are peculiarly liable to be thus improperly used in direct defense of these institutions themselves, even old barbaric nations being polled to maintain their opinions against what are called modern ideas.
As it has more than once happened to myself to find my collections of traditions and beliefs thus set up to prove their own objective truth, without proper examination of the grounds on which they were actually received, I take this occasion of remarking that the same line of argument will serve equally well to demonstrate, by the strong and wide consent of nations, that the earth is flat, and night-mare the visit of a demon.
第26题:1. The author’s attitude towards the phenomena mentioned at the beginning of the text is one of _____.
[A] skepticism
[B] approval
[C] indifference
[D] disgust
A.rely on the participation of large corporations to finance minority businesses
B.attempt to maintain a steady rate of growth in the minority business sector
C.encourage minority businesses to take riskier deals
D.seek federal contracts to provide market for minority businesses
Consider the novel views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subject of getting ahead. Coleman is black. He spent 11 years with IBM, half of them working in management development, and now serves as a consultant to the likes of AT&T, CocaCola, Prudential, and Merch. Coleman says that based on what he's seen at big com panics, he weighs the different elements that make for longterm career success as follows: performance counts a mere 10%; image, 30%; and exposure, a full 60%. Coleman concludes that excellent job performance is so common these days that while doing your work well may win you pay increases, it won't secure you the big promotion. He finds that advancement more often depends on how many people know you and your work, and how high up they are.
Ridiculous beliefs? Not to many people, especially many women and members of minority races who, like Coleman, feel that the scales have dropped from their eyes. "Women and blacks in organizations work under false beliefs," says Kaleel Jamison, a New York based management consultant who helps corporations deal with these issues. "They think that if you work hard, you'll get ahead that someone in authority will reach down and give you a promotion." She added, "Most women and blacks are so frightened that people will think they've gotten ahead because of their sex or color that they play down their visibility." Her advice to those folks: learn the ways that white males have traditionally used to find their way into the spotlight (公众注意中心).
According to the passage, "things formerly judged to be best left unsaid" (in Para. 1) probably refers to ______.
A.the opinions, which contradict the established beliefs
B.criticisms that shape everyone's experience
C.the tendencies that help the newcomers to see office matters with a fresh eye
D.the ideas which usually come up with new ways of management in the organization
A.a natural course which is to some degree helpful to us
B.the way.in which gases are used for keeping plants warm
C.the way“greenhouse gases”trap heat on the earth
D.the whole course in which greenhouse gases prevent heat
Today’s robots can build cars and explore underwater objects. But interacting with people is more complex than simply taking an incoming message, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Cynthia Breazeal.
“Social robots really interact with people in ways you feel like you’e interacting with someone rather than something,” she said .’’And social robots are really designed to engage you in much more of an interaction that feels like a cooperation or partnership.”
At the Naval Research Laboratory, near Washington, scientists are researching which features robots should have to be able to live with humans. Researcher Alan Schultz says social robots must be adapted to social situations.
“You know if you’re going to have robots out in the wild,so to speak, they have to follow our standards and they have to do things in the way we expect, so that we can move about out environment and not be interrupted by them or have to think hard about the fact that they’re around us,” he said.
Social robots do not necessarily have to have a human face. Steve Cousins, the CEO of Savioke Robotics in Cupertino, California, says their robot called Botlr is already being tested in a hotel, delivering small items to people.
“It’s designed to be in human space and interact with people and around people,” he said. "So it interacts with the front desk agent when they’re sending it somewhere. It interacts with people in the elevator as it’s going along. And,it interacts with people at the door when the delivery arrives.”
So far, social robots are limited to very simple tasks like relaying message or taking family photos. But Cynthia Breazeal, who designed this one, says their abilities may be extended into many different areas.
What will social robots do according to the scientists?
A.They will cooperate with people.
B.They will clean the big house
C.They will explore underwater objects.
D.They will build different kinds of cars.
Which of the following is true according to the passage?A.Social robots are more difficult to design.
B.Industrial robots are more complicated to design.
C.Social robots can be more useful than industrial robots.
D.Industrial robots can do less than social robots.
It can be inferred from the passage that_______.A.social robots only serve the people they like
B.it’s better for social robots to work in a hotel
C.it’s better for social robots to have a human face
D.social robots will be under the control of human beings
What does the passage mainly talk about?A.The funcitionof social robots.
B.The use of industrialrobots.
C.The daily lifeof robots.
D.The way of designing robots.
Which of the following best describes the writer’s tone in the passage?A.Critical
B.Prejudiced
C.Subjective
D.Objective
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