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Tom wanted to buy the third ticket when the girl asked him.()
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Mrs. Smith wanted to buy ______ with the ten pound notes.
A.a lovely cat
B.a nice hat
C.a beautiful handbag
D.both B and C
A. watch lots of films
B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities
D. take with him other machines apart from film
Some newspapers refused delivery to distant suburbs probably because_________.
A.readers threatened to pay less
B.newspapers wanted to reduce costs
C.journalists reported little about these areas
D.subscribers complained about slimmer products
Specialization is encouraged because people______.
A.can use their money to buy whatever they want
B.do not need to make a complete product for exchange
C.can share their products with many others
D.cannot use their money to buy whatever they want
Why did the old man want to sell his shop?
A.Because he didn't like cutting hair any longer.
B.Because he was too old to cut hair.
C.Because he wouldn't like Roger to go there.
D.Because a young man wanted to buy his shop.
A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’ s birthday. The price didn’ t matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.
A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pear so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, as she wanted a pair of earrings made, “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, “I would say it’s exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl.”
The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.
Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don’t like to part with it,” she said sadly, “I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.
The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for ________________.
A.his wife
B.his mother-in-law
C.his own mother
D.no one
He paid $ 5,000 for the black pearl without bargaining because ________________.
A.he was very rich
B.he wanted to make the jeweler believe him
C.he was anxious to get it
D.his business had been successful
He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be ________________.
A.exactly the same size as the black on
B.exactly the same quality as the black one
C.worth no more than $ 25,000
D.exactly as big and nice as the black one
Many people answered the advertisement because they wanted _________________.
A.to see the perfect pearl
B.to buy some beautiful pearls too
C.to get in touch with the rich man
D.to sell their own pearl at a high price
The jeweler couldn’ t find the man anywhere because ________________.
A.he died suddenly.
B.he happened to be out
C.he got $ 20,00 by cheating and had run away with the money.
D.he wouldn’t show up until the jeweler called him a second time.
Every afternoon when John could sit up, he would describe to Tom all the things he couldsee outside the window. Tom was so attracted by the description that he could not wait for thoseone-hour periods. The window faced a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and birds played on thewater while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm and a fine view ofthe city could be seen in the distance. As John described all this in detail, Tom would close hiseyes and imagine the beautiful scenes.
Days and weeks passed. One morning, the nurse found that John had passed awaypeacefully in his sleep. The next day, Tom asked if he could be moved to the bed next to thewindow. The nurse was happy to do this, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left himalone.
Slowly, painfully, Tom supported himself up with one arm to take his first look at the realworld outside, but only faced a blank wall. When the nurse came back, Tom asked her what hadmade John describe such wonderful things outside this window. She said that John was blind andcould not even see the wall. “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you,” she added.
We can learn from Paragraph 1 that_______________ .
A.Tom was allowed to sit up
B.John and Tom were old friends
C.Tom could look out of the window
D.John and Tom were roommates in a hospital
Why did Tom expect that one-hour period every day?A.Because he could listen to what John described.
B.Because he could change the bed with John.
C.Because he could see the park by himself.
D.Because he could have a rest then.
What happened to John according to Paragraph 3?A.He went blind.
B.He fell asleep.
C.He was dead.
D.He became weaker.
What did Tom ask the nurse to do?A.To move him to another room.
B.To move him to the other bed.
C.To get him a new nurse.
D.To get him a new doctor.
How would Tom feel when he heard what the nurse said?A.Upset.
B.Happy.
C.Calm.
D.Moved.
请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析,谢谢!
A.study abroad
B.work abroad
C.pay for the debts
D.1earn to paint pictures
Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted
Bob Wong was fortunate to inherit some money and decided he wanted to invest for the long term in one or more investments so he would have a higher income in retirement. He was not a specialist in accounting and had little understanding of how investments worked.
Bob studied an investment website which suggested that he needed to be aware of the level of risk in an investment and also that he needed to know what his basic attitude to risk would be. This meant he needed to decide what his risk appetite was and then select investments based on that.
When Bob studied share listings in newspapers, he noticed that they were subdivided into sectors (e.g. banks, pharmaceuticals, mining, retail). He noticed that some sectors seemed to make higher returns than others and he wanted to know why this was. One website suggested that risks also varied by sector and this was partly explained by the different business and financial risks which different sectors are exposed to.
One website said that if a potential investor wanted to know about any given company as a potential investment, the company’s most recent annual report was a good place to start. This was because, it said, the annual report contained a lot of voluntary information, in addition to the financial statements. Bob could use this information to gain an understanding of the company’s strategy and governance. The website suggested that the contents of the corporate governance section of the annual report would be particularly helpful in helping him decide whether or not to buy shares in a company.
Required:
(a) Explain ‘risk appetite’ and ‘risk awareness’, and discuss how Bob’s risk appetite might affect his choice of investments.
(8 marks) (b) Explain ‘business risk’ and ‘financial risk’ and discuss why risks might vary by sector as the website indicated. (8 marks)
(c) Distinguish, with examples, between mandatory and voluntary disclosure in annual reports, and assess the usefulness of corporate governance disclosure to Bob in selecting his investments. (9 marks)
Passage 2 Questions 1to 5 are based on the following passage:
Sometimes a book can help change history. One book that certainly did was Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was a book that spoke out against slavery.
As Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her book, there were over3.5 million slaves in the United States. Slaves were usually in the cotton-growing states of the South. The Northern States has ended slavery. Yet most northerners were not strongly against slavery. They did not mind that slavery continued in the South.
Stowe decided to make people understand that slavery was very bad. Each night after putting r six children to bed, she worked on her book. She told the owner. She also told how the slaves tried to run away for freedom. Uncle Tom’s Cabin first came in 1852. Over 300,000 books were sold out in a year.
People had different ideas about the book. In the North, many people finally believed that slavery must be ended after they read the book. In the South, many people were very angry at the people in the North. By 1861 the two parts of the country were at war. The Civil War, which lasted until of cease, was made to happen by many things. Yet Uncle Tom’s Cabin surely played a part. Stowe met President Linclon in 1862. As Linclon took her hand, he said, “So you are the woman who starred the big war.”
1、Before Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, most Northerners ______.
A、were slaves in the South
B、did not know how bad slavery was
C、kept slaves in their homes
D、understood that slavery was wrong
2、While many Northerners agreed with Harriet Beacher Stowe,______.
A、many southerners wanted war
B、many southerners had not read the boo
C、many southerners were angry at her
D、some slaves tried to run away from North
3、From the text, we can infer that _______.
A、Stowe was a very young woman
B、Stowe’s husband was dead when she wrote the story
C、Stowe wrote her book with stories from her six children
D、Stowe could not work on her book at all during the daytime
4、Uncle Tom’s Cabin was _______.
A、a book about Harriet Beecher Stowe
B、a history book
C、a book that helped change history
D、a book about the American Civil war
5、Harriet Beecher Stowe _______.
A、was a little woman who started the American Civil War together with Abraham Linclon
B、was strongly against the slavery
C、helped some slaves to run away from the South
D、met Abraham Lincoln before the Civil War