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effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the U.S. where cross-cultural consideration and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent (普遍的).

Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the U.S. are able to get into international markets.

English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.

The employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset (资产) to the firm.

1. What is the author’s attitude toward high-tech communications equipment? （ ） A. Critical B. Prejudiced C. Indifferent D. Positive

2. With the increased use of high-tech communications equipment, businesspeople . （ ）

A. have to get familiar with modern technology

B. are gaining more economic benefits from domestic operations C. are attaching more importance to their overseas business D. are eager to work overseas

3. In this passage, “out of sight and out of mind” (line 2, Para. 3) probably means . （ ）

A. being unable to think properly for lack of insight B. being totally out of touch with business at home C. missing opportunities for promotion when abroad D. leaving all care and worry behind

4. According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today? （ ） A. Connections with businesses overseas. B. Ability to speak the clients’ language. C. Technical know-how. D. Business experience.

5. The advantage of employees having foreign language skills is that they can . （ ）

A. better control the whole negotiation process

B. easily find new approaches to meet market needs C. fast-forward their proposals to headquarters

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D. easily make friends with businesspeople abroad 89.

The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise(有氧操). Millions of individuals became engaged in a variety of aerobic activities, and literally thousands of health spas developed around the country to capitalize (获利) on this emerging interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed prior to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their focus was not on aerobics, but rather on weight-training programs designed to develop muscular mass, strength, and endurance in their primarily male enthusiasts. These fitness spas did not seem to benefit financially from the aerobic fitness movement to better health, since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs offered few, if any, health benefits. In recent years, however, weight training has again become increasingly popular for males and for females. Many current programs focus not only on developing muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well.

Historically, most physical-fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health-related reasons, but primarily because such fitness components have been related to performance in athletics. However, in recent years, evidence has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health benefits as well. The American College of Sports Medicine now recommends that weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans. Increased participation in such training is one of the specific physical activity and fitness objectives of Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.

1. The word “spas” (line 3, Para. 1) most probably means . （ ） A. sports activities B. places for physical exercise C. recreation centers D. athletic training programs

2. Early fitness spas were intended mainly for . （ ） A. the promotion of aerobic exercise B. endurance and muscular development C. the improvement of women’s figures D. better performance in aerobic dancing

3. What was the attitude of doctors towards weight training in health improvement? （ ）

A. positive B. indifferent C. negative D. cautious

4. People were given physical fitness tests in order to find out . （ ） A. how well they could do in athletics B. what their health conditions were like

C. what kind of fitness center was suitable for them D. whether they were fit for aerobic exercise

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5. Recent studies have suggested that weight training . （ ） A. has become an essential part of people’s life B. may well affect the health of the trainees C. will attract more people in the days to come D. contributes to health improvement as well

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90.

In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school. When he arrived there, he discovered the building was as flat as a pancake.

Looking at what was left of the school, the father remembered a he made to his son, “No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!” began to fill his eyes. It looked like a hopeless situation, but he could not take his off his promise.

Remembering that his son’s classroom was in the back right corner of the building, the father there and started digging the stones. As he was digging, other parents arrived and told the father that it was too . Even a police officer told him he should go home. To those who tried to stop him, he said, “Are you going to help me now?” They didn’t answer him and he digging for his son.

He needed to know for himself, “Is my boy alive or is he dead?” This man dug for eight hours and then twelve and then twenty-four and then thirty-six. in the thirty-eight hour, as he pulled back a big stone, he heard his son’s . He screamed his son’s name, “Jimmy!” and a voice answered him, “Dad? It’s me, Dad!” Then the boy added these priceless words, “I told the other boys not to worry. I told them that if you were you’d save me and when you saved me, they’d be saved. You promised that, Dad. ‘No matter what happens,’ you said, ‘I’ll always be there for you!’ And here you are, Dad. You your promise!” 1. （ ）

A. speed B. decision C. promise D. conclusion 2. （ ）

A. Tears B. Images C. Pictures D. Sights 3. （ ）

A. mind B. thought C. idea D. opinion 4. （ ）

A. rushed B. wandered C. went D. walked 5. （ ）

A. slow B. late C. silly D. hopeless 6. （ ）

A. tried B. risked C. continued D. appreciated

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7. （ ）

A. Totally B. Finally C. Obviously D. Clearly 8. （ ）

A. word B. voice C. noise D. sound 9. （ ）

A. alive B. lively C. alone D. lonely 10. （ ）

A. made B. realized C. took D. kept 91.

We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract. It should be noted, however, that this contract does not ____ the same form in different societies.

In Western societies, the union of a man and a woman ____ given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official ____ by the state.

In some African societies, however , marriage has nothing to do ____ an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal exchange of goods.

Generally ____ is the bridegroom who is required to make a payment of goods to the bride’s kin(亲戚), though sometimes a payment is ____ made by the bridegroom’s kin to that of the bride.

Among the Nuer, a people living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the bride’s kin, ____ as bride wealth, is in the of cattle.

Once the amount of bride wealth is agreed ____ , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a ____ union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable children of the husband.

They remain his children even if the wife subsequently leaves him to live with another man. 1. （ ）

A. make B. get C. take D. do 2. （ ）

A. is B. are C. was D. were 3. （ ）

A. recognizing B. recognize C. to recognize D. recognized 4. （ ）

A. with B. from C. for D. to 5. （ ）

A. that B. this C. one D. it 6. （ ）

A. also B. too C. either D. as well 7. （ ）

A. called B. known C. named D. looked 8. （ ）

A. shape B. size C. form D. type 9. （ ）

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