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[单选题]Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied for by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of Employment has the right t0 46 0r refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 47 about it, it would be extremely unwise
for a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 48 to immediate deportation. There are some exceptions to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries,
who are 49 to work without permits and who are often given temporary residence permits of up
to five years. Some 50 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, authors and others, can work without_permits.
The problem with the Act is not just that some of its rules are 51 but 52 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 53 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 54 to appeal to the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.
55 the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no choice but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
[单选题]"Sugar, alcohol and tobacco," economist Adam Smith once wrote, "are commodities which are
nowhere necessaries of life, which have become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are,
therefore, extremely popular subjects of taxation."
Two and a half centuries on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco.With
surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world have
begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.
Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate.A preliminary review of Mexico's taxation found a fall
in purchases of taxed drinks as well as a rise in sales if untaxed and healthier drinks.By contrast, a Danish
tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were
avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.
The food industry has, in general, been firmly opposed to such direct government action.Nonetheless,
the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products
are healthy as well as tasty.
Over the past three decades, the industry has made some efforts to improve the quality of its offerings.
For example, some drink manufactures have cut the amount of sugar in their beverages.
Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of
sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient.More recently, however.
Some companies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust
the fundamental make-up of the food they sell.For example, having salt on the outside, but none on the
inside, reduces the salt content without changing the taste.
While reformulating recipes( 配 方 )is one way to improve public health, it should be part of a multi-
sided approach.The key is to remember that there is not just one solution.To deal with obesity, a mixture of
approaches-including reformulation, taxation and adjusting portion sizes-will be needed.There is no silver
bullet.
What do we learn about Danish taxation on fat-rich foods?
[单选题]Section B
Directions : In this section, there is one incomplete in,terview which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in, each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on, the Answer Sheet.
Fay: Hi, Jerry. I'm thinking of applying for a job with an international company, but I'm worried about having an interview. Can you give me any good tips?
Jerry: Hmmm. That's a tough one. I guess the first thing is to try to make a good impression. We often say, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression. " 7
Fay: That sounds like a good advice. How do I make a good first impression?
Jerry : To begin with, you should firmly shake the interviewer's hand while greeting him or her with a smile. Be sure to keep eye contact, especially when listening to the interviewer.
Fay:8
Jerry: Yes, it is. The second thing is to have confidence. You get confidence from being prepareD. You should learn something about the company before the interview. Find out what they do, how long they've been in business, what their business motto is, that kind of things. You should also anticipate possible questions, and think about how you will answer.
Fay: Should I memorize my answers beforehand?
Jerry: No! Definitely not! 9You should be natural when you speak. Just think about
how you want to answer, and choose the right words at the time of the interview. That way, you can use the interviewer's own words in your answer, which shows you \re been listening. Then you're sure to make a good impression.
Fay: That's very helpful. 10 . Thanks so much, Jerry.
[单选题]Directions: In, this part, there is a passage with ten, blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on t.he Answer Sheet.
Many people invest in the stock market hoping to find the next Microsoft and Dell. However, I know from personal experience how difficult this really is. For more than a year, I was 46hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day investing in the market. It seemed so easy, I dreamed of quitting my job at the end of the year, of buying a small apartment in Paris, of traveling around the world.
But these dreams47to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I48 , Texas cellular phone wholesaler, fell by more than 75 percent49a one-year perioD.On the 50day, it plunged by more than $ 15 a share. There was a rumor the company was exaggerating sales figures. That was when I learned how quickly Wall Street 51 companies that misrepresent the 52 .
In a 53, I sold all my stock in the company, paying 54 margin debt with cash advances from my credit carD. Because I owned so many shares, I . 55 a small fortune, half of it from money I borrowed from the brokerage company. One month, I am a winner, the next, a loser. This one big loss was my first lesson in the market.
[单选题]The phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis.It's the stage in the middle of the journey when
people feel youth vanishing, their prospects narrowing and death approaching.
There's only one problem with the cliche（套话）.It isn't true.
"In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies
conducted decades ago," Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.The bulk of the
research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift "can be
exciting, rather than terrifying."
Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the features of people who turn midlife into a rebirth.They break
routines, because "autopilot is death." They choose purpose over happiness—having a clear sense of
purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease.They give priority to relationships, as careers often
recede.
Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy.Midlife seems like the second
big phase of decision-making.Your identity has been formed; you've built up your resources; and now you
have the chance to take the big risks precisely because your foundation is already secure.
Karl Barth described midlife precisely this way.At middle age, he wrote, "the sowing is behind; now
is the time to reap.The run has been taken; now is the time to leap.Preparation has been made; now is the
time for the venture of the work itself."
The middle-aged person, Barth continued, can see death in the distance, but moves with a "measured
haste" to get big new things done while there is still time.
What Barth wrote decades ago is even truer today.People are healthy and energetic longer.We have
presidential candidates running for their first term in office at age 68, 69 and 74.A longer lifespan is
changing the narrative structure of life itself.What could have been considered the beginning of a descent
is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.
According to Karl Barth, midlife is the time ______.
[单选题]In recent years, Israeli consumers have grown more demanding as they’ve become wealthier
and more worldly-wise.Foreign travel is a national passion; this summer alone, one in 10 citizens
will go abroad.Exposed to higher standards of service everywhere, Israelis are returning home
expecting the same.American firms have also begun arriving in large numbers.KFC,
McDonald’s and Pizza Hut are setting a new standard of customer service, using strict employ
training and constant monitoring to ensure the friendliness of frontline staff.Even the American
habit of telling departing customers to “have a nice day” has caught on all over Israel.“Nobody
wakes up in the morning and says, “Let’s be nicer,” says Itsik Cohen, director of a consulting
firm.“Nothing happens without competition.”
Privatization, or the threat of it, is a motivation as well.Monopolies(垄断者) that until recently
have been free to take their customers for granted now fear what Michael Perry, a marketing
professor, calls “ the revengeful (报复的) consumer.” When the government opened up
competition with Bezaq, the phone company, its international branch lost 40% of its market share,
even while offering competitive rates.Perry Says，“People wanted revenge for all the years of
bad service.” The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly stopped
requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman.Now, appointments are scheduled to the half-
hour.The graceless E1A1 Airlines, which is already at auction (拍卖)，has retrained its
employees to emphasize service and is boasting about the results in an ad campaign with the
slogan, “You can feel the change in the air.”
For the first time, praise outnumbers complaints on customer survey sheets.
If someone in Israel today needs a repairman in case of a power failure, _____.
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