As more European immigrants arrived, they began to regard the ______Americans with th
A.Mexican
B.Aboriginal
C.Native
D.African
A.Mexican
B.Aboriginal
C.Native
D.African
第2题
A、more than
B、which
C、between
D、in
第3题
Britain, the leader in this race with 10 percent of all foreign investment in the European Union, paid $48,600 for each of the jobs created in 1996 when LG, a south Korean firm invested in an electronics complex. According to Britain's Trade and Industry Ministry, more than 285,000 jobs were created or preserved through foreign investment from 1994 to When countries such as China and Mexico offer low-cost locations for production, industrialized nations feel compelled to counter with other incentives. Governments use subsidies to induce investment not only from auto firms but also at even greater cost. from high-tech computer and electronics companies. With countries engaged in a bidding war for multinational investment, smaller nations face the prospect of being outspent by bigger competitors. Despite the high cost of the handouts, no country wants to miss the opportunity to gain job growth and modernized industry, especially when plagued by high unemployment.
26. European governments hope to lower unemployment rates by ().
A. placing pressures on Europeans companies
B. getting loans from banks
C. creating more jobs
27. The more jobs the multinational manufacturers promise, the more () European governments will provide.
A. money
B. jobs
C. profit
28. Britain is the leader in ().
A. investing money in international market
B. spending time to look for partners abroad
C. attracting foreign investment
29. Government subsidies have attracted investment relatively easily from ().
A. car companies
B. low-cost industries
C. Gas companies
30. Every country hopes to gain job growth and modernized industry, especially when plagued by high unemployment. 'Plague' here means ().
A. a kind of disease
B. causing continual trouble
C. spreading death
第4题
rchment for many hundreds of years.Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals.We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment.
1、What’s the meaning of the underlined word‘parchment’? _________
A.The skin of young animals
B.A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals
C.The paper used by European countries
D.The paper of Egypt
2、Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the invention of paper? ________
A.More jobs could be provided than before
B.More people could be educated than before
C.More books could be printed and distributed
D.More ways could be used to exchange knowledge
3、When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? ___________
A.Around 1400
B.Around 1900
C.Around 400
D.Around 900
4、Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? _______
A.China
B.Sweden
C.Egypt
D.Japan
5、What is the main idea of this short talk? _________
A.More and more paper is being consumed nowadays
B.Paper enables people to receive education more easily
C.The invention of paper is of great significance to man
D.Paper contributes a lot to the keeping of historical records
第5题
1. UK Workers have the shortest holidays () .A. in the world
B. in Europe
C. in western Europe
D. in the Mediterranean
2. On average workers in the UK puts in ()hours more than those in the European Union.A. 3.6 hours
B. 17.4 hours
C. 20 hours
D. 21 hours
3. In the UK, () works more than 61 hours a week.A. one in five
B. one in ten
C. one in 20
D. one in 40
4. The second paragraph mainly tells us that ().A. the British have the shortest holidays
B. the British have the longest holidays
C. the British have the longest working hours
D. the UK’s GDP per worker is one of the lowest in Europe
5. () has the longest holiday time of all in Europe.A. Spain
B. Portugal
C. Austria
D. Greece
第6题
Mexico and Brazil have very different trading patterns. Mexico trades mainly with the United States,Brazil trades about equally with the United States and with the European Union; Mexico does much more trade relative to its GDP.Explain these differences using the gravity model,
第7题
Above all, the newly rich Europeans go on holiday. In 1985, 56% of them went away at least once. As anyone who has tried to spread a towel on a Mediterranean beach in high summer can confirm, 34% of them took their main holidays in August and another 28% in July. For peace(if not sun), try February or November, when only 1% of Europeans take their main holiday. One European in three took holidays abroad. These, not surprisingly, are mostly northerners.
Half of Europe's holidaymakers head for the seaside. But in Holland marginally more people prefer a holiday in the countryside to a week on the beach. So there are some differences left.
We know from the first paragraph that north Europeans spend their spare time ______.
A.eating out
B.watching TV
C.visiting friends
D.fishing
第8题
The dispute between the European Union and the United States is mainly about
A.whether there is a steep decline in food aid since the 1990s.
B.whether food aid drives local farmers out of the market.
C.whether food aid displaces local products in developing countries.
D.whether food aid should be in the form. of cash or agricultural products.
第9题
The CERV agreement was signed in 1953, and work on the atomic city began in 1954. Today CERV's【41】are among the most modern and the most diversified in the world. Impressive as the scientific aspect may be, the real significance of CKRV may lie【42】the thousand people—scientists, lab workers, and administrative—group drawn from the fourteen member nations【43】populate it. British engineers work【44】with Swiss electricians and Yugoslav nuclear physicists. The official languages are French and English, with German an unofficial third. But CFRV is【45】tower of Babel—the language of science is universal and all-embracing.
(36)
A.earth
B.dirt
C.mud
D.soil
第10题