Here is the story of rubber. From the earliest time it was common knowledge to the Peruvians(秘鲁人)that when a cut was made in the outside skin of a rubber tree, a white liquid like milk came out, and that from (21) a sticky mass of rubber might be made. This rubber is (22) when warm, so that it is possible to give it any (23) . The Peruvians made the (24) that it was very good for keeping out the wet. Then in the early 1800’s, the Americans made use of it for the first time. First they made overshoes to (25) their feet dry. Then came a certain Mr. Mackintosh, who made coats of cloth covered with natural rubber. From that day to this we have been coating cloth with rubber as Mr. Mackintosh (26) , and our raincoats are still named after (27) .
These first rubber overshoes and raincoats were all soft and sticky (28) summer, and hard and inelastic (没有弹性的)in the winter (29) it was cold. (30) the rubber
A. Although
B. As
C. So
D. For
Jack Welch is among the famous CEOs because his management style is taught at business schools throughout the country. He has been with the General Electric Company (GE. since 1960. Having taken GE with a market value of about $12 billion, Jack Welch turned it into one of the largest and most admired companies in the world, with a market value of about $500 billion, when he stepped down as its CEO 20 years later, in 2000. As Jack Welch wrote in a letter to shareholders: In the old culture, managers got their power from secret knowledge: profit margins, market share, and all that... In the new economy, the role of the leader is to express a vision, and put it into practice. That calls for open, caring relations with every employee, and face-to-face communication. People who can’t convincingly (有说服力的) express a vision won’t be successful. But those who can will become even more open—because success builds up self-confidence. Welch believed that great business lead
A. relations between the employer and employees
B. Jack Welch’s view of business management
C. development history of GE company
D. courses taught in business schools
When we think of Hollywood—a term I use loosely to describe American movie production in general, not simply films made in Los Angeles — we think of films aimed at musing audiences and making money for producers.
During the early years of the new century, as workers won their demands for higher wages and a shorter working week, leisure assumed an increasingly important role in everyday life. Amusement parks, professional baseball games, nickelodeons, and dance halls attracted a wide army of men and woman anxious to spend their hard-earned dollars in the pursuit of fun and relaxation. Yet of all these new cultural endeavours, films were the most important and widely attended source of amusement. For a mere five or ten cents, even the poorest worker could afford to take himself and his family to the local nickelodeon or storefront theatre "Every little town that has never been able to afford and maintain an opera house," observed one journalist in 1908
A. American movies production in general
B. films made in Los Angeles
C. an area in Los Angeles, famous because many popular films have been produced there
D. film aimed at amusing audiences and making money for them
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