[单项选择]Sustainable development is the one that meets the needs of the present without ______ the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
A. compromising
B. reinforcing
C. lowering
D. exhausting

[单项选择]“可持续发展（Sustainable Development）”的观念第一次在国际社会正式提小是在（）。
A. 罗马俱乐部《增长的极限》
B. 1972年联合国在斯德哥尔摩召开的人类环境会议通过的《人类环境宣言》
C. 1976年人居大会(Habitat)
D. 1978年联合国环境与发展大会

[单项选择]In the development of one's intelligence, environment plays ______.


A. a less important role
B. an equally important role
C. an insignificant role
D. the least significant role

[单项选择]One big obstacle to the development of travel medicine is________.

[单项选择]In the south, one effect of the development of the oil industry might be ______
A. a large reduction in unemployment
B. a growth in the tourist industry
C. a reduction in the tourist industry
D. the development of a number of service industry

[单项选择]In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be ______.
A. a large reduction on unemployment
B. a growth in the tourist industry
C. a reduction in the number of existing industries
D. the development of a number of service industries

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Passage 5
If Sustainable competitive advantage depends on work force skills, American firms have a problem. Human management is not traditionally seen as a central to the competitive survival of the firm in the United States. Skill Acquisition is considered as individual responsibility. Labor is simply another force of production to be hired/rented at the lowest possible cost, which is a must as one buys raw material or equipment.
The lack of importance attached to human resource management can be seen in the corporate pecking order. In an American firm the chief financial officer is almost always second in command. The post of head of human resource management is usually a specialized job, off at the edge of the corporate hierarchy. The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions and has no chance to move up to Chief Executive Officer. By way of contrast, in Japan the head of human resource management is central-usually the secon
A. technological and managerial staff
B. workers who will run new equipment
C. workers who lack of basic background skills
D. top executive

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Text 2
If sustainable competitive advantage depends on workforce skills, American firms have a problem. Human resource management is not traditionally seen as central to the competitive survival of the firm in the United States. Skill acquistion is considered an individual responsibility. Labour is simply another factor of production to be rented at the lowest possible cost much as one buys raw materials or equipment.
The lack of importance attached to human resource management can be seen in the corporate hierarchy. In an American firm the chief financial officer is almost always second in command. The post of head of human-resource management is usually a specialized job, off at the edge of the corporate hierarchy. The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions and has no chance to move up to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). By way of contrast, in Japan the head of human-resource management is central, usually the second most imp
A. the introduction of new technologies.
B. the improvement of workers' basic skills.
C. the composition of professional and managerial employees.
D. the attachment of importance to the bottom half of the employees.