[单项选择]When determining the freight rate, the age-old principle of "what the traffic can bear" is increasingly substituted by the( )principle nowadays．
A. open market rate
B. surcharges
C. selwice cost
D. stowage factor

[单项选择]When determining the freight rate, the age-old principles of “what the traffic can bear” is increasingly substituted by the ( )principle nowadays.
A. open market rate
B. surcharges
C. service cost
D. stowage factor

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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support he Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines." And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and
A. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
B. to clarify the British government's stand on landmines
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims

[单项选择]When Benjamin Franklin worked at his brother's printing shop _________.
A. he had no time to read books
B. he did not learn how to work very quickly
C. he could earn money after he signed the indenture
D. he could help his brother a lot

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When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It’s Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland’s laws against secret telephone taping. It’s our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms.
Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much result so far. The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will. As an example of what’s going on, consider U. S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota. According to the lawsuit, the bank supplied a telemarketer called Member- Works with sensitive customer data such as names, phone numbers, bank-accounts and credit-card numbers, Social Security numbers, account balances and credit limits.
Wit
A. is mainly carried out by means of secret taping.
B. has been intensified with the help of the IRS.
C. is practiced exclusively by the FBI.
D. is more prevalent in business circles.

[单项选择]When did the unemployment rate begin to increase


A. Last April.
B. Last May.
C. Last August.
D. Last October.

[单项选择]The natural rate of unemployment exists when:（）
A. the economy operates below full employment.
B. the economy operates at full employment.
C. frictional unemployment is zero.