[单项选择] There is 5-year annuity of $3,000 per year. However, the first payment will not pay until year 3. Assuming the interest rate is 10%, calculate the present value of this annuity. ( )
A. $8397.
B. $9,399.
C. $10,258.
D. None of the above.

[单项选择]There is 5-year annuity of $ 3000 per year. However, the first payment will not pay until year 3. Assuming the interest rate is 10% , calculate the present value of this annuity.

[单项选择]What is the present value of a 12-year annuity due that pays $ 5000 per year, given a discount rate of 7.5 percent

[单项选择]An investor will receive an annuity of $ 5000 a year for seven years. The first payment is to be received 5 years from today. If the annual interest rate is 11.5 percent, what is the present value of the annuity

[单项选择]People unanimously agreed that John would have performed a great deal better under more （） circumstances.
A. favorable
B. favorably
C. favorite
D. favor

[单项选择]The passage suggests that by the late Colonial period the tendency to cultivate metropolitan cultural models was a cultural pattern that was ______.


A. dying out as Puritan influence began to grow
B. self-consciously and distinctively Southern
C. more characteristic of the Southern colonies than of England
D. spreading to Massachusetts and Connecticut

[单项选择]The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ______ up to haft will be from orient.


A. in which
B. for whom
C. with which
D. of whom

[单项选择]The course normally attracts 30 students per year, ______ up to half will from overseas.


A. in which
B. for whom
C. with which
D. of whom

[单项选择]What is the pay for crisis consultant per hour


A. 300 ＄.
B. 350 ＄.
C. 400 ＄.
D. 450 ＄.

[单项选择]The director of the research institute came in person to ______ that everything was all right.
A. make out
B. make sure
C. make clear
D. make up

[单项选择]The total amount of energy received per minute by the whole earth is a great sum, but it is only a tiny fraction of the total energy radiated by sun.
A. sent in
B. sent for
C. sent out
D. sent up

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Passage One
Skills are the activities that a person does well. What things are you good at doing Everyone has many skills. Sometimes it is difficult to recognize the skills that you have.
Job skills are abilities you need for a specific job. For example, a chef needs to know how to cook and bake. A taxi driver needs to know how to drive a car and read signs. A secretary needs to know how to type and take messages.
Transferable skills are skills you can use in many different jobs. You can take skills from one job and use them in a very different job. Speaking English well, for instance, is a skill you can use in almost any job. Some examples of transferable skills are teaching other people, solving problems, accepting responsibility, organizing projects, making decisions, and creating new ideas. Employers want to select employees who have or who can learn the skills necessary to do the job.

Job skills are （） you need for a specific job.
A. lessons
B. abilities
C. working
D. recognizes

[单项选择]As part of monitoring and controlling, project performance must be monitored and measured regularly to identify variances from the plan. All the following are processes involved with controlling EXCEPT______.
A. verify scope
B. risk monitoring and control
C. performance reporting
D. quality assurance

[单项选择]The MBA course normally attracts 30 students per year （　） whom up to half will be from abroad.
A. it
B. with
C. of
D. from