[单项选择]It all began with a stop at a red light. Kevin Salwen, a writer and entrepreneur in Atlanta, was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006. While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other.
"Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal," Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something. "What do you want to do" her mom responded. "Sell our house"
Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager. Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home.
Eventually, that’s what the family did. The project—crazy, impetuous and utterly inspiring—is chronicled in a book by father and d
A. consider them not sincere
B. doubt about the truth of it
C. think it doomed to fail
D. regard it as a useless one

[单项选择]It all began with a stop at a red light. Kevin Salwen, a writer and entrepreneur in Atlanta, was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006. While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other.
"Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal," Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something. "What do you want to do" her mom responded. "Sell our house"
Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager. Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home.
Eventually, that’s what the family did. The project—crazy, impetuous and utterly inspiring—is chronicled in a book by father and d
A. grumbled
B. annoyed
C. moaned
D. inquired

[单项选择]In traffic lights, red can only mean stop. But in human languages, limited phonemes can form numerous words which can form unlimited sentences. This is a good illustration of the ______ feature of language.
A. duality
B. displacement
C. arbitrariness
D. productivity

[填空题]Among all visible lights, red light has (long) ______ and violet the shortest wavelength.

[填空题]Sally occasionally calls her grandmother. Sally ______ calls her grandmother.

[简答题]Berger owed debts to several persons including Salomon. Thabos & Co bought Berger’s business, and called a meeting of Berger’s creditors. At the meeting, Thabos & Co promised to pay all the creditors, including Salomon, whatever amount Berger owed them in full. Berger owed Salomon R5,000 but Thabos & Co thought it was only R3,500 and, in their own mind, were agreeing to pay only that amount. Salomon submitted a claim for R5,000 but Thabos & Co refused to pay more than R3,500. Required: Advise Salomon. (10 marks)

[单项选择]算术移位指令SAL用于( )。
A. 带符号数乘2
B. 带符号数除2
C. 无符号数乘2
D. 无符号数除2

[单项选择]Given the following information, compute price/sales.
Book value of assets = $550000
Total sales = $200000
Net income = $20000
Dividend payout ratio = 30%
Operating cash flow = $40000
Price per share = $100
Shares outstanding = 1000
Book value of liabilities = $500000
A. 2.00X.
B. 2.50X.
C. 0.50X.

[简答题] can stop erosion

[单项选择]

Most shoplifters (商店扒手) agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shop so crowded and the staff (全体职员) so busy, it does not require any special talent to help yourself to one or two things and escape, unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as "hoisting".
But the hoisting game is not what it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil (坏的) little balls that hang from the ceilings (天花板) above the most desirable goods. They can now be filmed at work and obliged to attend a showing of their performance (演出) in court (法庭).
Selfridges was the first big London store to install (安装) this equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using as evidence (证据) a video tape showing a lady stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged others to install such
A. they don’t need to wait for staff to serve them
B. there are more goods in the shops
C. there are so many people in the store
D. they don’t need their past experience as thieves

[简答题]Dear Mary，
New York is finally getting a real sales manager. Congratulations on your new promotion. Your marketing ability has put you well above everyone else in the company, and probably everyone else in the industry. The company will benefit from the enthusiasm and intelligence you’ve always shown, and I imagine that before long you’ll be moving the whole firm into the number one position.

[简答题]Dear Mark,
New York is finally getting a real sales manager. Congratulations on your new promotions.
Your marketing ability has put you well above everyone else in the company, and probably everyone else in the industry.
The company will benefit from the enthusiasm and intelligence you’ve always shown, and I imagine that before long you’ll be moving the whole firm into the number-one position.