[单项选择] Vending Vending is such an up-to-date concept, in providing products where and when customers want them, that it is hard to believe that it made its first appearance in Egyptian Temples back in 215 B. C. Vending has benefited from that long history and is now poised to meet the needs of the 21st century consumer. Current day pressures mean that we are all time-starved and the ready availability of a drink and a snack at the right temperature just where we want. It is the convenient luxury that helps to keep stress at bay and provides a few more minutes at the desk or in the gym. At work, those extra minutes spent making tea or coffee by hand really add up. Research conducted by the NOP ( National Opinion Poll) for the Association showed that the average time spent on this by employees over and above formal lunch and tea breaks is 45 minutes per day. That equates to a firm employing 50 people losing up to 37 man everyday, a real h
A. quite recently
B. in 215 B.C..
C. at the turn of the 21st century
D. when customers wanted it

[单项选择] Vending Vending is such an up-to-date concept, in providing products where and when customers want them, that it is hard to believe that it made its first appearance in Egyptian Temples back in 215 B. C. Vending has benefited from that long history and is now poised to meet the needs of the 21st century consumer. Current day pressures mean that we are all time-starved and the ready availability of a drink and a snack at the right temperature just where we want. It is the convenient luxury that helps to keep stress at bay and provides a few more minutes at the desk or in the gym. At work, those extra minutes spent making tea or coffee by hand really add up. Research conducted by the NOP ( National Opinion Poll) for the Association showed that the average time spent on this by employees over and above formal lunch and tea breaks is 45 minutes per day. That equates to a firm employing 50 people losing up to 37 man everyday, a real h
A. it has a long history
B. it originated in Egypt
C. it is convenient
D. it is a symbol of luxury

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The concept of property has been the subject of much discussion and debate for philosophers, writers, politicians, and other intellectuals throughout history. James Fenimore Cooper, the popular American writer, saw (31) ... as "the groundwork of moral independence"; Abraham Lincoln described it as "the fruit of labor" and " a positive good in the world’ ; for John Locke, the English philosopher and political theorist, it was "the reason (32) ... men enter into society"; Walter Lippmann, the highly respected American journalist, (33) ... it as "the only depend able foundation of personal liberty"; while Pierre J. Proudhon, the noted French anarchist, saw it as "theft", saying it represented the exploitation of the worker.
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