[单项选择]During the last two hundred years, what has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society
A. Face-to-face contact.
B. Mass communication.
C. Speech.
D. Eye-to-eye contact.

[填空题]In last two years the world has seen an intensification (1) ______.
in the search for sustainable development and social (2) ______.
responsible business. A series of events, from demonstrations
at the WTO meetings in Seattle expressing dissatisfaction
for the effects of economic globalization, the terrorist attacks (3) ______.
on the WTO in New York on "9·11", corporate financial
scandals such as Enron, WorldCom and Ahold, the collapse (4) ______.
of He Argentinean economy and the Internet bubble, have
extended this search from wastern social and environmental
circles to mainstream economic and business circles across
the globe. According to Hazel Henderson, a leading thinker
on economics and development, the traditional economic (5) ______.
profession is in a state of crisis. We witness such impoverishing (6) ______.
of millions in Thailand, Indonesia and the other "tiger economies"
during the Asian meltdo

[单项选择]

Over the last 25 years, British society has changed a great deal-or at least many parts of it have. In some ways, however, very little has changed, particularly where attitudes are concerned. Ideas about social class-whether a person is "working-class" or "middle-class"-are one area in which changes have been extremely slow.
In the past, the working-class tended to be paid less than middle-class people, such as teachers and doctors. As a result of this and also of the fact that workers’ jobs were generally much less secure, distinct differences in life-styles and attitudes came into existence. The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed, having given his wife her "housekeeping", would go out and squander’ the rest on beer and betting.
The stereotype of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth. He was-and still is—in clined to take a
A. middle-class ways of spending money
B. working-class ways of spending the weekend
C. working-class drinking habits
D. middle-class attitudes