[单项选择]Supply-side economics focuses on the impact of:（）
A. government borrowing on interest rates and private consumption and investment.
B. higher government spending and lower taxes on aggregate demand.
C. axes on the incentive to engage in productive activities.

[填空题]This passage focuses on the impact of cultural differences on teamwork and partnership.

[单项选择]The interview mainly focuses on
A. the background information.
B. the description of training courses.
C. the requirements of public speaking.
D. the overall personal growth.

[简答题]外在经济(external economics)

[填空题]The Department of Ethnography focuses mainly on modern societies.

[单项选择]Research in the social science focuses on problems of individuals in contexts such as family, work setting, and society （）
A. in principle
B. at large
C. in short
D. at all

[单项选择]Economics commentator Gail Brythe is discussing the different factors that influence the elasticity of supply. She states the following: Statement 1: Elasticity of supply is greater when a good or service can only be produced with unique or rare inputs. Statement 2: Typically, a good’s momentary supply elasticity is higher than its short-run supply elasticity, which in tuna is higher than its long-run supply elasticity. Are Brythe’s statements correct Statement 1 Statement 2（） ①A. Correct Correct ②B. Correct Incorrect ③C. Incorrect Incorrect
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③

[名词解释]试验经济学（Experimental economics)

[填空题]This chapter focuses on the stage of childhood and then on the stage of adolescence.

[简答题]The show focuses on the improvement of society and ______________________ (个人的生活质量).

[填空题]The second paragraph of the passage focuses on the possible use of computers in ______.

[简答题]earth-sheltered houselow impact

[单项选择]

Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the distant edges of metropolitan areas. Just off Singing Hills Road, in one of hundreds of two-story homes dotting a former cattle ranch beyond the southern fringes of Denver, Phil Boyle and his family openly wonder if they will have to move close to town to get some relief.
They still revel in the space and quiet that has drawn a steady exodus from American cities toward places like this for more than half a century. But life on the edges of suburbia is beginning to feel untenable. Mr. Boyle and his wife must drive nearly an hour to their jobs in the high-tech corridor of southern Denver. With gasoline at more than $ 4 a gallon, Mr. Boyle recently paid $121 to fill his pickup truck with diesel fuel. In March, the last time he filled his propane tank to heat his spacious house, he paid $ 566, more than twice the pri
A. Fuel prices shift math for life in far suburbs.
B. Energy crisis hit American real estate.
C. Better life is not available in suburbia any more.
D. More buyers prefer urban houses for job opportunities.