Most big corporations were once run by
individual capitalists: by one shareholder with enough stock to dominate the
board of directors and to dictate policy, a shareholder who was usually also the
chief executive officer. Owning a majority or controlling interest, these
capitalists did not have to concentrate on reshuffling assets to fight off raids
from financial vikings. They were free to make a living by producing new
products or by producing old products more cheaply. Just as important, they were
locked into their roles. They could not very well sell out for a quick
profit—dumping large stock holdings on the market would have simply depressed
the stock’s price and cost them their jobs as captains of industry. So instead
they sought to enhance their personal wealth by investing—by improving the
long-run efficiency and productivity of the company. A. (A) Most big companies are run by individual capitalists. B. (B) The problem is that there are no incentives for productivity growth. C. (C) Let’s put capitalists back into capitalism. D. (D) Individual capitalists or shareholders with enough stock dominate big corporations. [单项选择]V-shaped walled structures in central Asia were used by prehistoric hunters who drove hoofed animals into an enclosure at the point of the V. The central Asians who built these structures probably learned this hunting technique from invaders from southwest Asia, because the arrival of invaders from a region in southwest Asia where similar structures had long been used coincides roughly with the building of the earliest of such structures in central Asia.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument A. Excavations in the central Asian region do not indicate whether invaders from southwest Asia settled permanently in central Asia. B. The V-shaped structures in central Asia were roughly 70 meters long, whereas the similar structures in southwest Asia were usually over 300 meters long. C. The walls of the structures in central Asia were made from earth, whereas the walls of the structures in southwest Asia were made of rock. D. The earliest examples of V-shaped walled structures in central Asia were of an advanced design. E. (E) Some of the walled structures used for hunting in southwest Asia were built well after the earliest such structures were built in central Asia. [简答题]71.Vacations were once the prerogative of the privileged few, even as late as the 19th century. Now they are considered the right of all, except for such unfotrunate masses as, for example, the bulk of puplation in certain countries, for whom life, save for sleep and brief periods of rest, is uniterrupted toil.
Vacations are more necessary now than before because today the average life is less well-rounded and has become increasingly compartmentalized. 72. I suppose the idea of vacations, as we conceive it, must be incomprehensible to primitive peoples. Rest of some kind has of course always been a part of the rhythm of human life, but earlier ages did not find it necessary to organize it in the way that modern man has done. Holidays and feast days were sufficient. With modern man’s increasing tensions, with the stultifying quality of so much of his work, this break in the year’s routine became steadily more necessary. 73. Vacations became mandatory for the p [简答题]71. Vacations were once the prerogative of the privileged few, even as late as the 19th century. Now they are considered the right of all, except for such unfotrunate masses as, for example, the bulk of puplation in certain countries, for whom life, save for sleep and brief periods of rest, is uniterrupted toil.
Vacations are more necessary now than before because today the average life is less well-rounded and has become increasingly compartmentalized. 72. I suppose the idea of vacations, as we conceive it, must be incomprehensible to primitive peoples. Rest of some kind has of course always been a part of the rhythm of human life, but earlier ages did not find it necessary to organize it in the way that modern man has done. Holidays and feast days were sufficient. With modern man’s increasing tensions, with the stultifying quality of so much of his work, this break in the year’s routine became steadily more necessary. 73. Vacations became mandatory for the 我来回答: 提交
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