| In 1998 consumers could purchase
virtually anything over the Internet. Books, compact discs, and even stocks were
available from World Wide Web sites that seemed to spring up almost daily. A few
years earlier, some people had predicted that consumers accustomed to shopping
in stores would be reluctant to buy things that they could not see or touch in
person. For a growing number of time-starved consumers, however, shopping from
their home computer was proving to be a convenient alternative to driving to the
store. A research estimated that in 1998 U.S. consumers would purchase ＄ 7.3 billion of goods over the Internet, double the 1997 total. Finding a bargain was getting easier, owing to the rise of online auctions and Web sites that did comparison shopping on the Internet for the best deal. For all the consumer interest, ret A. Consumers are reluctant to buy things on the Internet. B. Consumers are too busy to buy things on the Internet. C. More and more consumers prefer Internet shopping. D. Internet retailing is a profitable business. [简答题]Syndicated Loan
[简答题]mortgage/secured loan
[单项选择]Why has the award been granted to the IAEA
A. Because nuclear energy is much more important than other resources. B. Because the agency has been promoting the safe use of nuclear energy. C. Because the agency has done a lot of work. D. Because the agency plays a very important role in the UN. [简答题]In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford—an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation—and he received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature. ( Passage 1 )
[单项选择]An assumption is something taken for granted. Everyone makes assumptions--you have to in order to say anything. As a critical reader, you need to determine what the assumption is and then decide whether you agree or disagree with the assumption. Once you decide, your attitude toward the argument will change. Careful, honest writers know what their assumptions are and lay the most important ones out for all to judge. Hidden assumptions may be all right for humor or fairly harmless in topical journalism, but they can be dangerous in serious written argument. Important assumptions should be explicit and detailed, for then the reader can judge their validity. If you do not agree with a writer’s assumptions, then you will never agree with his/her arguments,
As indicated above, an assumption is a belief that we take for granted as a basis for an assertion, All kinds of statements rely on assumptions--questions, commands, promises, and assertions. The simple command "Pass the salt" is ba A. grasp the topic exactly B. understand the argument passage exactly C. evaluate the argument passage D. compare the argument passage with similar argument passages [简答题]Restructuring a syndicated loan of a financially distressed borrower often requires unanimous agreement of all banks.
[简答题]A granted patent is the result of a bargain struck between an inventor and the state, by means of which the inventor gets a limited period of monopoly and publishes full details of his invention to the public after that period terminates. Once the monopoly period comes to an end, all those details of the invention pass into the public domain. Only in the most exceptional circumstances is the life-span of a patent extended to alter this normal process of events.
[多项选择]Although it is almost always taken for granted, sleep is an essential part of most creatures’ lives. For giraffes, two hours a day is enough. For bats, however, that number is closer to 20! For human adults, the need averages between seven and eight hours a night, and if they do not get it, they can suffer in their ability to concentrate and to think logically. While humans sleep, a number of things occur. First, their bodies are resting and reenergizing for the next day. Second, their brains are sorting through information and retaining some details while discarding others. Some experts believe this process helps to strengthen individuals’ memories. Third, humans dream.
Dreams have lent an ineffable quality to sleep. While modern scientists believe that dreams are the brain’s method for sifting through life’s daily events, this was not always the case. Long ago, philosophers and sages gave prophetic significance to dreams. Even the ever-practical ancient Romans thought that dream [填空题]Galileo was granted a patent on a mechanism for raising irrigation water to fields.
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