[简答题]Even as the carnage at Lehman Brothers left thousands of employees stranded, the next generation of Wall Street hopefuls began filing back to class this month at business schools across the country. The storied banking giant’s demise was an illustrative lesson for the industry and for academics--one that may lead to lasting changes in business-school curriculums. "I predict that people will spend a lot more time than they used to learning about risk management and understanding the subtleties," says Awi Federgruen, chair of the Decision, Risk and Operations Division at Columbia Business School.
For more than half a century, business schools have taught the fundamentals of risk management—the study of policies and procedures to analyze and control risk —but the availability of more comprehensive electives is a relatively recent development, a direct response to the faltering U.S. financial markets. Enrollment in the University of Mississippi’s risk-management-and-insurance program,

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[简答题]Even as the carnage at Lehman Brothers left thousands of employees stranded, the next generation of Wall Street hopefuls began filing back to class this month at business schools across the country. The storied banking giant’s demise was an illustrative lesson for the industry and for academics--one that may lead to lasting changes in business-school curriculums. "I predict that people will spend a lot more time than they used to learning about risk management and understanding the subtleties," says Awi Federgruen, chair of the Decision, Risk and Operations Division at Columbia Business School.
For more than half a century, business schools have taught the fundamentals of risk management--the study of policies and procedures to analyze and control risk --but the availability of more comprehensive electives is a relatively recent development, a direct response to the faltering U.S. financial markets. Enrollment in the University of Mississippi’s risk-management-and-insurance progra

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Sauna

Ceremonial bathing has existed for thousands of years and has many forms, one of which is the sauna. The Finns have perfected the steam bath, or sauna, which may be taken, usually in an enclosed room, by pouring water over hot rocks or as dry heat bath. The Japanese, Greeks, Turks and Russians as well as Native Americans have forms of the sweat bath in their bathing rituals. Dry heat and steam baths had advocates in ancient Rome and pre-Columbian Americans used sweat lodges.
The earliest saunas were probably underground caves heated by a fire that naturally filled with smoke as chimney making was unknown at that time. a fire kept in a fire-pit would heat the rock walls of the cave. After reaching full heat, the smoke was let out of the cave and the stones would retain heat for several hours. A few people today say that the smoke sauna, "svusauna", is the only true sauna experience and that all saunas should have at least a
A. is called the sauna by Finns
B. is equivalent to the steam bath
C. has various forms
D. is held in an enclosed room

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[填空题]Even those top achievers who had left their field said they had maintained a feeling of pride in

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Would you know how to help
Every year, thousands of drivers and passengers die in the few minutes after an auto collision. Many of these victims would survive if only the first people on the scene knew how to react in emergencies. How can you help an accident victim, even before treating injuries Turn off the ignitions (点火装置) of any wrecked (遇难的) cars to reduce the risk of fire. This simple step could keep a bad collision from becoming much worse. Remember: check for fire, downed wires or spilled gasoline before getting too close to a wreck. And never move an injured driver to get to his keys. Learn more emergency warning in the Crash Course Book, free from Shell station. Pick one up at your nearest Shell station or call 376-200.
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[单项选择]Nine months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the world’s economic crisis is still usually discussed as though it consisted of dire bank balance-sheets, falling exports and bankruptcies or job losses in the West. But at the other end of the trail that starts with financial woes in rich countries are underweight children and anaemic expectant mothers in poor ones. New research by the United Nations’ standing committee on nutrition gives a first estimate of how the crisis has hurt the group of people most affected by the crash: the very poorest.
In 1990～2007, the number of hungry people rose by about 80 million, though this was, by and large, a period of rising incomes in developing countries. In 2008 alone, the number rose a further 40 million, to 963 million—half as much in one year as during the previous 17. In other words, lots more children and pregnant women are not getting the food they need. The report reckons that the number of underweight children will rise from 121 m
A. the rich countries are the main victims of the economic crisis
B. people are less likely to associate world’s economic downturn with the poorest
C. the income in the developing countries has been increasing in recent years
D. the size of the world economy will be unchanged by 2010

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