| Today the average worker is paid less than $ 4 an
hour in Portugal and $ 9 an hour in Spain, compared with $13 in Germany and
almost $16 in Denmark. Taking accounts of non-wage costs, such as employer’s
social-security contributions, the gap is wider still: from $ 6 in Portugal to $
24 in Germany. With the EC’s single market knocking down barriers in
intra-European trade, no wonder German companies now seem keener on sunnier
climes. But how long will southern Europe’s cost advantage last Conventional wisdom argues that greater economic integration within the single market, and later under a single currency, will cause wages to converge. Increased labor mobility, for example, should allow worker to move from low-wage to high-wage economics. Increased trade and cross-border investment should also push labor costs closer. The e A. decreased trade and cross-border investment push the labor costs lower B. labor mobility and the easiness of communicating allow worker to migrate C. the pace of convergence is seemingly stepping up at a higher rate D. the southern Europe’s cost advantage will last for a while [单项选择]The passage is primarily concerned with doing which of the following
A. Lauding Gibson’s achievement in recognizing the usefulness of traditional Western values toward technology B. Advocating Gibson’s work as an example of an unorthodox and useful view of the body’s relationship to labor C. Criticizing Gibson’s lack of reliance on alternative models of labor D. Advancing a thesis concerning the limitations of traditional conceptions of the laboring body E. Explaining, on the level of craft, how Gibson’s work varies from that of his peers [单项选择]The research described in the passage is primarily concerned with answering which of the following questions
A. How can researchers reproduce the useful effects of hypnosis in a medical setting B. How are experiments devoted to disproving the "vivid imagination" objection to hypnosis different from those devoted to disproving the "placebo effect" thesis C. What research guarantees the reality of the effects that hypnosis has on brain activity, and what is their causal mechanism D. What technical advances have permitted researchers to reject skeptical explanations of the phenomenon of hypnosis E. What relationship does brain activity have to the subjective experience of the hypnosis phenomenon [单项选择]The author of the passage is primarily concerned with
A. revealing a commonly ignored distinction B. proposing a return to a traditional taxonomical system C. describing an way to resolve a taxonomical dilemma D. assessing the success of a new taxonomical method E. predicting a change in future taxonomy [单项选择]In this passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. advancing an argument against human cloning based on evidence from cloning experiments performed on lower life forms B. measuring the technical and ethical limitations of the embryonic cloning process in mammals C. refuting arguments against human cloning through the use of hard scientific evidence D. illuminating the critical ethical distinctions in process between human cloning and sheep cloning E. describing how the ethical issues in the quest for human cloning have given rise to new models of embryonic development [单项选择]In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. hypothesizing about a set of circumstances B. chronicling the emergence of a phenomenon C. comparing two conflicting points of view D. cataloging the cause and effects of a phenomenon E. arguing the necessity of solving a problem 我来回答: 提交
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