When it comes to the slowing economy,
Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist
isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most
of her clients spend $12 to $ 50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers
suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. "I’m a good
economic indicator," She says. "I provide a service that people can do without
when they’re concerned about saving some dollars. " So Spero is downscaling,
shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland
home, instead of Neiman Marcus. "I don’t know if other clients are going to
abandon me, too," she says.
Even before Alan Greenspan’s
admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had
already seen signs of the slowdown themselve
A. Spero can hardly maintain her business
B. Spero is too much engaged in her work
C. Spero has grown out of her bad habit
D. Spero is not in a desperate situation
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[单项选择] Passage 2
When it comes to the slowing economy,
Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist
isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most
of her clients spend $12 to $ 50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers
suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. "I’m a good
economic indicator," She says. "I provide a service that people can do without
when they’re concerned about saving some dollars. " So Spero is downscaling,
shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland
home, instead of Neiman Marcus. "I don’t know if other clients are going to
abandon me, too," she says.
Even before Alan Greenspan’s
admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had
already seen signs of the slowdown themselve
A. Optimistic.
B. Confused.
C. Carefree.
D. Panicked.
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Passage 4
When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. "I’m a good economic indicator," she says. "I provide a service that people can do without when they’re concerned about saving some dollars." So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. "I don’t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too", she says.
Even before Alan Greenspan’s admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themse
A. Spero can hardly maintain her business
B. Spero is too much engaged in her work
C. Spero has grown out of her bad habit
D. Spero is not in a desperate situation
[单项选择] Passage Four
"When an individual enters a strange
culture, he or she is like fish out of water." New comers feel at times that
they do not’ belong and consequently may feel alienated from the native members
of the culture. When this happens, visitors may want to reject everything about
the new environment and may glorify and exaggerate the positive aspects of their
own culture. Conversely, visitors may scorn their native country by rejecting
its values and instead choosing to identify with (if only temporarily) the
values of the new country.
Reactions to a new culture vary, but
experience and research have shown that there are distinct stages in the
adjustment process of foreign visitors. When leaving the comfortably secure
environment of home, a person will naturally experience some stress and anxiety.
The severity of cultural shock depend
A. it is impossible for people away from their cultures to survive in a new culture
B. a fish can survive only in water
C. people away from their cultures have difficulties adapting to the new environment
D. in a foreign culture, people may miss their homes very much
[单项选择]Passage Three
A. When your child occasionally complains about a physical discomfort like headache.
B. When the symptoms interfere with your child’s ability to function at home or in school.
C. When your child grieves over a loss for days at a time.
D. When your child exhibits all the symptoms of depression.
[单项选择]The passage suggests that when jet streams interact with continents with few mountain ranges and plains, which of the following also happens
A. More "wandering" occurs in the jet stream than would probably occur over the ocean.
B. The continent in question heats and cools at a faster rate than it would without the jet stream.
C. The jet stream becomes more narrow and focused than it would be over the ocean.
D. The temperature of the jet stream is distributed more evenly than if the continent had more mountains.
E. The jet stream evinces more signs of being a thermally driven phenomenon than it does in other situations.
[单项选择]When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $ 50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. "I’m a good economic indicator," she says. "I provide a service that people can do without when they’re concerned about saving some dollars. " So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. "I don’t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too," she says.
Even before Alan Greenspan’s admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 per
A. Spero can hardly maintain her business
B. Spero is too much engaged in her work
C. Spero has grown out of her bad habit
D. Spero is not in a desperate situation
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