[单项选择]The clash at Concord and Lexington was （　）.
A. the beginning of the War of Independence
B. the beginning of the second Continental Conference
C. a minor clash between the British and the colonists with no significance
D. none of the above

[名词解释]concord

[名词解释]concord (or: agreement)

[单项选择]Where did the clash take place
A. In the southern provinces.
B. In the northern cities.
C. In the west.
D. In the east.

[简答题]
As more Americans go to China to take jobs, more Chinese and Americans are working side by side. These cross-cultural partnerships, while beneficial in many ways, are also highlighting tensions that expose differences in work experience, pay levels and communication.
In the last few years, a growing number of Americans in their 20s and 30s have been heading to China for employment, attracted by its faster-growing economy and lower jobless rate. Their Chinese co- workers are often around the same age.
"The tight cooperation of the two countries in business and science makes the Chinese-American pairing one of the most common in the workplace in China," said Vas Taras, a management professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a specialist in cross-cultural work group management.
But the two groups were raised differently.
The Americans have had more

[填空题]Edmond Halley stood against Newton in his clash with Flamsteed.

[单项选择]With its publication in 1885, the Concord Public Library banned the book for "being more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people". （　） , Clemens relished the ban and happily told his publisher the controversy would generate 25,000 in sales copies.
A. Unattended
B. Unbiased
C. Undeterred
D. Unbalanced

[单项选择]
As more Americans go to China to take jobs, more Chinese and Americans are working side by side. These cross-cultural partnerships, while beneficial in many ways, are also highlighting tensions that expose differences in work experience, pay levels and communication.
In the last few years, a growing number of Americans in their 20s and 30s have been heading to China for employment, attracted by its faster-growing economy and lower jobless rate. Their Chinese co- workers are often around the same age.
"The tight cooperation of the two countries in business and science makes the Chinese-American pairing one of the most common in the workplace in China," said Vas Taras, a management professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a specialist in cross-cultural work group management.
But the two groups were raised differently.
The Americans have had more exposure
A. To inform Americans of some cultural tips on working in China.
B. To account for cultural conflicts between China and America.
C. To introduce Chinese cultural stories to average Americans.
D. To teach Chinese employers how to work with foreigners.

[单项选择]In this great global clash of interests, it is time for both sides to soften their anger and seek new ways to get along with each other. If sanity is to prevail, the guiding policy must not be （　） but cooperation and conservation.
A. confrontation
B. reconciliation
C. ration
D. resumption