⬆️⬆️⬆️本课程2024最新同名章节期末答案⬆️⬆️

大学英语Ⅰ期末考试答案题库2024秋

5 阅读 0 评论 2 点赞

海南大学

MatchingDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. you may choose a paragraph more than once. each paragraph is marked with a letter. answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter.

答案:A、A key requirement in today's business environment is the ability to communicate more effectively, both internally with your employees and externally with your trading partners and customers. An intranet is a private-internal-business network that enables your employees to share information, collaborate, and improve their communications. An extranet enables your business to communicate and collaborate more effectively with selected business partners, suppliers and customers. It can offer a range of benefits to your business from lowering costs, to producing faster results and improving the quality of service to customers. In essence, an intranet is a business' own private website. It is a confidential business network that uses the same underlying structure and network protocols as the Internet and is protected from unauthorized users by a firewall.###C、Because intranets are secure and easily accessible via the Internet, they enable staff to do work from any location simply by using a web browser. This can help small businesses to be flexible and control office overheads by allowing employees to work from almost any location, including their home and customer sites. Other types of intranet are available that merge the regular features of intranets with those often found in software such as Microsoft Office. These are known as online offices or web offices. Creating a web office will allow you to organize and manage information and share documents and calendars using a familiar web browser function, which is accessible from anywhere in the world.###D、The main benefits of an intranet are: Better internal communications--- corporate information can be stored centrally and accessed at any time. Sharing of resources and best practice---a virtual community can be created to facilitate information sharing and collaborative working. Improved customer service---better access to accurate and consistent information by your staff leads to enhanced levels of customer service. Reduction in paperwork---forms can be accessed and completed on the desktop, and then forwarded as appropriate for approval, without ever having to be printed out, and with the benefit of an audit trail.

Those not yet eligible for Social Security are increasingly applying for another, comparable kind of income support that often goes to people who expect never to work again: disability benefits More than one in eight people in their 50s is now on some form of federal disability insurance program, according to Mark Duggan, chairman of the department business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. 1. Over 13% of people who are in 50 to 59 enjoy the disability insurance program. ( )

答案:对

In a survey by the center of older workers who were laid off during the recession, jut one in six had found another job, and half of that group had accepted pay cuts. 14% of the re-employed said the pay in their new job was less than half what they earned in their previous job. “I jsut say to myself: ‘Why me? What have I done to deserve this?’” said John Agati, 56, whose last full-time job, as a product developer, ended four years ago when his employer went out of business. That position paid $90,000 and his resume lists jobs at companies like American Express, Disney and USA Networks. Since being laid off, though, he has worked a series of part-time, low-wage, temporary positions, including selling shoes at Lord & Taylor and making sales calls for a car company. 1. Many of the older workers laid off during recession had to accept lower pay in their new jobs. ( )

答案:对

Unemployment rates for Americans nearing retirement are far lower than those for young people, who are recently out of school, with fewer skills and a shorter work history. But once out of a job, older workers have a much harder time finding another one. Over the last year, the average duration of unemployment for older people was 53 weeks, compared with 19 weeks for teenagers, according to the Labor Department’s jobs report released on Friday.The lengthy process is partly because older workers are more likely to have been laid off from industries that are downsizing, like manufacturing. Compared with the rest of the population, older people are also more likely to own their own homes and be less mobile than renters, who can move to new job markets. 1. Greater mobility puts younger people at an disadvantage in seeking new jobs. ( )

答案:错

The last few years have taken a toll not only on his family’s finances, but also on his feelings of self-worth. “You just get sad,” Mr. Agati said. “I see people getting up in the morning, going out to their careers and going home. I just wish I was doing that. Some people don’t like their jobs, or they have problems with their jobs, but at least they’re working. I just wish I was in their shoes.” He said he cannot afford to go back to school, as many younger people without jobs have done. Even if he could afford it, economists say it is unclear whether older workers like him benefit much from more education. 1. The best way out for older workers to regain jobs is to further their education. ( )

答案:错

Older workers are more likely to have a disability of some sort, perhaps limiting the range of jobs that offer realistic choices. They may also be less inclined, at least initially, to take jobs that pay far less than their old positions.1. Older workers have fewer job options because jobs for their age are usually less paid. ( )

答案:错

Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, made his first public appearance since going on medical leave six weeks ago, taking the stage at a San Francisco media event to introduce the iPad 2, the second generation of the company's tablet computer.Thin but energetic, Mr. Jobs showed off a thinner iPad. "We've been working on this product for a while and I just didn't want to miss this day," he said.His absence has concerned investors, especially since the group has given no details of his condition. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and had a liver transplant during almost six months of medical leave in 2009. People close to him said last month his health had been changing.Apple's stock rose more than 2 percent in the minutes after Mr. Jobs began speaking, then gave up some of its gain as he detailed the iPad 2.The iPad 2 will go on sale in black and white versions in the US on March 11 and in 26 other countries, including the UK and Germany, on March 25. The table is Apple's biggest product launch since the iPhone three years ago, and is comparable to the iPhone as the most expected in Apple's history.Most of the improvements in the latest version had been expected, including front and rear-facing video, which allows video conferencing between iPads, Mac computers and the most recent iPhones and iPods, a larger speaker, a faster processor and other upgrades. The iPad 2 is one-third thinner than the original tablet and slightly lighter, with a 9.7-inch touchscreen. It can run movies, books, games and a complete range of applications. In the US it will work with AT&T and Verizon, the top two mobile carriers. The pricing will be the same to the 2010 iPad at its introduction, ranging from $499 to $829 in six models. But Apple dropped prices on the older iPad on Wednesday by $100 across the board.Apple has made the most of its year-long head start in tablets, selling 15,000,000 units of the older iPad last year and taking about 85 percent of the market. Forrester predicted that the iPad 2 would claim 80 percent of the US market this year, or 20,000,000 out of 24,000,000 total shipped. This prediction was based on both the technical improvements to the iPad 2, and the distribution difficulties and higher prices for Apple's rivals.Motorola, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Samsung and others have brought out competing tablets, many based on Google's Android software.Mr. Jobs said the rest of the field was still catching up with the first iPad and their markets for applications designed for tablets had, at best, 100 small programs. This compares with 65,000 on Apple's applications store.

答案:

According to a recent survey on money and relationships, 36% of people are keeping a bank account from their partner. While this financial unfaithfulness may appear as distrust in a relationship, in truth it may just be a form of financial protection.With almost half of all marriages ending in divorce, men and women are realizing they need to be financially savvy , regardless of whether they are in a relationship. The financial hardship on individuals after a divorce can be extremely difficult, even more so when children are involved. The lack of permanency in relationships, job and family life may be the cause of a growing trend to keep a secret bank account hidden from a partner, in other words, an “escape fund”． Margaret's story is far from unique. She is a representative of a growing number of women in long-term relationships who are becoming protective of their own earnings. Every month on pay day,she banks hundreds of dollars into a savings account she keeps from her husband.She has been doing this throughout their six-year marriage and has built a nest egg worth an incredible$100,000. Margaret says if her husband found about her secret savings he’d be hurt and would take this as a sign that she wasn't sure of the marriage.” He’d think it was my escape fund so that financially I could afford to get out of the relationship if it went wrong. I know you should approach marriage as being forever and I hope ours is, but youcan never be sure." Like many of her fellow secret savers, Margaret was hurt in a former relationship and has since been very guarded about her own money. Coming clean to your partner about being a secret saver may not be all that bad. Take Colleen for example, who had been saving secretly for a few years before she confessed to her partner.” I decided to open a savings account and start building a nest egg of my own. I wanted to prove to myself that I could put money in the bank and leave it there for a rainy day."

答案:

Unless your trip was a total disaster, the only downside of a vacation is coming back from it. While having time off is healthy, getting back to normal life is often a wake-up call that most of us don't appreciate. A study in 2010 suggested that even though people might be a lot happier on their actual vacation, their happiness tapers off as soon as they get home.So why does coming home ruin our good vibe? Shannon Thomas, LCSW, says that part of the reason is because taking time away can make us realize that there are parts of our lives we'd like to change. "We often don't notice certain negative aspects of our lives while we are in the middle of it, but taking a step back during a vacation brings more clarity to things we may need to change in our lives and coming home is often a splash of cold reality," Thomas says.Another culprit of post-vacay blues could be that the actual vacation wasn't as idyllic as you'd hoped. Maybe you and your significant other got into a fight, or you and your friend realized that you hate traveling together. "Relationship issues can be magnified while on a trip and it can be depressing to reach the realization that there may be problems in the couplehood, family, or friendship that need to be addressed," Thomas says.But, for a lot of people, the biggest post-vacay problem is the thing that makes a vacation so great in the first place: unplugging. Yes, a main benefit of vacation is that you get to unplug from your email inbox and whatever else has you stressed out, and taking a break from these things can be healthy. But, Thomas says, quitting your inbox cold turkey could make life more stressful when you come back. The key to avoid crashing into stress (and a mountain of email) is to gradually transition back into real life. "Towards the end of a vacation, it is important to start thinking ahead of what is on the calendar when we return or what activities are we looking forward to once home," Thomas says.

答案:

null