[判断题]Mr. Charles invested ＄50,000 to commence his business, that means now he can make ＄ 50,000 claim on the business.

[单项选择]Charles Darwin wed his cousin Emma and spawned 10 children, including four brilliant scientists. Albert Einstein’s second wife Elsa was his first cousin. Queen Victoria said “I do” to hers. So have millions worldwide. In parts of Saudi Arabia, 39% of all marriages are between first cousins.
In the U. S., though, the practice bears a stigma of inbreeding just this side of incest. The taboo is not only social hut legislative; 24 states ban the marriage of first cousins: five others allow it only if the couple is unable to bear children. A major reason for this ban is the belief that kids of first cousins are tragically susceptible to serious congenital illnesses.
That view may have to change. A comprehensive study published recently in the Journal of Genetic Counseling indicates such children run an only slightly higher risk of significant genetic disorders like congenital heart defects — about two percentage points above the average 3% to 4%. Says the study’s lead author, Robi
A. resembles incest in nature.
B. puts cousin couples to shame.
C. always causes serious genetic disorders.
D. is a common phenomenon across the world.

[填空题]______ (冒着破产的危险), he invested all his money in this factory.

[多项选择]For two candidates
Business Seminar
Your company is going to hold a seminar on a certain topic about marketing. You have been asked to help with the preparation for the seminar. Discuss the situation together and decide:
·What facilities and seminar arrangements you will need to make
·Who you are going to invite to attend the seminar and how to contact them
For three candidates
Business Seminar
Your company is going to hold a seminar on a certain topic about marketing. You have been asked to help with the preparation for the seminar. Discuss the situation together and decide:
·What facilities and seminar arrangements you will need to make
·Who you are going to invite to attend the seminar and how to contact them
·Where and when you will hold the seminar

[单项选择]

International airlines have rediscovered the business travelers, the man or woman who regularly jets from country to country as part of the job. This does not necessarily mean that airlines ever
(1) their business travelers. Indeed, companies like Lufthansa and Swissair would rightly argue that they have always (2) best for the executive class passengers. But many lines could be accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume, often at the (3) of regular travelers. Too often, they have seemed geared for quantity rather than quality. Operating a major airline in the 1980s is essentially a matter of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with low fare passengers, without forgetting that the front end should be filled with people who pay (4) more for their tickets.
It is no (5) that the two major airline bankruptcies
A. competition
B. entertained
C. coincidence
D. abandoned
E. expense
F. centralizing
G. collapse
H. attachable
I. invested
J. ultimately
K. specializing
L. available
M. substantially
N. approach