[单项选择]Ricky Bland claims that fast-food restaurants differ from expensive ones with regard to（　）
A. the degree of job satisfaction.
B. the quality of the staff.
C. the opportunities for promotion.

[单项选择]Ricky Bland expects that pressure for improved training in fast-food restaurants will come from（　）
A. job applicants.
B. managers.
C. customers.

[单项选择]Ricky Bland criticises UK employers for（　）.
A. the total amount of money spent on training.
B. the way they allocate budgets.
C. the quality of the training provided.

[单项选择]Ricky Bland expects that the government will soon（　）.
A. give every worker a fixed amount of training.
B. look at the qualifications that currently exist.
C. provide grants for certain types of training.

[单项选择]Ricky Bland believes that the government should（　）.
A. give companies additional financial benefits for providing training.
B. set up bodies to organise sector-wide training schemes.
C. introduce new qualifications for Iow-skilled staff.

[单项选择]What point does Ricky Bland make about the fast-food industry（　）.
A. Its attitude to staff development is often misunderstood.
B. It has difficulty recruiting suitable staff.
C. It invests more in technology than in staff.

[单项选择]According to Ricky Bland, why is it necessary to improve training in the UK（　）.
A. to equal the quality of training in other countries
B. to satisfy the demand from workers
C. to raise productivity levels

[单项选择]A protected B differentiated C discriminated D separated

[填空题]Robert Ellis Smith believes identity theft is difficult to detect and one can hardly do anything to prevent it.

[单项选择]The Association of University Teachers claims that taxpayers’money, （） for basic research, is being used to prop up industrial and other applied research projects.
A. designed
B. engaged
C. oriented
D. intended

[单项选择]New claims for unemployment insurance dipped last week, suggesting that companies are laying off fewer workers as the budding economic recovery unfolds. The Labor Department reported on Thursday that for the work week ending April 27, new claims for jobless benefits went down by a seasonally adjusted 10,000 to 418,000, the lowest level since March 23．In another report, orders to U. S. factories rose for the fourth straight month, a solid 0.4 percent rise in March. The figure was largely boosted by stronger demand for unendurable goods, such as food, clothes, paper products and chemicals. Total unendurable goods were up 1.6 percent in March, the biggest increase in two years. Orders also rose for some manufactured goods, including metals, construction machinery, household appliances and defense equipment. The report reinforces the view that the nation’s manufacturers-which sharply cut production and saw hundreds of thousands of jobs evaporate during the recession-are on the comeback tra
A. the economy is well on its way to recovery
B. more jobless workers have found new jobs
C. companies have slowed down firing workers
D. unemployment rates fluctuate on a seasonal basis

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