[单项选择]The recent conference on the effective use of the seas and oceans was another attempt resolving major differences among countries with conflicting interests.（　）
A. resolve
B. resolves
C. to resolve
D. being resolved

[单项选择]The recent conference on the effective use of the seas and oceans was another attempt resolving major differences among countries with conflicting interests.
A. resolve
B. resolves
C. to resolve
D. being resolved

[简答题]S2. According to the author, how can effective use be made of modem manufacturing systems

[多项选择]At a recent Internet culture conference at the MIT in Cambridge, a local ice-cream shop offered to make a custom flavor for the event. After some discussion, the organizers decided that it should be vanilla ice cream mixed with Nerds candies, "because the Internet is primarily white and nerdy," explains Chris Csikszentmihalyi, who directs the MIT Center for Future Civic Media. While a joke, the ice-cream flavor was also a serious commentary on the digital divide that has grown between those who created the Internet--mostly affluent, white, male programmers--and the billions of people with whom they share little in common.
There’s a push among development specialists to provide more people with Internet connections and the assumption that these new Web citizens can then reap the same benefits as communities who’ve long been online. This may not be the case, however. While few people dispute the value of getting the world online, many Internet experts say that current Web content ha

[单项选择]At a recent conference, Joe DiSanto and Michael Depasquale were discussing a recent Federal Reserve policy shift that led to an increase in banks’ excess reserves. They each offered an explanation as to why this would cause an increase in bank loans and investments: DiSanto: "Banks are required by law to expand the number of loans they originate when the Fed creates excess reserves. " Depasquale: "It is risky to hold excess reserves, whereas loans and investments are less risky. " Are DiSanto and Depasquale’s statements correct DiSanto Depasquale（）①A. Incorrect Incorrect ②B. Correct Incorrect ③C. Incorrect Correct
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③

[填空题]Technology itself, and its effective use _______________________ (不会局限在), the traditional science subject.

[单项选择]At a recent conference "The Fed -Where is it Going", Jason Alexdrovitch was discussing the policy tools that the U.S. central bank uses to control the money supply. During the conference he made the following statements: Statement 1: If the Fed wanted to use all of its three major monetary policy tools to increase the money supply, the Fed would sell bonds, reduce the discount rate and increase bank reserve requirements. Statement 2: If commercial banks are increasing their borrowings from the Federal Reserve banks, while the Fed is selling government securities, the borrowing of the commercial banks from the Fed will offset the effects of open market operations. Are Statement 1 and Statement 2 as made by Alexdrovitch correct Statement 1 Statement （）①A. Incorrect Incorrect ②B. Incorrect Correct ③C. Correct Incorrect
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③

[单项选择] The recent dramatic increase in the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC), notably the use of voice mail (v-mail) and electronic mail (e-mail), marks this trend in human communication as one of the most significant changes in our society since computers were introduced. Is there a direct relationship between preference to either of them and how computer literate an individual is Is a preference for v-mail or e-mail related to gender or work position Is there an age difference That is, will older individuals who began their work careers with secretaries, rather than laptops(便携式电脑), prefer v-mail over e-mail V-mail is defined as the storing and forwarding of digitized audio messages, and e-mail is defined as the computer-to-computer exchange of text messages. Using the computer for inter personal communication was a "reinvention" process; it was a process of developing new uses for already existing technology. Individual computer users quickly saw the computer, original
A. can get quicker and more accurate message
B. has a visual mode to help him remember the message
C. does not have to be in the physical presence of the sender of the message
D. can use other sources in addition to the content to understand the message