[单项选择]More and more American fims—many large ones and even some rather small ones - are moving into foreign markets. Many companies are concluding that achieving profit and growth objectives is most likely through a combination of domestic and international marketing rather than sole reliance on domestic marketing.
Many companies believe that they can only achieve profit and growth objectives through
A. sole reliance on domestic marketing.
B. sole reliance on international marketing.
C. a combination of domestic and international marketing.
D. vigourous competition on the international marketin

[简答题]But in recent years it has become more and more evident that this pursuit has led to a "brave new world" of consumer goods and services.

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Passage One
Animals are more like us than we ever imagined. They feel pain, they experience stress, and they show affection, excitement and love. All these findings have been made by scientists in recent years—and such results are beginning to change how we view animals.
Strangely enough, this research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonald’s and KFC. Pressured by animal rights groups, these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals.
McDonald’s, for instance, funded studies on pig behaviors at Purdue University, Indiana. This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other. If they become depressed, they soon become physically ill. Because of this, and other similar studies, the European Union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2012. In Germany, the government is encouraging p
A. gorillas’ IQ scores are as high as human beings’
B. animals are much cleverer than we used to believe
C. parent animals can pass learning to their offspring intentionally
D. some gorillas are smarter than many humans

[单项选择] The large American energy service company, Enron, failed two years ago. It had been the seventh largest company in the United States. More than twenty people have been charged with financial crimes related to the company’’s hidden debt, inflated (夸大的) profits and accounting risks. On January 22nd, Enron’’ s former chief accounting officer faced charges of helping Enron cheat investors and others. Richard Causey said he is not guilty. He says he believed all of Enron’’s financial records were correct. He says he followed rules called the Generally Accepted Accounting Standards. The government says Mr. Causey used his knowledge of accounting to make Enron look profitable. The government says Mr. Causey sought to gain from his actions by causing the price of Enron stock to increase. The government has charged Mr. Causey with planning businesses related to Enron, called partnerships. Enron used financial exchanges with partnerships to hide big financial losses. The government s
A. Enron’’s misuse of partnerships
B. the failure of Enron in America
C. two cases of Enron’’ s top officials
D. Enron’’ s hidden financial situation

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Currently, the American armed forces are the largest professional military on the planet. Other (1) have professional soldiers, (2) not as many as the United States. For thousands of years, it was (3) that professional soldiers were superior to (4) timers. But (5) most of history, few nations could (6) an army of professionals, at least not on a permanent basis. It washt (7) the late 20th century that countries began to (8) large, permanent, all-volunteer armed forces that were carefully (9) and trained for combat. Britain was the first, when it phased out conscription in 1962. In 1975, the United States followed (10) . For over a century, conscription has been seen (11) the way to remain (12) strong without breaking the bank. But the conscripts did not stay in uniform long enough to get really good at fighting. Britain and American were the first two nations to realize that conscription was so
A. in
B. throughout
C. for
D. unlike