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More people than ever before are embarking on their own enterprise adventure and starting their own business. Nearly 400, 000 companies were established last year, or 35 percent more than in 2002.
But official statistics also show that more businesses than ever are failing. Last year, a record 40,000 businesses were declared insolvent.
With so many businesses failing it is important if you are thinking of starting a business to plan and prepare properly. This will also increase the chances of securing finance.
"One of the key parts of starting a business is ensuring that the original idea is developed into a fully viable product or service," Judith Rutherford, the chief executive of Business Link for London, says. "Establishing whether there is a market for the product or service is the next step. This should include a thorough examination of potential competitors and customers," she says. "It may also be worth commissioning some m
A. embark on one’s own enterprise adventure and start one’s own business.
B. make a good business plan.
C. make the right first steps of one’s own business.
D. find grants on the Internet.

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More people than ever before are embarking on their own enterprise adventure and starting their own business. Nearly 400, 000 companies were established last year, or 35 percent more than in 2002.
But official statistics also show that more businesses than ever are failing. Last year, a record 40,000 businesses were declared insolvent.
With so many businesses failing it is important if you are thinking of starting a business to plan and prepare properly. This will also increase the chances of securing finance.
"One of the key parts of starting a business is ensuring that the original idea is developed into a fully viable product or service," Judith Rutherford, the chief executive of Business Link for London, says. "Establishing whether there is a market for the product or service is the next step. This should include a thorough examination of potential competitors and customers," she says. "It may also be worth commissioning some m
A. 400,000. 
B. 40,000.
C. 300,000.
D. 260,000.

[单项选择]We live in a time when，more than ever before in history，people are moving about（）
A. 我们在那里住了一段时间，当时，比历史上以往任何时期都多的人们都在四处走动。
B. 我们在那里住了一段时间，当时，人们正在比历史上任何时期都多地四处走动。
C. 我们生活在一个时代里，在这个时代里，人们正在比历史上任何时期都多地四处走动。
D. 我们生活在一个人们四处奔波甚于历史上任何时期的时代。

[单项选择]We live in a time_________, more than ever before in history, people are moving
A. what
B. when
C. which
D. where

[单项选择]Society is now much more diverse than ever before.
A. colorful
B. attractive
C. flexible
D. varied

[单项选择]Now, more than ever, it doesn’t matter who you are but what you look like.
Janet was just twenty-five years old. She had a great job and seemed happy. She committed suicide. In her suicide note she wrote that she felt "un-pretty" and that no man ever loved her. Amy was just fifteen when hospitalized for eating disorders. She suffered from both anorexia and bulimia. She lost more than one hundred pounds in two months. Both victims battled problems with their body image and physical appearance.
"Oh, I am too fat." "My butt is too big and my breasts too small." "I hate my body and I feel ugly." "I want to be beautiful." The number of men and women who feel these things about themselves is increasing dramatically.
I can identify two main categories of body-image problems: additive versus subtractive. Those who enhance their appearance through cosmetic surgery fall into the additive group; those who hope to improve their looks through starvation belong to the subtractive cate
A. Comprising.
B. Concerned.
C. Aggressive.
D. Sarcastic.

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There are more rich people than ever before, including some 7 million millionaires, and over 400 billionaires. From sipping champagne to taking trips into space, they are getting plenty of pleasure—though as our survey of the new rich shows, these rich should have worries, too, not least about the damaging effect their wealth may have on their children. 61)As for the poor, the gap between them and the rich is rising, even in the industrialized countries where for much of the 20th century the gap had narrowed. In America, between 1979 and 1997 the average income of the richest fifth of the population jumped from nine times the income of the poorest fifth to around 15 times. In 1990, British income inequality reached its widest level in 40 years.
However, the first question to ask about inequality is this: if the have-nots are angry about it, are they right to be
62) In societies where advancement is on merit and seemingly open to everyone, regardless of class