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These days searching for a number in a five centimeter thick telephone directory seems very old-fashion. Voice recognition systems are becoming more and more common and efficient: the best of them apparently recognize 49 out of every 50 words.
These devices save companies a huge amount of money. Stephen Evans in New York has been talking to the machines and to the men who design them.
I had a bit of Basil Fawlty moment the other day; I rang 411, the American directory enquiries which now uses a voice recognition system. I told the machine I wanted the number for "Harlem Auto Mall" and she—for this machine had a female voice—replied Harlem Public School 154. No doubt, like lots of people, I found myself ranting.
Machines, you see, have personalities, and banks, phone companies, railways and all kinds of alleged help lines are spending a lot of money trying to find out what kinds of voices to give the machines that speak to us, the publ
A. Female voices can less persuade people compared with male voice.
B. Male voices are perceived to have energy and authority.
C. Female voices are more likely to convince people.
D. Male voices are easy to threat people.

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These days searching for a number in a five centimeter thick telephone directory seems very old-fashion. Voice recognition systems are becoming more and more common and efficient: the best of them apparently recognize 49 out of every 50 words.
These devices save companies a huge amount of money. Stephen Evans in New York has been talking to the machines and to the men who design them.
I had a bit of Basil Fawlty moment the other day; I rang 411, the American directory enquiries which now uses a voice recognition system. I told the machine I wanted the number for "Harlem Auto Mall" and she—for this machine had a female voice—replied Harlem Public School 154. No doubt, like lots of people, I found myself ranting.
Machines, you see, have personalities, and banks, phone companies, railways and all kinds of alleged help lines are spending a lot of money trying to find out what kinds of voices to give the machines that speak to us, the publ
A. It is very convenient and efficient.
B. It can save companies lots of money.
C. It can help companies make lots of money.
D. It can calm down the irritable drivers with soft voice.

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[填空题]The number of days of vacation provided to university employees remain constant from year to year.

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[多项选择]The chart shows the number of days the average employee has off work per year in four different countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and by making comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

Country

Public holidays

Annual leave

Total days off

USA

Japan

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[简答题]System.out.println("Number of days："+ nNumOfDays)；

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When are post offices usually open Five days a week and ______.

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The number of permanent crew on the International Space Station will be increased, and possibly doubled, from 2006 by providing it with an extra "lifeboat". The move, announced in Japan last week by the ISS partner nations, means the space station crew will at last be able to do useful scientific research.
The number of crew on the ISS has been limited to three by the capacity of the Russian Soyuz capsules that would return them to Earth in an emergency. But running the ISS requires the full-time attention of more than two crew members, leaving just half the time of one of the crew free for research. This is woefully inadequate, and a NASA-commissioned report concluded in July that no meaningful research is possible with a three-person crew.
NASA originally planned to replace the Soyuz rescue capsule with a seven-person "cr
A. a crew of six is ideal for ISS
B. now crew at the ISS don’t have adequate equipment to do research
C. at present crew at the ISS do very little scientific research
D. the ISS headquarters moved to Japan last week

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[单项选择]President Lincoln was shot dead five days after （　）.
A. he made a speech at Gettysburg
B. General Lee, commanding general of the Confederate army surrendered his troops
C. the adoption of the thirteenth Amendment
D. a military victory of the Union force at Gettysburg

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[填空题]When are post offices usually open
Five days a week and（）.

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Learn More in Five Days Than Some Managers Learn in Forty Weeks
Interpersonal skills Senior Managers
People management skills are the most important skills a manager can develop. What differentiates the leader from a manager is that the leader has acquired not just the technical and strategic skills but has the interpersonal skills to make things happen.
No doubt on your way up through the ranks, you have come across managers who--while they may be very good at other aspects of their job--are decidedly lacking in interpersonal skills. And you know, and they have been told, that their future will be affected greatly by this lack of human skills.
This program is totally devoted to developing those managerial skills in people on their way to the top. It covers motivating, assessing, rewarding, leading and developing people. Very simple models of interpersonal relationships are used to focus attention on understanding one’s own behavior, i
A. they are lacking in management strategies
B. they are not good at interpersonal skills
C. they cannot improve their technical skills
D. they cannot go up through the ranks

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