更多“ Most economists agree that nations gain by trading with one another.”相关问题
  • 第1题:

    (c) The Shirtmaster division and Corporate Clothing division, though being part of the same group, operate largely

    independently of one another.

    Assess the costs and benefits of the two divisions continuing to operate independently of one another.

    (15 marks)


    正确答案:
    (c) The Shirtmaster Group has decided to structure itself using two divisions who are dealing with very different markets,
    customers and buying behaviours. In so doing the intention is to provide more value to the customer through a better
    understanding of their needs. The existence of the two divisions also reflects the origins of the two family businesses.
    Mintzberg in his work on organisation design and structure sees divisional configurations as being appropriate in relatively
    simple and static environments where significant strategic power is delegated from the ‘strategic apex’ to the ‘middle line‘
    general managers with responsibility for the performance of the division. Indeed one of the benefits cited for divisionalised
    companies is their ability to provide a good training ground in strategic decision making for general managers who can then
    progress to senior positions at company headquarters. Tony Masters’s reluctance to delegate real strategic decision making
    power to the senior managers in the Shirtmaster division may be preventing those managers developing key managerial skills.
    Using the Boston Box model one could classify the Shirtmaster division as a ‘dog’ with low market share in a market exhibiting
    change but little growth. The Corporate Clothing division, by contrast, can be regarded as a ‘problem child’ having a small
    share but of a growing market. Porter’s ‘better-off test’ needs to be met – are the two divisions better off being in the same
    Group? As it stands there seems little synergy between the two divisions – there seems to be little evidence of the two divisions
    sharing resources or transferring skills or learning between the two divisions. Their two value chains and systems are both
    separate and different though on the face of it there are many activities that are similar. Operating independently may
    encourage healthy competition between the two divisions and consequently better performance through better motivated staff.
    Specialised competences such as Corporate Clothing division’s on-line response to customer orders and design changes are
    more easily developed within a divisionalised structure. Performance can be clearly identified and controlled and resources
    channelled to those areas showing potential. However, this may be at the expense of costly duplication of resources and an
    inability to get the necessary scale to compete in either of their separate markets. Certainly, the lack of co-operation betweenthe divisions in areas such as information systems may lead to higher costs and poorer performance.

  • 第2题:

    Not only I but also Jane and Mary _______ tired of having one examination after another.

    A. is

    B. are

    C. be


    参考答案:B

  • 第3题:

    In a civil case, one party may file an action; the other party may or may not()the claim.

    A.admit

    B.confess

    C.agree


    答案:B

    解析:admit the claim 意为“承认索赔”,符合题意; confess the claim用在刑事案件里,意为“承认索赔”;agree the claim意为“同意这一说法”。本句译文为,在民事案件里,一方提出诉讼,另一方可能接受或者是拒绝索赔。 

  • 第4题:

    Questions 76-80 refer to the following information.
    Disagreements among economists are legendary, but not on the issue of free trade. A recent survey of prominent economists both conservative and liberal concluded that an economist who argues for restricting international trade is almost as common today as a physician who favors leeching.
    Why the International free trade, economists agree,, makes possible higher standards of living all over the globe.
    The case for free trade rests largely on this principle: as long as trade is voluntary, both partners’ benefits, otherwise they wouldn't trade. The buyer of a shirt, for example, values the shirt more than the money spend, while the seller values the money more. Both are better off because of the sale. Moreover, it doesn’t matter whether the shirt salesman is from the United States or Hong Kong (or anywhere else).
    The vast majority of American manufactures face international competition. This competition forces companies to improve quality and cut costs. By contrast, protectionism encourages monopoly, lower quality and higher prices.
    Americans pay an enormous price for protection over $60 billion a year, or $1000 for a family of four. Thanks to protectionism, for example, American consumers pay twice the world price for sugar.
    Free trade also makes the world economy more efficient, by allowing nations to capitalize on their strengths. The United States has an advantage in food production, for instance, while Saudi Arabia has an advantage in oil. The Saudis could undertake massive irrigation to become self-sufficient in food, but it is more economical for them to sell oil and purchase food from us. Similarly, we could become self-sufficient in petroleum by squeezing more out of oil shale. But it is much less costly to buy some of our oil from Saudi Arabia. Tarde between our two countries improves the standard of living in both.
    Protectionism is both wasteful and unjust. It taxes most heavily the people who can least afford it. Thus, tariffs that rise the price of shoes burden the poor more than the rich. Despite the powerful case for free trade, the United States and the rest of the world have always been protectionist to some degree. This is because free trade benefits the general public, while protectionism benefits special interest group, which are better organized, better financed and more informed. To make matters worse, much of what we hear on this issue is misinformation spread by the special interests themselves.

    The economists ______.

    A. agree on the restriction of internal trade.
    B. agree whether to restrict free trade or not.
    C. hold different arguments because of their different interests.
    D. agree on free trade.

    答案:D
    解析:

  • 第5题:

    资料:The daily changes of the market can lead investors astray.The ups and downs make the tendency to look at the portfolio,s performance frequently too temping.This means investers are likely to perceive mere risk,forgetting about their key term goals.
    When investors log into their trading accounts they can see the potential gain or loss of all of their assets.They can also see the day change on assets which are coded gain and loss.However,It,s believed that those who look less get more.
    For instance.if you look at FLSE index from today to tomorrow there is a roughly 50% chance that it has gone up or down.If you look at it over a year you may find that 60%~65% of the time it is going up.And if you look over a five-year period.you will find that 90% of the time it goes up.

    What is the example trying to illustrate?

    A.Most investors log into their trading accounts every day
    B.The investors who seldom check daily changes may get more returns
    C.The potential gain and loss of assets can be predicted
    D.The potential growth rate of the portfolio is likely to be fixed

    答案:B
    解析:
    本题考查推理判断。
    【关键词】example;illustrate
    【主题句】However, It’s believed that those who look less get more.然而,有分析称越少查看的人得到的越多。
    【解析】本题问的是“示例说明了什么?”。文中第三自然段举例“For instance, if you look at FLSE index from today to tomorrow there is a roughly 50% chance that it has gone up or down. If you look at it over a year you may find that 60%~65% of the time it is going up. And if you look over a five-year period. you will find that 90% of the time it goes up.”意为“例如,如果你看今天到明天的FLSE指数,它上升或下降的概率是50%。如果你看一年的指数,你会发现它60%-65%的时间都在上升。如果你看五年的指数,你会发现90%的时间都在上升。”选项A意为“大多数投资者每天登陆他们的账户”;选项B意为“很少检查每日变化的投资者可能会获得更多的回报”;选项C意为“可以预测资产的潜在收益和损失”;选项D意为“投资组合的潜在增长率很可能是固定的”。结合前文“However, It’s believed that those who look less get more.”即主题句,“然而,有分析称越少查看的人得到的越多。”故选项B正确。

  • 第6题:

    Let’s have a run through.This sentence means let’s run from one side to another.


    正确答案:错误

  • 第7题:

    Of all the solutions to the disputes,the one proposed by Mr.Jackson is ().

    • A、the most perfect
    • B、most perfect
    • C、the most nearly perfect
    • D、the perfects

    正确答案:C

  • 第8题:

    You are an experienced network administrator in an international corporation. One of your clients asks you to configure a network for a financial trading center which requires multiple high-value transactions. And the transactions are very important to the client. In such a situation, which two of the following are basic and most important requirements concerning the configuration? ()(Choose two.)

    • A、no single point of failure
    • B、determine which protocol to use
    • C、trading database server location
    • D、deterministic response to all failures

    正确答案:A,D

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    The author of Passage 1 most likely refers to logging (line 26) to ______.
    A

    explain why there are so many orphan chimps

    B

    criticize the inhabitants of several African nations for their cruel actions

    C

    offer an alternative industry to capturing chimpanzees

    D

    describe one of the reasons the chimp population is decreasing

    E

    elucidate the factors contributing to Africa's economic development


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    文中提到“Several factors are responsible”,而森林的砍伐是导致黑猩猩数量减少的一个原因。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
    A

    doctors do not agree on how to deal with anger

    B

    repressing anger is better than expressing it

    C

    expressing anger causes more problems to one’s health

    D

    the author does not agree with the doctors


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    第五段第一句否定了B,文中未提及C,D不符合题意。正确选项是A,其主要依据在第四段,尤其是第四句中的“disputed”一词。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    In one of your online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, most users frequently modify the values, including the key values, of the application tables. Some users generate application reports by using multiple application tables.  What is the best table structure that you can use to gain optimal performance?()
    A

    heap table

    B

    object table

    C

    external table

    D

    clustered table

    E

    global temporary table

    F

    index­organized table (IOT)


    正确答案: E
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    What is the main idea of this passage?
    A

    Effective listening means hearing the words that float past our ears.

    B

    Developing your listening skills is the first step toward developing fluency.

    C

    Skilled listeners use specific strategies to get the most out of what they hear.

    D

    Listening is one of the most powerful tools we have to gain information.


    正确答案: A
    解析:

  • 第13题:

    The analytic syllabus relies on the learner’s ability to learn a language in parts independently of one another.()

    此题为判断题(对,错)。


    正确答案:错误

  • 第14题:

    Advertising influences us to buy one kind of product instead of another.()


    参考答案:正确

  • 第15题:

    You are an experienced network administrator in an international corporation. One of your clients asks you to configure a network for a financial trading center which requires multiple high-value transactions.And the transactions are very important to the client. In such a situation, which two of the following are basic and most important requirements concerning the configuration? ()(Choose two.)

    A. no single point of failure

    B. determine which protocol to use

    C. trading database server location

    D. deterministic response to all failures


    参考答案:A, D

  • 第16题:

    Questions 9~11 refer to the following information.
    The daily changes of the market can lead investors astray. The ups and downs make the tendency to look at the portfolio’s performance frequently too tempting. This means investors are likely to perceive more risk, forgetting about their long term goals.
    When investors log into their trading accounts they can see the potential gain or loss of all of their assets. They can also see the day change on assets which are coded gain and loss. However, it's believed that those who look less get more.
    For instance, if you look at FTSE index from today to tomorrow there is a roughly 50% chance that it has gone up or down. If you look at it over a year you may find that 60%-65% of the time it is going up. And if you look over a five-year period you will find that 90% of the time it goes up.

    What is the example trying to illustrate?

    A. Most investors log into their trading accounts every day.
    B. The potential gain and loss of assets can be predicted.
    C. The investors who seldom check daily changes may get more returns.
    D. The potential growth rate of the portfolio is likely to be fixed.

    答案:C
    解析:
    根据题干关键词example,定位到第三段,通规第三段的例子,我们可以发现,查看账户的间隔时间越长,得到的利益通常越大,再结合第二段的最后一句“However,it's believed thatthose who look less get more.”(然而,人们认为查看账户次数越少的人得到的回报越大)可知C项正确。

  • 第17题:

    ( ) refers to a construction where one clause is coordinated with another.

    A.Embedding
    B.Recursiveness
    C.Conjoining
    D.Cohesion

    答案:C
    解析:
    考查语义知识。Conjoining(并列连接)refers to the process where one clause is coordinated with another,

  • 第18题:

    ()majority of people agree with him.

    • A、The
    • B、A
    • C、– (不填)
    • D、One

    正确答案:A

  • 第19题:

    In one of your online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, most users frequently modify the values, including the key values, of the application tables. Some users generate application reports by using multiple application tables.  What is the best table structure that you can use to gain optimal performance?()

    • A、heap table
    • B、object table
    • C、external table
    • D、clustered table
    • E、global temporary table
    • F、index­organized table (IOT)

    正确答案:A

  • 第20题:

    问答题
    ◆Topic 6: Is International Tourism an Effective Bridge of Different Nations?  Questions for Reference:  1. Why do you think people like to take an international tourism?  2. What kind of situation are the travelers most likely to be faced with when they get on an international tourism?  3. The international tourism does not promote understanding between people from different cultures. Do you agree?

    正确答案: 【参考答案】
    Every year, hundreds of millions of people move around to see a different part of the world. It is natural to assume that tourists who have seen other countries have a better knowledge of the people. That assumption also leads to the conclusion that international tourism promotes understanding between nations. How true is this? Let us examine what tourists do in a different country.
    First, before going abroad, tourists are often told by their travel agents of the possible hazards which sometimes include local people. They are given example of extreme cases where victims are always the travelers. Then, when they arrive, they are immediately taken to their hotels in big coaches. They flood places where local people don’t go. Their shopping, meals, entertainment all take place in secluded areas. They wear a bubble all the way. Apart from speaking to the guide and a few shop assistants, tourists rarely talk to the local people. To make it even worse, they meet pickpockets; they are ripped off by dishonest traders.
    Furthermore, very few local people bother to talk to them out of a genuine interest in the guests’ country, people and culture. Therefore, when asked how much they know about the local people, their answer is “very little”.
    If someone really wants to understand a different culture, he has to learn its language, stay there for at least a few month without wearing a bubble, learn how to curse and swear, bargain with a vegetable vendor and then he can say that he understands the people.
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain ______ good knowledge of basic word formation.
    A

    /

    B

    the

    C

    a

    D

    one


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    句意:一种能够懂得成千上万的新单词方法是要很了解基本的构词法。gain a good knowledge of是固定搭配,意为“很了解…;对…熟知”。其中knowledge由good修饰,属于抽象名词具体化。故答案是C项。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    And so it came _____ that in the United States, the most self-indulgent of nations, the tensest and most departmentalized, vacations have come to take a predominant place in domestic conversation.
    A

    across

    B

    about

    C

    along

    D

    apart


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    句意:因此在美国,这个最放纵、最紧张、最分散的国家,休假成为家庭的主要话题。come about发生。come across留下印象;不期而遇。come along一起去某处;进展。come apart崩溃,解体。

  • 第23题:

    多选题
    You are an experienced network administrator in an international corporation. One of your clients asks you to configure a network for a financial trading center which requires multiple high-value transactions. And the transactions are very important to the client. In such a situation, which two of the following are basic and most important requirements concerning the configuration? ()(Choose two.)
    A

    no single point of failure

    B

    determine which protocol to use

    C

    trading database server location

    D

    deterministic response to all failures


    正确答案: C,D
    解析: 暂无解析