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Industrial demand for energy is ______ the rise.
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第1题
What can be inferred from the passage？
A．The demand for luxury goods was limited in French.
B．Industrial Revolution was the result of the interaction of various factors.
C．French people were engaged in industry and commerce before the Industrial Revolution.
D．Coal was very important to people's life before the Industrial Revolution.
第2题
A middleman's work may become difficult because ______.
A．manufacturers run their production on a much higher level
B．market demand may not be the same as industrial production
C．retailers are not necessary in running their retailing business
D．retailers demand lower levels than those demanded by manufacturers
第3题
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A．area
B．selection
C．condition
D．application
第4题
In 1870, homes and mules were the prime source of power on U.S. farms. One horse or many decades. At that time, had a national commission been asked to forecast the horse and mule population for 1970, its answer probably would have depended on whether its consultants were of an economic mm of mind. Had they been "economists", they would have recognized that the power of steam had already been harnessed to industry and to land and ocean transport. They would have recognized further that would be only a matter of time before steam would be the prime source of power on the farm. It would have been difficult for them to avoid the conclusion that the horse and mule population would decline rapidly.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as a consequence of new technological developments？
A．Older technologies die away.
B．The quality of life is improved.
C．Overall productivity increases.
D．More raw materials become necessary.
第5题
In 1870, horses and mules were the prime source of power on U. S. farms. One horse or mule was required to support four human beings—a ratio that remained almost constant for many decades. At that time, had a national commission been asked to forecast the horse and the population for 1970, its answer probably would have depended on whether its consultants were of an economic or technological turn of mind. Had they been "economists" , they would probably have projected the 1970 horse or mule population to be more than 50 million. Had they been "technologists", they would have recognized that the power of steam had already been harnessed to industry and to land and ocean transport. They would have recognized further that it would be the prime source of power on the farm. It would have been difficult for them to avoid the conclusion that the horse and mule population would decline rapidly.
According to the passage, what supplied most of the power on U. S. farms in 170？
A．Animals.
B．Humans.
C．Engines.
D．Water.
第6题
There are now about 800 000 industrial robots around the world, and orders for new robots in the first half of 2007 were up a record 26% from the same period in 2006, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Demand is increasing as prices fall: a robot sold in 2007 cost less than a fifth of an equivalent robot sold in 1990, for example. Today, in car factories in Japan, Germany and Italy, there is more than one robot for every ten production workers.
Similarly, agricultural robots harvest billions of tones of crops every year. There are six-legged timber cutters, tree-climbing fruit-pickers, robots that milk cows, and others that wash windows, trucks and aircraft. Industrial robotics is a 5.6 billon industry, growing by around 7% a year. But the UNECE report predicts that the highest growth over the next three years will be in domestic rather than industrial robots. Sales of such devices, it predicts will grow ten-fold between 2007 and 2010, overtaking the market for industrial robots.
The broader application of robotics is becoming possible thanks to the tumbling (暴跌) cost of computing power, says Takeo Kanade. This lets programmers write more sophisticated software that delivers more intelligent robotic behavior. At the same time, he notes, the cost of camera and sensor chips has tumbled, too. "The processing power is so much better than before that some of the seemingly simple things we humans do, like recognizing faces, can begin to be done", says Dr. Kanade.
While prices drop and hardware improves, research into robotic vision, control systems and communications have jumped ahead as well. America's military and its space agency, NASA, have poured billions into robotic research and related fields such as computer vision. The Spirit and Opportunity Rovers (漫游者) exploring Mars can pick their way across the surface to reach a specific destination. Their human masters do not specify the route; instead, the robots are programmed to identify and avoid obstacles themselves.
It can be inferred from the first paragraph that______.
A．the first robot of the world was designed in 1961 for General Motors
B．the expensive computing power didn't hinder a robot's efficiency
C．robots controlled by computers can do most tasks better than humans
D．human workers often went on a strike when they were not satisfied in the past
第7题
Furthermore, it is questionable whether ultimately nuclear power is a cheap source of energy. There have, for example, been very costly accidents in America, in Britain and, of course, in Russia. The possibility of increases in the cost of uranium (铀) in addition to the cost of greater safety provisions could price nuclear power out of the market. In the long run, environmentalists argue, nuclear energy wastes valuable resources and disturbs the ecology to an extent which could bring about the destruction of the human race. Thus, if we wish to .survive, we cannot afford nuclear energy. In spite of the case against nuclear energy outlined above, nuclear energy programmes are expanding. Such an expansion assumes a continual growth in industrial production and consumer demands. However, it is doubtful whether this growth, will or can continue. Having weighed up the arguments on both sides, it seems there are good economic and ecological reasons for sources of energy other than nuclear power.
The writer's attitude toward nuclear energy is ______.
A．indifferent
B．tolerant
C．favorable
D．negative
第8题
Perhaps no single phenomenon brought more widespread and lasting change to the United States society than the rise of industrialization. Industrial growth hinged on several economic factors. First, industry requires an abundance of natural resources, especially coal, iron ore, water, petroleum, and timber--all readily available on the North American continent. Second, factories demand a large labor supply. Between the 1870's and the First World War (1914-1918), approximately 23 million immigrants streamed to the United States, settled in cities, and went to work in factories and mines. They also helped build the vast network of canals and railroads that crisscrossed the continent and linked important trade centers essential to industrial growth.
Factories also offered a reprieve (暂时减轻) from the backbreaking work and financial unpredictability associated with farming. Many adults, poor and disillusioned (大失所望) with farm life, were lured to the cities by promises of steady employment, regular paychecks, increased access to goods and services, and expanded social opportunities. Others were pushed there when new technologies made their labor cheap or expendable; inventions such as steel plows and mechanized harvesters allowed one farmhand to perform. work that previously had required several, thus making farming capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive.
The United States economy underwent a massive transition and the nature of work was permanently altered. Whereas cottage industries relied on a few highly skilled craft workers who slowly and carefully converted raw materials into finished products from start to finish, factories relied on specialization. While factory work was less creative and more monotonous (单调无聊的), it was also more efficient and allowed mass production of goods at less expense.
What aspect of life in the United States does the passage mainly discuss？
A．The transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy.
B．The inventions that transformed life in the nineteenth century.
C．The problems associated with the earliest factories.
D．The difficulty of farm life in the nineteenth century,
第9题
听力原文： Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. For this lecture, I am going to touch the. issue of slowdown of the world economy.
The data has shown that in the past three months many economies in Asia enjoyed a stronger- than-expected second quarter. But slowdowns in the rest of the world mean the region wig see weaker growth in the second half.
In the past few weeks, data on second-quarter real gross domestic product have been released. Only South-Korea and Malaysia posted growth weaker than analysts had projected.
In general, these Asian economies were powered by rising electronics exports and highly accommodative fiscal and monetary policies. Capital-spending trends were mixed, but other factors helped individual countries. Thailand, for example', benefited from a surge in tourism from China; Indonesia experienced less of a drag from a drawdown in inventories, and Singapore saw a gain in exports from its biomedical industry.
The region, however, faces a more difficult second half, especially if a domestic demand from business doesn't kick in. Slowdowns in the U.S. and Europe, coupled with the continued problem in Japan, mean that demand for computers, consumer electronics, and semi-conductors will not continue to grow at double-digit rates. Already, July factory output in Malaysia fell more than 1%, as the output of information-processing gear and electronics plunged.
In addition, some countries will face fiscal difficulties. One reason Korea's GDP data fell short of expectations is that the government suddenly stopped funding building projects. Foreign investors are growing worried about the deficit in the Philippines, where the red ink in just the first seven months of the year has exceeded the government's estimate for all of 2002.
Another concern is social unrest and corruption, which could destabilize governments. With the world approaching the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the U.S. , clashes between religious groups may pick up in the region. Such unrest could make investors nervous and more likely to pull money out of Asia just as capital spending will be needed to offset slower export growth.
In Europe, things didn't seem any better. Germany's manufacturing sector is getting hit by softer domestic demand and exports. European Commission's indexes of industrial confidence show German businesses are the most downbeats of all in the euro zone. Since Germany is a major market for other euro zone products and attracts foreign capital, its slowdown will curtail trade and investment flows for the entire region well into next year.
Meanwhile, another country of Europe, Italy, also seems unlikely to hit its government's growth target for this year. And the shortfall could cause a big fiscal problem later on. In the past year, consumer spending slowed, and business investment fell. Industrial orders are dropping, consumer confidence is close to a five-year low, and business sentiment in the last month held at six-month low. Companies are cautious about future orders and production plans. On the whole, we can see that economy of the earth is facing a slump. Next week, we'll discuss some possible solutions to these problems.
•You will hear a professor giving a talk on the slowdowns of the world economy.
•For each question 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
•You will hear the recording twice.
Weaker growth in the next six months will occur in
A．the rest of the world.
B．Asia.
C．the global business.
第10题
听力原文： The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economists. It has been argued that the supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population, inferior !and must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average income than could be obtained with a smaller population. Other economists have argued that a large population gives more scope for specialization and the development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be built unless there is a big demand to justify them.
One of the difficulties in carrying out a world-wide birth control programme lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country, depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw materials. In a developing country where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, it will be the first concern of government to place a limit on the birthrate, whatever the consequences might be. A decreasing birthrate may lead to unemployment because it results in a declining market for manufactured goods. When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and the building industry is weakened. Faced with considerations such as these, the government of a developed country may well prefer to see a slowly increasing population, rather than one which is stable or in decline.
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A．Higher productivity and a higher average income.
B．Higher productivity but a lower average income.
C．Lower productivity but a' higher average income.
D．Lower productivity and a lower average income.
