第1题
Putting everything and everyone on the Net will open up new commercial opportunities For example, when you visit a new place, your mobile device, knowing your preferences will 【C5】______ suggest the restaurants that serve your favorite wines and foods, list the shows you might like to see, then provide you with maps for how to get there, says Joy, whose company is designing Jini, a 【C6】______ system to automatically link computing devices. The new services electronically link up buyers and sellers who 【C7】______ no prior contact and may want to do business with each other only once.
These 【C8】______ will take bandwidth and lots of it. Some of the sector's biggest companies are working on making the internet 1,000 times faster and more reliable. Internet service providers will charge accordingly, just as travelers pay different 【C9】______ for first or second class. The system is supposed to give consumers flexibility, allowing them to 【C10】______ bandwidth when they need it.
【C1】______
A.personal
B.personalized
C.person
D.personalizing
第2题
Electronic Commerce
At the beginning of the 1990s, no one had heard of the Internet, apart from a few researchers and academics. Increasingly, no matter what business you are in, whether it be services, manufacturing, or the primary, sector, the capacity to access and process information, and to interact more directly and speedily with suppliers and customers, is becoming the central means of creating value.
Today, electronic commerce is having an effect on the way many New Zealanders do business. (8) .It has become clear that younger people especially are creating their own Internet-based businesses instead of working for someone else. Equally, a growing number of New Zealanders of all ages and from all walks of life are grasping the opportunities the Internet offers. All these businesses are creating exciting new products and services and are adding value and dynamism to the economy.
(9) .Markets are changing and customers are becoming more demanding. Labour, products, and services flow ever more easily across international borders.
(10) .Just ten years later, some 360 million people around the world have Internet access, and the number of Internet users continues to grow rapidly.
In 2000, IDC, a research company, estimates that the value of New Zealand's Internet-based electronic commerce will exceed $800 million. That is not counting New Zealand's wholesale electricity market, which in itself is worth a billion dollars annually, and which operates the first electricity trading system in the world accessible through the Internet.
E-commerce is available to a multinational company. (11) .
(12) .The software that makes the Internet work is in the public domain. Anyone can install it for free. The Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who sell you Internet access are often owned by large companies, which also own the telecommunications networks over which the Internet runs, but they don't own the Internet itself. No one does.
A.Although this new environment provides opportunities, it poses risks as well.
B.The Internet, On the other hand, is an open network.
C.At the beginning of the 1990s, no one had heard of the Internet, apart from a few researchers and academics.
D.It means that our business can operate in the global environment, participating in global networks and e-commerce means on-line trading, that is, buying and selling goods and services over electronic networks.
E.New opportunities for exporting, for creating new businesses, and for growing established businesses are resulting.
F.In 2000, the government launched an e-commerce strategy to encourage economic growth and innovation in New Zealand through promotion of e-commerce and technology-based business.
G.The emergence of the Internet in the 1990s has fuelled the recent rapid growth of electronic commerce, and this in turn is changing the nature of business.
(8)
第3题
£50m Print Works to Open
The city of Reading this week landed one of the biggest and most significant investments in the city in years—a £50m print works that promises 1,000 jobs. The Scorpia Group, one of Europe's largest independent printing companies, has chosen a site on Compton Way for its new plant. This was the former Hartland Steelworks location.
Local leaders are delighted at the prospect of hundreds of highly skilled jobs and training opportunities being created in the Reading area. Robert Andrews, chief executive of the Reading City Investment Initiatives said, "The scale and nature of this project will give a huge boost to the local economy."
The printing plant will offer top-quality and fast color production of magazines, catalogs, and other publications. The Compton Way site is owned by Scorpia's development partner, which was asked to draw up plans for the site. The company has chosen the Compton Way site on the basis of its location, the financial grants that are available from the central government, and the local labor market.
The chief executive of Scorpia said, "The location of our new plant, with access to the road network and rail freight links, and the reputation of the workforce in the region had a big impact on our decision-making process. In addition, the attitude and cooperation of local authorities in Reading is a positive example to the rest of the country of how to attract new investments."
What is the article mainly about?
A.Job openings at a steelworks factory
B.Investment opportunities in Europe
C.The proposed site of a new plant
D.New laws enacted by the Reading City Council
第4题
What is the purpose of the article?
A.To explain why the sales for a magazine increased
B.To encourage the public to read a fashion magazine
C.To announce that a company will open a new publishing company
D.To describe how to establish a consulting firm
第7题
You can hire a designer at different levels: for the whole job, from developing a design concept to purchasing and supervising installation of the furnishings, or for a two- or three-hour consultation, just to give you some new ideas and perspective. Even if you hire a designer for a complete job, you can, and should, be involved. It's important to meet with the designer regularly to review plans, fabric samples, proposed furniture purchases and other needs.
Some designers won't take you on as a client unless you're planning a major project. However, others are willing to work with limited budgets. Most designers also understand that you might want a plan now, while expecting to spread out actual purchases over many months. Recently, more and more designers have offered the service of giving your home a new look by rearranging what you already have, and perhaps adding a few new pieces.
Some designers are employed by a store, such as one selling wallpaper, fabric, furniture or floor coveting; others are independent designers working along with or as a member of a design firm.
Some store-based designers offer limited services, while others provide more extensive services, including drawing floor plans, advising on color, ordering materials and making home visits.
According to the passage, why are some people possibly reluctant to hire an interior designer?
A.They feel that the decorating job is interesting and fun.
B.They want to listen to other people's ideas.
C.They would rather spend money on expensive furniture.
D.They think they can cope with the job themselves.
第8题
A granted patent is the result of a bargain struck between an inventor and the state, by which the inventor gets a limited period of monopoly and publishes full details of his invention to the public after that period terminates.
Only in the most exceptional circumstances is the life span of a patent extended to alter this normal process of events.
The longest extension ever granted was to Georges Valensi; his 1939 patent for color TV receiver circuitry was extended until 1971 because for most of the patent's normal life there was no color TV to re-ceive and thus no hope of reward for the invention.
Because a patent remains permanently public after it has terminated, the shelves of the library attached to the patent office contain details of literally millions of ideas that are free for anyone to use and, if older than half a century, sometimes even rem-patented. Indeed, patent experts often advise any other inventor's right is to plagiarize a dead patent. Likewise, because publication of an idea in any other form. permanently invalidates further patents on that idea, it is traditionally safe to take ideas from other areas of print. Much modern technological advance is based on these presumptions of legal security.
Anyone closely involved in patents and inventions soon learns that most "new" ideas are, in fact, as old as the hills. It is their reduction to commercial practice, either through necessity or dedication, or through the availability of new technology that makes news and money. The basic patent for the theory of magnetic recording dates back to 1886. Many of the original ideas behind television originate from the late 19th and early 20th century. Even the Volkswagen rear engine car was anticipated by a 1904 patent for a cart with the horse at the rear.
The passage is mainly about ______.
A.an approach to patents
B.the application for patents
C.the use of patents
D.the access to patents
第9题