1、Third, experiments confirm the intuitive truth that people tend to treat you the way you treat them. Its sound policy to do a favor before seeking one. Fourth, individuals are more likely to keep promises they make voluntarily and clearly. The message for managers here is to get commitments in writi
2、ng. Fifth, studies show that people really do defer to (服从) experts. So before they attempt to exert influence, executives should take pains to establish their own expertise and not assume that its self-evident. Finally, people want more of a commodity when its scarce; it follows, then, that exclusi
3、ve information is more persuasive than widely available data.Experiments have confirmed the assumption of many executives.ARightBWrongCNot mentioned3、Courageous people think quickly and act withouthesitation.AcomplaintBconsiderationCdelayDanxiety4、They didntrealizehow serious the problem was.AknowBf
4、orgetCdoubtDremember5、I want to provide my boys with adecenteducation.AprivateBgeneralCgoodDSpecial6、根据材料,回答问题。Eat More, Weigh Less, Live LongerClever genetic detective work may have found out the reason why a near starvation dietprolongs the life of many animalsRonald Kahn at Harvard Medical School
5、 in Boston, US, and his colleagues have been ableto extend the lifespan (寿命) of mice by 18 per cent by blocking the rodents (啮齿动物) increase of fat in specific cells This suggests that thinness - and not necessarily diet -promotes long life in calorie (卡路里) restricted animalsIts very cool work says a
6、ging researcher Cynthia Kenyon of the University of California, San Francisco These mice eat all they want, lose weight and live longer Its like heaven.Calorie restrition dramatically extends the lifespan of organisms as different as worms and rodents Whether this works in humans is still unknown, p
7、artly because few people are willing to submit to such a strict dietBut many researchers hope they will be able to trigger the same effect with a drug once they understand how less food leads to a longer life One theory is that eating less reduces the increase of harmful things that can damage cells
8、 But Kahns team wondered whether the animals simply benefit by becoming thinTo find out, they used biology tricks to disrupt the insulin (胰岛素) receptor (受体) gene in lab mice - but only in their fat cells Since insulin is needed to help fat cells store fat, these animals were protected against becomi
9、ng fat, explains KahnThis slight genetic change in a single tissue had dramatic effects By three months of age, Kahn, thoses modified mice had up to 70 per cent less body fat than normal control mice, despite the fact that they ate 55 per cent more food per gram of body weight In addition, their lif
10、espan increased The average control mouse lived 753 days, while the thin rodents averaged a lifespan of 887 days After three years, all the control mice had died, but one-quarter of the modified rodents were still alive That they get these effects by just manipulating the fat cells is controversial,
11、 says Leonard Guarente of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who studies calorie restriction and aging But Guarente says Kahn has yet to prove that the same effect is responsible for increased lifespan in calorie-restricted animals It might be the same effect or there might be two routes to
12、long life, he points out, and that would be very interesting Ronald Kahn and his colleagues can make mice live longer by_Aoffering them less foodBgiving them a balanced dietCdisrupting the specific genes in their fat cellsDpreventing them growing larger7、 The economy continued toexhibittendency of d
13、ecline in September.AplayBsendCshowDtell8、Television advertisements do more thanmerelyreflect dominant ideologies.AexactlyBfaithfullyCrepeatedlyDsimply9、 Have you talked to herlately?AlastlyBfinallyCshortlyDrecently10、When a man knows that he will be put into prison if he uses a potentiallydeadlyobj
14、ect to rob or do harm to another person, he will think twice about it.ApassiveBlifelongCunhappyDfatal1、阅读短文,回答题。Three Kinds of Loneliness 1 Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minute sand a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite
15、 normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.2The first kind of loneliness is temporary (暂时的)? This is the most common typEIt usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind,
16、situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situationfor example, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new placeAlthough this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.3The th
17、ird kind of loneliness is the most severeUnlike the second type, chronic (长期的)loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific causePeople who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think th
18、ere is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.4Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a persons social contacts, Eg. friends, family members, co-workers, etcWe depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional suppo
19、rt, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have moreThey question their popularity.5Psychologists are trying to find
20、 ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons. First of all, they are unhappy and unable to socialize with others like normal peopleBesides, most importantly, there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious ill-ness such as heart diseaseWhile temporary and situational lonelines
21、s can be normal, healthy part of life, chronic loneliness can be a sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.Paragraph 2_ATwo kinds of lonelinessBTwo reasons for assisting people with chronic lonelinessCTemporary lonelinessDPsychologists agreementEHabitual lonelinessFOne reason for lonelinesssocializat
22、ion2、He iscertainthat the dictionary is just what I want.AsureBangryCdoubtfulDworried3、Thelastfew weeks have been enjoyableAcloseBnearCpastDseveral4、根据材料,回答问题。Star QualityA new and-cheating system for counting the judges scores in ice skating is flawed,according to leading sports specialistsIce skat
23、ings governing body announced the new rules last week after concerns that a judge at the Winter Olympics may have been unfairly influencedInitially the judges in the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City voted 5 to 4 to give the gold medal to a Russian pair, even though
24、 they had a fall during their routineBut the International Skating Union suspended the French judge for failing to reveal that she had been put under pressure to vote for the RussiansThe International Olympics Committee then decided to give a second gold to the Canadian runners-up (亚军).The ISU, skat
25、ings governing body, now says it intends to change the rulesIn future 14 judges will judge each event, but only 7 of their scores - selected at randomwill countThe ISU wont finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK SportThe British Governments sports body has expressed res
26、ervationsI remain to be convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for, says Jerry Bingham, UK Sports head of ethics (伦理).A random system can still be manipulated, says Mark Dixon, a specialist on sports statistics from
27、 the Royal Statistical Society in LondonThe score of one or two judges who have been nobbled(受到贿赂) may still be in the seven selectedMany other sports that have judges, including diving, gymnastics, and synchronizdd swimming have a system that discards the highest and lowest scoresIf a judge was und
28、er pressure to favour a particular team, they would tend to give it very high scores and mark down the opposition team, so their scores wouldnt countIt works for diving, says Jeff Cook, a member of the international government bodys technical committeeIf you remove those at the top andbottom youre left with those in the middle, so youre getting a reasonable averageSince the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, diving has tightened u
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