Falling sales and rising overheads have obliged the company to review each customer’s（ ）limit.

A.credit B.currency C.check D.certificate

s="" allowance.="" “those="" first="" few="" days="" should="" be="" spent="" looking="" for="" work,="" not="" to="" sign="" on,”="" he="" claimed.="" “we’re="" doing="" these="" things="" because="" we="" know="" they="" help="" people="" stay="" off="" benefits="" and="" those="" on="" get="" into="" work="" faster.”="" help?="" really?="" hearing,="" this="" was="" the="" socially="" concerned="" chancellor,="" trying="" change="" lives="" better,="" complete="" with="" “reforms”="" an="" obviously="" indulgent="" system="" that="" demands="" too="" little="" effort="" from="" newly="" unemployed="" find="" subsidises="" laziness.="" what="" motivated="" him,="" were="" understand,="" his="" zeal="" “fundamental="" fairness”—protecting="" taxpayer,="" controlling="" spending="" ensuring="" only="" most="" deserving="" claimants="" received="" their="" benefits.Losing a job is hurting: you don't skip down to the jobcentre with a song in your heart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state. It is financially terrifying, psychologically embarrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose and structure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job.But in Osbomeland, your first instinct is to fall into dependency—permanent dependency if you can get it—supported by a state only too ready to indulge your falsehood. It is as though 20 years of ever tougher reforms of the job search and benefit administration system never happened. The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens. Even the very phrase “jobseeker's allowance” is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no fundamental right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions. Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” conditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at $71.70 a week, one of the least generous in the EU.1.George Osborne's scheme was intended to（ ）.2.The phrase “to sign on”(Paragraph 2) most probably means （ ）.3.What prompted the chancellor to develop his scheme?4.According to Paragraph 3, being unemployed makes one feel （ ）.5.To which of the following would the author most probably agree?'>

In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency,” George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme. Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable?More apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseeker's allowance. “Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on,” he claimed. “We’re doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster.” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness. What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.Losing a job is hurting: you don't skip down to the jobcentre with a song in your heart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state. It is financially terrifying, psychologically embarrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are

s="" growing="" preference="" for="" eating="" out;="" the="" consumption="" of="" food="" and="" drink="" in="" places="" other="" than="" homes="" has="" risen="" from="" about="" 32="" percent="" total="" 1995="" to="" 35="" 2000="" is="" expected="" approach="" 38="" by="" 2005.="" this="" development="" boosting="" wholesale="" demand="" service="" segment="" 4="" 5="" a="" year="" across="" europe,="" compared="" with="" growth="" retail="" 1="" 2="" percent.="" meanwhile,="" as="" recession="" looming="" large,="" people="" are="" getting="" anxious.="" they="" tend="" keep="" tighter="" hold="" on="" their="" purse="" consider="" at="" home="" realistic="" alternative.="" [B]Retail sales of food and drink in Europe's largest markets are at a standstill, leaving European grocery retailers hungry for opportunities to grow. Most leading retailers have already tried e-commerce, with limited success, and expansion abroad. But almost all have ignored the big, profitable opportunity in their own backyard: the wholesale food and drink trade, which appears to be just the kind of market retailers need.[C]Will such variations bring about a change in the overall structure of the food and drink market? Definitely not. The functioning of the market is based on flexible trends dominated by potential buyers. In other words, it is up to the buyer, rather than the seller, to decide what to buy. At any rate, this change will ultimately be acclaimed by an ever-growing number of both domestic and international consumers, regardless of how long the current consumer pattern will take hold.[D]All in all, this clearly seems to be a market in which big retailers could profitably apply their scale, existing infrastructure and proven skills in the management of product ranges, logistics, and marketing intelligence. Retailers that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe may well expect to rake in substantial profits thereby. At least, that is how it looks as a whole. Closer inspection reveals important differences among the biggest national markets, especially in their customer segments and wholesale structures, as well as the competitive dynamics of individual food and drink categories. Big retailers must understand these differences before they can identify the segments of European wholesaling in which their particular abilities might unseat smaller but entrenched competitors. New skills and unfamiliar business models are needed too.[E] Despite variations in detail, wholesale markets in the countries that have been closely examined—France, Germany, Italy, and Spain—are made out of the same building blocks. Demand comes mainly from two sources: independent mom-and-pop grocery stores which, unlike large retail chains, are two small to buy straight from producers, and food service operators that cater to consumers when they don't eat at home. Such food service operators range from snack machines to large institutional catering ventures, but most of these businesses are known in the trade as “horeca”: hotels, restaurants, and cafes. Overall, Europe's wholesale market for food and drink is growing at the same sluggish pace as the retail market, but the figures, when added together, mask two opposing trends.[F] For example, wholesale food and drink sales come to $268 billion in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom in 2000—more than 40 percent of retail sales. Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at last making it feasible for wholesalers to consolidate.

[G] However, none of these requirements should deter large retailers (and even some large good producers and existing wholesalers) from trying their hand, for those that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe stand to reap considerable gains.

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Joan: Why are you so late?Michael: （ ） I left them in the car.

A.I couldn’t find my car keys B.You know what happened? C.I didn’t catch the bus D.My car was out of order

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Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.

With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinking by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing. （1）Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share—that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts—and reveal its erroneous nature. Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another. However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and （2）while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that?”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded: “We do not attract what we want, but what we are.” Achievement happens because you as a person embody the external achievement; you don't “get” success but become it. There is no gap between mind and matter. Part of the fame of Allen's book is its contention that “Circumstances do not make a person, they reveal him.” （3）This seems a justification for neglect of those in need, and a rationalization of exploitation, of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom.This, however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument. Each set of circumstances, however bad, offers a unique opportunity for growth. If circumstances always determined the life and prospects of people, then humanity would never have progressed. In fact, （4）circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been “

People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that （1） the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by （2） factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big （3） was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. （4）, he theorised that a judge （5） of appearing too soft （6） crime might be more likely to send someone to prison （7） he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day.

To （8） this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the （9） of an applicant should not depend on the few others （10） randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was （11）.

He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews （12） by 31 admissions officers. The interviewers had （13） applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale （14） numerous factors into consideration. The scores were （15） used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, a standardised exam which is （16） out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.

Dr Simonsonh found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one （17） that, then the score for the next applicant would （18） by an average of 0.075 points. This might sound small, but to （19） the effects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been （20）.

A.grants B.submits C.transmits D.delivers问题2： A.minor B.objective C.crucial D.external问题3： A.issue B.vision C.picture D.moment问题4： A.For example B.On average C.In principle D.Above all问题5： A.fond B.fearful C.capable D.thoughtless问题6： A.in B.on C.to D.for问题7： A.if B.until C.though D.unless问题8： A.promote B.emphasize C.share D.test问题9： A.decision B.quality C.status D.success问题10： A.chosen B.studied C.found D.identified问题11： A.exceptional B.defensible C.replaceable D.otherwise问题12： A.inspired B.expressed C.conducted D.secured问题13： A.assigned B.rated C.matched D.arranged问题14： A.put B.got C.gave D.took问题15： A.instead B.then C.ever D.rather问题16： A.selected B.passed C.marked D.introduced问题17： A.before B.after C.above D.below问题18： A.jump B.float C.drop D.fluctuate问题19： A.achieve B.undo C.maintain D.disregard问题20： A.promising B.possible C.necessary D.helpful