AWA 60. “Employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees’ health or other aspects of their personal lives without the employees’ permission.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
A1. The following editorial appeared in the South Fork Gazette. “Last year, the city contracted with Flower Power to plant a variety of flowers in big decorative pots on Main Streetand to water them each week. By midsummer many of the plants were wilted. This year the city should either contract for two waterings a week or save money by planting artificial flowers in the pots. According to Flower Power, the initial cost for artificial flowers would be twice as much as for real plants, but after two years, we would save money. Public reaction certainly supports this position: in a recent survey, over 1,200 Gazette readers said that the city wastes money and should find ways to reduce spending.” Main Streetand to water them each week. By midsummer many of the plants were wilted. This year the city should either contract for two waterings a week or save money by planting artificial flowers in the pots. According to Flower Power, the initial cost for artificial flowers would be twice as much as for real plants, but after two years, we would save money. Public reaction certainly supports this position: in a recent survey, over 1,200 Gazette readers said that the city wastes money and should find ways to reduce spending.”
MATH
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一笔钱，年利率10%，问三年利息比二年利息多多少？
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1) the combination of A and B…has/have 2) “时间状语，同位语，SVO”结构的一个语法
RC 1) 美国利率与投资理论
Many economists believe that a
high rate of business savings in the United States is a necessary precursor Line to investment, because business sav- (5) ings, as opposed to personal savings, comprise almost three-quarters of the national savings rate, and the national savings rate heavily influences the overall rate of business investment. (10) These economists further postulate that real interest rates—the difference between the rates charged by lenders and the inflation rates—will be low when national savings exceed business (15) investment (creating a savings surplus), and high when national savings fall below the level of business investment (creating a savings deficit ). However, during the 1960’s real interest rates (20) were often higher when the national savings surplus was large. Counter- intuitive behavior also occurred when real interest rates skyrocketed from 2 percent in 1980 to 7 percent in 1982, (25) even though national savings and investments were roughly equal throughout the period. Clearly, real interest rates respond to influences other than the savings/investment (30) nexus. Indeed, real interest rates may themselves influence swings in the savings and investment rates. As real interest rates shot up after 1979, for- eign investors poured capital into the (35)
United States, the price of domestic goods increased prohibitively abroad, and the price of foreign-made goods became lower in the United States. As a result, domestic economic activity (40) and the ability of businesses to save and invest were restrained. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The passage is primarily concerned with - contrasting trends in two historical periods
- presenting evidence that calls into question certain beliefs
- explaining the reasons for a common phenomenon
- criticizing evidence offered in support of a well-respected belief
- comparing conflicting interpretations of a theory
Answer: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to the passage, which of the following resulted from foreign investment in the United States after 1979? - An increase in real interest rates
- A decrease in the savings rate of certain other nations
- An increase in American investment abroad
- An increase in the price of American goods abroad
- A decrease in the price of domestic goods sold at home
Answer: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements regarding the economists mentioned in line 1? - Their beliefs are contradicted by certain economic phenomena that occurred in the United States during the 1960’s and the 1980’s.
- Their theory fails to predict under what circumstances the prices of foreign and domestic goods are likely to increase.
- They incorrectly identify the factors other than savings and investment rates that affect real interest rates.
- Their belief is valid only for the United States economy and not necessarily for other national economies.
- They overestimate the impact of the real interest rate on the national savings and investment rates.
2) 重力理论与事实相悖的解释
GWD17-Q35 to Q37: (This passage was excerpted from material published in 1996.)
When a large body strikes a planet
or moon, material is ejected, thereby creating a hole in the planet and a local Line
deficit of mass. This deficit shows up (5) as a gravity anomaly: the removal of the material that has been ejected to make the hole results in an area of slightly lower gravity than surrounding areas. One would therefore expect that (10) all of the large multi-ring impact basins on the surface of Earth’s Moon would show such negative gravity anomalies, since they are, essentially, large holes in the lunar surface. Yet data collected (15) in 1994 by the Clementine spacecraft show that many of these lunar basins have no anomalously low gravity and some even have anomalously high gravity. Scientists speculate that early (20) in lunar history, when large impactors struck the Moon’s surface, causing millions of cubic kilometers of crustal debris to be ejected, denser material from the Moon’s mantle rose up (25) beneath the impactors almost imme- diately, compensating for the ejected material and thus leaving no low gravity anomaly in the resulting basin. Later, however, as the Moon grew cooler (30) and less elastic, rebound from large impactors would have been only partial and incomplete. Thus today such gravitational compensation probably would not occur: the outer layer of the Moon is too cold and stiff. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35. Q35: According to the passage, the gravitational compensation referred to in line 33 is caused by which of the following? - A deficit of mass resulting from the creation of a hole in the lunar surface
- The presence of material from the impactor in the debris created by its impact
- The gradual cooling and stiffening of the Moon’s outer layer
- The ejection of massive amounts of debris from the Moon’s crust
- The rapid upwelling of material from the lunar mantle
Answer: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36. Q36: The passage suggests that if the scientists mentioned in line 19 are correct in their speculations, the large multi-ring impact basins on the Moon with the most significant negative gravity anomalies probably - were not formed early in the Moon’s history
- were not formed by the massive ejection of crustal debris
- are closely surrounded by other impact basins with anomalously low gravity
- were created by the impact of multiple large impactors
- were formed when the Moon was relatively elastic
Answer: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37. Q37: Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage? - An anomalous finding is cited, the data used to support that finding are analyzed, and the finding is modified.
- A theory about a phenomenon is introduced, data seeming to disprove that theory are analyzed, and the theory is rejected.
- A phenomenon is described, a finding relating to the phenomenon is discussed, and a possible explanation for that finding is offered.
- A debate among scientists regarding the explanation for a particular phenomenon is outlined, and one position in that debate is shown to be more persuasive.
- The observation of an astronomical event is described, and two schools of thought about the explanation for that event are discussed.
3) 计算机技术的发展与应用
第一段：计算机技术的发展了，不向原来只是收集处理一些数据，新技术（e打头的一个单词，但是个合成词）还能够将位于计算机/网络不同地方的数据integrate在一起（后面出了一道类比题，说哪个选项类似于新技术和传统技术的关系，我选了A，我觉得迷惑选项B说的有点象想说independent 和 integrate的关系，但是只说了integrate，而且颠倒了）
第二段：记不清了
第三段：e技术可以帮助urban。科学家研究加利福尼亚附近的一个poor，该poor是冬春蓄水，夏天干涸，湖底有一种creature，有害的，夏天是钻到湖底的泥土里；科学家用e技术探测，来了解哪里是creature最多的区域可以重点治理（最后这里出了一个推断题，选了说湖底有很多有害的动物和植物那个，因为原文给的是生物）。
4）私立医院的效用及改进
第一段：提出公共建设的医院未能够使质量一致，成本降低，提出私立医院，连锁经营（大概是这个意思）；而且有利润很容易吸引到机构投资。
第二段：evaluate私立医院是否是病人得到满意。没有，因为私利医院过于注重经营，讲了投资的操作模式（从新成立的医院抽取利润再建立新医院，我理解），而仍未能解决政府医院存在的医疗费用，质量问题。
第三段：分析如何改进。私立医院应更注重质量，注意护士的工资，待遇和提升的空间因为护士是与病人直接打交道并且通常是工资最低的人。还有一些别的建议记不清了。 题目有问 关于私立医院为什么没有解决政府医院的问题，选了私立没有提高医疗质量降低为用； 问私立医院那个对，选私利医院过于注重管理。 | 
