It"s very interesting to note where the debate aboutdiversity(多样化) is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with topcorporate(公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesn"t occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need.Likewise, I don"t hear people in the academy saying. "Let"s go backward. Let"s go back to the good old days, when we had ameritocracy(不拘一格选人才)" (which was never true—we never had a meritocracy, although we"ve come closer to it in the last 30 years). I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media—not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses. The word "imperative" (Line 5, Para. 1) most probably refers to something ______.
A. superficial
B. remarkable
C. debatable
D. essential
查看答案
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot. If you rived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consideroctopus(章鱼) a greatdelicacy(美味佳肴). You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat—the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are looked down upon. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a walk on some of my prize plants. Acting on a suddenimpulse(冲动), I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. To my surprise, we saw that there were snails everywhere, they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall. I have never been able to look at a snail since then. The word "repulsive" (Line 3, Para. 1) most probably means "______".
A. disgusting
B. pleasant
C. acceptable
D. delicious
行政法是调整国家行政管理活动中各种社会关系的法律规范的总和。主要包括行政处罚法、行政复议法、行政监察法和______。
A. 安全生产法
B. 反不正当竞争法
C. 环境保护法
D. 治安管理处罚法
根据《物权法》的相关规定,不适合用于质押财产的是______。
A. 汇票
B. 仓单
C. 建设用地
D. 应付款
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot. If you rived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consideroctopus(章鱼) a greatdelicacy(美味佳肴). You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat—the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are looked down upon. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a walk on some of my prize plants. Acting on a suddenimpulse(冲动), I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. To my surprise, we saw that there were snails everywhere, they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall. I have never been able to look at a snail since then. As indicated in the passage, people love different foods mainly because ______.
A. they live in different places
B. they learn to eat certain foods in their families
C. they have different understandings of delicacy
D. they are too illogical to explain