One of the questions that is coming into focus as we face growing scarcity of resources of many kinds in the world is how to divide limited resources among countries. In the international development community, the conventional wisdom has been that the 2 billion people living in poor countries could never expect to reach the standard of living that most of us in North America enjoy, simply because the world does not contain enough iron ore, protein, petroleum, and so on. At the same time, we in the United States have continued to pursue superaffluence as though there were no limits on how much we could consume. We make up 6 percent of the world’’s people; yet we consume one-third of the world’’s resources. As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from within our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter. But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, "outsiders’’’ are going to have some say over the rate at which and terms under which we consume. We will no longer be able to think in terms of "our" resources and "their" resources, but only of common resources. As Americans consuming such a disproportionate share of the world’’s resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of superaffluence in a world of scarcity. We are now reaching the point where we must carefully examine the presumed link between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumed. If you have only one crust of bread and get another crust of bread, your well-being is greatly enhanced. But if you have a loaf of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesn’’t make that much difference. In the eyes of most of the world today, Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still more. People elsewhere are beginning to ask why. This is the question we’’re going to have to answer, whether we’’re trying to persuade countries to step up their exports of oil to us or trying to convince them that we ought to be permitted to maintain our share of the world fish catch. The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition for, the world’’s resources requires that we reexamine the way in which we relate to the rest of the world. It means we find ways of cutting back on resource consumption that is dependent on the resources and cooperation of other countries. We cannot expect people in these countries to concern themselves with our worsening energy and food shortages unless we demonstrate some concern for the hunger, illiteracy and disease that are diminishing life for them. The writer warns Americans that
A. their excessive consumption has caused world resource exhaustion.
B. they are confronted with the problem of how to obtain more goods.
C. their unfair share of resources should give way to proper division.
D. they have to discard their cars for the growing scarcity of oil fuels.
There is nothing illogical or synthetic about the humility ( modesty ) of great bookmen in calling attention to the limitations of the book. No book can 1 us to know everything that is to be known, or feel everything that is to be felt. A book is part of life, not a substitute 2 it. It is not a fit 3 for worship or enshrinement. It loses its charm and much of its value when accepted 4 No one would have been more 5 than Aristotle if he could have known of the excessive and 6 veneration that would be given to his ideas in centuries to 7 . When his works became the 8 words of advance knowledge, 9 knowledge became neither advanced nor vital.The particular occasion for these remarks is that there are 10 here and there that some of us in the book world may be 11 ourselves too seriously. In the effort to increase book reading some 12 things are being said about books. It is made to 13 that nothing is happening now that has not happened before, and that the only true approach to understanding is 14 books. We do neither service nor justice to books by 15 upon them such omnipotence and omniscience. Many of the answers we need today are not necessarily to be found between 16 There are elements of newness in the present 17 of man that will not readily be 18 of by required reading or ready reference. Books are not slide rules or blueprints for 19 automatic answers. What is needed is a mighty blend of the wisdom of the ages 20 fresh, razor-edged analytical thought. There is nothing illogical or synthetic about the humility ( modesty ) of great bookmen in calling attention to the limitations of the book. No book can 1 us to know everything that is to be known, or feel everything that is to be felt. A book is part of life, not a substitute 2 it. It is not a fit 3 for worship or enshrinement. It loses its charm and much of its value when accepted 4 No one would have been more 5 than Aristotle if he could have known of the excessive and 6 veneration that would be given to his ideas in centuries to 7 . When his works became the 8 words of advance knowledge, 9 knowledge became neither advanced nor vital.The particular occasion for these remarks is that there are 10 here and there that some of us in the book world may be 11 ourselves too seriously. In the effort to increase book reading some 12 things are being said about books. It is made to 13 that nothing is happening now that has not happened before, and that the only true approach to understanding is 14 books. We do neither service nor justice to books by 15 upon them such omnipotence and omniscience. Many of the answers we need today are not necessarily to be found between 16 There are elements of newness in the present 17 of man that will not readily be 18 of by required reading or ready reference. Books are not slide rules or blueprints for 19 automatic answers. What is needed is a mighty blend of the wisdom of the ages 20 fresh, razor-edged analytical thought.
资料一:2010年4月,某市劳动行政部门在对甲公司进行例行检查时,发现甲公司存在以下问题: (1)2009年9月1日,张某发现甲公司未依法为其缴纳社会保险费,当日通知甲公司解除劳动合同。张某自2001年1月1日起开始在甲公司工作,张某的月平均工资为5000元。 (2)2009年4月10日,王某发现甲公司未按照劳动合同的约定提供劳动保护,当日通知甲公司解除劳动合同。王某自2003年10月1日起开始在甲公司工作,王某的月平均工资为4000元。 (3)2009年8月1日,甲公司与李某5年期的劳动合同到期,李某向甲公司提出维持原劳动合同的条件续订劳动合同,遭到甲公司的拒绝。李某自2004年8月1日起在甲公司工作,李某的月平均工资为6000元。 (4)2009年11月11日,谢某因严重违反甲公司的规章制度,甲公司当日通知谢某解除劳动合同。谢某提出,由于甲公司未提前30日书面通知自己解除劳动合同,甲公司应额外支付其1个月的工资,并要求甲公司对其进行经济补偿。 (5)2009年12月1日,甲公司书面通知正在哺乳期的郑某解除尚未到期的劳动合同。郑某自2004年1月1日起在甲公司工作,郑某的月平均工资为3000元。 已知:上述所有劳动者的月平均工资既不低于当地最低工资标准,也不高于本地区上年度职工月平均工资的3倍。 要求:根据上述资料,分析回答下列题。 根据资料(3),下列表述中,符合规定的有( )。
A. 如果5年期的劳动合同到期时,甲公司提出维持原劳动合同的约定条件续订劳动合同,李某不同意续订的,甲公司无需向李某支付经济补偿
B. 如果5年期的劳动合同到期时,甲公司不同意按照维持或高于原劳动合同约定的条件与李某续订劳动合同的,甲公司应当向李某支付经济补偿,经济补偿金的计算年限应自2004年8月1日开始计算
C. 如果5年期的劳动合同到期时,甲公司不同意按照维持或高于原劳动合同约定的条件与李某续订劳动合同的,甲公司应当向李某支付经济补偿,经济补偿金的计算年限应自2008年1月1日开始计算
D. 如果5年期的劳动合同到期时,甲公司不同意按照维持或高于原劳动合同约定的条件与李某续订劳动合同的,甲公司应当向李某支付12000元的经济补偿金
资料三:甲企业的有关情况如下: (1)2010年1月,甲企业为支付A企业的货款,向A企业签发一张200万元的转账支票。出票日期为1月10日,付款人为乙银行。持票人A企业于1月15日到乙银行提示付款时,乙银行以出票人甲企业的存款账户资金不足100万元为由拒绝付款。 (2)2010年2月,甲企业为支付B企业的货款,向B企业签发一张出票后2个月付款的银行承兑汇票,出票日期为2月10日,金额为500万元,承兑人为乙银行。甲企业在申请承兑时,向乙银行存入了50%的保证金250万元。4月10日,银行承兑汇票到期,承兑申请人未按期足额存入剩余的250万元。4月15日,持票人B企业向乙银行提示付款,乙银行以出票人甲企业的存款账户资金不足500万元为由拒绝付款。 (3)2010年3月,甲企业为支付C企业的货款,向其开户银行乙银行申请办理600万元的国内信用证。乙银行向申请人甲企业收取了150万元的保证金后,为甲企业办理了信用证。4月10日,C企业请求付款时,开证行乙银行以甲企业缴存的保证金和其存款账户余额不足为由,拒绝付款。 要求:根据上述资料,分析回答下列题。 根据资料(3),下列说法中,错误的是( )。
A. 乙银行在受理开证时,向甲企业收取保证金的数额不符合规定
B. C企业可以凭该信用证支取现金
C. 信用证的有效期为受益人向银行提交单据的最迟期限,最长不得超过6个月
D. 乙银行拒绝付款的做法不符合规定