Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable (1) . He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses (2) subways and trains. " It’s not inconvenient at all," he says. (3) , "having a car is so 20th century. "Suda reflects a worrisome (4) in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, (5) among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. (6) minicars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is (7) . Last year sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent (8) you don’t count the mini-car market. There have been (9) one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 (10) a tax increase. But experts say Japan is (11) in that sales have been decreasing steadily (12) time. Since 1990, early new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.Alarmed by this state of (13) , the Japan Automobile Manufacutures Association (JAMA) (14) a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a (15) wealth gap, demographic (人中结构) changes and (16) lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their (17) longer, replace their cars with smaller ones (18) give up car ownership altogether. JAMA (19) a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is (20) . 8()
A. unless
B. if
C. as
D. after
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Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments (1) it. They find the writing process (2) and difficult.How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it-- (3) English, with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an (4) mansion (豪宅) and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know as a teacher my (5) is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to (6) the moral and emotional development of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done (7) , just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and (8) after only a few weeks of journal writing.Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and (9) lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step (10) to fluency, eloquence (雄辩), and command of language. 10()
A. closer
B. daily
C. emotional
D. enhance
E. enormous
F. especially
G. hinder
H. mission
I. painful
J. performance
K. profession
L. remarkably
M. require
N. sensitive
O. urge
Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments (1) it. They find the writing process (2) and difficult.How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it-- (3) English, with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an (4) mansion (豪宅) and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know as a teacher my (5) is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to (6) the moral and emotional development of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done (7) , just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and (8) after only a few weeks of journal writing.Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and (9) lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step (10) to fluency, eloquence (雄辩), and command of language. 6()
A. closer
B. daily
C. emotional
D. enhance
E. enormous
F. especially
G. hinder
H. mission
I. painful
J. performance
K. profession
L. remarkably
M. require
N. sensitive
O. urge
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. Why does Amender’s mother employ other people to look after her needs()
A. She wants Amanda to get professional care.
B. She has no experience in raising children.
C. She wants to show off her wealth.
D. She has no time to do it herself.
某公司2008年10月发生下列业务:(1) 将1楼门店出租给甲企业作网吧,取得租金收入40000元。(2) 将闲置的办公室提供给社区作为社区儿童阅览室,出租价格为每月20000元。(3) 该公司所属商店(小规模纳税人)销售商品取得销售收入价税合计62400元,购进货物支付货款51000元,支付运费2000元。购买税控收款机,取得普通发票注明支付价税合计金额2340元。(4) 从汽车贸易公司购进一辆轿车,取得增值税专用发票,注明金额200000元、增值税34000元,另向保险公司支付保险费6000元,向车辆登记管理机关支付车辆牌照费200元。(5) 开办中医按摩室,取得收入100000元,本月向国外派中医按摩师提供按摩服务,取得收入240000元。(6) 举办文化讲座取得门票收入150000元:支付场租20000元、劳务费10000元。(7) 2006年11月以本公司原值为4000000元的房产作抵押,向某商业银行贷款2400000元,贷款期限2年,年利率5%,该房产购入价为3600000元,购入后发生装修等其他费用共计400000元。合同规定,抵押期间该房产由银行使用,公司不再支付利息。贷款本月底到期,公司无力偿还贷款,经双方协商,银行将所抵押的房产收归已有,核定房产价值为4500000元,银行向该公司支付了补价2100000元。(8) 该公司保龄球馆本月开业,并成立顾客会员俱乐部,向会员收取会费400000元,本月保龄球馆经营收入200000元,发生经营支出80000元。(9) 转让土地使用权,取得转让收入8000000元,转让时发生相关税费128000元;取得该土地使用权时支付土地出让金5600000元、相关税费 200000元。根据上述资料和税法的有关规定,回答下列问题。 2008年10月该公司应纳营业税共计()元。
A. 168500
B. 208000
C. 302900
D. 228600