E Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert (警报) system using text messages delivered to cell phones. Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA, estimates(估计) more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month. The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvements to the nation’s emergency alert system. The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies. "The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan. Participation in the alert system by carriers telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry. The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts. There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules. The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster. The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction (绑架) emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts. The service could be in place by 2010. An alert message will NOT be sent if ______.
A. a child loses his way.
B. a university shooting happens
C. a natural disaster happens
D. a terrorist attack occurs.
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Passage Three Nothing says "Happy Birthday!" like having a coin released in your honor by the United States Mint(铸币局), and 2009 has become an especially festive year as the Mint rolled out nine different coins in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. Four pennies with new designs on the reverse side were issued starting February 12. The image of a cabin represents his birthplace. Because Lincoln’s family was poor, and no one could have predicted his later importance, the actual cabin is long gone. Therefore the design is based on the "symbolic cabin" displayed at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Kentucky. The other designs show Abraham taking a break to read a book, the young lawyer Lincoln in front of the Illinois state capitol and a Lincoln-free image of the half finished U. S. Capitol dome as it looked during his time in office. These four coins-produced with today’s standard mix of 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper-are intended for general circulation. The Mint also released five collectible coins that sell for more than their face value. Special editions of the four penny designs were produced with the metal content used in 1909 ; a mix of 95 percent copper and 5 percent tin and zinc. In addition, in the world of "bigger" money, 2009 has brought the Lincoln Commemorative One-Dollar Coin-made up of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper-with an image that has a Gettysburg Address theme. The one-dollar coin has a design of ______ on it.
A. a cabin
B. Abraham reading
C. the Illinois state capitol
D. the Gettysburg Address theme
G The police fired tear gas and arrested more than 5000 passively resisting protestors Friday in an attempt to break up the largest antinuclear demonstration ever staged in the United States. More than 135000 demonstrators confronted the police on the construction site of a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant scheduled to provide power to most of southern New Hampshire. Organizers of the huge demonstration said that the protest was continuing despite the police actions. More demonstrators were arriving to keep up the pressure on state authorities to cancel the project. The demonstrator had charged that the project was unsafe in the densely populated area, would create thermal pollution in the bay, and had no acceptable means for disposing of its radioactive wasters. The demonstrations would go on until the jails and the courts were so overloaded that the state judicial system would collapse. Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years. "This project will begin on time and the people of this state will begin to receive its benefits on schedule. Those who break the law in misguided attempts to sabotage the project will be dealt with according to the law," he said. And the police called in reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances. The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke through the police lines around the cordoned-off construction site. They carried placards that read "No Nukes is Good Nukes," "Sunpower, Not Nuclear Power," and "Stop Private Profits from Public Peril. " They defied police order to move from the area. Tear gas canisters fired by the police failed to dislodge the protestors who had been prepared with their own gas masks or facecloths. Finally the gas-masked and helmeted police charged into the crowd to drag off the demonstrators one by one. The protestors did not resist the police, but refused to walk away under their own power. Those arrested would be charged with unlawful assembly, trespassing, and disturbing the peace. What is the attitude of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration
A. Stubborn
B. Insistent
C. Insolvable
D. Remissible
His package looks pretty, people will buy just about anything. So says an advertising executive in New York, and he has proved his point by selling boxes of rubbish for the price of an expensive bottle of wine. Justin Gignac, 26, has sold almost 900(1)presented plastic boxes of rubbish from the street of the Big Apple at between $50 and $100 each. Buyers from 19 countries have paid for the souvenirs(纪念品). The idea has been so successful that he is thinking of promoting it around the world. It all began when Mr. Gignac was at a summer workshop. "We had a discussion about his importance of (2)," he recalls. "Someone said packaging was unimportant. I disagreed. The only way to prove it was by selling something nobody would ever want." He searches the streets of Manhattan and typical(3) include broken glass, subway tickets, Starbucks cups and used(4)forks. "Special editions" are offered at a high price. He charged $100 for rubbish from the opening day of the New York Yankees stadium. Mr. Gignac denies(5)his customers for fools: "They know what they're getting. They appreciate the fact that they're taking something nobody would want and finding beauty in it." Some(6)customers include people who used to live in the city and want a down to earth souvenir. He claims he has even sold to art collectors. Realizing that the concept appears to be a real moneymaker, Mr. Gignac has(7)a company and is employing his girlfriend as vice president. He(8)to discuss his profit margins: "Its actually quite a lot of effort putting them together-but yet, garbage is free."Mr. Gignac is considering more varieties of souvenirs. He maintains that he has signed(9)with people interested in(10)projects from as far as Berlin and London. 第(2)空应选择()
A. good
B. true
C. new
D. old
黄河公司为上市公司,增值税一般纳税企业,适用增值税税率为17%(假设没有其他税费),原材料只有甲材料一种并专门用于生产车间生产乙产品,该公司原材料按计划成本法进行日常核算。20×7年11月1日,甲材料的计划单价为80元/千克,计划成本总额为250000元,材料成本差异为16010元(超支)。(一)11月份,甲材料的收入与发出业务有:1.3日,收到上月采购的甲材料600千克,实际采购成本为49510元,材料已验收入库。2.4日,生产车间为生产乙产品领用甲材料1000千克。3.5日,从外地X单位采购甲材料一批共计5000千克,增值税专用发票上注明的材料价款为410000元,增值税为69700元;发生运杂费11300元(不考虑可抵扣税金)。款项及运杂费已通过银行支付,材料尚未收到。4.15日,收到本月5日从外地X单位采购的甲材料。验收时实际数量为4780千克,经查明,短缺的200千克系由于供货单位少发货,要求供货方退还多付款项,另20千克系运输途中合理损耗。购入该批材料的运杂费全部由实收材料负担。5.16日,生产车间为生产乙产品领用甲材料3250千克。6.28日,从外地Y单位购入甲材料1000千克,增值税专用发票上注明的材料价款为78000元,增值税为13260元,材料已验收入库。(二)生产车间生产乙产品的资料有:1.乙产品的生产需要经过三道工序,工时定额为50小时,其中第一、第二和第三道工序的工时定额依次为10小时、30小时和10小时,原材料在产品开工时一次投入。2.11月初,乙在产品成本为82450元,其中直接材料71610元,直接人工和制造费用10840元。3.11月共发生直接人工和制造费用为172360元。4.11月共完工乙产品650件。5.11月30日,乙产品的在产品为260件,其中在第一、第二和第三道工序的依次为50件、110件和100件。(三)12月1日,黄河公司与上市公司华山公司签订债务重组协议,以库存甲材料3200千克偿还所欠华山公司的债务,债务账面价值为328000元,并开具增值税专用发票一张,注明材料价款272000元,增值税46240元。不考虑其他相关税费。根据上述资料,回答下列问题: 黄河公司11月份完工乙产品的总成本为()元。
A. 446575
B. 447789
C. 455000
D. 456214