African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming (1) over the past decade, large ly because they are the primary source of the world’s ivory. Their population has been dwindled from 1.3 million in 1979 to just 625,000 today, and the rate of killing has been (2) in recent years because many of the older, bigger tusked animals have already been (3) "The poachers now must kill times (4) many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory," explained Curtis Bohlen, senior vice president of the World Wildlife Fund. (5) its record on the environment has been spotty so far, the government last week took the (6) in a major conservation issue by (7) a ban on ivory imports into the US. The move came just four days after a consortium of (8) groups, including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International, called for that kind of (9) , and it made the US the first nation to (10) imports of both raw and (11) ivory. The ban, says Bohlen, sends a very clear (12) to the ivory poachers that the game is over. In the past African nations have resisted an ivory ban, but (13) they realized that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a (14) threat to their tourist business. Last month Tanzania and several other African countries (15) an amendment to the 102 nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (16) would make the ivory trade illegal worldwide. The amendment is expected to be (17) at an October meeting in Geneva and to go into effect next January. But (18) now and then, conservationists (19) , poachers may go on a rampage, killing elephants (20) , so nations should unilaterally forbid imports right away.
A. forcing
B. imposing
C. making
D. publishing
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When women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job Are they better, or worse, managers than men Are women more highly motivated and (1) than male managers Some research (2) the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater (3) , an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a (4) to bring emotional factors to bear (5) making workplace decisions. These differences are (6) to carry advantages for companies, (7) they expand the range of techniques that can be used to (8) the company manage its workforce (9) . A study commissioned by the International Women’s Forum (10) a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men ) that (11) from the command-and-control style (12) used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women (13) participation, share power and information, (14) other people’s self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these (15) reflect their belief that allowing (16) to contribute and to feel (17) and important is a win- win (18) good for the employees and the organization." The study’s director (19) that "interactive leadership may emerge (20) the management style of choice for many orgamzatlons.
A. inherently
B. traditionally
C. conditionally
D. occasionally
When women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job Are they better, or worse, managers than men Are women more highly motivated and (1) than male managers Some research (2) the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater (3) , an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a (4) to bring emotional factors to bear (5) making workplace decisions. These differences are (6) to carry advantages for companies, (7) they expand the range of techniques that can be used to (8) the company manage its workforce (9) . A study commissioned by the International Women’s Forum (10) a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men ) that (11) from the command-and-control style (12) used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women (13) participation, share power and information, (14) other people’s self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these (15) reflect their belief that allowing (16) to contribute and to feel (17) and important is a win- win (18) good for the employees and the organization." The study’s director (19) that "interactive leadership may emerge (20) the management style of choice for many orgamzatlons.
A. combination
B. cooperativeness
C. coherence
D. correlation
African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming (1) over the past decade, large ly because they are the primary source of the world’s ivory. Their population has been dwindled from 1.3 million in 1979 to just 625,000 today, and the rate of killing has been (2) in recent years because many of the older, bigger tusked animals have already been (3) "The poachers now must kill times (4) many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory," explained Curtis Bohlen, senior vice president of the World Wildlife Fund. (5) its record on the environment has been spotty so far, the government last week took the (6) in a major conservation issue by (7) a ban on ivory imports into the US. The move came just four days after a consortium of (8) groups, including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International, called for that kind of (9) , and it made the US the first nation to (10) imports of both raw and (11) ivory. The ban, says Bohlen, sends a very clear (12) to the ivory poachers that the game is over. In the past African nations have resisted an ivory ban, but (13) they realized that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a (14) threat to their tourist business. Last month Tanzania and several other African countries (15) an amendment to the 102 nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (16) would make the ivory trade illegal worldwide. The amendment is expected to be (17) at an October meeting in Geneva and to go into effect next January. But (18) now and then, conservationists (19) , poachers may go on a rampage, killing elephants (20) , so nations should unilaterally forbid imports right away.
A. accelerating
B. decelerating
C. descending
D. ascending
When women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job Are they better, or worse, managers than men Are women more highly motivated and (1) than male managers Some research (2) the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater (3) , an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a (4) to bring emotional factors to bear (5) making workplace decisions. These differences are (6) to carry advantages for companies, (7) they expand the range of techniques that can be used to (8) the company manage its workforce (9) . A study commissioned by the International Women’s Forum (10) a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men ) that (11) from the command-and-control style (12) used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women (13) participation, share power and information, (14) other people’s self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these (15) reflect their belief that allowing (16) to contribute and to feel (17) and important is a win- win (18) good for the employees and the organization." The study’s director (19) that "interactive leadership may emerge (20) the management style of choice for many orgamzatlons.
A. therefore
B. whereas
C. because
D. nonetheless