第一篇New Foods and the New World In the last 500 years, nothing about people---not their clothes, ideas, or languages-has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree(可可树)by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine(饥荒)"of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America. There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years()
A. Food
B. Clothing
C. Ideology
D. Language
(二)某外商投资企业自挪威购进钢铁制法兰。2009年2月4日货物运抵首都机场,向首都机场海关申请转关运输,于2月6日货物转运至指运地天津塘沽并于当日向海关申报。进口申报前,该公司已经海关核准以保函形式向海关提供担保。进口报关单“征免性质”栏填报为“自有资金”,“备案号”栏暂空。6月18日,企业向海关办理担保销案手续。企业根据海关通知修改报关单,将“备案号”栏修改为“Z02020902015”。根据上述案例,解答下列各题。 以第三方保函方式向海关提供担保,应符合下列规定()。
A. 保函由银行或者非银行金融机构出具
B. 保函以海关为受益人
C. 以具体财产提供担保
D. 申请注销保函,应先履行担保义务
(二)某外商投资企业自挪威购进钢铁制法兰。2009年2月4日货物运抵首都机场,向首都机场海关申请转关运输,于2月6日货物转运至指运地天津塘沽并于当日向海关申报。进口申报前,该公司已经海关核准以保函形式向海关提供担保。进口报关单“征免性质”栏填报为“自有资金”,“备案号”栏暂空。6月18日,企业向海关办理担保销案手续。企业根据海关通知修改报关单,将“备案号”栏修改为“Z02020902015”。根据上述案例,解答下列各题。 该公司向海关提供担保,是因为()。
A. 报关单修改的行政许可手续尚未办理完毕
B. 减免税审批手续尚未办理完毕
C. 办理货物的税收保全手续
D. 保税备案手续尚未办理完毕
Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last._______(46) Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose-school work, matters of business, or purely social communication.___________(47) There are still some remote places in the world where you might find someone to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few mangers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from._____________(48) We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put to the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous.__________(49) We want to arouse and hold the interest of readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not thrown into some "letters-to-be-read" file or into a wastepaper basket._____________(50) A But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves. B However, the managers may sometimes cause the writers a lot of trouble. C Any good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown(成熟的) D What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writing will be read. E This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing. F You may be sure that the greater the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding. 50()
A. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.
B. However, the managers may sometimes cause the writers a lot of trouble.
C. Any good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown(成熟的)
D. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writing will be read.
E. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.
F. You may be sure that the greater the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.