In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. When was the paintbrush first utilized
A. 3,000 years ago.
B. 5,000 years ago.
C. In the primitive society.
D. 30,000 years ago.
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No one word demonstrated the shift in corporations’ attention in the mid-1990s from processes to people more vividly than the single word "talent". (62) the word lies the idea that more and more corporate (63) .is going to be created by knowledge and by so-called "knowledge workers". (64) labour is worth less; knowledge is worth more.This has significantly shifted the balance of power in the (65) process. Companies used to be (66) about finding enough qualified people to run their operations. What they could not fmd they would train, was the (67) attitude. That might take some time, but in a world where people sought jobs for life time was in the company’s (68) But talent is not patient, and it is not faithful. Many companies found themselves training employees (69) for them to go on and sell their acquired skills to their (70) So now they look for talent that is ready-made.In their eagerness to (71) this talent, companies have gone to considerable lengths to appear especially attractive. They have, (72) , devoted (奉献) a great deal of effort to the design of their websites, often the first (73) of call these days for bright young (74) recruits. They have in many cases (75) their HR departments, in part so that they can (76) their remuneration (报酬 ) packages more finely for the individuals that they really require. And they have altered their approach to issues such as governance and environmental responsibility (77) they know that many of the talented people they are seeking want to work for ethical and (78) employers.Talented people increasingly want to work in places where they can feel good about what they do for most of the day. What’s more, in today’s knowledge-based businesses, these young people are far more (79) of their working environment, of "what’s going on around here", than were their grandparents. It is harder for today’s businesses to (80) from their employees what they are (81) to--even when, as in cases such as Euron and WorldCom, they put a lot of effort into it. 81()
A. up
B. in
C. on
D. forward
In this section, you will hear several passages, listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be giv en 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. Advertisements are employed NOT to ______.
A. inform people of a product for sale and promote a service
B. tell the difference between different products
C. urge people to take some actions
D. make someone familiar to the people and get famous
Questions 27 to 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given I0 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. The British government calls for ______.
A. international cooperation
B. reducing the use of aviation fuel
C. levying high tax on the aviation fuel
D. alternatives for the aviation fuel
In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. At the present time the brush can NOT be used to ______.
A. sweep up tiny pieces of nanodust
B. paint microstructures
C. soak toxins from water
D. find medical uses