Part A
Directions：
Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing[A]，[B]，[C]or[D].Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)
Text 2
Over the past decade,thousands of patents have en granled for what are called business methods.Amazon com received one for its“one-click”online payment
systern Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an ast allocation strategy.One invenlor patented a tochnique for lying a box
Now the nation’s top patent court appears completely ready to scale hack on business-method patents, which have been controversial e,ver since they were first
authorized 10 years ago In a movethat has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz the U.S court of Appeals for the federal ctrcuit sald it would ua particular ca tO
conduct a broad review of business-method patents. Inre Bijskl, as the ca is known, is“a very big deal”，says Dermis'D Crouch of the University of Missoun
School of law.It “has the potential to elinate an entire class of patmts”
Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face becau it was the federal circuit itlf that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank ca, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund asts. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive pinhts to specific types of online transactions. Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might bent them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite tha fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themlves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cas opposing the practice。
The Bilski ca involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The Federal circuit issued an unusual order stating that the ca would be heard by all 12 of the court’s j
udges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluste is wether it should “reconsider” its state street Bank ruling。
The Federal Circuit’s action comes in the wake of a ries of recent decisions by the supreme. Count that has nurrowed the scope of protections for patent holders. Last April, for example the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for “inventions”that are obvious. The judges on the Federal circuit are “reaction to the anti_patent trend at the supreme court” says Harole C wegner, a partend attorney and professor at aeorge Washington University Law School。
26. Business-method patents have recently aroud concern becau of
[A] their limited value to business
[B] their connection with ast allocation
[C] the possible restriction on their granting新青年作文
[D] the controversy over authorization
27. Which of the following is true of the Bilski ca?
[A] Its rulling complies with the court decisions
[B] It involves a very big business transaction
[C] It has been dismisd by the Federal Circuit
[D] It may change the legal practices in the U.S。
28. The word “about-face”(Line 1, Paro 3)most probably means
[A] loss of good will
[B]increa of hostility
[C]change of attitude
[D] change of auiuled
29.We learn from the last two pamgraphs that business-meihod Pateats
[A] are immune to legal challenges
[B] are of ten unnecessarily issued
[C] lower the esteem for pateat holders
[D] increa the incidence of risks
30.Which of the following would bethe subject ofthe text?
[A]A looming threat to bvamess-melhcd patents
[B]Protection for business-method patent holders
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[C]A legal ca regarding business-methodpatents
[D] A prevailing tread against business-method patents
Text 3
In his book The Tipping Poinl Malcohn aladuell aloues that social epidemics are dliven in largepart by the acting of a tiny minority of special
individuals,often calledin flu entials who are unusuall informed, persuasive, or we connect The idea is intuit ively compelling but it doesn't explain howideas actually spread。
The suppod importance of inftuentials derives from a plansible sounding but largely untested theory untested thelry called the "tow-step flow of communication" Information
llows from the mediato the inftuentials and from then to ereryone el. Marke ters have embraced the two-step flow became it suggests that if they can just find and
influence the in fluent ials, tho lect people will do most of the work for them Thetheory also ems to explain the sudden and unexpected popularity of people was
wearing promoting or developing whaterver it is before anyone el paid attention Anecdotal evidence of this kind fits nicely with the idea that only certain special
people call drivetrends
In their recent work howeyer some rearchers have come up with the finding that in fluentials have far less impact on social epidemics than is genetally suppod In
fact they don’t em to be required of all
The rearchers' argument stems from a simple obrrating about social influence with the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey-who outsize prence is primanrilly a function of media not interpersonal influence-enen the most influential members of a population simply don't interact with that many others Yet it is precily the non-celebring influentials who according to the two-step-flow theoryare suppod to drive social enidemics by influcenciny their friends and colleagues directly .For a social epidemic to occur however each person so sffected must then influcence his or her own acquaintances,who must in turn influence theirs and so on and just how many others pay attention to each of the people has little to do with the initial influential.If people in the network just two degrees removed from the initial influential prove resistant for example from the initial influential prove resistant, for example the cacade of change won't propagate very far or affect many people。
Building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence the rearchers studied the dynamics of populations manipulating a number of variables relating of populations manipulating a number of variables relating to people’s abilify to influence others and their tendence to be
八大银行 31. By citing the book The Tipping Point the author intends to
[A] analyze the conquences of social epid emics
[B] discuss influentials’ funcition in spreading ideas
[C] exemplify people’s intuitive respon to social epidemics
老化 [D] describe the esntial characteristics of influentials
32. The author suggests that the “two-step-flow theory”
[A] rves as a solution to marketing problems
[B] has helped explain certain prevalent trends
[C] has won support from influentials
[D] requires solid evidence for its validity
33. what the rearchers have obrved recenty shows that
[A] the power of influence goes with social interactions海洋卡通图片
[B] interpersonal links can be enhanced through the media
[C] influentials have more channels to reach the public
{D}most celebritiea enjoy wide media attention
34.the underlined phra “the people”in paragraph 4 refers to the ones who
{A}stay outside the network of social influence
{B}have little contact with the source of influence
{C}are influenced and then influence others
{D} are influenced by the initial influential
34.what is the esntial slement in the dynamics of social influence?
{A}The eageiness to be accepted
{B}The impul to influence others
工作辛苦安慰话语 {C}The resdiness to be influenced
{D}The inclination to rely on others
Text 4
Bankers have been blaming themlves for their troubles in public .Behind eht scenes,they have been taking aim at someone el the accounting standard-tters.Their rules,moan the banks,have forced them to report enormous loss,and it’s just not fair.The rules say they must value some asts at the price atheird party would pay,not the price managers and regulators would like them to fetch。
Unfortunately,banks’lobbying now ems to be working.The details may be unknowable,but the independence of standard-tters,esntial to the proper functioning of capital marksts,is being compromid.And,unless banks carry toxic asts at prices that attract buyers,reviving the banking system will be difficult.After a bruising encounter with Xongress.America;s Financial Accounting Standards Board(FASB)rushed through rule chang.The gave banks more freedom to u models to value illiquid asts and more flexibility in recognizing loss on long0term asts in their income statement.Bob Herz,the FASB’s chairman,cried out against eho who ”question our motives。”Yet bank shares ro and the changes enhance what one lobby group politely calls”the u of judgment by management。”
European ministers instantly demanded that the International Accounting Standards Board(IASB)do likewi.The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning,but the pressure to fold when it comletes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong Charlie McCreevy,a European commissioner,warned the IASB that is did”not live in a political vacuum”but”in the real word” and the Europe could yet develop different rules。
It was banks that were on the wrong planet,with accouts htat wastly day they argue htat market prices overstate loeees,becau htey清汤火锅的做法
Largerly reflect the temporary illiquldity of markets,not the likely entent of bad debts.The truth will not be known for years.But bank’s shares trade below their book value,suggeting that investors are akeptical.And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not ll asts for fear of booking loss,yet are relucaant to buy all tho suppod bargains。
To get the sysytem working again, loss must be recognized and dealt with.America’s new plan to buy up toxic asts will not work unless banks mark asts to levels which buyers find attractive. Successful markets require independent and even combative standard-tters. The FASB and IASB have been exactly that,cleaning up rules on stock options ang pensions,for example,against hostility interests. But by giving in to critics now they are inviting pressure to make more concessions。
36. Bankers complained that they were forced to
[A]follow anfavorable ast evaluation rules
[B]collect payments from third parties
[C]cooperate with the price managers
[D]reevaluate some of their asts
37.According to the author,the rule changes of the FASB may result in
[A]the dimingishing role of management
[B] the revival of the banking syestem
[C]the bank’s long-term ast losrs
[D]the weakening og its indepentdence
38. According to Paragarph 4,McCreevy objects to the IASB’s attempt to
[A] keep away from political influences
[B] evade the pressure from their peers
[C] act on their own in ruli-tting
[D]take gradual measures in reform
39、The author thinks the banks were“on the wrong planet”in that they
[A]mis interpreted market price indicators
[B]exaggerated the real value of their asts
[C]neglected the likely existence of bad debts
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40、The author’s attitude towards standard-tters is one of
[A]satisfaction
[B]skepticism
[C]objectiveness
[D]sympathy
Part B
Directions:
For Questions 41-45,choo the most suitable paragraphs from the first A-G and fill them into the numbered boxes to from a coherent text Paragraph E has been correctly placed. There is one paragraph which do not fit in with the text. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.(10 points)
[A]The first and more important is the consumer’s growing preference for eating out; the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has rin from about 32 percent of total consumption in 1995 to 35 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005. This development is boosting wholesale demand from the food rvice gment by 4 to 5 percent a year Europe compared with growth in retail demand of 1 to 2 percent. Meanwhile as the recession is looming large, people are getting anxious. They tend to keep a tighter hold on their pur and consid
er eating at home a realistic alternative。
[B]Retail sales of food and drink in Europe’s largest markets are at a standstill,lesving European grocery retailers hungry for opportunities to grow.Most leading retailers have alteady tried e-commerce,with limit success,and expansion abroad.But almost all have ignored the big.profitable opportunity in their own backyard
