UNIT 1 Globalization
Text A The Empire Strikes Back
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Complete the following ntences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary.
reckon | irresistible | | pitch | |
on a par with | | | | |
| boom | | | |
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1)Founded in 1908, Hayes Lemmerz is an innovator of _ cutting-edge _____technology and products and is the world’s largest manufacturer of automobile.
2)As the content delivered to clients weakens, banks will increasingly need to depend on the more __ commoditized _____rvices they provide, notably capital and trade execution.
3)This is par of a worldwide movement that France must follow to keep its energetic, _ aggressive ______and bright young people and to attract investors.
4)Many politicians and the green-energy lobbyists claim we should _ forge ______ahead green energy becau it will create new employment.
5)Tests at the age of ven provide a __ benchmark _____ against which the child’s progress at school can be measured.
6)The agency is tasked with developing a _ blueprint ______ for how to best rve small business.
7)There is a lager community of Japane _ expatriate ______ in Singapore, consisting mostly of corporate employees and their families.
8)During the interview with three major television networks, O Obama emphasized that his decision _ deploy ______ U.S. troops in Libya should not be applied to other countries in the Middle East.
9)The plan of building another Disney theme park in the Chine mainland has met __ __ ferocious ___opposition.
10)Most companies in emerging markets experienced a _ substantial _______ increa in production in the past decade.
UNIT 2 Film Industry
Text A The Horry Potter Economy
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Complete the following ntences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary.
churn | retrospect | tardy | confront | 葱油做法 commission |
写真壁纸rigorous | roll forward | pull out | speculate | merchandi |
inherently | pundit | vanguard | blitz | detachable |
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(1)Dealers and traders here _speculate______ that the government intends to repurcha as much as two trillion yen of bonds during the month of November, but Bank of Japan officials declined to comment on tho rumors.
(2)Late-afternoon storm would come up quickly, __2) chur难忘的旅行普通话三分钟ning _____ the water, flashing sheet lighting and sometimes producing golf ball-size hail.
(3)To some, the critiques of National Health Insurance may em excessive in _3) retrospect _____. But they contain much truth.
(4)Karl Lagerfeld’s decision to add _ 4) detachable ______ white cuffs to this ason’s black Chanel jackets was a masterstroke.华为和荣耀是一个品牌吗
(5)The Department of Education last year handed over $240,000 of taxpayer money to conrvative _5) pu身份证挂失登报ndit ______ Armstrong Williams.
(6)The fact is that, you know, nuclear power is an _6) inherently _____ dangerous technology. And when things go wrong, they tend to go very wrong.
(7) He ems to be in the _7) vanguard ______ of a political culture that is less fearful of the government.
(8)Sometimes you have tough decisions to make. If an employee is constantly _8) tardy ______, is this an occasion to discipline or to show support to meet personal needs.
(9)He had initially planned to ll to Japane buyers. But after a four-month marketing _9) blitz ______ yielded just two bidders in the sluggish domestic market, Mr. Kawakami turned to China.
(10)For a sportswear company, for example, he looks for people who studies fashion _10) merchandising _____ in collage or worked for a clothing store.
UNIT 3 Property Boom
Text A Between a Rock and a Living Space
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Complete the following ntences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary.
transferable | replicate | dinfranchi | prescriptive | unsustainable |
fiscal | liquidity | prudential | subprime | underwrite |
volatile | mandate | dampen | discretionary | default |
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1.巧妍度假旅馆Analysts say it will be hard for the banks to _1) replicate ____the kind of sustained, gangbuster growth they’ve enjoyed in recent years.
2. For the first two quarters of this _ 2) fisc单身交往al __year, lottery deposits to the state treasury are down $18.7 million.
3. The recession pushed shoppers to pick necessities over 断桥残雪的由来3) discretionary ___items, discounts over luxury.
4. Low interest rates in countries like Greece, Spain sand Ireland encouraged 4) unsustainable ___booms or housing bubbles that, when burst, aggravated recession and budget deficits.
