Obama was not well prepared for Brown’s visit.
Obama arranged the reception low profile on purpose to show his not-so-warm relationship with Europe.
Both Obama and Brown arranged it on purpose to keep the achievement of the G20 summit not so highly expected.
The difference on the aim of the G20 summit divides the US and the UK.
第1题：
What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story ？
A. honesty can be of great help.
B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one.
C. Helping others cheat can do good to nobody.
D. One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds.
第2题：
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping (11)______ he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided (12)______ . He knows what he wants and his objective is to find it and (13)______ it；the price is a secondary (14)______ . Most men (15)______ walk into a shop and ask the salesman (16)______ what they want. If the shop has it in stock. the salesman promptly (17)______ it，and the business of trying it on proceeds (18)______ . Au being well,the (19)______ can be and often is completed in less than five minutes，with hardly any bargain and to their satisfaction. For a man，slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. (20)______ does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman，as the name implies，tries to sell the customer something else.
(11)
A．although
B．before
C．unless
D．because
第3题：
What does the underlined phrase “an instant hit” (Para. 3) mean?
A a fast blow
B a sudden beat
C a big strike
D a quick success
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第5题：
What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (No more than 10 words)
It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.
第6题：
A. visits
B. is to visit
C. is visiting
D. visited
第7题：
What does the author want to tell us most?
A. Women' s brains are better organized for language and communication
B. Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.
C. Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.
D. Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.
第8题：
4 (a) A company may choose to finance its activities mainly by equity capital, with low borrowings (low gearing) or by
relying on high borrowings with relatively low equity capital (high gearing).
Required:
Explain why a highly geared company is generally more risky from an investor’s point of view than a company
with low gearing. (3 marks)
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