D. these companies are taking different attitudes towards LED applications
(41 ) By \ . A. feature phones are enriching people's interactions in their life B. a cellphone user can share his phone with other people around C. India has been more progressive in adoption of DLP techno-logy D. Spice company can preload movies into the phone
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are required to read four pieces of news and decide which of the four titles marked A, B, C and D is best suited to each of them. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. Nokia posts $1.38bn loss in fourth qtr B. Gold surges to 7-week high of $1720
C. R-Power ropes in German utility for mining
D. “We are creating, not stealing jobs in US, Europe” (42)
LONDON: Gold prices soared Thursday to the highest level in almost seven weeks as the dollar weakened after the US Federal Re-serve vowed to keep interest rates near zero for more than two years. The precious metal rose up to $1,720.35 an ounce on the Lon-don Bullion Market--the highest level since December 9 but still far below the record peak of $1,921.15 struck on September 6.
\Rose Norman, boss of British-based bullion broker Sharp Pixley. \buying, anxious investors joined the fray who are concerned by currency depreciation as global central banks use easy monetary policies to flood markets with cash. \(43) Davos: With HCL Tech announcing 10,000 jobs for locals in the US and Europe, India Inc on Thursday chose the WEF meet to send a strong message that India IT firms are creating and not stealing jobs in troubled western economies. A message emerged from British PM David Cameron's advice to EU that instead of being a threat, emerging economies like India can be of great help to Europe.
Concluding FTA with India by the year-end would be in Europe's interest, he said. \FTAs, bilateral trade agreements with countries like India and Singapore along with other countries,\said.
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Helsinki: Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp posted a fourth-quarter net loss of 1. 70 billion euro ( $1. 38bn) as sales slumped 21 even as the company's first Window smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia. The loss compares with a profit of 745 million euro in the same period a year earlier.
Nokia said net revenue, including both its mobile phones and its network divisions, fell from 12.6 billion euro in the Q4 of 2010 to 10 billion, with smartphones plunging 23%. Nokia has lost its once-dominance in the global cell phone market, with Android phones and iPhones overtaking it in the growing smartphone segment. Nokia is attempting a comeback with phones using Microsoft's Window soft-ware, a struggle that CEO Stephen Elop characterized as \ (45)
New Delhi: Anil Ambani's R-Power has roped in RWE Power International of Germany to help the company with extracting coal from its captive mines of the Tilaiya ultra-mega power project, the third
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such plant the government has mandated the company to set up.
RWE Power is one of Europe's leading energy utilities and German's biggest coal miner. The company would help R-Power de-sign and plan the engineering aspects of captive mine and procurement of equipment and ensure quality control. Government has allocated Kerendari Band C coal blocks of North Karanpura coal fields in Jharkhand to meet the fuel requirements of the Tilaiya project. These mines have reserve of over 1 billion ton. The company plans to pro- duce 40 million tons of coal per year. Part IV Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Hollywood propaganda films of the late thirties and early forties can be divided (46)
three general categories: films that praised America, films that introduced World War II allies, and
films that(47) the enemy. Beginning in the late thirties, Hollywood began producing a (48) of biography films, all (49) which glorified the American democratic tradition. John Ford's Young Mr.Lincoln(1939) and John Cromwell's Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)were examples of Hollywood's attempt (50) that American democracy gave everyone a (51) at success. In the early forties many Hollywood movies (52)
an introduction to the American allies. Films (53) Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Journey for Margaret (1942) presented a sympathetic picture of the British people. During the latter part of the forties, Hollywood was determined to introduce American audiences to the enemy, and movies like Hitler's Children (1943) and Behind the Rising Sun (1944) portrayed German and Japanese brutality. Many of the latter anti-Ger-man and anti-Japanese films have since been criticized (54) their distorted and simplistic themes that presented the German and Japanese people (55) half-mad beasts. (46) A. into B. as C. among D. upon (47) A. praised B. described C. criticized D. resembled (48) A. list B. series C. collection D. glimpse (49) A. in B. of C. on D. for
(50) A. proving B. proved C. prove D. to prove (51) A. chance B. hope C. job D. wish (52) A. employed B. took C. offered D. showed (53) A. like B. as C. such D. that (54) A. in case of B. on behalf of C. for the sake of D. because of
(55) A. against B. for C. as D. in
Part V Text Completion (20 minutes, 20 points)
Directions : In this part there are three short texts. For each text, you should first fill in the blank in the choices A, B, C (and D) with the best answer provided in the rectangle. Then, complete the text itself by filling in each of the blanks with the completed A, or B, or C (or D). Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. Text One
number released to
A. it offers BCom courses (56) students throughout India
B. was (57) in Dec. 2011 and asked the perspective students to avoid these
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self-styled universities
C. the second highest (58) of such varsities
Believe it not, a \building at Daryaganj in Old Delhi. The owner of the establishment claims (59) . Commercial University Ltd, as the place is called, is one of six\have been branded fake by the University Grants Commission. The list (60) . Delhi has (61) in the list, after Uttar Pradesh which has eight.
Text Two
how because of another
A. has 650 employees in Coventry and (62) 200 at a center in Manchester B. shows (63) popular our phone banking service is with our customers C. (64) the growth of its phone banking service Barclays Bank is setting up a call center in Sunderland (65) This is a welcome decision for the north-east, which companies considered less attractive than regions such as London and Scot-land in their list of the best locations for call centers. Opening early next year, the center is expected to employ 2,000 people over the next three years.
Barclaycall, the phone banking service, was introduced in 1994and has more than 600,000 customers. The service (66) . Barclaycall is attracting 25,000 new customers every month and the bank expects one million customers over the next two years. One director said. \another call center (67) .Barclays will continue to invest to satisfy their needs. \
Text Three
I while range Furthermore into A. It will fit (68) the smallest space
B. (69) the machine is performing another one C. the latest addition to our extensive (70) of fax machines D. (71) , the laser printing gives you high quality pictures
The answer to all your communication problems ? The KR 700 is (72) . It is a more advanced version of the KR 600 with an answerphone facility and many other special features. One of these means that you can perform one operation (73) .There several dialing techniques allow you to send faxes easily, quickly and cheaply. It takes just fifteen seconds to fax an A4 page. (74) .The answerphone has fourteen minutes' recording time, which is a bonus for any business. Although it is such a flexible machine, it is compact. (75) in the office or at home.
Part VI Translation (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Japanese businesses are divided into two main categories. The first is that \the major corporations that work closely with the Minis-try of International Trade and Industry. These large Japanese corporations employ approximately one third of the Japanese work force. Approximately 30 percent of Japanese firms are in this category. The second category, comprising 70 percent of Japanese firms, is that of smaller businesses employing the other two thirds of the work force. Smaller companies often have ties to the large companies and do subcontracting work. Companies in the second category do not offer
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lifetime employment. For the major companies, the advantage of sub-contracting is that in times of recession they can reduce their orders to subcontractors and avoid having to fire their own employees．
Part VII Writing(30 minutes，15 points)
Directions：Write about the topic Lend a Helping Hand and Full Support to People in Need in at least 1 50 words．You should write according to the outline given below： 1．每个人在生活中都不可避免地需要他人援助 2．帮助和支持他人是每个公民的应尽义务和美德 3．助人即助己，大家均助人，社会才和谐
Write your answer On the Answer Sheet．
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