14：第三篇Listening Comprehension: According to the talk, what is the price system primarily related to？

A. Labor and education.
B. Transportation and insurance.
C. utilities and repairs.
D. Products and services.

26：How many reasons for care-giving have been found by social workers9

11：第三篇Reading Comprehension: War may be a natural expression of biological instincts

A. it threatens the existing social systems
B. it is influenced by society
C. it has roots in religious conflicts
D. it is directed against institutions of law

5：Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show？

A new type of robot.
B. Racist hatred.
C. Family budget planning.
D. Street violence.

4：Prof. Weston taught Jenny American novel last semester.

1：Reading Comprehension German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic talent, but his legacy includes many of today's social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated in part by Christian compassion for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the world's first workers' compensation law in 1884. By 1908, the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers' compensation insurance. America's injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. For example, exployees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potential hazards in the workplace. The first state workers' compensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soon spread throughout the nation. After World War Ⅱ, benefit payments to American workers did not keep up with the cost of living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970, President Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems of workers' compensation. Two years later, the commission issued 19 key recommendations, including one that called for increasing compensation benefit levels to 100% of the states' average weekly wages. In fact, the average compensation benefit in America has climbed from 55% of the states' average weekly wages in 1972 to 97% today. But as most studies show, every 10% increase in compensation benefits results in a 5% increase in the numbers of workers who file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers' compensation system, it's not surprising that doctors and lawyers have helped themselves to a large slice of the growing pie. We learn from the passage that the process of industrialization in Europe ______.

A. was accompanied by an increased number of workshop accidents
B. resulted in the development of popular social insurance programs
C. required workers to be aware of the potential dangers at the workplace
D. met growing resistance from laborers working at machines

5：offers courses in English and sociology？ 5. ______

The most obvious purpose of advertising is to inform. the consumer of available products or services．The second【C1】______is to sell the product．The second purpose might be more important to the manufacturers than the【C2】______．The manufacturers go beyond only telling consumers about their products．They also try to persuade customers to buy the【C3】______by creating a desire【C4】______it．Because of advertisement，consumers think that they want something that they do not need．After buying something，the purchaser cannot always explain why it was【C5】______．<br>Even【C6】______the purchaser probably does not know why he or she bought something，the manufacturers【C7】______．Manufacturers have analyzed the business of【C8】______and buying．They know all the different motives that influence a consumer's purchase—some rational and【C9】______emotional．Furthermore，they<br>take advantage of this【C10】______.<br>Why【C11】______so many products displayed at the checkout counters in grocery stores？ The store management has some good【C12】______. By the time the customer is【C13】______to pay for a purchase, he or she has already made rational. thought-out decisions【C14】______what he or she needs and wants to buy. The【C15】______<br>feels that he or she has done a good job of choosing the items. The shopper is especially vulnerable at this point. The【C16】______of candy, chewing gum, and magazines are very attractive. They persuade the purchaser to buy something for emotional, not【C17】______motives. For example, the customer neither needs nor plans to buy candy. but while the customer is standing, waiting to pay money, he or she may suddenly decide to buy【C18】______<br>This is exactly【C19】______the store and the manufacturer hope that the customer will【C20】______<br>The customer follows his or her plan.<br>【C1】

What were the market centers used for？

What happened to American economy in 1980s？