Today's expatriate writers are different from their predecessors in the following aspects
A. much of the expatriate writer ethos that Hemingway had had been wiped out
B. life has become more practical
C. the expatriate writers are longer isolated from their home countries
D. thanks to the development of technology, they now can write in the States a novel set in Paris
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What does the word "caveat" in line 2, paragraph 5 most probably mean?
A warning.
B. A qualification.
C. A explanation.
D. A formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard.
What does the author imply in the last paragraph by the sentence "But what people truly believe is happening can be seen in their actions better than in their words"?
A. Not everybody wants to hear a story like that.
B. One of the report's most confident predictions is that the break-up of Arctic ice will open the region to long-distance shipping and, ironically, to drilling for oil and gas.
C. The Danish government, which controls Greenland, has just declared its intention to claim the mineral rights under the North Pole.
D. None of the above.
The passage can best be found in ______.
A. an encyclopedia
B. science fiction
C. a magazine
D. a dissertation
听力原文: A new survey shows family-owned businesses are flourishing despite a sagging U.S. economy. Their resilience is part of ingenuity, part of hard work, and all in the family.
A family business can be anything from a comer kiosk selling newspapers and phone cards to a giant corporation, like Mars, the candy bar maker, or Marriott, the hotel chain. A new survey looks at the middle ground, a cross-section of 1,000 family businesses that are at least 10-year-old, and do at least $1 million a year in business. The survey was conducted by Mass Mutual Financial Group, a group of affiliated financial services firms.
A family business can be anything but ______.
A. selling candy bars
B. hotel chains
C. pass down from generations
D. run by the state