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A．Streets in the French Quarter.B．Preservation Hall.C．Parks in New Orleans.D．Theatres
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Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Movie directors sometimes shoot two endings to a film, undecided about which to use until the very last minute. In the Casablanca everyone knows, Ingrid Bergman leaves Humphrey Bogart, but in another ending Bogart got the girl.
In some ways, it feels like we're in the middle of a movie made by some deranged(疯狂的) economist, and we don't know yet if we're going to get the happy ending or the sad one. Does the rise of China and India supercharge(提高) global growth, or will all the new competition pull down wages in the industrialized world？ Is this period going to be titled The Bright Dawn or The Big Squeeze？
Certainly for workers in the industrialized world, the latest Signs are troubling. Profits seem to be outpacing wages just about everywhere. As a result, from Japan to the US to Europe, labor is getting a smaller share of the economic pie. The numbers are pretty straightforward: In Japan, the share of national income going to workers dropped from 53.1% in 2001 to 51.1% in the year ending with the first quarter of 2005. In the U.S., the employee share of gross domestic income dropped from 58% to 56.8%. In Western Europe, workers' share of national income dropped from 51.7% in 2001 to 50.5% at the end of 2004, before bouncing up a bit in the latest quarter.
An obvious—and pessimistic—explanation for this broad decline is the intensification of global competition, forcing formerly privileged workers in advanced countries to accept a lower standard of living. Harvard economist Richard Freeman has argued that the entry of China, India, and the former Soviet countries into the global economy has effectively doubled the size of the world's workforce. As a result, labor is relatively abundant, capital is relatively scarce, the returns to labor go down, and the returns to capital go up.
"Having twice as many workers and newly the same amount of capital places great pressure on labor markets throughout the world," writes Freeman. That shifts the balance of power in markets toward capital, as more workers compete for working that capital.
This is the unhappy ending to the global economy story. However, the numbers are also consistent with another, much more upbeat(乐观的) ending. It could be that corporate restructuring efforts in Japan and Europe are finally taking hold, leading to higher profits and faster productivity growth, even as US companies continue their efforts to boost efficiency; And it could be that there's just a lag before the productivity gains get passed on to workers in the form. of higher wages.
So, will we get the happy ending or the sad ending？ There's no way of telling yet—but hey, what fun is a movie with a predictable ending？
Similar to the story in the movie Casablanca, the world economy______.
听力原文： Finding a job in the United States takes specific skills. The following advice will help you find a job. Write a good resume. Describe your accomplishments. Avoid including unnecessary information. Your resume should be one page if possible. Find out about available jobs. One way is by looking in the newspaper or on the Internet. Another way is by networking. Networking means exchanging information with anyone you know: family, friends, neighbors, classmates, former coworkers, professional groups who might know of a job. These people might also be able to give you inside information about a company, such as who was in charge and what it is like to work in their company. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, 94 percent of people who succeed in finding a job say that networking was a big help. Practice the interview. The more prepaid you are, the more relaxed you will feel. If you were worried about saying or doing the wrong thing, practice will help. Learn something about the company. You can find information by going to the library and looking in directories or finding the company's website. Finding information takes time, but it pays off. You can get help in these skills: writing a resume, networking, preparing for an interview, researching a company, by seeing a career counselor. Most colleges and high schools have one who can help you get started. Finding a job is one of the most difficult jobs. Some people send out hundreds of resumes and go on dozens of interviews before finding a job.
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M: Well, a copyright is a proof of authorship. It protects artists against someone else using their work without their permission.
W: So, all artists' works will be protected by copyright law？
M: It's important to remember that United States Copyright Law protects artistic expressions such as paintings, but does not protect any ideas, concepts, procedures or techniques.
W: How can artists obtain copyright protection？
M: The law has changed in 1978 and again in 1989. For artists the current law means everything they create is automatically and immediately copyrighted. They don't have to file any documents and under the protection of the Copyright Law, any recreations of their original work such as prints are also covered by the artist's copyright. Further more, any changes artists made to their original works are covered. The Law also makes it clear that when someone buys the work of art, they are not allowed to destroy or change that work of art.
W: What if the work was sold to a new owner？
M: Artists keep the copyright even after selling the work of art. The purchaser may buy the physical work, but the right to make prints or copies is still the artists' and the buyer does not automatically have any right to make and sell prints or copies of work.
W: Do you have any suggestions to our artists in this area？
M: Although works are automatically copyrighted, artists are encouraged to register their work with United States Copyright Office. Registering art provides additional legal protection and also gives the people around the world the ability to approach the honors about licensing and purchasing right.
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A．Save time by using a computer.B．Buy her own computer.C．Borrow Mary's computer.D．Stay
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