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The writer must be about 80 years old.

A. True
B. False
C. Not mentioned

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It was an unfavorable weather for flying an aeroplane but Hamel displayed excellent airmanship and succeeded in the second air mail flight.

A. True
B. False
C. Not mentioned

Annual Performance Reviews
In theory, annual performance reviews are constructive and positive interactions between managers and employees working together to attain maximum performance and strengthen the organization. In reality, they often create division, (51) morale (士气) ,and spark anger and jealousy. (52) , although the object of the annual performance review is to improve performance, it often has the (53) result. A programmer at a brokerage (经纪) firm was shocked to learn at her annual performance review that she was denied a promotion (54) she wasn't a "team player", What were the data used to make this (55) ? She didn't smile in the company photo.
(56) this story might sound as if it came straight out of a comic strip, it is a true (57) of one woman's experience. By following a few tips and guidelines (准则) from industry analysis, this kind of ordeal (厄运) can be avoided.
To end the year (58) a positive and useful performance review, managers and employees must start the year by working together to (59) clear goals and expectations.
It may be helpful to allow employees to submit a list of people (60) with the company who will be in a good position to (61) their performance at the end of the year; these people may be coworkers, suppliers, or even customers.
By checking employees progress at about nine months, managers can give them a chance to correct mistakes and provide (62) to those who need it before the year is out. When conducting the review, managers should (63) strengths and weaknesses during the past year and discuss future responsibilities, avoiding punishment or blame.
(64) , when employees leave their performance reviews, they should he focusing on (65) they can do in the year ahead, not worrying about what went into their files about the past.
(51)

A. heighten
B. undermine
C. stimulate
D. hinder

Communications Revolution
Cyberspace, data superhighway, multi-media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers television and telephones will change our lives for ever. Yet for all the talk of a forthcoming technological utopia little attention has been given to the implications of these developments for the poor. As with all new high technology, while the West concerns itself with the "how", the question of "for whom" is put aside once again.
Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transnational corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important that the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets—with destructive impact on the have-nots.
For them the result is instability. Developing countries which rely on the production of a small range of goods for export are made to feel like small parts in the international economic machine. As "futures" are traded on computer screens, developing countries simply have less and less control of their destinies.
So what are the options for regaining control? One alternative is for developing countries to buy in the latest computers and telecommunications themselves—so-called "development communications" modernization. Yet this leads to long-term dependency and perhaps permanent constraints on developing countries' economies.
Communications technology is generally exported from the U. S., Europe or Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a few industrialized countries. It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit—credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand to gain.
Furthermore, when new technology is introduced there is often too low a level of expertise to exploit it for native development. This means that while local elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transnational corporations may benefit, those whose lives depend on access to the information are denied it.
From the passage we know that the development of high technology is in the interests of______.

A. the world economy
B. the rich countries
C. the scientific development
D. the elite

It was after much discussion that the Postmaster-general approved the second airmail transport.

A. True
B. False
C. Not mentioned

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