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UNIT 1 Globalization
Text A The Empire Strikes Back
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. reckon on a par with 1) irresistible boom pitch Founded in 1908, Hayes Lemmerz is an innovator of _ cutting-edge _____technology and products and is the world’s largest manufacturer of automobile.
2) As the content delivered to clients weakens, banks will increasingly need to depend on the
more __ commoditized _____services they provide, notably capital and trade execution. 3) This is par of a worldwide movement that France must follow to keep its energetic, _
aggressive ______and bright young people and to attract investors.
4) Many politicians and the green-energy lobbyists claim we should _ forge ______ahead
green energy because it will create new employment.
5) Tests at the age of seven provide a __ benchmark _____ against which the child’s progress
at school can be measured.
6) The agency is tasked with developing a _ blueprint ______ for how to best serve small
business.
7) There is a lager community of Japanese _ expatriate ______ in Singapore, consisting mostly
of corporate employees and their families.
8) During the interview with three major television networks, O Obama emphasized that his
decision _ deploy ______ U.S. troops in Libya should not be applied to other countries in the Middle East.
9) The plan of building another Disney theme park in the Chinese mainland has met __ __
ferocious ___opposition.
10) Most companies in emerging markets experienced a _ substantial _______ increase in
production in the past decade.
UNIT 2 Film Industry
Text A The Horry Potter Economy
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. churn rigorous inherently retrospect roll forward pundit tardy pull out vanguard confront speculate blitz commission merchandise detachable (1) Dealers and traders here _speculate______ that the government intends to repurchase as much as two trillion yen of bonds during the month of November, but Bank of Japan officials
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declined to comment on those rumors.
(2) Late-afternoon storm would come up quickly, __2) churning _____ the water, flashing sheet
lighting and sometimes producing golf ball-size hail. (3) To some, the critiques of National Health Insurance may seem excessive in _3) retrospect _____. But they contain much truth. (4) Karl Lagerfeld’s decision to add _ 4) detachable ______ white cuffs to this season’s black
Chanel jackets was a masterstroke.
(5) The Department of Education last year handed over $240,000 of taxpayer money to conservative _5) pundit ______ Armstrong Williams.
(6) The fact is that, you know, nuclear power is an _6) inherently _____ dangerous technology.
And when things go wrong, they tend to go very wrong. (7) He seems to be in the _7) vanguard ______ of a political culture that is less fearful of the
government. (8) Sometimes you have tough decisions to make. If an employee is constantly _8) tardy ______,
is this an occasion to discipline or to show support to meet personal needs. (9) He had initially planned to sell to Japanese buyers. But after a four-month marketing _9) blitz ______ yielded just two bidders in the sluggish domestic market, Mr. Kawakami turned to China. (10) For a sportswear company, for example, he looks for people who studies fashion _10) merchandising _____ in collage or worked for a clothing store.
UNIT 3 Property Boom
Text A Between a Rock and a Living Space
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. transferable fiscal volatile 1. Analysts say it will be hard for these banks to _1) replicate ____the kind of sustained,
gangbuster growth they’ve enjoyed in recent years. 2. For the first two quarters of this _ 2) fiscal __year, lottery deposits to the state treasury
are down $18.7 million. 3. The recession pushed shoppers to pick necessities over 3) discretionary ___items,
discounts over luxury. 4. Low interest rates in countries like Greece, Spain sand Ireland encouraged 4)
unsustainable ___booms or housing bubbles that, when burst, aggravated recession and budget deficits. 5. The shoreline from Texas to Florida faces a 5) volatile ___hurricane season with the
unprecedented complication of a massive oil spill off the coast. 6. The results of this study are 6) transferable ____to other graduate degree programs that
are offered exclusively online which primarily serve adult students.
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replicate liquidity mandate disenfranchise prudential dampen prescriptive subprime discretionary unsustainable underwrite default 7. At Thursday meeting, African leaders requested that the UN Security Council “strengthen the 7) mandate ____of the United Nations Operation in Ivory Coast.”
8. At a time when interest rates are declining, many investors appear more concerned about losing yield than about the possibility of _ 8) default ___.
9. High-frequency traders insist that they provide the market with _9) liquidity ___, thus
enabling investors to trade easily. 10. Federal grants, which began to flow in the first quarter of 2009, _10) dampened ____the
initial revenue decline and then caused total revenues to grow.
UNIT 4 Information Technology
Text A Silicon Valley Visionary Who Put Apple on Top
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary. sideline decisively fledgling 1. Google’s _1) rebuttal ____to the claim of stealing is that it doesn’t sell ads on the Google. 2. This season, during a match against Dallas on February 10, he injured a rib that would _2)
sideline ___him for four weeks.
3. The opposition is trying to 3) stir up ____feelings of dissatisfaction among the voters.
4. The amount of tabloid ink spilled over her 24-year difference in age with her new boyfriend does _4) rankle ___her.
5. More stimuli will come from the provision giving businesses the ability to ____the cost of
capital expenditure in the first year.
6. Mr. Gates’ long struggle to make Windows work reflects traits not often combined in a business leader: technological vision, a love of crafty deal making and an 5) write off _6) obsessive ____, almost childlike personality, which drives him to seek every possible edge. 7. Some economists predict that the debt total could 7) surpass ____the $12 billion mark
early in the next decade. 8. She said she was going through a divorce, and it was the 8) culmination ___of a number
of issues, including a child’s medical bills. 9. The best-seller this week, written by a young and 9) fledgling ____writer, is really a
success. 10. In business, for example, American companies are learning the _10) rudimentary __truth
that survival in a service society demands service, or to put it another way, that the customer won’t come back unless the business provides.
Unit5 Creativity and Innovation
Text A The Postmodern Craving for Creativity
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary.
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emaciate rankle daunting write off Whip up surpass rebuttal rudimentary culmination stir up obsessive invective convert wrestle depopulated instill diversion obsolete exemplify paradigm account for Spring from perpetuate proclaim posit suspend subliminally (1) Computer games were received by geniuses, who not only used the games for a lot of _1) diversions ____, but also depended on the visual element of the games to activate their imagination. (2) A number of significant findings _2) sprang from ____ an independent consulting group
representing over 350experienced market research consultants. (3) To _3) instill ___ a heartfelt and spontaneous acknowledgement into its corporate culture,
the organization must have a formal process for recognizing their employees. (4) Life offers a myriad of 4) paradigms ____, even opposing ones, and what is involved in our
decision process is to discover and choose what is most suited to arrive at our objectives. (5) Japanese government decided to abandon _ 5) depopulated ____ Hashima, once known for
having the world’s highest population density, when the coal mines were closed down. (6) Tokyo metropolitan government officials have 6) posited _____, but have not proved that
recent rains could have flushed airborne iodine-131 into rivers that supply the vast majority of Tokyo’s water, and also increase radiation levels in Tokyo. (7) A recent report from EU _7) proclaims _____that the capital-rich countries in Europe are
attracting labor from peripheral countries where the lack of employment keeps the wage low. (8) Many markets who have used messages _8) subliminally _______in advertising are
realizing that striving to get the most conscious attention from consumers is not the most effective way of advertising. (9) If a member fails to fulfill any of its obligations, the association may 9) suspend _______its
membership by exercising a majority of the total voting power. (10) Things will never change if you don’t, and unfair practices or stereotypes will 10) perpetuate
______if people remain silent.
UNIT 6 Commercial Litigation
Text A Reducing the Risk of Commercial Litigation in the United States
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Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary.
(1) It is shown in a latest report that the United States is falling behind because of a _1. burdensome _______legal and regulatory environment. (burden)
(2) We’re in such a _2. litigious _______ environment now that people are more afraid of
doing the wrong thing or appearing to do the wrong thing. (litigation) (3) Frustrated with unending peace talks and _3. disillusioned _______with the recent military
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