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Adam Smith saw that the division of labor ______.A.enabled each worker to make pins more quickly and more cheaplyB.increased the number of people employed in factoriesC.increased the possible output per workerD.improved the quality of pins produced

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Adam Smith saw that the division of labor ______.

A.enabled each worker to make pins more quickly and more cheaply

B.increased the number of people employed in factories

C.increased the possible output per worker

D.improved the quality of pins produced


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1.Adam Smith, a writer in the 1770s, was the first person to see the importance of the division of labor and to explain part of its advantages. He gives as an example the process by which pins were made in England."One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top to prepare it to receive the head. To make the head requires two or three distinct operations. To put it on is a separate operation, to polish the pins is another. And the important business of making pins is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some factories are all performed by different people, though in others the same man will sometimes perform. two or three of them."Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4 800 pins a piece. But if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they certainly could not turn out any pin, each of them have made twenty pins in a day and perhaps not even one.There can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this but he also took it for granted that division of labor is in itself responsible for economic growth and development and that it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still. But division of labor adds nothing new; it only enables people to produce, more of what they already have.According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person to______.A.take advantage of the division of laborB.explain the causes of the division of laborC.understand the effects of the division of laborD.introduce the division of labor into England

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  • 第1题:

    Using many symbols makes __________for us to take notes more quickly.

    A. possible it is

    B. it possible

    C. it is possible

    D. that possible


    正确答案:B
    在make it adj.for sb.to do sth.惯用结构中it为形式宾词,替代“for sb.to do sth.”。题干意思:使用大量的符号可以使我们记笔记更快。

  • 第2题:

    Please describe a time when you saw an opportunity to really make a difference on yourself? (No more than 1000 letters)


    正确答案:
             

  • 第3题:

    Which three are benefits of A virtualized data center solution over A typical implementation?()

    • A、simplified cabling
    • B、more efficient routing
    • C、fewer applications per server
    • D、more efficient power consumption
    • E、more control over each server
    • F、less rack space

    正确答案:A,D,F

  • 第4题:

    单选题
    数组pins的定义如下: int[]pins=newint[4]{9,2,3,1}; 则pins[1]=()
    A

    1

    B

    2

    C

    3

    D

    9


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第5题:

    单选题
    Why does the author refer to Coolidge’s maxim as silly?
    A

    More and more people are applying for unemployment insurance.

    B

    Unemployment rate is not likely to rise quickly nowadays.

    C

    Losing jobs doesn’t necessarily lead to unemployment.

    D

    Today’s labor market is much too complicated than Coolidge’s time.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    由文章第一段第三句,“But in today’s vast…what they seem.”可知,在当今社会造成失业人口增加的原因是复杂的。由此段最后一句话可知,旧形式的失业已经不再是没有工作的原因,而是新的工作工资太少而造成的。Coolidge的理论是越来越多的人下岗是由于失业导致的。这种理论已经不再适用于当今社会,因此是可笑的。D选项正是此意。A,B,C选项无关。

  • 第6题:

    单选题
    To make Buy Nothing Day mote popular, the students in Albuquerque plan to _____.
    A

    provide free food to more people

    B

    persuade more restaurants to donate food

    C

    put up more advertising posters on that day

    D

    have another dinner to inform more people of the Day


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    事实细节题。题目询问“为了使‘不购物日’更流行,在Albuquerque的学生计划如何?”从文章最后一段的最后一句“Next year, they want to have another dinner to inform more people about Buy Nothing Day”可知,他们明年想要举行另一次宴会向更多的人宣传“不购物日”。正确答案为D。

  • 第7题:

    问答题
    Passage 2Parenting and Responsibility  Section A  There are still significant gaps between women and men in terms of their involvement in family life, the tasks they perform and the responsibilities they take. Yet, at least in developed Western countries, both women and men express a desire for greater equality in family life. It is evident that in terms of attitudes and beliefs, the problem cannot simply be thought of in terms of women wanting men to share more equally and men being reluctant to do so. The challenge now is to develop policies and practices based on a presumption of shared responsibility between men and women, and a presumption that there are potential benefits for men and women, as well as for families and the community, if there is greater gender equality in the responsibilities and pleasures of family life. These are becoming key concerns of researchers, policy makers, community workers and, more importantly, family members themselves.   Section B  Despite the significant increase in the number of women with dependent children who are in the paid workforce, Australian research studies over the last 15 years are consistent in showing that divisions of labor for family work are very rigid indeed (Watson 1991). In terms of time, women perform approximately 90 per cent of child care tasks and 70 percent of all family work, and only 14 per cent of fathers are highly participant in terms of time spent on family work (Russell 1983). Demo and Acock (1993), in a recent US study, also found that women continue to perform a constant and major proportion of household labor (68per cent to 95 per cent) across all family types (first marriage, divorced, step-family or never married), regardless of whether they are employed or non-employed in paid work.  Section C  Divisions of labor for family work are particularly problematic in families in which both parents are employed outside the home (dual-worker families). Employed mothers adjust their jobs and personal lives to accommodate family commitments more than employed fathers do. Mothers are less likely to work overtime and are more likely to take time off work to attend to children’s needs (Vanden Heuvel 1993). Mothers spend less time on personal leisure activities than their partners, a factor that often leads to resentment (Demo and Acock 1993).  Section D  The parental role is central to the stress-related anxiety reported by employed mothers, and a major contributor to such stress is their taking a greater role in child care (Vanden Heuvel 1993). Edgar and Glezer (1992) found that close to 90 per cent of both husbands and wives agreed that the man should share equally in child care, yet 55 per cent of husbands and wives claimed that the men actually did this. (These claims are despite the findings mentioned earlier that point to a much lower participation rate by fathers.) A mother’s wanting her partner to do more housework and child care is a better predictor of poor family adjustment than the actual time spent by fathers in these tasks (Demo and Acock 1993). It is this desire, together with its lack of fulfillment in most families that bring about stress in the female parent.  Section E  Family therapists and social work researchers are increasingly defining family problems in terms of a lack of involvement and support from fathers and are concerned with difficulties involved in having fathers take responsibility for the solution of family and child behavior problems (Edgar and Glezer 1986). Yet, a father accepting responsibility for behavior problems is linked with positive outcomes.  Section F  Research studies lend strong support to the argument that there are benefits for families considering a change to a fairer or more equitable division of the pleasures and pains of family life. Greater equality in the performance of family work is associated with lower levels of family stress and higher self-esteem, better health, and higher marital satisfaction for mothers. There is also higher marital satisfaction for fathers, especially when they take more responsibility for the needs of their children-fathers are happier when they are more involved (Russell 1984).List of Headings  i   Compromise between two extreme styles  ii  An opposite standpoint from a new angle  iii  Factors that influence the change of gender role  iv  Stereotyped activities in a family  v   Conventional family pattern  vi  Primary child care-giver  vii  Three different types of household labor division  viii  Effects of personality on division adoption  ix  An even distribution of domestic tasks  x   Definition of domestic division of labor  Example          Answer  Paragraph A.         x  1. Paragraph B  2. Paragraph C  3. Paragraph D  Example           Answer  Paragraph E          i  4. Paragraph F  5. Paragraph G  6. Paragraph H

    正确答案: 1. vii
    (第二段的主题句为尾句“…some couples choose one of three different styles of household role division: traditional, egalitarian or collaborative”,由此可知本段主要讲了家庭角色的三种主要分类,即:传统型、平等型和协作型。故对应选项为vii。)
    2. v
    (本段的主题句为首句“Most people who fit the traditional pattern are characteristically men and women who are conventionally married, or have been living together as a couple for some time”, 很明显这一段是接着第二段的内容,主要讲述了传统型家庭角色分工,再看选项,其中只有V项中conventional与原文中的traditional意思一样,因此,答案选v。)
    3. ix
    (该段的主题句是第一句“In ideal situations, an egalitarian style is typified by an equal interchange in household tasks…”, 可见本段主要在讲述第二种家庭角色冯巩,即平均分配法,选项ix中的even distribution与原文中的egalitarian意思相对应,故选ix。)
    4. viii
    (本段的主题句是第一句“Traditional, egalitarian and collaborative styles are viewed by some as being dependent on female and male gender-role attitudes, both of self and partner”,显然,这一段主要在讲述男女性别差异对家务分工的影响,只有选项viii的表述与此相符,故答案为viii。)
    5. ii
    (本段的主题句为首句“An opposing view sees the three family divisions of labor styles as a reflection of the progressive changes couples make in response to changing life situations, rather than being an aspect of personality”, 可见本段论述另一种观点,认为分工并非性格差异的结果,而是夫妻随着生状况的改变做出的一种变化。其中,opposing与选项ii中的opposite属于同一个单词的不同形式,故答案为选项ii。)
    6. iii
    (本段的主题句是“Moreover, depending upon how stereotyped the activities are that they are involved in, gender-roles may alter”,大意是性别角色的改变取决于夫妻双方所固有的生活模式,因此,本段大意可以概括为影响角色改变的音色,和选项iii的表述一致,故答案选iii。)
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    Which of these possible factors leading to greater productivity is NOT true?
    A

    To make jobs more varied.

    B

    To give the workers freedom to do their jobs in their own way.

    C

    Degree of worker contribution.

    D

    Demands of longer working hours.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    从文中内容可知,D项(延长工作时间)在第三段最后提到,但文中提到的是缩短工作时间,与D项相反,因此D项为正确答案。

  • 第9题:

    问答题
    In the meanwhile, the quality of facial tissues was constantly improving, because more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues, and each manufacturer strove to make his product better than his competitors'.

    正确答案:
    解析:

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    Which of the following is true according to the passage? ______.
    A

    The Division of Labour makes work more interesting.

    B

    Specialisation could solve the problem of unemployment.

    C

    Adam Smith put forward the idea of the Division of Labour.

    D

    Adam Smith insisted that each worker be better paid.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    可以采取排除法。文中最后一句提到“they have also brought us a little misery in overcrowded towns,boring jobs and,most of all,unemployment”,A项和B项意义与文意恰好相反。D项是无关项。所以选C。另外,本文的主旨即是介绍斯密的劳动分工论。

  • 第11题:

    多选题
    Which of the following is the correct arrangement of the data pairs in a T568B wire pattern?()
    A

    Orange & orange/white on pins 1 & 2

    B

    Blue & blue/white on pins 4 & 5

    C

    Orange & orange/white on pins 4 & 5

    D

    Brown & brown/white on pins 1 & 2

    E

    Green & green/white on pins 3 & 6


    正确答案: A,D
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    We should be grateful to Adam Smith because ______.
    A

    his ideas made it possible for people to improve their lives

    B

    he invented a more efficient way of pin making

    C

    he started the industrial revolution

    D

    he brought to people a high standard of living


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    题干为“我们应该感激亚当·斯密的原因是”,答案在文章第一段,一开头作者就点出“亚当·斯密提出的一些观点引起了世界革命,从而对人类幸福生活做出巨大贡献”,这正是人们应感谢他的原因。B项的意思太肤浅,C项太片面,D项太绝对。而A项说“他的观点让人们的生活水平提高成为了可能”,应了第一段末尾的意思,符合文段内容。故选A。

  • 第13题:

    As it is known that the aim of every business is to make profit as possible.()

    A. as many

    B. as much

    C. more


    参考答案:B

  • 第14题:

    数组pins的定义如下: int[]pins=newint[4]{9,2,3,1}; 则pins[1]=()

    • A、1
    • B、2
    • C、3
    • D、9

    正确答案:B

  • 第15题:

    Which of the following is the correct arrangement of the data pairs in a T568B wire pattern?()

    • A、Orange & orange/white on pins 1 & 2
    • B、Blue & blue/white on pins 4 & 5
    • C、Orange & orange/white on pins 4 & 5
    • D、Brown & brown/white on pins 1 & 2
    • E、Green & green/white on pins 3 & 6

    正确答案:A,E

  • 第16题:

    判断题
    With more people aspiring to go to college, it is possible to each college student to pay less for his tuition fees.
    A

    B


    正确答案:
    解析:
    该段录音的主要内容是“当过去较少的英国人向往上大学时,高等教育是每个公民的权利的信念或许还是合理的,但当40%的人都想去的时候情况就很不一样了”,因此题干描述的“随着越来越多的人渴望上大学,对于每个大学生来说少交点学费是可能的”与录音不符。
    【录音原文】
    The belief that higher education is a citizen’s right may have been reasonable when fewer Britons aspired to go to college, but it is quite different when 40 percent expect to go.

  • 第17题:

    单选题
    It can be inferred from the passage that the manufacturers mentioned in paragraph 1 expected that the measures they implemented would _____.
    A

    encourage innovation

    B

    keep labor output constant

    C

    increase their competitive advantage

    D

    permit business upturns to be more easily predicted


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    由“manufacturers in the United States have been trying to improve productivity—and therefore enhance their international competitiveness—through cost-cutting programs”可知,C为正确选项。第三段提到,cost cutting并不能encourage innovation,所以A错误。B项是对cost cutting的解释。

  • 第18题:

    单选题
    We must take part in physical labor in order to _____ ourselves more closely with the working people.
    A

    identify

    B

    incorporate

    C

    combine

    D

    involve


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    句意:我们必须参加体力劳动,以便更加密切地联系劳动者。参加体力劳动的目的应该是为了和劳动者关系更为紧密。所以identify把……和……看成一样,在identify oneself with短语中表示“使自己加入到……,使自己融入……”,符合题意。incorporate合并,结合,与with搭配表示“与……合并,与……结合”。combine with表示“与……联合”,通常指两者以上为了某个共同目的而结合在一起。involve包括,使陷入,常用于involve oneself in sth./doing sth.结构中,表示“参与,卷入”。

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    What is the minimum standard for making an eye splice in a wire to be used as cargo gear().
    A

    Make three tucks with full strands,remove half the wires from each strand,and make two more tucks

    B

    Make four tucks in each strand,cut away every other strand,and make two more tucks with each remaining strand

    C

    Make four tucks with each full strand

    D

    Make six tucks with each strand,removing a few wires from each strand as each additional tuck is made


    正确答案: D
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    A

    The reasons why people don’t read newspapers are more complicated than assumed.

    B

    There are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally expected.

    C

    The number of newspaper readers is steadily increasing.

    D

    There are more nonreaders among young people nowadays.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    细节题。录音提到现在的非阅读者收入高,年龄从26到65岁,不阅读多是因为没时间,故选D。其他没有提及。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    All the following can be employed to make the report more effective EXCEPT_____.
    A

    providing more vivid pictures and details

    B

    changing the style to cater for the audience’s appetite

    C

    more live coverage to replace the linguistic explanation

    D

    interval shifts of the materials of the coverage


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    本题可用排除法。倒数第二段第二句提到“A vivid pictorial report followed by less exacting…”可见插入图片是有效的,排除A项。第五段第三句提到“A decline in live coverage could send viewers away and drive ratings down”现场报道的减少可能会使收视率降低,这也就从反面说明现场报道而不只是口头解释会更有效,故排除B项。倒数第二段第四句提到“Frequent switches from one anchor to another or from one film or tape report to another create a sense of forward movement.”频繁地从一个节目跳到另一个会产生一种“前向运动”的感觉。这也从反面说明报道中间隔的休息也是必要的,选项D也可排除。所以选B。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    According to the writer, what does every business, regardless of its size, make effort to achieve nowadays?
    A

    Get people to buy their products.

    B

    Design and produce new products.

    C

    Make their prices more competitive.

    D

    Better the quality of their present products.


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    该题考查如今每个企业,无论其规模大小,都在尽力做什么。第一段第三句提到“Every one of those businesses are trying to…get people to buy their products.”,故选项A符合题意。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    Reading a large number of books ______ make us wiser. The more we read, the more we know.
    A

    can

    B

    would

    C

    need


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    句意:多读书能使我们更明智。读书越多,我们知道的就越多。本题考查情态动词。can表能力,常译作“可以;能够”。would为“will”的过去式,做情态动词表示“将;愿意”。need需要。may可能。A项符合句子逻辑。