【正文】 y project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are plaining about. If it did, it would open up itsdiversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, educa tion, and class. 59 What is the passage mainly about? ［ A］ needs of the readers all over the world ［ B］ causes of the public disappointment about newspapers ［ C］ origins of the declining newspaper industry ［ D］ aims of a journalism credibility project results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be _______ . ［ A］ quite trustworthy ［ B］ somewhat contradictory ［ C］ very illuminating ［ D］ rather superficial basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their _______ . ［ A］ working attitude ［ B］ conventional lifestyle ［ C］ world outlook ［ D］ educational background its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its _______ . ［ A］ failure to realize its real problem ［ B］ tendency to hire annoying reporters ［ C］ likeliness to do inaccurate reporting ［ D］ prejudice in matters of race and gender Passage 4 The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying:“Won39。t the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable antipetitive force? There39。s no question that the big are getting bigger and more powerful. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982. Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. International affileconomies that open up and wele foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s, multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial production of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy. I believe that the most important forces behind the massive Mamp。A wave are thesame that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and munication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customers39。 demands. All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. As productivity grows, the world39。s wealth increases. Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty. Yet it is hard to to petition that were feared nearly a century ago in the ., when the Standard Oil trust was broken up. The mergers of tele panies, such as World Com, hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress. On the contrary, the price of munications is ing down fast. In cars, too, concentration is increasing — witness Daimler and Chrysler, Renault and Nissan — but it does not appear that consumers are being hurt. Yet the fact remains that the merger movement must be watched. A few weeks ago, Alan Greenspan warned against the megamergers in the banking industry. Who is going to supervise, regulate and operate as lender of last resort with the gigantic banks that are being created? Won39。t multinationals shift production from one place to another when a nation gets too strict about infringements to fair petition? And should one country take upon itself the role of “defending petition on issues that affect many other nations, as in the . vs. Microsoft case? is the typical trend of businesses today? ［ A］ to take in more foreign funds ［ B］ to invest more abroad ［ C］ to bine and bee bigger ［ D］ to trade with more countries to the author, one of the driving forces behind Mamp。A wave is _______ . ［ A］ the greater customer demands ［ B］ a surplus supply for the market ［ C］ a growing productivity ［ D］ the increase of the world39。s wealth paragraph 4 we can infer that _______ . ［ A］ the increasing concentration is certain to hurt consumers ［ B］ WorldCom serves as a good example of both benefits and costs ［ C］ the costs of the gobalization process are enormous ［ D］ the Standard Oil trust might have threatened petition the new business wave, the writer39。s attitude can be said to be _______ . ［ A］ optimistic ［ B］ objective ［ C］ pessimistic ［ D］ biased Passage 5 When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I migh