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10 / 10。 D. how America can tide over economic crisis翻譯: With the nation’s financial system teetering on a cliff. The pensation arrangements for executives of the big banks and other financial firms are ing under close examination again.Bankers’ excessive risk taking is a significant cause of this financial crisis and has continued, to others in the past, in this case, it was fueled by low interest rates and kept going by a false sense of security created by a debtfueled bubble in the economy. Mortgage lenders gladly lent enormous sums to those who could not afford to pay them back dividing the laws and selling them off to the next financial institution along the chain, advantage of the same hightech securitization to load on more risky mortgagebased assets. Financial regulation will have to catch up with the most irresponsible practices that led banks down in this road, in hopes averting the next crisis, which is likely to involve different financial techniques and different sorts of assets. But it is worth examining the root problem of pensation schemes that are tied to shortterm profits and revenue’s, and thus encourage bankers to take irresponsible risks.Part V Writing (20%) Direction: In this section, you are asked to write an essay based on the following information. Make ments and express your own opinion. You should write at least 150 words on Answer Sheet 2. At present, there is no doubt that short message plays an increasingly important role in our lives . We are all aware that, like everything else, short message have both favorable and unfavorable aspects. Generally speaking, the advantages can be listed as follows. First of all, in festivals, we can send short messages to wish good luck to other people we know. It brings us a lot of convenience. In addition, short message connects its users with the outside world. For example, some people subscribe weather forecast or news short messages, with them, people’s life will be greatly enriched. But it is pity that every coin has two sides. The disadvantages of short message can’t be ignored. We spend too much time on spelling our words and sending short messages that we can’t focus on our studies. Also, you will always be annoyed by strangers’ short messages one after another. As is known to all, short message is neither good nor bad itself. In my opinion, we can use it. But we shouldn’t spend too much time on it and don’t let it disturb us from our lives. C. the harmful effects of global warming B. how America can fight against global warming A. the new book written by Fred Krupp D. Compromising60. The paragraphs immediately following this passage would most probably deal with___________. C. Supportive B. Indifferent A. Criticals policies on global warming? D. problem59. What is the author39。 C. conflict B. contradiction A. friction D. a less significant issue58. Judging from the context, the word rub(Line 1, )probably means_______.s imagination A. of utmost importance D. Global environment in general.57. From the last sentence of paragraph 2 we may learn that the survival of a country39。 C. America39。 A. Human wars.m not saying the challenge isn39。Halting climate change will be far harder. One of the more conservative plans for addressing the problem calls for a reduction of 25 billion tons of carbon emissions over the next 52 year. And yet by devising a consistent strategy that mixes and blends pragmatism(實用主義)with ambition, the . can, without major damage to the economy, help halt the worst effects of climate change and ensure the survival of its way of life for future generations. Money will do some of the work, but what39。s growth. But let39。The rub is, if the vast majority of people increasingly agree that climate change is a global emergency, there39。s hard to imagine a bigger fight than one for the survival of a country39。s greenhouse gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn39。s book lies in his _____. of changeable leadership of good leadership of leadership history of moral leadershipPASSAGE4Questions 56to 60are based on the following passage:Americans don39。s idea of hard power is ______. accepted by Joseph Nye influential till nowadays on sound theories to that of modem leadership theorists of the following makes soft power more important today according to ? is widespread. is devalued. is no longer concentrated. hierarchies are strengthened his book the Powers to lead, has exmined all the following aspects of leadership EXCEPT_____.39。 to lie and he provides a helpful 12point summary of his recuming theme