B、How much is it
C、How much does it cost
D、What’s the price
— It costs us ten thousand dollars.
A.How many does the printing of the annual report cost.
B.What does the printing of the annual report make.
C.How much does the printing of the annual report cost.
How much interest per year does the bank currently pay?
A.2.5 percent.
B.4 percent.
C.7 percent.
D.It's hard to say.
How much time does the typical project manager spend communicating (formal and informal)?
A 40% - 60%
B 30% - 70%
C 60% - 80%
D 75% - 90%
E 25% - 55 %
189 How much time does the typical project manager spend communicating (formal and informal)? A. 40% - 60%
B. 30% - 70%
C. 60% - 80%
D. 75% - 90%
E. 25% - 55 %
The writer is mainly talking about ______.
A.a person's living space needs
B.building and floors
C.equipment and conditions
D.population and violence
a.计算每年苹果的消费者物价指数。假设第一年是基年,消费者的篮子固定在基年。从第1年到第2年,你计算的指数如何变动?
b.计算阿贝每年对苹果的名义支出。从第一年到第二年,这种名义支出有什么变动?
c.把第一年作为基年,计算阿贝每年对苹果的实际支出。从第一年到第二年,这种实际支出有什么变动?
d.把隐含的物价平减指数定义为名义支出除以实际支出,计算每年的平减指数。从第一年到第二年,平减指数有什么变动?
e.假设阿贝吃红苹果或青苹果同样快乐。阿贝的真实生活费用增加了多少?比较这一答案和你对(a)与(b)的答案。这个例子告诉了你关于拉斯派尔和帕氏物价指数的什么?
Abby consumes only apples. In year 1, red apples cost $1 each, green apples cost $2 each, and Abby buys 10 red apples. In year 2, red apples cost $2, green apples cost $1, and Abby buys 10 green apples.
a.Compute a consumer price index for apples for each year. Assume that year 1 is the base year in which the consumer basket is fixed. How does your index change from year 1 to year 2?
b.Compute Abby's nominal spending on apples in each year. How does it change from year 1 to year 2?
c.Using year 1 as the base year, compute Abby's real spending on apples in each year. How does it change from year 1 to year 2?
d.Defining the implicit price deflator as nominal spending divided by real spending, compute the deflator for each year. How does the deflator change from year l to year 2?
e.Suppose that Abby is equally happy eating red or green apples, How much has the true cost of living increased for Abby? Compare this answer to your answers to parts (a) and (d). What does this example tell you about Laspeyres and Paasche price indexes?
"How was your weekend?"
This question comes up at workplaces all over the United States every Monday morning as people greet each other. It is another way of saying, "How did you spend your leisure time?"
In the Unites States the way people spend their leisure time is an important part of their identity. Perhaps everybody does nearly the same thing all day in the office or the factory, but leisure time is what makes people distinct and reveals who they are.
For many people, leisure time means going somewhere -- to a museum, a concert, a restaurant, or a baseball game. Or it means doing something such as playing volleyball, backpacking, swimming, singing in a chorus (合唱), or playing in a park with their children. For other people, free time means staying home with wonderful sources of entertainment, such as VCR, stereo or cable TV with dozens of channels. Others pursue creative activities such as cooking, gardening, and home improvement. The latest stay-at, home activity is "surfing (冲浪) the net" -- that is, looking for information and entertainment on the Internet.
In the United States, leisure time is big business. Enormous amounts of money are spent by competing enterprises that make and sell the goods and services that people use in their free time. In fact, shopping itself is an important leisure time activity. Spending a day at a giant mall has become, for some people, as interesting as spending the day at museum or amusement park.
People in the United States are ultimately not much different from others in what they do in their leisure time. The real difference may lie in the energy, time, money, and sheer enthusiasm that they devote to it.
Why do Americans often greet each other by asking "How did you spend your leisure time?"
A.Because they are interested in the different pastime activities.
B.Because leisure time is what makes people different from each other.
C.Because they are bored with the job they have done for the whole week.
D.Because everybody does the same thing all day long.
The first step in creating a budget is to set your goals.What does your family needand want?You must know all that to work out the details of the budget.Never spend more than you can.Then decide which goals are the most important.
The next step is estimating(估计)family income.Before you can plan wisely,you need to know how much money you have to spend!Write down aqll themoney you expect to receive(wages,saving,interest,etc.) during the planned budget period.
After you have calculated (计算)how much money will be available,it is time to estimate expenses(开销、支出).List all of your family expenses.
If you are not satisfied with what you got for your money,look carefully at your spending.Studying your records will show where overspending has occerred.It will also point out poor buying habits.
It is also a good idea to set aside a small amount of money for emergencies.Every family has emergencies:a blown tire,a broken device,or the need for medical care.
51.According to the passage,what is the advantage of a budget?
A.It can help you set your goals clearly.
B.It can help you save a lot of money.
C.It can help you get rid of poor buying habits.
D.It can help you spend money wisely.
52.In carrying out your budget,you need ___.
A.to have the ability to control yourself
B.to ask your family members for advice
C.to cut it down as much as possible
D.to take care not to buy expensive things
53.Accordingiy,one advantage of keeping a record of your spending is that ___.
A.you will remember how much you have already spent
B.you will know if you have spent more money than you planned
C.you will be able to tell your family what should not be bought
D.you will learn how to make a better budget next time
54.The writer suggests that it is a good idea to set aside some money because ___.
A.you probably will not be able to follow your budget
B.people usually spend more than they plan to do
C.one can hardly plan everything in advance
D.others may want to borrow some money from you
55.This passage is mainly about ___.
A.the meaning of a budget B.the relation between budget and income
C.the way a budget is made D.the importance of making a budget
Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too little sleep. To quote one medical opinion, "Thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep; the reason is not that they can't sleep. Like advancing colonists, we do seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a point in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself, of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press too quickly towards this goal, sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue.
Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe that most people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr. H. Roberts, writing in Every Man in Health, asserts it may safely be stated also. It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolution is that more of the life span is to be spent in gainful waking activity, then surely these people are in the van of this advance.
The author seems to indicate that ______.
A.there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleep
B.among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversial
C.people are now moving towards solving many controversial issues
D.the right amount of sleep is a topic of much controversy among doctors