So far, we have l_______________ five Units in Module 7.Now let’s 

1. ____________ 

make a brief  _____________(介绍) to each unit. Unit One is about     2._____________

Marty’s story. Though he is _________（残疾）, he never gives up     3._____________

and becomes more i____________(独立). Unit Two is about “Robots”.  4.______________

Robots can do many things ___________of humans. “Under the sea”    5.______________

is the topic of Unit Three. It's an ______________（轶事） of a killer   6.______________

whale. The story of Unit Four is about “Sharing”. Jo is a v______. She  7.______________

offered to teach in the r________area. In Unit Five ,we know Xie Lei  8.______________

went ________ to study business. She learned a lot there.            9______________

          In addition, we’ve also learned another two units in

Module 8--”California”  and  “________”    (克隆).     

10.____________

So far, we have l_______________ five Units in Module 7.Now let’s 
1. ____________ 
make a brief  _____________(介绍) to each unit. Unit One is about     2._____________
Marty’s story. Though he is _________（残疾）, he never gives up     3._____________
and becomes more i____________(独立). Unit Two is about “Robots”.  4.______________
Robots can do many things ___________of humans. “Under the sea”    5.______________
is the topic of Unit Three. It's an ______________（轶事） of a killer   6.______________
whale. The story of Unit Four is about “Sharing”. Jo is a v______. She  7.______________
offered to teach in the r________area. In Unit Five ,we know Xie Lei  8.______________
went ________ to study business. She learned a lot there.            9______________
In addition, we’ve also learned another two units in
Module 8--”California”  and “________”   (克隆).     
10.____________

From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face a cold prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession(衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.

Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, but build up a more loyal and devoted group.

“In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the sense of collective(集体的) responsibility. While in the West, it’s more about individual survival,” said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU).

In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.

Japan’s jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong’s was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.

Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals from abroad.

36. The underlined word “prospect” in the first paragraph most probably means _________.

　　　 A．weather 　　 B．scene　 　C．future　 　 D．place

37. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _________.

　　　 A．it’s helpful to the economy recovery

　　　 B．it costs the company less money to survive

　　　 C．it will keep the experienced and skilled workers

　　　 D．it can form a team working harder and more loyally

38. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.

　　　 A．human rights　　　　 B．sharing responsibility

　　　 C．personal profits　　　 D．individual survival

39. In which company can we infer the job cuts will be probably the most severe?

A．A local American group.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 B．A small Japanese company.

　　　 C．A German branch of a Korean multinational.

D．A Hong Kong’s unit of a French company.

40. The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　　 A．the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today

　　　 B．the cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at present

　　　 C．the ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturn

　　　 D．the different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession

From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face a cold“prospect” of losing their jobs as a global recession(衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.

Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, but build up a more loyal and devoted group.

“In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the sense of collective(集体的)responsibility. While in the West, it’s more about individual survival,” said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU).

In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.

Japan’s jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong’s was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.

Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals from abroad.

41. The underlined word “prospect” in the first paragraph most probably means _________.

　 A．weather　 　　　　　 B．scene　 　　　 C．future　 　　　　　　 D．place

42. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _________.

A．it’s helpful to the economy recovery

B．it costs the company less money to survive

C．it will keep the experienced and skilled workers

D．it can form a team working harder and more loyally

43. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.

A．human rights　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 B．sharing responsibility

C．personal profits　　　　　　 　 　　　　　　 D．individual survival

44. In which company can we infer the job cuts will be probably the most severe?

A．A local American group.

B．A small Japanese company.

C．A German branch of a Korean multinational.

D．A Hong Kong’s unit of a French company.

45. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today

B．the cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at present

C．the ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturn

D．the different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession