For most companies today, getting into new markets with better, cheaper products, whether through an expansion or a new facility, is the sole objective. But (1) that, and doing it profitably means (2) and foremost knowing you will find the workforce.
The current nearly eight-year-long economic (3) has sent unemployment levels in the U.S. to (4) lows. Indeed, according to a recent study, some 80 percent of metropolitan areas today have unemployment rates (5) 6 percent; communities with highly skilled workers are hovering in the 2 to 4 percent range. Also (6) for that labor are foreign companies that have been operating here and want to expand.
(7) so many companies chasing the workforce, the (8) are high. The most important issue facing corporations is the (9) of qualified, entry-level labor at (10) wage rates.
But getting large groups of existing employees to (11) to a new facility—50 or more people at a time—is (12) these days. There are so many other jobs to be had without moving. (13) , the newgeneration of 20-something workers is more interested in staying (14) to maintain lifestyle standard and roots. Finally, with so many more dual-income (15) , people are unwilling to (16) the family financial arrangement with a move.
That means you’re probably going to be (17) with the existing labor pool in your chosen location. (18) the number of people needed, the (19) of thumb is that for every one position you have to (20) , there should be 5 to 10 workers already in the area.

A:first B:initially C:originally D:ahead

______ in India, the banana was brought to the America by the Portuguese who found it in Afric

A:A． Originally cultivated Originally being cultivated Having originally cultivated Although it originally cultivated

______ in India, the banana was brought to the America by the Portuguese who found it in Africa.

A:Originally cultivated B:Originally being cultivated C:Having originally cultivated D:Although it originally cultivated

The problem of environment protection has been studied______.

A:extremely B:intensively C:originally D:violently

It appears that the Poplar to Stratford section of the DLR route was originally developed to

A:promote travel in the Midlands. B:encourage trade with the North of England. C:create employment. D:make the transport of goods easier.

Originally, the World-Wide Web was designed as information medium for (71) research teams. A deliberately simple implementation model was chosen to make it as simple as possible for authors to (72) documents to the web, and to (73) these in the sense of updating content. This implementation model is centered around the notion of resources, usually file-base D. For the (74) intended use of the web, resources presented a useful abstraction, as they related to relatively self-contained chunks of information such as research publications and (75) pages. Such chunks of information typically could be set up and maintained independently of other resources, so that resources were the appropriate abstraction for composition and modification.

A:originally B:before C:success D:reform

Originally, the World-Wide Web was designed as information medium for （） research teams. A deliberately simple implementation model was chosen to make it as simple as possible for authors to （） documents to the web, and to （） these in the sense of updating content. This implementation model is centered around the notion of resources, usually file-base D. For the （） intended use of the web, resources presented a useful abstraction, as they related to relatively self-contained chunks of information such as research publications and （） pages. Such chunks of information typically could be set up and maintained independently of other resources, so that resources were the appropriate abstraction for composition and modification.

A:originally B:before C:success D:reform

Originally, the World-Wide Web was designed as information medium for（）research teams. A deliberately simple implementation model was chosen to make it as simple as possible for authors to（）documents to the web, and to（）these in the sense of updating content. This implementation model is centered around the notion of resources, usually file-based. For the  （）intended use of the web, resources presented a useful abstraction, as they related to relatively self-contained chunks of information such as research publications and（）pages. Such chunks of information typically could be set up and maintained independently of other resources, so that resources were the appropriate abstraction for composition and modification.

A:originally B:before C:success D:reform

It shocks us that a large percentage of middle school students ______ skip breakfast, the most important meal of the day.

A:originally B:namely C:regularly D:obviously