集落刺激因子(colony stimulating factor，CSF)

Opinion polls are now beginning to show that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely.
But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm Should we not rather encourage many ways for self-respecting people to work Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work
The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people’s work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a daunting thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.
Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people’s homes. Later, as transport improved first by rail and then by road, people commuted longer distances to their places of employment until, eventually, many people’s work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they live.
Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. In preindustrial times, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community. Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and families to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today, and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.
It was not only women whose work status suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work,young people and old people were excluded—a problem now,as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.
All this may now have to change.
The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal crea- ting jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.
What does the word“daunting”in the third paragraph mean

A:shocking B:interesting C:confusing D:stimulating

From: Mitchell Glass ＜mglass@popmail.net＞
To: Lois West ＜lois-west@wec.com＞
Subject: Many thanks
Dear Ms. West,
I would like to thank you for taking the time to meet with me last Friday to discuss the current job opening in the engineering department at Wilford Electronic Components (WEC).
As I mentioned, I am particularly interested in the position in of assistant electrical engineer, as it offers a (21) work environment and opportunities for advancement.
I feel that my (22) educational background and my recent experience as a systems engineer with Altech Inc. closely match the requirement for the job.
WEC is a very impressive organization, and I would greatly appreciate the chance to contribute my own unique skills and perspective to its mission of providing electronics manufacturers with components of the (23) quality.
Thank you again for your consideration. I look forward to talking with you again soon.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Glass

A:stimulation B:stimulated C:stimulating D:stimulatingly

It is believed that today's pop music can serve as a creative force ________________ stimulating the thinking of its listeners.

A:by B:with C:at D:on

While some office jobs would seem boring to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.

A:hostile B:tedious C:fantastic D:courageous

There seems to be a close relationship between drinks and one’s life.
The adolescent(少年)usually loves soft drinks for their sweetness and variety. He knows nothing of sadness and his taste of life is sweetness to the exclusion of all the others. In his eyes, the world is full of facets just as soft drinks are varied in flavor.
Youth sees him on a job or in love. Now, soft drinks will have to give way to coffee, which is bitter yet somewhat sweet and fragrant. It gives a stimulating sensation suggestive of maturity, appealing to him, as he is fickle and moody. At his stage, he begins his career full of ambition and ideals, on the other hand he also needs and aspires after a home of his own. However, either his work or his love affairs may bring small setbacks, for which he is sometimes seen forcing a tearful smile and sometimes smiling through his tears. Considerations of gains and losses seem to him an enjoyment as well as a torture.
Middle age turns him to Chinese tea that gives a delicate fragrance very gradual to come out, only discernable off and on. It is bland an elegant, deep and profound. It never stimulates your sense of taste but a lip of it will leave a faint fragrance lingering in your mouth, Free from impractical longings and fully aware of the evanescent of the sunset, he cherishes every minute of the day and each day of his is sweetened with a simple but real happiness.
The elderly drinks plain boiled water which is devoid of saccharin, caffeine or theophyline (茶碱). It tastes insipid yet a slow sipping will doubtless yield a wee bit of sweetness. He has been tossed in life’s storms and taught by rough and bitter experience to know better than to care about glories and successes which appear to him now as transient as a fleeting cloud. For this is the time he can sit comfortable in an armchair letting his mind wander. All that happened in the past and all that exist in the world seem to him as plain and insipd as water...
According to the passage, young people love coffee because of ______.

A:new and foreign taste of coffee B:enjoyment and troubles of their work and love C:their desire for homes of their own D:their desire for stimulating their nerves

While some office jobs would seem {{U}}boring{{/U}} to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.

A:hostile B:tedious C:fantastic D:courageous

Loud noises can be {{U}}irritating{{/U}}.

A:confusing B:interesting C:stimulating D:annoying

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{{B}}第一篇{{/B}}

A:new and foreign taste of coffee B:enjoyment and troubles of their work and love C:their desire for homes of their own D:their desire for stimulating their nerves

American journalists often overstate a situation to make the news more stimulating.

A:exaggerate B:inspire C:animate D:misinterpret