It is time the nations of the world （ ）a halt to the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
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It is time the nations of the world （ ）a halt to the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
What’s the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China? India! Brazil? How about trade?When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doom saying. Imports, which soared to $200.3 billion in the month, are subtracted in the calculation of gross domestic product. The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP. Should such imbalances continue, pessimists say, they could contribute to slower growth.But there’s another way of looking at the trade data. Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession—a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States—but an economic expansion.The rising volume of trade—more goods and services shuttling in and out of the United States—is good news for many sectors. Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics have all been reporting better than expected results. The rising numbers signify growing vitality in foreign markets—when we import more stuff, it puts more cash in the hands of people around the world, and U.S. exports are rising because more foreigners have the ability to buy the things we produce and market. The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price—agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.And while exports always seem to lag, U.S. companies are becoming more involved in the global economy with each passing month. General Motors sells as many cars in China as in America each month. While that may not do much for imports, it does help GM’s balance sheet and hence makes the Jobs of U.S.-based executives more stable.One great challenge for the U.S. economy is slack domestic consumer demand. Americans are paying down debt, saving more, and spending more carefully. That’s to be expected, given what we’ve been through. But there’s a bigger challenge. Can U.S.-based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand? Unless you want to pick up and move to India or Brazil, or China, the best way to do that is through trade. It may seem obvious, but it’s no longer enough simply to do business with our friends and neighbors here at home.Companies and individuals who don’t have a strategy to export more, or to get more involved in foreign markers, or to play a role in global trade, are shutting themselves out of the lion’s share of economic opportunity in our world.1.How do pessimists interpret the U.S. trade deficit in June?2.What does the author say about the trade data of the past two years?3.Who particularly benefit from the rising volume of trade?4.What is one of the challenges facing the American economy?5.What is the author’s advice to U.S. companies and individuals?
Providing first-class service is one of the the （ ）airline adopts to attract passengers.
As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to （ ）it.
The early pioneers had to （ ）many hardships to settle on the new land.
High cost of air travel, hotel rooms, food, and time lost while traveling have contributed to increased use of teleconferencing in business and government. （1）the benefits that might （2）form face-to-face live meeting, electronically held conferences can be just as （3） . Telephone companies have teleconferencing facilities （4） for business use. For a number of years, the telephone conference call, in （5） the phone company simply （6） for several people to be on the “line” at the same time, has been available. But （7） technology has gone far beyond that method.Conferences can now be （8） using television cameras and receivers with feedback （9） , so participants can （10） in a group discussion while observing one another. In this way, the （11） expressions and gestures that add so （12） to communication are apparent. The major morning news programs on television make frequent （13） of two-way video equipment to show us both the interviewer and the （14） ; teleconferencing （15） in the same way.Educational （16） on television bring the class to the student rather than the student to class. With close-circuit television and feedback audio equipment, however, actual campus classes are sent to （17） classrooms---often in a business organization’s educational facility. Students in a remote classroom can “buzz” the （18） classroom when they have questions to ask or answers to give to questions （19）by the instructor. The same system, of course, can be used with ill or disabled students in （20）and secondary schools.
