Although most universities in the United States are on a semester system which offers classes in the fall and spring, some schools observe a quarter system comprised of fall, winter, spring, and summer quarters. The academic year, September to June, is divided into three quarters of eleven weeks each beginning in September, January, and March; the summer quarter, June to August, is composed of shorter sessions of varying length. Students may take advantage of the opportunity to study year around by enrolling in all four quarters. Most students begin their programs in the fall quarter, but they may enter at the beginning of any of the other quarters.

The academic year is _________ .

A. September to August 

B. June to August

C. August to June 

D. September to June

A semester system _________ .

A. has eleven-week sessions

B. is not very popular in the United States

C. gives students the opportunity to study year around

D. has two major sessions a year

Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Universities in the United States 

B. The Academic Year

C. The Quarter System 

D. The Semester System

    The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit instead of insects. Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one spot for years. Sometimes several hundreds of them occupy a single tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise, they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.

    Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her breast wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls down to the ground and squeaks (尖叫) for help. Then the older ones swoop (俯冲) down and try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of dead baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree.

The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in _________.

A. their size 

B. their appearance

C. the kind of food they eat 

D. the way they rest

Flying foxes have fights _________.

A. to occupy the best resting places

B. only when it is dark

C. to protect their homes from outsiders

D. when there is not enough food

How do flying foxes care for their young?

A. They only care for their own babies.

B. They share the feeding of their young.

C. They help when a baby bat is in danger.

D. They often leave home and forget their young.

    These days, retailers are faced with an embarrassment of informational riches. With the right tools, you can track shipments, monitor inventory, gauge customer satisfaction, and much more with the click of a mouse.

    And that’s a problem. One of the biggest challenges facing e-business today is information overload. Often buried in the e-mail and faxes, spreadsheets and presentations, browsers and applications, Web sits and data warehouses, is information that holds the key to success. If only you could put your hands on it precisely when you needed it.

    Managing information overload and streamlining business processes have become critical success factors that making Knowledge Management (KM) tools vital to e-business success. The following white paper shows how using KM tools to get the right information to the right people at the right time and in a personalized, usable format, can accelerate decision-making, speed business processes, and deliver a decisive e-business advantage.

    A variety of stand-alone KM applications are emerging to provide such capabilities. They fall into several categories:

   ·Information retrieval — Advanced tools let knowledge workers find information quickly, regardless of its source or location.

   ·Personal content categorization — A single application can be customized to aggregate unstructured data from many sources into one view.

   ·Learning and adaptation — Behind-the-scenes software agents profile the way an employee works in order to anticipate what data he/she might need.

   ·Enterprise information portals — Corporate portals pull together up-to-date information and applications to enhance productivity and decision-making.

   ·Collaboration — Rapid-fire sharing of knowledge among dispersed knowledge workers saves time and money, and increase productivity.

   ·E-learning — Delivering the latest training to employees precisely when they need it can best be accomplished online.

    Next-generation software promises to integrate multiple KM technologies, to forge even more comprehensive solutions. As KM solutions evolve, they will transform the PC from a personal productivity tool to a knowledge assimilation and Internet productivity platform.

The most important thing for success is often hidden in the _________.

A. overloaded information

B. challenges facing e-business

C. embarrassment retailers are faced with

D. customer satisfaction

The KM applications can _________.

A. make knowledge workers find any information they want

B. train employees online

C. decide what an employee likes or dislikes

D. create knowledge for knowledge workers

It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _________.

A. PC will be made more powerful by KM solutions

B. Next-generation software will bring about more KM technologies

C. Next-generation software will be more comprehensive

D. KM solutions will bring about a revolution in PC

What is the best title for this passage?

A. How to Deal With Information overload

B. KM solution to Information Overload

C. A Big Challenge Facing E-business

D. A Revolution in Information Technology

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