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OSTENTATION is to SIMPLICITY as () A: stereotype is to prejudice B: hypocrisy is to sincerity C: hypothesis is to experiment D: illusion is to allure E: fallacy is to appearance

He<br/>could not ______<br/>her mood in the least and his face showed it. A: analyze B: comprehend C: allure D: linger

Sanjay is an entrepreneur who graduated from MIT fifteen years ago. He studied mechanical engineering at MIT and dreamed of becoming a professor. But the allure of Wall Street was just too much. He joined Goldman Sachs and in his fifteen years at the firm made a remarkable career. Sanjay是一个创业者，15年前从MIT毕业。他在MIT学习机械工程并梦想成为一名教授。但是来自华尔街的诱惑实在太大。他加入了Goldman Sachs并且在那里工作了15年，成就了非凡的事业。The long hours and lack of flexibility finally exhausted Sanjay's passion for finance. He retired and opened his own business – a Ferrari dealership in Boston. He had met many wealthy people as a banker and knew that many of them wanted a local Ferrari dealership. 但是在Goldman Sachs公司工作时间长且毫无灵活性，最终使Sanjay失去了对财政的兴趣。他辞退了工作开始了自己的事业——成为一家位于波士顿的法拉利经销商。他以一个银行家的身份和很多富人接触，得知他们当中的很多人都希望有一个当地的法拉利经销商。It's 5pm on the opening day. Sanjay is excited, but concerned. He hasn't had a single visitor yet. Suddenly, an Audi A4 arrives at the dealership. Turns out, Sanjay's MIT classmate Anant, who had heard of the opening in the local newspaper, came to visit and congratulate. 现在是开张日的下午五点。Sanjay非常兴奋但也很忧虑。他还没有迎来一个顾客。突然，一辆奥迪A4停在了店门外。原来是Sanjay在MIT的同学Anant，他在当地的报纸上看到了Sanjay开张的消息，特来拜访祝贺。Anant also wondered if Sanjay could fix the Audi, offering to pay the same margin that Sanjay expects on maintenance of Ferraris. Anant还问Sanjay能不能修理奥迪，他可以付给Sanjay和维修法拉利一样的价钱。Sanjay is unsure. On the one hand, he finally has a customer, which is important. On the other hand, fixing Audis isn't the focus of the dealership. Sanjay不太确定。一方面，他终于有了一个客户，这对他来说很重要。另一方面，维修奥迪并不是他的关注点。What should Sanjay do?Sanjay应该怎么做呢？ A: Agree to fix the Audi at the rate Anant offered. A paying customer is a paying customer. 同意以Anant提供的价钱维修奥迪。付费客户毕竟是付费客户。 B: Agree to fix the Audi, but charge a higher margin to compensate the Ferrari mechanics for switching to a completely different vehicle maker. 同意维修奥迪，但是因为转换到一个完全不同的汽车制造商，所以应收取更高的费用来补偿法拉利机械师们。 C: Thank Anant for thinking of him, but tell him that this is a Ferrari dealership and that Sanjay needs to focus on his target customer. 感谢Anant想到了他，但是告诉他这是一个法拉利的经销商，Sanjay需要关注他的目标客户。 D: None of the above. 以上都不对。

Countries Rush for Upper Hand in Antarctica A) On a glacier-filled island with fjords（峡湾）and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica’s first Orthodox church on a bill overlooking its research base. Less than an hour away by snowmobile. Chinese laborers have updated the Great Wall Station, a vital part of China’s plan to operate five basses on Antarctica, complete with an indoor badminton court and sleeping quarters for 150 people. Not to be outdone, India’s futuristic new Bharathi base, built on stills（桩子）using 134 interlocking shipping containers, resembles a spaceship. Turkey and Iran have announced plans to build bases, too. B) More than a century has passed since explorers raced to plant their flags at the bottom of the world, and for decades to come this continent is supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve, shielded from intrusions like military activities and mining . But an array of countries are rushing to assert greater influence here, with an eye not just towards the day those protective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commercial that already exist. C) The newer players are stepping into what they view as a treasure house of resources. Some of the ventures focus on the Antarctic resources that are already up for grabs, like abundant sea life. South Korea, which operates state-of–the-art bases here, is increasing its fishing of krill（磷虾），found in abundance in the Southern Ocean, while Russia recently frustrated efforts to create one of the world’s largest ocean sanctuaries here. D) Some scientists are examining the potential for harvesting icebergs form Antarctica, which is estimated to have the biggest reserves of fresh water on the planet. Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and satellite projects to expand their global navigation abilities. E) Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System(GPS). At least three Russian stations are already operating in Antarctica, part of its effort to challenge the dominance of the American GPS, and new stations are planned for sites like the Russian base, in the shadow of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity. F) Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of a freshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling through miles of solid ice. “You can see that we’re here to stay,” said Vladimir Cheberdak, 57, chief of the Bellingshausen Station, as he sipped tea under a portrait of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Russian Navy who explored the Antarctic coast in 1820. G) Antarctica’s mineral, oil and gas wealth are a longer-term prize. The treaty banning mining here, shielding coveted(令人垂诞的)reserves of iron ore, coal and chromium, comes up for review in 2048. Researchers recently found kimberlite(金伯利岩) deposits hinting at the existence of diamonds. And while assessments vary widely, geologists estimate that Antarctica holds at least 36 billion barrels of oil and natural gas. H) Beyond the Antarctic treaties, huge obstacles persist to tapping these resources, like drifting icebergs that could jeopardize offshore platforms. Then there is Antarctic’s remoteness, with some mineral deposits found in windswept locations on a continent that is larger the Europe and where winter temperatures hover around minus 55 degrees Celsius. I) But advances in technology might make Antarctica a lot more accessible three decades from now. And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica’s treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire. The research stations on King George lsland offer a glimpse into the long game on this ice-blanketed continent as nations assert themselves, eroding the sway long held by countries like the United States, Britain. Australia and New Zealand. J) Being stationed in Antarctica involves adapting to life on the planet’s driest, windiest and coldest continent, yet each nation manages to make itself at home. Bearded Russian priests offer regular services at the Orthodox church for the 16 or so Russian speakers who spend the winter at the base, largely polar scientists in fields like glaciology and meteorology. Their number climbs to about 40 in the warmer summer months. China has arguably the fastest growing operations in Antarctica. It opened its fourth station last year and is pressing ahead with plans to build a fifth. It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one the planet’s coldest places. Chinese officials say the expansion in Antarctica prioritises scientific research. But they also acknowledge that concerns about “resource security” influence their moves. K) China’s newly renovated Great Wall Station on King George lsland makes the Russian and Chilean bases here seem outdated. ”We do weather monitoring here and other research.” Ning Xu, 53, the chief of the Chinese base, said over tea during a fierce blizzard(暴风雪) in late November. The large base he leads resembles a snowed-in college campus on holiday break, with the capacity to sleep more than 10 times the 13 people who were staying on through the Antarctic winter. Yong Yu, a Chinese microbiologist, showed off the spacious building, with empty desks under an illustrated timeline detailing the rapid growth of China’s Antarctic operations since the 1980s “We now feel equipped to grow,” he said. L) As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere’s summer, including those at the Amundsen Scott station, built in 1956 at an elevation of 9,301 feet on a plateau at the South Pole. But US researchers quietly complain about budget restraints and having far fewer icebreakers the Russia, limiting the reach of the United States in Antarctica. M) Scholars warn that Antarctica’s political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent’s treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting(拦截) signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations. N) Some countries have had a hard time here, Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base. As if that were not enough. a Brazilian C-130 Hercules military transport plane has remained stranded near the runway of Chile’s air base here since it crash-landed in 2014. O) However, Brazil’s stretch of misfortune has created opportunities for China, with a Chinese company winning the $100 million contract in 2015 to rebuild the Brazilian station. P) Amid all the changes, Antarctica maintains its allure. South Korea opened its second Antarctic research base in 2014, describing it as a way to test robots developed by Korean researchers for use in extreme conditions. With Russia’s help, Belarus is preparing to build this first Antarctic base. Colombia said this year that it planned to join other South American nations with bases in Antarctica. Q) “The old days of the Antarctic being dominated by the interests and wishes of white men from European. Australasian and North American states are over.” Said Klaus Dodds, a politics scholar at the University of London who specialises in Antarctica. “The reality is that Antarctica is geopolitically contested.” 1. According to Chinese officials, their activities in Antarctica lay greater emphasis on scientific research. 2. Efforts to create one of the world’s largest ocean sanctuaries failed because of Russia’s obstruction. 3. With several monitoring stations operating in Antarctica, Russia is trying hard to counter America’s dominance in the field of worldwide navigational facilities. 4. According to geologists’ estimates. Antarctica has enormous reserves of oil and natural gas. 5. It is estimated that Antarctica boasts of the richest reserves of fresh water on earth. 6. The demand for energy resources may compel renegotiation of Antarctica’s treaties before their expiration. 7. Many countries are racing against each other to increase their business and strategic influence on Antarctica. 8. Antarctica’s harsh natural conditions constitute huge obstacles to the exploitation of its resources. 9. With competition from many countries, Antarctica is no longer dominated by the traditional white nations. 10. American scientists complain about lack of sufficient money and equipment for their expansion in Antarctica.