33.Paul Arnold is concerned that small acquisitions might .
[A]weaken big tech companies
[B]worsen market competition
[C]harm the national economy
[D]discourage start-up investors
34.The US Federal Trade Commission intends to .
[A]limit Big Tech’s expansion
[B]encourage research collaboration
[C]examine small acquisitions
[D]supervise start-ups’ operations
35.For the five biggest tech companies, their small acquisitions have .
[A]brought little financial pressure
[B]raised few management challenges
[C]set an example for future deals
[D]generated considerable profits
36.Nalini Ambady’s study deals with .
[A]the power of people’s memory
[B]the reliability of first impressions
[C]instructor student interaction
[D]people’s ability to influence others
37.In Ambady’s study, rating accuracy dropped when participants .
[A]focused on specific details
[B]gave the rating in limited time
[C]watched shorter video clips
[D]discussed with one another
38.Judith Hall mentions driving to show that .
[A]reflection can be distracting
[B]memory can be selective
[C]social skills must be cultivated
[D]deception is difficult to detect
39.When you are making complex decisions, it is advisable to .
[A]collect enough data
[B]list your preferences
[C]seek expert advice
[D]follow your feelings
40.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
[A]Generating new products takes time.
[B]Intuition may affect reflective tasks.
[C]Vocabulary comprehension needs creativity.
[D]Objective thinking may boost inventiveness.
"Sustainability" has become a popular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed through everyday action and choice.
Ning recalls spending a confusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance. He'd been through the dot-corn boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a Boulder agency.
It didn't go well. "It was a really bad move because that's not my passion," says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. "I was miserable. I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed the job. Everyone said, 'Just wait, you'll turn the comer, give it some time."'
Who would have thought that, globally, the IT industry produces about the same volume of gree呻ouse gases as the world's airlines do — roughly 2 percent of all CO2 emissions?
Many everyday tasks take a surprising toll on the environment. A Google search can leak between 0.2 and 7 .0 grams of CO2, depending on how many attempts are needed to get the "right" answer. To deliver results to its users quickly, then, Google has to maintain vast data centres around the world, packed with powerful computers. While producing large quantities of CO2, these computers emit a great deal of heat, so the centres need to be well air-conditioned, which uses even more energy.
However, Google and other big tech providers monitor their efficiency closely and make improvements. Monitoring is the first step on the road to reduction, but there is much more to be done, and not just by big companies.
