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How should one invest a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀) Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate is. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people’s wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves. "
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of day according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout the time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling .the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour-glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antiques should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by the time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time

A.Counting the beating of one’s own heart.

B.Making use of candles, sand and water.

C.Observing shadows cast by the sun.

D.Keeping slaves busy day and night.

答案

参考答案:D

解析:[专家点评] 文章的第三、四段是介绍古代掌握时间的方法,其中A、B、C都提到过,只有D选项说让奴隶们一天忙到晚,没有提到,而且不符合常识。所以答案选D。

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单项选择题

为建立规范的税费体制和完善的价格机制,促进节能减排、环境保护和结构调整,公平负担,依法筹措交通基础设施养护和建设资金,我国出台了成品油价税费改革方案,自2009年1月1日正式施行。方案规定:取消公路养路费、航道养护费、公路运输管理费、公路客货运附加费、水路运输管理费、水运客货运附加费等六项收费,逐步有序取消已审批的政府还贷二级公路收费。汽、柴油等成品油消费税价内征收,即将养路费捆绑进油价,把每辆汽车要缴的养路费转换成税费,更多地体现了“多用多缴,少用少缴”的公平原则。具体征收标准为汽油单位税额每升1元,柴油每升0.8元。
方案同时规定,这次调整税额形成的成品油消费税收入主要用于替代公路养路费等六项收费的支出,补助各地取消已审批的政府还贷二级公路收费,并对种粮农民、部分困难群体和公益性行业给予必要扶持。
以下是三位车(船)主日常用车(船)情况:
Ⅰ.陆先生拥有一辆排量为1.6升的普通5座轿车,使用97号汽油,日行驶里程40公里,平均百公里油耗为10升左右。税改前全年缴纳公路养路费1440元。
Ⅱ.刘先生驾驶一辆出租车,每天出车12个小时,平均行驶300公里,百公里耗油12升。税改前每个月需缴纳养路费120元。
Ⅲ.张先生经营一艘载重为7000吨的个体煤炭运输船,在固定河段区间内运营。该船往返一个周期需要50天,消耗0号柴油10吨(1公斤柴油约为1.22升)。每往返一次需缴纳航道养护费15800元、运输管理费和货物附加费共44030元。

根据刘先生用车情况,下列说法正确的一项是( )。

A.今年的收入状况将好于2008年
B.今年每月的油料支出将会增加960元
C.相比2008年费用支出情况,今年势必有所降低
D.成品油价税费改革,对出租车行业影响不大