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that their way of doing business was failing,and that their incomes would therefore shortly begin to fall as well.4Themid-1980s brought one inquiry after another into the causes of America's industrial decline.5Their sometimes sensationalfindings were filled with wamings about the growing competition from overseas.DHow things have changed!2In 1995 the United States can look back on five years of solid growth while Japan hasbeen struggling.34'Few Americans attribute this solely to such obvious causes as a devalued dollar or the turning of thebusiness cycle.4Self-doubt has yielded to blind pride.5"American industry has changed its structure,has gone on a diet,has leamt to be more quick-witted,"according to Richard Cavanaugh,executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School ofGovemment.6"It makes me proud to be an American just to see how our businesses are improving their productivity,"saysStephen Moore of the Cato Institute,a think-tank in Washington,DC.(7And William Sahlman of the Harvard BusinessSchool believes that people will look back on this period as"a golden age of business management in the United States."[429 words11.The U.S.achieved its predominance after World War II because[A]it had made painstaking efforts towards this goal[B]its domestic market was eight times larger than before[C]the war had destroyed the economies of most potential competitors[D]the unparalleled size of its workforce had given an impetus to its economy12.The loss of U.S.predominance in the world economy in the 1980s is manifested in the fact that the American.[A]TV industry had withdrawn to its domestic market[B]semiconductor industry had been taken over by foreign enterprises[C]machine-tool industry had collapsed after suicidal actions[D]auto industry had lost part of its domestic market13.What can be inferred from the passage?[A]It is human nature to shift between self-doubt and blind pride.[B]Intense competition may contribute to economic progress.[C]The revival of the economy depends on international cooperation.[D]A long history of success may pave the way for further development.14.The author seems to believe the revival of the U.S.economy in the 1990s can be attributed to the.[A]turning of the business cycle[B]restructuring of industry[C]improved business management[D]success in educationPassage 21i5'Being a man has always been dangerous.2There are about 105 males bom for every 100 females,but this ratiodrops to near balance at the age of maturity,and among 70-year-olds there are twice as many women as men.3But the greatuniversal of male mortality is being changed.4Now,boy babies survive almost as well as girls do.5This means that,forthe first time,there will be an excess of boys in those crucial years when they are searching for a mate.6More important,another chance for natural selection has been removed.7Fifty years ago,the chance of a baby (particularly a boy baby)surviving depended on its weight.A kilogram too light or too heavy meant almost certain death.8 To