2. In a world where information is a flood—______ to everyone, and where nothing is secret or proprietary, the only organizations and managers who will thrive are those who can quickly wade into the water, harness what they need, and then add value to it through speedy, innovative business decisions.
4. If humans use up too much soil—which they have often done and are doing—then they will starve down to the carrying capacity of their habitat. This is nature's "indifferent" ______.
5. One outcome of the rapid advance of technology is the breakdown of the traditional ______ of labor between the sexes.
A.arrangement
B.difference
C.discrepancy
D.division
A B C D
D
[解析] 四个选项的意思分别是:arrangement安排;difference差别;discrepancy差别,差异;division分割,区分;division of labor的意思是劳动分工。句意是,科技迅速发展的一个结果,就是打破了两性之间传统的劳动分工。所以正确答案是D选项,如The compilers agreed upon a division of the textbook into twelve units.(编写者都同意把教科书分成十二个单元)。
6. The government provides employment and training services for workers and ______ for those who are temporarily out of work.