Japan's jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong's was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.

　　Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals(对手) from abroad.

　　1. The underlined word "prospect" in the first paragraph most probably means _________.

　　A. future

　　B. scene

　　C. weather

　　D. place

　　2. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _________.

　　A. it's helpful to the economy recovery

　　B. it can form a team working harder and more loyally

　　C. it will keep the experienced and skilled workers

　　D. it costs the company less money to survive

　　3. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.

　　A. human rights

　　B. personal profits

　　C. sharing responsibility

　　D. individual survival

　　4. The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　A. the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today

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