单选题As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy ______.A the companies pay mere attention to moneyB the companies care mere about productionC the companies have great emphasis on finished productsD the companies don’t know what to do
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单选题
As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy ______.
A
the companies pay mere attention to money
B
the companies care mere about production
C
the companies have great emphasis on finished products
D
the companies don’t know what to do
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第1题：
China’s markets have been strengthened by Strong domestic consumption and it also stimulated both multinationals and domestic companies to shift the emphasis of their operations from 'Made in China' to 'Made for China'.()
此题为判断题(对，错)。
参考答案：对
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第2题：
I t can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, .
A. people waste too much money on cameras
B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life
C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product
D. famous companies care more about profit than quality
正确答案：C解 析：推理判断题。最后一段作者分析了人们为什么老是喜欢新的事物，因为旧的事物我们了解了，有局限性，而新的事物会带给我们更多我们没想到的。根据作者在 购物的过程中，最终选择了试用自己最初的照相机，所以得出作者的观点是：我们并不需要了解很多新的东西，只要达到自己的最初的要求就行。
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第3题：
Text 3 Disruption may bc the buzzword in boardrooms,but the most striking feature of business today is not the overturning of the established order.It is the stabilisation of a group of superstar companies at the heart of the global economy.Some are emerging-market champions,like Samsung,which have seized the opportunities provided by globalisation.The elite of the elite are high-tech wizards-Google,Apple,Facebook and the rest-that have conjured up corporate empires from bits and bytes.The superstars are admirable in many ways.They churn out products that improve consumers'lives,from smarter smartphones to sharper televisions.They provide Americans and Europeans with an estimated$280 billion-worth of"free"services-such as search or directions-a year.But they have two big faults.They are squashing competition,and they are using the darker arts of management to stay ahead.Neither is easy to solve.But failing to do so risks a backlash which will be bad for everyone.Bulking up is a global trend.The annual number of mergers and acquisitions is more than twice what it was in the 1990s.But concentration is at its most worrying in America.The share of GDP generated by America's 100 biggest companies rose from about 33%in 1994 t0 46%in 2013.In the home of the entrepreneur,the number of startups js lower than it has been at any time since the 1970s.More firms are dying than being bom.Founders dream of selling their firms to one of the giants rather than of building their own titans.The weight of the superstars also reflects their excellence at less productive activities.About 30%of global foreign direct investment（FDl）flows through tax havens,big companies routinely use"transfer pricing"to pretend that profits generated in one part of the world are in fact made in another.None of this helps the image of big business.Paying tax seems to be unavoidable for individuals but optional for firms.Rules are unbending for citizens,and up for negotiation when it comes to companies.Nor do profits translate into jobs as once they did.In 1990 the top three carmakers in Detroit had a market capitalisation of$36 billion and l.2 million employees.In 2014 the top three firms in Silicon Valley,with a market capitalisation ofover$l trillion,had only 137,000 employees.So,by all means celebrate the astonishing achievements of today's superstar companies.But also watch them.The world needs a healthy dose of competition to keep today's giants on their toes and to give those in their shadow a chance to grow.
It can be inferred that superstar companies_____A.offer free service across the world
B.are afraid of competition with rivals
C.impose dark management on employees
D.create a better world with high-tech products答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到第二段。该段论述超级明星企业的优点和缺点，“它们制造的产品改善消费者的生活”，故D项为正确选项。【干扰排除】第二段中，超级明星企业为欧美国家提供搜索和定位等免费服务，而不是针对全球客户，A项错误；超级明星企业会squashing competition（挤压竞争），而不是害怕竞争，B项错误；超级明星企业“利用更黑暗的管理技巧来保持领先”，但并未说明是针对员工的黑暗管理，而且从第三、四段可知是通过避税等方式．C项错误。 -
第4题：
It is true that CEO pay has gone up-top ones may make 300 times the pay of typical workers on average,and since the mid-1970s CEO pay for large publicly traded American corporations has,by varying estimates,gone up by about 500%The typical CEO of a top American corporation now makes about S18.9 million a year.The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.The efforts of America's highest-earning 1%have been one of the more dynamic elements of the global economy.It's not popular to say,but one reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U.S.economy.Today's CEO,at least for major American firms,must have many mere skills than simply being able to“run the company"CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and maybe even how the company should trade in them.They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors,as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before,with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.To lead in that system requires knowledge that is farly mind-boggling plus,virtually all major American companies are beyond this major CEOs still have to do all the day-to-day work they have always done.The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.By most measures,corporate governmance has become a lot tighter and more rigorous since the 1970s.Yet it is principally during this period of stronger govemnance that CEO pay has been high and rising.That suggests it is in the broader corporate interest to recruit top candidates for increasingly tough jobs.”Furthermore,the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates,not to the cozy insider picks,another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.And the stock market reacts positively when companies tie CEO pay to,say,stock prices,a sign that those practices build up corporate value not just for the CEO.
The most suitable title for this text would be______A.CEOs Are Not Overpaid
B.CEO Pay:Past and Present
C.CEOs'challenges of Today
D.CEO Traits:Not Easy to Define答案：A解析：本题目为主旨题，考察文章主旨。根据题干分析文章主题词为CEO的薪酬，所以排除C项、D项选项A的CEOs Are Not Overpaid首席执行官的薪水并不高。选项B的CEO Pay:Past and Present CEO的薪酬：过去和现在，而CEO过去的薪酬并不是原文中心，属于偏离主题，因此正确选项为A。 -
第5题：
Text 3 Disruption may bc the buzzword in boardrooms,but the most striking feature of business today is not the overturning of the established order.It is the stabilisation of a group of superstar companies at the heart of the global economy.Some are emerging-market champions,like Samsung,which have seized the opportunities provided by globalisation.The elite of the elite are high-tech wizards-Google,Apple,Facebook and the rest-that have conjured up corporate empires from bits and bytes.The superstars are admirable in many ways.They churn out products that improve consumers'lives,from smarter smartphones to sharper televisions.They provide Americans and Europeans with an estimated$280 billion-worth of"free"services-such as search or directions-a year.But they have two big faults.They are squashing competition,and they are using the darker arts of management to stay ahead.Neither is easy to solve.But failing to do so risks a backlash which will be bad for everyone.Bulking up is a global trend.The annual number of mergers and acquisitions is more than twice what it was in the 1990s.But concentration is at its most worrying in America.The share of GDP generated by America's 100 biggest companies rose from about 33%in 1994 t0 46%in 2013.In the home of the entrepreneur,the number of startups js lower than it has been at any time since the 1970s.More firms are dying than being bom.Founders dream of selling their firms to one of the giants rather than of building their own titans.The weight of the superstars also reflects their excellence at less productive activities.About 30%of global foreign direct investment（FDl）flows through tax havens,big companies routinely use"transfer pricing"to pretend that profits generated in one part of the world are in fact made in another.None of this helps the image of big business.Paying tax seems to be unavoidable for individuals but optional for firms.Rules are unbending for citizens,and up for negotiation when it comes to companies.Nor do profits translate into jobs as once they did.In 1990 the top three carmakers in Detroit had a market capitalisation of$36 billion and l.2 million employees.In 2014 the top three firms in Silicon Valley,with a market capitalisation ofover$l trillion,had only 137,000 employees.So,by all means celebrate the astonishing achievements of today's superstar companies.But also watch them.The world needs a healthy dose of competition to keep today's giants on their toes and to give those in their shadow a chance to grow.
The author's attitude towards superstar companies could be——A.supportive
B.critical
C.conservative
D.subjective答案：C解析：态度方向题。根据定位词定位到最后一段。作者在文中该段肯定了超级明星企业带来的便利和取得的成就，同时电警示并指出其存在的问题，可推测作者对这些超级明星企业的态度是保守的，故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】作者虽然认同超级明星企业的成就，但是也认识到问题，所以A项“支持的”不准确；作者部分赞同超级明星企业的优势，故B项“批评的”不准确；作者指出大企业的问题，都有证据证明，所以并不是主观臆断．D项不准确。 -
第6题：
共用题干
Is There a Way to Keep the Britain's Economy Growing?
1 .In today's knowledge economy,nations survive on the things they do best.Japanese design electronics while Germens export engineering techniques.The French serve the best food and Americans make computers.
2 .Britain specializes in the gift of talking.The nation doesn't manufacture much of any-thing.But it has lawyers,stylists and business consultants who earn their living from talktalk and more talk.The World Foundation think tank says the UK's four iconic job、todayare not scientists,engineers,teachers and nurses.Instead,they're hairdressers,celebrities,management consultants and managers.But can all this talking keep the British economy going?The British government thinks it can.
3 .Although the country's trade deficit was more than￡60 billion in 2006,UK's largest in thepostwar period,officials say the country has nothing to worry about.In fact,Britain does have a world-class pharmaceutical industry and it still makes a small sum from selling arms abroad.It also trades services一accountancy,insurance,banking and advertising.The government believes Britain is on the cutting edge of the knowledge economy.After all,the country of Shakespeare and Words-worth has a literary tradition of which to be proud.Rock'n'roll is an English language medium,and there are billions to be made by their cutting-edge bands.In other words,the creative economy has plenty of strength to carry the British economy.
4 .However,creative industries account for only about 4 percent of UK's exports of goods and services.The industries are finding it hard to make a profit,according to a report of the National Endowment for Science,Technology and the Arts.The report shows only 38 percent of British companies were engaged in“innovation activities”,3 percentage points be-low the EU average and well below Germany(61 percent)and Sweden(47 percent).
5 .In fact,it might be better to call Britain a“servant”economy一there are at least 4 million people“in service”.The majority of the population are employed by the rich to cook,clean,and take care of their children.Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree.Most employment growth has been, and will continue to be,at the low-skill end of the service sector一in shops,bars,hotels,domestic service and in nursing and care homes.The British government doesn't seem______.
A:to find jobs
B:to do low-skill jobs
C:to feed its people
D:to handle disputes
E:to make a profit
F:to worry about the British economy答案：F解析：段落中出现了明显的段落主题词talk(talk贯穿该段出现），依据这个段落主题词可轻松判断出答案应该来自E和F这两个选项中。第二段中的第一个句子是观点句，该句意为 “英国的特长是有说话的天赋”。这个意义意义正好与E'‘说话的天赋”一致。该段的写作结构为“观点句（主题句）＋解释说明（接下来的句子具体说明说话天赋在经济中的表现）”。
该段没有明显的段落主题词，段首句只是事实陈述句，不是观点句，也就不是该段的主题句。对于该段落只能通过大致理解段落主要意思来归纳出主题。该段讲述英国是著名作家Shakespeare和Wordsworth.的故乡，“他1IJ以次央国的摇艰尔团创造了大量的精神财富，也为英国赚得了大量的钱，显示了创造性经济的力量。因此C“创造性经济的实力”是答案。
第四段的第一个句子是转折句（提示：段首出现的转折句常是段落主题句）, 该句意为“然而，创造性行业的商品和服务出口只占整个英国出口量的4%左右”，由此可见创造性经济还是很薄弱的。因此答案为D“创造性经济的弱点”。
第五段的第一个句子是主题句In fact, it might be better to call Britain a “servant” economy一there are at least 4 million people “in service”。该句意为“实际上，把英国的经济叫做服务经济更恰当一些——因为至少有四百万人在做服务性工作”。因此选B“服务经济”。提示：如果概括大意的选项中出现正反意义选项，如本题中的选项C“创造性经济的强项”和D “创造性经济的弱点”，则这两个选项中必然至少有一个是答案选项，而另一个形成对比意义的选项作为答案出现的可能性也较大，因为英文短文中常出现两个形成对比意义的段落，如：过去情况与现在情况的对比；强项（优点）和弱点（缺点）的对比等。
虽然可以利用题干中的名词短语every country, own way作为定位线索，但是对于该题却不容易依据定位线索识别出相关句。这种情况在职称英语考试中较少见，该题的相关句在第一段。第一段讲到了在今天的知识经济时代，各个国家靠自己的强项得以生存。因此C“养活自己的人民”是答案。
利用题干中的名词短语British government作为定位线索，在第二段中找到相关句 But can all this talking keep the British economy going? The British government thinks it can，相关句意为“说话能让英国经济持续发展吗？英国政府认为可以。”依据相关句的内容不难看出英国政府似乎并不担心英国经济。因此选项F“担心英国经济”是答案。
利用题干中的名词短语“creative industries”作为定位线索，在第四段中找到相关句The industries（指creative industries) are finding it hard（与题干中的形容词 difficult呼应）to make a profit, according to a report of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts，相关句表明英国创造性的行业很难盈利。因此答案为E“盈利”。
利用题干中的名词短语many graduates作为定位线索，在第五段中找到相关句Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree，相关句意为“许多毕业生甚至在做不需要学位的卑微的工作”。因此B“做低技能的工作”是答案。 -
第7题：
单选题As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy ______.Athe companies pay mere attention to money
Bthe companies care mere about production
Cthe companies have great emphasis on finished products
Dthe companies don’t know what to do
正确答案： B解析：
第四段第一句话提到“As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy, the important thing for a business is to make money and not just produce.”，可知从计划经济到市场经济的转变意味着公司应该把重心放在挣钱上，而不是生产上。故选A。 -
第8题：
单选题Ten years ago, smaller companies did not use large computers because _____.Athese companies had not enough money to buy such expensive computers
Bthese computers could not do the work that small computers can do today
Cthese computers did not come onto the market
Dthese companies did not need to use this new technology
正确答案： A解析：
根据第一段第二句“Before that time, large computers were only fixed by large, rich companies that could afford the investment.”可知，小公司不用大型电脑是因为其费用太高。 -
第9题：
问答题Fewer Skilled Graduates May Hinder China A shortage of well-trained graduates could hinder the growth of the Chinese economy and prevent it from developing more sophisticated industries, according to a report by consultants McKinsey. The universities have a theoretical, text-book, learn-from-the-master approach. English teaching also had insufficient emphasis on conversational skills. Of the pool of 1.6m young engineers in the country, only about 160,000 have the practical and language skills to work for a multinational. Not only are there fewer graduates available to multinationals than many companies realize, but they also face fierce competition from local companies.正确答案：
高素质大学毕业生匮乏可能会阻碍中国发展 根据麦肯锡咨询公司的一份报告,由于缺乏训练有素的大学毕业生,中国经济增长可能会受到阻碍,中国发展尖端产业也可能受到影响。中国大学所采用的是纯理论的、书本的、学徒式的教法,英语教学对会话技能不够重视。中国现有年轻工程师的数量达160万,而其中只有16万左右的工程师具备在跨国公司工作所需的实用技能和外语能力。跨国公司所能招到的毕业生的人数不仅比很多公司所想像的要少得多,他们还同时面临来自中国本土公司的竞争。解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
单选题Where the words “without support from major record companies” are, the context reads that music broadcast programsrecord companies.Amust have the support of
Brequire the participation of
Cmay enlist the assistance of
Dshould enter partnership with
正确答案： C解析：
推断题。题干中引用部分出现在第一段最后一句，该句指出这就是这家离奇的电台创造出最早的音乐播客之一的方式--没有来自大唱片公司的支持。它是最早的，且没有大唱片公司的支持，也就意味着以前的音乐节目一般需要唱片公司的支持或参与。因此选项C为正确答案。 -
第11题：
单选题Some computer companies started charging helpline users because______.Athe companies wanted to increase profits.
Bmore and more PCs are sold to homes.
Cmany users don’t refer to the manual.
Donly technicians can solve their problems.
正确答案： B解析：
推断题文章第四段尾句提到，电话量太大以致于很多公司都开始对热线收费，第五段首句又谈到，那些问题都简单到只需打开说明书一看便可解决，之后又接着列举了用户不愿意读说明书的例子。由此可见，正是由于用户不愿意看说明书才使热线电话大量增加，选项C与之相符。A项在文中没有提及；B项与题干无关；而D项和文章内容相悖，故这三项均可排除。故答案为C项。 -
第12题：
单选题What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?AIn both East and West, names are essential to success.
BThe alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zoë Zysman.
CCustomers often pay a lot of attention to companies’ names.
DSome form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize.
正确答案： C解析：
推论题。前三段主要讲述了字母歧视并举例证明其存在，第二段和第三段举例证明主题，用“a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K”以及很多名人的首字母是前几位字母的事实，这些事实说明虽然这种歧视很细微，人们可能观察不到，但它们的确说明了字母歧视的存在。A, B过于绝对，文章只是指出名字靠前的人具有优势，并没有说这是人们成功的根源，也没有说名字靠后是失败的根源。C文中未提及。 -
第13题：
听力原文：The owners of limited companies are people who have bought shares in the company.
(6)
A．The shareholders are the owners of limited companies.
B．Shareholders deposit their money in the limited companies.
C．The shareholders can sell shares of limited companies to the public.
D．Shareholders of limited companies are able to make profits continuously.
正确答案：A
解析：单句意思为“有限公司的拥有者是那些购买公司股份的人”。 -
第14题：
One reason why employees don't want to trade money for leisure is that__________.A.they don't want to be considered to be lazy
B.they have to pay a lot of money for leisure
C.their companies are lacking in employees
D.they love their companies so much答案：A解析：文章第四段提到公司管理者评判员工对公司的贡献率是以工作时间为标准．故员工要想证明自己不是懒惰的，就得牺牲空闲时间，努力工作挣钱。 -
第15题：
Text 3 Disruption may bc the buzzword in boardrooms,but the most striking feature of business today is not the overturning of the established order.It is the stabilisation of a group of superstar companies at the heart of the global economy.Some are emerging-market champions,like Samsung,which have seized the opportunities provided by globalisation.The elite of the elite are high-tech wizards-Google,Apple,Facebook and the rest-that have conjured up corporate empires from bits and bytes.The superstars are admirable in many ways.They churn out products that improve consumers'lives,from smarter smartphones to sharper televisions.They provide Americans and Europeans with an estimated$280 billion-worth of"free"services-such as search or directions-a year.But they have two big faults.They are squashing competition,and they are using the darker arts of management to stay ahead.Neither is easy to solve.But failing to do so risks a backlash which will be bad for everyone.Bulking up is a global trend.The annual number of mergers and acquisitions is more than twice what it was in the 1990s.But concentration is at its most worrying in America.The share of GDP generated by America's 100 biggest companies rose from about 33%in 1994 t0 46%in 2013.In the home of the entrepreneur,the number of startups js lower than it has been at any time since the 1970s.More firms are dying than being bom.Founders dream of selling their firms to one of the giants rather than of building their own titans.The weight of the superstars also reflects their excellence at less productive activities.About 30%of global foreign direct investment（FDl）flows through tax havens,big companies routinely use"transfer pricing"to pretend that profits generated in one part of the world are in fact made in another.None of this helps the image of big business.Paying tax seems to be unavoidable for individuals but optional for firms.Rules are unbending for citizens,and up for negotiation when it comes to companies.Nor do profits translate into jobs as once they did.In 1990 the top three carmakers in Detroit had a market capitalisation of$36 billion and l.2 million employees.In 2014 the top three firms in Silicon Valley,with a market capitalisation ofover$l trillion,had only 137,000 employees.So,by all means celebrate the astonishing achievements of today's superstar companies.But also watch them.The world needs a healthy dose of competition to keep today's giants on their toes and to give those in their shadow a chance to grow.
The decrease of new companies indicates_____A.they have rare chance to grow up
B.giant companies will give founders money
C.most GDP is generated by superstar companies
D.people prefer big companies than small ones答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到第三段。该段论述超级明星企业的膨胀和对小公司的影响，创业公司越来越少，因为他们被超级明星企业挤压而无法成长，故A项为正确选项。【干扰排除】第三段最后一句“公司创始人梦想把公司卖给一家巨头，而不是打造自己的巨头”，大公司是收购小企业，而不是给创业者钱，B项错误；C项“大多数GDP是由超级明星公司产生”，文中未提及，第三句只是说2013年，这些企业GDP占46%，C项错误；文中没有明确提到人们对大公司或者小公司的偏好，D项错误。 -
第16题：
It is true that CEO pay has gone up-top ones may make 300 times the pay of typical workers on average,and since the mid-1970s CEO pay for large publicly traded American corporations has,by varying estimates,gone up by about 500%The typical CEO of a top American corporation now makes about S18.9 million a year.The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.The efforts of America's highest-earning 1%have been one of the more dynamic elements of the global economy.It's not popular to say,but one reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U.S.economy.Today's CEO,at least for major American firms,must have many mere skills than simply being able to“run the company"CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and maybe even how the company should trade in them.They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors,as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before,with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.To lead in that system requires knowledge that is farly mind-boggling plus,virtually all major American companies are beyond this major CEOs still have to do all the day-to-day work they have always done.The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.By most measures,corporate governmance has become a lot tighter and more rigorous since the 1970s.Yet it is principally during this period of stronger govemnance that CEO pay has been high and rising.That suggests it is in the broader corporate interest to recruit top candidates for increasingly tough jobs.”Furthermore,the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates,not to the cozy insider picks,another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.And the stock market reacts positively when companies tie CEO pay to,say,stock prices,a sign that those practices build up corporate value not just for the CEO.Which of the following has contributed to CEO pay rise?A.The growth in the number of corporations
B.The general pay rise with a better economy
C.Increased business opportunities for top firms
D.Close cooperation among leading economies答案：C解析：本题目为细节题，考察具体细节。根据题干关键词CEO pay rise及题干中对CEO薪酬增加原因的提问，定位到第二段首句The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.了解CEO薪酬增长的最佳模式是，CEO人才在一个顶级公司的商业机会迅速增长的世界里是有限的。正确答案C Increased business opportunities for top firms增加顶级公司商业机会的增加。干扰项A的The growth in the number of corporations公司数量的增长，文中并不是说公司数量而是商业机会，属于偷换概念。选项B的The general pay rise with a better economy好转的经济带来的普遍加薪，文中并未提到better economy，属于无中生有。选项D的Close cooperation among leading economies主要经济体之间的密切合作，文中也并未提到经济体之间的何做，属于无中生有。 -
第17题：
It is true that CEO pay has gone up-top ones may make 300 times the pay of typical workers on average,and since the mid-1970s CEO pay for large publicly traded American corporations has,by varying estimates,gone up by about 500%The typical CEO of a top American corporation now makes about S18.9 million a year.The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.The efforts of America's highest-earning 1%have been one of the more dynamic elements of the global economy.It's not popular to say,but one reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U.S.economy.Today's CEO,at least for major American firms,must have many mere skills than simply being able to“run the company"CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and maybe even how the company should trade in them.They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors,as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before,with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.To lead in that system requires knowledge that is farly mind-boggling plus,virtually all major American companies are beyond this major CEOs still have to do all the day-to-day work they have always done.The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.By most measures,corporate governmance has become a lot tighter and more rigorous since the 1970s.Yet it is principally during this period of stronger govemnance that CEO pay has been high and rising.That suggests it is in the broader corporate interest to recruit top candidates for increasingly tough jobs.”Furthermore,the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates,not to the cozy insider picks,another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.And the stock market reacts positively when companies tie CEO pay to,say,stock prices,a sign that those practices build up corporate value not just for the CEO.Compared with their predecessors,today's CEOs are required to______A.foster a stronger sense of teamwork
B.finance more research and development
C.establish closer ties with tech companies
D.operate more globalized companies答案：D解析：本题目为细节题，考察具体细节。根据题干关键词predecessors及today's CEOs定位到第三段第二句They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors,as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.他们还需要比他们的前任更好的公关技巧，因为即使是一个小失误的成本也可能是巨大的。选项中并未提到，继续往后看Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before,with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.还有一个事实是，美国的大公司比以往任何时候都更加全球化，供应链遍布更多的国家。正确答案D operate more globalized companies经营更全球化的公司是该句内容的同义替换。干扰项A的foster a stronger sense of teamwork培养更强的团队合作意识，文中提到意识，只有对金融市场有很好的了解，甚至公司应该如何进行交易的意识，属于偷换概念。选项B的finance more research and development资助更多的研发，定位段并没有提到，属于无中生有。选项D的establish closer ties with tech companies与科技公司建立更紧密的联系，定位段并未提到，属于无中生有。 -
第18题：
单选题In a planned economy it was often difficult to secure spare parts,Aso many companies manufacture them all by themselves.
Bso many companies have to stop the production lines while waiting.
Cso many companies place large orders for emergencies.
Dso many companies feel quite headache about this problem.
正确答案： A解析：
第三段中提到“In a planned company, it was often difficult to secure spare parts and so many…to produce ”，由此可知答案选C。 -
第19题：
单选题In a planned economy it was often difficult to secure spare parts, ______.Aso many companies manufacture them all by themselves
Bso many companies have to stop the production lines while waiting
Cso many companies place large orders for emergencies
Dso many companies feel quite headache about this problem
正确答案： D解析：
第三段首句指出“In a planned company, it was often difficult to secure spare parts and so many companies ordered many extra parts and kept large supplies of parts so that if a mistake was made in planning, they could continue to produce.”，由此可知许多企业订购大量多余零部件以备不时之需，因此选项C符合题意。 -
第20题：
单选题Why do companies adopt just-in-time inventory system?AThey try to keep their inventory of spare parts as low as possible.
BThe can save lots of money.
CIt’s a mere efficient method of operating.
DA, B. and C.
正确答案： A解析：
由题干中的just-in-time inventory定位到文章最后一段，可知前一段内容与之相关，倒数第二段在对just-in-time inventory进行介绍时，第三句和第五句分别提到“companies are moving to another system of inventory of spare parts as low as possible”和“This saves them much capital and is a much more efficient method of operating.”，包含了选项A，B和C的内容，故选D。 -
第21题：
问答题Practice 4 In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market. More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell products and services with one another. Such business-to-business sales make sense because businesspeople typically know what product they’re looking for. Nonetheless, many companies still hesitate to use the Web because of doubts about its reliability. “Businesses need to feel they can trust the pathway between them and the supplier,” says senior analyst Blane Erwin of Forrester Research.正确答案：
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网上交易开始的一两年中,大部分业务活动都围绕着努力开拓消费者市场进行。最近,随着网络被证明不是一时的潮流后,公司间才开始在网上买卖产品和服务。公司间的这种交易方式能行得通是因为商人一般都知道自己所需要的产品。
然而,许多公司由于怀疑网络的可靠性而犹豫要不要使用网络。佛瑞斯特研究中心(Forrester Research)的资深分析师布莱恩·欧文说:“交易双方需要认识到他们可以信赖销售商和供应商之间的途径”。解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
单选题As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economyAthe companies pay more attention to money.
Bthe companies care more about production.
Cthe companies has great emphasis on finished products.
Dthe companies don’ t know what to do.
正确答案： D解析：
根据第四段第一句话: “As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy, the important thing for a business is to make money and not just produce.” 可知答案选A。 -
第23题：
单选题What is the main problem when companies are dealing with the issue of benefits?AIncreasing bills for US health care.
BLinking employee benefits to talent management.
CCompeting with others in the talent market.
DCatering to the preferences of employees.
正确答案： D解析：
该题考查公司处理福利问题的主要问题。文章第一段首句提到的“…reconcile their need to offset the rising cost of employee benefits with the desire to attract and retain the best talent”与选项B所表达意思一致。 -
第24题：
问答题Practice 2How to Find the Right International Partners The practical business of finding highly productive agents/distributors and joint ventures in the foreign market for many still remains an enigma. Often, U.S. companies are relying on luck instead of strategy in identifying their international representation. Many companies get into exporting almost by happenstance: most export sales are simply a spin-off from domestic contracts. Similarly, most agent and distributor relationships are born from random inquiries or chance meetings at trade shows. When asked-how they obtained their international representation, many companies have no recollection whatsoever of how or why the relationship began. Strange as it may seem, the same is true of joint venture relationships. With the growing use of the Internet, one could be fooled into thinking the odds of success in finding that elusive, top-performing trade partner will be increased. The key is to remember at all times that promotional materials are not stand-alone, clean “information”. The Internet can be used to provide indicators of activity and reach; however, these benefits in no way eliminate the more conventional, strategic wisdom that highly successful international sales organizations, in one way or another, employ. Surprisingly, this hit-and-miss approach to international expansion is not exclusive to small-and medium-sized companies. Many well-recognized large companies spin the same wheel of chance. Experienced international executives and substantial budgets for foreign expansion will contribute to success, given the right opportunities. The problem is that the “right opportunities” are rarely “given.” However, you may find your “right opportunities” by focusing on your international objectives and by defining your ideal international partners. If you consider export sales to be nothing more than “icing on the cake”, then that’s all, they will ever be. Treat international business relationships with the same degree of attention and care as you do your domestic ones. Avoid a soft, non-pragmatic approach to foreign trade partners. Low expectations born of previous poor performance by agents and distributors have led many companies to settle for figures that in no way reflect a meaningful market share. Don’t accept underperformance and mediocrity from your international representatives. Many companies partner with the first seemingly viable company that expresses interest in representing them. Invariably, this is a mistake. When agents and distributors emerge from nowhere and stand alone without comparison, they will always appear to be “golden opportunities”. Avoid the pressure of hasty decisions by taking the time to identify and write down. What you consider to be the essential qualities of a top-performing trade partner.正确答案： 参考译文
如何找到理想的国际贸易伙伴 对于如何在国外市场寻找具有良好合作前景的代理商、分销商或是合资伙伴,许多公司心中无数。美国公司在寻找国际代理时,往往依赖运气,而没有自己的战略措施。
许多公司开展出口业务几乎纯属偶然:大部分出口销售业务只是从国内业务中剥离出去的一小部分。类似的情况是,大多数公司与代理商和分销商的关系也来源于随机的查询或是贸易展会上的偶然相遇。当被问及如何获得国际代理时,许多公司竟然回忆不出其代理关系的来龙去脉。这似乎有些奇怪,可实际情况是,就连那些合资伙伴关系的建立也是如此。
随着国际互联网的不断普及,人们可能会产生错觉,误认为寻找那些难以寻觅的最佳贸易伙伴的几率将会增加。可关键的一点是,人们必须随时记住,那些公司宣传材料不可能是只为你寻找合作伙伴而准备的专项“信息”。国际互联网可以提供一些有关公司经营范围及联系方式的线索,但互联网带来的这些好处都无法代替人们的传统智慧和战略思维,一些在国际销售方面业绩非凡的企业就是以此走向成功的。
令人惊讶的是,这种盲目出击开拓国际市场的做法不仅存在于中小型企业,就连许多知名大公司的做法也如出一辙,仅仅依赖运气。国际大公司有着经验丰富的业务主管,在开拓海外市场方面资金预算雄厚,如果加上适当的机会,可能会取得成功。但问题是,“适当的机会”很少“从天而降”。不过,人们还是可以通过瞄准国际市场目标以及具体界定理想合作伙伴的办法,来找到“适当的机会”。
如果你认为出口销售是“蛋糕上的点缀”,那它至多不过就是多此一举而已。对待国际商务关系需要投入与国内业务同等的精力和关注。不要以缺乏力度、不重实效的方式和国际贸易伙伴打交道。由于以往与国外代理商和分销商合作时业绩不佳,许多公司的期望值不高,他们只得接受那种不能带来多少市场份额的合作关系。记住:千万不要接受那些表现不好或业绩平平的国外代理。
许多公司一见到看上去还不错并愿意为自己做代理的公司,便马上与其联手,这种做法无论如何都是错误的。当代理商或分销商突然冒出来,没有他人与之比较时,总给人以“黄金搭档”的感觉。应避免紧急情况下草率做出决定,要花时间去寻找,将你心目中的理想贸易伙伴应具备的基本品质明确下来,并落实到文字上。解析： 暂无解析