问答题Practice 1 Twenty years ago, Motorola looked upon the Japanese with something close to fear. The Chicago company’s television-manufacturing division had been large and profitable in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, however, high costs and a rising tide
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Practice 1 Twenty years ago, Motorola looked upon the Japanese with something close to fear. The Chicago company’s television-manufacturing division had been large and profitable in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, however, high costs and a rising tide of inexpensive Japanese TVs were taking a heavy toll. “The Japanese were very aggressive”, recalls Motorola spokesman Mario Salvadori. “They wanted to get market share.” With cutthroat pricing, they did—eventually running nearly every U.S. electronic company out of the TV business. Motorola sold its Quasar TV unit to a Japanese company in 1974. But while other U.S. companies were floored for foreign competition, Motorola refocused its energies, It turned to wireless communications—an industry it had pioneered (with mobile radios and walkie-talkie) in the 1920s. It was a prescient move.
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20年前,摩托罗拉公司带着近乎害怕的心理看待日本企业。早在(20世纪)60年代,这个公司芝加哥的电视制造分公司规模大、利润高。但在70年代初,高成本以及日本廉价电视机日趋上升的势头使其遭受重创。“日本人非常嚣张,”摩托罗拉公司发言人马里奥·萨尔瓦多瑞追忆道,“他们想分享市场。”通过残酷无情的价格战,他们如愿以偿,并最终把几乎所有美国电子公司赶出电视机行业。1974年,摩托罗拉将其Quasar 电视生产厂卖给了一家日本公司。但是,当其他美国公司在对外竞争中败北的时候,摩托罗拉公司重新调整了产业方向,转向无线通讯。这是一个它在20年代开拓的产业(另外还有移动收音机和步话机)。此举确有先见之明。
20年前,摩托罗拉公司带着近乎害怕的心理看待日本企业。早在(20世纪)60年代,这个公司芝加哥的电视制造分公司规模大、利润高。但在70年代初,高成本以及日本廉价电视机日趋上升的势头使其遭受重创。“日本人非常嚣张,”摩托罗拉公司发言人马里奥·萨尔瓦多瑞追忆道,“他们想分享市场。”通过残酷无情的价格战,他们如愿以偿,并最终把几乎所有美国电子公司赶出电视机行业。1974年,摩托罗拉将其Quasar 电视生产厂卖给了一家日本公司。但是,当其他美国公司在对外竞争中败北的时候,摩托罗拉公司重新调整了产业方向,转向无线通讯。这是一个它在20年代开拓的产业(另外还有移动收音机和步话机)。此举确有先见之明。
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第2题：
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第3题：
Polyester (聚酯) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company,believes that it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing "Melinar", the raw material frown which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
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Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI's commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make
them visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
?Plastic containers for holding food in the same way as cans__________.A.have been used for many years
B.are an idea that interests the plastics companies
C.are possible, but only for hot food
D.are the first things being made in the new factories答案：B解析：根据最后一段，用塑料容器代替易拉罐装食物目前还是一种设想，想要实现还需要解决高温产生的难题。 -
第4题：
Polyester (聚酯) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company,believes that it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing "Melinar", the raw material frown which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles and will continue to be so, unless oil and plastic become much cheaper, but plastic does well for the larger sizes.
Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI's commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make
them visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
?Plastics of various kinds have been used for making bottles__________.A.since 1982
B.since the 1970s but only for large bottles
C.since the 1960s but not for liquids with gas in them
D.since companies like Coca Cola first tried them答案：C解析：根据第四段“Nor was PVC，the plastic which had been used for bottles since the l960s，suitable for drinks with gas in them．"可知，作为“plastics of various kinds”中的一种，PVC在1960s就已用于瓶子包装．因此可以判断“plastics of various kinds”在1960s就已用于瓶子包装。 -
第5题：
请阅读短文，完成此题。
Polyester (聚酯 ) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company, believes that it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing "Melinar", the raw material from which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles and will continue to be so, unless oil and plastic become much cheaper, but plastic does well for the larger sizes.
Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI's commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make them visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
Why is ICI's Plastics Division interested in polyester for bottles?
查看材料A．The other things they make are not selling well.
B．Glass manufacturers cannot make enough new bottles.
C．They have factories which could be adapted to make it.
D．The price of oil keeps changing.答案：A解析：根据第二段“Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division ofICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars，and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging，bottles and cans．”以及第三段“Since l982 it has opened three new factories producin9“Melinar”．the raw material from which high quality polyester bottles are made．”可知，“ICl’s Plastics Division”在1982到1984年的产品销量不好，他们觉得包装业有市场潜力，并开始制造聚酯瓶子，故选A。 -
第6题：
Mr. Arman admitted that he had been__________ surprised by the high volume of sales his company had generated last quarter.A.most thorough
B.thoroughly
C.thoroughness
D.thorough答案：B解析：空格出现在“be动词”和过去分词之间时，把副词当做正确答案的首位候补来分析句意。选项中只有意为“非常地，完全地”的“throughly”为副词，而且将其放在空格处也符合句意。 -
第7题：
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. In a time of low academic achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者) listed “to give children a good start academically” as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group. The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents. In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. Sixty-two percent of the more individually oriented (强调个性发展的) Americans listed group experience as one of their top three choices. An emphasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education. Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens. Free play has been introduced in some Japanese kindergartens in order to （）
- A、broaden children’s horizon
- B、cultivate children’s creativity
- C、lighten children’s study load
- D、enrich children’s knowledge
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第8题：
问答题Practice 6 ● You are the line manager in a large company. You have been informed that your marketing manager had an outstanding performance and deserved a reward. ● Write a memo to him: ● informing him about the reward ● explaining why the reward is given ● saying what the reward is going to be ● Write 40-50 words.正确答案： 【参考范文】
MEMO
To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
To: Marketing manger
From: The line manager
Date: 7 January
Subject:
I am obliged to announce that there will be a reward for you. Thanks to you excellent work, our company has seen a remarkable raise in sales, since you took up the post as the marketing manager. So, you are getting a bonus of 12,000 dollars Keep with the good performance record, more rewards will go to you. Enjoy!
Thank you.解析： 暂无解析 -
第9题：
问答题Practice 1 Twenty years ago, Motorola looked upon the Japanese with something close to fear. The Chicago company’s television-manufacturing division had been large and profitable in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, however, high costs and a rising tide of inexpensive Japanese TVs were taking a heavy toll. “The Japanese were very aggressive”, recalls Motorola spokesman Mario Salvadori. “They wanted to get market share.” With cutthroat pricing, they did—eventually running nearly every U.S. electronic company out of the TV business. Motorola sold its Quasar TV unit to a Japanese company in 1974. But while other U.S. companies were floored for foreign competition, Motorola refocused its energies, It turned to wireless communications—an industry it had pioneered (with mobile radios and walkie-talkie) in the 1920s. It was a prescient move.正确答案： 【参考译文】
20年前,摩托罗拉公司带着近乎害怕的心理看待日本企业。早在(20世纪)60年代,这个公司芝加哥的电视制造分公司规模大、利润高。但在70年代初,高成本以及日本廉价电视机日趋上升的势头使其遭受重创。“日本人非常嚣张,”摩托罗拉公司发言人马里奥·萨尔瓦多瑞追忆道,“他们想分享市场。”通过残酷无情的价格战,他们如愿以偿,并最终把几乎所有美国电子公司赶出电视机行业。1974年,摩托罗拉将其Quasar 电视生产厂卖给了一家日本公司。但是,当其他美国公司在对外竞争中败北的时候,摩托罗拉公司重新调整了产业方向,转向无线通讯。这是一个它在20年代开拓的产业(另外还有移动收音机和步话机)。此举确有先见之明。解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
问答题Which kind of ability did the author mainly focus on in his early years of writing practice?正确答案： Description.解析：
细节题。由题干可以定位到文章首段。作者在这一段中主要描述了其童年时期的练习活动，其中明确提到，他主要练习的是description（描写）。 -
第11题：
单选题Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?AHis father has been dead for six years.
BHis father died six years ago.
CIt’s six years since his father had died.
DIt has been two years since his father’s death.
正确答案： B解析：
考查动词的时态。C选项中的固定句型：“It’s/ It has been＋一段时间＋since＋时间状语从句”，译作“自从……以来，已经……(时间)了”。要求：主句的谓语动词用一般现在时或现在完成时；从句的谓语动词用一般过去时，而且须是终止性动词。所以C选项中since后面的过去完成时应改为一般过去时。 -
第12题：
单选题Charlie’s Chainsaw Company has reason to believe that one of its models of saw is defective. A recall of all of the saws would cost more than $5 million, and would probably result in a loss in market share over the next quarter because of bad publicity. Still, a recall is the right economic decision. Which of the following, if true, most supports the conclusion above?ADefective chainsaws can seriously injure or even kill the people who use them.
BCharlie’s chief rival has recalled two of its products within the past year.
CProduct recalls often result in a perception by customers that a given product is permanently defective, even after the defect has been remedied.
DThe stocks of publicly traded companies that announce product recalls often drop upon the announcement, but they generally return to the pre-announcement level within 12 months.
EThree years ago a rival company went out of business because of large punitive damages awarded to a plaintiff who had been injured by a defective chainsaw.
正确答案： B解析：
文段中提到虽然召回有缺陷的产品可能会失去市场份额，但是召回产品仍是一个最合适的决定，E项如果是正确的，可以增强这一结论，故本题选E项。 -
第13题：
—Why do you want to work for our company?
—This is the job that I for.
A.looked B.am to look
C.had looked D. have been looking
正确答案：D
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第14题：
请阅读短文，完成此题。
Polyester (聚酯 ) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company, believes that it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing "Melinar", the raw material from which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles and will continue to be so, unless oil and plastic become much cheaper, but plastic does well for the larger sizes.
Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI's commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make them visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
Plastics of various kinds have been used for making bottles__________.
查看材料A．since 1982
B．since the 1970s but only for large bottles
C．since the 1960s but not for liquids with gas in them
D．since companies like Coca Cola first tried them答案：C解析：根据第四段“Nor was PVC，the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s．suitable for drinks with gas in them．"可知，作为“plastics of various kinds”中的一种，PVC在1960s就已用于瓶子包装，因此可以判断“plastics of various kinds”在1960s就已用于瓶子包装。 -
第15题：
Polyester (聚酯) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company,believes that it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing "Melinar", the raw material frown which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles and will continue to be so, unless oil and plastic become much cheaper, but plastic does well for the larger sizes.
Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI's commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make
them visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
Why aren't all bottles now made of polyester?A.The price of oil and plastic has risen.
B.It is not suitable for containing gassy drinks.
C.The public like traditional glass bottles.
D.Shop-keepers dislike reusable bottles.答案：C解析：根据第六段“The public，though，have been more difficult to persuade．"可知，大众对聚酯瓶子还不太认可，因此聚酯瓶子不太普及，故选C。
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第16题：
Polyester (聚酯) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company,believes that it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing "Melinar", the raw material frown which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles and will continue to be so, unless oil and plastic become much cheaper, but plastic does well for the larger sizes.
Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI's commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make
them visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
?Why is ICI's Plastics Division interested in polyester for bottles?A.The other things they make are not selling well.
B.Glass manufacturers cannot make enough new bottles.
C.They have factories which could be adapted to make it.
D.The price of oil keeps changing.答案：A解析：根据第二段“Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars，and they felt that the most hopeful new market was in packaging，botdes and cans．”以及第三 段“Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing“Metinar”，the raw material from which high quality polyester bottles are made．”可知，“ICl’S Plastics Division”在1982到1984年的产品销量不好，他们觉得包装业有市场潜力，并开始制造聚酯瓶子，故选A。 -
第17题：
They had a fierce（ ）as to whether their company should restore the trade relationship which was broken years ago.A.debate
B.clash
C.disagreement
D.contest答案：A解析：A选项意为“辩论，讨论，讨论会”；B选项意为“碰撞，冲突，抵触”；C选项意为“意见不同，不调和，争执，争论”；D选项意为“比赛，争论”等。该句意为：关于公司是否应该恢复多年前中断了的贸易关系，他们展开了一场激烈的辩论。故答案为A。 -
第18题：
共用题干
Lifetime Employment in Japanese Companies
In most large Japanese companies,there is a policy of lifetime employment.What this means is that when people leave school or university to join an enterprise,they can expect to remain with that organization until they retire.In effect,the employee gets job security for life,and can only be fired for serious mistakes in work.Even in times of business recession,he or she is free from the fear of being laid off.
One result of this practice is that the Japanese worker identifies closely with his company and feels strong loyalty to it.By working hard for the company,he believes he is safeguarding his own future.It is not surprising that devotion to one's company is considered a great virtue in Japan.A man is often prepared to put his firm's interests before those of his immediate family.
The job security guaranteed by this system influences the way employees approach their work.They tend to think in terms of what they can achieve throughout their career.This is because they are not judged on how they are performing during a short period of time.They can afford to take a longer perspective than their western counterparts.
This marriage between the employee and the company-the consequence of lifetime employment-may explain why Japanese workers seem positively to love the products their company is producing and why they are willing to stay on after work,for little overtime pay,to participate in earnest discussions about the quality control of their products.The Japanese worker is fond of his company's product because of the close link between him and his company.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：由第一段第三句“In effect , the employee gets job security for life , and can only be fired forserious mistakes in work.”可知，员工如果在工作中犯严重错误，就会被辞退，可见日本的终身雇佣制并非意味着员工可以在工作中犯严重错误。
根据第二段第四句可知，日本员工时刻准备着把公司的利益放在他的直系亲属的利益的前面。由此可知，日本员工把公司利益看得比家庭利益重要。
根据第二段第二句“By working hard for the company , he believes he is safeguarding hisown future.”可知，日本员工通过努力工作来保证他自己能够有个好未来。
根据第三段第一、四句可知，终身雇佣制会影响员工的职业选择，与西方国家的员工相比，他们在选择职业方面的目光更长远。
根据第四段可知，终身雇佣制使日本员工与公司关系亲密，这也使他们比较喜爱自己公司的产品。
本篇文章只在第四段提到了日本公司的产品，指出日本员工比较喜爱他们公司的产品，并在结尾处讲到，尽管加班费不多，日本员工也常常加班讨论产品质量的控制，可没有提到他们的产品是否物美价廉。
本篇文章主要介绍了日本的终身雇佣制以及终身雇佣制对员工的影响，而非对终身雇佣制的评价。 -
第19题：
问答题Practice 5 ● Your company has decided to invest some of this year’s exceptionally high profits in one of the following areas: ● New company buses ● Culture comparative Courses ● Special bonus payments. ● You have been asked to write a report recommending how the profits should be invested and what benefits they would bring respectively. ● Write 200-250 words on your Answer Sheet.正确答案： 【参考范文】
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to analyze how the company should reinvest its profits this year. Options under consideration include purchasing new company buses, providing language training courses and paying special bonuses.
Findings
Options under consideration
New company buses
Despite that the motorcade of company buses are aged, they are still good enough to use. They are equipped with comfortable sofa seats, air-conditioning system and even karaoke. Therefore, their hardware is definitely not out of date. In addition, engines of these vehicles were only replaced last year, and they all came from Bolvo which run very smoothly. As a result, new company buses would be out of the question.
Culture comparative courses
Since the company is planning to increase its international market shares, especially in China and Japan, attending culture comparative courses would be very help for employees to deal with business partners and customers in those regions. Furthermore, courses would also increase cohesion, that is to say, staff members would get on with each other as classmates. They would certainly keep in memory this special period of happy time for many years to come. Therefore, the idea of investing in culture comparative courses is not bad.
Special bonus payments
As is known to all, special bonus payments would stimulate motivations. However, they would not have immediate improvement on the company’s overall performances. In addition, there’s also a potential hazard regarding the resentment of stall ineligible for the payments. If a precedent for future payments is set, think about what we shall do then to boost the morale in a rainy day. Therefore, it would be unwise to invest in bonus payments.
Recommendations
To conclude, investing in culture comparative courses will achieve a win-win situation for both the company and staff. It is recommended that the company arrange courses in Chinese and Japanese for employees who have contact with partners and customers in the above regions. As for other members of staff who are interested, they should also be encouraged to participate in.解析： 暂无解析 -
第20题：
问答题Practice 1 Some people call him “Guidone”—big Guido. Large in both physical stature and reputation, Guido Rossi, who took over as Telecom Italia's chairman on September 15th following the surprise resignation of Marco Tronchetti Provera, has stood out from the Italian business crowd for more than three decades. Mr. Rossi, who attended Harvard law school in the 1950s and wrote a book on American bankruptcy law, made his name as a corporate lawyer keen on market rules and their enforcement. He has since worked in both private and public sectors, including stints in the Italian Senate and as one of the European Commission's group of company-law experts. As well as running a busy legal practice, he also has a reputation as a corporate troubleshooter and all-round Mr Fix-It, and is often called upon to clean up organisations in crisis. His role at Telecom Italia marks a return to the company he headed for ten months in 1997, during its politically tricky and legally complex privatisation. Before that, Mr Rossi had been sent in to sort out Ferruzzi-Montedison, an agri-business and chemicals group, which had collapsed after magistrates uncovered tangentopoli (“bribesville”).正确答案： 【参考译文】
有的人叫他“吉多尼”——也就是“大”吉多。吉多·罗西身材高大,名气也很大。9月15日,在马可·特龙切蒂·普罗费拉突然辞职之后,三十多年来在意大利商圈一直声名显赫的罗西接任意大利电信公司总裁一职。上世纪五十年代,罗西在哈佛法学院学习,曾写过一部关于美国破产法的著作,后来成为一名公司代理律师,因热衷于市场规则及其执行相关的案例而名噪一时。他在私有和国有单位都谋过事,其中包括在意大利参议院干过一段时间,当过欧盟委员会公司法律处专家。除了忙于法律业务外,他还是赫赫有名的排解公司纠纷高手,人称全能的“处理先生”,经常有危机缠身的公司请他帮助排忧解难。
他在意大利电信公司所扮演的角色标志着他的回归,因为1997年他在该公司主持过十个月的工作,其时公司正处于勾心斗角的政治斗争和涉及复杂法律问题的私有化过程中。之前罗西曾受命调查了Ferruzzi-Montedison的问题。Ferruzzi-Montedison是一家农业与化工集团,在被地方法官查出存在贿赂问题后倒闭。解析： 暂无解析 -
第21题：
单选题We parted twenty years ago and I have been _____ with him ever since.Ain touch
Bout of touch
Cwithout touch
Dbeyond touch
正确答案： B解析：
句意：我们20年前分别，从那以后我就和他失去了联系。out of touch with与……没有联系。 -
第22题：
问答题Practice 9 ● You are the Purchasing Manager for a large company. Last month you decided to look for a new supplier for the stationery and office equipment that your company uses. You have found a new supplier, Compass Office Goods Ltd. ● Write a memo to your company’s department heads: ● explaining why you looked for a new supplier. ● saying who the new supplier is. ● asking for feedback about the goods that they supply. ● Write 40—50 words.正确答案： 【参考范文】
To: All Department Heads
From: Purchasing Manager
Date: July 20th
Subject: About the Goods of the New Supplier
As the former supplier couldn’t provide qualified stationery and office equipment to meet our satisfaction, we have decided to choose a new one—Compass Office Goods Ltd. We have distributed its sample products to each department. Any opinions about the goods it supplies will be welcome. Thank you.解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题A car manufacturer periodically discounts certain car models to its dealers to coincide with intensive advertising campaigns focused on those cars. After analyzing the results of this program, the manufacturer found that sales of the discounted cars was strong, but it also concluded that it could reap greater profits if it did not hold promotions in this way. Which of the following statements, if true, best accounts for the manufacturer’s conclusion about profitability?ASome consumers worry that discounted cars are more likely to be defective.
BThe car manufacturer had not been effective in controlling the production costs of the cars, and these rising costs ate into the manufacturer’s profits.
CAlthough dealers requested large numbers of the cars at discounted prices, they generally sold the cars at the normal retail price, thereby keeping more of the profit for themselves.
DMany consumers buy large-ticket items, such as cars, only when they are on sale.
EThe manufacturer’s intensive advertising campaign did not sufficiently emphasize the cars’ high levels of performance on road tests.
正确答案： C解析：
C项表明，如果经销商可以按照原价销售汽车，那么生产商应该可以按照原价讲汽车卖给经销商，这样生产商可以获得更多利润，故本题应选C项。 -
第24题：
问答题By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work.正确答案：解析：