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Why was the businessman not satisfied with his secretary？
A．He had given the same speech three times.
B．His speech lasted for an hour.
C．He had made three speeches.
D．The speech was not well written.
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A.To test entrepreneurship in students
B.To test planning skills in business
C.To help young entrepreneurs think about their own development
D.To work with patients in a mental hospital in France
A.make your life much better
B.get your goals attainable
C.make your business expand
D.get your travel enjoyable
A.Benefits can keep the employees engaged and on board once they worked in the company.
B.Benefits help to retain enjoyable and rewarding staff.
C.Benefits can attract talents.
D.Benefits can help employer differentiate its business from its competitors.
Why do the critics say Mr. Kosaku Shima could only exist in fiction？
A．He is a cartoon figure.
B．His way of managing a company breaks all the existing norms of Japanese business circle.
C．Many managers are afraid that his existence will disrupt the existing harmony.
D．People cannot learn from his way of operating a company.
Eventually, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in the offices and at night they would be deserted. Given these circumstances, some business executives began asking, "Why bother with going downtown at all？ Why not move the offices to the suburbs go that we can live and work in the same area？" Gradually some of the larger companies began to move out of the cities, with the result that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more. This movement of business to the suburbs is not confined to the United States. Businesses have also been moving to the suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden, in Bonn, Germany, and in Brussels, Belgium as well.
What did the city lose when those people moved out to the suburbs？
A．Houses
B．Cars.
C．Jobs.
D．Tax money.
And wasn't it a great time to be a top manager, with productivity gains boosting the bottom line and igniting executive pay？ While it was going on, venture capitalist L. John Doerr called the boom the "largest single legal creation of wealth in history."
Well, yes and no. With the recession apparently over, it's now possible to make a more realistic assessment of the entire business cycle of the 1990s: The sluggish recovery that started in March, 1991, the extraordinary boom, the tech bust, and the downturn of 2001. And guess what？ A lot of things happened that defy the conventional beliefs about the decade.
Over this 10-year period, productivity rose at a 2.2% annual rate, roughly half a percentage point faster than in the 1980s—a significant gain. But the real stunner is this: The biggest winners from the faster productivity growth of the 1990s were workers, not investors. In many ways, the most tangible sign of worker gains in the 1990s was the home-buying boom. This revelation helps us understand why consumer spending stayed so strong in the recession—and why businesses may still struggle in the months ahead.
By contrast, the return on the stock market in the 1990s business cycle was actually lower than it was in the business cycle of the 1980s. Adjusted for inflation and including dividends, average annual returns on the S&P—500 index from March, 1991, to the end of 2001 were 11.1%, compared with 12.8% in the previous business cycle.
Overall, Business Week calculates that U.S. workers received 99% of the gains from faster productivity growth in the 1990s at nonfinancial corporations. Corporate profits did rise sharply, but much of that gain was fueled by lower interest rates rather than increased productivity.
Why did workers fare so well in the 1990s？ The education level of many Americans made an impressive leap in the 1990s, putting them in a better position to qualify for the sorts of jobs that the New Economy created. Low unemployment rates drove up wages. And a torrent of foreign money coming into the U.S. created new jobs and financed productivity-enhancing equipment investment.
As it turns out, the original perceptions of who benefited most from the productivity gains of the 1990s was flipped on its head. Looking ahead, the economic pie is growing bigger all the time, but it's still up for grabs who will get the largest piece in the future. And in the end, that's the real lesson of the 1990s.
According to the writer, the original notion on the productivity gains of the 1990s turns out to be
A．somewhat superficial.
B．quite trustworthy.
C．rather misleading.
D．very illuminating.
Part A
Suppose you have made an appointment with your friend at 5 pm, but you have some urgent business to attend to and have to cancel your appointment. Write a note to your friend:
1) explaining why you have to cancel your appointment
2) making an apology for that
3) telling him/her how you plan to make up for it
You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your note.
Use "Wang Lin" instead.
Are you superstitious？ No, of course not. Do you believe in magic (魔法), and luck charms (护身符), and elves or gremlins (小精灵) ？ Certainly not, but if I should greet you with the usual How's business？" You'll answer "Oh, just so-so" although your business is profiting greatly. When you are successful in some venture you might say you were just lucky. And yet, you know it was probably due to your a bility and hard work. Why？ Sometimes you knock on wood because wood was once a tree and there is a primitive belief that protective gods inhabit trees and knocking on wood attracts their attention so they may be credited with your successes.
If I should sneeze, only the strongest of you could refrain(克制而不) from saying "God bless you". Why bless this unsanitary (不讲究卫生的) habit？ Our ancestors believed that a sneeze opened the body to invasion by devils, and invoking (召唤) the name of God made the devils get out in a hurry. You may not realize it, but you express this same "devil invasion" when you say, "Whatever can have gotten into that child？" or "I wonder what possessed me to do that？"
Although they may no longer be believed, evidences of superstitions that have had their origins in the primitive fear of the unknown still exist in modern language and gestures.
The author ______.
A．believe that most people are superstitious
B．believe that very few people are superstitious
C．believes that there are still some evidences of superstitions in what we say and what we do
D．is superstitious
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage One
In the 1940s, urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of fresh air, elbow room and privacy. Suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside, since most of those making the move were middleclass, they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhood, in which they had lived. The people left in the cities were often those who were too old or too poor to move. Thus many cities began to fall into disrepair. Crime began to soar, and public transportation was neglected. (In the past sixty years, San Francisco is the only city in the United States to have completed a new mass transit system.) Meanwhile, housing construction costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle-class housing was allowed to decay, and little new housing was constructed.
Eventually, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in the offices and at night they would be deserted. Given these circumstances, some business executives began asking, "Why bother with going downtown at all？ Why not move the offices to the suburbs go that we can live and work in the same area？" Gradually some of the larger companies began to move out of the cities, with the result that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more. This movement of business to the suburbs is not confined to the United States. Businesses have also been moving to the suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden, in Bonn, Germany, and in Brussels, Belgium as well.
31. What did the city lose when those people moved out to the suburbs？
A. Houses
B. Cars.
C. Jobs.
D. Tax money.
What factors and forces have led to the (40) ________ of English？ Why is English now considered to be so prestigious that, across the globe, individuals and societies feel (41) ________ if they do not have (42) ________ in this language？ How has English changed through 1,500 Years？ These are some of the questions that you (43) ________ when you study English.
You also examine the immense variability of English and (44) ________. You develop in-depth knowledge of the intricate structure of the language. Why do some non-native speakers of English claim that it’s a difficult language to learn, while (45) ________？ At the University of Sussex, you are introduced to the nature and grammar of English in all aspects. This involves the study of sound structures, the formation of words, the sequencing words and the construction of meaning, as well as examination of the theories explaining the aspects of English usage. (46) ________, which are raised by studying how speakers and writers employ English for a wide variety of purposes.
Even【C6】______the purchaser probably does not know why he or she bought something，the manufacturers【C7】______．Manufacturers have analyzed the business of【C8】______and buying．They know all the different motives that influence a consumer's purchase—some rational and【C9】______emotional．Furthermore，they
take advantage of this【C10】______.
Why【C11】______so many products displayed at the checkout counters in grocery stores？ The store management has some good【C12】______. By the time the customer is【C13】______to pay for a purchase, he or she has already made rational. thought-out decisions【C14】______what he or she needs and wants to buy. The【C15】______
feels that he or she has done a good job of choosing the items. The shopper is especially vulnerable at this point. The【C16】______of candy, chewing gum, and magazines are very attractive. They persuade the purchaser to buy something for emotional, not【C17】______motives. For example, the customer neither needs nor plans to buy candy. but while the customer is standing, waiting to pay money, he or she may suddenly decide to buy【C18】______
This is exactly【C19】______the store and the manufacturer hope that the customer will【C20】______
The customer follows his or her plan.
【C1】
