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Railroads were once operated based on the thinking that users wanted trains that would offer the most in quality, performance, and innovative features. The railroad managing companies overlooked the fact that there could be other modes of transportation. This reflects the()concept。
A、product
B、production
C、selling
D、marketing
What should be the carrying amount of the brand in the statement of financial position of Sandown as at 30 September 20X9().
A、$12,500,000
B、$14,250,000
C、$15,000,000
D、$10,000,000
Read the following passage and choose the best sentence (A-G) to fill each of the gaps.
It's impossible to miss the fact that stocks , real estate and bonds all make for decent investments. But there are so many different investment options , most of which get minimal
marketing. (8)_______
1. American Depository Receipt (ADR)
ADRs are traded on U. S. stock markets just like regular stocks , but they actually represent shares in foreign corporations. An ADR is issued by a U. S. -based bank or brokerage , which buys a large number of shares from a company based outside the U. S.(9) ______ ADRs are a relatively simple way to invest in foreign companies and avoid the administrative and duty costs of international transactions.
2. Annuity
Annuities provide set payments at regular intervals to their owners. (10)______ Deferred annuities are often contracted for life - they're set up so that as long as you live ,the insurance company will send you a check at a regular interval. Annuities are also either fixed (the payments are set) or variable (there is a guaranteed minimum payment , as well as payments based on the performance of an annuity investment portfolio).
3. Closed-End Investment Fund
A closed-end fund issues shares that are traded just like stocks but are actually closer to mutual funds in the way they are managed. Closed-end funds hold portfolios of securities - usually securities that meet very specific criteria. (11)______ Some closed-end funds offer dividends.
4. Collectibles
Collectibles can be pretty much any physical asset with a value that increases over time. While most people consider fine art , stamps and similar purchases to be collectibles , there is no strict definition that includes or excludes a particular asset. (12)______ However, a collectible's appreciating value often outpaces inflation.
5. Common Stock
Common stock is a share of ownership in a particular company. (13)______ The majority of stocks traded today are common stocks. While the benefits associated with owning stock can be great , it is a relatively risky investment. (14)______
Now choose the best sentence (A-G) to fill each of the gaps.
A. Those shares are bundled into groups and then resold.
B. These funds are actively managed and may hold a few investments in stocks or bonds in order to diversify.
C. If a company that you own stock in goes bankrupt , as a common shareholder, you won' t receive money until the creditors , bondholders and preferred shareholders have all been paid off.
D. An annuity can either be immediate or deferred: with a deferred annuity , you will not begin receiving payments for a certain period of time.
E. It entitles you to a portion of the company' s profits as well as voting rights.
F. Those listed below are investments that any investor should be familiar with.
G. The greatest drawback to collectibles is the fact that collectibles offer no income.
【C1】
A．individual
B．extinct
C．collective
D．controversial
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be; such consensus cannot be gained from society's present stage, or from fantasies about what it ought to be. For that the present is too close and too diversified, and the future too uncertain, to make believable claims about it. A consensus in the present hence can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past, as Homer's epics informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize their societies.
Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming from a great variety of nations. Lately, it has been emphasized that an asocial, narcissistic personality has become characteristic of Americans, and that it is this type of personality that makes for the lack of well-being, because it prevents us from achieving consensus that would counteract a tendency to withdraw into private worlds. In this study of narcissism, Christopher Lash says that modern man, "tortured by self-consciousness, turns to new therapies not to free himself of his personal worries but to find meaning and purpose in life, to find something to live for". There is widespread distress because national morale has declined, and we have lost an earlier sense of national vision and purpose.
Contrary to rigid religions or political beliefs, as are found in totalitarian societies, our culture is one of the great individual differences, at least in principle and in theory; but this leads to disunity, even chaos. Americans believe in the value of diversity, but just because ours is a society based on individual diversity, it needs consensus about some dominating ideas more than societies based on uniform. origin of their citizens. Hence, if we are to have consensus, it must be based on a myth—a vision about a common experience, a conquest that made us Americans, as the myth about the conquest of Troy formed the Greeks. Only a common myth can offer relief from the fear that life is without meaning or purpose. Myths permit us to examine our place in the world by comparing it to a shared idea. Myths are shared fantasies that form. the tie that binds the individual to other members of his group. Such myths help to ward off feelings of isolations, guilt, anxiety, and purposelessness—in short, they combat isolation and the breakdown of social standards and values.
This text is mainly intended to ______.
A．explore certain ways of making for a consensus.
B．spotlight the role of myths in binding a community.
C．interpret the meaning and purpose of modern life.
D．reverse the decline of social standards and values.
, the mobile phone , and the Internet are all instrumental in the continuing development of the Information Age. Previously , in the Industrial Age , raw materials and physical labor were the key ingredients in the creation of wealth. Today, however, wealth depends on the development and exchange of knowledge. Individuals in the workforce offer their knowledge , not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. More recently , we are hearing the term information worker (i-worker) to describe those who work with information and technology. Regardless of the terminology, knowledge and information workers engage in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, figures , and data. Some knowledge workers in the US worry over the outsourcing of their jobs to skilled workers in other countries. Outsourcing overseas is a reality. Jobs that can be condensed to a set of rules are likely to go first either to workers abroad or to computers. Although we cannot predict the kinds of future jobs that will be available , they wil1
undoubtedly require brainpower and education. Existing jobs , in both good and bad times, give way to shifts in technology and competition. Recessions are followed by recoveries , and the economy adjusts , as it has always done in the past. In the current climate of outsourcing and changing job requirements , workers need to be flexible , to learn continually, and to have strong basic skills.
As a knowledge and information worker , you can expect to be generating , processing, and exchanging information. Whether you work in m-commerce (mobile technology businesses) , e-commerce (Internet-based businesses) , or bricks-and-mortar commerce, nearly three out of four jobs will involve some form.of mind work. J obs that require thinking, brainpower, and decision making skil1 s are likely to remain plentiful. To be successful in these jobs , you wil1 need to be able to think critically, make decisions, and communicate those decisions.
Management and employees will be working together in such areas as product development , quality control , and customer satisfaction. All workers , from executives to subordinates , need to think creatively and critically. Even in factory production lines, workers are part of the knowledge culture. One of the secrets of a well-known carmaker’ s success in the past , said a chief executive of the Japanese carmaker, "is that the company encourages every worker , no matter how far down the production line , to consider himself or herself a knowledge worker and to think creatively about improving his particular corner of the organization. "
Mark the following statements True or False according to the information provided in the text.
1. Today , the development of economy is based on information and knowledge.
2. In the Industrial Age , raw materials and physical labor were the most important in
the creation of wealth.
3.In the Information Age , the creation of wealth depends on the development and
exchange of information and knowledge.
4. In the Information Age , people in the workforce offer more of their knowledge ,
rather than just their muscles , to do their jobs.
5. Knowledge workers are a team of workers formed by people in the management of a
company.
6. Information workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn , and they
engage in mind work , dealing with words , figures and data.
7. Outsourcing of knowledge workers' jobs overseas is not a reality in the US.
8. Knowledge and information workers work at jobs that require thinking , brainpower ,
and decision making skills.
9. To be successful as a knowledge worker , one needs to be able to think critically,
make decisions , and communicate those decisions.
10. All workers , from executives to subordinates , need to think creatively and critically, but those far down the production line should not regard themselves as knowledge workers.
The shift toward smart flex techs promotes diversity and feeds consumer choice to the point that a Wal-Mart store can offer the buyer nearly 110,000 products in various types, sizes, models and colors to choose among. But Wal-Mart is a mass merchandiser. Increasingly, the mass market itself is breaking up into differentiated niches as customer needs diverge and better information makes it possible for businesses to identify and serve micro markets.
Specialty stores, boutiques, superstores, TV home-shopping systems, computer based buying, direct mail and other systems provide a growing diversity of channels through which producers can distribute their wares to customers in an increasingly demassified marketplace. When we wrote Future Shock in the late 1960s, visionary marketers began talking about "market segmentation". Today they no longer focus on " segments" but on " particles "—family units and even single individuals. Meanwhile, advertising is targeted at smaller and smaller market segments reached through increasingly demassified media.
The dramatic breakup of mass audiences is underscored by the crisis of the once great TV networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, at a time when Tele-Communications, Inc. of Denver, announces a fiber optic network capable of providing viewers with five hundred interactive channels of television. Such systems mean that sellers will be able to target buyers with even greater precision. The simultaneous demassification of production, distribution and communication revolutionizes the economy and shifts it from homogeneity toward extreme heterogeneity.
Which is true about "mass production" according to the author？
A．It promotes further development in manufacturing systems.
B．It defines the Second Wave economy and will last.
C．It involves intensive information, automation, and customization.
D．It is becoming dated for the present economy.
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
Optimation Ltd., a polymer packaging and converting specialist, is one small company that is suffering. Its highly specialised engineering work is in great demand but a lack of qualified staff has hindered growth.
"We have a number of potential clients awaiting a visit to discuss new projects, but we are tied up on existing orders because we are short of the necessary skills on the shop floor," Helen Mitchell, the company's founder, says.
And according to Alice Teague, the education and training officer at the Federation of Small Businesses, Ms. Mitchell's experience is not unique. Many small businesses suffer skill shortages—particularly those at the technical craft level such as engineering and construction companies.
"Small companies tend to be more vulnerable to skill shortages because they are unable to offer the same pay or benefits as larger companies so they struggle in the recruitment market."
This is borne out by the experiences of Optimation. "Last year, we lost one of our best engineers to a rival company who offered him a better package. Being able to afford the salaries such skills demand is difficult for us," Ms. Mitchell says.
The government-funded Learning and Skills Council (LSC) says that apprenticeships offer a solution to the skill shortage problem. "By addressing skills gaps directly apprenticeships can make businesses, small or large, more productive and competitive," Stephen Gardner, the LSC's director of worked based learning, says. "Apprenticeships allow businesses to develop the specialist skills they need for the latest technology and working practices in their sector."
There are 160 different apprenticeships available across 80 different industry sectors. They are open to businesses of all sizes and offer work-based training programmes for 16 to 24-year-olds. The training is run in conjunction with the Sector Skills Council to ensure industry specific skills are taught.
Businesses are responsible for the wages of apprentices but the LSC contributes between ￡1,500 and ￡10,000 towards the cost of the training, depending on the industry sector.
Slack ＆ Parr Ltd., a manufacturer of precision equipment for the aerospace industry, is one small company that has benefited from the scheme. More than 50 percent of the Kegworth-based company's employees started as apprentices.
"We opened an on-site training centre to ensure apprentices benefited from the highest quality of training," Richard Hallsworth, the managing director, says. "Sixteen of our former apprentices are now in management positions. The scheme works for us because it helps keep costly external recruitment to a minimum."
But Ms. Teague of the FSB warns that apprenticeships might not suit all small businesses.
The apprenticeship scheme offers valuable vocational training but often small companies don't have sufficient time or resources to devote to the apprentice. In the past there has also been a problem of poor quality candidates and low completion rates.
"But some of these problems are being addressed. I know the Learning and Skills Council is looking at how small businesses might be able to share apprentices and so lessen the risk. Completion rates also seem to be improving so the scheme is certainly worth investigating."
We can learn from the text that
A．there are enough highly specialised engineers in small companies.
B．the most serious situation small companies confront now is the lack of new projects.
C．not a small company is short of skillful staff.
D．larger companies also face the same problem of skill shortages as smaller ones.
Omar Bongo, the president of Gabon, a developing country in west central Africa, bas set aside about 10 percent of the country's landmass for 13 national parks. Green Visions, a tourism and environment protection company, based in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is pioneering an eco-tourism development plan in Central Europe with "green adventures" that promote environmental principles and support local businesses. Even Greece, better known for its pumping night life and archaeological monuments, devotes a section of its national tourism Web site to "Greek nature" and eco-tourism.
Over the last four years, at least 48 countries, from Puerto Rico to Portugal, have created or started to define a national strategy for eco-tourism development, according to a 2004 eco-tourism report by Mintel International Group, a market-research company based in Britain.
Though eco-tourism has long conjured images of biodiversity hot spots in countries like Belize, parts of the United States are starting to embrace the trend too. For example, the Wisconsin Department of Tourism will begin testing a new certification program in March called Travel Green Wisconsin. Designed to encourage hotels and tour operators to reduce their environmental impact, the program is aimed at protecting the natural areas that play a significant role in defining the state as a tourist destination. If successful, the program will be rolled out statewide next year.
For businesses, eco-friendly initiatives not only offer marketing advantages but can help with the bottom line. Hotels can cut costs by doing everything from installing energy-saving light bulbs to asking travelers to reuse their towels. And some 58.5 million U.S. travelers, or 38 percent, would pay more to use travel companies that strive to protect and preserve the environment, according to a study by the Travel Industry Association of America sponsored by National Geographic Traveler. Of those travelers, 61 percent said they would pay 5 to 10 percent more to use such companies.
However, selecting among the growing number of eco-friendly choices can be frightening, especially given the ever-broadening category, which now encompasses everything from basic campsites to high-end mountain lodges, lama trekking to motorcycle tours through the jungle. Enter the Sustainable Tourism Certification Network of the Americas—a partnership of certification programs, environmental groups, government organizations and others, led by the Rainforest. Alliance and the International Ecotourism Society—which aims to promote sustainability and higher environmental and social standards for tourism. In September, the network designed a series of baseline criteria for certification to help generate credibility among members and promote local conservation. This year, the document will be put up for public consultation before being fully ratified.
"Certification is a way for us to avoid green washing", the practice of promoting something as ecotourism while behaving in an environmentally irresponsible way, said Ronald Sanabria. director of sustainable tourism at the Rainforest Alliance. "Certification for us is a tool to avoid that and to ensure third-party assessments of requirements and really prove the company".
According to the text. eco-tourism is a kind of______.
A．travel style
B．economic strategy
C．welfare movement
D．local policy
