A.A car company is increasing the capacity of its factory in Michigan.
B.The staff at a car factory in Michigan will increase to 600 people.
C.A car factory in Michigan is training recruits to start work in January.
A B C
A
2. Finefoods requires an agent to
A.own a suitable vehicle for delivery.
B.be a specialist in food distribution.
C.deliver goods all over the country.
A B C
C
3.
A.Payment of £20 will be requested the day after deliveries are made.
B.For £20 extra, delivery can be made the day after placing an order.
C.The additional £20 charge must be paid within 7 days of delivery.
A B C
B
4.
A.Companies may have to wait longer to find cheap offices to rent.
B.The financial situation is affecting the commercial property market.
C.Businesses are renting out empty office space to help their falling profits.
A B C
B
5.
MEMO
To: Factory staff From: Factory Manager Date: 19 November 2008 Subject: Quality control The new system starts Monday week. Please read attached leaflet and contact me if there are any queries. What does the Factory Manager want the staff to do?
A.Suggest additions to quality-control instructions.
B.Ask if they don't understand something.
C.Contact him when the new system starts.
A B C
B
[解析] 文中提到“...contact me if there are any queries.”意为“如果有询问请联系我”。
PART TWO
1. Sophie van Sommeren owns a small recruitment agency and needs to know how to cut her running costs.
H
2. Jimmy Loh runs a small export firm and needs to understand how proposed changes in tax rates will affect his business.
F
3. Joachim Koch designs games software, and wants advice on expanding his business by selling products abroad.
C
4. Market researcher Angela Ponti wants to find out what people think of the contents of the magazine.
B
5. Tax consultant Yvonne Kiwitz wants to learn how to motivate her team more effectively.
E
PART THREE A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.
1. In spite of a slight recovery towards the end of the week, the general trend was downward.
G
2. After rising dramatically in the middle of the week, prices tell back to their Monday level.
E
3. Share prices dropped early in the week, although there were then signs that they were becoming stable.
B
4. After a steady rise for most of the week, prices fell to well below their original level.
D
5. Prices reached their peak at the close of the week's trading.
H
PART FOUR
1. Sainsbury's contracted Cobalt with the aim of improving profitability. ______
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
A
2. The team consisted entirely of Cobalt staff. ______
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
B
3. The price of olive oil was reduced for customers. ______
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
C
4. Cobalt contacted Sainsbury's whenever a saving was recorded. ______
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
C
5. The number of people involved in the project increased. ______
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
A
6. The project included training Sainsbury's staff. ______
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
A
7. The project has now come to an end. ______
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
B
PART FIVE
Software from the kitchen
If you want to know what someone is like, look at their office. Tidy desk, efficient mind. Untidy desk, busy mind. But this doesn't fit Gordon Jackman, who started business software producer Quillatic. He works at home, in the untidiest kitchen I've ever seen, yet he strangely hates untidiness in business more than anything else. At the same time he admits that he has little interest in detail. Jackman describes his colleagues as 'sweepers'. He explains: 'I can only get as far as the first 80% of an idea, but I know this weakness, so I leave it to everyone else to finish my ideas, to make sure details aren't forgotten. People who don't know their weaknesses run untidy companies and have unhappy companies.' Jackman is a strong believer in testing people's personal qualities as part of the recruitment process, and he and his 60 employees were all tested. He admits that such a strong belief in this is unusual in business, but adds, 'Have you ever noticed how teachers seem to be the same type of person? People do seem to select the job that's right for their type.' Most of his ideas, he says, are not new but come from reading just about every management book that's published. 'You wouldn't expect a doctor not to have read anything about medicine since qualifying, yet with management it seems to be allowed,' he says. 'You have to read whatever's out there. Even if a book gives you only one idea, it's something you didn't have before.' Jackman believes in developing his staff, but business deals come first. 'I believe in appointing people to do what they can and not more. So, for example, at the moment I have a very good salesman who has almost completed a sale but won't close the deal himself as he doesn't have enough experience yet.' At the same time, he has strong ideas about rewards. 'Sales staff can earn as much as managers, because I recognise that if one person's doing a great job at managing, and another at selling, there's no reason for a difference in pay. And although experience may make a difference, in the end it's actions that count.' Running a company from a kitchen may not be recommended by many writers on management, but for Gordon Jackman it's a great success.
1. In the first paragraph, the writer suggests that Gordon Jackman is
A.unsuccessful in business.
B.typical of computer experts.
C.difficult to fully understand.
A B C
C
2. Jackman uses the word 'sweepers' to describe people who
A.finish off things that someone else starts.
B.start things but don't finish them.
C.work with a project from beginning to end.
A B C
A
3. Jackman believes that
A.companies need to employ people who are of a similar type.
B.people usually look for jobs which suit the type of person they are.
C.tests of personal qualities are taken too seriously by most companies.
A B C
B
4. Jackman believes that both business people and doctors
A.have to be good at management.
B.should keep up to date with their field.
C.need to select reading material carefully.
A B C
B
5. What point does Jackman make about his staff?
A.Employees should be trained to do particular jobs.
B.Staff development matters less than the success of a deal.
C.Teamwork is essential for carrying out all tasks.
A B C
B
6. Jackman pays staff according to
A.how well they do their job.
B.their position in the company.
C.the amount of experience they have.
A B C
A
PART SIX
Staff Questionnaires
Surveys are now an everyday part of business life. Most business people probably have a survey on their desk 1 to be completed. Companies feel they have to collect information from their employees on 2 matters as job satisfaction, or their attitude 3 team-working. But 4 of real value is gained from these questionnaires, and in some 5 the surveys produce bad data, on the basis of which bad decisions are 6 For a start, many of the questions are too general, and 7 open to different interpretations. A very high 8 of people agree with the statement, 'Knowledge-sharing is important 9 competitiveness.' But a 10 focused question could produce better statistics: for example, 'Is knowledge-sharing encouraged in your company?' In addition, research which was 11 out at one university shows that questions about job satisfaction get different responses on different days, depending on 12 the employees fill in the questionnaire on a Monday or a Friday.
1.
A.wait
B.waited
C.waiting
A B C
C
2.
A.such
B.many
C.enough
A B C
A
3.
A.at
B.to
C.by
A B C
B
4.
A.one
B.any
C.little
A B C
C
5.
A.times
B.cases
C.occasions
A B C
B
6.
A.done
B.made
C.found
A B C
B
7.
A.either
B.however
C.therefore
A B C
C
8.
A.amount
B.percentage
C.quantity
A B C
B
9.
A.for
B.about
C.through
A B C
A
10.
A.more
B.much
C.mainly
A B C
A
11.
A.carry
B.carried
C.carrying
A B C
B
12.
A.what
B.why
C.whether
A B C
C
PART SEVEN Memo From: Caroline Booth, Administration From: Peter Sparks, Purchasing Re: Printing calculators Now that each of our five departments has to keep careful financial records, please buy five printing calculators, plus one spare. Choose a model that has tax and euro functions (see attached). No need to open an account with these suppliers: pay COD, but insist the goods are sent within three days of receipt of our order. Xenon P23-DE printing Calculator ·Square root and % keys ·Tax and euro functions ·Thousands-separator Datem FR620 TER Printing calculator ·Thousands separator ·Square root and % keys ·VAT tax function Pi-E2005-euro printing Calculator ·Square root and % keys ·Angled display for easy viewing ·Two-colour printing Denton Desktop 345462 printing Calculator ·Angled display ·Euro function ·Thousands-separator ORDER FORM Model make and number: 1 Special feature required: 2 Quantity: 3 Payment method: 4 Delivery: 5
1.
XENON P23-DE
从第二封邮件的第一个小标题Xenon P23-DE可以得出答案。
2.
TAX AND EURO FUNCTIONS
从第一个产品介绍中“Tax and euro functions”可以得出答案。
3.
6
从第一段信息中“please buy five printing calculators, plus one spare.”可以得出答案。
4.
COD
从第一段信息中pay COD可以得出答案。
5.
WITHIN 3 DAYS
从“but insist the goods are sent within three days of receipt of our order.”可以得出答案。