单选题 Each company has many "public" who would be able not only to recognize its name (21) to correctly identify its industry and its (22) . These publics include present customers and stockholders as well as banks, insurance companies, stockbrokers, and securities (23) who supply the company with essential services and capital.
The (24) names of many well-established companies can be one of misinformation, thereby (25) communication with them. This was the problem that faced Michigan seamless tube company—a company with sales of 128 million a year. At first (26) , the company's name tells us that it is located in Michigan (27) that it manufactures seamless tubing. What the name does not (28) to most people is the fact Michigan seamless tube also has operations in five (29) states and has a varied production line of forgings, broaching machines, tools, and steel bars in addition to seamless tubing. The problem was (30) by the company's (31) , which operated (32) . Their own names were not clearly identified with the (33) company.
Customers, suppliers, and the financial community did not see Michigan seamless tube as a (34) based metal producer. They perceived it only as a small, (35) , regional manufacturing company. The company's (36) decided to adopt a new corporate identity.
The (37) point for this change was the company name. The new name had to be one that could encompass all of the company's products and subsidiaries, a name that would correctly project the image of a (38) corporation. After considering many different possibilities, management decided on a (39) word: quanex—a name (40) from a combination of the first three letters of the word "quality" and the first three letters of the Latin word "nex", which means connection.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。not only…but also…为固定搭配,这里省略了also。故应选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。production,生产,但强调抽象的生产过程和行为;product,产品,指具体的实物;producing是现在分词;by-product,副产品。这里指具体产品,所以应选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。这里讲的是公众,所以应该是公司或人,analytical,形容词,分析的;analyst,名词,分析师;analysis,名词,分析,指的是分析这种行为或现象;B、D意思一样,但从语法看应该用复数形式,因为谓语动词是复数形式,所以应选D。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。business,商业;co-operation,合作;incorporation,吸收,并入; corporate,公司。故应选D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查语法。所选的词在这里作结果状语,应该用现在分词,所以应选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。at first glance,乍看之下,乍一看,其他词没有这种搭配,所以应选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查连词。本句讲的是公司名称的两种含义,是并列的关系,所以应用并列连词,故正确答案为A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。pass to,把某物递给某人,指具体的动作;transfer,转移;convey,传递信息;transmit,传输。故应选C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查语法。else,别的,其他的,一般放在所修饰词的后面;others,是名词性代词,单独使用时后面不能加其他名词;other,形容词,别的,其他的,后面可以加名词;rest,指所有剩下的,而且一般与the连用。所以应选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查问义辨析。这句是被动语态,所以肯定应该填一个及物动词,故B不正确。decrease,降低;increase,提高;compounde,形成,构成,使加重,使恶化。可见只有D符合文意。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。headquarter,总部;plant,工厂;agent,代理商;subsidiary,子公司。根据句意应选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查理解。这里讲的是子公司,自然应该是在其下属经营,所以应选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查理解。这里是讲子公司与母公司的关系。虽然是说子公司与母公司,但一般用parent and child,而不用mother and child,所以应选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查理解。broadly,广泛的;sizably,相当大地;competitively,有竞争力地;largely,很大程度地,根据句意应选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。specialized,专业的,专门的;special,特别的;specialty,特产; specialization,专门研究。根据文意这里是指专业的公司,所以应选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。management,抽象名词,管理,但还可作可数名词,管理部门; managerial,形容词,管理的;manager,经理。根据句意应该是公司的管理部门,而不是具体的某个人。所以应选D。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查语法。这里应该用形容词,而B、C都是动词,不能选;A是序数词,这里没有讲先后顺序,所以不正确。故应选D。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。diversification,名词,多样化;diversify,动词,使多样化;diversified,形容词,多样化的。这里需要形容词修饰名词,所以应选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。create,创造;coin,杜撰;make,制造;imagine,想象。根据下文可知是杜撰了一个名字。所以应选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。result from,原因是…;compound一般和of搭配;derive,来源于…;change,改变。只有C符合文意。