填空题REFERENCES CANNOT ALWAYS BE TRUSTED BY POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS 'Dull, but reliable, will make a good parent' - so said a head teacher's reference which I was once sent for a school-leaver. (0) HMost references are unreliable, although recruiters usually ask for them. Few ask for character references today, as these have proved useless. (9) However, these cannot always be trusted. A few may be biased. (10) This can also occur if there has been friction between boss and subordinate over personal or business matters.On the other hand, there can also be positive bias. An employer who wants to get rid of someone may fail to mention any relevant failings or even give a glowing report to help the individual go quickly. (11) But if they do, the law in Britain says they owe a duty of care to both the employer to whom it is supplied and to the individual to whom it refers.Most written references are unreliable because they are not specific enough. So how do you, and a potential employer, ensure that any reference given on your behalf is genuinely helpful? (12) Employers normally expect two: one, your immediate superior in your current or most recent job; the other, your boss in the post before, so long as it was in the last five years or so. For a senior post, more may be required.For their part, no prospective employer should approach your current employer until you have an offer 'subject to references' and you have given permission. (13) Once you get the offer, and before giving permission to make contact, tell your boss and explain that the prospective employer will be asking for a reference. Do this face-to-face and during the meeting describe the job for which you have applied. If you can provide a job description or the relevant job advertisements, even better. (14) Even if your referee does express some doubts about your fitness for the post, don't worry, employers often prefer to back their own judgement.A. It would also be wrong for anyone to contact your penultimate firm before then because word may reach your current employer on the grapevine.B. In fact, employers do not have to give references at all.C. These might include your boss's immediate senior and someone at the same level as your boss who is familiar with your work.D. Your boss can then match the reference needs to the needs of the job.E. What they seek are references from previous employers.F. Some managers think it an act of disloyalty if an employee applies for a job elsewhere and will give poor references or only weak praise.G. Firstly, as an employee, make sure you choose the right referees.H. It amused me at the time, but said more about the referee than the candidat

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填空题{{B}}PART SIX{{/B}}{{B}} · In most lines of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. · For each numbered line 41--52, find the unnecessary word. Some lines are correct. If a line is correct, write CORRECT.{{/B}} To avoid buying or selling a stock at a price higher or lower thanwhat you wanted, you need to place a limit order rather than a (41) ______market order. A limit order is an order if to buy or sell a security at (42) ______a specific price. A buy limit order can only be executed at the limitprice or lower, and a sell limit order that can only be executed at (43) ______the limit price or higher. When you place a market order, you can'tcontrol the price at which your order will be filled with. (44) ______For example, if you want to buy the stock of a "hot" IPO that wasinitially offered at $ 9, but don't want to end up paying more than (45) ______$ 20 for the stock, you can place a limit order to buy the stock atany price up to $ 20. By entering with a limit order rather than a (46) ______market order, you will not be caught in buying the stock at $ 90 (47) ______and then for suffering immediate losses as the stock drops later in (48) ______the day or the weeks ahead.Remember so that your limit order may never be executed because (49) ______that the market price may quickly surpass your limit before your (50) ______order which can be filled. But by using a limit order you also protect (51) ______yourself from buying the stock at too high a price. (52) ______

填空题{{B}}How to approach Reading Test Part Five{{/B}}· This part of the Reading Test tests your grammar:· Read the whole text quickly to find out what it is about. As you read, try to predict the words that might fill the gaps.· Then read the text again, and write clown one word for each gap. Make sure the word fits both the meaning and the grammar:· Read the article below about how individuals can exert power in business.· For each question 31 - 40, write one word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet. {{B}}The Power Principle{{/B}}Real power in a company amounts to having the ability to get the objectives you want, through direct action or persuasion. And the truth is that anybody can wield enormous power if they know how. Power comes from understanding all the key players and what objections they might put{{U}} (31) {{/U}}your way. Treat it like a game of chess: you need to be thinking many moves{{U}} (32) {{/U}}of your rivals and opponents.People need to feel they have choices, and it is very{{U}} (33) {{/U}}better that you present your plan with several options{{U}} (34) {{/U}}than just one. However, only one should be credible, or the others should lead to the same objectives,{{U}} (35) {{/U}}as to be sure of achieving the result you want.Identify the ultimate decision-maker and anticipate their likely reaction to your proposal, If you feel it won't be favourable you need to work out a strategy to convince them otherwise, either by soliciting influencers - people who can persuade tile key ,decision-maker -{{U}} (36) {{/U}}by changing their minds directly.But do not ask them directly. You will find{{U}} (37) {{/U}}very difficult to turn your proposal into reality if they say no. Even the{{U}} (38) {{/U}}enlightened of people do not like{{U}} (39) {{/U}}seen to change their minds or to have made a wrong judgement. And this means that{{U}} (40) {{/U}}was a relatively simple job of convincing them of the merits of your plan becomes an uphill struggle of getting them to admit they were wrong.

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填空题{{B}}PART ONE{{/B}}· Look at the statements below and at the reviews of various new business products on the opposite page.· Which review (A, B, C, D or E) does each statement 1-8 refer to7· For each statement 1-8, mark one letter (A, B, C, D or E) on your Answer Sheet.· You will need to use some of these letters more than once. {{B}}A PRINTER{{/B}}Hamaki UK's new DFG-2OO0 Bubble Jet printer is ideal for anyone looking to add colour to serious documents and presentations, and is an upgrading of last year's DFG-15. Outstanding graphics make it a leading printer in its class, ideal for a business looking for quality, although its price may put it out of the reach of most private users. The unit can reproduce the finest details and its extended palette of colours means that a wide variety of images can be produced. Operated using software that can spot user errors before they result in poor printing, the machine has a simple two-button control panel. It is also very user-friendly and easy to install.{{B}}B ELECTRONIC MULTIMEDIA BOX{{/B}}Primal Products is set to liven up even the dullest desktop with its latest range of accessories. Office workers can now express themselves and individualise their working area with the Storage Collection. The Collection is a series of smart-looking boxes for multimedia disks, spoilt only by a rather unnecessary and gimmicky digital display on the front of the box, telling you what disks it contains. Available in bright colours chosen to match hardware trends, the collection is easily carried, which is a definite plus for those who need to take their work home with them.{{B}}C FAX MACHINE{{/B}}Reak's office machinery further expands its 'Home-office' range of products with the introduction of the RK1 fax machine. To reduce routine filing and save valuable time, the RK1 prints incoming documents and collates them automatically. Its slightly angular appearance is not very eye-pleasing, but it is very inexpensive, can store up to fifty numbers for quick dialling and has a built-in paper cutter.{{B}}D NOTEBOOK COMPUTER{{/B}}Kipadi, the company responsible for marketing Melon computers, has launched the MH3 notebook computer with unique removable disk drive. This means that each user can keep their own files confidential, on separate disks. The MH3 does take some time to master, and its functions are rather complex. However, it is extremely versatile and is ideal for use in the workplace and at home. It only weighs 3 kg, comes with a one year warranty and is in the mid-price range for notebook computers.{{B}}E PHOTOCOPIER{{/B}}Peterson's new 'slimline' photocopier is another attempt at making a product as small as possible. It is extremely portable for a photocopier, and even comes with a carrying case. It is very easy to use and includes the offer of a free home or office demonstration if you request one. This is a fairly basic machine, and copy quality leaves something to be desired; however, if you need a portable photocopier this could be for you - although it is difficult to imagine a big market for this type of machine.

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填空题· Read this introduction to an article about an approach to management.· Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.· For each gap (9-14), mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.· Do not use any letter more than once. {{B}} Introducing T-shaped management{{/B}} Despite their best efforts, most companies continue to squander what may be their greatest asset in today's knowledge economy. I am referring to the wealth of expertise, ideas and latent insights that lie scattered across or deeply embedded in their organisations. This seems a great shame, because capitalising on those intellectual resources - using existing knowledge to improve performance or combining strands of knowledge to create something altogether new - can help companies respond to a surprising array of challenges, from fending off smaller, nimbler rivals to integrating businesses that have been forced together in a merger. {{U}} (9) {{/U}} I suggest another approach, one that requires managers to change their behaviour and the way they spend their time. The approach is novel but, when properly implemented, quite powerful. I call it T-shaped management. T-shaped management relies on a new kind of executive, one who breaks out of the traditional corporate hierarchy to share knowledge freely across the organisation (the horizontal part of the T) while remaining fiercely committed to individual business unit performance (the vertical part). {{U}}(10) {{/U}} Although this tension is most acute for heads of business units, any T- shaped manager with operating unit obligations must wrestle with it. You might ask, why rely so heavily on managers to share knowledge? Why not just institute a state-of-the-art knowledge management system? The trouble is that those systems are best at transferring explicit knowledge; for example, the template needed to perform a complicated but routine task. {{U}}(11) {{/U}} In fact, this implicit knowledge sharing is crucial to the success of innovation-driven companies. Furthermore, merely moving documents around can never engender the degree of collaboration that is needed to generate new insights. {{U}}(12) {{/U}} Effective T-shaped managers will benefit companies of almost any size, but they're particularly crucial in large corporations where operating units have been granted considerable autonomy. Although giving business units greater freedom generally increases accountability and spurs innovation, it can also lead to competition between units, which may hoard, rather than share, expertise. {{U}}(13) {{/U}} So, how do you successfully cultivate T-shaped managers and capitalise on the value they can create? Energy giant BP Amoco provides some provocative answers. My in-depth examination of their management practices highlighted five specific types of value that T-shaped managers can generate. {{U}}(14) {{/U}} It is important to follow these, because the benefits of T-shaped management will not be realised if the concept is poorly implemented. Senior executives must put in place mechanisms that simultaneously promote and discipline managers' knowledge-sharing activities. A However, direct personal contact is more typically needed to effectively transfer the kind of knowledge that must be creatively applied to particular business problems or opportunities.B For that, companies really have to bring people together to brainstorm.C Many companies have tried, with mixed success, to leverage this underused asset by centralising knowledge management functions or by investing heavily in knowledge management technology.D The entire history of the T-shaped manager is one of evolution, a process that continues to this day.E The successful T-shaped manager must learn to live with, and ultimately thrive within, the stress created by this dual responsibility.F By encouraging collaboration, a T-shaped management system can be a powerful counterbalance to such negative behaviour.G Their experience also suggests guidelines for creating an environment in which T-shaped managers will flourish.H I am referring to the wealth of expertise, ideas and latent insights that lie scattered across or deeply embedded in their organisations.

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填空题·Read the text below about job advertisement.·in most of the lines 41 - 52 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.·If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.·If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word on your Answer Sheet. Investment Analysts wanted A Fund Management and subsidiary of a prestigious investment Bank seeks bright young Investment Analysts to augment its rapidly expanding research41 department. Our client is a top US institution with significant funds under42 management from world-wide. Increasingly it is seeking to manage the European43 component of its portfolio from London. This has been let to an impressive rise in44 its profile in European markets. The Bank is looking for talented and ambitious45 Investment Analysts to form a new specialist research team. investment Analysts46 who perform rigorous and detailed investigation into companies end securities47 before making recommendations to those Fund Managers, Ideally, you will have48 excellent academic credentials and a solid professional with grounding in49 analytical techniques. Particularly useful would be training in an accountancy.50 an MBA or a legal qualification. Excellent communication in skills are required. For an initial,51 confidential conversation contact52 the Bank's Personnel Manager directly.

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填空题·You will hear five different people talking about advertising campaigns.·For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the method of advertising they have chosen from the list A-H. 'For Task Two, choose the purpose of the advertisement from the list A-H.·After you have listened once, replay the recording. Task One--Method of advertising·For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the methods of advertising, listed A-H,·For each extract, choose the method they have chosen.·Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract.A televisionB radioC national newspaperD local newspaperF posterG direct mailH free samples