单选题·Read this letter about buying a computer.·Choose the best word to fill each gap.·For each question (19-33), mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet.·One answer has been given as an example. 1stApril 20—Dear Mr. Jones, I am pleased to confirm our ability to meet your requirements for the HDC Graphics Workstation. Considering your special needs, I suggest that you place your order for the agreed equipment as soon as possible. The{{U}} (19) {{/U}}time for hardware for example is 6 weeks from receipt of order to{{U}} (20) {{/U}}. Thus, an order placed with us tomorrow will{{U}} (21) {{/U}}delivery to your site by the week commencing Monday, May 15th. All orders must be accompanied by a{{U}} (22) {{/U}}of 20% of the total amount shown on the attached{{U}} (23) {{/U}}. The{{U}} (24) {{/U}}amount should be paid no later than one week following delivery. Please note that{{U}} (25) {{/U}}charges have not been included, and a separate invoice covering these charges will be{{U}} (26) {{/U}}at the time of delivery. As I{{U}} (27) {{/U}}you on the phone, this particular hardware runs the{{U}} (28) {{/U}}version of EUCLID-IS, 2.2b. However, it is not expected that this software will be{{U}} (29) {{/U}}in this country until next month. We have every{{U}} (30) {{/U}}in the suitability of our hardware for such software. Moreover, you can be assured of our{{U}} (31) {{/U}}to solve any minor difficulties through our experienced customer service team. As I informed you, the equipment carries a one-year{{U}} (32) {{/U}}. During this period, we undertake to send one of our staff to carry out repairs on site within a period of 12 hours. For your future{{U}} (33) {{/U}}, however, we also operate an insurance scheme, covering the equipment against breakdowns for a small additional cost.SincerelyJackie Lee

单选题Reasons for International Trade Foreign trade, the exchange of goods between nations, takes place for many reasons. Every nation wants the opportunity to export its goods and services to other countries. A foreign outlet for sales enables a manufacturer or distributor to increase the volume of his business activity, thus increasing his chance to make a profit and increasing employment opportunities. Every nation also wants the opportunity and privilege of buying from foreign countries products and services that are scarce or unavailable at home that would be useful and beneficial to its people. Trading with other countries is not the same as trading within one's own country. At home a company or a bank is familiar with its own people, laws, and business practices. At abroad the picture becomes a complex one. Each country is different and therefore is said to carry different risks. Political risks, for example, relate to such varied factors as treaties, war, import quotas, and foreign exchange restrictions. In today's complex economic world, neither individuals nor nations are self-sufficient. Nations have utilised different economic resources. People have developed different skills. This is the foundation of world trade and economic activity. So countries that do not have the resources within their own boundaries must buy from countries that export them. Foreign trade also occurs because a country often does not have enough of a particular item to meet its needs. As far as the United States is concerned, it enjoys the most favourable position and has vast coal and oil reserves, but the United States is also a heavy consumer of nature resources, and it is increasingly reliant on certain imports, especially on oil. It consumes more than it can produce at home. If one nation can sell some items at a lower cost, the other countries would buy them. Japan. a highly industrialised nation, has been able to export large quantities of automobiles because it can produce them efficiently than other countries. It is cheaper for some Western countries to buy these from Japan than to produce them domestically. Japan should produce and export those items from which it gets a comparative advantage. It should also buy and import what it needs from those countries that have a comparative advantage in the desired items. At last, innovation or style or quality plays the most important role in the foreign trade. For example, the United States produces more automobiles than any other countries; it still imports large quantities of autos from Japan, primarily because there is a market for them in the United States. In conclusion, developing international trade is a country's long-term strategy. For most nations, exports and imports are the most important international activity. With this activity, nations can develop their economy.

单选题·Read the article below about suggestions for effective meetings and the following questions.·For each question (13-18), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet, for the answer you choose. {{B}}Suggestions for Effective Meetings{{/B}} Meetings are windows on the soul of business: they reveal the quality of its management. Well-organized, well-conducted meetings bespeak an effective organization. Meetings afflicted with sloppy planning, flimsy agendas, and fuzzy expectations indicate a not-so-effective one. Here are some tips for tightening and energizing your meetings: Prepare smartly. At Intel Corporation, those who call a meeting must first assess whether the meeting is necessary. They'll e-mail ideas to a few people for comments and suggestions, draft an agenda, and then distribute it to a wider audience for revisions. The result is a one-pager containing the meeting's purpose and goals, subtopics with time frames for each, a list of attendees, and what each one should bring to the table. It's distributed in advance to attendees and to the appropriate business-unit chief, who might later check it for quality. Stand up and create. You don't always have to meet in an airless conference room. Senior executives at Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta gather each morning in the hallway outside the president's office for a ten minute "quality talk." Managers at Cabletron Systems have mastered the art of the stand-up meeting. No seats, just solutions. The food teams at Whole Goods Market stores meet weekly to forecast the financials, but when they're behind schedule, they might meet in the frozen-food aisle. Get creative; shake things up. Consider hosting your next brainstorming session outdoors. Make rules. Create roles and policies to stimulate discussion and keep it on track. A facilitator equipped with a watch or egg timer leads the discussion. A scribe takes notes on a dry-erase board. Intel also has a gatekeeper who makes sure everyone has a chance to speak. Of course, employees need to feel they can speak honestly without retribution. Springfield Manufacturing Corp has a no-griping policy to ensure that comments are positive and objective. At Foldraft Co. , managers dressed as referees call timeout when speakers at all-company meetings stray from the topic at hand. Follow up. At the close of Intel's meetings, attendees are encouraged to mentally answer questions posted on conference room walls. Why was I here? What was my role? Was I well prepared? What was resolved? The process helps people clarify their thoughts so they can contribute to the meeting-minutes document, which is posted on internal Web pages within 24 hours. This one-page summary lists key issues, decisions made, action items, expected results, firm deadlines, and the next meeting date. All these are for tracking purposes. According to the surveys by the Wharton Center for Applied Research, managers report that only 56% of their meetings are productive, and that 25% would have been more effective as conference calls, memos, e-mails, or voicemails. Conclusion: the cost of misguided meetings is high. When meetings aren't paying off, explore your options and make substitutions. Kris Burton of Total Restoration switched to a combination of broadcast voicemail and follow-up memos when the cost-to-payoff ration for weekly meetings shot up. He explains. "The system is easier and much less costly."

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单选题·Read the introduction below about a conference. ·Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page. ·For each question 19-33, mark one letter (A, B, C or D). The CIO and Technology Leaders' Forum We live in a world of increasing technological complexity,but just what does that mean for CIOs and other IT leaders in the enterprise today? The{{U}} (19) {{/U}}generation of employees in IT and other enterprise functions - is working in completely different ways from preceding ones-online{{U}} (20) {{/U}}and social networking are second nature to them, as is their use of technology {{U}}(21) {{/U}}both their work and social lives. The impact of this technology-savvy generation on how companies operate promises to be profound,but{{U}} (22) {{/U}}what changes will come is {{U}}(23) {{/U}}difficult Security and risk will{{U}} (24) {{/U}}an ever-present concern for executives in this increasingly {{U}}(25) {{/U}}environment, but the challenge will {{U}}(26) {{/U}}in understanding how to reduce the risks without affecting the opportunities that this environment will invariably{{U}} (27) {{/U}}.This Forum will{{U}} (28) {{/U}}you with the tools to: ·Put in (29) the building blocks for your company's technology's future, people, solutions, strategy ·Deliver new revenue streams through technology ·{{U}} (30) {{/U}}technology to re-engineer and radically improve innovation in your organisation. To discuss these key strategic{{U}} (31) {{/U}}, Economist Conferences is introducing its 'CIO and Technology Leaders' Forum'{{U}} (32) {{/U}}on the number of its previous " CIO Agenda" meetings, this high-level {{U}}(33) {{/U}}will be limited to 30-40 CIOs and IT directors of multinational companies and influential thinkers in the IT and technology space.

单选题You will hear a radio interview with Donald White, the author of a book about running board meetings. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording.

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单选题 · Read the article below about the business' social responsibility and the questions. · For each question (13-18), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet. {{B}}Business and Social Responsibility{{/B}} Today more and more people believe that business should play an active role in improving society and solving social problems. For example, we expect that businesses will take care not to pollute the air we breathe or the water we drink. We also expect them to offer fair wages and employee benefits and to provide a satisfactory product or service at a reasonable price. Many companies recognize this and have stated publicly that they will act as a good citizen. They support local arts, build parks, raise funds for charities, and try to put back some of their profits into the community that has made their success possible. A good reason for businesses to be socially responsible is that society gives business organizations the right to exist. A social setting or environment, with its laws, customs, and other social and cultural norms, allows businesses to form and function. It is only right for businesses to participate in making the community in which they operate a better place. To be socially responsible also benefits businesses. In many cases, a company will make greater profits in the long run if it considers benefits to society. Customers actually vote for products and companies when they make a purchase. If a product is of good quality and priced fairly, they will probably buy it from time to time. But when customers find out that a manufacturer produces only inferior or shoddy products which cheat them out of their money, they may become so angry that they will never purchase their products any more. Consumers may also shun firms that pollute the environment or engage in unethical practices by not purchasing their products. When enough people believe a business no longer serves society's best interests, they may pressure the firm into its doom by boycotting its goods or services, influencing officials against it, condemning it in the media, or patronizing other firms. A business whose aim is to maximize its profits is not likely to act out of a sense of social responsibility although its activities will probably be legal. Only businesses that are concerned about society as well as about maintaining profitability are likely to invest voluntarily in socially responsible activities. For example, the former president of Pizza Hut, Orr Gunther, implemented a program called "Book—it." This program rewarded children with a free pizza for reading a certain number of books. Such a business may win the trust and respect of its customers and in the long run will increase profits. In order to succeed, a business must determine what customers and society want or expect in terms of social responsibility. Although social responsibility may seem an abstract idea, managers consider it on a daily basis as they deal with real issues. A business must monitor changes and needs in society in order to behave in a socially responsible way.

单选题·Read the article below about brand-name prescription drugs, and the questions on the opposite page.·For each question 13--18, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet for the answer you choose. {{B}}Brand-Name Prescription Drugs{{/B}}You're in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top ＄2,000 a month--no wonder that one in four Americans can't afford to fill their prescriptions. The solution? A hearty chorus of "0 Canada". North of the border, where price controls reign, those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less.The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, "If our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices, why can't we?" Even to whisper that thought provokes anger. "Un-American!" And--the propagandists' trump card--"Wreck our brilliant health-care system." Super-size drug prices, they claim, fund the research that sparks the next generation of wonder drugs. No sky-high drug price today, no cure for cancer tomorrow. So shut up and pay up. Common sense tells you that's a false alternative. The reward for finding. Say, a cancer cure is so huge that no one's going to hang it up. Nevertheless, if Canada-level pricing came to the United States, the industry's profit margins would drop and the pace of new-drug development would slow. Here lies the American dilemma. Who is all this splendid medicine for? Should our health-care system continue its drive toward the best of the best, even though rising numbers of patients can't afford it? Or should we direct our wealth toward letting everyone in on today's level of care? Measured by saved lives, the latter is almost certainly the better course. To defend their profits, the drug companies have warned Canadian wholesalers and pharmacies not to sell to Americans by mail, and are cutting back supplies to those who dare. Meanwhile, the administration is playing the fear card. Officials from the Food and Drug Administration will argue that Canadian drugs might be fake, mishandled, or even a potential threat to life.Do bad drugs fly around the Internet? Sure--and the more we look, the more we'll find. But I haven't heard of any raging epidemics among the hundreds of thousands of people buying cross-border. Most users of prescription drugs don't worry about costs a lot. They're sheltered by employee insurance, owing just a ＄ 20 co-pay. The financial blows rain, instead, on the uninsured, especially the chronically ill who need expensive drugs to live, This group will still include middle-income seniors on Medicare, who'll have to dig deeply into their pockets before getting much from the new drug benefit that starts in 2006.

单选题What does the writer say about entrepreneurs in the first paragraph?