填空题{{B}}PART ONE{{/B}}{{B}} · Look at the sentences below and following texts. · Which text does each sentence refer to? · For each sentence 1--8, mark one letter A, B, C, D or E. · You will need to use some of the letters more than once.{{/B}} {{B}}A. Kmart sells 18 stores to Home Depot{{/B}}Kmart finalized Monday a deal to sell 18 of its stores to Home Depot Inc. , for $ 271 million, with an option to sell one more store. The original pact called for the sale of as many as 24 stores for up to $ 365 million. "The stores we are retaining from the originally announced transaction have been operating profitably and better than plan for this year," Julian Day, president and chief executive of Kmart, said in a statement about the revised deal.{{B}}B. Toys R Us still selling toys{{/B}}Troubled Toys R Us, in the midst of a major restructuring, reported a wider second-quarter operating loss Monday, while CEO John Eyler appeared to play down speculation that the company will stop selling toys altogether. Toys R Us earlier this month announced the company was exploring a possible sale of its global toy division as well as spinning off its Babies R Us unit as part of an ongoing strategic review of its business. The news sparked much speculation among industry watchers that the company was looking to remove itself from its traditional toy-selling business.{{B}}C. Southwest cutting 88 flights{{/B}}Southwest Airlines Inc. , the largest U. S. discount carrier, said Monday it would eliminate 88 scheduled flights in a bid to boost revenue by freeing up planes for more lucrative markets. The Dallas-based carrier estimates the schedule changes, the largest in its history, will increase annual revenue by about $60 million. "This does represent the largest schedule tweak we've ever made," said Linda Rutherford, a spokeswoman for the airline, adding that the planned schedule changes will affect 3 percent of the airline's 2,800 daily flights.{{B}}D. "Exorcist" prequel scares up $18M{{/B}}"Exorcist: The Beginning", a film that had to be re-shot with a new director because the first version was not scary enough, led the North American box office over the weekend, as moviegoers once again flocked to the resurrection of an aging franchise. According to studio estimates issued Sunday, the fourth installment in the 30-year-old "Exorcist" series sold about $18. 2 million worth of tickets in the three days since its Aug. 20 opening. Another new entry, the comedy "Without a Paddle", launched at No. 2 with $13. 2 million. The teen romance "The Princess Diaries 2.. Royal Engagement" slipped to No. 3 with $13. 2 million in its second weekend.{{B}}E. Low interest in low carb{{/B}}Food manufacturers who have stocked store shelves with low-carbohydrate versions of everything from spaghetti sauce to ice cream may find they are eating the costs themselves, as the low-carb fad peaks, analysts and industry observers said. "It's typical that one rushes into the party just when the party is breaking up," said William Leach, food industry analyst at Neuberger Berman. Sales of low-carb branded foods surged $ 815 million, to $1.13 billion, in the 12 months ended June 13, according to market research firm Information Resources Inc. That includes both new brands like Atkins and Carb Solutions and extensions of existing brands--like Unilever' s Carb Options versions of Skippy peanut butter and Lipton soups.

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填空题A The Speech of the Presider The presiding over meetings is one of the communicative activities at international academic conferences. In the simulated international academic conference, special attention should be paid to the training of the students in this aspect. Specifically, we have introduced to the students the basic requirements and major responsibilities of the presider of a conference, for example, to learn about the overall procedures, to familiarize them with the order of presentation—the names, nationalities, and subjects of the speakers, to inquire about the speaker's information, major points of the introduction, signals of the time control, etc. B Conference Conference is a kind of formal meeting, often lasting for a few days. It is organized on a particular subject to bring together people who have a common interest. At a conference, formal discussions usually take place. Comparatively, conference generally refers to a specialized professional or academic event. We can say, for example, "Mr. Smith attended a conference on environmental protection in Beijing last week". C Barcelona The first thing that strikes you about Barcelona is its extraordinary architectural beauty. Just to discover the narrow, twisting streets and hidden squares of the old quarters is worth a trip in itself. A good way to get an initial idea of the city's character is to take a leisurely walk along Las Ramblas, a series of five short streets connecting the port area with the town. It's best during the early evening when it's filled with young people out for a promenade. Exchanging greetings and flirting mildly, they stroll up and down for hours, pausing occasionally at an outdoor care for a gossip. Predictably enough, the city's red light area occupies the lower end near the port, and is best avoided after dark. D Protection Versus Development It is quite incredible to see the speed with which a wild, unspoiled beauty spot can be transformed into a commercial eyesore. Look at the map of the world's tourist destinations today, and think back to those same places only a few years ago, and you'll see what I mean. Of course, I'm a bit of a hypocrite about this. I want to be able to visit those natural paradises and, I have to admit, find somewhere to sleep and something to eat and drink once I've got there. What I don't want is for anyone else to be able to do the same, or at least not in enough numbers to change the place. So if you wish to accuse me of individualistic elitism, go ahead. I don't mean to be selfish, but I can't bear the idea of another concrete monstrosity taking over from nature, of recorded pop music replacing the natural sounds of the mountains, of ice-cream and silly T-shirts being pushed at me when all I want is to enjoy the non-man-made world. I suppose the answer to this dilemma is careful, limited development, but experience seems to show that stopping the forces of commercialization is more difficult than preserving the environment for future generations. E Protection Protectionism appears to be a part of human nature, like the instinct for survival, we automatically try to protect what is ours, be it our family, our culture, our livelihood, our country, our wealth or anything else we call "ours". It has been fashionable to talk about protectionism in economic terms ever since the reconstruction and development after the Second World War, but this is merely jargon for a well-known human characteristic. In economics, the term is often used in a negative way—one country accuses another of "protectionist" practices that prevent the first country from freely selling its goods to the second, but it can be a negative idea in other contexts, too. In many parts of the world, a village, region or cultural group has refused development because it wants to protect its people, resources, way of life etc. from outside influences, from being "spoiled". In many cases, this has led not to the preservation of something worthwhile, but to the decline of what was to be protected. A concrete example of this can be seen in the number of rural villages in Europe that are disappearing, not because they have been developed out of existence but because the young people have left in search of education, work and other opportunities and the old people are left to die in the life and surroundings that were "protected" from the encroachments of the modern world.

填空题· Read the article about management buyouts of companies.· Choose the best sentence from below to fill in each of the gaps.· For each gap 9—14, mark one letter (A—H).· Do not use any letter more than once. Involving staff in management buy-out (MBO) negotiations can help smooth the path for the future, Employees are becoming increasingly familiar with the fluctuations and instability that their working environments can present. It's not just mergers and acquisitions that can upset the situation. Internal MBOs can also be particularly unsettling for employees. In some cases, the MBO takes place to save an ailing company. In others, it is the result of senior management and board disagreements, or is to prevent a hostile takeover bid, {{U}}(9) {{/U}}. This insecurity can be very damaging, One of the most important factors, often not considered during the process of an MBO, is the reaction of the workforce, yet it is those employees who more often than not can make or break the future success of any new management team. {{U}}(10) {{/U}}. By maintaining channels of communication across the floor, new management teams could find the rank and file a useful ally in the bid to take over. Showing those employees that a buy-out could be to their advantage, creating new opportunities for promotion or career development, will in the long-term be advantageous to the entire company. The challenge for new management should be to reinspire employees. {{U}}(11) {{/U}}. If the new team doesn't engage old employees in future plans or consider the contribution they cats make, the idea that the MBO was meant to save everyone is lost. In this situation, long-term employees begin to see the new management team and shareholders as the only beneficiaries in the buy-out and feel in the end that the only people saved are those at the top of the corporate adder. {{U}}(12) {{/U}}. This will mean that the rescue will fail before it has really started. It is depressingly common for new MBO teams not to learn from the past. {{U}}(13) {{/U}}. If the new team can find innovative ways to involve staff actively in various aspects of the buy-out process, the benefits are manifold. {{U}}(14) {{/U}}. A package with such components can gain their support and be invaluable building success for the venture, and is one that enlightened MBO teams tend to adopt.A. Including them in any buy-out, discussions can improve the new company's future prospects.B. In such circumstances it is easy for the new board to make the same mistakes as the old.C. Possibilities for realising these include decision-making, setting goals, and offering the chance of a future stake in the new company.D. Whatever its origins, those lower down the corporate ranks can often be left out of the equation, wondering what is to become of them.E. Nobody benefits if the company fails to meet its objectives.F. Yet the new start represents a golden opportunity.G. This requirement is particularly relevant when a company has failed or when staff have lost faith in the previous management.H. Internal MBOs can also be particularly unsettling for employees.

填空题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Since the Second World War economic communities (form) to reduce taxes between members and (make) it easier for capital to be transferred. Further schemes for economic co-operation (arrange) to encourage industrial and agricultural development, although in Europe the latter case (be) too successful. There also (be) problems in fixing currencies with one another to create on European currency, as some countries, for example Germany, (have) hard currencies while others, Italy for example, (have) weak currencies. Nevertheless, the idea of an economic community (spread) round the world.

填空题How to Find Your Affiliate Niche Market Profiting from your affiliate niches. Finding your own profitable niche online is where most aspiring affiliates get stuck, and it can often take months on end to find a niche that will give you a favourable return on investment. 1 1. Pick on a broad category of ideas, which could be green energy, affiliate marketing, relationships, general shopping, or sports, etc. 2 2. Think about the subsets that lie within the broad category you picked on above. For example, if you chose the relationship market, think about people who are just starting to date, 3 3. Pick on an item to sell that belongs to one of the subsets you just identified above. 4. Continue brainstorming and finding out specific details about the people that might belong to any of the subsets you picked on above. For example people who have just broken up in reality still want their partner back or would be more than willing to make up or buy products that help them understand why their partner broke up in the first place. 4 5. Next step is to determine the profit potential of the keywords you think these people will be using when looking for solutions online. 5 The results that are returned will show you exactly how many websites are competing for that keyword, the lower the figure the better, also pay attention to the advertisements being run at the top and left hand sides, the fewer the better for you. In summary that is how you find your affiliate niche market online. 6 A. Those are the basic rules, finding lucrative niches, however, requires more strategies and techniques that you can find by visiting the number one place to learn about affiliate niche marketing. B. is very possible if you truly understand the enormous potential that exists with knowing the correct niches to get into. C. Skin this broad category till you get to a segment of what you started with. D. Finding your own niche though is not entirely impossible, there are guidelines for finding niches and if followed correctly will get you results. E. The easy way to do this is using quotes when entering the keyword into Google. F. If you understand this then you are moments away from your ideal customers. G. those who are breaking up, those who are not comfortable with the other partner or those that want to make the relationship better. H. Niche marketing is an extremely powerful concept that has the potential to change affiliate income levels.

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填空题{{B}}PART ONE{{/B}}· You will hear the General Manager of Artis Ltd giving her staff instructions about the arrangements for a visit to the company by a group of international agents.· As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the itinerary using up to three words or a number.· After you have listened once, replay the recording. {{B}}ARTIS LIMITED Arrival{{/B}} Briefing notes for visit of foreign agents 1 The agents will be brought to Artis ………………………………………………………………… at 9 a.m. 2 The agents will need to be taken to the ………………………………………………………… by 9.30 a.m. {{B}}Rest of day{{/B}} 3 The first place for the agents to see is the ……………………………………………………………………… 4 The second place is the ………………………………………………………………………………… department. 5 In the cafeteria, a video of the new …………………………………………………………… will be shown. 6 The last place they will visit will be the ………………………………………………………………………… {{B}}Must remember{{/B}} 7 All staff must ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8 it's necessary to have two ……………………………………………………………… available at all times. 9 Each agent must be given an …………………………………………………………… before the presentation. 10 The agent from Bolivia needs an ………………………………………………………………………………………… {{B}}Evening entertainment{{/B}} 11 The latest time to arrive at the restaurant is …………………………………………………………………… 12 The …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Will be at 9 p.m.

填空题Hiring Wisely Evaluating a person's relational abilities is a bit more difficult. Try the following techniques to ferret out a candidate's skills in the four dimensions of interpersonal work. If you find yourself wanting to hire the candidate regardless of his talents, he's probably a master in the influence dimension. Some other signs to look for include a history of being elected to leadership positions and a broad and deep professional network -- especially outside the person's current place of employment. People who score high on influence frequently serve on the boards of relevant professional and social organizations. During the interview, pose questions with no right answer and then assess how confidently and persuasively the candidate expresses himself. (9) Did it have anything to do with influencing a decision? When you want to assess a candidate's adeptness at interpersonal facilitation, try asking him to describe a work situation in which two people were in conflict. (10) Next, look for evidence of broad and deep personal and professional networks, especially inside his current place of employment. (11) Finally, ask him to describe a job that he wouldn't want to do--not for lack of competence but for personal reasons. Would that position require an uncomfortable level of toughness toward other people, such as managing a turnaround in which a number of employees will lose their jobs? To determine whether someone is relationally creative, start by having him describe a favorite advertising campaign, slogan, or image, and then have him explain why he loved it and found it so effective. Ask the candidate to describe a time when he was "in the flow"-- so immersed in his work that he lost track of time- and see whether he cites a task that required a high level of relational creativity. (12) People who score high in this dimension frequently give creative or offbeat answers. (13) So be sure to ask the candidate about activities outside work and see if he holds a leadership role in any of them. Ask him, too, to describe his ideal job. Probe for details such as how many people he would be interacting with and in what way. Next, have him describe the best customer service operation he's ever experienced, either as an employee or as a customer. Notice how excited he gets while discussing it. (14) Is he someone who inspires you to go out and give it your all? If so, he's got a special talent in the team leadership dimension.A And since most people who excel in this dimension participate in some kind of good cause, ask him to talk about his experiences in that realm.B If you find yourself wanting to hire the candidate regardless of his talents, he's probably a master in the influence dimension.C Another way to gauge his interest and ability in this dimension is to ask about a peak moment he's had at work.D People talented in this area usually have a long history of involvement with groups -- for instance, sports teams or social clubs.E In fact, pay close attention to how much energy and enthusiasm the person exhibits during your conversation generally.F Finally, ask what other careers he has considered.G Someone who's talented in this dimension will offer an insightful explanation of what might have been going on under the surface of the disagreement.H People who are skillful in this respect are more talkative and persuasive.

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填空题Understanding Corporate Culture Every time people come together with a shared purpose, culture is created. This group of people could be a family, neighbourhood, project team, or company. Culture is automatically created (31) of the combined thoughts, energies, and attitudes of the people in the group. I often compare culture (32) electricity. Culture is an energy force that becomes woven through the thinking. behaviour, and identity of those within the group. Culture is powerful and invisible and its manifestations are far reaching. Culture determines a company's dress code, work environment, work hours, rules for getting ahead and getting promoted, how the business world is viewed, (33) is valued, who is valued, and much more. Culture shows up in (34) visible and invisible ways. Some manifestations of this energy field called "culture" (35) easy to observe. You can see the dress code, work environment, perks, and titles in a company. This is the surface layer of culture. (36) are only some of the visible manifestations of culture. The far (37) powerful aspects of culture are invisible. The cultural core is (38) of the beliefs, values, standards, paradigms, worldviews, moods, internal conversations, and private conversations of the people that are part of the group. This is the foundation for all actions and decisions within a team, department, or organisation. Business leaders often assume that their company's vision, values, and strategic priorities are synonymous (39) their company's culture. Unfortunately, too often, the vision, values, and strategic priorities may only be words hanging (40) a plaque on the wall.