The Working Life of Maureen Dowd In the world of business, it is not always easy for women to do the same things as men.Consider the working dinner. In order to do your job well, it's important to sometimes see clients and business contacts away (29) the office. In a more relaxed atmosphere, you can get to know your business partner (30) In the end, after all, people do business with people they like. Women start out (31) a disadvantage because，unless you're Nancy Lopez or Martina Navratilova，it's (32) to invite men out for a game of golf or tennis．Men usually prefer (33) play sports with other men． You might think that restaurants are the perfect playing field．But they can be dangerous ground． (34) people from the office see two men they know having dinner together，they think it's business．If colleagues see a woman dining with a man，they often (35) if it's another kind of business． I'm still looking (36) the perfect solution．Breakfasts are out because I find it impossible to be pleasant at 7 a．m．over a bowl of muesli．I love lunching，but that's usually a bad time for busy people， (37) if they are on the road．So that brings us back to dinner． One answer is to take another colleague or client to dinner (38) no one can think it is a tete-a-tete．Of course，this isn't always convenient．So when I can't do this，I take guys out to dinner to one-on-one places where I'm most (39) to see colleagues．The more your colleagues see you doing working dinners with different men，the (40) they know it is part of your business style．

{{B}}How to approach Reading Test Part Five{{/B}} ·In this part of the Reading Test you read a longer text and answer six questions. ·First read the questions. Try to get an idea of what the text will be about. Then read the text for general understanding. ·Then mad the text and questions more carefully. Note all the possible answers. ·Read for overall meaning. Do not choose an answer just because you can see the same words in the text. ·Go back and decide on the final answers.·Read the article below about a successful food business.·For each question 23-28 on the opposite page, choose the correct answer.·Mark one letter (A, B or C). {{B}}Casa ltaliana{{/B}} Twenty years ago, it was difficult to find fresh pasta in Britain without going to an Italian restaurant. For this reason, Marco and Mariengeladi Bietro, owners of a small but busy Italian restaurant in the Scottish city of Glasgow, found themselves approached by a local Italian food store wanting to stock their pasta. Other foodstores followed this example and soon Marco and Mariangela were supplying them on a large scale as well as running a restaurant. But despite the long hours they were working, Marco and Mariangela did not consider changing career or moving from Scotland. It was only years later that they realised which business made more sense. So in 1981, Marco and Mariangela sold their restaurant, bought a former factory and moved to the English countryside. They both miss city life. Although suitable property in the country was cheaper than in the city, it was only the thought of trucks wasting hours driving from Scotland to customers in the south of England that persuaded the couple to make the move. At first, they sold only to small specialist food stores and were unwilling to supply any large supermarket chains. But developments in packaging, allowing pasta to stay fresh longer, persuaded them they were wrong and this market now buys the major part of Casa Italiana's output. However, their decision not to supply restaurants has remained unchanged: they feel they should sell food cooked on the premises as they did themselves. In the early stages of the business, clients were keen to have traditional pasta made in the Italian way. Now customers are demanding pasta influenced by the traditions of other countries. It is with some regret that Mariangela has developed a range of exciting new recipes. She feels that she cooked her best pasta in the early days. What are Marco's and Mariangela's roles nowadays? Although Marco has tried to encourage Mariangela to leave food production to employees and spend more time dealing with clients, she remains in charge of the kitchen. Marco is happy to be responsible for the financial and administrative side of affairs. Marco dreams of launching restaurants sharing the Casa Italiana name across the UK. Yet he knows it would be more profitable to set up a second production centre. While the couple consider their long-term options, Mariangela is realising her dream: places on the first Casa Italiana cookery course are about to be advertised. But who knows? The Casa Italiana brand is already so strong that little can prevent Marco from also satisfying his ambitions for the firm.

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· Read the article below about golf and business.· For each question 23-28 on the opposite page, choose the correct answer.· Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. {{B}}Mixing Business and Golf{{/B}} It's no secret in corporate circles that golf and business offer a near-perfect match. Where else but on a course can executives spend a leisurely four hours in such a private, sociable setting? What the is better way to strengthen a relationship with a client than by lifting a glass together after a round? For all of the game's popularity, though, there's an art of mixing business and golf. How well you behave yourself over those 18 holes — balancing business and friendship, dealing with competition and success — suggests to others how you might behave in the boardroom or around the bargaining table. "If you're out playing golf with your partners, hey, have at it," says John Hansen, a former software-company CEO who now heads the Colorado Institute of Technology. "But when you're playing golf in a business setting — whether with employees, partners, or customers — man, you'd better be hypersensitive about how you act." For starters, team the etiquette. There's a set of rules in golf that includes not talking when someone is hitting, not stepping in the line of a putt, and treating the course with respect. Another key to success is engaging your playing partners but avoiding the hard sell. Less-experienced business golfers, says Hansen, think they need to come back to the office with something to show for all their time spent away. Just focus on the personal side, he says, "I am expecting that, by the 18th hole, you know the spouse, you know their children, you know the church they go to, you know everything about them." Regardless of how serious your partners take the game, don't try to impress. The golf swing is difficult enough when you're relaxed. Add a degree of tension, and it becomes even harder. As CEO of RDA Corp. , a software development outfit outside Baltimore, Don Await plays a lot of business golf. "I've seen cases where people get so intimidated," he says. "You know, they're whiffing or hitting the ball three feet." Actually, most people do not pay much attention to what you shoot; they're too busy focusing on their own game. What people will remember is how enjoyable it was to play with you.

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