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单选题What will be different about the new Dalehouse restaurants? A. Some will be away from town centres. B. Some will be in buildings not planned as restaurants. C. Some will be open every day of the week.

单选题Replacing two catalogues with one has meant that A. all the lines from both catalogues are available. B. the catalogue has now become cheaper to produce. C. sales from the stores are already increasing.

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单选题Littleton News Update The rate of unemployment in Littleton, a small town in the south west of England, has reached a record high this week. According to Helen Santer of Littleton Business Association, there are currently over 4,000 people registered as unemployed. This represents almost a quarter of the town's working population and is an increase of 5% compared to the previous year. The main reason for this rise was the closure of the last remaining factory in the town, LKS. The company, which manufactured a number of parts for use in the computer industry, finally closed its doors in August, leaving over 150 people without work. Another major employer in Littleton, the Victoria Hotel, was recently bought by the well-known hotel chain Mount Clark, which fought off an attempted takeover by the health club operators Health Check. Although staff had feared that they would lose their jobs in the resulting reorganisation, hardly any 'employees have in fact been made redundant. The company's management has recently announced ambitious plans for the improvement of the building's guestrooms.

单选题Welcome to Amsterdam Amsterdam is a city of many faces. It is the capital of the Netherlands, even though it is not the seat of Parliament or the government. Amsterdam is more than just a capital however. It is the essence of the Netherlands: not just because it is the largest city in the country, but more particularly because it is the mainspring of our country's economic, social and cultural life. Already more than seven hundred years old, our compact city has more of which it can be proud: world-class orchestras and dance groups, more than fourty renowned museums, almost a thousand restaurants serving cuisine from countries around the globe, gabled mansions and magnificent churches from the 17th century Golden Age. But, as Amsterdammers, we are most proud of our tradition of hospitality. We really want every one to feel at home. You will find this friendliness and helpfulness everywhere: at the VVVTourist Office, in our hotels and restaurants, at our colourful sheet markets and distinctive Haute Couture shops, in our brown cafes and nightclubs. Whether you are a business executive or a tourist, you will find people here eager to talk with you usually in your own language. Multilingualism is another feature in which the Dutch take pride.

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单选题Taylors rang - order for desks held up by strike.They expect to despatch them on l0th May.What is the problem with the order?

单选题Back to the shop floorot Attwood, Chief Executive of Attwood Publicity, has attracted the attention of his industry by going to work in one of the company's packaging facilities for two months. Why has ha done this? 'Definitely not for marketing purposes,' he says. 'Though I know that other people in my position have done that. My background's in finance rather than the operational side -and I must admit that I feel a bit out of touch. So what I'm interested in is getting to know the people working in an important part of the business.' Attwood's packaging facility is unusual in that the number of manual workers there is double that in similar companies. Attwood has a reputation for innovation, which explains why, although some extremely up-to- date machinery has just been installed, the majority of the work is still done by hand. Traditional machines simply cannot process certain brochures and other products quickly and cheaply enough. At first, Attwood was embarrassed by his lack of speed in comparison with the other workers. Now he feels he is beginning to catch up. He had thought that money was the main motivation and that payment by results was the best way of ensuring quick and efficient work. He now realises that while factors such as the type of background music being played have some short-term effect on speed, most workers keep up with other people simply in order to ensure an efficient style that works for everybody. Attwood was confident at the start that the work would allow him to experience problems directly for himself. Now, after seven weeks, however, he realises that the most useful knowledge comes from listening to others, learning about their years of experience - and being able to ask questions. He is also pleased that any early coldness shown towards him has now disappeared and most workers feel confident that he takes their work seriously. They also now feel that they can be honest with him. Attwood has listened to complaints about Iow wages and the fact that management are seen to have more flexibility than workers and more opportunities for promotion. The workers' openness has already had results. Vacancies have started to be displayed throughout the company and interested staff of all levels are encouraged to apply. As the two-month period approaches its end, Attwood feels 'amazingly positive' about the experience: 'I've had to think more about how and why we do things than I've done for years,' 'he says.

单选题How to Change Careers Successfully Step 1: Spend some quality time selecting a new career. No one knows what you want from life better than you. Incorporating E-learning and Internet research into your plan to successfully change careers is not just prudent; it is essential. News, new information and new technology will reach the Internet up to 12 months before brick and mortar environments. E-learning is also more affordable than on-site classroom training. Step 2: Write your future career plan in a special journal, which will help you keep track of your ideas and progress. A major consideration when planning for a successful career change should be based on how your lifestyle will be affected. Will the career change support your current or anticipated lifestyle? Career change cannot be considered successful if your new career cannot finance the lifestyle you expect. If you are happy at the end of your career change, if your bills are paid and you have time to enjoy the fruits of your labour, then your career change has been successful. Step 3: Compare your career aspirations with those of a successful professional you admire. Keep your plan for successful career change realistic. If you have decided to become a professional ballerina or baseball player, and you are facing retirement, your chances of succeeding are nonexistent. Dare to dream--not hallucinate.

单选题BUSINESS TELECARD INTERNATIONAL You can use your Business Telecard International at any card phone in the UK. Here is some information about making international phone calls. You can now phone almost any country in the world, although in some cases you can only call major cities. When you cannot make direct dialling calls, you can ask the international operator to help you. This is more expensive and takes mere time, but it may be helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else; in this case you should ask for a "person-to-person" call. Even more expensive is a reverse charge call where the person who receives the call pays. If the international line is busy, you can reserve a call; explain the number you want and the operator will call you back when the line is free. You can save money by calling outside office hours, e. g. early in the morning, late at night, and on Sundays. Remember that the time may be different in the country you are calling. International time is based on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time); London is on GMT and Moscow, for example, is 3 hours ahead. There is one problem; change to DST (Daylight Saving Time) for the Summer. In the UK, clocks are put forward one hour in Spring and put back in Autumn, and so London is actually one hour ahead of GMT in the Summer. If you are unsure about the time, the operator will help you. You can use your Business Telecard International for domestic calls as well, but there will be an additional charge over the standard rate.

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单选题 Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to settle their dispute over the iPad trademark in the Chinese mainland, the high people's court of Guangdong province announced Monday. Apple has transferred the money to the account designated by the Guangdong higher court, and the Intermediate Court of Shenzhen on Monday notified the State Administration for Industry and Commerce to transfer the iPad trademark to Apple, the higher court said. The court said the settlement agreement went into effect on June 25. "All parties involved have agreed on the settlement. Proview and Apple now no longer have a dispute over the iPad trademark," said Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Proview Shenzhen, a debt-ridden manufacturer of computer screens and LED lights based in Shenzhen. Proview Shenzhen had previously claimed that the Taipei subsidiary of its Hong Kong-based parent company, Proview International Holdings Ltd, registered the iPad trademark in a number of countries and regions as early as 2000. Though Apple bought the rights to use the iPad trademark from Proview Taipei in 2009, Proview Shenzhen said it reserved the right to use the trademark it registered on the Chinese mainland in 2001. The two sides have since been entangled in a drawn-out legal battle. Guangdong's higher court heard the case in February, as Apple and its proxy for the trademark purchase appealed a previous court ruling by the Shenzhen intermediate court in favor of Proview Shenzhen. In June, Proview Shenzhen was brought to court in a bankruptcy case. Its creditors demanded that the court have the company liquidated, as it took a tumble in the 2008 global financial crisis and allegedly owed more than $400 million to eight Chinese banks, according to media reports. The sum in the Apple settlement is not enough for Proview Shenzhen to repay its debts, but experts say the trademark case settlement can help Apple seize huge market opportunities in China. Otherwise, the US tech giant might not have been able to sell its popular tablet computers in the Chinese mainland. China is Apple's second-largest market after the United States. China contributed $7.9 billion, or about 20 percent of Apples' revenues, during its second fiscal quarter in 2012, the company said. Apple's iPads have become so popular among the country's younger generation that parents worry that kids growing up with iPads glued to their hands will be more likely to become near-sighted, physically weak and socially inactive. Market observers predict that when Apple's latest version of the iPad hits the Chinese mainland market, fans will snatch up the product so fast that it will be out-of-stock for most of the year. Meanwhile, more units of the iPad 2 will be sold when the more recent version is launched, forcing a price-cut.

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单选题Many nations have undergone significant trade liberalization in the last twenty years even as they have increased their use of ______ protection measures. A. intangible B. contingent C. uncontrollable D. settled

单选题Questions 23-28 ·Read the article below about job interviews. ·For each question (23-28), choose the correct answer. ·Mark one letter (A, B or C). INTERVIEWS People applying for jobs normally send in a copy of their CV. This should be used as a basis for questions from the interviewer. Interviewers find it useful to ask candidates about the way they behaved in difficult situations in the past, for example with an angry customer or colleague. These questions allow applicants to explain how they acted in a real-life situation and, consequently, give clues as to how they would act again in similar situations. Candidates are likely to tell the truth as speaking from memory leaves little time to invent what happened. On the other hand, questions which ask candidates to imagine how they would behave in a situation which they have probably never met are of little or no value. This is because they only provide answers about how candidates would hope to behave, and this might not match the actions they would actually take. In any interview candidates must be treated fairly, with questions asked in the same manner and with no candidate's interview lasting considerably longer than any other's.Candidates should always be given the opportunity to ask questions throughout the interview. Jane Godley, head of Human Resources at Aspley Supermarkets says: "A company needs staff not only who have the fight qualifications and experience, but also who are happy to fit in with the company's way of doing things. Our managers have to accept the idea that everyone working here is h colleague (managers are always known by their first names), and that spending time actually in the store with colleagues and customers,rather than in their offices, is part of the job. For management posts, we organise preinterview group exercises to measure team-working and leadership skills, sometimes along with activities to assess personal qualities. " "In all our interviews we pay attention to body language. It is natural for candidates to show signs of being nervous at an interview but most relax after a few minutes and become more confident. However, if the nervousness continues until the end of the interview, especially when difficult questions are asked, we would begin to have doubts about that candidate, lake all employers, we want to take on staff who are at ease with colleagues and customers, so it is important to watch the way candidates behave as well as listen to what they have to say. "

单选题She made her presence felt and soon everything in this house was in ______ order. A. pineapple B. banana C. apple-pie D. peach

单选题{{B}}HowtoapproachReadingTestPartThree{{/B}}·ThispartoftheReadingTesttestsyourunderstandingofthelanguageofgraphsandcharts.·Readthefivesentencesaboutthebarcharts.·Thenlookatalleightbarcharts.Trytodescribeeachoneinyourownwords.(Youcandothisinyourownlanguageatfirstsothatyouareclearaboutwhatishappeningineachbarchart.)·Matcheachsentencewithabarchart.Noteallthepossibleanswers.·Gobacktothesentencesforwhichmorethanoneanswerseemspossible.Carefullycomparethebarchartsanddecidewhichisthecorrectanswer.·Checkthatyouhavenotusedanylettermorethanonce.·Lookatthebarchartsontheoppositepage.Theyshowthenumberofpeopleemployedineightdifferentcompanies(A-H)inEnglandandGermanybetween2000and2002.·Whichbarchartdoeseachsentence(11-15)describe?·Foreachsentence,markoneletter(A-H).·Donotuseanylettermorethanonce.

单选题URGENT MESSAGE FOR JENNIFER RUSSELL. YOUR FLIGHT TO ISTANBUL TOMORROW IS NOW POSTPONED From June 15 / to June 28. When will Mrs Russell fly to Istanbul?A. 26 June.B. 27 June.C. 28 Jun

单选题Townley Vehicles have appointed Ken Roberts, formerly of Weston Motors, as Sales Manager.What do we know about Ken Roberts?A. He used to work for Townley Vehicles.B. He is applying for a job as a sales manager.C. He was employed by Weston Motors in the past.