单选题 NEW JOBS A new clothing company is hoping to create as (29) as 500 jobs in its factory and nationwide chain of stores. The company, New Trend, was set (30) by Peter Dalton, a 36-year-old businessman (31) Liverpool. The company, (32) is due to start production early next year, will provide employment (33) 300 people in its factory on the edge of Liverpool. In 12 months' time, (34) will be a further 200 jobs, as the company begins opening shops in towns in (35) parts of Britain. Peter Dalton is also (36) to open a shop in New York. He hopes that (37) this shop proves successful, the chain (38) expand across the whole of North America. “This project has (39) me over four years to finalize,” says Peter Dalton, “and (40) that it's finally getting started, I'm really excited.”

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 more 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.

单选题Jackman uses the word 'sweepers' to describe people who______. A. finish off things that someone else starts. B. start things but don't finish them. C. work with a project from beginning to and.

单选题Susan started working for the company

单选题We are looking for a Principal Economist，who as well as advising managers and boardmembers on environmental economic policy matters，will develop policy relating to costbenefit analysis at the upcoming review and beyond． A．The Principal Economist will become a board member． B．The Principal Economist will deal with environmental matters． C．The Principal Economist's major responsibility is to make certain policy．

单选题I am sorry but the files will not be available until 25 January. The files can be delivered ______.A. immediatelyB. before 25 JanuaryC. after 25 January

单选题EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY A. You only have to get in. B. You have to go out that way even if there is no emergency. C. You aren't allowed to go out that way except emergency.

单选题· Read the information below about Maureen Dowd.· Choose the correct word to fill in each gap, from A, B or C below.· For each question 29-40, mark one letter (A, B or C) an your Answer Sheet. {{B}}This working life by Maureen Dowd{{/B}} In the world of business, it is not always easy for women to do the same things as mot. Consider the working dinner. In order to do your job well, it's important to, sometimes see clients and business contacts away{{U}} (29) {{/U}}the office, in a more relaxed atmosphere, you can get to know your business partner{{U}} (30) {{/U}}. In the end, after alt, people do business with people they like. Women start out{{U}} (31) {{/U}}a disadvantage because, unless you're Nancy Lopez or Martina Navratilova, it's{{U}} (32) {{/U}}to invite men out for a game of golf or tennis. Men usually prefer{{U}} (33) {{/U}}play sports with other men. You might think that restaurants are the perfect playing field. But they can be dangerous ground. {{U}}(34) {{/U}}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{{U}} (35) {{/U}}if it's another kind of business. I'm still locking{{U}} (36) {{/U}}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 lurching, but that's usually a bad time for busy people, {{U}}(37) {{/U}}if they are on the road. So that brings us back to dinner. One answer is to take another colleague or client to dinner{{U}} (38) {{/U}}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 one-on-one-to places where I'm most{{U}} (39) {{/U}}to see colleagues. The more your colleagues see you doing working dinners with different man, the{{U}} (40) {{/U}}they know it is part of your business style.

单选题INTERVIEWSPeople 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.Jan Godley, head of Human Resources at Aspley Supermarkets says: 'A company needs staff not only who have the right 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 a 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 pre-interview 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. Like 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So to justify the extra effort needed, the demand for fluency in Mandarin would have to be ______ above demand for, say, French. A. way B. all C. more D. high

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单选题Put Down That Tool The British work longer hours than anyone else in the European Union (EU), which may account for Britain's faster rate of economic growth in the past decade. But the European Commission wants to put a stop to it. In a recent report it notes disapprovingly that, "The UK is the only member state where weekly working time has increased over the last decade." The commission believes that British companies may be systematically violating the EU's "Working Time Directive ". This demands that Europeans should work a maximum of 48 hours a week on average. Under the directive, workers can sign an "opt-out", agreeing to work more than 48 hours. Some 33% of British workers have signed such opt-outs, although only 16% are believed actually to be working more than 48 hours. Anna Diamantopoulou, the European commissioner for employment and social affairs, has a doubt about that. Firms in other European countries have not made much use of opt-outs. But, she thinks, some British bosses may be forcing workers to sign opt-outs as a condition of taking a job. (Some Americans may actually want to work more than 48 hours, but surely no European would be so silly, seems to her reasoning.) Citing reasons ranging from "health and safety" to the need to maintain "minimum social standards" in the EU and to strike a better balance between work and family life, the commission is launching a "consultation of interested parties" on possible changes to the directive. The commissioner hopes that Britain will be able to come up with solutions on a voluntary basis. This sounds innocent enough. But, in reality, if it does not, the commission will probably devise a new directive. The commission is likely to push for tighter definitions of the conditions under which opt-outs can be used. This will inevitably reduce labour-market flexibility and may introduce yet more burdensome corporate form-filling and regulation. The British government claims to welcome the commission's review. Privately, however, it hopes that the appointment of a new commission next autumn will ensure that Mrs Diamantopoulou does not have enough time to revise the directive. She will certainly need to work long hours to get it done. Fortunately, being classified as a manager, at least she has an automatic opt-out from the Working Time Directive.

单选题You will hear one word read from each group. Circle the correct one after listening and then read all the words correctly.

单选题Computer softwareAs more and more companies are using the Internet to do business, Mark Williams explains how a new software package is helping the efficient transfer of medicines from factory to patient.AHL Pharmaceuticals is one of Britain's largest wholesale distributors of medicines. Under a European parent company, Setra AG, it covers 40 per cent of the British market. The company buys medicines from the manufacturers and delivers them on a twice-daily basis to hundreds of hospitals and pharmacies around the country.'The responsibility for supplying such large quantities of medicines is frightening,' says IT director, Stephen Smith. 'If a manufacturer has quality control problems, creating a shortfall in supply, or if medicines are suddenly needed in large quantities somewhere else in the world our stock levels can fall dramatically. In the past such a lack of balance between supply and demand was a huge problem. With our new software system, we know immediately of any possible manufacturing or supply difficulties, can warn our customers and suggest possible alternatives.'This system is so efficient because manufacturers can update details themselves of stock levels and product information. Twice a day staff at AHL transfer this data to their main computer system where it is made available through the AHL website to company personnel and customers.With so many people having access to the data, isn't the security of the system at risk? 'Not at all,' says Smith. 'We run the software within our own internal security system. The data goes into a special "sandbox" which is separate from the rest of the system. Even if someone manages to get into the software, they can't go anywhere else on the network.'And does he think that this is the limit of the software's use? 'The first time I saw this I had the feeling that life would be different from now on. Instead of having lots of pieces of paper flying around, an expansion of the software system into the purchasing department means that orders can now be dealt with in a moment. The only delay to further expansion is deciding what area of the company to apply it to next.'

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单选题What does Mr Dale have to say about financing the company's plans?

单选题Could all speakers please produce summaries of the sessions they gave.The speakers should write