单选题An increase in the demand for a product is likely to cause ______ A．a matching decrease in supply. B．an increase in the equilibrium price. C．the supply curve shift to the right. D．a decrease in the equilibrium price. E．the government attempt to increase production quotas.

单选题 {{B}}Task One-Jobs{{/B}} ·For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the jobs, listed A- H. ·For each extract, decide what the job the speaker is talking about. ·Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract. A lawyer B manager C secretary of boss D driver E engineer F secretary of R & D G accountant H shift supervisor

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单选题An employee involvement program that periodically moves individuals from one job assignment to another is called ______

单选题What is the theme of this article?

单选题· For questions 23-30, mark one letter A, B or C for the correct answer.

单选题Somewhere today, a group of staff from General Motors will meet as part of the 'Go-Fast' programme, and hammer out a new initiative to cut costs and bureaucracy. They may focus only on wiper-blades, or staff appraisal, or showroom design. But by this afternoon, there should be an outline savings plan, which will, when implemented, be measured carefully for signs of success. The aim is to transform GM from a lumbering leviathan into the corporate equivalent of a sports car. The intention is not just to be big - GM is one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world - but to be fast, particularly in its responsiveness to the market. The success of the programme is reflected in the large number of suggestions being introduced - far more than in the old days, when every change had to come from senior managers focusing on the 'big picture'. The progress made has trans- formed investor perceptions of GM. Before the Go-Fast programme was introduced, the conventional wisdom was that GM's market share was in permanent free fall and its organisation incapable of doing anything about it. Now, the decline has been turned around, and the senior managers' change of approach has led to the company being energised with a winning spirit that has unlocked long-dormant capabilities. That it took a firm of consultants to help devise the programme is perhaps a sad reflection of the danger of corporate thinking becoming inflexible. The shareholders' support of GM's strategy to become more outward-looking and innovative is some- thing of a luxury, though in the long run success would convince even the most sceptical shareholders. The strategy includes beating down on costs and extracting maximum synergies from GM's numerous alliance partners, such as its tooling suppliers, and exchanging ideas and management tools with other corporations of widely differing sizes, sectors and nationalities. Having such input is one thing, but its value would be undermined without a coherent mechanism to put ideas into practice, and this is where the consultants proved invaluable. In the car industry, however, there was plenty of scepticism about the programme when it was first announced, with many convinced that only much smaller organisations stood a reasonable chance of making such a transformation, particularly when it involved changes to the company culture. Surprisingly, perhaps, this fear was not shared by the consultants who helped senior management to design the programme and, crucially, effect a change in leader- ship skills; rather, they were more concerned about the impact that pockets of opposition within GM might have. The results of the scheme so far give rise to cautious optimism. No aspect of GM's work can hide from scrutiny, and initial fears of a lack of 'joined-up thinking' about the impact of one change on other areas soon dissipated, as the 'leadership panels' responsible for approving and implementing changes took a broader view. But while internal management has improved dramatically, many analysts are sceptical that the initiatives can outweigh GM's mountainous pension obligations. The company is still suffering the effects of poor decisions in the past, such as the choice of certain alliance partnerships, and a major change of strategy might be necessary to recover from these. If this were to take place, the company's core car manufacturing would need to be much more firmly rooted than it is at present, to ensure it didn't suffer from lack of focus. However, the architects of the scheme are confident that GM will be far more outward-looking and innovative in the near future.

单选题 Do Part Four of the Reading Test. Give yourself 10 minutes to complete the task. PART FOUR ·Read this article about ethical investments. ·Choose the correct word to fill each gap A, B, C or D. Ethical investing is just like any other type of investing, except that the company that invests the money for the consumer {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}not to use that money to fund certain activities or behaviour that are believed to be harmful to the environment or to people. This may mean, for example, that a fund management company will not purchase shares in arms companies or firms that {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}harmful pesticides, or that a bank will not lend money to or otherwise {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}business for such companies. Financial companies that practise ethical investment may not focus {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}such negative criteria, but positive criteria instead, meaning they will {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}out businesses that benefit the environment or the community. The range in policies is sometimes labelled by colour: a 'light green' company will {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}businesses whose actions or products are harmful to the environment, while a 'dark green' company will actively look for envirofriendly or community-based businesses to invest in. An increasingly common term for ethical investing is 'socially responsible investing', or SRI. SRI focuses on the positive {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}than the negative, and instead of blacklisting entire industries, it prefers to pick the company within the industry that is {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}the most to improve its business practices, and give that company encouragement in the form of investment. This positive reinforcement is seen as more likely to improve business practices {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. It's important to remember that even though you may not directly invest your money—ie by buying shares—you may be indirectly investing it via a mortgage, pension or savings account, and by investing ethically you can have a {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}in what sort of activities your money supports.

单选题A supply schedule shows ______ A．the relationship between quantity supplied and quantity demanded. B．how the quantity firms supply in the market affects their total profits. C．the quantity firms are willing to supply at each possible price. D．the average cost of supplying various quantities of a good. E．the relationship between the amount of labor and other inputs the firm employs and the quantity of output the firm can produce.

单选题 {{B}}Task Two-Sources of Funding{{/B}} ·For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the sources of funding, listed A-H. ·For each extract, choose the source of funding described. ·Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract. A a student's parent's money B the sale of the owner's property C money from friends and a loan from a bank D money from his parents E his own money and money borrowed from relatives F money from the government G no financial investment H the deposit from the bank only

单选题Task Two-Experience ·For questions 18-22．match the extracts with the experience，listed A-H． ·For each extract，choose the experience stated． ·write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract． A．I worked as a detective in a hotel． B．I passed the saving on to my customer． C．I helped customers to solve personal problems． D．I bought rubber cement in a hardware store． E．I worked as a clerk in a hardware store． F．Advertised featured customer service should satisfy different needs． G．I handled complaint． H．I sold the product to customer with little discount．

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单选题What is the most significant factor of leadership according to the passage?