填空题The following article, taken from Management Now magazine, is about young people's attitudes to work. Give yourself about twelve minutes to do this reading test. ·Look at the sentences below and read the comments by five managers on the attitudes of young workers to their jobs. ·Match each statement (1-7) to one of the extracts (A, B, C, D or E). ·You will need to use some of the letters more than once. A I find that the priorities of young employees are very different to my generation and previous generations. Leisure time is now much more organised than it was 20 years ago. When my parents had a break from work they used to do very little other than just relax. Nowadays, people want to plan an activity holiday or an action-packed weekend-to go diving or climbing or whitewater rafting. So necessarily they spend more time thinking about and planning these leisure events. This naturally has a knock-on effect on their work-they think less about work and more about leisure time. B Young workers certainly feel less commitment to their employers than in the past. But in many ways employers have themselves to blame for this. The demands on companies to be more competitive means that they hire people and then lay them off pretty much as they please. They need this flexibility. In other words, they don't show much loyalty to their own staff. What we are seeing now is a reaction to this. Employees have much less loyalty to their employers these days. If you ask a young person how many jobs he expects to have in his life, he will generally say about five to ten. C I think that the work-life balance that young people have found is much healthier than it was in the past. They don't just live for work-they think about what they are working for. At the same time employers have moved to take account of this by offering more flexibility in working hours, better maternity or paternity leave conditions so that young parents can have more time with their children, and so on. It's a natural evolution. Just because young people have more commitment to getting their home life right, it doesn't necessarily follow that they are less committed to their jobs. D I worry that standards in our schools and universities have dropped quite dramatically and that people entering the workforce are very poorly equipped to deal with the demands of working life. What is more worrying is that the graduates themselves don't realise this. They think they have all the necessary qualifications and knowledge to be successful at work, when in fact they are lacking. So when they are faced with the prospect of learning more on the job and serving their time to gain this necessary experience, they become frustrated. The fact is that many of them have an overinflated opinion of their own worth to the company, and they need to be made aware of this. E The attitudes of young workers are part of the change in values that we see around us generally. The most significant of these values are: first, a fear of being poor. There are so many images of material wealth around and young people want a part of it. Second, the belief that respect has to be earned-it cannot just be expected by elders or seniors at work. Thirdly, a belief in expressing yourself rather than controlling yourself, which perhaps earlier generations thought was a virtue. So we, the older generation, must accept that these are the values of today and adapt to them in order to get the best from our young workforce. The education system does not prepare young people for working life. D

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填空题下面5条新闻涉及的大多是企业削减或调整计划，仔细阅读找出其主要内容，然后对照以上8个句子中的关键词： A ABC International, one of Europe's leading educational organizations, has warned shareholders to expect a fall in full year profits. The company, whose flagship training centre in Copenhagen is currently being modernized and refurbished, made an interim profit of $12m, compared with $ 23m in 1998. In response to its poor financial results, ABC has announced plans to cut jobs in its French and Spanish centres. An employee spokesman said that the move would Prove unpopular and that with insufficient employees, some centres would struggle to deliver the high level of service demanded. B Maarit Ehlers, former government adviser and the new CEO at CTAD in Finland, has announced cost-cutting measures at the company. This decision has already led to the resignation of one of the company's most respected employees. Niina Rantanen had been with OTAD for over 15 years, most recently as its Head of Operations. It is believed that she objected to company plans to reduce staffing levels at two of CTAD's plants. Indications are that further high level resignations will follow in the next few months. C ITNET has finalised merger terms with AREN to create one of Romania's largest computer software companies. Details of the merger are expected to be released later today. However, it is believed that ITNET's plans to break into France and Germany have been put on hold for the time being and that major job losses will soon be announced. ITNET looks set to benefit from the merger with AREN, which has recently been awarded a number of major contracts, including a contract with the Romania Ministry for Finance, which will be worth in excess of $ 345, 000 for the company. Sam Cargo has responded to redundancy rumours by revealing that it is to cut the number of office-based staff employed in its Scandinavian division by 25% over the next 24 months. The announcement follows confirmation that the company has also decided to postpone the planned upgrading of haulage systems at its Stockholm subsidiary. A senior staff member has revealed that Sam Cargo's business has deteriorated in recent months due to the escalating price war with central and eastern European rivals. E Trivoli Chemicals, British industrial chemical company, announced yesterday that it is to cut 600 blue-collar jobs in a series of downsizing measures at three of its German plants. The news coincided with confirmation that the company also plans to dispose of its loss-making operations, SolvPaints, the industrial solvent and paint division. This restructuring comes as the company reported a sharp drop in pre-tax profits. According to a company spokesman, the proposed joint venture with DTR International, one of Trivoli Chemicals' main competitors, is likely to be shelved.

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填空题A．Advice concerning credit card use abroad has been formally compiled in a new guide. The guidance includes tips on what fees credit card users may incur if they spend on plastic while on holiday. Furthermore, the information advises holidaymakers to remain vigilant against fraud. As a nation Brits use cards more frequently abroad so it pays to be aware of any extra costs, as well as taking steps to protect them from fraud. In 2007, 50 percent of all spending overseas by Brits was paid for by credit cards, according to Apacs figures.B．In the UK, enough savings to survive three months of incapacity, or ￡4, 128, is recommended as a sensible minimum precaution. According to Birmingham Midshires calculations, the average UK adult has ￡7, 548 in the bank, enough to cover 167 days, or five months and 17 days. It is encouraging to see that people are taking heed of this message and are actually saving double this minimum amount. Meanwhile, figures released showed that the average man has twice as much put away as the average woman, or ￡10,912 compared to ￡4, 443 respectively.C．Rising interest rates on current account overdrafts are costing people in the UK hundreds of millions of pounds every year, financial analysts have warned. Analysts say that the UK could save itself ￡700 million a year if people found the best current account overdraft rate to suit them, rather than putting up with high charges and rising fees. Three quarters of all current accounts have overdrafts. Millions are paying rates of around 15 percent when rates as low as nine percent are available if customers bother to compare different providers.D．Online banking is going to become more common across all age groups as younger generations grow into adulthood, according to HSBC. This will lead to 'smart websites' that will adapt the content and services they offer to engage on a personal basis with as many of their customers as possible. A recent survey was conducted by UK payments association Apacs. to coincide with the tenth anniversary of internet banking, and it was found that over 18 million people in the UK use internet banking.E．A significant number of British adults live in poor areas where there are no cash machines, or the machines that are there require a fee to be paid. However, a nationwide program is underway to install standard cash machines in these areas. More than one million customers will gain access to cash machines that do not charge them for withdrawing money from their current accounts, according to the British Bankers' Association (BBA). Angela Knight, chief executive of the BBA, said: ' Banks are determined that customers have access to their cash wherever they live and work'

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