商务英语（中级）试卷及参考答案(3)

7 At Coke, business planning is no longer an annual ritual but a continual discussion – sometimes via voice-mail – among top executives. Technology is not just nice; it’s crucial. Huge volumes of information don’t frighten Ivester; he insists that they are necessary for ‘real time’ decision-making. With past-generation executives, their style was more ‘don’t bring me your problems, bring me your solutions,’ says Tim Haas, Senior Vice President and Head of Latin America. ‘Dough thrives on finding the solutions.’ ‘In a world this complicated and fast-moving, a CEO can’t afford to sit in the executive suite and guess,’ Ivester says. He believes that many of America’s executives ‘are getting terribly isolated.’

41. The writer says that ‘Goizueta had recognized Ivester’s drive’ (Paragraph 1). What does drive

mean?

A. Talent. B. Genius. C. Energy. D. Mind. 42. What is Dough Ivester’s previous job?

A. Foreman. B. Accountant. C. Teacher. D. CEO.

43. ‘They give A pluses, don’t they?’ (Paragraph 2) Who is Ivester’s father referring to when he

says they?

A. Ivester’s teachers. B. Ivester’s parents. C. Ivester’s classmates. D. Ivester’s colleagues.

44. Which of the following words refers to a time of high unemployment and poverty?

(Paragraph 2)

A. Mill. B. Religion. C. Saver. D. Depression. 45. Which of the following words means ‘very determined to succeed’? (Paragraph 3)

A. Powerhouse. B. Constantly. C. Driven. D. Set.

46. What does the sentence ‘Dress the part (he is opposed to casual Fridays)’? (Paragraph 5)

A. Always wear uniforms at work. B. Always wear casually at work. C. Always dress properly for work. D. Always dress the way you like. 47. Where does Coca-Cola’s most profits come from?

A. Americas. B. Europe. C. Asia. D. Overseas.

48. Ivester believes that many American executives ‘are getting terribly isolated.’ What is Ivester

doing to avoid becoming cut off from his staff? A. Considering everything in terms of people at all levels. B. Satisfying what people at all levels require. C. Working with people at all levels.

D. Communicating freely with people at all levels.

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49. Which of the following words means ‘Get a feeling of satisfaction from doing something’?

(Paragraph 7)

A. Afford. B. Thrive. C. Isolate. D. Insist. 50. The most suitable title for this passage may be _______.

A. President of Coca-Cola B. Chief Executives of Coca-Cola C. The Real Douglas Ivester D. Focus on Douglas Ivester Questions 51 to 60 are based on the following passage. 1 Steve Redwood, a London-based management consultant with Price Waterhouse, tells of a client who had brought together a team from eight different countries to work on a project. ‘The national stereotypes applied,’ he says. ‘The people from Switzerland and Germany were mainly interested in the way the project organized. The people from Spain took a much more intuitive approach. The British had a high level of skepticism about whether the whole thing really mattered. Language was not the issue. It was more basic than that.’ 2 Behind this lies the most fundamental problem of all: the fact that outside a handful of companies – Lowell Bryan, a senior partner with McKinsey in New York puts it at between a dozen and 20 worldwide – even the biggest corporations are dominated by the culture of the home country. 3 ‘Outside that handful,’ Mr Bryan says, ‘companies are very German, or very British, or very American. One big difference with American companies is they think globalization means Americanizing the world. Others don’t have that arrogance.’ 4 If top management all come from the home country, that makes it much more difficult to attract and keep a global pool of talent. ‘People know when they fit in and when they don’t,’ Mr Bryan says. ‘That’s true even of national companies: there’s a tendency for people to have gone to the same school, or all have trained as engineers. It’s even more true when it comes to where you grew up.’ 5 The problem lies not in attracting people – a talented Indian or Korean manager will typically want early experience with a multinational – but in keeping them. ‘People will join the company to learn,’ Mr Bryan says, ‘but unless they feel they’re part of the company, they’re going to leave, and exploit the brand status of the company in their next job.’ 6 Given the importance of local cultures within the global company, an obvious question is how to appraise and identify talent around the world on a consistent basis. Richard Greenhalgh, head of management development and training at Unilever, says that the company has been working on this for the past four years. ‘We’ve been developing a set of 11 management competencies we can use worldwide,’ he says. 7 ‘The aim is to have a clear objective measure of potential. We measure such things as entrepreneurial drive, the ability to lead and develop others, and integrity. That makes up a common core of behaviors. We’ve tested it, and so far it seems to be culturally transferable.’ 第7页 （共12页）

51. Which expression in Paragraph 1 matches the meaning ‘someone whose job is to give advice

to companies’?

A. Corporate leader. B. Top manager. C. Management consultant. D. Corporate management. 52. Which expression in Paragraph 2 matches the meaning ‘a basic difficulty’?

A. Home country. B. fundamental problem. C. Management consultant. D. Intuitive approach. 53. In Paragraph 3, ‘globalization’ means …… 此处隐藏：6406字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……