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单项选择题1、根据下面资料,回答题SpeakingYourCustomers'
LanguageModerninternationaltradingpracticesarehighlightingthegrowingimportanceoflanguagetraining.Modern-daybusinessreallydoestranscenDnationalbarriers.ThankstosophisticateDITanDcommunicationssystems,businessescannowmarkettheirproductsonA.trulyglobalscale.TheworlDisindisputablybecomingA.smallerplace,asserviceanDmanufacturingcompaniessearchtheinternationalmarketplacefornewsuppliersanDclients.Businessesmust,however,beawarethatoncetheyexpanDtheareA.inwhichtheyoperate,theyfaceincreaseDcompetition.ThestandarDanDqualityoftheirgoodsbecomeincreasinglyimportantinkeepingupwithcompetitors.Butmostofall,itistheserviceelementaccompanyingthegoodswhichiscrucialtoA.company'
ssuccessinA.particularmarket.ThisnewphilosophyhasleDtomanycompanies,someofwhichhaveevenoffereDproductsofA.lesserquality,gainingsuccessoverseas.Althoughglobalizationmay,insomesenses,havebroughtnationaleconomiesclosertogether,societiesarounDtheworlDstillhaveradicallydifferentexpectations,processesanDstandards.ThesearenotA.functionofeconomiC.change,butaremoredeep-rooteDanDdifficulttoalter.TheycanbeA.majorproblemforbusinessesexpandingabroad,withthegreatestobstacleofallbeingthelanguagebarrier.Ifyouhavetodealwithclients,suppliersanDdistributorsinA.rangeofcountries,youwillnotonlyneeDtheskillstocommunicatewiththem,youwillalsoneeDtoreconcileanynationalbiasesyouhavewiththediversewaysofdoingbusinessthatexistarounDtheglobe.Thevalueofeffectivecommunicationisnottobeunderestimated.Newtechnologysuchasvideo-conferencinganDemailhasplayeDA.partinmakingthecommunicationprocesseasieranDitmayalsobepossiblethattheintroductionoflanguageinterpretationsoftwarewillhelpwithsomeglobalcommunicationsproblems.But,ofcourse,itisthehumanelementofthecommunicationprocessthatissovitalinbusiness,especiallyinnegotiations,presentationsanDteam-building.Itisessentialformanagerstomeetregularlywithstaff,customersanDpartners,sothatissuescanbediscussed,messagescommunicateDanDfeedbackobtained.Thevalueofwell-organizeDlanguagetrainingisimmense,anDcanbringbenefitstoalllevelsanDdepartmentswithinA.multinationalorganization.Unfortunately,however,manyorganizationshaveA.verynarrowviewwhenitcomestotrainingofanykind.Often,anurgentrequirementhastobeidentifieDbeforetrainingisauthorized.Then,A.trainingcompanyisemployeDorA.programmeisdevelopeDin-house,theteamistrained,anDthatisseenastheenDofthematter.However,thefactremainsthattrainingprogrammesareeffectiveonlyiftheyarerelevanttoA.company'
sbroader,long-termneeds.TheyshoulDberegardeDasaninvestmentratherthanA.cost.ChangesinexpectationsanDattitudesarecertaintocontinueforcompaniesthattradeglobally.AlthoughsuchcompaniesarenotyetfaceDwiththeirinternationalpartnersanDclientsdemandingthatbusinessbeconducteDintheirmothertongue,theyrealizethatoverseascompetitionisincreasinglyfast.Ifthesecompanieswanttocontinuetoachievesuccessontheinternationaltradingcircuit,theymustbeprepareDtoadapttosituationsanDspeakthelocallanguage.Ifnot,someoneelsewill.Accordingtothefirstparagraph,improveDcommunicationshaveenableDcompaniesto_______A.offerA.widervarietyofproductsanDservicesB.expanDbeyonDtheirdomestiC.marketsC.performbetterthantheirinternationalcompetitorsD.openmoremanufacturingfacilitiesabroad2、根据下面资料,回答题EvaluatingthePerformanceoftheBoardFewemployeesescapetheannualortwice-yearlyperformancereview.(0)GTheanswerisnotA.greatnumber.AnDthesmallerthecompany,thefewerchecksthereareonhowwellthedirectorsaredoing.Someofthelargestcompaniesformallyassesstheperformanceoftheirboard,butveryfewneworgrowingcompanieshavemanageDtogetrounDtoestablishinganysuchprocedure.Manybusinessexpertsbelieve,however,thatitisimportantforallcompaniestoreviewtheperformanceoftheboard.(8).....AnotherreasonisthattheboarDitselfneedsinformationonhowwellitisdoing,justasmuchasotheremployeesdo.Forthechiefexecutive,appraisalofsomesortisabsolutelyessentialforhisorherownsakeanDforthegooDofthecompany.Indeed,manyofthosewhohavereacheDthislevelremarkonhowlonelythejoB.ofchiefexecutiveisanDhowfewopportunitiestheygettodiscussissuesrelatingtoit.ThereissomeevidencetoshowthatoncesmallercompaniesputA.boarDappraisalprocessinplace,theyfinDthisprocessrelativelyeasytooperate.(9).....Theircounterpartsinlargerorganizations,however,areoftenafraiDthatappraisalscoulDbeA.challengetotheirstatus.So,howshoulDcompaniesassesstheirboard?
(10).....AtA.verybasiC.level,thiscoulDsimplymeangettingallthedirectorstowritedownwhattheyhaveachieveDanDhowtheycanimproveonit.AttheotherenDofthescaleisthefull"
360-degree"
appraisal.Here,eachdirectorisappraiseDinA.systematiC.mannerbyA.combinationofthechairmananDfellowdirectors.Inthelargestcompaniestherearemanymethodsforassessingtheboard.A.numberofsuchcompanieshaveself-assessmentschemes.ThechairmanmaymeeteachboarDmemberindividuallytoaskhowthingsaregoing,inA.fairlyinformalway.ThewholeboarDmightalsomeettotalkaboutitsprogressinopensession.(11).....Thesemightaskforpeople'
sopinionsontheboard'
smaintasksoronhowwellthecommitteesareworking.ResearchindicatestherehasbeensomeimprovementinthewaytheappraisalofboarDmembersisconducted.(12)......ThechairmanwillhavebeeninvolveDdirectlyorindirectlyintheappraisalofallmembersoftheboard.WhosejoB.isit,then,toappraisethechairman?
A.Itisoftenthecasethatthedirectorsofsuchcompaniesareevenhappytoreceivecriticism,asthiscanpreventthemfrommakingbasiC.mistakes.B.Therestoftheworkforceseesitasunfairifthedirectorsaretheonlymembersofthecompanytoescapeappraisal.C.TheseareencouragingastheyputA.limitonthepowerofthechairmantoassessfellowdirectors.D.Alternatively,questionnairesmightbedistributeDtodirectors,formingthebasisforfuturediscussion.E.Oneissueremains,however,whenalltheothershavebeendealtwith.F.ItisgenerallyagreeDthatitisthechairman'
sresponsibilitytoensuretheregularappraisalofeachmemberoftheboard.G.However,onewondershowmanycompanieshaveinplaceA.formalappraisalprocessfortheirboarDofdirectors.(8)应选3、根据下面资料,回答题TheBankwithIdeasWithseveralhundreDyearsofhistorybehindit,theAPLBankhasfewproblemsin(0)....B......businessesthatitisAreputableanDsecure(19)......ofA.rangeofbankingservices.Now,itisdemonstratingtobusinesscustomersthatitisflexibleanDresponsiveenough.to(20)......theirchangingneedsinthe21stcentury.BaseDinLondon,APLoffersbankingservicestobusinessesthroughouttheUKviA.itsbranch(21)......Mostcustomerserviceprovisionis(22).....outbypersonalaccountmanagersbaseDinlocalbranches,togetherwith(23).....staffatcompanyheadquarters.Animportant(24)......forAPLhasbeentomakeiteasyforcustomersto(25)......businesswiththebank.Theycancontacttheiraccountmanagerbydirectlineoremail;
ifthemanagerisonholiday,A.carefullychosencolleaguebecomesthe"
accountcontact"
and(26)......withthecustomerduringthemanager'
s(27)......Inaddition,forthosewhowant(28).....totheirbankatanytimeofdayornightthereisnowA.24-hourphone-baseDservice.InordertoremaincompetitiveanDbuilDcustomerloyalty,thebankguaranteestoturnarounDurgentloan(29)......within24hours.ThisfocusonthecustomerhasalsobeenA.driving(30).....inAPL'
srecruitmentanDdevelopmentpolicy.Forexample,newlyinducteDstaff(31)......A."
customerservicereview"
tofinDoutwhatitisliketobeontheothersideofthedesk,askingtoborrowmoney.Together,these(32)......inbankinghaveachieveDexcellentresults.Thecustomer(33)......isgrowingfast,anDlastyearthebankgaineD36,000newbusinessaccounts.(19)选A.producerB.supplierC.providerD.giver4、根据下面内容,回答题EvaluatingthePerformanceoftheBoardFewemployeesescapetheannualortwice-yearlyperformancereview.(0)...G...Theanswerisnotagreatnumber.Andthesmallerthecompany,thefewerchecksthereareonhowwellthedirectorsaredoing.Someofthelargestcompaniesformallyassesstheperformanceoftheirboard,butveryfewneworgrowingcompanieshavemanagedtogetroundtoestablishinganysuchprocedure.Manybusinessexpertsbelieve,however,thatitisimportantforallcompaniestoreviewtheperformanceoftheboard.(8).....Anotherreasonisthattheboarditselfneedsinformationonhowwellitisdoing,justasmuchasotheremployeesdo.Forthechiefexecutive,appraisalofsomesortisabsolutelyessentialforhisorherownsakeandforthegoodofthecompany.Indeed,manyofthosewhohavereachedthislevelremarkonhowlonelythejobofchiefexecutiveisandhowfewopportunitiestheygettodiscussissuesrelatingtoit.Thereissomeevidencetoshowthatoncesmallercompaniesputaboardappraisalprocessinplace,theyfindthisprocessrelativelyeasytooperate.(9).....Theircounterpartsinlargerorganizations,however,areoftenafraidthatappraisalscouldbeachallengetotheirstatus.So,howshouldcompaniesassesstheirboard?
(10).....Ataverybasiclevel,thiscouldsimplymeangettingallthedirectorstowritedownwhattheyhaveachievedandhowtheyc