商务英语中级模拟试题11Word格式文档下载.docx

1、 For each statement 17, mark one letter （A, B, C, or D） on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once.ASalinas outlines the key qualities of good management in this autobiography. He believes that decisions should be based on facts, not opinions; that peoples streng

2、ths should be exploited; and that disagreement is sometimes necessary. But the main point he makes is that leadership means performing well at all times and setting a good example. BIn this collection of essays, top business leaders predict how businesses will change over the next few years. They an

3、alyse changes in business and society and their effects on job markets, as well as taking a look at possible strengths and weaknesses of leading economics and their currencies, This collection outlines a vision of tomorrows business world and the type of leaders that will be required. CThis book is

4、a well-researched study of the problem of leadership in global quoted companies. 160 international business leaders were asked how they added value to their companies and their answers form the main part of this book. Both managers and companies are analysed in order to show how they cope with diffi

5、cult issues. A useful book for all senior managers. D100 well-known US business leaders through this century are described in this book, which analyses how their fortunes were made and sometimes lost. The background, business career character and personal life of each individual are outlined, creati

6、ng an impressive collection of biographies and an excellent reference work.第1题This is an account of one business leaders experiences. _第2题This book suggests probable trends in the business world._第3题In this book you learn about the lives of business leaders from the past. _第4题The writer of this book

7、 gives his personal views of what makes a good business leader. _第5题This book looks at how large companies deal with various problem areas. _第6题This book is based on interviews with business leaders. _第7题This book describes both successes and failures. _下一题（812/共5题）PART TWO Read the article below ab

8、out banks. Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap 812, mark one letter （AG） on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once.An assistant store manager at Costco Wholesale Corp. filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the retail chain Tu

9、esday, alleging that she was passed over for a promotion_8_. _9_The suit claims that females rarely get high-level management jobs. The lead attorney in the case, Brad Seligman, executive director of the nonprofit Impact Fund, is also suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging that the Arkansas-based reta

10、iler pays women lower wages and promotes them less than their male counterparts._10_. But it is stalled in an appeals court, and the merits have not been litigated. The Costco case concerns Shirley Rae Ellis of Aurora, Colo, who was hired six years ago amid what she says were promises of a promotion

11、 within a year from her assistant manager post to an in-store manager at one of the chains 320 U.S.-based outlets. _11_I would put my management ability against any manager, she said. Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco, which employs about 103,000 people worldwide, did not immediately return calls for com

12、ment. The suit, which focuses on in-store assistant manager and manager positions, claims that 50 percent of the chains employees are female, but the management is virtually all male. The suit says only 12 percent of Costcos store managers and two of 30 upper-level executives are women. Ellis is see

13、king unspecified damages, including lost wages, and wants the company to post its managerial positions to its employees. No hearing has been set for a judge to determine whether the lawsuit will represent all current and former female employees_12_. Assistant managers receive about $65,000 or more,

14、and managers get more than $100,000 plus bonuses, according to Seligman. He said the suit was about changing the way Costco does business. Costco shares rose 39 cents to $ 41.21 Tuesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Awho might have been wrongly passed over for a promotion to assistant manager or manager Bthat case, which was granted class-action status, represents as many as 1.6 million current and former female Wal-Mart employees Cbecause the companys policies discriminate against women in upper management Dshe said the retail