Dismissing an incompetent staff can be anything butA.easy.B.expensive.C.difficult.
Dismissing an incompetent staff can be anything but
A.easy.
B.expensive.
C.difficult.
Dismissing an incompetent staff can be anything but
A.easy.
B.expensive.
C.difficult.
第1题
A.dismiss
B.dismissing
C.to dismiss
D.dismissed
第2题
A.be dismissed
B.dismissed
C.was dismissing
D.was dismissed
第3题
A.compelled
B.posed
C.pressed
D.tempted
第4题
What can you infer from the last paragraph?
A.Some uncertified teachers will remain in their posts.
B.School officials have regretted over their decision of dismissing uncertified teachers.
C.Those competitive uncertified teachers can work in the school.
D.Retired teachers will be hired to fill in the vacancies.
第5题
【M1】
第6题
2. At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to a primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and constructs a full-scale health account that covers everything from his medical history to his emotional state. Then she writes a care plan centred on the patient's illness but which also includes everything else that is necessary.
3. The primary nurse stays with the patient through his hospitalisation, keeping track with his progress and seeking further advice from his doctor. If a patient at Beth Israel is not responding to treatment, it is not uncommon for his nurse to propose another approach to his doctor. What the doctor at Beth Israel has in the primary nurse is a true colleague.
4. Nursing at Beth Israel also involves a decentralized (分散的)nursing administration; every floor, every unit is a self-contained organization. There are nurse-managers instead of head nurses; in addition to their medical duties they do all their own hiring and dismissing, employee advising, and they make salary recommendations. Each unit's nurses decide among themselves who will work what shifts and when.
5. Beth Israel's nurse-in-chief ranks as an equal with other vice presidents of the hospital. She also is member of the Medical Executive Committee, which in most hospitals includes only doctors.
A. Every patient is assigned to a primary nurse.
B. Every patient is assigned to a doctor.
C. The features of nursing in Beth Israel.
D. The best patient care possible in Beth Israel Hospital.
E. The cheapest patient care in Beth Israel.
F. The duties of the primary nurse.
Para 1 ______.
第7题
Read the article below about the changing role of human resources departments.
Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
Do not use any letter more than once.
The best person for the job
Employees can make a business succeed or fail, so the people who choose them have a vital role to play
Employees are a company's new ideas, its public face and its main asset. Hiring the right people is therefore a significant factor in a company's success. If the human resources department makes mistakes with hiring, keeping and dismissing staff, a business can disappear overnight. Many companies now realise that recruiting the best recruiters is the key to success.
Sarah Choi, Head of HR at Enco plc, believes that thinking commercially is a key quality in HR. 'Every decision an HR manager makes needs to be relevant to advancing the business. (8) That's no longer the case. HR managers have to think more strategically these days. They continually need to think about the impact of their decisions on the bottom line. (9) For example, a chief executive will expect the HR department to advise on everything from the headcount to whether to proceed with an acquisition.'
Why do people go into HR in the first place? Choi has a ready answer. 'I think most people in the profession are attracted by a long-term goal. (10) Nothing happens in the company which isn't affected by or doesn't impact on its employees, so the HR department is a crucial part of any business.'
Not all operational managers agree. An informal survey of attitudes to HR departments that was carried out last year by a leading business journal received comments such as 'What do they actually contribute?' (11) As Choi points out, salaries have never been higher and, in addition, HR managers often receive substantial annual bonuses.
Despite the financial rewards, HR managers often feel undervalued, and this is a major reason for many leaving their jobs. (12) However, a lack of training and development is a more significant factor. These days, good professional development opportunities are considered an essential part of an attractive package,' Choi explains.
A. But rising levels of remuneration demonstrate that the profession's growing importance is widely recognised.
B. At one time, a professional qualification was required in order to progress to the top of HR.
C. Other departments and senior executives used to see HR managers as having a purely administrative role.
D. Since it's one of the few areas where you can see the whole operation, it can lead to an influential role on the board.
E. Being seen as someone who just ticks off other people's leave and sick days does not help build a sense of loyalty.
F. They therefore need to be competent in many aspects of a company's operations.
G. On the other hand, recruiting the wrong staff can lead to disaster.
(8)
第8题
&8226;Read the article below about corporate downsizing.
&8226;For each question 31-40, write one word in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Crazy Downsizing
In recent years corporate downsizing has been on the rise throughout the world. Downsizing is reducing costs by dismissing employees and reassigning their duties to the employees who remain. They usually call it restructuring, rightsizing, reallocating resources, or job separation. They sometimes use dieting metaphors like "trimming the fat" "getting lean and mean," or "shedding weight." Whatever the euphemism, employees affected by these practices know what the words mean to them: (31) . And no "kinder, gentler" words can de much to alleviate the anxiety and distress that come (32) losing a job.
In their quest to lower costs to stay competitive, companies often wield the ax with little or no regard for the well-being of the people involved. For example, in the past years AT&T have dismissed thousands of managers and employees through (33) , though many of these people have twenty or more years of loyal employment with the firm. Industry analysts assert that if organizations wish to consider themselves responsible, ethical corporate citizens, they must demonstrate concern for their employees, even when they have to tell them they are (34) longer employed.
Organizations concerned about easing their employees' shock and stress at being laid off can do so (35) careful planning and preparation. Effective, honest and timely communication is always important, but when staff reductions are imminent, it becomes critical. Employees who know what is going on can prepare themselves for the inevitable and are much better able to cope when the ax finally does fall.
It is sometimes difficult to determine the right thing to do, but many firms are trying. IBM for instance, offers early retirement. AT&T offers job search help and career counseling to displaced employees. Organizations can also support employees (36) positions have been eliminated by providing retraining or outplacement assistance and a reasonable severance package. Those being laid off are not, (37) , the only ones affected by the downsizing. By addressing the needs and concerns of (38) staff, showing sensitivity to their feeling of loss, and dealing with their anxieties about additional layoffs, an organization increases its chances of retaining their loyalty and trust.
Questions about the ethics of downsizing are sure to continue. Do responsible companies lay people off? Is it (39) to close factories? Must employers guarantee workers jobs for life? What are the ethical issues involved when organizations become so downsized they are no longer able to attain their goals (a situation known as "corporate anorexia")? What happens, for example, to patients in a hospital that has eliminated so many positions it is no (40) able to provide the necessary level of care? If, as most experts agree, downsizing is here to stay, perhaps the real question is not, "Is it ethical to downsize?" but "How can companies downsize ethically?"
(31)