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听力原文:Carly Fiorina was the first chief executive chosen from outside to make changes a

听力原文: Carly Fiorina was the first chief executive chosen from outside to make changes at the technology company, Hewlett-Packard. Fortune magazine named her "the most powerful woman in business".

Soon after she arrived at H-P, a lot of people thought (29) she meant that women and minorities face no barriers to rising in companies. A research group found that women held sixteen percent of top jobs at the largest American companies in 2002. Many chief executives keep their jobs just three or four years. Miz Fiorina stayed almost six. Some people say Carly Fiorina received the same treatment that a man would have received. (30) Critics said she kept too much power to herself. They said her actions harmed financial performance. H-P stock now sells for less than half its price when she arrived. In 2001 she announced a deal to combine Hewlett-Packard with Compaq Computer. Some shareholders resisted. Walter Hewlett, the son of one of the two men who started H-P, opposed the deal in court. But shareholders approved it in March of 2002. (31) Results have been mixed. Since the merger with Compaq, H-P has increased its share of the world computer market to almost sixteen percent. But Dell has grown faster. That company now holds almost twenty percent of the highly competitive market. (31)Still, H-P remains the leading maker of computer printers in the world. And it is now the eleventh largest company in the United States.

(30)

A.She pulled the company through extreme difficulties.

B.She earned a lot of profits for the company.

C.She proved that women are admitted into the largest companies.

D.She proved to be the most qualified chief executive.

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第1题

听力原文:M: (interviewer): Good Morning, nice to meet you, Carry and John. Do sit down.M:

听力原文:M: (interviewer): Good Morning, nice to meet you, Carry and John. Do sit down.

M: (John Chambers) / F: (Carly Fiorlua) :Thank you,

M: (interviewer): You've both been able to develop strong effective cultures. Cisco's been able to hire a 1, 000 employees a quarter even during the peak of the war for talent. And both of you enjoy an unusually low turnover levels, despite being located in a mobile Silicon Valley, What do you do to recruit and retain the employees who will best fit into the culture you're trying to cultivate and to weed out those who don't?

F: (Carly Fioriua): I think the thing that Hewlett-Packard has always been wonderful at is the loyalty of its employees. What we were not so good at is dealing with employees who were not performing up to par. And so one of the changes we've had to make is to get much more focused about what is an acceptable level of performance. And if that performance is not occurring, then we have to act with that employee. We have to coach them to better performance, we have to put them in a job that is more suited to their skills; or if beth of those things fail, we have to help them find another opportunity and let them depart with dignity, but let them depart. And se that's really been the focus we've historically been very good at attracting people. And interestingly, people have come to Hewlett-Packard not just because of technology, but also because of the company's values. They like what the company stands for. That's turned out to bo a competitive advantage for us, and I think the same thing is true of John and his company.

M: (John Chambers): I would agree. I think HP has the strongest culture in the valley and much of it very, very good. Keeping the culture is probably the most challenging thing we face, so we literally put it on the board for everybody, in terms of what the culture it along with the three to five year goals and one year objectives. And then you've got to reward people in terms of the culture that you're creating, but it's more important to have them in a nurturing environment that has the right culture. And it's amazing how powerful that is in retaining employees and attract them—particularly the ones that you want.

M: (interviewer): In terms of staying in touch with employees, I want to ask you both about this, but I want to start with you because you've got something called these birthday breakfasts. Tell us... I mean, it seems so astonishing to me that you could pull this off in a large company, but I don't want to be inaccurate, so you tell me what you do.

M: (John Chambers): Well, it again starts with what you are trying to accomplish and this is just one of the tactics that you use. And the birthday breakfasts are the most effective way we interface to our employee base. Once a month, if you have a birthday in that month, you get to come and grill the president for an hour and a half. And any topic is fair, we don't invite directors or VPs to come, and it's my best way of keeping the fingers on the pulse of what's occurring. Every session I learn two or three things that I did not know going in, and when you hear the question again and again and again from one session to the next, it means that you're not answering effectively or your answer was wrong.

M. (interviewer): You're on his board, right?

F: (Carly Fiorina): Yes.

M: (interviewer): Do you like this idea?

F: (Carly Fiorina): Yea, I think...

M: (interviewer): I mean, do you have a version of this?

F: (Carly Fiorina): Yep, I think what the principle that John is outlining which is absolutely critical is leadership cannot become disconnected from customers, disconnected from employees. Every time I visit a city, I go and spend ti

A.1, 000 a year

B.2, 000 a quarter

C.1, 000 a quarter

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听力原文:M: (Interviewer): What happens to the CEOs who are praised as all-wise geniuses w

听力原文:M: (Interviewer): What happens to the CEOs who are praised as all-wise geniuses when the Dow and NASDAQ were rocketing upwards once the market turns the other way? What can a business leader do when his or her company still strong, still profitable gets caught in a sudden ominous climate change? Both our guests tonight will face those questions. OK, I'm wondering whether or not, either of you or both of you have the experience in recent days where the same people who regarded you as the absolute Sun King and Queen of the world are now looking at you at all differently, because they've seen the value of the shares go down? I mean, do people tend to blame the CEO in the same way that they may credit the CFA] when things go well?

M: (John Chambers): I'll give you the tough questions, Curly, first. I'll take the second shot at it.

F: (Curly Fiorina): Well, first of all, I remember, well, something that someone once said to me about the media. What they said was, "You're never as good as they say you are and you're never as bad as they say you are", and that% true. I think leadership takes, and now I'm quoting John. John says all the time and it's true, "Leadership takes more than its fair share of the credit and more than its fair share of the blame, " but that is the price of leadership.

M: (John Chambers): I would agree and I often open up after somebody says some nice comments and introducing for a speech with exactly that comment, "you're never as good as things are when things go well, nor as bad when you trip a little bit. ' The press, it gees with the territory. I've been pleasantly surprised by both how our employee base and how our shareholders, even those who have lost a lot of money, probably about 95 to 98 percent of the e-mails and voice mails have been very supportive. Now they expect us to get it back up, but are very supportive of where we are.

M: (interviewer) .. But is it easier? Does it help in a way your individual company's or yourselves that this—whatever we want to call it—down turn, Tsunami has hit so broadly?

F: (Carly Florins): Well, I think it certainly helps in the sense that what investors, what employees, what customers ought to be focused on in this time is: are the basic strategies changing? They shouldn't be just because times get tough if they were the right strategies. Are the basic ways of operating changing? They shouldn't be just because the times are getting tough. Of course you make different discretionary decisions, but the way you treat your employees—do you still treat them with respect and empathy in the tough times as well as the good times? So people ought to be looking for the patterns that endure. And I think that's true of investors, the smart ones are trying to say, okay, it's going to be crummy for a couple of quarters, but do I believe in the value this company represents? Do I believe in the employees and the management team that are trying to uncover that value?

M: (interviewer): Let me turn to something that Carly mentioned, then I'll want to give you a chance. She talked about the fact that when she was named CEO at Hewlett Packard, she was very conscious of the import of her words. How conscious are you of the public persona you display?

M: (John Chambers): That has changed a lot in the last couple of years. But originally, CISCO was a company that sold a couple of technicians very deep in the bowels of the IT organization, and no one knew who we were, and neither myself nor my predecessor, now my chairman John Wooldridge cared. And so we had no personal needs to be known whatsoever. And that was fine as long as two technicians were making the decisions. But once everybody from the CISCO, the Chairman of the Beard of the company, the President were making the decisions on this,

A.I will be fired after you.

B.You answer these questions first and I will give my answers after you.

C.I will be the second person who will be shot.

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第3题

听力原文:Hello, this is a message for Mrs. Carly Anderson. I' m not sure whether you' II r
emember me, but my name' s Alex Khan. I attended an interview with you last Tuesday for a sales position. I haven't heard anything yet and I was hoping you'd be able to tell me what the situation is because I have to respond to another offer by tomorrow, although my preference would very much be to join you at Schark Associates. Would it be possible for you to get back to me today? I' II be out for most of the afternoon, so if you could contact me on my cell phone, I' d be very grateful.

Who is speaking?

A.A salesman

B.Carly Anderson

C.A job applicant

D.A journalist

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第4题

听力原文:W: The weatherman says it will be rainy tomorrow.M: Really?Q: How will be the wea

听力原文:W: The weatherman says it will be rainy tomorrow.

M: Really?

Q: How will be the weather tomorrow?

(19)

A.It will be rainy.

B.It will be cloudy.

C.It will be windy.

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第5题

听力原文:W: Happy New Year.M: The same to you. What festival is it today?A.New Year's Day.

听力原文:W: Happy New Year.

M: The same to you.

What festival is it today?

A.New Year's Day.

B.Christmas.

C.Mid-autumn Day.

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第6题

听力原文:W: I think panda is more interesting than elephant and tiger.M: So it is. What an

听力原文:W: I think panda is more interesting than elephant and tiger.

M: So it is.

What animal do they like best?

A.Panda.

B.Elephant.

C.Tiger.

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第7题

听力原文:W: Nice to meet you, Mike.M: Nice to meet you, Li Lei.Q: Who are they?(19)A.Mike.

听力原文:W: Nice to meet you, Mike.

M: Nice to meet you, Li Lei.

Q: Who are they?

(19)

A.Mike.

B.Li Lei.

C.Mike and Li Lei.

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第8题

听力原文:W: Can I use your dictionary?M: OK. Here you are. Where are the speakers probably

听力原文:W: Can I use your dictionary?

M: OK. Here you are.

Where are the speakers probably?

A.In a shop.

B.On a bus.

C.At school.

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第9题

听力原文:W: Do you like shorts, Danny?M: No, I like pants.Q: What does Danny like?(24)A.Sh

听力原文:W: Do you like shorts, Danny?

M: No, I like pants.

Q: What does Danny like?

(24)

A.Shorts.

B.Pants.

C.Shirt.

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