Who is Marty Watson?A.A reporterB.A former bus driverC.A gas station ownerD.An unemployed
Who is Marty Watson?
A.A reporter
B.A former bus driver
C.A gas station owner
D.An unemployed resident
Who is Marty Watson?
A.A reporter
B.A former bus driver
C.A gas station owner
D.An unemployed resident
第1题
As Gas Prices Increase, So Do Hardships
By Julie Livingston
Staff Reporter
With gas prices at more than $4 per gallon, many Upton citizens are being forced to break their regular routine and change their way of living.
In the past, high gas prices meant Uptonites would postpone their weekend trip or even summer vacation, but today, Uptonites are changing more than travel plans.
"I started riding my bike to run errands in town," said resident Dale Brown. "But I still have to commute into the city for work, and I'm paying nearly double in gas. I may have to look for a new job."
Not only are people riding bicycles more, buses have been fuller than usual, and the gas prices are forcing the city council to discuss increasing ticket prices by 20 cents.
Still many people are driving as usual, but filling their tanks only half way. "I get calls a few times per week that they've run out of gas, so I drive out to where they are and bring them gas," said Marty Watson, owner of Marty's Gas Station. "It's a shame that [the gas] is not as affordable, so people fill up less and get stuck."
What problem is being discussed?
A.Lower wages
B.Higher fuel prices
C.Rising unemployment
D.Higher healthcare costs
第2题
Who will be speaking about the need for more nurses?
A.John Law
B.Carl Moore
C.David Miller
D.Greg Watson
第3题
A.John Watson
B.Jim Moriarty
C.Greg Lestrade
D.Molly Hooper
第4题
From the passage, we learn that of the four candidates (Ford, Sloan, Watson and Gates), only Gates is still alive to see who is chosen the Businessman of the Century.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第5题
W: You're the one who can't keep a secret.
Q: Whom does the woman blame for revealing the secret?
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A.Herself.
B.Mabel Anderson.
C.The man.
D.Marty.
第6题
The Invention of the Telephone
In the nineteenth century, the invention of the telegraph made it possible to send noises, signals, and even music over wires from one place to another. However, the human voice _______1 this way. Many inventors tried to find a_______2 to send a voice over wires, and in1876 some of their efforts were crowned with success._______3 American inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray_______4 at almost the same time. The United States Supreme Court finally had to decide which of the two_______5 the first inventor of the telephone. The Court decided _______6 Bell's favor.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Bell grew up in a family_______7 was very interested in teaching people to Speak. His grandfather had been an actor who left_______8 to teach elocution; his father was a teacher_______9 deaf-mutes learn how to speak.
However; probably none of the_______10 inventions gave Bell the same feeling of triumph _______11 he had on the day when he spilled some acid from his batteries. It was after he had worked for months to find ways to send something more_______12 metallic twangs over the wires Thinking Watson,_______13 , was in the next room, Bell 'called, "Mr. Watson._______14 I want you. " Watson was not in the next room. He was down in his laboratory, _______15 to the receiver.To Watson's surprise, he heard the words perfectly. He ran to tell Bell the news:the wires had carried Bell's voice perfectly.
第 51 题 请选择(1)处的最佳答案.
A.had never traveled
B.never had traveled
C.was never traveled
D.never was traveled
第7题
The Businessman of the Century
Led by people who could take an idea and turn it into an industry, our world reached unheard-of levels of productivity and prosperity. From Henry Ford at one end of the century to Bill Gates at the other, they influenced lives far beyond the business world. American magazine FORTUNE lists four most influential businessmen of the past 100 years and selects one of them to be the Businessman of the Century. The following is how the man is chosen.
What the Business of the Century is Like?
To select one man to be the Businessman of the Century is to look back upon almost unimaginable change. Organization Man rose to challenge the robber baron (强盗式贵族,强盗式资本家). The railroad and telegraph had created mass markets. New machines had made mass production possible. Business had to change to exploit these opportunities; big far-flung enterprises simply couldn't be financed or run by one tycoon(大亨), however rich or brilliant. He needed share-holders, executives, business units, and staff. "Thus came into being," writes historian Alfred D. Chandler, "a new economic institution, the managerial business enterprises, and a new subspecies of economic man, the salaried manager."
The 20th century was the Century of the Manager.
Who is Better, the Manager or the Entrepreneur?
It's impossible to think of America,-without the restless entrepreneurial (企业家的) desire to go someplace new, do something new, become someone new. The peculiar gift of American capitalism seems to be its ability to keep both the manager and the entrepreneur in the ring (拳击场), fighting forever, neither gaining a permanent advantage over the other. At mid-century, the popular ideal of business might have been the manager, but at the century' s beginning -- and certainly now at its conclusion -- our heroes are builder, founders, risk takers.
What Makes the Businessman of the Century?
How to pick one to stand above the rest? He should, dearly, be someone who was well known at the time he labored and is still famous today -- that is, a person who was noticeably successful in both the short run and the long. He should have been captain of an enterprise of some scale (规模). And we concluded that Businessman of the Century should have been part of an industry that is characteristic of his time.
Why Must the Businessman of the Century be Selected from Car and Computer Industries?
We narrowed the search to a final four. Each was the dominant businessman of a quarter of this century; each created or built a corporation that is still greatly influential today; each played a major role in automobiles or computers, the two industries that, more than any others, distinguish this century from those of the past. As it happens, the men are equally divided between entrepreneurs and managers: Two of them founded great concerns but also managers who brought enormous growth and wealth to their employers. Now, the four candidates were:
HENRY FORD (1865--1946): Founder of Ford Motor Co.
ALFR1ED P. SLOAN JR. (1876--1966): CEO of GM
THOMAS J. WATSON JR. (1914--1993): CEO. of IBM
WILLIAM H. GATES (1955--): Founder of MICROSOFT
What's the Difficulty in Choosing One Out of the Four?
How can one pick among these four men, each being extraordinary leader, each amazingly successful, each the founder of a legacy that has -- or will have -- long outlived him?
Of the four men, Watson -- businessman, pilot, sailor, diplomat -- had the most soul and probably the most fun. If size mattered most, then Sloan or Watson might win the nod -- Microsoft is no smaller, but it' s only No. 109 on the FORTUNE 500. And it was Sloan who showed the world how to build a giant corporation and make it work. Sloan has the added merit of having competed directly with one of his fellow finalists, leaving Henr
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第8题
What should be sent to the head office?
A.Technology reports
B.Manuals
C.Handbooks
D.Financial reports
第9题
听力原文: Good morning everyone and welcome! Thanks for coming. My name is Jane Watson and I look forward to meeting you all personally. Some of you will be here just for today; others will be attending for three days. I'm just going to say a few words on behalf of my company who has organized this event—Globe Conferences PLC.As you know,today's seminar is the Business Master class to be conducted by our distinguished guest, who I will introduce in a moment. But first a few points of organization which perhaps you would like to know. All the sections will take place in this hotel, except for the last section on tomorrow's software analysis, which will be at the New City Hotel. We will meet there at 2 p. m. and this will give us a chance to see in some of the things that will be discussed. A map with directions to the New City Hotel is available from me if you wish to make your own way. Alternatively, there will be a bus going there at 1:30 p. m. There is limited car parking at the New City Hotel, so if you wish to drive there, you will need a permit and you can get one from the conference office.
Now, to the reason we are all here, we are very fortunate to have a seminar today led by Dr. Martin Sangalli, one of the most prominent and well respected economist in the world business community. He has been asked to advise many large corporations. He is a specialist in strategy use of information technology in banking, pharmaceuticals,and retail. He has his own company called Logic Solutions, which consults with some of the biggest names in the world of business. He is also an adviser to Intertell, and a non executive director of Globe Conferences. Thousands of business and technology managers have benefited from reading his best selling book Intelligent Change. Always inspiring and thought provoking, his ideas have helped hundreds of organizations to gain a glimpse of the future. He is Europe's most famous IT analyst, Dr. Sangalli, welcome.
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第10题
What is the subject of this message?
A.To inform. of an order cancellation
B.To notify of an order being shipped
C.To offer a discount on parts
D.To inform. that an order has been delayed