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第1题
Which of the following is true of world steel production？
A．The steel industry still has a bright prospect on a global scene.
B．Steel consumption in the word registered a drastic cut.
C．Steel makers are drastically cutting down their production.
D．Better promotion is needed for improving sales of steel products.
第2题
What is this report mainly about？
A．The evaluation process of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award
B．The success of Charles Foster as a leader
C．The philosophy of Charles Foster's management
D．The good relationship Charles Foster maintaining with his employees
第3题
Buick in China
The first Buick model off the line was just the beginning of General Motors' long march into the Chinese market. A total of 23,000 cars rolled out of the factory in 1999．This year, Shanghai GM Buick aims to produce 50,000 cars.
It is interesting to review the long negotiations with the Chinese government to set up Shanghai GM Buick. The biggest issue was who would supply the car parts and how the parts would get from the factory to the Buick plant.
A car is made up of more than 30,000 parts. Parts manufacturers in China don't have the technological know-how to make all the necessary parts. Therefore, at the beginning, about half the necessary parts will be shipped to Shanghai from North America. These parts are made at GM's Tillsonburg Ontario facility. The trains carry the parts over 3,000 miles to the Port of Vancouver. From Vancouver, the parts are shipped to Shanghai. All told, the door-to-door delivery time is 17 days. But there may be a 42-day delay between steel plates leaving the steel works in America and arriving in Shanghai. To prevent the long-distance shipping and delay, Shanghai GM Buick has asked Shanghai Baoshan steelworks to produce plates of similar quality.
"Imported car parts are our biggest headache," says Jay Hunt. "local suppliers are very responsive. " To our surprise, however, the cost of localized production is much higher than buying from overseas. The reason is that although labor costs are low in China, wages comprise only 20% of the cost of producing car parts. Small-scale production in China makes production costs very high. The deputy general manager, Laurence Zahner said, "Only if the price of domestic parts drops 30% shall we be able to qualify for the international market. "
Thankfully, a solution has appeared. Foreign car parts makers are coming to the Yangtse River Delta to set up joint ventures. Shanghai GM Buick will depend on those parts makers for car parts. Perhaps the Buick plant will not worry about the agreement with the Chinese partner any longer. The agreement says that in the first year of production, the Buick plant must have 42% of locally made parts, and in the second year, the locally made parts rise to 60%, and in the third year, 80%.
What was the biggest issue in the negotiation between the Chinese government and General Motors？
A．Annual production of cars.
B．The location of Shanghai GM Buick.
C．Car parts and their shipment.
D．The price of domestic car parts.
第4题
听力原文： The European Union has drafted a list of US products to be hit with import taxes in retaliation for tariffs the US has imposed on European steel. EU member governments will review the list before the EU submits it to the World Trade Organization which arbitrates international trade disputes. EU officials will not say which American products will be hit by the EU sanctions. But diplomats monitoring the most recent trans Atlantic trade dispute say they include textiles and steel products. Earlier this month, the Bush administration imposed tariffs of about 30% on some steel imports including European products. The EU has appealed to the WTO to get those duties verturned. But the WTO decision on the matter will take up to a year or more. EU officials say that under WTO rules, the EU has the right to impose retaliatory measures in June, but they say the US can avoid the EU's possible counter-measures if it pays more than 2 billion dollars in compensation to the EU for imposing the steel tariffs in the first place. The officials say Washington could also escape retaliation by lowering US import duties on other EU products. The Bush administration says it will not pay compensation.
The trade dispute between the European Union and the US was caused by ______.
A．US refusal to accept arbitration by WTO.
B．US imposing tariffs on European steel.
C．US refusal to pay compensation to EU.
D．US refusal to lower import duties on EU products.
第5题
•Read the following passage below about a successful steel executive.
•For each question (23-28), choose the correct answer.
•Mark one letter(A, B or C) on your Answer sheet.
A year ago, the only steel assets Tom White Jr. owned were a Chrysler Cherokee and a Mercedes-Benz. Today thanks to his enormous effort with United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard, the New York financier is emerging as one of the most important steel executives in decades.
White made a fortune investing in bankrupt companies such as Texaco and Fruit of the Loom, but didn't buy his first steel property until last April, when he bought the mills of bankrupt ATM Corp. no longer in use, for $262 million. At the time the industry was in retreat. Destroyed by extremely cheap imports, nearly half the nation's mills had gone bankrupt, including three of the top five. When assessing White's chances, those in the industry were not optimistic.
Yet within a month, White and his partners were rehiring the old workers of what had been the No. 4 steel producer in the U. S. , the International Steel Group. Now, the 1SG chairman is close to finalizing his biggest deal yet—a $1.5 billion bid for the assets of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, which has slowly been descending into bankruptcy since October, 2001.
How has White been able to do this？ Partly, it is to do with his excellent business understanding. White, 65, perfected his restructuring skills through 24 years at investment bank Rothschild Inc., and negotiated to buy the ATM mills just before President Bush set restrictions that removed foreign suppliers.
White brings an outsider's approach to management. Today, ISG has just 22 executives-ATM had more layers than that. More than just salary savings, the cost cuts have shifted more responsibility to the shop floor, which, in turn, has increased productivity. White says that mill workers suggested asking for new pieces of steel ten minutes before a production run was about to end, rather than waiting until it had ended, as was normal. This clever move adds thirty minutes of extra output a day.
The bottom line even with a well-paid union workforce, ISG has lifted productivity levels close to the levels of nonunion Nucor Corporation. Not had for such a new businessman.
How did White make his fortune？
A．By buying steel mills and selling the products.
B．By limiting steel production to an absolute minimum.
C．By investing in companies who could no longer afford to run themselves.
第6题
Read the article below about a manufacturing company called Lebrun.
In most of the lines, there is one extra word. It either is grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.
If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS .
Lebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times
34. Since many of the nation's largest production companies which are its customers,
35. Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun
36. has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)
37. and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five
38. years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith,
39. president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and
40. his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of
41. this year, the company acquired Bronson plc, additionally a one-time competitor.
42. This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun's labour force, and
43. Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing
44. the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is
45. optimistic that while the steel industry is about to pull out of recession, and he wants Lebrun to be ready for this.
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第7题
Ms. Megumi Sullivan September 4
Vice President
Granziano Steel Company
1119 East 59th Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60637-1513
Dear Ms. Sullivan,
The maintenance expense figures for the Peoria, Deca, Springfield and Chicago plants are as follows:
[*]
The expenses at the Deca plant are higher than those at the Peoria, Springfield and Chicago plants because the Deca plant buildings, built in 1963, were almost collapsing in the year recorded.
The Peoria, Springfield and Chicago plants were built in the 1984, 1991 and 1995 respectively.
Sincerely,
[*]
Paul Horvath, General Manager
To: Paul Horvath
From: Megumi Sullivan
Sent: Wed 9/11 10:29 A.M.
Subject: Deca plant
The report helped me understand the situation at the plant in Deca.
The board of directors will have a meeting next week to discuss renovation plans for the Deca plant. The Deca plant buildings will undergo extensive and costly renovations. Obviously, there is a great deal of work to be done. I'm planning to spend a few days in Deca at the end of this month, and would like to meet you there.
I would like to know what your assessment of the situation is. My secretary will contact you later this week, and let you know the dates when I' 11 be there. My secretary will make the travel arrangements for you. Various proposals will be put forward for renovation at next week' s meeting.
If you have any proposals, please send them to me as soon as possible, and I' 11 ensure that they are reviewed.
What is the purpose of the report？
A．To recommend maintenance improvements
B．To inform. of cost cuts
C．To compare the average output of factories
D．To report monthly expenses
第8题
I knew already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not merely as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attraction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall. Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, ＄625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-million Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales were expected to be at ＄650 million for 1993 and at ＄1 billion for 1996. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger had visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as much steel as the Eiffel Tower. It was also home to the nation's largest indoor park, called Knott's Camp Snoopy.
We know from the text that the Mall of America is ______.
A．near an old stadium
B．bigger than most American parks
C．higher than the Eiffel Tower
D．close to an airport
第9题
Think of FORTUNE's Global 500 as a candid family portrait, a statistical snapshot of the world's largest corporations assembled shoulder to shoulder, frozen in time. So it is that this year, in the waning light of the 20th century, our reunion photo captures an optimistic scene: a rosy business landscape populated by jolly corporate giants--healthy, happy, and fat. After stumbling amidst the economic turmoil of 1998, the companies of the Global 500 recovered gracefully in 1999. Their total revenues increased 10.6% the best top-line growth in four years, and profits surged 26%.
Many of last year's leaders are once again ahead of the pack. General Motors (No. 1) held tight to its position atop the revenue rankings. (2) But Wal-Mart Stores, fourth last year, rose to No. 2, aided by its $10.7 billion purchase of Britain's Asda Group (formerly No. 354). Meanwhile, General Electric (No. 9) can still claim the most profits on the planet--S10.7 billion, a 15% increase. Even GE, however, may need to start looking over its shoulder. In 1999,14 corporations earned more than $6 billion, up from seven a year before.
The rankings make clear that the gulf between denizens of the new economy and those of the old continues to widen. Companies in cutting-edge industries such as telecommunications, computer technology, and pharmaceuticals again trumped those in mature sectors such as steel, chemicals, and autos. "The rapid pace of technological change is forcing a continuous level investment in emerging sectors," says Bruce Steinberg, chief economist at Merrill Lynch. This creates a dilemma for older industries, Steinberg says, because "they don't have a lot of top--line growth potential." In a dramatic illustration of this gap, the two software companies on the list, Microsoft (No. 235), made a combined $8.2 billion last year. During the same period, the ten metal firms in the Global 500 lost a total of $245 million, one of the worst performances of any industry.
According to the passage, which of the following words is most suitable to describe the economic prospect of the Global 500 at the end of the 20th century？
A．Pessimistic.
B．Tense.
C．Sad.
D．Optimistic.
第10题
听力原文： The tomato is the world's most popular fruit. And yes, botanically speaking it is a fruit, not a vegetable. More than 60 million tons of tomatoes are produced per year, 16 million tons more than the second most popular fruit, the banana. Apples are the third most popular (36 million tons), then oranges (34 million tons) and watermelons (22 million tons).
Tomatoes were first cultivated in 700 AD by Aztecs and Incas. Explorers returning from Mexico introduced the tomato into Europe, where it was first mentioned in 1556. The French called it "the apple of love," the Germans "the apple of paradise." The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon, which means "wolf peach." It is a cousin of the eggplant, red pepper, ground cherry, and potato, also known as the nightshade. There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.
Tomatoes are used in many food products, including, of course, tomato sauce (ketchup), pasta and pizza. According to a Steel Packing Council survey of 1997, 68% of chefs use canned tomatoes for convenience, quality and flavoring.
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A．Mom than 16 million tons.
B．More than 22 million tons.
C．More than 34 million tons.
D．More than 60 million tons.
