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He said he would cancel his appointment if I preferred him ____ downtown with us.
A、to going
B、go
C、to go
D、going
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In January 2009, Amy started a business as an independent website designer.
To give her a start in her career, her brother Ben, who ran a retail business, said he would give her ￡1,000 if she updated his business website. At the same time, her friend Che asked her to do work for his business, also for a set fee of ￡1,000.
However, by the time Amy had completed the two projects her design business had become a huge success and she had lots of other clients. When Ben and Che discovered how successful Amy’s business had become they both felt that they should not be asked to pay for the work they had commissioned.
Ben said he would not pay anything as he had only offered the work to help his sister out. Che said he would not pay anything either, on the basis that he had only given her work to do on the basis of their friendship.
Required:
Advise Amy as to whether she can insist on Ben and Che paying the full amounts of their initial promises.
He said that he would come and _____ he would bring his wife together.
A: that
B: which
C: when
D: while
1 The board of Worldwide Minerals (WM) was meeting for the last monthly meeting before the publication of the yearend
results. There were two points of discussion on the agenda. First was the discussion of the year-end results;
second was the crucial latest minerals reserves report.
WM is a large listed multinational company that deals with natural minerals that are extracted from the ground,
processed and sold to a wide range of industrial and construction companies. In order to maintain a consistent supply
of minerals into its principal markets, an essential part of WM’s business strategy is the seeking out of new sources
and the measurement of known reserves. Investment analysts have often pointed out that WM’s value rests principally
upon the accuracy of its reserve reports as these are the best indicators of future cash flows and earnings. In order to
support this key part of its strategy, WM has a large and well-funded geological survey department which, according
to the company website, contains ‘some of the world’s best geologists and minerals scientists’. In its investor relations
literature, the company claims that:
‘our experts search the earth for mineral reserves and once located, they are carefully measured so that the company
can always report on known reserves. This knowledge underpins market confidence and keeps our customers
supplied with the inventory they need. You can trust our reserve reports – our reputation depends on it!’
At the board meeting, the head of the geological survey department, Ranjana Tyler, reported that there was a problem
with the latest report because one of the major reserve figures had recently been found to be wrong. The mineral in
question, mallerite, was WM’s largest mineral in volume terms and Ranjana explained that the mallerite reserves in
a deep mine in a certain part of the world had been significantly overestimated. She explained that, based on the
interim minerals report, the stock market analysts were expecting WM to announce known mallerite reserves of
4·8 billion tonnes. The actual figure was closer to 2·4 billion tonnes. It was agreed that this difference was sufficient
to affect WM’s market value, despite the otherwise good results for the past year. Vanda Monroe, the finance director,
said that the share price reflects market confidence in future earnings. She said that an announcement of an incorrect
estimation like that for mallerite would cause a reduction in share value. More importantly for WM itself, however, it
could undermine confidence in the geological survey department. All agreed that as this was strategically important
for the company, it was a top priority to deal with this problem.
Ranjana explained how the situation had arisen. The major mallerite mine was in a country new to WM’s operations.
The WM engineer at the mine said it was difficult to deal with some local people because, according to the engineer,
‘they didn’t like to give us bad news’. The engineer explained that when the mine was found to be smaller than
originally thought, he was not told until it was too late to reduce the price paid for the mine. This was embarrassing
and it was agreed that it would affect market confidence in WM if it was made public.
The board discussed the options open to it. The chairman, who was also a qualified accountant, was Tim Blake. He
began by expressing serious concern about the overestimation and then invited the board to express views freely. Gary
Howells, the operations director, said that because disclosing the error to the market would be so damaging, it might
be best to keep it a secret and hope that new reserves can be found in the near future that will make up for the
shortfall. He said that it was unlikely that this concealment would be found out as shareholders trusted WM and they
had many years of good investor relations to draw on. Vanda Monroe, the finance director, reminded the board that
the company was bound to certain standards of truthfulness and transparency by its stock market listing. She pointed
out that they were constrained by codes of governance and ethics by the stock market and that colleagues should be
aware that WM would be in technical breach of these if the incorrect estimation was concealed from investors. Finally,
Martin Chan, the human resources director, said that the error should be disclosed to the investors because he would
not want to be deceived if he were an outside investor in the company. He argued that whatever the governance codes
said and whatever the cost in terms of reputation and market value, WM should admit its error and cope with
whatever consequences arose. The WM board contains three non-executive directors and their views were also
invited.
At the preliminary results presentation some time later, one analyst, Christina Gonzales, who had become aware of
the mallerite problem, asked about internal audit and control systems, and whether they were adequate in such a
reserve-sensitive industry. WM’s chairman, Tim Blake, said that he intended to write a letter to all investors and
analysts in the light of the mallerite problem which he hoped would address some of the issues that Miss Gonzales
had raised.
Required:
(a) Define ‘transparency’ and evaluate its importance as an underlying principle in corporate governance and in
relevant and reliable financial reporting. Your answer should refer to the case as appropriate. (10 marks)
【C7】______with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not【C8】______sufficient control.【C9】______of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a【C10】______of media protest when he said the【C11】______of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges【C12】______to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which【C13】______the European Convention on Human Rights legally【C14】______in Britain, laid down that everybody was【C15】______to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
“Press freedoms will be in safe hands【C16】______our British judges,” he said. Witness payments became an【C17】______after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995.Up to 19 witnesses were【C18】______to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised【C19】______witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to【C20】______guilty verdicts.
【C1】
A．as to
B．for instance
C．in particular
D．such as
High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd(牧羊人)boy who longed for a friend to share his evenings.One night he saw three old men, each holding a glass.
The first old man said：“Drink this liquid and you shall be victorious in battle.”
The second old man said：“Drink this liquid and you shall have countless riches.”
The last old man said：“I offer you the happiness of floated across the valley. He had found a friend.
So goes the legend(传说) of the horn. First known in the ninth century, the horn was used by herdsmen to call cattle, for its deep tones echoed across the mountainsides. Even today, on a quiet summer evening, its music can be heard floating among the peaks.
6.The passage tells us his lonely job about the shepherd boy.
A.T
B.F
7.The boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man because the boy was thirsty.
A.T
B.F
8.After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was like a new-found friend.
A.T
B.F
9.Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps when it rains.
A.T
B.F
10.The Legend of the Horn would be the best title for the passage.
A.T
B.F
A.overspend
B.overpopulation
C.overconfident
D.overestimate
E.overproduce
A.promised
B.said
C.deceived
D.requested
(阅读理解)Having returned from her round trip(往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station.“The railway owes me￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office.“You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night.So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel.It cost me ￡12.”
Harry was worried.He remembered selling the woman a return ticket.“Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely.“I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside.She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered.There was no sailing on May 22nd.How could he have made such a careless mistake？ He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day.Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child.“You look sun burnt,” he said to her.“Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey？”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly.“The beach was lovely.And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry.“My little girl can’t swim a bit yet.Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly.“I’ll be four and a half.” Harry turned to the mother.“I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said.“But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you？”
“Er, well——” the woman looked at the child.“I mean...she hasn’t started school yet.She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam.A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…￡13.50.So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe￡1.50.The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
1).The woman was angry because ____.
A.she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip
B.she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned
C.she spent more money than she had expected
D.Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing
2).Harry was worried because ____.
A.the woman was angry with him
B.he had not done his work properly
C.the Jersey timetable was wrong
D.the little girl didn’t have a return ticket
3).Harry started talking to the little girl ____.
A.because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do
B.because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
C.because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice
D.when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl
4).When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…,"he meant that ___.
A.they must follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his.
B.he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to
C.the woman had to pay him￡1.50 and the railway would pay for the hotel
D.she should pay￡1.50, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
5).The woman left the office without saying anything because ____.
A.she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket
B.she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man
C.she was moved by Harry’s kindness
D.she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted
Job or money？
Would you quit your job if you didn’t need the money？In a 1990 poll by the Gallop Organization，many people said quitting work was an imprtant reason to be rich．Yet researchers find that work is one of life’s chief satisfactions for people．
Consider W．Berry Fowler．In 1979，Fowler started a tutoring company that became so successful he was able to sell out and retire in 1978一a multimillionaire at 40． He bought a 50-foot cabin cruiser（可住宿的游艇）and a house in Hawaii，and busied himself vacationing．
But after five years of perpetual vacation，nower began to miss the challenges of work．So in 1992，he bought a fitness chain for children and now spends 75 hours a week immersed in balance sheets and staff meetings．“My best days on the golf course weren’t half as much fun as a good day at the office．”he says．
A job，studies show，is more than a paycheck．Doing something Well can increase confidence and self—worth．When sociologist H．Ray Kaplan surveyed 139 lottery（彩票）millionaires，he discovered 60 percent continued working at least a year after they’d won．
If jobs are so important，wouldn’t salary size be a gauge（标准尺）of job satisfaction？Americans think so．A survey conducted last year by Roper Starch Worldwide，Inc．，found that almost 70 percent of the respondents said they would be happier if their families had twice as much household income．Yet studies show that job satisfaction comes less from how much people earn than from the challenge of their jobs and the control they are able to exert．work that doesn’t engage a person will never seem rewarding，no matter how lucative（有理可图的）it becomes．
第 8 题 The Gallop poll shows many people want to be rich in order not to work．
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
The artist Andy Warhol famously said that he thought everybody would be famous for fifteen minutes, and with the increasing power of the internet, that’s 11 true today than ever. Anybody with an internet connection and a computer can now become a celebrity.
A celebrity is somebody who is only, or perhaps mostly famous through their presence 12 the internet, an internet personality who crosses over to the mainstream. A web celebrity. A celebrity.
As people rely on the internet more and more 13 their entertainment needs, it is becoming increasingly attractive 14 a platform. for new writing, music, film, and art. The writer Stephen King has published books only on the internet and some musicians get a recording contract through the popularity they build 15 on the web.
Recently an American newspaper, the Seattle PI [Post-Intelligencer] decided to _16 its paper copy and only publish online. As its audience grows, the internet is becoming more powerful in making people famous, and some videos which are 17_ on the internet become incredibly 18 , being seen by millions of people in a short space of time. This is 19 where a video of someone dancing and pretending to sing a famous song can get them 20 on TV shows and magazines. It’s an age of celebrity!
11. A. more B. less C. much D. little
12. A. in B. on C. at D. to
13. A. as B. like C. of D. for
14. A. like B. in C.as D. to
15. A. down B. on C. up D. into
16. A. adopt B. adept C. discard D. abandon
17. A. posted B. advertised C. communicated D. comprehend
18. A. popular B. perilous C. fabulous D. fantastic
19. A. a time B. a period C. an age D. a stage
20. A. a presence B. an appearance C. an outlook D. an expression
