[单项选择]The office staff ______ gathered to hear the president speak.
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. will have

[单项选择]The office staff ______ gathered to hear the president speak.
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. will have

[单项选择]The office staff ______ gathered to hear the manager speak.


A. have
B. is being
C. has
D. is

[判断题]Only the Front Office staff have direct contact with the customers.

[简答题]To: All office staff Re: Award Party Posted: July 1, 2013 The Awards Party will take place on August 1, 2013. The hotel chosen for the party is close to the office. Everyone who plans to attend the party should send an email to Mr. Black before the end of this week. If you want to bring a guest, the ticket price is $50. Only twenty guest tickets are available. All fifty tickets are reserved for staff at no charge. We hope that all staff will attend. Please choose the staff member who you think is the most valuable worker this year. Make sure you enclose the name in an envelope and bring it to Mr. Black in person. The voting(投票)ends on the last day of this month. One winner from our staff will be chosen. Award Party Date: August 1, 2013 Place: Hotel near the office Guest tickets: Number: 20 Price: 46 Staff tickets: Number: 47 Price: no charge Voting for the most valuable worker: Brought to 48 in an envelope

[单项选择]The office staff are almost ______ female.


A. exclusively
B. absolutely
C. utterly
D. relatively

[单项选择]He also has served as chief of staff for the president of EMEA, ______ is composed of 22 subsidiaries and has its headquarters in Paris.
A. what
B. which
C. that
D. and

[单项选择]All the staff in the office ______ their manager.
A. unlike
B. dislike
C. alike
D. unlikely

[单项选择]Which of the following is in accordance with President Ford's position on disclosure of FBI


A. FBI records should not be reviewed section by section before being released to the public.
B. FBI records should only be withheld from release if such release constitutes a threat to national security.
C. It would be too expensive and time-consuming to identify exempt sections of FBI records.
D. FBI records should be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

[单项选择]Lincoln, who many regard as one of our great presidents, was often ______ despite his reputation of telling good jokes.
A. bright
B. optimistic
C. gloomy
D. cheerful

[单项选择]The whole country was ______ to see that the president would return to office after the turmoil.


A. released
B. relaxed
C. relieved
D. relied

[单项选择]An investor gathered the following information on two U. S. corporate bonds: Bond J is callable with maturity of 5 years Bond J has a par value of $10000 Bond M is option-free with a maturity of 5 years Bond M has a par value of $1000 For each bond, which duration calculation should be applied Bond J Bond M（）
A. Effective Duration Effective Duration only
B. Modified Duration Modified Duration or Effective Duration
C. Effective Duration Modified Duration or Effective Duration

[单项选择]An investor gathered the following information about an option-free U. S. corporate bond: Par Value of $10 million Convexity of 45 Duration of 7 If interest rates increase 2 percent (200 basis points), the bond’s percentage price change is closest to:（　）
A. -14.0%
B. -15.8%
C. -12.2%