[简答题]For two candidates
Responding to Competition
Your company has recently begun to lose its share of the market due to competition from a new firm which charges customers less. You have been asked to suggest ways of solving the problem.
Discuss, and decide together:
· how advertising could help the company to deal with competition
· what types of incentives the company could offer to customers
For three candidates
Job Sharing
Your company is considering introducing a system which enables particular jobs to be shared between two members of staff. You have been asked to advise the company whether this scheme should be introduced.
Discuss, and decide together:
· which types of job this scheme would be suitable for
· what advantages and disadvantages there would be for the company
· which types of people would be most suited to working in this kind of way

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Serialization delay and (1) delay are the two components of network delay that are improved by increasing bandwidth. Serialization delay, i.e. the amount of time it takes to put the (2) on the wire, and queuing delay (depth of the queue) are improved by increasing the (3) from a 128Kbps circuit to a T1. However, three other components of delay, routing/switching delay, distance delay, and protocol delay are components that can not be positively affected by an (4) in bandwidth. If the circuits are not over-utilized, then increasing the bandwidth to improve the (5) of the application will only result in an increased bandwidth with no positive effects on performance.

（1）是（）
A. buffering
B. queuing
C. receiving
D. timing

[单项选择]
The Provident Companies, the No. 2 seller of individual disability insurance policies, agreed yesterday to buy the No. 1 insurer in the field in a deal that would give it more than 1/3 of the market.
The $1.2 billion deal would eliminate about 600 jobs, give a big Swiss money-losing policies sold by the insurer that is being acquired, the Paul Revere company.
Last year Provident’s insurance units had $2.6 billion in premium revenues and Paul Revere had $1.5 billion. About 57 percent of the combined $4.1 billion in premiums came from disability policies that were sold to individuals. Provident’s next largest competitor, the UNUM Corporation, has about 10 percent of the market.
Paul Revere has been controlled since 1985 by Textron Inc. Textron acquired the insurer when it bought Avco Financial Services, which makes high interest rate loans to people whose employment and credit histories make them too ri
A. No. 1 insurer acquired the No. 2 insurer.
B. No.2 insurer acquired the No. 1 insurer.
C. This deal provided 600 more job opportunities.
D. This deal would produce 1/3 more market share.

[简答题]For two candidates Flexible Working Time Your company wants a flexible working time. You are asked to discuss a- bout it. Discuss the situation and decide: · Is it practical or not · name the advantages and disadvantages For three candidates Flexible Work Time Your company wants a flexible Working time. You are asked to discuss a- bout it. Discuss the situation and decide: · Is it practical or not · name the advantages and disadvantages · If needed, cite the accurate example to fight for/against it.

[多项选择]For two candidates

Your company is organising the press launch of a new model of its car. You have been asked to help with the preparations for the event.
Discuss and decide together:
· who will be invited to attend your press conference
· what information is needed in the press conference
For three candidates

Your company is organising the press launch of a new model of its car. You have been asked to help with the preparations for the event.
Discuss and decide together:
· who will be invited to attend your press conference
· what information is needed in the press conference
· how you will get along with the guests.

[单项选择]

M: I’m going to spend two evenings on the computer programming.
W: Two evenings Dr. Davis said it should be at least a week.

What does the woman mean（　）.
A. Two evenings is enough to do the computer programming.
B. Dr. Davis is going to check their work on the computer programming in a week’ time.
C. It will take no less than a week to complete the computer programming.
D. It will take at least two evenings to do the computer programming.

[填空题]__________ (由于他们之间利益上的根本冲突) the two will never co operate.

[单项选择]Advertising falls (into) two (main) (category): consumer advertising (and) trade advertising.
A. into
B. main
C. category
D. and

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A. Car owners will be encouraged to show off their wealth.
B. The gap between the rich and the poor will be bridged.
C. Pollution and traffic congestion will be reduced.
D. People will have to stand still waiting for taxies.

[多项选择]PART TWO

[填空题]Article Two

[填空题]two times