[单项选择]— Do you know our town at all
— No. This is the first time I（）here.
A. was
B. have been
C. came
D. am coming

[单项选择]　　Do you ever feel as though you spend all your time in meetings 　　Henry Mintzberg, in his book The Nature of Managerial Work, found that in large organizations managers spent 22 per cent of their time at their desk, 6 per cent on the telephone, 3 per cent on other activities, but a whopping 69 per cent in meetings. 　　There is a widely-held but mistaken belief that meetings are for "solving problems" and "making decisions". For a start, the number of people attending a meeting tends to be inversely proportional to their collective ability to reach conclusions and make decisions. And these are the least important elements. 　　Instead hours are devoted to side issues, playing elaborate games with one another. It seems, therefore, that meetings serve some purpose other than just making decisions. 　　All meetings have one thing in common: role-playing. The most formal role is that of chairman. He sets the agenda, and a good chairman will keep the meeting running on time and to the point
A. talks as much as participants.
B. is usually a "constant talker".
C. prefers to take the role of an observer.
D. is frequently outshone by participants.

[单项选择]You know you should do it, other people do it all the time. Maybe you’ve already done it but it wasn’t very satisfying, and you’d like to learn to do it better.
I’m talking, of course, about having a business lunch.
Don’t feel embarrassed if you are uncomfortable with the idea of sitting over a grilled chicken breast, talking to a prospective client.
Most inexperienced, overeager launchers believe the main purpose of a business lunch is to either (a) conduct business or (b) eat lunch, and they’re unsure how to mix the two. Don’t worry! Business lunches aren’t about either business or lunch,
they’re about building relationships.
One of my business rules is "People do business with people they like. "
Often, it’s not products, prices, or the company that makes the sale—it’s the person Business lunches are the perfect time for you and your client, supplier, or employee to get to know each other as people. This helps establish common interests and makes working
A. good relationship is established
B. the client does not have to pay
C. the client likes the food extremely
D. business is touched upon during the lunch

[填空题]All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may (36) a feeling of this kind. If the (37) on your body, such as a blanket, have (38) off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping on ice or in snow. The (39) for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experiences yon have today.
So the (40) of your dream usually comes from something that has (41) on you while you are sleeping and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now. This is why very young children are likely to dream of (42) , older children of school examinations, hungry people of tood, (43) soldiers of their families.
To show you how that is happening while you are asleep and (44) , here is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of hi