[单项选择]Beth financed Jumpstart by
A. borrowing money from the bank.
B. finding a business partner.
C. selling her own hous

[单项选择]Dryden Limited helped Beth to set up Jumpstart by providing
A. office space.
B. office equipment.
C. office stall’.

[单项选择]Jumpstart found its first recruits by advertising
A. in newspapers.
B. in magazines.
C. on the Internet.

[单项选择]Which aspect of setting up Jumpstart was most difficult for Beth
A. Finding companies who required temporary staff.
B. Recruiting the right quality of marketing personnel.
C. Persuading companies to agree to her charges.

[单项选择]All the people that Jumpstart finds work for must
A. be highly qualified in marketing.
B. have relevant professional experience.
C. be free to travel.

[单项选择]Start-up companies financed by venture capitalist have a much lower failure rate than companies financed by other means. Source of financing, therefore, must be a more important causative factor in the success of a start-up company than are such factors as the personal characteristics of the entrepreneur, the quality of strategic planning, or the management structure of the company.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above
A. Venture capitalists tend to be more responsive than other sources of financing to changes in a start-up company’s financial needs.
B. The strategic planning of a start-up company is a less important factor in the long-term success of the company than are the personal characteristics of the entrepreneur.
C. More than half of all new companies fall within five years.
D. The management structures of start-up companies are generally less formal than the management structures of ongoing businesses.
E. (E) Venture capitalists base their decisions to fund start-up companies on such factors as the characteristics of the entrepreneur and quality of strategic planning of the company.

[单项选择]At the beginning, Geraldine financed her business
A. through her parents.
B. with a bank loan.
C. with her own money.

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Falls Lighting-up Hours
Financed and Operated by the Niagara Falls Lighting-up Board since 1925
January 1 to January 21 9:00 pm ～ Midnight
5:00 pm ～ Midnight August 21 to September 30
January 22 to February 28 8:30 pm ～ Midnight
6:30 pm ～ 10:00 pm. November 1 to November 15
March 1 to March 31* 6:30 pm ～ 11: 30 pm
7:00 pm ～ 10:00 pm November 16 ～ December 30
April 1 to April 30* 5:00 pm ～ Midnight
8:30 pm ～ 11:00 pm December 31
May 1 to August 15 5:00 pm ～ 1:00 am
*During the months of March & April, the Falls will be lit up until midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only.

If I go between November 7 and t5, when can I see the Falls being lit up（　）.
A. 5:00 pm.
B. 8:30 pm.
C. 1:00 am.
D. 12:00 pm.

[单项选择]A friend called Thomas Beck advised Beth to
A. concentrate on one business idea only.
B. invest heavily in marketing her new business.
C. make full use of her existing business contacts.

[单项选择] Nursing at Beth Israel Hospital produces the best patient care possible. If we are to solve the nursing shortage, hospital administration and doctors everywhere would do well to follow Beth Israel’’s example. At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to a primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and constructs s full-scale health account that covers everything from his medical history to his emotional state. Then she writes a care plan centered on the patient’’s illness but which also includes everything else that is necessary. The primary nurse stays with the patient through his hospitalization, keeping track with his progress and seeking further advice from his doctor. If a patient at Beth Israel is not responding to treatment, it is not uncommon for his nurse to propose another approach to his doctor. What the doctor at Beth Israel has in the primary nurse is a true colleague. Nursing at Beth Israel also involves a decentralized nursing administration; every
A. The doctor gets more active professional support from the primary nurse.
B. Each patient is taken care of by a primary nurse day and night.
C. The primary nurse writes care plans for every patient.
D. The primary nurse writes health account for every patient.

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At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to a primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and constructs a full-scale health account that covers everything from his medical history to his emotional state. Then she writes a care plan centered on the patient’s illness but which also includes everything else that is necessary.
The primary nurse stays with the patient through his hospitalization, keeping track with his progress and seeking further advice from his doctor. If a patient at Beth larael is not responding to treatment, it is not uncommon for his nurse to propose another approach to his doctor. What the doctor at Beth Israel has in the primary nurse is a true colleague.
Nursing at Beth Israel also involves a decentralized nursing administration; Every floor, every unit is a self-contained organization. There are nurse-managers instead of head nurse; in addition to their medical duties they do all their own hiring and dismissing, employee advisin
A. The doctor gets more active professional support from the primary nurse.
B. Each patient is taken care of by a primary nurse day and night.
C. The primary nurse writes care plans for every patient.
D. The primary nurse keeps records of the patient’s health conditions every day.

[单项选择]
· You will hear a radio interview with Beth Hatfield, the Director of Jumpstart, a recruitment agency.
· For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
· You will hear the conversation twice.

All the people that Jumpstart finds work for must A. be highly qualified in marketing. B. have relevant professional experience. C. be free to travel.