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3、The crisis met by Japanese chemical groups is caused by, one of the reasons
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4、•Read the extract below from an article about Bankers’bonuses． •Choose the best sentence from the list on the opposite page to fill each of the gaps． •For each gap()，mark one letter(A—G)on your Answer Sheet． •Do not use any letter more than once． •There is an example at the beginning(0)． Bankers’Bonuses Lord Myners, the City minister, is allegedly worth ￡ 30m ( $ 47m). He is an unlikely tribune of the people. (0) G Derivatives traders are not footballers with unique talents and "should not be paid as though they are", he said last month. More recently he has railed against " market failure" ; accusing big clients of investment banks of not challenging the fees and margins they are charged. (8)____________Lack of transparency makes them seem the more villainous. "The nation is angry about this. I'm angry," says Lord Myners.(9)____________"We are not an incomes regulator," says Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The watchdog's only sanction is to demand more regulatory capital from those banks whose pay policies appear to be putting their firms at greater risk. The Treasury could influence matters at RBS and Lloyds Banking Group, two big banks in which it has substantial shareholdings, but is reluctant to micromanage. ( 10 )____________The government worries that any attack on bankers'pay could drive financiers offshore, depriving the exchequer of much revenue. City bonuses, which dropped from 10 billion in 2007 to ￡ 4 billion in 2008, could bounce back to ￡ 6 billion this year, says the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) ," a consultancy. They mirror the health of a financial-services sector that in the good times brought in up to 67 billion in annual tax revenues, estimates PwC, an accounting firm. This fiscal year the figure could drop to 39 billion, says Douglas McWilliams at the CEBR, although banks'recently buoyant business may increase it. (11)____________So could the slightly softer option of preventing banks from offsetting past losses against future tax bills. The reluctance to bash bankers'bonuses stems from recognition that wholesale finance is a global business. Bankers are highly mobile, says Marcus Agius, chairman of Barclays. He argues that banks in Britain must be free to pay as much as those elsewhere, but says he is "agnostic" about what that level should be. National and international proposals to reform pay at regulated financial firms are similarly agnostic. They mostly do not spell out how much public disclosure there should be of big pay packages, other than those for board members. (12) ____________It requires a detailed breakdown of the remuneration of "employees whose actions have a material impact on the risk exposure of the firm" Yet that measure is unlikely to be implemented, even though the big British banks and the London-based operations of global investment banks have agreed to it. The FSA, for its part, is not bothered about public disclosure as long as it has the information itself.Sir David Walker, a former central banker charged with an official review of bank-governance practices, has suggested that bands of remuneration for heavy hitters outside the boardroom be disclosed. It seems that banks, in the absence of much more than appeals to their better nature, will be setting their own benchmarks as and when they please. Barclays began a review of its remuneration policies in 2008. It remains unfinished. A．But such attempts at mqral suasion are not working，and those in authority seem reluctant to do more． B．A windfall tax on profits，discussed by both government and opposition，might put any recovery at risk． C．The opportunity to take an equity position at a bargain price has been missed． D．The crisis does not seem to have affected the way bankers are rewarded． E．An exception is the communiqu6 from the Group of 20(G20)big countries in September F．There was not a murmur when RBS hired a head trader for a rumoured￡7m in total． G．Yet．he has been sounding off more vociferously than his colleagues about“unac． ceptable”pay deals for bankers。 第(8)題答案是：
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6、Your Career Path Can Lead You AnywhereWe used to be advised to plan our careers. We were told to make a plan during the later stages of our education and continue with it through our working lives.(0)_____ some people still see careers in this way. However, to pursue a single option for life has always been unrealistic. Planning for a single career assumes that we set out with a full understanding of ou likes and dislikes and the employment opportunities open to us. (9)____ For most people this degree of certainty about the future does not exist. Our initial choice of career path and employer is often based on inadequate knowledge and false perceptions. But with age and experience, we develop new interests and aptitudes and our priorities alter. The structure of the employment market and, indeed of employment itself, is subject to change as both new technologies and new work systems are introduced (10) _____ We must face the uncertainties of a portfolio career. It is clear from the recent past that we cannot foresee the changes which will affec our working lives. The pace of change is accelerating , as a result of which traditional career plans will be of very limited use. (11)_____ They will need updating to reflect changes in our own interests as well as in the external work environment. Flexible workers already account for about half the workforce. (12)______ We are likely to face periods as contract workers, self-employed freelances, consultants, temps or part-timers. Many employers encourage staff to write a personal development development (PDP) (13) Although some people use it only to review the skills needed for their job, a PDP could be the nucleus of wider career plan –setting out alternative long-term learning needs and a plan of self-development. A report issued by the Institute of Employment Studies advises people to enhance their employability by moving from traditional technical skills towards the attainment of a range of transferable skills. (14) Instead, special schemes should be established to encourage people to examine their effectiveness and to consider a wider range of needs. A . This dual effect means that the relationship between employers and workers has evolved to such and extent that we can no longer expect a long-term relationship with one employer. B . It carries an implicit assumption that we ourselves, and the jobs we enter, will change little during our working lives. C . This growth suggests that a career plan should not be expressed only in terms of full-time employment but should make provision for the possibility of becoming one of the. D . this is a summary of one’s personal learning needs and an action plan to meet them. E . Consequently, they must now accommodate a number of objectives and enable us to prepare for each on a contingency basis. F . However, it warns that employers often identify training needs through formal appraisals, which take too narrow a view of development. G . Such a freelance of consultant would be constantly in demand. H . We were expected to work towards that one clear goal and to consider a career change as a bad thing.
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10、In this part，the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn． You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions． Questions： (1)Can I have your full name please? (2)What kind of books do you like best? (3)Do you think companies should provide training for their staff?
A designs
B purposes
C ends
D objectives
3、The crisis met by Japanese chemical groups is caused by, one of the reasons
4、•Read the extract below from an article about Bankers’bonuses． •Choose the best sentence from the list on the opposite page to fill each of the gaps． •For each gap()，mark one letter(A—G)on your Answer Sheet． •Do not use any letter more than once． •There is an example at the beginning(0)． Bankers’Bonuses Lord Myners, the City minister, is allegedly worth ￡ 30m ( $ 47m). He is an unlikely tribune of the people. (0) G Derivatives traders are not footballers with unique talents and "should not be paid as though they are", he said last month. More recently he has railed against " market failure" ; accusing big clients of investment banks of not challenging the fees and margins they are charged. (8)____________Lack of transparency makes them seem the more villainous. "The nation is angry about this. I'm angry," says Lord Myners.(9)____________"We are not an incomes regulator," says Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The watchdog's only sanction is to demand more regulatory capital from those banks whose pay policies appear to be putting their firms at greater risk. The Treasury could influence matters at RBS and Lloyds Banking Group, two big banks in which it has substantial shareholdings, but is reluctant to micromanage. ( 10 )____________The government worries that any attack on bankers'pay could drive financiers offshore, depriving the exchequer of much revenue. City bonuses, which dropped from 10 billion in 2007 to ￡ 4 billion in 2008, could bounce back to ￡ 6 billion this year, says the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) ," a consultancy. They mirror the health of a financial-services sector that in the good times brought in up to 67 billion in annual tax revenues, estimates PwC, an accounting firm. This fiscal year the figure could drop to 39 billion, says Douglas McWilliams at the CEBR, although banks'recently buoyant business may increase it. (11)____________So could the slightly softer option of preventing banks from offsetting past losses against future tax bills. The reluctance to bash bankers'bonuses stems from recognition that wholesale finance is a global business. Bankers are highly mobile, says Marcus Agius, chairman of Barclays. He argues that banks in Britain must be free to pay as much as those elsewhere, but says he is "agnostic" about what that level should be. National and international proposals to reform pay at regulated financial firms are similarly agnostic. They mostly do not spell out how much public disclosure there should be of big pay packages, other than those for board members. (12) ____________It requires a detailed breakdown of the remuneration of "employees whose actions have a material impact on the risk exposure of the firm" Yet that measure is unlikely to be implemented, even though the big British banks and the London-based operations of global investment banks have agreed to it. The FSA, for its part, is not bothered about public disclosure as long as it has the information itself.Sir David Walker, a former central banker charged with an official review of bank-governance practices, has suggested that bands of remuneration for heavy hitters outside the boardroom be disclosed. It seems that banks, in the absence of much more than appeals to their better nature, will be setting their own benchmarks as and when they please. Barclays began a review of its remuneration policies in 2008. It remains unfinished. A．But such attempts at mqral suasion are not working，and those in authority seem reluctant to do more． B．A windfall tax on profits，discussed by both government and opposition，might put any recovery at risk． C．The opportunity to take an equity position at a bargain price has been missed． D．The crisis does not seem to have affected the way bankers are rewarded． E．An exception is the communiqu6 from the Group of 20(G20)big countries in September F．There was not a murmur when RBS hired a head trader for a rumoured￡7m in total． G．Yet．he has been sounding off more vociferously than his colleagues about“unac． ceptable”pay deals for bankers。 第(8)題答案是：
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6、Your Career Path Can Lead You AnywhereWe used to be advised to plan our careers. We were told to make a plan during the later stages of our education and continue with it through our working lives.(0)_____ some people still see careers in this way. However, to pursue a single option for life has always been unrealistic. Planning for a single career assumes that we set out with a full understanding of ou likes and dislikes and the employment opportunities open to us. (9)____ For most people this degree of certainty about the future does not exist. Our initial choice of career path and employer is often based on inadequate knowledge and false perceptions. But with age and experience, we develop new interests and aptitudes and our priorities alter. The structure of the employment market and, indeed of employment itself, is subject to change as both new technologies and new work systems are introduced (10) _____ We must face the uncertainties of a portfolio career. It is clear from the recent past that we cannot foresee the changes which will affec our working lives. The pace of change is accelerating , as a result of which traditional career plans will be of very limited use. (11)_____ They will need updating to reflect changes in our own interests as well as in the external work environment. Flexible workers already account for about half the workforce. (12)______ We are likely to face periods as contract workers, self-employed freelances, consultants, temps or part-timers. Many employers encourage staff to write a personal development development (PDP) (13) Although some people use it only to review the skills needed for their job, a PDP could be the nucleus of wider career plan –setting out alternative long-term learning needs and a plan of self-development. A report issued by the Institute of Employment Studies advises people to enhance their employability by moving from traditional technical skills towards the attainment of a range of transferable skills. (14) Instead, special schemes should be established to encourage people to examine their effectiveness and to consider a wider range of needs. A . This dual effect means that the relationship between employers and workers has evolved to such and extent that we can no longer expect a long-term relationship with one employer. B . It carries an implicit assumption that we ourselves, and the jobs we enter, will change little during our working lives. C . This growth suggests that a career plan should not be expressed only in terms of full-time employment but should make provision for the possibility of becoming one of the. D . this is a summary of one’s personal learning needs and an action plan to meet them. E . Consequently, they must now accommodate a number of objectives and enable us to prepare for each on a contingency basis. F . However, it warns that employers often identify training needs through formal appraisals, which take too narrow a view of development. G . Such a freelance of consultant would be constantly in demand. H . We were expected to work towards that one clear goal and to consider a career change as a bad thing.
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10、In this part，the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn． You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions． Questions： (1)Can I have your full name please? (2)What kind of books do you like best? (3)Do you think companies should provide training for their staff?