“smith seldom went swimming in summer, __________.”

A、went, was

B、went, were

C、go, are

f snow. Mr Smith wanted to take his car out, so he ___21___ a man to clean the road from his garage to his gate. He said to the man, "Don't throw any snow on that side, because it will do ___22___ to the young trees in my garden. Don't throw any on the other side, because it will break my fence. And don't throw any into the street, or the policemen will be ___23___." Then Mr Smith went out.

When he came back, the road was clean and the snow from it was not on the trees, or the fence, or the street. Mr Smith was very pleased ___24___ he opened the garage to get out his car. The garage was full to the top with all the snow from the road, and his car was somewhere ___25___ it.

21)、

A.harm

B.angry

C.until

D.under

E.paid

22)、

A.harm

B.angry

C.until

D.under

E.paid

23)、

A.harm

B.angry

C.until

D.under

E.paid

24)、

A.harm

B.angry

C.until

D.under

E.paid

25)、

A.harm

B.angry

C.until

D.under

E.paid

A.were

B.was

C.being

D.be

TQ Company, a listed company, recently went into administration (it had become insolvent and was being managed by a firm of insolvency practitioners). A group of shareholders expressed the belief that it was the chairman, Miss Heike Hoiku, who was primarily to blame. Although the company’s management had made a number of strategic errors that brought about the company failure, the shareholders blamed the chairman for failing to hold senior management to account. In particular, they were angry that Miss Hoiku had not challenged chief executive Rupert Smith who was regarded by some as arrogant and domineering. Some said that Miss Hoiku was scared of Mr Smith.

Some shareholders wrote a letter to Miss Hoiku last year demanding that she hold Mr Smith to account for a number of previous strategic errors. They also asked her to explain why she had not warned of the strategic problems in her chairman’s statement in the annual report earlier in the year. In particular, they asked if she could remove Mr Smith from office for incompetence. Miss Hoiku replied saying that whilst she understood their concerns, it was difficult to remove a serving chief executive from office.

Some of the shareholders believed that Mr Smith may have performed better in his role had his reward package been better designed in the first place. There was previously a remuneration committee at TQ but when two of its four non-executive members left the company, they were not replaced and so the committee effectively collapsed.

Mr Smith was then able to propose his own remuneration package and Miss Hoiku did not feel able to refuse him.

He massively increased the proportion of the package that was basic salary and also awarded himself a new and much more expensive company car. Some shareholders regarded the car as ‘excessively’ expensive. In addition, suspecting that the company’s performance might deteriorate this year, he exercised all of his share options last year and immediately sold all of his shares in TQ Company.

It was noted that Mr Smith spent long periods of time travelling away on company business whilst less experienced directors struggled with implementing strategy at the company headquarters. This meant that operational procedures were often uncoordinated and this was one of the causes of the eventual strategic failure.

(a) Miss Hoiku stated that it was difficult to remove a serving chief executive from office.

Required:

(i) Explain the ways in which a company director can leave the service of a board. (4 marks)

(ii) Discuss Miss Hoiku’s statement that it is difficult to remove a serving chief executive from a board.

(4 marks)

(b) Assess, in the context of the case, the importance of the chairman’s statement to shareholders in TQ

Company’s annual report. (5 marks)

(c) Criticise the structure of the reward package that Mr Smith awarded himself. (4 marks)

(d) Criticise Miss Hoiku’s performance as chairman of TQ Company. (8 marks)

A. None of them go to the hockey game

B. They seldom go to the hockey game

C. They usually went to the hockey game

D. All of them went to the hockey game

Christmas cards __21__ to her friends and to her husband's friends, and put them on the table in the living-room. Then, when her husband came home from work, she said to him, "Here are the Christmas cards __22__ friends, and here are some stamps, a pen and our book of address. Will you please write the cards __23__ I am cooking the dinner？"

Mr. Smith did not say anything, but walked out of the living-room and went to his study(书房). Mrs. Smith was very angry __24__ him, but did not say anything either.

Then a minute later he came back with a box full of Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and stamps on them.

"These __25__ last year," he said, "I forgot to post them."

21)、

A.with

B.are from

C.while

D.to send

E.for our

22)、

A.with

B.are from

C.while

D.to send

E.for our

23)、

A.with

B.are from

C.while

D.to send

E.for our

24)、

A.with

B.are from

C.while

D.to send

E.for our

25)、

A.with

B.are from

C.while

D.to send

E.for our

During the National Day Holiday, Professor Smith spent several days touring(游览) the city of Tianjin.He made a point of (特意) sampling (品尝，体验)different kinds of food, cultural experiences and recreational activities.

On the first day he visited the Ancient Culture Street in the northeast part of the city, so he had an opportunity to appreciate all kinds of antiques, kites, clay figurines and Yangliuqing New Year paintings.At noon, he enjoyed lunch at the Food Street, located in the old city of Tianjin, where there were more than 100 restaurants, servingfood with varied flavors (风味) from different parts of China.

After lunch, he enjoyed a fine view of the Haihe River by boat.It took him along the river which showed some dramatic scenery.

The next day, he climbed Mount Panshan, which was 12 kilometers northwest in Jixian County.On the last day, he went to Tanggu Harbor, which is the largest in the northeast part of China.Returning to the city in the afternoon, he went shopping and bargained (讨价还价) with the salespeople in the downtown markets.After supper, he strolled in the Five Main Roads area and enjoyed the different kinds of architecture.

()1.Why did Professor Smith visit the Ancient Culture Street？

A.To meet local people.

B.To visit famous craftsman.(手工艺人)

C.To buy some souvenirs.

D.To appreciate Tianjin’s local culture.

()2.At noon, where did he have lunch according to the passage？

A.At Food Street

B.At home

C.At a snack bar

D.At a fast food restaurant

()3.The next day, he climbed Mount Panshan, which is 12 kilometers _____ in Jixian County.

A.southeast

B.southwest

C.northwest

D.northeast

()4.When did Professor Smith go to enjoy the different kinds of architecture？

A.At the beginning of the tour.

B.At the end of the tour.

C.In the middle of the tour.

D.He didn’t go to visit the architecture at all.

()5.What kind of tour did Professor Smith make during the National Day Holiday？

A.cultural

B.Business

C.Academic(学术的)

D.Recreational

on he became rich.

One day the weather was fine. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was very warm. The landlord was walking along a river with his friends, when, all of a sudden, he slipped and fell into it. He cried, “Help! Help!” One of his friends held out his hand and said, “Give me your hand and I will pull you out.” The landlord's head went under the water and then came up again, but he did not give his hand to his friends. Then another of his friends tried but the same thing happened.

Just then a farmer came over and saw all this. He knew the landlord very well. He said to the others, “Let me try.” He held out his hand and said to the landlord, “Take my hand and I will pull you out.” Hearing this, the landlord took the farmer's hand, and in a minute the farmer pulled the landlord out of the water.

All the others got very surprised at this and asked the farmer, “Why did he give his hand to you but not to us？” The farmer said, “You don't know your friend very well, When you say 'give' to him, he does nothing, but when you say 'take' he takes.”

1)、Smith was a farmer.

A.T

B.F

2)、Smith became very rich, because he never gave anything to anybody.

A.T

B.F

3)、One day Smith was walking along a lake with his friends.

A.T

B.F

4)、The rich man held out his hand when he heard “Take my hand.”

A.T

B.F

5)、His friends knew the rich man very well.

A.T

B.F

A.A. so

B.B. for fear

C.C. unless

D.D. on condition

根据下列文章,请回答 1～5 题。

Text 1

It was fifteen past nine as Made hurried into the office building where she was going to work. Her bus had inched along through heavy morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first job. She decided to start out half an hour earlier the next day.

Once inside the lobby, she had to stand at the elevators and wait several minutes before she could get on one going to the sixth floor. When she finally reached the office marked "Smith Enterprises", she knocked at the door nervously and waited. There was no reply. She tapped on the door again, but still there was no answer. From inside the next office, she could hear the sound of voices, so she opened the door and went in.

Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had the interview with Mr. Smith, it looked quite different now. In fact, it hardly looked like an office at all. The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking. In the front of the room, somebody must have just told a good joke, she thought, because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in. For a moment she had thought they were laughing at her.

Then one of the men looked at his watch, clapped his hands and said something to the others. Quickly they all went to their desks and, in a matter of seconds, everyone was hard at work. No one paid any attention to Made. Finally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the office. Hardly looking up from his work, he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr. Smith, who would arrive at any moment. Then Marie realized that the day' s work in the office began just before Mr. Smith arrived. Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning, arriving in the office at 9:35,so that his staff knew exactly when to start working.

第 1 题 Made felt nervous when she knocked at the door because

A．it was her first day in a new job

B．she was a little bit late for work

C．she was afraid that she had gone to the wrong place

D．there was no answer from inside the office