The Japanese company agreed to compensate us for the defective watches by 4% of the total value.

A Chinese company is going to()over the well-known Japanese company TOSHIBA Corporation.

A. get

B. take

C. turn

The Japanese Quality Control (QC) Circle movement motivated its participants in many ways. Which of the following represents the most important motivation for the QC circle participants？

A . improving the performance of the company

B . self-improvement

C . financial incentives

D . recognition among co-workers

E . strengthening of relationships between co-workers

47 The Japanese Quality Control (QC) Circle movement motivated its participants in many ways. Which of the following represents the most important motivation for the QC circle participants？

A. improving the performance of the company

B. self-improvement

C. financial incentives

D. recognition among co-workers

E. strengthening of relationships between co-workers

Japan is a small country with few natural resources. (11 ) this，Japanese productivity，the rate at which goods are produced，(12 ) more than eleven times in the past thirty years.Many people in the West

wonder how the Japanese do it.The key (13 ) Japan's success can be discovered by looking at some basic differences between Japanese and Western attitudes towards work.People in the West generally view work (14 ) a necessary evil--one must give up part of one's freedom to earn the money needed to live. To the Japanese, however, work is the central interest of one's life;it's (15 ) that a Japanese established his identity.A Japanese business firm is like a family.When an employee joins a company，he expects to work for that company for the rest of his working life;(16 ) is anyone dismissed.Promotion is based on the seniority system，the length of employment (17 ) one's rank in the company. Those at the bottom do not (18 ) Chances for promotion because those at the top retire at a certain age (19 ) others may have their turn.In addition，the difference betweenthe lowest and the highest salaries is much 1ess than (20 ) in the West.

11.[A]Because of [B]As for [C]Although [D]Despite

12.[A]have increased [B]has increased [C]are increasing [D]is increasing

13.[A]to [B]of [C]for [D]in

14.[A]like [B]for [C]about [D]as

15.[A]this [B]that [C]here [D]where

16.[A]barely [B]rarely [C]occasionally [D]frequently

17.[A]determines [B]has determined [C]determining [D]to determine

18.[A]care about [B]care for [C]worry about [D]concern with

19.[A]in that [B]such that [C]for that [D]so that

20.[A]that [B]those [C]one [D]ones

de by sight L/C. The total amount of goods was USD65000. The issuing bank of credit overseas designated a bank in China as the advising bank, confirming bank and negotiating bank. After the seller dispatched the goods in November 2006 , he presented the full set of documents including the L/C to the negotiating bank for negotiation. The negotiating bank checked the documents and then sent to the seller a notice indicating that the bank would make payment recently, but the seller had not received the money for a long time.

In December 2007, the negotiating bank advised the seller that the issuing bank dishonored the L/C for the documents were not in accordance with the terms of L/C.

Question: Could the seller get the payment？ Why and how？

(Translate the case into Chinese and then answer the question)

Helpful hint : The case is mainly about confirmed L/C.

leasant talk.Just give them a telephone call and ask for, say, a daughter, son-in-law and grandchild.They will show up at your door, and greet you emotionally as if they hadn’t seen you for years.

Some 15 couples have so far hired “families”.“We have nearly 80 people on the waiting list.” Said the president of the company that offers such services, “What is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirsty for human love.We are helping them make their dreams come true.”

Where once big families with three or more generations living together were common, now numbers are reducing fast.In cities there are very few indeed.Many old people see their families only rarely, if at all.This may be because the children’s bosses have sent them to a distant city, even abroad, or just because busy family members cannot find time to visit their parents.

“We’ve seen many cases in which parent-children relations are not in a happy state,” company president continues.“When a son finally visits his parents after a long while, it is often just to ask for money or for them to let him have their property(财产)early.”

Loneliness is not a one-way street.“One young mother came to us to ask about grandparents,” he added.

The company is now developing into other fields.Their services include providing “employees” for businessmen to scold and “lovers” for young people unlucky in love.Company’s “lovers” for hire is not a service to be misunderstood, company president makes clear.

“You shouldn’t think about our lover too romantically,” he said, “She’s there to act as an adviser on how to find a girlfriend.”

11.Old couples in Japan hire family members ().

A.to ask for help when they are ill

B.to realize their big-family dreams

C.to seek love and comfort

D.to strengthen parent-children relations

12.In the sentence “what is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirsty for human love”, “senior citizens” could best be replaced by() .

A.high-ranking officials in cities

B.rich old couples living in cities

C.respectable ladies and gentlemen

D.old people

13.Which of the following is not the reason that Japanese grown-ups seldom visit their parents？()

A.They are too busy.

B.They work in distant cities.

C.They can’t afford expensive visits to their parents.

D.Their relations are not very tight.

14.“Loneliness is not a one-way street” means that() .

A.both the old and the young will feel lonely

B.living alone is not a one-way street

C.young mother with a little child will feel lonely

D.one young mother will hire “grandparents” for their child

15.When a Japanese young man hires a “lover”, ()

A.she will be his lover

B.she will offer him valuable advice on love affairs

C.she will bring him a girlfriend

D.she will tell him her own love story

A Pay Rise or Not？

"Unless I get a rise, I'll have a talk with the boss, Henry Manley," George Strong said to himself. George liked his job and he liked the town he lived in, but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the family. That was why he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city about 50 miles away. He had been offered a job in a factory there, and the pay was far better.

George lived in Wyeford, a medium-sized town. He really liked the place and didn't like the idea of moving somewhere else, but if he took the job in Birmingham, he would

have to move his family there.

Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing electric motors.The company was in deep trouble because, among other reasons, the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices. As a result, Manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well. Otherwise he would not get any orders at all. Even then, orders were still not coming in fast enough, so that there was no money for raises （加工资） for his workers.Somehow, he had to struggle along and keep his best workers as well. He sighed. Just then the phone rang.

His secretary, told him that George Strong wanted to see him as soon as possible.Manley sighed again. He could guess what it was about. George Strong was a very young engineer. The company had no future unless it could attract and keep men like him. Manley rubbed his forehead （前额）; his problems seemed endless.

第 16 题 Henry Manley was already deeply in debt.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

uilder Westinghouse Electric, the US-based unit of the British government's British Nuclear Fuels, for US ＄5.4 billion.

Toshiba Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida said that while the price might seem quite high, Toshiba had a lot of competition for the company and that the future growth and profit potential of the business made it the correct price.

By 2020 the market for nuclear power generation is expected to grow 50 percent compared to 2005, Nishida said at a London news conference. "Toshiba is responding to this challenge by acquiring Westinghouse."

Upon completion of the acquisition, Toshiba expects its nuclear power business to expand to three times the current level by 2015 as a result of operational and technological synergies, Toshiba said in a statement.

Toshiba expects to close the deal within six months and is not expecting regulatory troubles, Nishida said.Westinghouse will keep its headquarters in Pennsylvania, as well as its equipment, employees and trademarks, he said.

Toshiba, which makes electronic goods including DVD players, semiconductors, electric motors and power systems, is preparing for an expected surge of new investment in power plants in China, India and the US.

Westinghouse, which has built most of the nuclear reactors in the United States, is likely to design the plant and service them when they come online.

What does the passage mainly discuss？

A．The acquisition of British Nuclear Fuels by Toshiba

B．The acquisition of Westinghouse Electric by Toshiba

C．Toshiba's expansion in nuclear power business.

D．Toshiba's embarking on nuclear power business.

f you ask children what their fathers do, riley will say "My daddy drives a truck" or "My daddy is an engineer."

But in Japan, the child will tell you "My daddy works for Mitsubishi" or for "Hitachi". But you will have no idea whether the father is the president of Hitachi or a worker of Hitachi.

In Japan, the most important thing is what organization you work for. This becomes very significant when you try to analyze the direction-taking or decision-making process. At least, it explains the greater job stability in Japan, in contrast to the greater job mobility in America.

While people differ in many ways, such differences are neither superior nor inferior to each other. A particular pattern of management behavior. develops from a complexity of unique cultural factors -- and will only work within a given culture.

For example, in any approach to a problem and in any negotiations in Japan, there is the "you to you" approach, as distinguished from the Western "i to you" approach.

The difference is this: in "I to you" , both sides present their arguments straight from their own point of view -- they state what they want and what they expect to get, Thus, a confrontation (对立)situation is set up, and Westerners are very skillful in dealing with this.

The "you to you" approach practiced in Japan is based on each side -- automatically and often unconsciously -- trying to understand the other person's point of view, and for the purpose of the discussion actually declaring this understanding. Thus, the direction of the meeting is a mutual attempt at minimizing confrontation and achieving harmony.

When asking about your occupation, Japanese emphasize ______.

A．what occupation you are engaged in

B．what company you are employed by

C．whether your job is stable

D．whether you earn a good salary