剑桥商务英语完型填空练习.doc

商务英语完型填空练习
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This working life by Maureen Dowd
In the world of business , it is not always easy for women to do the same things as men . Consider the working dinner .
In order to do your job well , it’s important to sometimes see clients and business contacts away 31 the office . In a more relaxed atmosphere , you can get to know your business partner 32. In the end , after all , people do business with people they like .
Women start out 33 a disadvantage because . unless you’re Nancy Lopez or Martina Navratilova , it’s 34 to invite men out for a game of golf or tennis . Men usually prefer 35 play sports with other men .
You might think that restaurants are the perfect playing field . But they can be dangerous ground . 36 people from the office see two men they know having dinner together , they think it’s business . If colleagues see a woman dining with a man , they often 37 if it’s another kind of business .
I’m still looking 38 the perfect solution . Breakfasts are out because I find it impossible to the pleasant at 7 a.m .over a bowl of muesli . I love lunching , but that’s usually a bad time for busy people , 39 if they are on the road. So that bring us back to dinner.
One answer is to take another colleague or client to dinner 40 no one can think it is a tete-a tete. Of course, this isn’t always convenient. The more your colleagues see you doing working dinners with different men, the more they know it is part your business style.
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America’s first lady of software
Four such a wealthy couple , Pam Lopker and husband Karl live in modest style . They have a house overlooking the ocean in California , a nanny and a cleaning lady who comes in once a week . ‘We live a long way below our means ,’ says Lopker .
An obsessive timekeeper , Lopker rise at 5:15 a.m .every day and either goes for a long run 31 to he gym . She returns home at 7:10 a.m. 32 to wake her two children-a boy of 10 and a girl of 8-and prepare their breakfast . She then drops them off at school 33 her way to work .
By the time she arrives at the headquarters of QAD it is already 8:30 Her day is usually full 34 meetings , either to do with marketing , strategy or sales .
Customers or potential customers come to her office at least three times a week , 35 she tries to sell them QAD’s products . She gave 36 designing programs in 1990 , but she still takes an interest in technical work done by her research staff .
Lopker leaves the office 6:30 p.m .every day in time to be home to see her children at 7:p.m. Her husband leaves the office at 6:p.m. since he makes supper the family most evenings . It is important that the family eats together , says Lopker .
In the evening she spends time the children , playing games or rending . Television was for the children last year-her son , she says , was spending too much time watching it and not enough doing his homework . Her son is , however , still allowed to play on the computer and on his Nintendo machine .
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Worried Spanish lemon growers have set up a special commission to try to solve the problem of a declining market and competition from non-EC countries , in both Europe and South America .
This move comes 31 exports last fell by 33000 tonnes , leaving an estimated 69000 tonnes of fruit on the trees . In the 32 period countries like Turkey-selling in the winter-and Argentina- selling during the summer-have increased their volumes from 40000 33 55000 tonnes .
The Spanish organization has 15 members , drawn from industry associations, cooperatives and the trade in the Murcia and Valencia regions, 34 produce almost 90% of the total Spanish crop. Jaime Tlglesias the co-ordinator of the commission said, 35 a press conference in Nuevo Castillo, that it will co-operate 36 other sectors, in particular the orange growers and the olive producers, but that it will hold independent views.
37 not yet legally recognized, the commission has already drawn up a series of 38 .These include proposals to extend the season, cut production costs and improve quality. 39 the marketing side it has called for lemons to be included in the CAP(Common Agricultural Policy) with Community preference. It also wants an EC promotional campaign.
Its recommendations will be presented to the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and the Andalusian government 40 the next few weeks.
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Commercial Banks
the end of May 1995,China has 15 commercial banks, the International Business reported.
Eight of these are 32 nationwide. They are: the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, the Bank of China, the People’s Construction Bank of China, the Communications Bank, the CITIC Industrial Bank, the China Everbright Bank and the Huaxia Bank.
There are six 33 shareholding banks. They are: the Guandong Deveopment Bank, the Shenzhen Development Bank, the Fuzhou Industrial Bank, the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and the Hainan Development Bank.
Apart 34 these, there is the 35 of the People’s Construction Bank of China, the China Investment Bank and two housing deposit banks. They are fully 36 by the People’s Bank of China.
To add 37 the 15, the Minsheng Banking Corp was set up in January 1996. It is now the 38 non-State bank.
Five foreign banks have so far been 39 to run branch offices in Beijing. Here is a 40 of them:
● Bank of Tokyo Tel [phone]
● Citibank of the United States Tel [phone]
● Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Tel [phone]
● Nanyang Commercial Bank Tel [phone]
● Industrial Bank of Japan Tel [phone]
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Tourism Thailand
In 1997 there were over 7 million visitors to Thailand. There were more independent travelers (up 4.5% on last year) 31 people on group tours (down 4.7%).
The largest number of visitors was 32 East Asia. 78% of group tour travelers and 51% of 33 travellers were from countries such as Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. The second largest number of tourists 34 from Europe: 14% of group tour visitors and 27% of independent travelers, 35 the largest number coming from France and Germany. The smallest number of visitors was from Africa. 0.4% of group visitors and 0.9% of independent travellers were from African countries, and 36 half of those were from South Africa.
There were changes 37 the numbers of visitors from different countries, Visitors from Argentina were up by 53% for group tours and 26% 38 independent travellers. The number of visitors from Bangladesh was 39 there were 70% fewer group tour visitors and 48% fewer independent travelers than last year. The number of visitors from Sweden was up 40 24% for group tours and 15% for independent travelers.
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TEAM-BUILDING THROUGH ACTIVITIES
Nowadays, company bosses are increasingly trying to find unusual team-building events as part their training programme. An activity park (29)……Fast-track has just opened to offer (30)……events. It specialises (31)……events to attract the corporate entertainment market (32)……is growing all the time.
The park is situated just a few kilometers outside the city center (33)……it provides events that (34)……entertain as well as train .
Clients can try outdoor attractions such as sailing or climbing (35)……availability clearly depends entirely (36)……the weather . Activities of (37)……kind are perfect team-building exercises .
“I’d (38)……been to an activity park before”, explained James Black, a company manager. “Before we came , I didn’t think we (39)……enjoy ourselves so much and I didn’t expect the huge difference that Fast-track’s programme has (40)……to my team . Now we work better together than we did before .
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