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阅读练习试卷1

(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. PART ONE 2. PART TWO 3. PART THREE

PART ONE

A. Management Trainee 1. No major restriction, graduate students of Top

Universities in China who are in Grade Two are preferred. 2. Good communication

and coordinate skills, high teamwork spirit, ability to work under pressure and to

solve problems. 3. Strong organizing and planning skills and ability to set priorities,

independent and hard working, eager to learn. 4. Self-motivated individual with

clear personal and professional goals. 5. Proficiency in both written and spoken

Mandarin and English. 6. Proficiently use office software (Word, Excel, Power

Point, etc.). B. IT Supporter 1. Good written and oral English. At least CET-6.

2. Should have an IT background. 3. Have a good command on web page design,

which is the most important of all. 4. And also should have some experience on

database, for we need you to build a database collection system. C. Office

Administrator 1. University degree in Administration or relevant disciplines. 2.

Fluent in both oral and written English, CET-6 certificate holder is preferred. 3.

Extensive knowledge of business English, spelling, punctuation, and arithmetic,

modern office. 4. Must be able to apply modern secretarial techniques and

practices in completing work assignments. 5. Mature and strong, independent

working capability. 6. Bright and energetic attitude towards work, and self-starter

with amazing creativity. 7. Self-confidence, self-esteem with strong interpersonal

skills. 8. Flexible and open-minded, team-working spirit, can work under pressure.

9. Good command of computer knowledge—Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, etc.

D. Public Relations Assistant 1. 2nd year graduate. 2. Media, English Major or

Chinese Major with good English. 3. Relevant intern experience expected. 4.

Actively participate in extracurriculum.

1． The job requires the applicants to pass CET-

正确答案：B 涉及知识点：阅读

2． The job includes a lot of secretarial work.

正确答案：C 涉及知识点：阅读

3． The job calls for good acquaintance of building database.

正确答案：B 涉及知识点：阅读

4． The job doesn’t have any definition on the major of applicants.

正确答案：A 涉及知识点：阅读

5． The job needs the applicants to have passion for taking part in activities.

正确答案：D 涉及知识点：阅读

6． The job asks the applicants to have good command of Mandarin.

正确答案：A 涉及知识点：阅读

7． The job may be related with some math knowledge.

正确答案：C 涉及知识点：阅读

PART TWO

Acknowledging that demand for its controversial stock sale was weaker

than it thought, 【B1】______ .The popular Internet search engine e-mailed investors

registered to bid on its shares that it priced the initial public offering at $85 a share.

That was the low end of the new expected range, which was already reduced from

$135. Also, 【B2】______ , and several big shareholders said they would not sell

anything in the upshot, rather than raising $3.1 billion in what would have

been the 13th biggest initial public offering, the sale would raise just $1.7 billion—

【B3】______ .Under the symbol GOOG, Google is expected to begin trading on the

Nasdaq -founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who would have been

worth $4.6 billion midway in the original IPO range, saw the value of their post-sale

stakes shrink to $3.2 billion. Still, 【B4】______ . A series of missteps by Google

and renewed turmoil in tech stocks proved a powerful problem for what has been

billed as the most anticipated IPO since the tech bubble burst. “Google has stumbled

badly out of the gate, even before it was out of the gate,” says David Garrity of

research firm Caris & Co. Late Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange

Commission granted Google’s request to certify the IPO, after delaying the offering

24 hours. Separately, Google said the SEC was investigating whether its co-founders

had violated “quiet period” rules. Soon after the SEC decision, 【B5】______ .Despite

the blemishes, the IPO is another big accomplishment for the company. Started less

than six years ago, Google has thrived letting consumers search the Internet for free

while it charges advertisers for putting links on its Web site. A. that would rank

them near 50th on the Forbes richest Americans list B. Google’s two founders cut

in half the number of shares they expected to sell as part of the offering C. Google

on Wednesday slashed the price and size of its much-hyped IPO D. which would

rank Google in the top 5 IPOs E. Google closed the unusual auction for its shares

and notified winning bidders F. Google began to sell its shares at the price of $105

a share G. which would not even rank it in the top 25 IPOs H. Google decided

to size down its number of employees

8． 【B1】______

正确答案：C 涉及知识点：阅读

9． 【B2】______

正确答案：B 涉及知识点：阅读

10． 【B3】______

正确答案：G 涉及知识点：阅读

11． 【B4】______

正确答案：A 涉及知识点：阅读

12． 【B5】______

正确答案：E 涉及知识点：阅读

PART THREE

Australian energy company Alinta Ltd. reported a 62.5 percent rise in

first-half net profit on Thursday, driven by strong retail gas demand, and lifted its

full-year earnings outlook by as much as 27 percent. Investors applauded the

result, driving Alinta shares up 5. 6. percent to about a 5-month high of A $6.81.

Alinta, whose $1.24 billion purchase of U. S. -based Duke Energy Corp’s Asia-Pacific

power assets in March transformed it from Western Australia’s biggest gas retailer and

distributor into a national player, said acquisitions would remain a key part of its

growth strategy.”We’ll continue anywhere from 20—100 percent

ownership, but more importantly the operational rights and fees that go with that for

operating these assets,” Alinta Chief Executive Officer Bob Browning told a briefing.

Alinta said net profit for the 6 months ended June 30 was A $45.6 million ($32.8

million), up from A $28.1 million. “The consensus for the full year was around A $62

million and they’ve more or less blown that out of the water with their guidance for

the next half,” said Patersons Securities analyst Rob Brierley. When it bought

the Duke operations, Alinta said calendar 2004 earnings per share would be 27.6 cents

a share and flagged a dividend of 38 cents a Thursday, it lifted that

forecast.”Given the strong first-half performance by Alinta, the full-year forecast has

now been adjusted to 32—35 cents diluted EPS (earnings per share) for the full 2004

financial year,” Alinta said, adding full-year dividends would be 40 to 42 cents a share.

It said the target excludes a one-off gain on the sale of telecommunications group

ng said Alinta was seeking a 20—25 percent stake in the

Dampier-to-Bunbury pipeline in Western Australia state and would team up with

Macquarie Bank Ltd. and Alcoa Inc. to lodge a bid by the Aug. 27 deadline.

“The majority of the ownership would, be held by Macquarie and ultimately DUET,”

Browning told Reuters, referring to a A $565 million utility investment fund partly

managed by Macquarie and Alcoa are two of the biggest customers for

the gas pipeline, which is controlled by U. S. -based Epic Energy but fell into

receivership in April after creditors owed A $1.85 billion ended a debt standstill.

Epic is controlled by America’s largest natural gas pipeline operator, El Paso Corp.

and U. S. utility giant Dominion Resources Inc..Browning said Alinta had no

immediate plans to sell any of the Duke assets—comprising 2,300 km (1,380 miles)

of pipelines and 450 megawatts of thermal power generation—and was looking at

ways to leverage them and grow profits. By early afternoon Alinta shares had

eased off their highs to stand 5 percent higher at A $6.77 in a slightly firmer overall

market. ($1=A $1.39)

13． The net profit of. Alinta in the first half of last year was ______ .

A．A $62 million

B．A $45.6 million

C．A $28.1 million

D．A $27 million

正确答案：C 涉及知识点：阅读

14． The successful acquisition in March made Alinta ______ .

A．Western Australian’s largest corporation of its kind

B．Australian’s largest corporation of its kind

C．Australian’s important corporation of its kind

D．Asia-Pacific important corporation of its kind

正确答案：C 涉及知识点：阅读

15． According to Bob Browning, acquisitions will be based on the fact that

operational rights and fees must ______ operated assets.

A．be equal to

B．be superior to

C．be inferior to

D．have nothing to do with

正确答案：A 涉及知识点：阅读

16． The full-year dividends of Alinta, because of its excellent performance in

the first-half year, have recently been increased by ______ .

A．62.5 percent

B．27 percent

C．20—25 percent

D．8 percent

正确答案：D 涉及知识点：阅读

17． Which of the following sentence is not true?

A．A bid will be lodged by Alinta, Macquarie Bank and Alcoa as late as Aug

27th.

B．The ownership of the utility is controlled by Alinta.

C．If a company owes A $1.85 billion to another, it will pronounce bankruptcy.

D．Duke assets may bring profits for Alinta.

正确答案：B 涉及知识点：阅读

18． What is the topic of this passage?

A．The excellent performance and outlook of Alinta.

B．Alinta’s acquisition.

C．An investment in utility.

D．The adjustment of Alinta’s objectives.

正确答案：A 涉及知识点：阅读