[单项选择]Though managers of commercial shellfish beds in many countries monitor the presence of pollutants using mice, this method is ethically______and too expensive for many developing countries, small operations or amateur fishermen.
A. (A) lucid
B. (B) inchoate
C. (C) pessimistic
D. (D) preemptive
E. (E) contentious

[单项选择]Though these plots against our organization are malignant growths, we have no right to______them by methods as unkind to random bystanders as radiation may be to healthy tissue.
A. (A) sublimate
B. (B) extirpate
C. (C) irradiate
D. (D) desiccate
E. (E) exfoliate

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Industrial production managers coordinate the resources and activities required to produce millions of goods every year in the United Sates. Although their duties vary from plant to plant, industrial production managers share many of the same major responsibilities. These responsibilities include production scheduling, staffing, procurement and maintenance of equipment, quality control, inventory control, and the coordination of production activities with those of other departments.
The primary mission of industrial production managers is planning the production schedule within budgetary limitations and time constraints. They do this by analyzing the plant’s personnel and capital resources to select the best way of meeting the production quota. Industrial production managers determine, often using mathematical formulas, which machines will be used, whether new machines need to be purchased, whether overtime or extra shifts are necessary, and what the sequence of pro
A. every machine be utilized to its fullest capability
B. problems be corrected at once whenever they arise
C. work shifts be arranged to yield the highest productivity
D. the optimal staffing and budgeting arrangement be made

[单项选择]The performance of professional money managers taken as a whole has been:（）
A. below average.
B. above average.
C. better than a simple buy and hold strategy.

[单项选择]The passage suggests that bank managers failed to consider whether or not the service improvement mentioned ______.

[单项选择]What advantages does the writer say managers have over other workers
A. They cannot lost their jobs.
B. They get time off to attend courses.
C. They can work at whatever interests them.
D. They can make their own decisions.

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Text 4 The majority of successful senior managers do not closely follow the classical rational model of first clarifying goals, assessing the problem, formulating options, estimating likelihood of success, making a decision, and only then taking action to implement the decision. Rather, in their day-by-day tactical activities, these senior executives rely on what is vaguely termed "intuition" to manage a network of interrelated problems that require them to deal with ambiguity, inconsistency, novelty, and surprise; and to integrate action into the process of thinking. Generations of writers on management have recognized that some practicing managers rely heavily on intuition. In general, however, such writers display a poor grasp of what intuition is. Some see it as the opposite of rationality; others view it as an excuse of capriciousness. Isenberg’s recent research on the cognitive processes of senior managers reveals that managers’ intuition is nei
A. a manager analyzes a series of problems and then acts on that analysis.
B. a manager gathers data by acting and then observes the effects of action.
C. action and analysis in managerial practice invariably occur simultaneously.
D. a manager takes action, being able to clarify reasons for that action.

[单项选择]Employers pay high salaries to IT managers because （）.
A. they work hard
B. they are excellent leaders
C. they help improve the companies’ products
D. they are key factors to their success

[单项选择] Managers need to monitor inflation trends so they can make good _______.
A. decisive
B. decisions
C. decide
D. decided

[单项选择]The fund managers had doubts about Google because of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. its high share valuation.
B. the unfavorable timing.
C. its method of share selling.
D. the comedown of its growth rate.