[单项选择]Ricky Bland criticises UK employers for（　）.
A. the total amount of money spent on training.
B. the way they allocate budgets.
C. the quality of the training provided.

[单项选择]Ricky Bland expects that pressure for improved training in fast-food restaurants will come from（　）
A. job applicants.
B. managers.
C. customers.

[单项选择]According to Ricky Bland, why is it necessary to improve training in the UK（　）.
A. to equal the quality of training in other countries
B. to satisfy the demand from workers
C. to raise productivity levels

[单项选择]Ricky Bland expects that the government will soon（　）.
A. give every worker a fixed amount of training.
B. look at the qualifications that currently exist.
C. provide grants for certain types of training.

[单项选择]Ricky Bland believes that the government should（　）.
A. give companies additional financial benefits for providing training.
B. set up bodies to organise sector-wide training schemes.
C. introduce new qualifications for Iow-skilled staff.

[单项选择]Ricky Bland claims that fast-food restaurants differ from expensive ones with regard to（　）
A. the degree of job satisfaction.
B. the quality of the staff.
C. the opportunities for promotion.

[单项选择]What point does Ricky Bland make about the fast-food industry（　）.
A. Its attitude to staff development is often misunderstood.
B. It has difficulty recruiting suitable staff.
C. It invests more in technology than in staff.

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[填空题]Japanese employers believe that moving professinals within companies and listening to workers’ views leads to ______.

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Private employers drastically cut job creation during May 2010，according to a government report released on Friday．
Initially，the report appeared to show positive trends in the job market，with 431，000 jobs being added across the US-the highest figure since March 2000．On the surface the employment figures look great，but that beauty was only skin-deep．Within the private sector，only 41，000 jobs were created． (9) Although the 411，000 people hired by the Census did help to boost the economy and drive down unemployment rates，these jobs will no longer exist after the Census has been completed． (10)
The survey also revealed that the number of persons employed part-time for economic reasons declined by 343，000 in May to 8.8 million． (11) And now that private employers have cut job creation so severely，it seems this trend is set to continue for some time．

[单项选择]Exercise Lowers Employers’ Health Costs
Companies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their employees to exercise a little bit, researchers reported on Friday.
They said obese (肥胖的) employees had higher health-care costs, but lowered those expenses by exercising just a couple of times a week — without even losing any weight.
Feifei Wang and colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23,500 workers at General Motors.
They estimated that getting the most sedentary (惯于久坐的) obese workers to exercise would have saved about $790,000 a year, or about 1.5I percent of health-care costs for the whole group.
Company-wide, the potential savings could reach $7.1 million per year, they reported in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Of the whole group of workers, about 30 percent were of normal weight, 45 percent were overweight (超重的), and 25 percent were obese. Annual health-care costs averaged $2,200 for normal
A. By taking more rest.
B. By eating less.
C. By exercising a little bit.
D. By saving more money.

[单项选择]The Employers and Manufacturers Association is proud to present the Workforce and Employment Issues workshop series. The series, which will be run for the first time this year, aims to help EMA members work through problems and concerns over managing their workforce. Whether you need to hire employees or lay them off, encourage a more dynamic workplace culture or clamp down on conflict, this series will have the information that you need.
The workshops will be held in the evenings to give EMA members the best chance to attend. Individual workshops will be run by experienced professionals and expert presenters. Moreover, they will be very flexible and interactive in nature, allowing plenty of time for audience participation and discussion. The program is outlined below: