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Here’s a tale of two companies. Both are foreign owned, and both are embroiled in scandals involving allegations of sexual harassment. Company A is confronted with the problem and punishes top execs. Company B stonewalls and mounts an aggressive campaign to discredit its accusers and portray itself as a victim of slander.
(41)For business schools looking for a few good case studies in damage control, last week was about as good as it gets. One was Swedish pharmaceuticals company Astra USA, a maker of asthma medications and the popular anesthetic Xylocaine. Facing similar charges, Mitsubishi Motor manufacturing of America opted for in-your-face denial. Who did it right It’s too soon to know for sure. Astra’s strategy may seem smarter. Financially speaking, at least, one can see why Mitsubishi is reluctant to issue a public mea culpa. Fessing up could expose it to as much as $200 million in damages.
Such controversies are no rarity these days. The

[填空题]Here’s a tale of two companies. Both are foreign owned, and both are embroiled in scandals involving allegations of sexual harassment. Company A is confronted with the problem and punishes top execs. Company B stonewalls and mounts an aggressive campaign to discredit its accusers and portray itself as a victim of slander.
(41)For business schools looking for a few good case studies in damage control, last week was about as good as it gets. One was Swedish pharmaceuticals company Astra USA, a maker of asthma medications and the popular anesthetic Xylocaine. Facing similar charges, Mitsubishi Motor manufacturing of America opted for in-your-face denial. Who did it right It’s too soon to know for sure. Astra’s strategy may seem smarter. Financially speaking, at least, one can see why Mitsubishi is reluctant to issue a public mea culpa. Fessing up could expose it to as much as $200 million in damages.
Such controversies are no rarity these days. The Equal Employment Opportunity c

[填空题]HERE’S A TALE OF TWO COMPANIES. Both are foreign owned, both are embroiled in scandals are foreign owned, both are embroiled in scandals involving allegations of sexual harassment. Company A is confronted with the problem and punishes top execs. Company B stonewalls and mounts an aggressive campaign to discredit its accusers and portray itself as a victim of corporate slander.
(41) For business schools looking for a few good case studies in damage control, last week was about as good as it gets. One was Swedish pharmaceuticals company Astra USA, a maker of asthma medications and the popular anesthetic Xylocaine. Facing similar charges, Mitsubishi Motor manufacturing of America opted for in your-face denial. Who did it right It’s too soon to know for sure. Astra’s strategy may seem smarter. Financially speaking, at least, one can see why Mitsubishi is reluctant to issue a public mea culpa. Fessing up could expose it to as much as $ 200 million in damages.
Such controver

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Here’s a tale of two companies. Both are foreign owned, and both are embroiled in scandals involving allegations of sexual harassment. Company A is confronted with the problem and punishes top execs. Company B stonewalls and mounts an aggressive campaign to discredit its accusers and portray itself as a victim of slander.
(41)For business schools looking for a few good case studies in damage control, last week was about as good as it gets. One was Swedish pharmaceuticals company Astra USA, a maker of asthma medications and the popular anesthetic Xylocaine. Facing similar charges, Mitsubishi Motor manufacturing of America opted for in-your-face denial. Who did it right It’s too soon to know for sure. Astra’s strategy may seem smarter. Financially speaking, at least, one can see why Mitsubishi is reluctant to issue a public mea culpa. Fessing up could expose it to as much as $200 million in damages.
Such controversies are no rarity these days. The

[填空题]In his great Victorian novel A Tale of Two Cites, Charles Dickens begins his story with these well - known lines:
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... , it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going the other way.
______ In fact he was just stating some facts about the way people view time and events differently.

• A. The English language is loaded with phrases that express the value of time.
• B. It is a good idea to take a close look at the fascinating concept of time, and examine how it is treated differently in America by various cultures and in different situations.
• C. Regions, groups, organizations, and individuals all have their own concepts of how to view time.
• D. No matter how we want to loo
  

[单项选择]The novel of A Tale of Two Cites is about a story that happened in the time of the（）
A. Napoleonic Wars
B. British Civil War
C. French Revolution
D. World War Ⅱ

[简答题]Passage Two
Earthquakes
leave both her and the bath water intact.

[单项选择]What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers（）
A. Classmates.
B. Colleagues.
C. Husband and wife.
D. Professor and student.