[填空题]A surprisingly large number of companies still regard training as an expensive luxury In spite of such objectives, a training course can be very successful in meeting future needs. Not surprisingly, all surveys conducted in this field have shown that the companies with the largest budgets for training are usually far more successful than those with small training budgets.
In spite of such surveys, too many business people remain suspicious of the need for training (8) Even where there is an emphasis on training, the whole question of sending people on courses is often mishandled (9) Although they seem happy to spend their company’s money, they neglect to ask essential questions about the relevance of a particular course for their company.
Some managers specify the type of course they want for a company employee but it is usually far too general (10) However, this does not imply that every successful training course should meet only

[填空题]A surprisingly large number of companies still regard training as an expensive luxury In spite of such objectives, a training course can be very successful in meeting future needs. Not surprisingly, all surveys conducted in this field have shown that the companies with the largest budgets for training are usually far more successful than those with small training budgets.
In spite of such surveys, too many business people remain suspicious of the need for training (8) Even where there is an emphasis on training, the whole question of sending people on courses is often mishandled (9) Although they seem happy to spend their company’s money, they neglect to ask essential questions about the relevance of a particular course for their company.
Some managers specify the type of course they want for a company employee but it is usually far too general (10) However, this does not imply that every successful training course should meet only

[填空题]Few large cities still remain ______ (pollute).

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A number of business people still believe that information is power and constantly question how (29) people need to know. As a result, they tell employees (30) as much as they think is essential (31) them to do particular jobs. Furthermore, (32) business people have been taught (33) to communicate effectively and (34) they communicate very badly at all levels.
Recent research shows that (35) most serious problems experienced by modern business are communication (36) Research has also shown that there is a clear link (37) good communication in a business and the motivation of the employees.
Newsletters and notices are not (38) It is the attitude and behavior of business managers which (39) all the difference. Unfortunately, at present, a lot of employees do not believe all the information they receive from their managers (40) they feel that the managers thems
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B. to
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A number of foreign words still look like foreign words; these are often expressions which were originally used by people who wanted to sound particularly well educated. (61) It was the desire to be scholarly that brought about a wave of Latin terms which appeared in the 16th century when the Humanist movement brought new impetus to learning throughout Europe. Abbreviations such as e.g. (from the Latin meaning a voluntary example); PS (meaning "added after the letter has been written); a.m. and p.m. (meaning "before noon" and "after noon") came into the language at this time. 62) Nowadays they are so common that most people don’t even know what the letters actually stand for, and there’s certainly nothing learned about using them today!
In addition to the words brought to English by foreigners, there are plenty of words which the British have collected from the countries they have settled in all over the world. 63) The