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Some years ago, Pioneer Hi-bred International, where I was
employed, purchased Norand Corporation. Pioneer’s sales representatives used
Norand hand-held terminals to upload daily sales information and download new
price and sales incentive information. Pioneer bought so many of these hand-held
terminals, the economics made the purchase of Norand look interesting. 61)
{{U}}Owning Norand also allowed Pioneer to explore high-technology markets outside
agriculture. {{/U}}
But after several years, the emerging laptop
PC technology made the hand-held units out-of-date. Pioneer sold Norand at a
loss. 62) {{U}}Pioneer always took a given percent of the annual profits to divide
equally among all employees, so our profit-sharing checks were lower than if
Pioneer had not purchased Norand. Additionally, my Pioneer stock was lower than
it had been before the purchase of Norand. I was not pleased. {{/U}}
63) {{U}}The CEO of Pioneer, Tom Urban made an
[单项选择]Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them; often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.
Of course sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed need for changes. Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore. At such times, there were inquiries into the causes of the disaster or the problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries; however, the new rule; came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously iii.
Today many gov
A. conditions in the work place
B. the freedom of industries in the past
C. changes in industrial production
D. the safety and health of workers and customers
[单项选择]Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the 50-yard dash. 1 went up one day to politely inquire. "No,nobody’s making noise here, "the husband and wife both insisted. " It must be coming from elsewhere in the building. " Two children about five years old, each holding soccer balls, stood right beside their parents. " Could the thumping be your kids running around, perhaps playing soccer " I asked. "Oh no, we never let the kids play in the house. "
For months, the pattern continued: the thumping and jumping above, our delicate check-in, the denial. It got so that every time I saw the couple, I glared without a word of greeting.When they moved out of the building, the thumping stopped.
I suppose I could have forgiven my neighbors and spared them the glare. After all, forgiveness is in a trend advocated by best-selling books, foundations and research institutes. The notion has gone well beyond sp
A. careless
B. dishonest
C. ignorant
D. immodest