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Compared with IBM, Microsoft is a mere young company. Founded in 1975, it rose swiftly to dominate the world of personal computing with its Windows operating system and Office suite of word-processing and other productivity tools. But the company is now showing some worrying signs of middle-age fatigue. In particular, it is struggling to find a growth strategy that will enthuse disappointed shareholders.
Complaint are understandable. Since Steve Ballmer took over from Bill Gates as chief executive in 2000, Microsoft’s share price has decreased and the company has lost its reputation as a tech trend-setter. It has been left behind in hot areas such as search and social networking by younger companies, some of which love to thumb their noses at their older rival. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, recently proclaimed that leadership in the tech world had passed from Microsoft and others to a "Gang of Four" fast-growing, consumer-oriented busines
A. Microsoft’s revenue is on a dramatic decline
B. people have a bleak view of Microsoft’s future
C. Microsoft kept pace with IBM in terms of sales
D. Microsoft once surpassed IBM in many aspects

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Compared with IBM, Microsoft is a mere young company. Founded in 1975, it rose swiftly to dominate the world of personal computing with its Windows operating system and Office suite of word-processing and other productivity tools. But the company is now showing some worrying signs of middle-age fatigue. In particular, it is struggling to find a growth strategy that will enthuse disappointed shareholders.
Complaint are understandable. Since Steve Ballmer took over from Bill Gates as chief executive in 2000, Microsoft’s share price has decreased and the company has lost its reputation as a tech trend-setter. It has been left behind in hot areas such as search and social networking by younger companies, some of which love to thumb their noses at their older rival. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, recently proclaimed that leadership in the tech world had passed from Microsoft and others to a "Gang of Four" fast-growing, consumer-oriented busines
A. will prevail over Microsoft
B. challenge Microsoft’s prestige
C. bring down Microsoft’s share price
D. show contempt for Microsoft

[简答题]For two candidates
Staff Relocation
Your company needs to relocate several members of staff to a new branch opening in another part of the country．You have been asked to submit ideas on how to make relocation attractive for staff．
Discuss，and decide together：
·which types of financial incentives the company could offer to staff
·what；nformation staft would need to know about the new location．
For three candidates
Staff Relocation
Your company needs to relocate several members of staff to a new branch opening in another part of the country．You have been asked to submit ideas on how to make relocation attractive for staff．
Discuss，and decide together：
·which types of financial incentives the company could offer to staff
·what other types of incentives might be important
·what information staff would need to know about the new loCation．
Follow-on questions
·What other assistance mig

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When companies do business overseas．they come in contact with people frOm different cultures．These individuals often speak different languages and have their own particular custom and manners．These differences can create problems．For example，in France， business meetings begin promptly at the designated time and everyone is expected to be there．Foreign business people who are tardy are often left outside to be kept waiting as a means of letting them know the importance of promptness．Unless one is aware of such unexpected behaviors．he may end up insulting the people with whom he hopes to establish trade relations.
A second traditional problem is that of monetary conversions. For example, if a transaction is conducted with Russia, payment may be made in rubles. Of course, this currency is of little value to the American firm. It is, therefore, necessary to convert the foreign currency to American
A. Cultures in different countries may help establishing trade relations.
B. Companies can do business overseas without paying attention to different cultures
C. Misunderstanding in international trade may result from different cultures.

[单项选择]The terrorists kidnapped the director of the company and demanded a large sums of money for his（　）.
A. liberty
B. relief
C. relaxation
D. release

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Large, multinational corporations may be the companies whose ups and downs seize headlines. But to a far greater extent than most Americans realize, the economy’s vitality depends on the fortunes of tiny shops and restaurants, neighborhood services and factories. Small businesses, defined as those with fewer than 100 workers, now employ nearly 60 percent of the work force and are expected to generate half of all new jobs between now and the year 2000. Some 1.2 million small firms have opened their doors over the past six years of economic growth, and 1989 will see an additional 200,000 entrepreneurs striking off on their own.
Too many of these pioneers, however, will blaze ahead unprepared. Idealists will overestimate the clamor for their products or fail to factor in the competition. Nearly everyone will underestimate, often fatally, the capital that success requires. Midcareer executives, forced by a takeover or a restructuring to quit the corporation and find ano
A. more than 60
B. more than 51
C. more than 2,310
D. more than 2,400