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________ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed.
A) As
B) That
C) It
D) What
________ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed.
A) As
B) That
C) It
D) What
&8226;Read the text below about supplier.
&8226;In most of the lines 41-52, there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some. lines, however, are correct.
&8226;If a line is correct, write CORRECT.
&8226;if there is an extra word in the tine, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS.
41. Developments in the "suppliers" environment can have a substantial effect on
42. the company's marketing operations. Marketing managers need to watch at price trends
43. of their key outputs. Rising costs of sugar or cocoa may be force Hershey to raise its
44. prices or shrink its candy-bar sizes, neither step probably hurting Hershey's
45. sales. Marketing managers are equally concerned with supply availability. In supply
46. shortages, labor strikes, and other events can prevent with fulfilling delivery promises
47. and lose sales in the short run and damage customer goodwill in the long run.
48. Many companies prefer to buy multiple sources to avoid being depending from a
49. single supplier who might raise prices or limit supply. Company purchasing agents
50. try to build long term on relationships with key suppliers. In times of shortage,
51. purchasing agents find that they have to "market" their company to suppliers
52. in order to obtain his preferential supplies.
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听力原文:W: Good morning. Housing Office. How can I help you?
M: Hi, I'm calling about the new subsidized, low-cost housing for graduate students.
W: Are you aware that it's only available to married graduate students and their families?
M: Yes, I think my wife and I may qualify, since she's still in graduate school. But I was wondering whether there were any other requirements.
W: Well, unless you have more than one child, you have to have a combined annual income that's less than fifteen thousand dollars.
M: I'm working as a part-time research assistant, so that's no problem! But right now we're living with my wife's parents. Does that mean we'd have to include their income, too?
W: Not necessarily. Why don't you stop by our office, so I can give you some forms to fill out and ex plain everything in more detail.
M: The sounds like a good idea. Would tomorrow morning be all right?
W: The afternoon might be better. It can be pretty crazy around here on a Friday morning.
M: All right then, I'll try to make it in the afternoon. Is there anyone special I should ask for?
W: You can ask for me, Susan Davidson, or my assistant, Bill Brown.
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A.To make an appointment to look at a house.
B.To get information about special housing.
C.To ask about getting a loan to buy a house.
D.To renew his housing contract.
When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandma's generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday-best.
But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware-and-stainless in formality, with dresses assumig an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times.
Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is 'eliminating 1,000 jobs--one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.
Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company "has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend" toward casual dining. Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are single or they eat in front of television.
Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it' s better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates in the family room than to wait for the perfect moment or a "real" dinner party. Too often, the perfect moment new ex comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Polish the silver? Who has time?
Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette that children might once have learned at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents (" Chew with your mouth dosed." "Keep your elbows off the table.") must be picked up elsewhere. Some companies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be competent professionally but clueless socially.
The trend toward casual dining has resulted in ().
A.bankruptcy of fine china manufacturers
B.shrinking of the pottery industry
C.restructuring of large enterprises
D.economic recession in Great Britain
A.One fourth of the respondents.
B.Nearly all respondents.
C.400
D.1600