学校 班级 学号 姓名______________________ ???????????????装???????????????订?????????????线??????????????? 淄博职业学院2009-2010学年第二学期 《大学英语》期末考试试卷（A卷）
使用班级：P09国际商务班 命题教师：焦雯
考核方式：闭卷考试 考试时间：100分钟 题号 应得分 实得分 一 二 三
得分 四 …… 总分 一、 阅读理解
阅卷人 二 Leading from the Top
Catherine Bauer looks at career development in children’s book publishing
（第11题）To get on in the world of children’s book publishing, one needs to be ‘bright, nice and not ambitious’. 1 ( ) Managers in other industries would, by that age, be striving towards greater leadership challenges and rewards，while Human Resources departments would be doing all they could to prevent hungry competitors from getting hold of experienced and talented employees. Maintaining successful corporations and happy shareholders is, after all, dependent on using the talents and experience of one’s staff, not on being nice.
Career progression in the children’s sector of publishing seems to be determined almost by luck rather than a proper career structure or assessment of employees’ competencies. 2 ( ) She only became aware of a vacancy in public relations because her department was on the same floor as the publicity office. ‘I had already been promoted to manager in my department, but realized that any career development there would be limited. I decided to move sideways into PR, which was also where I felt my skills were more suited. I was lucky a position came up within the company.’
（第12题）Across the publishing houses, staff training or development is generally dependent on the approach taken by your immediate boss. Virginia Coutts, editorial director at Prodigy Publications, says, ‘This is fine if you happen to have one who is effective. When I started at Prodigy, I worked for Roger Gibbons. I
was in children’s fiction, but he also gave me some work on picture books and non-fiction, and that meant I gained experience in a range of areas. （第13题）He also made sure that new people didn’t come in, train and then move on. And it wasn’t a question of being here for three years or so before you got promoted.’
Not everyone has a similar experience with their manager, bur this is not surprising when one considers that few managers have themselves had any structured training. Mark Harlock, marketing manager at TR Publishers, says, ‘My job change into management was completely unsupported - my requests for training took months, and by the time they were approved, the need had passed. Yes, you learn on the job, but how much more constructive for all involved if it happens in a structured way. （第14题）Surely this would speed up the learning curve?’ 3 ( ) At Little Feet Publications, Barbara Foster has been overhauling the company’s training and career structure so that all employees have regular appraisals. ‘We are ahead of our competitors here at Little Feet, but even we are only beginning to scratch the surface .So far, there’s been little opposition to the appraisals, but there’s still loads to do ,and the results will not become clear for a few years yet .
Perhaps the industry should consider itself lucky to have so many dedicated managers who have, through a combination of chance and determination, successfully developed their careers in publishing. Clearly it now needs to review what is being done to develop, train and reward the next generation of bosses. 4 ( ) But such changes can only come from the very top.
PartⅠ Choose the best sentence below to fill each of the gaps. There is a spare sentence that fits none of the gap.
A. However there are changes in the air.
B. Given this strong motivation to succeed, it is astonishing how bad most business books are.
C. Above all, the industry has to find more people with entrepreneurial spirits and push them into demanding roles, rather than make them serve their time at a junior level.
D. Those are the words of a 37-year-old manager who is thinking about leaving the industry.
E. Sarah Carter, for example, started her career as an assistant in the customer service department at William Davis Publishing.
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Part Ⅱ Choose the best answer for each question.
5、The writer says that, in comparison to publishing, other companies A are more concerned with pleasing their shareholders.
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B are more focused on achieving their goals.
C place greater importance on keeping their best managers. D work harder on interpersonal relationships.
6、Sarah Carter changed her job within William Davis Publishing because A the Public Relations department made it clear they wanted her. B she saw more long-term potential in public relations. C she did not want to relocate to another floor. D it represented a promotion for her.
7、Virginia Coutts says that when she first started at Prodigy Publications A she intended to move on quickly. B she had a wide range of skills.
C she had to do too many different jobs. D she had a good line manager.
8、What does Mark Harlock say about formal training? A it is faster than learning on the job.
B it should be based on the trainee’s specific needs.
C it is more often approved for managers than other employees. D it enables better working relationships to be built.
9、In using the words ‘scratch the surface’ in the fifth paragraph, Barbara Foster means that her actions
A have started something that will take a lot of work to complete
B have revealed big problems that will take a lot of work to complete. C may turn out to be unpopular with some employees. D may cause disputes with other publishers.
10、 In the final paragraph, the writer recommends that the publishing industry should
A encourage managers to delegate minor matters more often. B put pressure on directors to change the way they work. C look for people with business flair and good ideas. D spend more time training existing managers.
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得分 阅卷人 二、写作
Write a proposal for location facilities in Scotland.
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Part Ⅲ Translate the sentences into Chinese.
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