Some companies start to employ various methods to reveal more about their operations.

ities ever known. At the start of the information revolution, few would have guessed at just how widespread and profound the effect would be on society: today we can barely imagine life without modern information technology. Companies like Google, Yahoo! and Amazon are some of the most successful companies in the world. We are now at the start of the low carbon revolution and those that have started on their low carbon journey already are seeing benefits such as new markets and customers and reduced bills and risks.

Nowadays, some students have dropped off school to start their own enterprises. They have their own idol: Bill Gates who has left Harvard to devote his energy to Microsoft and became the leader of the software industry. But the actual situation is that many companies have opened are broken now. Should we encourage students to start their own enterprises？ Show your opinion and write an article of about 400 words on the following topic: Should College Students Start Enterprises during Their Studying Period？

In the fast part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

Some British supermarket companies are asking their warehouse

workers to wear small computers, calling "electronic tags". The 【M1】______

companies say that these tags will to help them to reduce costs 【M2】______

and increase the efficient delivery of goods and food to stores.

The system uses American satellite and radio technology

send messages to the workers. In a report Professor Blakemore 【M3】______

from the University of Durham said that the use of

these tags is making some workplaces more like prisons. 【M4】______

The technology arrived from the US at the start of the year

and more and more companies are using it. Almost 10,000

employees are using it to supply good to well-known British 【M5】______

supermarkets. Trade unionists representing workers are

worried that companies could use the technology to check

what workers are doing work. They are asking for special 【M6】______

measures to make sure that this does not happen.

Under the system, workers have to wore computers on 【M7】______

their wrists, arms and fingers, and sometimes they have to wear a

special vest contained a computer that instructs them 【M8】______

where go to collect goods from warehouse shelves. 【M9】______

The system also allowed the store to send orders to workers' computers. 【M10】______

【M1】

Most companies expect IT (Information Technology) managers to head an IT staff of computer technicians. But IT managers can also specialize in other areas. Some managers may also be responsible for keeping their company’s Internet safety. They protect both their company and their online customers from thieves.

Other managers focus more on the business rather than the technical part of computing. They become project managers, helping companies reach as many online customers as possible.

Some companies also look for IT managers who can act as trainers. These trainers help a company’s computer technicians keep up-to-date on computer skills.

Most companies require their IT managers to have both a bachelor’s degree and some experience in the computer field. Often, companies hire IT managers out of their existing staff of computer technicians.

Since IT managers are extremely important to companies’ success, it’s no surprise that they receive such high salaries – around US $56,000 a year to start with. And, in such a fast-changing field,

managers’ salaries usually increase after only a couple of years.

The world will be watching to see just how quickly e-commerce replaces the old ways of doing business. And as computers change the way the world does business, IT managers will be in the middle of it all. Few companies can survive without them.

Besides being the leader of computer technicians, IT managers are also expected to be ________.

(A) experienced product designers

(B) skilled online technicians

(C) doctorate holders

(D) online safety specialists

their own idol: Bill Gates who has left Harvard to devote his energy to Microsoft and became the leader of the software industry. But the actual situation is that many companies have opened are broken now. Should we encourage students to start their own enterprises？ Show your opinion and write an article of about 400 words on the following topic: Should College Students Start Enterprises during Their Studying Period？

In the fast part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

evelop one's sense of humor？

As people are fed up with lots of things in the workplace, it's healthy to create those humorous feelings. In fact, many companies now have humor rooms. In a dull moment, you may tell a funny story about something that you did. In general, real events are funnier than invented jokes. You may also show your boss or coworkers some business articles about humor—The Wall Street Journal and other publications have several such stories. Anything that makes you laugh—in print or on tape. But don't just be a consumer of humor—be a producer, too.

Start with humor and some funny stories that happened to you. The most important thing at work is to find someone who appreciates your humor. When you can laugh, somehow things don't feel so hopeless. The best humor accepts the unexpected side of things. Creativity is also strongly linked to humor. One of the exercises is to list 25 improvements for the standard. It's amazing how quickly people start to laugh as they think creatively and go for the unexpected. For example, "How about glass walls with huge fish behind them？ "

Management studies show that people with a good sense of humor are more likely to have raises and go further in companies than humorless people. Actually, humor is especially useful as a social lubricant (润滑剂) —in criticisms, complaints, etc. Humor reduces the threat and tension in any situation. Please put more humors in your work.

Many companies provide______and keep magazines with funny stories to help remove the tension of their employees.

tration says fifty percent of small businesses【C1】______in the first year and ninety-five percent fail within five years.

Many【C2】______believe one way to【C3】______their chance of success is to【C4】______an already【C5】______business【C6】______a franchise(特许经营权). A franchise provides a name and products that people know. One of the【C7】______franchising companies in the world,【C8】______, is McDonald's.

A person who wants to start a【C9】______must pay a【C10】______. This amount of money depends on【C11】______the franchising company【C12】______the new business to earn. To open a McDonald's franchise costs at least 500,000 dollars【C13】______fees. Franchise fees for some other companies are only a few thousand dollars.【C14】______, store space, goods and other things needed to operate a franchise may cost【C15】______.

Franchise buyers【C16】______pay a percentage of their earnings every year【C17】______the right to operate the business. They also must agree to pay for marketing efforts. A【C18】______of earnings【C19】______national advertising. Another percentage may go to local advertising.

Franchises are a very big kind of small business. Like any other kind of business,【C20】______, there is no guarantee of success.

【C1】

A．succeed

B．fail

C．prosper

D．run

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

People in some countries cannot use their native languages for Web addresses. Neither can Chinese speakers, who have to rely on pinyin. But last Friday, ICANN, the Web's governing body, approved the use of up to 16 languages for the new system. More will follow in the coming years.

The Internet is about to start using the 16 languages of the world. People will soon be able to use addresses in characters(字符) other than those of the Roman alphabet(字母表). The change will also allow the suffix(后缀) to be expressed in 16 other alphabets, including traditional and simplified Chinese characters.

But there are still some problems to work out. Experts have discussed what to do with characters that have several different meanings. This is particularly true of Chinese.

Most experts doubt the change will have a major effect on how the Internet is used. "There will be some competition between companies to obtain popular words for addresses."

For Web addresses, Chinese speakers now have to use______.

A．pinyin

B．signs

C．numbers

D．characters

Neither can Chinese speakers, who have to rely on pinyin. But last Friday, ICANN, the Web’s governing body, approved the use of up to 16 languages for the new system. More will follow in the coming years.

The Internet is about to start using the 16 languages of the world. People will soon be able to use addresses in characters (字符) other than those of the Roman alphabet (字母表). The change will also allow the suffix (后缀) to be expressed in 16 other alphabets, including traditional and simplified Chinese characters.

But there are still some problems to work out. Experts have discussed what to do with characters that have several different meanings. This is particularly true of Chinese.

Most experts doubt the change will have a major effect on how the Internet is used. “There will be some competition between companies to obtain popular words for addresses.”

26. For Web addresses, Chinese speakers now have to use ________.

A) pinyin

B) signs

C) numbers

D) characters

27. The approval of the use of 16 languages by ICANN will allow web users to ________.

A) change their email address

B) email their messages in characters

C) have the chance to learn other languages

D) use addresses in their own language

28. The new system will allow the suffix of a Web address to be expressed by ________.

A) any native language

B) figures and numbers

C) Chinese characters

D) symbols and signs

29. Which of the following is one of the problems in using the new system？

A) Certain characters have several different meanings.

B) Chinese is a truly difficult language to learn.

C) People find it difficult to type their address in characters.

D) Some experts think it is impossible to use Chinese characters.

30. Many experts do not believe that ________.

A) there are still some problems to work out

B) there will be competition to get popular addresses

C) companies are willing to change their web addresses

D) the change will affect the use of the Internet greatly

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

People in some countries cannot use their native languages for Web addresses. Neither can Chinese speakers, who have to rely on pinyin. But last Friday, ICANN, the Web's governing body, approved the use of up to 16 languages for the new system. More will follow in the coming years.

The Internet is about to start using the 16 languages of the world. People will soon be able to use addresses in characters(字符) other than those of the Roman alphabet(字母表). The change will also allow the suffix(后缀) to be expressed in 16 other alphabets, including traditional and simplified Chinese characters.

But there are still some problems to work out. Experts have discussed what to do with characters that have several different meanings. This is particularly true of Chinese.

Most experts doubt the change will have a major effect on how the Internet is used. "There will be some competition between companies to obtain popular words for addresses."

For Web addresses, Chinese speakers now have to use______.

A．pinyin

B．signs

C．numbers

D．characters