Which of your two hands do you use more? Very few of us can use both hands equally well. M
Most people ______.
A.are left-handed
B.are right-handed
C.can use both hands equally well
D.never use left hands
Most people ______.
A.are left-handed
B.are right-handed
C.can use both hands equally well
D.never use left hands
?Read the two advertisements below, on which you have already made some notes.
?Then, using all your handwritten notes, write your proposal for the Export Sales Manager.
?Write 120-140 words on a separate sheet.
HOTEL GAUDI
Rambla de Catalunya 38, Paris
The Gaudi is situated in the heart of Paris with its exciting nightlife. The hotel has 150 rooms including 50 business rooms specifically designed for the business traveler and fully- equipped with communication facilities.
The hotel enjoys direct bus and train connections to the airport (35 mins) and the exhibition center (20 mins). Other facilities include express cheek-in and check-out, 24-hour room service, two bars, restaurant, fitness room and full business center.
&8226;Write a memo to your boss:
Mentioning the hotel in the brochure
Describing some of the facilities listed
Saying why you think you both should stay there
Asking hint which dates you should book.
&8226;Write 60 80 words.
&8226;Write oft your Answer Sheet.
Most institutions provide courses which【43】new students to develop the skills they need to be【44】listeners and note-takers.【45】these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which【46】learners to practice these skills【47】. In all cases it is important to【48】the problem【49】. actually starting your studies.
It is important to【50】that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills【51】in college study. One way of【52】these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes, which most institutions provide throughout the【53】year. Another basic【54】is to find a study partner【55】it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.
(66)
A.extending
B.illustrating
C.performing
D.conducting
The Hi Life Co (HL Co) makes sofas. It has recently received a request from a customer to provide a one-off order of sofas, in excess of normal budgeted production. The order would need to be completed within two weeks. The following cost estimate has already been prepared:
Notes
1 The fabric is regularly used by HL Co. There are currently 300 m2 in inventory, which cost $17 per m2. The current purchase price of the fabric is $17·50 per m2.
2 This type of wood is regularly used by HL Co and usually costs $8·20 per m2. However, the company’s current supplier’s earliest delivery time for the wood is in three weeks’ time. An alternative supplier could deliver immediately but they would charge $8·50 per m2. HL Co already has 500 m2 in inventory but 480 m2 of this is needed to complete other existing orders in the next two weeks. The remaining 20 m2 is not going to be needed until four weeks’ time.
3 The skilled labour force is employed under permanent contracts of employment under which they must be paid for 40 hours’ per week’s labour, even if their time is idle due to absence of orders. Their rate of pay is $16 per hour, although any overtime is paid at time and a half. In the next two weeks, there is spare capacity of 150 labour hours.
4 There is no spare capacity for semi-skilled workers. They are currently paid $12 per hour or time and a half for overtime. However, a local agency can provide additional semi-skilled workers for $14 per hour.
5 The $3 absorption rate is HL Co’s standard factory overhead absorption rate; $1·50 per hour reflects the cost of the factory supervisor’s salary and the other $1·50 per hour reflects general factory costs. The supervisor is paid an annual salary and is also paid $15 per hour for any overtime he works. He will need to work 20 hours’ overtime if this order is accepted.
6 This is an apportionment of the general administration overheads incurred by HL Co. Required: Prepare, on a relevant cost basis, the lowest cost estimate which could be used as the basis for the quotation. Explain briefly your reasons for including or excluding each of the costs in your estimate.
Required:
Prepare, on a relevant cost basis, the lowest cost estimate which could be used as the basis for the quotation. Explain briefly your reasons for including or excluding each of the costs in your estimate.
Motion picture【C8】______experts see two main【C9】______in this movie recovery: an increased need by Americans to【C10】______from economic worries and a large number of new movies with broad audience【C11】______. Movie makers admit that their【C12】______popularity is【C13】______the result of poor【C14】______conditions, which traditionally bring an increase in theater【C15】______. "When people are fearful【C16】______the future, they look for escape,"【C17】______Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. "In a【C18】______theater, with a 65-foot screen, you lose【C19】______for two and a half hours. People find this【C20】______"
【C1】
A.especially
B.furthermore
C.however
D.moreover
【C1】
A.meaning
B.sense
C.case
D.situation
Every customer attending the salon is first seen by a salon assistant, who washes their hair; next, by a senior stylist, who cuts or treats the hair depending on which service the customer wants; then finally, a junior stylist who dries their hair. The average length of time spent with each member of staff is as follows:
The salon is open for eight hours each day for six days per week. It is only closed for two weeks each year. Staff salaries are $40,000 each year for senior stylists, $28,000 each year for junior stylists and $12,000 each year for the assistants. The cost of cleaning products applied when washing the hair is $0·60 per client. The cost of all additional products applied during a ‘treatment’ is $7·40 per client. Other salon costs (excluding labour and raw materials) amount to $106,400 each year.
Glam Co charges $60 for each cut and $110 for each treatment.
The senior stylists’ time has been correctly identified as the bottleneck activity.
Required:
(a) Briefly explain why the senior stylists’ time has been described as the ‘bottleneck activity’, supporting your answer with calculations. (4 marks)
(b) Calculate the throughput accounting ratio (TPAR) for ‘cuts’ and the TPAR for ‘treatments’ assuming the bottleneck activity is fully utilised. (6 marks)
The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and tools. He is a "trained" main and his educational background is properly technical or professional. The generalists and especially the administrators deal with people; his concern is with leadership, with planning, and with direction giving. He is an "educated" man; and the humanities are his strongest foundation. Very rarely is a specialist capable of being an administrator. And very rarely is a good generalist also a good specialist in a particular field. Any organization needs both kinds of people, though different organizations need them in different proportions. It is your task to find out, during your training period, into which of the two kinds of jobs you fit, and to plan your ca-leer accordingly.
Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you but this is pure accident. Certainly you should not change jobs constantly or people will become suspicious of your ability to hold any job. At the same time, you must not look upon the first job as the final job. It is primarily a training job, a chance to understand yourself and your fitness for being an employee.
There is an increasing demand for ______.
A.all round people in their own fields
B.generalists who are capable of making general judgment
C.people whose educational background is either technical or professional
D.specialists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance to others
Which of the following is the best tide for the passage?
A.American Soldiers in World War II.
B.American Civil Rights Movement.
C.The Tuskegee Airmen.
D.Racial Discrimination in the U. S.
Win a Week in England
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The trip to England includes:
travel by train (via the Eurotunnel) to and from any railway station in Germany
room and full board with a guest family for one week
language course in small groups
two trips to London
large choice of sports and entertainment
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When was Charles Dickens born?
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Rochester Cathedral was built in the ______.
A.ll00s
B.1200s
C.1300s
D.1400s