Anders Moberg thought that if his salary had been announced earlier, _____.
[A] the board’s position would have become less difficult
[B] he would have agreed to the contract with Ahold
[C] more time could have been devoted to his recovery plan
[D] the shareholders wouldn’t have strongly opposed
______he goes, she will go, and she never cares ______happens.
A.Wherever, what
B.Wherever, that
C.Where, that
D.Where, what
Anders Moberg’s pay package—and the timing of its disclosure at a shareholder meeting last week—has confronted Ahold with a new credibility crisis as it struggles to restore confidence after the C=970m ($1 bn) scandal.
The dispute-evident in a sea of critical media comment in the Netherlands at the weekend threatens to divert management from its recovery strategy, built on significant divestments and a likely rights issue to reduce C=11bn in net debt. Units deemed unable to attain first or second position in food retail within three to five years will immediately be put up for sale.
The board’s position appears all the more delicate following comments made by Mr. Moberg to the Financial Times, in which he criticized non-executive directors for ignoring his advice to disclose his salary in May, when he agreed his contract.
Instead Ahold waited more than four months to make the announcement, on the day share-holders were asked to approve Mr. Moberg’s appointment.
“I was the one who said I liked transparency, and I had hoped [the supervisory board] had shown [the salary package] in May to avoid a situation like this,” Mr. Moberg told the FT.
As the row prompted the left-leaning Dutch Daily to call for a boycott of Ahold’s Dutch Albert Heijn supermarket chain where only last week Ahold announced 440 redundancies—it was clear the supervisory board had badly misjudged the reaction.
While Henny de Ruiter, supervisory board chairman, said the salary was a fair reflection of what a company in Ahold’s unfavorable circumstances had to pay to attract a top manager,furious investors accused it of pushing through the package regardless of investor opinion.
Furthermore, Dutch media commentators noted that the scandal at Ahold had been the trigger for the Dutch government to appoint a commission to strengthen corporate governance.
That commission has recommended a limit on executive bonuses, far below the potential two-and-a-half times annual salary that Mr. Moberg could earn.
Meanwhile, Mr. Moberg is trying to distance himself from the row and focus on strategy. He told the FT that measures had already been taken to raise its stake in the ICA-Ahold joint venture in Scandinavia.
Ahold had included in its forecasts an amount necessary to buy the shares of either of its joint venture partners, who should exercise a “put option” and sell their stake from April 2004.
第36题:The decision on Anders Moberg’s pay package has _____.
[A] incurred much criticism from the shareholders
[B] helped restore public confidence in Ahold
[C] saved the supervisory board from another crisis
[D] put pressure on the new chief executive
______he goes, she will go, and she never cares ______happens.
A. Wherever, what
B. Wherever, that
C. Where, that
D. Where, what
A.He can care about our teeth
B.He cares about our teeth
C.He is working in the hospital
A.Wherever, what
B.Wherever, that
C.a great deal of, plenty of, it
D.Where, What
LINDA: Could you tell me who they are, Mr. Taylor
JOHN:___1__
LINDA: We’ll have the board meeting at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, won’t we
JOHN:__2___
LINDA: But the sales manager of Lee Brothers’, Mr. Lee, just called and insisted on seeing you tomorrow afternoon.
JOHN:_3____
LINDA: He said that he would leave for London at 5:00 p. m. tomorrow.
JOHN:___4__
LINDA: Yes, Mr. Taylor.
JOHN:____5_
LINDA: No problem, Mr. Taylor.
A. Oh, The board meeting will be finished at about 3:30. You could arrange his appointment after that.
B. All right, then tell David to meet him tomorrow afternoon.
C. Ok, they are Mr. Jones, general manager of Nile Co. and Mr. Brown, president of Bestway Co.
D. Could you give me the schedule before 4 o’clock this afternoon
E. Yes. After the board meeting, we’ll meet the guests. It’s important to have them all here.
A nice, quiet old couple used to live there, too. The old lady would sometimes bring some small cakes she made to Biir s mother,who in return would give her some meat or help her with shopping.Unfortunately,the old lady died last month. As her husband couldn’ t live alone,his grandson moved in.
The grandson, a youth of about twenty, has become a problem to Bill’ s family because he is so noisy. Biir s family members were used to peace and quiet,but the youth likes to listen to his radio late at night. Sometimes his friends came for a visit,and they also made a lot of noise. Everyone in Bill’ s family has been bothered by the new comer and getting angry.
Bill’ s mother once politely asked the old man if he was able to sleep well at night, but it seemed that he didn’ t understand what she meant and so never spoke to his grandson about it. If he did,the grandson apparently didn’ t listen, since things have not changed any. Everyone in Bill’ s family agrees that something has to be done, but no one wants to hurt the old man’ s feelings or cause him any problems. What do you think should be done? Bill’ s family got angry with their neighbor because
A.the old lady died
B.a young man moved in
C.the grandson made a lot of noise
D.the young man could not live alone
In the sentence “Every one in Bill’s family has been bothered by the new comer”,“bother” means____.A.scare
B.cause trouble to
C.worry
D.make sorry
The grandson makes a lot of noise asA.he never cares whether the neighbors might want to live in peace and quiet
B.the walls of the building are thin
C.he likes to listen to his radio early iji the morning
D.friends come to visit him
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The Red Cross exists in almost every country 【B6】______ the world. The World Red Cross Organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent (新月), the Red Mogen David, the Sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies 【B7】______ a common goal of trying 【B8】______ people in need.
The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and 【B9】______ during a war started 【B10】______ Jean Henry Dunant. In 1859, he observed 【B11】______ suffering 【B12】______ a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people 【B13】______ of which side they were 【B14】______ . The most important result of his work was an international treaty 【B15】______ the Geneva Convention(日内瓦公约). It 【B16】______ prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and 【B17】______ citizens during a war.
The American Red Cross 【B18】______ by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of 【B19】______ for the public. Such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, 【B20】______ water safety and artificial respiration, and providing blood.
A.internationally
B.an international
C.a worldly
D.a world's