六級(jí)英語(yǔ)閱讀試題原文

　　If everybody in a company can rapidly grasp what they have to do and how it is changing,they are more likely to get the job done. But some firms are reluctant to share their goals withthe wider world. Unilever, a big Anglo-Dutch consumer-goods group, has decided againstissuing a 2009 financial forecast to investors, arguing that it is difficult to predict what is goingto happen, given the dangerous state of the world economy. "We're not just going to providenumbers for the sake of it," explains James Allison, the company's head of investor relations. 　　Other companies that have decided not to provide annual earnings estimates for 2009include Costco, a big American retailer, and Union Pacific, an American railway company.

　　Some firms, such as Intel, seem to have chosen to take things quarter by quarter. Thegiant chipmaker(芯片制造商) said in January that it would not issue an official forecast for thefirst quarter of 2009 after its fourth-quarter 2008 profit decreased by 90%. Several retailchains have also stopped providing monthly sales estimates because they cannot see what thefuture holds. Retailers, chipmakers and firms in many other industries may have a long waitbefore the economic fog finally lifts.

　　六級(jí)英語(yǔ)閱讀試題題目

　　61. What can we learn about Cisco from the passage?

　　A) It will keep a record of the orders from sales teams.

　　B) It cuts $1 billion cost by solely relying on its own technologies.

　　C) Unlike other technology companies, its financial reports are encouraging.

　　D) Only employees can use the video-conferencing to pass information.

　　62. According to the author, the staff can perform better by__________.

　　A) getting instructions from their senior managers

　　B) seizing what to do at hand and what to do next

　　C) having a financial forecast as a goal

　　D) sharing their goals with others

　　63. What is important in the unstable time ff a company wants to change strategies?

　　A) To issue company's financial reports faster.

　　B) To obtain the up-to-date information of company's business.

　　C) To predict what is going to happen in the future.

　　D) To wait until the economic fog finally lifts.

　　64. The reason Unilever plans not to issue financial forecast in 2009 lies in__________.

　　A) its reluctance to share its goal with others

　　B) its rapid grasp of changes in the markets

　　C) the unstable economic situation

　　D) its reduction in the cost of prediction

　　65. What can we know about the giant chipmaker, Intel in the passage?

　　A) It did not issue first-quarter forecast for great decrease in January.

　　B) Inters chain store used to report sales estimates by year.

　　C) Only retailers and chipmakers are greatly influenced.

　　D) Intel's profit was greatly decreased in 2008's last quarter.

　　六級(jí)英語(yǔ)閱讀試題答案

　　61.A)。定位 由題干中的Cisco定位到文章第一段第二、三句：Cisco，all American network-equipment giant… its senior executives cart track exactly what orders are coming in from salesteams around the world，and identify emerging trends in each region and market segment.

　　詳解 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。由定位句可知，思科公司的高級(jí)主管每天都會(huì)跟蹤銷售團(tuán)隊(duì)的訂單，確定各個(gè)地區(qū)的新的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)，A)符合題意。第三段第一句提到Cisco plans to cut$1 billion of costs this yearby，among other things，making use of its own video0-conferencing and other communicationstechnologies.由among other things可知，思科公司減少開支的途徑不僅僅是依靠自身的技術(shù)，故排除B);第二段第一句提到Cisco’s financial results have not made happy readin9，可見思科公司的財(cái)務(wù)報(bào)告并不樂觀，故排除C);第三段第二 句提到It is also using these facilities…to get instructions fromCisco’s leaders.可見思科公司的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者們同樣可以通過此設(shè)備下達(dá)指令，故排除D)。

　　62.B)。定位 由題干中的the staff can perform better by…定位到文章第四段第一句：Ifeverybody in a company can rapidly grasp what they have to do and how it is changing，theyare more likely to get the job done。

　　詳解 推理判斷題。由定位句可知，如果公司的每一名員工都可以迅速掌握自己目前和下一步該做的事情，他們就能更容易完成工作，即更好地完成工作，B)符合題意。A)對(duì)于公司的發(fā)展很重要，但是與員工們的表現(xiàn)無關(guān)，故排除;第四段第二句確實(shí)提到財(cái)務(wù)預(yù)測(cè)和財(cái)務(wù)目標(biāo)的論述，但是作者并沒有將它們與員工的表現(xiàn)聯(lián)系起來，故排除C)、D)。

　　63.B)。定位 由題干中的a company wants to change strategies定位到文章第三段最后一句：Arapid exchange of information and instructions is especially valuable if the company wants toalter course in stormy times.

　　詳解 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。由定位句可知，如果公司想在動(dòng)蕩時(shí)期改變策略，必須迅速交流信息與指示，也就是獲得公司最新的業(yè)務(wù)信息，B)符合題意。第一段最后提到，思科公司可以比其他公司更快得到財(cái)務(wù)結(jié)果，但作者并未明確表　明這樣對(duì)改變公司的策略很重要，故排除A);第四段第三句提到it is difficult to predict whatis going to happen，可見公司預(yù)測(cè)將來要發(fā)生什么很難，而且文章也未涉及預(yù)測(cè)與改變策略的關(guān)系，故排除C);最后一段最后一句提到industries may have a long wait before the economic fog finally lifts，這里是指各行業(yè)所面臨的困難境況，并不是讓他們不采取任何措施，故排除D)。

　　64.C)。定位：由題干中的Unilever plans not to issue financial forecast in 2009定位到文章第四段第三句：Unilever…has decided against issuing a 2009 financial forecast to investors，arguingthat it is difficult to predict what is going to happen，given the dangerous state of the worldeconomy.

　　詳解：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。由定位句可知，聯(lián)合利華不計(jì)劃發(fā)布其2009年的財(cái)務(wù)預(yù)測(cè)的原因是：面臨世界經(jīng)濟(jì)動(dòng)蕩;的不安局勢(shì)，一切事情都很難預(yù)測(cè)?？梢娝麄儾话l(fā)布預(yù)測(cè)就是因?yàn)槭澜缃?jīng)濟(jì)不穩(wěn)定(unstable economicsituation)，C)符合題意。第四段第二句提到But some firms are reluctant to their goals with thewider world，然后舉出了聯(lián)合利華的例子，可見后者只是前者的補(bǔ)充說明，不是因果關(guān)系，故排除A);由定位句可知，目前很難預(yù)測(cè)將要發(fā)生的事情，因此該公司不能很快掌握市場(chǎng)的變化形勢(shì)，故排除B);D)在文中未提及。

　　65.D)。定位：由題干中的the giant chipmaker，Intel定位到文章最后一段第二句：The giant chipmarker(芯片制造商)said in January that it would not issue an official forecast for the firstquarter of 2009 after its fourth-quarter 2008 profit decreased by 90%.

　　詳解：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。由定位句可知，根據(jù)大型芯片生產(chǎn)巨頭英特爾一月份的聲明，2008年第四季度其利潤(rùn)F降了90%，因此該公司不會(huì)正式發(fā)布其2009年第一季度的預(yù)估;可見，該公司2008年最后一個(gè)季度的利潤(rùn)大幅下降了.D)符合題意。該公司沒有發(fā)布2009年第一季度官方預(yù)測(cè)的原因是2008年最后一季度公司利潤(rùn)下降，并不是因?yàn)楫?dāng)月利潤(rùn)的減少，故排除A);該段第三句提到Several retail chains have also stoppedproviding monthly sales estimates，可見他們?cè)瓉硎前丛律辖讳N售預(yù)測(cè)，并不是按年的，故排除B);最后一句指出Retailers，chipmakers and firms in many other industries may have a long wait…可見除了零售商和芯片制造商外，其他很多行業(yè)也受到了影響，故排除C)。