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12、2次——员工约有效率利润越大——题库B3

 

版一：AA:The more efficient a firm’s employees are, the more profitable that firm will be. Improvements in a firm’s information technology hardware and software are a proven way to increase the efficiency of employees who do the majority of their work on computers. Therefore, if our firm invests in the most powerful and advanced information technology available, employee productivity will be maximized. This strategy ensures that every dollar spent on enhanced information technology will help to increase our firm’s profit margins.”

版二：B3. The following appeared in a memorandum from the information technology department of a major advertising firm:“The more efficient a firm’s employees are, the more profitable that firm will be. Improvements in a firm’s information technology hardware and software are a proven way to increase the efficiency of employees who do the majority of their work on computers. Therefore, if our firm invests in the most powerful and advanced information technology available, employee productivity will be maximized. This strategy ensures that every dollar spent on enhanced information technology will help to increase our firm’s profit margins.”

 

13、2次——盈利与非营利机构的员工差别——题库B1

 

版一：AA：说研究表明非盈利机构的工作人员效率比企业的员工效率高，在一些interview表明那些工作人员不考了financial gain也一样努力工作，所以公司要向一些非盈利机构捐款以提高企业的效率和利润。意思是差不多，具体的不清楚了...

版二：AA： 说在非营利机构工作的员工比在盈利机构工作的员工更highly promotion,说理两个原因，一个是他们认识到了自己工作的重要性，还有一个不记得了，结论是恭喜认为要增加利润，就要多做慈善事业

 

14、2次——房地产商要不要转移目标——题库B6

 

版一：Argument: The following appeared in a letter from a part-owner of a small retail clothing chain to her business partner: “Commercial real estate prices have been rising steadily in the Sandida Heights neighborhood for several years, while the prices in the adjacent neighborhood of Palm Grove have remained the same. It seems obvious, then, that a retail space in Sandida Heights must now be much more expensive than a similar space in Palm Grove, which was not the case several years ago. So, it appears that retail spaces in Sandida Heights are now overpriced relative to those in Palm Grove. Therefore, it would be in our financial interest to purchase a retail space in Palm Grove rather than in Sandida Heights.”  Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc.

版二：AA：说一个clothing store 写给business partner的信: Since recent years the real estate prices are increasing steadily at Sandida Heights, the space at Sandida Heights is much expensive than the similar one at Palm Grove, so the spaces at Sandida Heights are overpriced. Thus, 说要在Palm Grove买space 比在Sandida Heights更有financial interest.

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15、2次——什么什么新软件——题库131（疑似）

 

[131大概内容：通过新的绩效评估软件来提高公司员工士气，且这种软件在人力资源部门已得到满意]

版一：作文1：有一个公司的软件在专业性强（会计类的吧）的公司中销售得很好，在非专业的客户中竞争不过其他公司。一份对专业公司的调查显示，这些公司对这个软件公司的软件的高科技方面非常满意，所以公司得出结论：对于普通用户他们也要采用最高级的软件。大体上是这个意思。

版二：Argument: SmartPro 是生产会计软件的， 他们的产品更多的卖给了professional costumers, 因为有一些advanced features. 但是，对于non-p的用户，销量却远远输给了竞争者。 所以，他们决定在非专业用户的软件中加入这些AF.  （什么东西？猪逻辑）

 

16、2次——买2赠1的投资——黄金

 

版一：A:就是the Park HIll and the Irongate, 两个district, 大家自己搜题库。

版二： AA：125. The following appeared as part of the business plan of the Capital Idea investment firm.“Across town in the Park Hill district, the Thespian Theater, Pizzazz Pizza, and the Niblick Golf Club have all had business increases within the past two years. Capital Idea should therefore invest in the Roxy Playhouse, the Slice-o’-Pizza, and the Divot Golf Club, three new businesses in the Irongate district. As a condition, we should require them to participate in a special program: Any customer who patronizes two of the businesses will receive a substantial discount at the third. By motivating customers to patronize all three, we will thus contribute to the profitability of each and maximize our return.”

 

题库125 The following appeared as part of the business plan of the Capital Idea investment firm.“Across town in the Park Hill district, the Thespian Theater, Pizzazz Pizza, and the Niblick Golf Club have all had business increases within the past two years. Capital Idea should therefore invest in the Roxy Playhouse, the Slice-o’-Pizza, and the Divot Golf Club, three new businesses in the Irongate district. As a condition, we should require them to participate in a special program: Any customer who patronizes two of the businesses will receive a substantial discount at the third. By motivating customers to patronize all three, we will thus contribute to the profitability of each and maximize our return.”Capital Idea投资公司的商业计划： 在ParkHill区的Thespian剧院，Pizzazz比萨，Niblick高尔夫俱乐部在过去2年都有业务增长。因此Capital Idea应该投资Poxy剧场，Slic－o比萨和Divot高尔夫俱乐部这3家新的Irongate区的企业。为使他们达到条件，我们应该要求他们参加特殊的项目：任何顾客在其中两家消费将在第三家得到折扣。通过刺激顾客在所有3家店消费，我们将增进每一家的利润，从而使我们的回报最大化。

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17、1次——满不满意我们的baggage-handling procedures——黄金

版本：AA 39   baggage-handling procedures 

题库39： The following appeared in an Avia Airlines departmental memorandum.

“On average, 9 out of every 1,000 passengers who traveled on Avia Airlines last year filed a complaint about our baggage-handling procedures. This means that although some 1 percent of our passengers were unhappy with those procedures, the overwhelming majority were quite satisfied with them; thus it would appear that a review of the procedures is not important to our goal of maintaining or increasing the number of Avia’s passengers.”Avia航空的部门备忘录： 平均地，去年乘坐Avia的1000个乘客中有9个针对我们的行李处理流程写了投诉信。这说明虽然有大约1%的乘客对这一流程表示不满，乘客的主体对它还是满意的。所以对流程的重新审查对我们要保持和提高Avia的乘客数这一目标不是很重要的。AWA

18、1次——信用卡用不用环保logo——黄金

版本：驳论是一个信用卡公司，经理认为他们可以通过给一个环保组织捐款换取该组织标志使用权来吸引客户，增加信用卡使用，收更高手续费等。并且说有一个poll表明消费者很关心环境问题。

题库34： The following appeared as part of a plan proposed by an executive of the Easy Credit Company to the president.“The Easy Credit Company would gain an advantage over competing credit card services if we were to donate a portion of the proceeds from the use of our cards to a well-known environmental organization in exchange for the use of its symbol or logo on our card. Since a recent poll shows that a large percentage of the public is concerned about environmental issues, this policy would attract new customers, increase use among existing customers, and enable us to charge interest rates that are higher than the lowest ones available.”Easy信贷公司的一个经营主管向董事长提交的一份计划： 如果我们将信用卡所得的利润中的一部分捐给一个知名的环保组织换取在我们的信用卡上使用他们的标识的权利，Easy信贷公司将在信用卡服务的竞争中得到很大好处。由于最近的民调显示，很多人都关心环境问题，这一计划将吸引新顾客，提高现有顾客的使用量，并使我们得到比最低利润率要高的利润率。

19、1次——要不要贷款给icecream店——黄金

版本：AWA: a memoradum from One Bank load department:  a loan officer says a load application from Kool Kone an Icecream company planning to open a franchise in a outlet of Bitexxx.  Bitexxx is known for its cold weather, and cold weather normally mean bad revenue for ice cream shops. A local ice cream shop The xxx Cow experienced a loss in revenue in a 10,000 people town last year.

题库110：The following appeared as part of a memorandum from the loan department of the Frostbite National Bank. “We should not approve the business loan application of the local group that wants to open a franchise outlet for the Kool Kone chain of ice cream parlors. Frostbite is known for its cold winters, and cold weather can mean slow ice cream sales. For example, even though Frostbite is a town of 10,000 people, it has only one ice cream spot — the Frigid Cow. Despite the lack of competition, the Frigid Cow’s net revenues fell by 10 percent last winter.”  Frostbite国家银行的借贷部门的备忘录： 我们不应该批准那个希望开一家KK冰激凌连锁店的特许店的本地团体的借贷请求。Frostbite以其寒冷的冬天而闻名，而冷天气意味着冰激凌的销售不利。比如，虽然Frostbite是个有10000人的镇子，它却只有一家冰激凌店Frigid Cow。尽管缺乏竞争，Frigid Cow的净收入去年冬天下降了10％。

20、1次——要不要缩减规模——黄金

版本：AA：The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager of a department store:  “Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for the three-month period between August 1 and October 31. Stores that sell products for the home reported that, on average, their profits increased during this same period. Clearly, consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing. To take advantage of this trend, we should reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings and household products departments.”

题库72： “（同上）”  专卖店的商务经理的备忘录： 本地服装店报告说从8月1号到10月31号的3个月里他们的平均利润下降。销售家庭用品的商店却报告同期的平均利润上升。很明显，顾客正选择为他们的家里购买用品而不是买衣物。为了利用这个趋势，我们应该缩减我们的服装部规模而扩大家庭装饰和家务用品部

21、1次——学校要不要装电脑——题库14——黄金

版本：14. The following appeared as part of a newspaper editorial.

“Two years ago Nova High School began to use interactive computer instruction in three academic subjects. The school dropout rate declined immediately, and last year’s graduates have reported some impressive achievements in college. In future budgets the school board should use a greater portion of the available funds to buy more computers, and all schools in the district should adopt interactive computer instruction throughout the curriculum.”

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22、1次——寻找商机在H——黄金

版本：建议在city of H 投资，有三个原因，1, lower unemployment rate, 2, historically share了很多份额（可能是相对于自己的面积而言吧，因为从historically方面反驳现在不等于将来，所以没太注意对比），3，the city of H want to increase the economy base so that 增加TMT领域的投资。

题库6: The following appeared as part of an article in a magazine devoted to regional life.“Corporations should look to the city of Helios when seeking new business opportunities or a new location. Even in the recent recession, Helios’s unemployment rate was lower than the regional average. It is the industrial center of the region, and historically it has provided more than its share of the region’s manufacturing jobs. In addition, Helios is attempting to expand its economic base by attracting companies that focus on research and development of innovative technologies.”一份面向地方生活的杂志上的一篇文章： 企业在寻找新的商机或位置时应该去Helios城。甚至在最近的衰退中，Helios的失业率也比地区平均水平低，它是地区的工业中心，历史上它提供的比它在地区制造业工作中分享的份额中更多。而且，Helios正试图通过吸引研究和发展革新技术的公司来扩张它的经济基础。

23、1次——要不要修娱乐场所——黄金

版本：A: 说一个叫Take Heart的中心去年夏天修了一个游泳池，然后通过一些会员方式赚了不少钱，然后他们准备修一些recreational facilities。such as multiple game room,tennis court and golf course 同样以会员方式来挣钱，因为是他们是当地唯一有这种项目的人所以在subsequent years会挣不少钱

题库108： The following appeared as part of a business plan created by the management of the Take Heart Fitness Center.“After opening the new swimming pool early last summer, Take Heart saw a 12 percent increase in the use of the center by members. Therefore, in order to increase the number of our members and thus our revenues, which depend on membership fees, we should continue to add new recreational facilities in subsequent years: for example, a multipurpose game room, a tennis court, and a miniature golf course. Being the only center in the area offering this range of activities would give us a competitive advantage in the health and recreation market.”    Take Heart健身中心的管理者起草的商业计划： 去年夏天开了新的游泳池以后，TH发现会员对中心的使用率增加了12％。因此，为了增加我们的会员数量和决定于会员费的收入，我们应该在以后几年中继续增加新的娱乐设施：比如，一个多功能游戏室，一个网球场，一个迷你高尔夫球场。作为本地唯一一家提供各种活动的健身中心，我们将在健身和娱乐市场建立竞争优势。

24、1次——什么什么新能源——题库68（疑似）[68大致内容：作为发电的能源，太阳能将逐渐取代煤和石油的地位]

版本： Due to the decline demand of the mining technology, all the realted corporations are sufferring form decline of profit and sales this year, including Blastcom Corporation. Blastcom Corporation is considering adopting one growth strategy: to shift some of the researchers from mining technology to the renewable energy technology, the demand for the renewable enenergy such as solar energy. Some of the prominent companies which markets the renewable energy are successful in recent years. Therefore, it is garanteed that company X will also be successful in the furture by providing renewable energy.

25、1次——该不该建这个什么mall——题库52——黄金

版本：Analysis of Argument:

The following editorial appeared in the Elm City paper.
“The construction last year of a shopping mall in downtown Oak City was a mistake. Since the mall has opened, a number of local businesses have closed, and the downtown area suffers from an acute parking shortage, and arrests for crime and vagrancy have increased in the nearby Oak City Park. Elm City should pay attention to the example of the Oak City mall and deny the application to build a shopping mall in Elm City.”

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26、1次——只开一个厂好——题库B8

版本：B8. The following appeared in a presentation by the chief production manager of a machine parts manufacturing company at a management meeting:“Our factory in Cookville is our most advanced and efficient. It is capable of producing ten drill bits for each dollar of production costs, whereas none of our other factories can produce more than seven drill bits per dollar of production costs. Therefore, we can reduce our overall drill bit production costs by devoting the Cookville factory entirely to drill bit production. Since reducing the production costs of individual machine parts is the only way to achieve our larger goal of reducing our overall production costs, dedicating the Cookville factory entirely to drill bit production and shifting all other machine part production to our other factories will help us to attain that larger goal.”

27、1次——人们不再关心自己摄入的肉类和高脂物——题库B8

版本：AA：人们不像2 decades 之前那么concerned about their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses。（evidence 1）有个store从1960‘s 开始卖organic foods， 但是现在可以在那里找到a wide selection of cheeses containing 什么什么 fat。（evidence 2）一个old restaurant卖素食的，只makes the modest living， 而一个新的the House of Beef却生意很好，是millionare。（完）

28、1次——我们要学人家私立学校——题库105

版本：AA：说一个公立学校给学生开了200多门课，然后高考通过率还不如一个不出名的私立学校。因此说为了提高通过率，必须大幅降低它开课的数量。

29、版本：AA: 一个城市的房价在过去五年翻了个倍，而股票市场低迷。买房子除了自住还能升值。号召所有市民买房子。

30、版本：A report from J software comapny 股东大会部分成员:1.Jeston software company decide to cute the budget因为他们的利润降低了.应该follow the lead of auto induresty, hire temp lobor since auto industry only need to pay half of the benefit ,  ......

31、版本：AA：一家电脑公司看到汽车行列里面用临时工来代替全职员工，由于临时工的费用比较少，而且临时工不需要各种保障。因此汽车行业的利润上升。电脑公司也希望可以通过更换临时员工的方式来增加他们的利润。