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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. efficiently	B. leading	C. working	D. attracted	AB. travelling	AC. managed
AD. talented	BC. opportunities	BD. competition	CD. business	ABC. measure

New York City and Shanghai

New York City is always thought of as the financial capital of the world. However, there is 1 . London has been challenging this, and there is an emerging challenger from the east, the city of Shanghai. Shanghai has become the base for many international and 2 Chinese companies. In fact, Shanghai has been called the New York of the East. One thing that is vibrant (充满活力的) in both cities is the strong sense of a 3 environment.

New York is famous for its financial market on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Index (道琼斯指数) is the measure used to record how stocks and shares in companies are rising or falling in value. It is also famous for its international business network. New York financial service companies have a huge number of 4 people who can make decisions quickly, with profit as the main focus. Shanghai, like New York, has also 5 the best of the talent, but from Asia. Many leading companies are also establishing their Asian regional headquarters in Shanghai. The main 6 of the stock market’s rise and fall in China is the Shanghai Composite Index (上证综合指数).

For people 7 in these cities, the main forms of transport are subways and bus networks. Shanghai’s subway system is much newer than New York’s, but for both cities, good transportation is the key to keeping them as financial centers. The world of finance demands that people are on time and can travel 8 from meeting to meeting.

When it comes to business culture though, there are many differences. In China, 9 are often based on long-term relationships which have grown over a period of time. However, modern trading and investment often requires quick decisions, so this is a difference that has to be 10 . In New York, business relationships are often based on similar interests and investments.

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【推荐1】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. assess B. common C. envy D. flawed E. forecast F. hit
G. measures H. merely I. rounded J. properly K. warnings

What is behind GDP?

Robert F.Kennedy once said that a country’s GDP measures “everything except that which makes life worthwhile.” After Britain voted to leave the European Union, and GDP was already predicted to slow as a result it is now a timely moment to 1 what he was referring to.

The question of GDP and its usefulness has annoyed policymakers for over half a century. Many argue that it is a 2 concept. It measures things that do not matter and misses things that do. By most recent measures, the UK’s GDP has been the 3 of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures. If everything was going so well, then why did over 17 million people vote for Brexit, despite the 4 about what it could do to their country’s economic prospects?

A recent annual study of countries and their ability to convert growth into well-being sheds some light on that question. Across the 163 countries measured, the UK is one of the poorest performers in ensuring that economic growth is translated into meaningful improvements for its citizens. Rather than 5 focusing on GDP, over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more 6 assessment of how countries are performing.

While all of these countries face their own challenges, there are a number of consistent themes. Yes, there has been an increasing economic recovery since the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in areas such as health and education, major economies have continued to decline. Yet this isn’t the case with all countries. Some relatively poor European countries have witnessed huge improvement across 7 including civil society, income equality and environment.

This is a lesson that rich countries can take: When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country’s success, the world looks very different.

So what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most 8 method for measuring the economic activity of nations, as a measure, it is no longer enough. It does not include important factors such as environmental quality or education outcomes--all things that contribute to a person’s sense of well-being.

The sharp 9 to growth predicted around the world and in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday services we depend on for our well-being and for growth. But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying GDP figures could avoid the 10 doom and may even see progress.

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Disney plans to lay off 4,000 more workers

The Walt Disney Co. announced plans to lay off 4,000 more workers in its theme parks division in California and Florida because of the pandemic’s effect on the industry.

The 1 by the company was made in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing earlier this week, saying 32,000 employees will be 2 in the first half of fiscal year 2021, which began last month. In late September, Disney had already announced plans to terminate 28,000 theme park workers.

In the SEC document 3 on the eve of Thanksgiving Day, the company said it also put 37,000 employees not scheduled for termination on furlough(休假) as a result of the pandemic.

“Due to the current 4 , including COVID-19 impacts, and 5 environment in which we are operating, the company has generated efficiency in its staffing, including limiting hiring to 6 business roles, furloughs and reductions-in-force,” the document said. The company also said it may make more 7 in spending such as reducing film and television content investments and additional furloughs and layoffs.

In Florida, the company has been limiting attendance at its parks and changing protocols(计划)to 8 for social distancing by limiting characters’ meet-and-greets.

The company has not 9 the number of workers who would be affected in its Orlando theme parks. Disney’s parks closed in March as the pandemic started spreading in the United States. The Florida parks reopened in the summer, but the California parks have yet to reopen 10 on state and local government approvals.

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Marketing, on the other hand, focuses on the wants of consumers. It begins with 3 the preferences and demands of consumers and then producing goods that will satisfy them. This eye-on-the-consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that the makers and dealers first try to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it 4 for purchase.

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