Get people to buy their products.
Design and produce new products.
Make their prices more competitive.
Better the quality of their present products.
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BUSINESS ETHICS Nowadays, more and more attention is being paid to “Business Ethics”. But what does it mean? What is the importance of ethics in business usiness ethics is not about personality, though a good personality is valuable. Ethics is the primary element and prerequisite for a successful business. No matter what you do, you should think of business as a matter of integrity. Nowadays, the slip in ethics and the absence of social responsibility, especially integrity, have led to a crisis in business, seriously influencing social development. ?Events resulting from a loss of trust are being seen now and then and they affect society in many unfortunate ways. Most people know the importance of business ethics, but still some people don’t honor them. We often hear media reports on problems in business, such as adding harmful materials to products. These behaviors cause much damage to consumers, who spend money but do not get quality goods, especially when these commodities do great harm to their health. It is difficult for people to forget the case in which some children consumed unsafe milk powder produced by a few immoral businesses, and their health suffered serious damage as a result. People can’t bear this kind of behavior. and the businesses responsible must be closed down and the related personnel be punished.
1. What’s the primary component for a prosperous business?()
A. Good management.
B. Reliable credit status.
C. Business ethics.
2. What is the influence of losing integrity?()
A. Hinder social development.
B. Worsen the company’s reputation.
C. Reduce people’s trust between each other.
3. What is people’s attitude towards business ethics?()
A. All the people pay attention to business ethics.
B. Lots of people know its importance but some still don’t honor it.
C. Most people attach importance to it and follow it.
4. Which one among the following items is not mentioned in this passage?()
A. Nowadays, the absence of ethics, especially integrity has led to a crisis in business world.
B. Manufacture’s immoral behaviors do little harm to consumers.
C. Media is very important for people to know more about commodities.
5. What is the author’s attitude toward immoral behaviors in business?()
A. Critical.
B. Affirmative.
C. Indifferent.
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Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs. What does the sentence mean?
A. It is better to accept something small than to reject it and hope to get more later on.
B. If too many people try to do the same thing at the same time, there will be chaos.
C. There must be something better after every piece of unpleasantness.
D. Anyone who claims more than he has already got is very likely to get nothing at
all in the future.
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Everyone needs friends, and if you fail to make friends, you should examine yourself and see if there is something wrong with your personality.
Maybe you have social faults such as snobbishness, talkativeness, using slang, etc., which drive away your new acquaintances. Whatever your social faults may be, look at them honestly, and make a real effort to correct them.
To be friendly you must feel friendly. Cheerfulness is the basis of friendliness. A cheerful person smiles. A smile is a magnet which draws people. Smile at someone and you are almost sure to get a smile in return.
A friendly person does his best to make a stranger feel at home, wherever he happens to be. Put yourself in the other fellow's place and make him feel welcome.
Try to remember names. It makes your new acquaintances feel happy when you call them by their names. It gives them the feeling that they have made an impression on you and that must mean something to them because you remember them.
If you do not agree with other people on a certain matter, you should appear to be friendly. Do not argue, but discuss. You always lose friends if you argue too much.
A friendly person thinks of others, and does not insist on his own “rights”. People who refuse to consider others have few friends.
Finally, don't treat people only according to their social position. Really friendly people respect everyone at all times.
(1)Those who fail to make friends may ______.
A、discuss with others rather than argue with others
B、remember the names of new acquaintances
C、insist on his own rights and fail to stand in others' shoes
D、make a stranger feel at home
(2)What does the word “magnet” mean in the third paragraph?
A、brush
B、sth. beautiful
C、sign
D、sth. attractive
(3)What can we infer from this passage?
A、Others will smile at you if you smile at them.
B、If you respect people no matter who they are, you'll make more friends.
C、Snobbishness, talkativeness and using slang are some social faults.
D、None of the above.
(4)According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT true?
A、Making friends has sth. to do with your personality.
B、Cheerful smiles can make you friendly in others' eyes.
C、Friendly people will treat others according to their social position.
D、Thinking of others can bring you more friends.
(5)The purpose of the passage is ________.
A、how to correct social faults
B、how to build good personality
C、how to feel at home with strangers
D、how to make friends
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A. as many
B. as much
C. more
第7题：
He says what he thinks and does what he wants to do,()other people's feelings.
A. according to
B. regardless of
C. because of
答案：B
解析：本句意思：他想什么就说什么，想做什么就做什么，(不管)别人的感受。
according to 根据；regardless of 不管，不顾 because of 由于;根据句意 ，应选B
第8题：
A、It is better to accept something small than to reject it and hope to get more later on.
B、If too many people try to do the same thing at the same time, there will be chaos.
C、Anyone who claims more than he has already got is very likely to get nothing at all in the future.
D、There must be something better after every piece of unpleasantness.
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