第1题：
3 Mary Hobbes joined the board of Rosh and Company, a large retailer, as finance director earlier this year. Whilst she
was glad to have finally been given the chance to become finance director after several years as a financial
accountant, she also quickly realised that the new appointment would offer her a lot of challenges. In the first board
meeting, she realised that not only was she the only woman but she was also the youngest by many years.
Rosh was established almost 100 years ago. Members of the Rosh family have occupied senior board positions since
the outset and even after the company’s flotation 20 years ago a member of the Rosh family has either been executive
chairman or chief executive. The current longstanding chairman, Timothy Rosh, has already prepared his slightly
younger brother, Geoffrey (also a longstanding member of the board) to succeed him in two years’ time when he plans
to retire. The Rosh family, who still own 40% of the shares, consider it their right to occupy the most senior positions
in the company so have never been very active in external recruitment. They only appointed Mary because they felt
they needed a qualified accountant on the board to deal with changes in international financial reporting standards.
Several former executive members have been recruited as non-executives immediately after they retired from full-time
service. A recent death, however, has reduced the number of non-executive directors to two. These sit alongside an
executive board of seven that, apart from Mary, have all been in post for over ten years.
Mary noted that board meetings very rarely contain any significant discussion of strategy and never involve any debate
or disagreement. When she asked why this was, she was told that the directors had all known each other for so long
that they knew how each other thought. All of the other directors came from similar backgrounds, she was told, and
had worked for the company for so long that they all knew what was ‘best’ for the company in any given situation.
Mary observed that notes on strategy were not presented at board meetings and she asked Timothy Rosh whether the
existing board was fully equipped to formulate strategy in the changing world of retailing. She did not receive a reply.
Required:
(a) Explain ‘agency’ in the context of corporate governance and criticise the governance arrangements of Rosh
and Company. (12 marks)
第2题：
Not only she but also her neighbours ______to the party.
A. was invited
B. has been invited
C. have invited
D. were invited
10．答案为D 不仅她而且她的邻居们都被邀请参加聚会了。由not only...but also...连接两个名词或代词做主语时，谓语动词应与but also后面的主语保持一致。
第3题：
D
Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.
People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.
Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.
In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married. But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband’s. Sometimes , women use their own name in some situations （情况）and their husband’s in other situations . And some use both their own name and their husband’s.
根据短文内容，完成下面表格。
different people
reason to change the name
Hanna
It is ____61____ for people to remember.
Joseph
He wants to have a name that’s ____62_____.
famous people
Their name may sound _____63_____.
Li Kaiming
Using different names can make ____64_____ easier.
a woman
After she gets _____65_____, she may change her name.
61._________________________________________________________________________
第4题：
A、were/ and
B、are/ except
C、was/ besides
D、is/ but
第5题：
Not only the switches but also the old wiring ______ changed.
A. have
B. are
C. have been
D. has been
第6题：
What is the typical American family (21) ? Married American adults will name their husband or wife and their children (22) their "immediate family"(直系家庭). If they (23) their father, mother, sisters, or brothers, they will define them as separate units, usually (24) in separate households. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents are (25) "extended family"(扩大的家庭).
The structure of the American family has undergone great changes (26) the 1950s. Traditionally, the American family (27) been a nuclear family, consisting (28) a husband, a wife, and their children. Grandparents (29) live in the same home with their (30) sons and daughters.
In the 1950s, 70 percent of American households (31) the "classic" American family—a husband, wife, and two children. The father earned the money to 32 the family, the mother (33) the children and did not work outside the home, and they had two children.
Yet, in the 1990s,only 8 percent of American households consisted of a (34) father, a stay-at- home mother, and two children. And 35 ,18 percent of households consisted of two parents who were both working and some or more children living at home.
21.
A. likes
B. liking
C. like
D. look like
本题是词汇题，考查“like”的介词用法，“像，以……的典型方式”，应该是“be+like”，故选 C。
第7题：
His sister ______her hometown for three years. She'll return next year.
A. left
B. has left
C. has been away
D. has been away from
14．答案为D 他的姐姐已经离开家乡三年了。她明年将要回来。该句表示到现在为止一直发生的动作，因此要用现在完成式，away表示离开某地时应加from。
第8题：
A、lives
B、will live
C、will have lived
D、has lived
第9题：
A and I think it definitely has a bright future ;
B but it may be time to consider some major changes ;
C but the company faces tough competition
第10题：
Anne Frank and her family were German Jews who lived in Nazi Germany. To ______(1) Nazi persecution the family went to Holland. ______ (2), in 1940, the Nazis invaded Holland, and the Frank family faced the same persecution as before. So they went into hiding in a secret place. Anne was then about 14 years old. She ______(3)a habit of keeping a diary. She wrote ______(4) the persecution, her feelings, and her life. When the family was finally discovered and arrested by the Nazis, her diary was ______(5) in a pile of old newspapers and later returned to her father Mr. Frank, who was the only survivor of the family.
1.
A、deport
B、prevent
C、escape
D、run
2.
A、In addition
B、Therefore
C、Moreover
D、However
3.
A、reached out
B、got into
C、came across
D、went in
4.
A、against
B、in
C、about
D、with
5.
A、left
B、departed
C、separated
D、disappeared