_____improve her English, Jenny bought a lot of tapes for herself.

         A. So as to      B. In order that       C. So that         D. In order to

．—Have you finished the work?  

  —Not yet. I _____ to do it just a moment ago.

A. set about                       B. set up                             C. set out                           D. set down

．—Where did you go last weekend?

   —ChenDu, we got to the station almost half an hour earlier than the bus.

   —So you _______ in such hurry.

A. needn’t have been                                B. couldn’t have been

C. shouldn’t have been                       D. mustn’t have been

 We had a really bad time about six months ago but now things are__________.

   A. looking up         B. coming up        C. making up         D. turning up

There is ________ information stored in the computer which is likely to break down at any moment.

A.  a large number of          B.  a great deal of

C.  a plenty of                D.  a great amounts of  

There is that great idea that in an information and knowledge based economy, the most important thing for companies is attracting and holding outstanding talented guys. Obviously I will not say that is not important, but in my opinion a successful and groundbreaking company cannot be built just from the collection of high talented people, as a great sports team can't be constructed only by the collection of great players.

It is more important to build teams of people that achieve the goals according to the company's organizational vision. It is necessary to create organizations where everybody (with outstanding talent or not) can develop their best personal capabilities and that these capacities are addressed to achieve the corporate goals and mission. The company efforts must be addressed to design an organizational system that produces and uses talent from everyone in the company.

Trying to get the best from our people through corporate team building policies, establishing a concrete corporate culture and values, making our company a place where people want to work because it is a good place to stay and develop their capacities, is the best way to compete in the knowledge economy. That will keep us out of the obligation to constantly seek for the "best players" and entering in the retribution auctions(拍賣).

We have to take into account that, nowadays, the real talented and creative people, like to work or engage themselves in projects where they can develop their capacities, they can be involved in the organizational goals and vision, and where they are treated with respect and dignity. Definitively, they want to be happy doing their jobs. And we have to build organizations where they can find that.

The underlined word that in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.

  A. information and knowledge                B. the great idea

  C. the collection of talented people          D. attracting and holding talented people

In the author’s opinion, a good company should consist of ________.

  A. only outstanding people                               B. both talented and common people

  C. only common people                             D. more talented people than common people

The most important thing a successful company should do is ________.

  A. constantly seek for talented people

  B. employ people with different abilities

  C. make the company a place where employees are glad to devote themselves to work

  D. make the company a place where employees can get the best pay and great respect

According to Paragraph 3, the company can get the best from its employees in the following ways EXCEPT ________.

  A. making corporate team building rules        

B. forming corporate culture and values

  C. encouraging them to develop their abilities 

D. competing in the knowledge economy

 How is the text organized?

(1)—Paragraph 1   (2)—Paragraph 2          (3)—Paragraph 3          (4)—Paragraph 4

    A. (1)→(2)→(3)→(4)                                  B. (1)(2)→(3)(4)

          ↗(2)                               (1)↘

    C. (1)→(3)                                                     D.  (2)→(4)

          ↘(4)                               (3)↗

Under the circumstances I usually think of the great effort and courage it _____ for the girl to come back and apologize.

A. made        B. afforded     C. spared          D. took

The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I_____ the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.

A. should have taken      B. could have taken  C. needn't have taken  D. mustn't have taken

This kind of new car _______ in three colors: black, silver and red.

   A. comes                        B. sells                              C. offers                              D. produces