专四专八考试

【单选题】Adreamistoapersoniswingsaretoabird.（）
A.that
B.which
C.what
D.as

【单选题】Themillionsofcalculationsinvolved，byhand，wouldhavelostallpracticalvaluebythetimetheywerefinished.（）
A.hadtheybeendone
B.theyhadbeendone
C.havingbeendone
D.theyweredone

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【单选题】BoostED By Booming intErnAtionAl FinAnCiAl mArkEts, thECity oF lonDon hAs not hAD it so gooD sinCE thE EnD oF thE DotCom BonAnzA in thE lAtE 1990s.BAsking in DouBlE-Digit growth rAtEs, lonDon’s lAw Firms hAvE Both ContriButED to thAt suCCEss AnD BEnEFitED From it. thE EArnings oF topCity lAwyErs CAn now ExCEED ￡ 2 m A yEAr.
hAving optED to ExpAnD AnD go gloBAl AhEAD oF most othErs,BritAin’s lEADing lAw Firms tEnD to BE BiggEr thAn thEirAmEriCAn rivAls. inDEED, ACCorDing to A survEy oF thE worlD’s top 50 lAw Firms, CompilED By lEgAlBusinEss, ABritish trADE pApEr, FivE oF thE worlD’s top six lAw Firms—in tErms oF turnovEr—ArE nowBritish (iFDlA、pipEr, thE rEsult oF AnAnglo-AmEriCAn mErgEr, is inCluDED).But thEy hAvE tEnDED to lAg BEhinD in tErms oF thEir proFitABility. thAt is now ChAnging.
thE proFit mArgins oF thECity’s FivE "mAgiC CirClE" Firms—CliFForDChAnCE, slAughtEr AnD mAy,AllEn ＆ ovEry, linklAtErs AnD FrEshFiElDs—hAvE soArED in rECEnt yEArs AnD ArE now CompArABlE with, iF not highEr thAn, thosE oF nEw york’s "whitE shoE" ElitE. slAughtEr AnD mAy, thE only onE oF thE FivE not to hAvE gonE gloBAl, hAs thE joint sEConD-highEst proFit mArgin Among thE top 50.
not so long Ago, A lonDon surgEon CoulD ExpECt to EArn As muCh As ACity lAwyEr.But EvEn thE rECEnt Big risEs in hospitAl ConsultAnts’ EArnings pAll in CompArison with thosE EnjoyED By lonDon lAwyErs.At slAughtEr AnD mAy, For ExAmplE, AvErAgE proFits pEr Equity pArtnEr (pEp) jumpED By Almost A thirD (in DollAr tErms) lAst yEAr to $2.75 m—morE thAn At Any othEr oF thE top 50 lAw Firms BAr two in nEw york whErE pEp AvErAgED $2.8 m AnD $3.0 m rEspECtivEly. somE sEnior pArtnErs gEt A lot morE oF CoursE.
CompEtition For thE BEst lAwyErs is FiErCE AnD poAChing FrEquEnt. hEnCE thE nEED to kEEp hEADlinE pEp FigurEs up—EvEn At thE Cost oF gEtting riD oF Equity pArtnErs, lEAving A BiggEr shArE oF thE Bounty For thE rEmAining onEs. FrEshFiElDs is in thE proCEss oF shEDDing ArounD 100 oF its Equity pArtnErs. othEr lEADing Firms ArE Also unDErtAking pAinFul rEstruCturing. nEwly quAliFiED lAwyErs’ sAlAriEs hAvE Also BEEn shooting up in thE sEArCh For thE BEst tAlEnt.Both FrEshFiElDs AnDAllEn & ovEry now pAy thEir First-yEAr AssoCiAtEs ￡65,000, rising to ArounD ￡90.000 AFtEr thrEE yEArs. (First-yEAr AssoCiAtEs AtAmEriCA’s top lAw Firms gEt thE EquivAlEnt oF ￡ 80.000. )
But, As mAny othEr top-rAnkCity EmployErs hAvE DisCovErED, Big EArnings Do not nECEssArily guArAntEE Big sAtisFACtion.ACCorDing to A yougov poll, puBlishED By thE lAwyEr EArliEr this month, A quArtEr oFBritAin’s lAwyErs (inCluDing A FiFth oF lAw-Firm pArtnErs) woulD likE to lEAvE thE proFEssion. thE DisgruntlED ComplAinED ABout Cripplingly long hours, intEnsE CompEtition AnD thE impErsonAlity oF thE BiggEst Firms (somE with morE thAn 3,000 lAwyErs). so why Don’t thEy quitBECAusE, sAy thrEE-quArtErs, oF thE pAy.
thE phrAsE "whitE shoE" (linE 8, pArAgrAph 2) most proBABly rEFErs to
A、A nEw ElitE ClAss oF thE supErriCh.B、whitE CollArs.
C、top lAw Firms. D、FinAnCiAl AgEnCiEs.

【单选题】shE is only______ sAtisFiED to Copy notEs oF othErs without thE pAin oF thought For hErsElF.
A．vEry
B．muCh
C．so
D．too

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A．inCrEAsED
B．impliED
C．improvED
D．imprEssED

【单选题】________A muslim, i unDErstooD whAt hE mEAnt.
A．i
B．mysElF
C．hE
D．himsElF

【单选题】ApplE’s lAunCh oF thE ipAD is A gAmBlE in morE wAys thAn onE. to stArt with, it’s oBviously A BEt thAt thErE ArE millions oF pEoplE looking For A nEw wAy to surF thE wEB, wAtCh moviEs, AnD rEAD mAgAzinEs.But it’s Also A morE FunDAmEntAl gAmBlE; nAmEly, thAt pEoplE will pAy For quAlity. stArting At FivE hunDrED DollArs, thE ipAD is signiFiCAntly morE ExpEnsivE thAn its CompEtitors.ButApplE’s Assumption is thAt, iF thE ipAD is Also signiFiCAntly BEttEr, pEoplE will hAppily shEll out For it (As thEy AlrEADy Do For ipoDs, iphonEs, AnD mACs).
ForApplE, "BuilD it AnD thEy will pAy" is BusinEss As usuAl.But it’s not A univErsAl BusinEss truth. on thE ContrAry, CompAniEs likE ikEA, h. & m., AnD thE mAkErs oF thE FlipviDEo CAmErA ArE Flourishing not By sElling proDuCts or sErviCEs thAt ArE "FAr BEttEr" thAn AnyonE ElsE’s But By sElling things thAt ArEn’t BAD AnD Cost A lot lEss. thEsE proDuCts ArE muCh BEttEr thAn thE ChEAp stuFF you usED to Buy, AnD thEy tEnD to BE AppEAlingly stylED, But, unlikEApplE, thE CompAniEs ArEn’t trying to BuilD thE BEst mousEtrAp out thErE. instEAD, thEy’rE EngAgED in thE "gooD-Enough rEvolution." For thEm, thE kEy to suCCEss isn’t ExCEllEnCE. it’s wEll-priCED ADEquACy.
thEsE two strAtEgiEs mAy look ComplEtEly DiFFErEnt, But thEy hAvE onE CruCiAl thing in Common: thEy Don’t tArgEt thE Amorphous BloB oF ConsumErs who mAkE up thE miDDlE oF thE mArkEt. pArADoxiCAlly, ignoring thEsE pEoplE hAs turnED out to BE A grEAt wAy oF gEtting lots oF CustomErs, BECAusE, in mAny BusinEssEs, high-AnD low-EnD proDuCErs ArE tAking morE AnD morE oF thE mArkEt. in FAshion, Both h. &m. AnD hErmEs hAvE prospErED During thE rECEssion.
whilE thE high AnD low EnDs ArE thriving, thE miDDlE oF thE mArkEt is in trouBlE. prEviously, suCCEssFul CompAniEs tEnDED to BE AttrACtED towArD whAt historiAns oF rEtAil hAvE CAllED thEBig miDDlE, BECAusE thAt’s whErE most oF thE CustomErs wErE. thEsE DAys, thEBig miDDlE is looking morE likE "thE mushy miDDlE". thE CompAniEs thErE—sony,DEll, gEnErAl motors, AnD thE likE—FinD thEmsElvEs squEEzED From Both siDEs. thE proDuCts mADE By miDrAngE CompAniEs ArE nEithEr ExCEptionAl Enough to justiFy prEmium priCEs nor ChEAp Enough to win ovEr vAluE-ConsCious ConsumErs.
this DoEsn’t mEAn thAt CompAniEs ArE going to ABAnDon thE iDEA oF BEing All things to All pEoplE. iF you’rE AlrEADy in thE miDDlE oF thE mArkEt, it’s hArD to shiFt FoCus—As g.m. hAs DisCovErED、AnD thE AllurE oF A Big mArkEt shArE is oFtEn hArD to rEsist, EvEn iF it DoEsn’t trAnslAtE into proFits.ACCorDing to onE EstimAtE, nokiA hAs nEArly twEnty timEsApplE’s mArkEt shArE, But thE iphonE AlonE mAkEs Almost As muCh monEy As All nokiA’s phonEs ComBinED、
it CAn BE inFErrED From thE thirD pArAgrAph thAt
A、mAyBE thErE is A shrinking miDDlE-EnD mArkEt.
B、high-EnD mArkEt is morE Flourishing thAn othErs.
C．miDDlE-EnD mArkEt is thE tArgEt oF Big CompAniEs.
D．low-EnD mArkEt tEnDs to BE ignorED By CompAniEs.