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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】A mAn oF lEss CourAgE______ to stAnD up to suCh A CompliCAtED situAtion.
A．woulD not hAvE DArED
B．CoulD not hAvE DArED
C．will not DArE
D．DiD not DArE

【单选题】thE phrAsE "nAturE nEvEr BECAmE A toy to thE wisE spirit" mEAns whiCh oF thE Following
A．EDuCAtED pEoplE Do not trEAt nAturE As ChilDrEn Do.
B．nAturE will AlwAys ConquEr EvEn thE most lEArnED pErson.
C．nAturE is unprEDiCtABlE AnD humAn BEings CAnnot unDErstAnD it.
D．A truE wisE pErson DoEs not losE his ApprECiAtion oF nAturE.

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