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【单选题】Few people, except conspiracy theorists, would have expected so public a spat as the one this week between the two ringmasters of Formula One (F1) motor racing.BernieEcclestone. a very wealthyBritish motor sport entrepreneur, is at odds. it would seem. with his longstanding associate. Max Mosley, president of Fl’s governing body, the Federation International de l’Automobile (FIA、.
On the surface, the dispute has broken out over what looked like a done deal. Last June. the FI
A、voted unanimously to extend Mr.Ecclestone’s exclusive fights to stage and broadcast Fl racing, which expire in 2010, by t00 years. For these favourable rights, Mr.Ecelestone was to pay the FI
A、a mere $360 million in total, and only $60 million immediately. The FI
A、claims that Mr.Ecclestone has not made the payment of $60 million, a claim denied by Mr.Ecclestone. who insists the money has been placed in an escrow account. Mr. Mosley has asked Mr.Ecclestone to pay up or risk losing the deal for the Fl rights after 2010. perhaps m a group of car makers that own Fl teams. For his part. Mr.Ecclestone has, rather theatrically, accused Mr. Mosley of "trying to do some extortion".
What is going on Only three things can be stated with confidence. First. the idea that Mr.Ecclestone cannot find the 560 million is ridiculous: his family trust is not exactly short of cash. having raised around $2 billion in the past two years. SeconD、it would not be in Mr.Ecclestone’s long-term financial interest to discard a deal which could only enhance the value of his family’s remaining 50% stake in SLEC、the holding company for the group of companies that runs the commercial side of F1. ThirD、the timing of the dispute is very interesting.
WhyBecause the other.50% stake in SLEC、owned byEM. TV. a debt-ridden German media company, is up for sale.EM. TV badly needs to sell this stake in the near future to keep its bankers at dead enD、The uncertainty created by the dispute between Mr.Ecclestone and Mr. Mosley might depress the value ofEM. TV’s holding.Could that work to Mr.Ecctestone’s advantage Quite possibly. The lower the value ofEM. TV’s stake, the higher the relative value of an option Mr.Ecclestone holds to sell a further 25% of SLEC、mEM. TV for around $1 billion--and the better the deal Mr.Ecclestone might be able to extract for surrendering the option. Whoever buysEM. TV’s stake in SLEC、will have to negotiate with Mr.Ecclestone over this instrument. TheEconomist understands that Mr.Ecclestone has the fight to veto a plan proposed lastDecember by Kireh, a privately owned German media group, to buy half ofEM. TV’s holding for $550 million.
In the coming weeks, Mr.Ecclestone will doubtless be deploying his formidable negotiating skills to best advantage. It would be hasty to bet against his securing a good deal out ofEM. TV’s difficulties. His dispute with the F1
A、may then be easily resolveD、As usual, he holds all the cards.
The last sentence of the passage implies______.
A、Mr.Ecclestone can win at cards
B．Mr.Ecclestone will achieve great success in the negotiation
C．Mr.Ecclestone cheated all his partners
D．Mr.Eccestone will lose the whole contract with FIA

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
推理判断题。最后一句话是“As usual, he holds all the cards.”(和平常一样，他稳操胜券。)文章最后一段提到“未来几周内，他将充分施展自己的谈判才华以使自己获得更多优势和好处”，由此可以推断， Ecclestone将在谈判中大获全胜，故选B。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>