职称英语考试

试题来源：2010年职称英语等级考试综合类B真题

Semco
At 21．Ricard0 Semler became boss of his father business in Brazil，Semco，which sold partsfor ships．Semler Junior worked like a madman，from 7：30 am，until midnight every day．One af-ternoon while touring a factory in New York he collapsed The doctor who treated him said
"There，s nothing wrong with you．But if you continue like this，you'11 find a new home in our hospital．"Semler got the message．He changed the way he worked．In fact，he changed the way his employees worked too．
He let his workers take more responsibility so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong．He allowed them to set their own salaries，and he cut all the jobs he thought were unnecessary．like receptionists and secretaries．____________(46)．"Everyone at Semco， even top managers，meets guests in reception does the photocopying，sends faxes，types letters and dials the phone．"
He eompletelv reorganized the office：instead of walls，they have plants at Semco，so bosses can't shut themselves away from everyone else．__________(47)．As for uniforms，some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts．
Semler says．"We have a sales manager named Rubin Agater who sits there reading the newspaper hour after hour．He doesn't even pretend to be busy． But when a Semco pump on the otherside of the world fails and millions of gallons of oil are about to spill into the sea．Rubin springs intoaction．_________(48)．That's when he earns his salary．No one cares if he doesn't look busy therest of the time．"
Semco has flexible working hours：the employees decide when they need to arrive at work．Theemployees also evaluate their bosses twice a year．__________(49)．
It sounds perfect．but does it work?The answer is in the numbers：in the last six years．
Semco's revenues have gone from$35 million to$212 million．The company has grown from eighthundred employees to 3，000．Why?
Semler says it's because of"peer pressure"．Peer pressure makes everyone work hard for every。one else．__________(50)．In other words，Ricardo Semler treats his workers like adults and expectsthem to act like adults．And they do．
A．This saved money and brought more equality to the company．
B．He knows everything there is to know about our pumps and how to fix them．
C．And the workers are free to decorate their workspace as they want．
D．Most managers spend their time making it difficult for workers to work．
E．If someone isn't doing his job well，the other workers will not allow the situation to contin'Ue．
F．Also．Semco lets its workers use the company's machines for their own projeets，and makesthem take holidays for at 1east thirty days a year．

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网考网参考答案：A、C、B、F、E
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大数据分析：根据网考网与考试题库的统计，该试题：
24%的考友选择了A选项
74%的考友选择了B选项
0%的考友选择了C选项
1%的考友选择了D选项
0%的考友选择了E选项
1%的考友选择了F选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 我也是A、C、B、F、E，是不是标准答案，晕
 · 这题不解，原来选A、C、B、F、E，感觉没错啊
 · 答案是什么啊，这题比较模糊