第六课时
试题 11
PART TWO
Questions 8-12
●        Read the text below about the management of documents.
●        Choose the best sentence from the list on the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
●        For each gap 8-12, mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.
●        Do not use any letter more than once.
How do you improve white collar productivity?
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For many years, technological development was thought to be the key to improving productivity in the office. In the 1980s cheap small computers first appeared on desktops. (ex
ample)________
The power of personal computers has increased dramatically, and the uses of software have expanded too. Companies both large and small have spent large sums of money on improving office computer facilities.(8) ________.It seems that business has failed to apply the developments in technology to greater effect, to increase the amount of time which office workers have available for non-routine tasks. To do this, we need to understand how information is processed in business ventures.
Typically, information is first gathered, then processed, and finally produced in its changed form as output.(9) ________. Increasingly complex programs have been invented, to feed ever more powerful processing systems.
But what about output? A recent study by an American management institute shows that the processing of documents takes up 60% of office workers’ time, 40% of labour costs and up to 10% of business income.(10) ________. In fact, the international companies studied for the research show that this breakdown is true world-wide, wherever the company operat
es.
Taking these findings into account, the management of documents has become extremely important. Documents support nearly all business transactions. They are increasingly the way to communicate with customers, suppliers and employees. It is therefore upon document output and distribution that we should focus. (11) ________
Unfortunately, technological developments in equipment for document management seem more impressive than they really are.(12) ________ New technological solutions are needed to tackle the problem, to help drive businesses forward to improve their productivity and output.
Only now are we beginning to study business objectives and to structure technology to suit them. Our company is attempting to understand how people use technology and how it can be applied to business problems.
A.    These new methods of handling paperwork have already greatly improved efficiency.
B.    This would be a key way of improving white collar productivity.
C.    It will help them to make better use of all office employees.
D.    However, this enormous investment has not improved productivity as expected.
E.    Laser printers have many limitations, and photocopiers have few applications.
F.    Most technology has concentrated its attention on the first two of these stages.
G.    These figures are hardly surprising since documents convey nine-tenths of all information.
H.    Nevertheless, it is an important way to improve business processes and workflow.
I.    Since then, these machines have caused a revolution in the way we work in the office.
答案：8.D        9.F        10.G 11.B    12.E
试题 1
PART TWO
Questions 8-12
●        Read this letter to the editor of The Economist.
●        Choose the best sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.
●        For each bland (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.
●        Do not mar4 any letter twice.
●        One answer has been given as an example.
Sir,
You state on February 13 th that New Mexico has “few natural resources”, ____ example____ In 1991 New Mexico ranked fourth in the United States in production of natural gas, seventh in oil and tenth in non-fuel minerals ____8____ Non-fuel minerals contributed about $ 1 billion and coal $ 509 million.
Taxes from production of fuels and minerals, and lease payments on state lands have been set aside by legislative acts to endow two permanent funds worth about $ 5.65 billion, ____9____ In addition, during fiscal year 1991 , payments to New Mexico from taxes on federal lands were S 108 million, all earmarked for public education.
____10____ About $566 million came from taxes and permanent-fund earnings attributable to oil and gas production. ____11____ Tourism is an important industry in Mew Mexico, yet its economic impact on the public sector is dwarfed by that of mineral production.
New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states. It does not have a deficit. ____12____ States that rely primarily on a sales tax or on an income tax have big problems during economic downturns. Income growth per head in New Mexico averaged 6.1/00 in the year to October 1992-one if the fastest growth rates in the United States.

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