Anybody running a company knows that a well-planned conference can greatly improve performance of
that business. The main reason for this is that it takes your employees away from the daily workplace and
offers them somewhere fresh for a short time. However, unless the conference is well thought out it will not
have the best results and you will have wasted a great deal of money. Here are some tips for you.
The first step is to find the right place. Can your employees easily reach the conference center? Is it near
a railway station? Is it close to a good, fast road? Has it plenty of suitable parking space? If you are going to
choose a hotel, then perhaps the hotel has cheaper rates at weekends or, if it is in a popular tourist area,
midweek rates may be cheaper. Furthermore, you need to think whether there is a bathroom. After a day"s
meeting, maybe your employees would like to have a hot water bath. Or maybe there are other needs to satisfy
depending on your employees" taste.
Another important requirement is food and drink. Breakfast is a time when people can relax before work
begins,but you may not want a long break for lunch in the middle of the day. Buffet (自助餐) lunches are very
popular for this reason. Then there is dinner, which most employees consider a reward for a day"s hard work!
Whatever your needs are, it is essential (基本的) to think ahead if you want a successful conference. |
| A. | ★STAR★
CONFERENCE
CENTRE
●Close to airport and golf course.
●Choice of conference rooms.
●Swimming pool and sauna.
●3 full meals a day included in price. | | 阅读理解。 | Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts,
a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack,
which was very full, but he didn"t have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he
checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a
small package.
"Give this package to Jean Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you
can find him easily," Tony said, "You don"t have any luggage, right?"
"Only this backpack," Brian answered. "You said I could bring one carry-on bag."
"That"s right. One carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip."
"Thanks."
Is Brian a criminal (罪犯)? Not at all. He is an air-courier. And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket
to Paris. Air-couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign
countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next
day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to
send a package with an air-courier, but it is quick.
Every year about 80,000 people worldwide travel as air-couriers. The number of tickets for the air-courier
travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn"t for everyone. But if you have
very little money, you can be flexible (灵活的) about your travel plans, and don"t mind wearing the same clothes
for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation! | | 1. Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel? | | [ ] | A. Because they were the uniforms for air-couriers.
B. Because that made him easier to be recognized.
C. Because his backpack had no room for his clothes.
D. Because he did not have any luggage with him. | | 2. An air-courier is a person who _____. | | [ ] | A. manages a business company in foreign countries
B. organizes international flights for tourists
C. travels around the world with cheap tickets
D. delivers papers and packages to foreign countries | | 3. Businesses choose the air-courier service because _____. | | [ ] | A. it costs less
B. it is flexible
C. it saves time
D. it grows fast | | 4. One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air-courier is that he _____. | | [ ] | A. cannot decide when and where to travel
B. cannot take any luggage with him
C. has to wear two pairs of jeans
D. saves little money from the travel | | 5. The author of the text mainly _____. | | [ ] | A. describes the activities of a law-breaker
B. suggests an ideal way to travel
C. argues against the air-courier travel
D. tells us about a developing business | | 阅读理解。 | In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Parents raising five or more children were
common. Over the years, the size of the family has decreased. One reason for this is an increase in the
cost of living. On the average, children attend schools for more years than they used to, making them
financially dependent on their families longer. Moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have
more money to spend on entertainment. The parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses.
Meanwhile, families are less close than they used to be. More and more American mothers work away
from home. The break up of the family occurs when the parents divorce. A lot of children in the U. S.
live part of their young lives with only one parent. Broken families usually result in problems for children
and parents alike. Children blame themselves when their parents separate. They grow up feeling unsettled
as they are moved back and forth between parents. Usually one parent is responsible for raising the children.
These single parents must care for the children"s emotional and psychological needs while also supporting
them financially. This is very demanding and leaves very little time for the parent"s own personal interests.
Single parents often marry other single parents. In this type of family, unrelated children are forced to
develop brother or sister relationship. The situations of many American families today are not good.
However, recent signs indicate that things are getting better. The divorce rate is declining. The rate of
childbirth is rising. Perhaps Americans have learned how important families are. | | 1. In the past, American families tended to be _____. | | [ ] | A. quite small
B. medium sized
C. quite large
D. small | | 2. To parents who take the responsibility for children"s expenses, the cost of living increases because _____. | | [ ] | A. children attend school for more years
B. children are better dressed
C. children spend more money on entertainment
D. all of the above | | 3. According to the author, the situations of American families in the future may _____. | | [ ] | A. become worse
B. remain the same
C. get better
D. keep unchanged | | 4. The title of the article might be _____. | | [ ] | A. American Children
B. American Families
C. American Mother
D. American Parents | | 阅读理解。 | I"m lying on my back in my grandfather"s orchard (果园), looking up at the branches above me. It is one
of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are
already ripe (成熟的). Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother"s apple pie (苹果馅饼),
and how I used to make it with her. She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie
since. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum
of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.
The sky is as blue as my grandfather"s eyes. Above me, big white clouds race across the sky like pieces
of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down.
"Sophie!" calls my grandfather. "Is that you?" I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as
we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples, and bees, and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her
too.
He puts his rough, brown farmer"s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. "You know, Sophie," he
says, "I spent the morning in the attic (阁楼), and you"ll never guess what I found. It"s the recipe (烹饪法)
for Grandma"s apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can"t do it all alone, but you used to help her
too. Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out. Want to try?"
"But it won"t be the same without Grandma," I tell him.
"That"s true," he says, "but nothing is the same without Grandma. Still, I don"t think that she would want
us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?" I nod yes, and we walk towards home… towards an
afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma"s famous apple pie. | | 1. We learn from the passage that Sophie _____. | | [ ] | A. likes to watch clouds in the attic
B. comes to the orchard after school
C. enjoys Grandma"s apple pie very much
D. picks many apples in the orchard | | 2. Both Sophie and her grandfather used to _____. | | [ ] | A. help Grandma make apple pies
B. spend summer afternoons in the orchard
C. enjoy fresh fruit in the farmhouse kitchen
D. walk alone among the apple trees | | 3. The underlined part in the last paragraph shows _____. | | [ ] | A. how much Sophie"s grandmother loved Sophie
B. how much Sophie"s grandfather likes apple pies
C. how much Sophie loves her grandfather"s orchard
D. how much Sophie"s grandfather misses Grandma | | 4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? | | [ ] | A. My grandfather"s orchard
B. My grandmother"s apple pie
C. A morning in the attic
D. The last days of summer | | 阅读理解。 | Dear Sir,
I have to travel every day from SoUk Road to the Airport. Two buses travel along this route: the number
49 and the number 16. However, by the time the number 16 bus reaches SoUk Road, it is always full, so it
is of no use for me. This leaves the number 49 which sometimes has empty seats on it.
The timetable states that there are buses from SoUk Road to the Airport every ten minutes. If this is so,
why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day? The instructions state that if there are empty
seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting. Why is it that half-empty buses go
straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
The instructions state that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers.
Yesterday, I was first to get off the bus when it reached the Airport. I counted the other passengers as they
got off. There were 129 of them.
Clearly printed on the back of every bus is a sign that says "Maximum speed: 50 m.p.h." The distance
from SoUk Road to the Airport is 10 miles. Saturday morning a 49 bus traveled the distance in ten minutes,
at an average speed of 60 m.p.h. At times it must have done at least 80 or even 90 m.p.h. It is obvious that
our bus companies have no respect for the instructions nor consideration for their passengers. Can nothing
be done about this? | | 1. The writer prefers to take Bus No.49 because it _____. | | [ ] | A. stops at every stop
B. has more seats on it
C. travels faster
D. is not always full | | 2. According to the timetable, a 49 bus should travel through its route _____. | | [ ] | A. every ten minutes
B. in less than ten minutes
C. in more than twelve minutes
D. in half an hour | | 3. The writer is not satisfied with the bus company because _____. | | [ ] | A. buses are too crowded
B. bus drivers often go straight past without stopping
C. too few buses are traveling along this route
D. bus services are poor | 最新试题
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