大学英语三级B试题含答案 全 - 图文(2)

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One company gives every employee over 50 years old and who has been with them for 25 years, six months' holiday on full pay. At the same time additional money can be made available by way of loans, to help them with projects they cannot otherwise offer. Most of the people who have already benefited from the scheme, have used the opportunity to travel to distant places like the Far East or South America and some have spent the money on their favorite hobbies, such as photography.

The cost of providing these special holidays is fairly high but the directors feel it is well worthwhile because the employees are greatly refreshed by their long break from the pressures and routines of their jobs. The only problems are that the people concerned tend to have key jobs which can be difficult to fill on a temporary basis for a relatively long time. Besides, some employees find it difficult to re-adjust to the old routine after such a long time away. In addition, one or two people may not feel secure at leaving their job in someone else's hands. On balance, however, there is no doubt that the idea is beneficial to industrial relations and a wonderful reward for long service. 21. Many workers would like to ___________. A) dream of long holidays at home B) spend a long time in unusual places C) buy a holiday away from home

D) have a long holiday after many years 22. One company____________.

A) gives money to employees over 25 years B) lends staff money to go on holidays C) allows long holidays to certain staff

D) arranges long holidays for old employees

23. Most of the employees in the scheme ____________.

A) enjoy leisure activities B) develop their hobbies C) take up photography D) take foreign trips 24. The directors feel that _____________.

A) the staff get a lot of pleasures from the scheme B) older staff are very enthusiastic about holidays C) the scheme is more expensive than they expected D) the scheme is beneficial to staff relations 25. One of the problems is that ________________. A) it is difficult to fill a temporary job

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B) some employees are afraid of their colleagues

C) it is difficult for some people to re-adjust to the old routine after a long break D) employees don't feel secure when they are away Passage 4

If U.S. software companies don't pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business good-bye. Both India and Brazil are developing a world-class software industry. Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the top U.S. quality specialists whose voices are not listened to in their country.

Already, of the world's 12 software houses that have earned the highest rating in the world, seven are in India. That's largely because they have used new methodologies rejected by American software specialists. For example, for decades, quality specialists, W. Edwards Deming and J. M. Juran had urged U.S. software companies to change their attitudes to quality. But their quality call mainly fell on deaf ears in the U.S. -but not in Japan. By the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was grabbing market share with better, cheaper products. They used Deming's and Juran's ideas to bring down the cost of good quality to as little as 5% of total production costs. In U.S. factories, the cost of quality then was 10 times as high: 50%. In software, it still is.

Watts S. Humphrey spent 27 years at IBM heading up software production and then quality assurance. But his advice was seldom paid attention to. He retired from IBM in 1986. In 1987, he worked out a system for assessing and improving software quality. It has proved its value time and again. For example, in 1990 the cost of quality at Raytheon Electronics Systems was almost 60% of total software production costs. It fell to 15% in 1996 and has since further dropped to below 10%.

Like Deming and Juran, Humphrey seems to be wining more praises overseas than at home. The India government and several companies have just founded the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute at the Software Technology Park in Chennai, India.

Let's hope that U.S. lead in software will not be eaten up by its quality problems.

26. What country has more highest-rating companies in the world than any other country has?

A. Germany. B. The U.S. C. Brazil D. India 27. Which of the following statements about Humphrey is true? A. He is now still an IBM employer. B. He has worked for IBM for 37 years.

C. The US pays much attention to his quality advice. D. India honors him highly.

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28. By what means did Japan grab its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s? A. Its products were cheaper in price and better in quality. B. Its advertising was most successful.

C. The US hardware industry was lagging behind . D. Japan hired a lot of India software specialists.

29. What does the founding of the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute symbolize? A. It symbolizes the US determination to move ahead with its software B. .It symbolizes the India ambition to take the lead in software.

C. It symbolizes the Japanese efforts to solve the software quality problem. D. It symbolizes the Chinese policy on importing software. 30. What is the writer worrying about?

A. Many US software specialists are working for Japan. B. The quality problem has become a worldwide problem.

C. The US will no longer be the first software player in the world. D. India and Japan are joining hands to compete with the US. 第三部分：词汇和结构

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