第1题:
3 Mary Hobbes joined the board of Rosh and Company, a large retailer, as finance director earlier this year. Whilst she
was glad to have finally been given the chance to become finance director after several years as a financial
accountant, she also quickly realised that the new appointment would offer her a lot of challenges. In the first board
meeting, she realised that not only was she the only woman but she was also the youngest by many years.
Rosh was established almost 100 years ago. Members of the Rosh family have occupied senior board positions since
the outset and even after the company’s flotation 20 years ago a member of the Rosh family has either been executive
chairman or chief executive. The current longstanding chairman, Timothy Rosh, has already prepared his slightly
younger brother, Geoffrey (also a longstanding member of the board) to succeed him in two years’ time when he plans
to retire. The Rosh family, who still own 40% of the shares, consider it their right to occupy the most senior positions
in the company so have never been very active in external recruitment. They only appointed Mary because they felt
they needed a qualified accountant on the board to deal with changes in international financial reporting standards.
Several former executive members have been recruited as non-executives immediately after they retired from full-time
service. A recent death, however, has reduced the number of non-executive directors to two. These sit alongside an
executive board of seven that, apart from Mary, have all been in post for over ten years.
Mary noted that board meetings very rarely contain any significant discussion of strategy and never involve any debate
or disagreement. When she asked why this was, she was told that the directors had all known each other for so long
that they knew how each other thought. All of the other directors came from similar backgrounds, she was told, and
had worked for the company for so long that they all knew what was ‘best’ for the company in any given situation.
Mary observed that notes on strategy were not presented at board meetings and she asked Timothy Rosh whether the
existing board was fully equipped to formulate strategy in the changing world of retailing. She did not receive a reply.
Required:
(a) Explain ‘agency’ in the context of corporate governance and criticise the governance arrangements of Rosh
and Company. (12 marks)
第2题:
The Federal Reserve has been providing free check-clearing facilities to all the banks.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
第3题:
Which of the following did the author probably suggest?
[A] Support not the most supported.
[B] Deny everything others believe.
[C] Throw all tradition into trashcan.
[D] Keep your eyes open all the time.
本题考查作者的观点。第一段作者提到,大多数人所共有的观念和习惯不一定是合理的判断和实践智慧的结果;第二至三段又提出,认为“大家都说的话肯定是真的,大家都做的事肯定是对的”是一种谬论。文章的最后提到,如果按照上述的推理方式,即大家广泛同意的观点就是对的,那么我们也可以证明地球是扁的,噩梦是恶魔的来访。由此可以看出,作者是在批驳人们思维方式上走入的误区,建议人们用一种更批判更睿智的态度看待那些已经习以为常的观点和做法。而并不建议我们彻底放弃传统、在没有确凿的证据的情况下支持或否定事物和观点。[A]、[B]和[C]项属于较偏狭的观点,不入选。
第4题:
My vessel is healthy and I request free pratique.What does the sentence My vessel is healthy mean?It means: ______.
A.My ship has been maintained
B.My ship has been painted
C.All my crew members have been vaccinated
D.All my crew members have no quarantinable diseases
第5题:
The certificate of pratique certifies that ______.
A.the ship has no rats or mice on board
B.no quarantinable disease has been found on the vessel
C.no person has died during the voyage the ship has just completed
D.all the crew members have no health problem
第6题:
Mr. Smith has ____gone out to meet all old friend.
A. just
B. once
C. yet
第7题:
The word ‘work’in the second line of the last paragraph most probably means.
A.what a student has written at school
B.what a student has learned at school
C.what a student has read at school
D.what a student has achieved academically
第8题:
If you say to an American that you are a stranger there, most probably he will______.
A. offer his help
B. stop smiling at you
C. help you find the way
D. reply that he is pleased to meet you
45.答案为A 根据第三段,从美国人对外国人提出请求的表现可知他们对外国人的友善,只有A选项全面概括了这点。
第9题:
A crew list is a piece of paper which shows ______.
A.all names of crew members on board
B.all crew member's lists on board
C.all paper of crew members on board
D.all names of lists for the crew on board
第10题:
Fire protection regulations for towing vessels require all crew members to know how to perform each of these tasks EXCEPT ______.
A.Start the mechanical ventilation system for the engine room
B.Operate the fuel shut-off for the engine room
C.Operate all fire extinguishing equipment aboard the vessel on board the vessel,including starting the fire pump
D.All of the above