Computers
    問(wèn)題1.Equipped with computers, managers today operate their firms with higher efficiency and less cost than they used to be.
    operate a firm 經(jīng)營(yíng)>
    run a firm
    efficiency 高效
    efficient 高效的
    A.Right
    B.Wrong
    C.Not mentioned
    答案：A
    Before the widespread use of computers, managers could not make full use of large amounts of valuable information about a company's activities. The information either reached managers too late or was too expensive to be used. Today, managers are facing a wide range of data processing and information instruments.
    spread 擴(kuò)散
    widespread推廣
    make full use of 完全使用、充分利用
    問(wèn)題2.Today, conventional financial controls are still exercised in some minor areas such as billing and vocational training.
    conventional 保守的，傳統(tǒng)的
    exercised=used=operated
    minor次要
    major主要的
    bill賬單
    in place of =take place of =replace代替
    A.Right
    B.Wrong
    C.Not mentioned
    答案：B
    In place of a few financial controls, managers can draw on computer-based information systems to control activities in every area of their company. On any kinds of performance measures, the information provided by these systems helps managers compare standards with actual results, find out problems, and take corrective action before it is too late to make changes.
    問(wèn)題3. It is unnecessary for a neighborhood baker to use a computer in his shop.
    necessary必要的
    unnecessary沒(méi)必要的
    baker面包師
    neighbourhood shopkeeper
    A.Right
    B.Wrong
    C.Not mentioned
    答案：B
    The introduction of computerized information systems has sharply changed management control in many companies. Even a neighborhood shopkeeper may now use computer to control sales, billing, and other activities. In large companies, electronic data processing systems monitor entire projects and sets of operations.
    4.At present about 10% of American citizens possess a microcomputer.
    At present=now
    10%:one for ten=every ten=one out of ten
    ten percent=one tenth
    three tenths十分之三
    10%=0.1 point one
    A.Right
    B.Wrong
    C.Not mentioned
    答案：A
    Now, there are about 24 million microcomputers in use in the United States — one for every 10 citizens.
    possess=have=own
    問(wèn)題5.One thing that managers do not have to understand is how computer work.
    A.Right
    B.Wrong
    C.Not mentioned
    答案：B
    It is estimated that by 1996, 61 percent of American managers will be using some sort of electronic work station. In order for managers to be sure that the computer-based information they are receiving is accurate, they need to understand how computers work.
    問(wèn)題6.In some cases managers have to learn how to write programs so as to work out computerized information systems that suit their own companies best.
    so as to=so that=in order that
    A.Right
    B.Wrong
    C.Not mentioned
    答案：C
    However, in most cases they do not need to learn how to program computers. Rather, managers should understand how computerized information systems work；how they are developed；their limitations and costs；and the manner in which information systems may be used. Such an understanding is not difficult to achieve.
    問(wèn)題7.Computerized firms would rather employ business graduates than computer science graduates because it is easier to train the former into qualified employees.
    would rather A than B寧做A也不做B
    prefer A to B寧愿 A也不B
    train培訓(xùn)
    former 前者
    latter 后者
    be qualified for ……稱職
    qualify for v.
    quality 質(zhì)量n.
    A.Right
    B.Wrong
    C.Not mentioned
    答案：A
    One research found that business firms were more successful in teaching basic information about computers to business graduates than they were in teaching business subjects to computer science graduates