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As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy
A
the companies pay more attention to money.
B
the companies care more about production.
C
the companies has great emphasis on finished products.
D
the companies don’ t know what to do.
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根据第四段第一句话: “As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy, the important thing for a business is to make money and not just produce.” 可知答案选A。
根据第四段第一句话: “As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy, the important thing for a business is to make money and not just produce.” 可知答案选A。
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B.and more on efficiency
C.and more efficiency
D.than efficiency
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For the first time on record,the number of advertising-specific jobs in the U.S.is declining in the middle of an economic expansion,according to government data.What's going on?It's certainly not a case of fewer advertisements.The typical American has gone from seeing about 500 ads each day in the 1970s to about 5,000 today,according to a common industry statistic.That is one corporate message for roughly every 10 seconds of waking life.Instead,the mysterious decline can be explained by two developments.First,there are Facebook and Google.They are the largest advertising companies in the world-and,quite likely,the largest in the history of the world.Last year,90 percent of the growth of the digital-advertising business went to just these two firms.Facebook and Google are so profitable because they use their enormous scale and data to deliver targeted advertising at a low cost.This has forced the world's large advertising firms to preserve their profitability through a series of mergers,accompanied by jobs cut.s in the name of efficiency.The emergence of an advertising duopoly has coincided with the rise of"programmatic advertising,"a term that essentially means"companies using algorithms to buy and place ads in those little boxes all over the internet."As any Macl Men fan might intuit,advertising has long been a relationship-driven business,in which multimillion-dollar contracts are hammered out over one-on-one meetings,countless lunches,and even more-countless drinks.With programmatic technology,however,companies can buy access to specific audiences across several publishing platforms at once,bypassing the work of building relationships with each one.That process produces more ads and requires fewer people-or,at least,fewer traditional advertising jobs and more technical jobs.Second,there is the merging of the advertising and entertainment businesses.As smartphone screens have edged out TV as the most important real estate for media,companies have invested more in"branded content"-corporate-sponsored media,such as an article or video,that resembles traditional entertainment more than it does traditional advertising.Some of the most prominent names in journalism,such as The New York Times,BuzzFeed,Vice,and The Atlantic,are owned by companies that have launched their own branded-content shops,which operate as stand-alone divisions.As many media companies have tried to become more like advertising companies,the value of the average"creative-account win,"an ad-industry term for a new contract,has declined,falling by about 40 percent between 2016 and 2017.So there are two major themes of the decline of advertising jobs,one that has to do with the companies that now create them and one that has to do with the way brands prefer to market themselves nowadays.In short,the future of the advertising business is being moved to technology companies managing ad networks and media companies making branded content-that is,away from the ad agencies.
Which of the following is true of"branded content"?A.It is produced by media companies.
B.It is similar to traditional advertising.
C.It advertises famous journals.
D.lts value has declined in recent years.
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Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A.Where Did All the Advertising Jobs Go?
B.How Do Facebook and Google Produce Ads?
C.Why is the Number of Ads Declining?
D.What is the Future of the Advertising Business?
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Paragraphs l and 2 indicate thatA.the number of ads is experiencing an unprecedented decrease.
B.the decline of advertising jobs results from a drop in ads.
C.advertising jobs usually increase during an economic expansion.
D.Americans are more willing to read ads today than in the past.
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With programmatic technology,Facebook and Google couldA.produce more ads and create more advertising jobs.
B.merge a series of large advertising companies.
C.deliver advertising to specific audiences at a low cost.
D.build relationships with publishing platforms one by one.
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The underlined phrase"the companies"（Line 2,Para.6）mainly refers toA.ad agencies.
B.media companies.
C.Facebook and Google.
D.branded content makers.
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One reason why employees don't want to trade money for leisure is that__________.A.they don't want to be considered to be lazy
B.they have to pay a lot of money for leisure
C.their companies are lacking in employees
D.they love their companies so much
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The Norwegian Government has tried to ______.A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources
B. prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway
C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems
D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size
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B.The general pay rise with a better economy
C.Increased business opportunities for top firms
D.Close cooperation among leading economies
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B.finance more research and development
C.establish closer ties with tech companies
D.operate more globalized companies
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B.strict corporate governance
C.conservative business strategies
D.Repeated government warnings
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单选题What does the “writer say about customer loyalty in the first paragraph?A
Business executives need to know how to generate customer loyalty.B
Many executives believe more investment in customer loyalty means more profit.C
It is necessary for companies to generate customer loyalty at all costs.D
Customer loyalty will for sure help corporations make more money.
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单选题In a planned economy it was often difficult to secure spare parts,A
so many companies manufacture them all by themselves.B
so many companies have to stop the production lines while waiting.C
so many companies place large orders for emergencies.D
so many companies feel quite headache about this problem.
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单选题As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy ______.A
the companies pay mere attention to moneyB
the companies care mere about productionC
the companies have great emphasis on finished productsD
the companies don’t know what to do
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单选题In a planned economy it was often difficult to secure spare parts, ______.A
so many companies manufacture them all by themselvesB
so many companies have to stop the production lines while waitingC
so many companies place large orders for emergenciesD
so many companies feel quite headache about this problem
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问答题Fewer Skilled Graduates May Hinder China A shortage of well-trained graduates could hinder the growth of the Chinese economy and prevent it from developing more sophisticated industries, according to a report by consultants McKinsey. The universities have a theoretical, text-book, learn-from-the-master approach. English teaching also had insufficient emphasis on conversational skills. Of the pool of 1.6m young engineers in the country, only about 160,000 have the practical and language skills to work for a multinational. Not only are there fewer graduates available to multinationals than many companies realize, but they also face fierce competition from local companies.
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单选题It can be inferred from the passage that the writer suggests companies shouldA
attract the more profitable customers.B
pay equal attention to all the customers.C
increase the investments in customer loyalty.D
focus only on loyal customers.
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问答题Practice 4 In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market. More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell products and services with one another. Such business-to-business sales make sense because businesspeople typically know what product they’re looking for. Nonetheless, many companies still hesitate to use the Web because of doubts about its reliability. “Businesses need to feel they can trust the pathway between them and the supplier,” says senior analyst Blane Erwin of Forrester Research.
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问答题Practice 7 In recent years intellectual property has received a lot more attention because ideas and innovations have become the most important resource, replacing land, energy and raw materials. As much as three-quarters of the value of publicly traded companies in America comes from intangible assets, up from around 40% in the early 1980s. “The economic product of the United States”, says Alan Greenspan, the chairman of America’s Federal Reserve, has become “predominantly conceptual”. Intellectual property forms part of those conceptual assets. In information technology and telecoms in particular, the role of intellectual property has changed radically. What used to be the preserve of corporate lawyers and engineers in RD labs has been speedily embraced by the boardroom. “Intellectual-asset management” now figures as a strategic business issue. In America alone, technology licensing revenue accounts for an estimated $45 billion annually; worldwide, the figure is around $100 billion and growing fast. Technology firms are seeking more patents, expanding their scope, licensing more, litigating more and overhauling their business models around intellectual property. Yet paradoxically, as some companies batten down the hatches, other firms have found ways of making money by opening up their treasure-chest of innovation and sharing it with others. The rise of open-source software is just one example. And a new breed of companies has appeared on the periphery of today’s tech firms, acting as intellectual-property intermediaries and creating a market for ideas.
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单选题As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economyA
the companies pay more attention to money.B
the companies care more about production.C
the companies has great emphasis on finished products.D
the companies don’ t know what to do.
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单选题Some computer companies started charging helpline users because______.A
the companies wanted to increase profits.B
more and more PCs are sold to homes.C
many users don’t refer to the manual.D
only technicians can solve their problems.
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