What year()the park start?
A.did
B.do
C.does
第1题
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:M: Hello, Police Station.
W: Hello. I want to report a stolen car. Somebody must have stolen it no more than 30 minutes ago. I knew I should have parked the car in a garage and not in the street.
M: Slow down a minute now. Where did you park your car?
W: On 42nd, near River Drive.
M: What kind of car? What year? Color? Plate number?
W: It's a 1996 BMW M3, black. And the license plate is 432-DCW.
M: Registration number? And your name please?
W: My name is Alice Smith. Hold on a second while I check my registration. Oh, here it is, 624AF765GH5.
M: What time did you leave your car?
W. I'm not quite sure. It might have been around 2: 30.
M: And where exactly did you park? I mean, on which side of 42nd Street.
W: Ah, the north side of the street. Boy oh boy, I knew I should have taken the subway downtown.
M. Well, just a second. Let me check something. Didn't you see a sign that said, "No Standing 9 am to 5 pm except Sunday"?
W. Oh, no. You mean...
M: Yes.
What is the car's registration number?
A.432-DCW.
B.624AF765GH5.
C.1996 BMW M3.
D.624AE365GH4.
第2题
A.extension
B.intension
C.attention
D.attraction
第3题
1.The first day they come to Disney parks, all new employees().
A、begin by receiving on-the-job training
B、must learn several jobs
C、begin as ticket takers
D、have already attended Disney University
2.The main aim of the Disney employees is to().
A、learn all parts of the business
B、see that their guests enjoy themselves
C、 be able to answer all kinds of questions
D、keep their important guests happy
3.After passing Traditions I"the new employees().
A、must start their work at once
B、can begin with some simple jobs
C、must receive another 32 hours of training
D、must go on to more specialized training
4.Each year, managers wear special service clothes and work in the parks t().
A、set a good example for employees
B、remind themselves of their beginnings at Disney
C、replace employees on holiday
D、get a good view of the company' s aims
5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?()
A、Visitors learn about the history of Disney in its entertainment parks.
B、Disney attracts people from all over the world.
C、Parades are regularly held in Disney's entertainment parks.
D、Disney' s managers are able to do almost all kinds of work in the Disney parks.
第4题
All new employees, from vice-presidents to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions I”. Here, they learn about the company's history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success.
After passing “Traditions”, the employees go on to more specialized training for their specific (具体的 ) jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires eight-hour days of training. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple, ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the rest rooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds? ... We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy themselves.
Even Disney's managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail, and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company’s goals more clearly.
All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass (团体) service provider in America or the world.
(1)The first day they come to Disney parks, all new employees _________.
A、begin by receiving on-the-job training
B、must learn several jobs
C、begin as ticket takers
D、have already attended Disney University
(2)The main aim of the Disney employees is to _________.
A、learn all parts of the business
B、see that their guests enjoy themselves
C、be able to answer all kinds of questions
D、keep their important guests happy
(3)After passing “Traditions I”, the new employees ________.
A、must start their work at once
B、can begin with some simple jobs
C、must receive another 32 hours of training
D、must go on to more specialized training
(4)Each year, managers wear special service clothes and work in the parks to______
A、set a good example for employees
B、remind themselves of their beginnings at Disney
C、replace employees on holiday
D、get a good view of the company's aims
(5)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A、Visitors learn about the history of Disney in its entertainment parks.
B、Disney attracts people from all over the world.
C、Parades are regularly held in Disney's entertainment parks.
D、Disney's managers are able to do almost all kinds of work in the Disney parks.
第5题
The Euro Disney Corporation, acknowledging that its elaborate theme park had not performed as strongly as expected, announced Thursday that it would sustain a net financial loss of unpredictable scale in its first financial year.
At the time of the April opening of the park, which stands on a 4,800-acre site 32 kilometers (20 miles) east of Paris, Euro Disney officials said they expected to make a small profit for the financial year ending September 30. But since then the park has been hit by a number of problems.
"We were geared up for a very high level of operations," John Forsgren, the company's chief financial officer said in a telephone interview. "It has been very strong, but not as strong as we geared up for."
"While attendance is very strong," he said, "our cost levels do require adjustment for the current revenue level."
The parent company, Walt Disney Corporation, said Thursday that its income rose 33 percent in the quarter. But it warned investors against expecting profits soon from Euro Disney, of which it owns 49 percent.
Euro Disney said that although attendance levels had been high, "the company anticipates that it will sustain a net loss for the financial year ending September 30, 1992". It added that "the amount of the loss will depend on attendance and hotel use rates achieved during the remaining portion of the critical European summer vacation period". The announcement amounted to an extraordinary reversal for Euro Disney, which opened amid immense celebration and widespread predictions of immediate success.
At the time of the opening, on April 12, the company's shares were trading at 140.90 francs ($28.07), and had been as high as 170 francs earlier in the year. They dropped 2.75 percent Thursday to close at 97.25 francs. Mr. Forsgren said he thought the market had "reacted a bit emotionally to preliminary information". He added, "By all objective standards the park is very successful. The long-term acceptance is strong, the rest is just details."
The company said that 3.6 million people had visited the park from April 12 to July 22, a performance superior to that of comparable start-up periods at other Disney theme parks. But it warned that, given the likely strong seasonal variation in attendance, it was not possible to predict future attendance or profits.
Reacting to the announcement, stock market expert Paribas Capital Markets Group issued a "sell" recommendation on Euro Disney stock, saying that attendance levels for the period were 15 percent below its expectations and profit from sales of food and other goods was 10 percent below. It predicted that the company would lose 300 million francs in the current financial year and continue losing money for two more years.
The main problem confronting Euro Disney appears to be managing its costs and finding an appropriate price level for its over 5,000 hotel rooms. Clearly, costs have been geared to a revenue level that has not been achieved, and the company is beginning to drop hotel prices that have been widely described as excessive.
Mr. Forsgren said the number of staff, now at 17,000, would "come down significantly in the next two months, mainly through the loss of seasonal employees". Of the current staff, 5,000 are employed on a temporary basis, he said.
He also acknowledged that the lowest-priced rooms at the resort had been cut to 550 francs ($110) from 750 francs at the time of the opening, and that some rooms were being offered at 400 francs for the winter season. Analysts believe hotel use has been running at about 68 percent of capacity, although it is currently over 90 percent.
"The key issue is costs, " said one financial expert. "They have no idea what their winter attendance levels will be and they're battling to get costs to an appropriate level. The stock's still too expensive, but I think in the long term they'll get it right."
Still, huge doubt hangs over the company's plans to keep the theme park open through the cold European winter—something no other theme park in Europe has ever attempted. Last month, the company said it was having difficulty attracting people from the Paris region. Mr. Forsgren said that French attendance was improving and accounted for 1 million of the 3.6 million visitors, with most of the rest coming from Britain and Germany. Only 1 percent of visitors have been American.
For its third quarter ending June 30, the first in which the park had been operating, the company announced revenues of 2.47 billion francs ($492 million), but gave no profit or loss figures in line with the French practice of only giving such figures at year's end. In the first half, the company earned 75 million francs, mainly from investment income and sale of construction rights on its site.
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