Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and..

第1题

Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness (分裂) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way.

Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit seeking organizations and others for not-for-profit organizations.

Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specially, managers in not-for-profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict.

Managers of for-profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in terms of the criteria for effective decision making suggested by the executives. In the profit-seeking organizations, decision-making effectiveness was most of ten assessed in financial terms. The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators.

In the not-for-profit organizations, decision-making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituents. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflict led to more considered and acceptable decisions.

In the eyes of the author, conventional opinion on conflict is ________.

A．wrong

B．oversimplified

C．misleading

D．unclear

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第2题

【单选题】Which of the following questions is more likely to be studied by a microeconomist than a macroeconomist?

A、Why do prices in general rise by more in some countries than in others?

B、How rapidly is GDP currently increasing?

C、Why do production and income increase in some periods and not in others?

D、Why do wages differ across industries?

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第3题

Questions 56-60are based onthe following passage.

Educators today are more and more oftenheard to say that computer literacy is absolutely necessary forcollegestudents. Many even argue that each incoming freshman should have permanentaccess to his or her ownmicrocomputer. What advantages do computers offer thecollege students？

Any student who has used a word processorwill know one compelling reason to use a computer: to writepapers. Although notall students feel comfortable composing on a word processor, most ,findrevising and editingmuch easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just bypressing a few keys, thus eliminating the need to rewrite orre-type.Furthermore, since the revision process is less burdensome, students are morelikely to revise as often as isnecessary to end up with the best paperpossible. For these reasons, many freshman English cottrses require the useof aword processor.

Computers are also useful in the contextof language courses, where they are used to drill students in basicskills.Software programs reinforce ESL(English as a Second Language .instruction, aswell as instrnction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By usingthese programs on a regular basis, students can improvetheir proficiency in alanguage while proceeding at their own pace.

Science students take advantage ofcomputers in many ways. Using computer graphic capabilities, forexample, botanystudents can represent and analyze different plant growth patterns. Medicalstudents can learn tointerpret computerized images of internal body structures.Physics students can complete complex calculations farmore quickly than theycould without the use of computer.

Similarly, business and accountingstudents find that computer spreadsheet programs are all but indispensabletomany aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts,marketing, and public relations find thatknowledge of computer graphic isimportant Education majors learn to develop grading systems usingcomputers,while social science students use computers for analyzing andgraphically displacing their research results.

It is no wonder, then, that educatorssupport the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A Versatile tool, the computer can help students learn.And that is, after all, the reason for going to college.

56、The word"literacy" (Line 1,Paragraph 1) means _________.

A.the ability to read andwrite

B.the ability to use

C.literature

D.the knowledge of language

57、The main purpose of thispassage is to _________.

A.persuade the educators toincrease computer use in their own classroom

B.analyze advantages anddisadvantages of computer use among college students

C.identify some of the waysthat computers benefit college students

D.describe how computers canbe used to teach foreign languages

58、According to the author, aword processor can be used to_________.

A.revise papers

B.retype papers

C.reduce the psychologicalburden of writing papers

D.improve the writing skillsof a student

59、In this passage, thewriter's argument is developed primarily through the use of_________.

A.cause-effect analysis

B.comparison andcontrast

C.induction

D.examples

60、According to the author,the reason for students to go to college is _________.

A.to learn something

B.to perfect themselves

C.to improve computerskills

D.to make the best use ofcomputers

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第4题

The more fluid structure can lead to more complex relations in the organization.

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第5题

( ) The word cohesive means being connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole.

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