电大《管理英语4》
形考任务（单元自测1-8）参考答案
单元自测1
一、选择填空题（每题10分，共5题）
1、— Could you give us a speech on management functions some day this week?
—________________. A. That'a good idea B. No, I already have plans
C. I'd love to, but I'm busy this week
2、— This project is too big for me to finish on time. —________________. A. Please do me a favor B. That is a daydream C. I'll give you a hand
3、______ managers spend most of their time in face-to-face contact with others, but they spend much of it obtaining and sharing information.
A. Not only B. Do not only C. Not only do
4、AT&T found that employees with better planning and decision-making skills were ______ to be promoted into management jobs.
A. more likely B. more like C. more unlikely
5、The Human Resource Managing Department at Honda is given specific instructions ______ employ the best possible workers.
A. how to B. on what to C. on how to
6、— Is it possible for you to work out the plan tonight? —__________ A. I'll do that. B. I think so. C. I'd love to.
7、— We could let some of the staff work from home.______________? — That's a good idea.
A. Do you have any good ideas B. What do you think of it C. Is there anything else
8、The responsibilities in handbook ______ that managers have to be concerned with efficiency and effectiveness in the work process.
A. imply B. indicate C. interrupt
9、______ CEOs spend planning, the more profitable their companies are.
A. The more time B. The more C. The less time
10、Even the best continually seek ways to ______ their skills.
A. sharp B. sharpener C. sharpen
11、— I think things have been a bit difficult for us the last couple of months.
—__________. We've been working hard, but still getting behind. A. You're right B. I'm afraid C. I don’t think so 12、Supervisors
should______their
employees
in
two-way
communication so that understanding takes place.
A. enable B. engage
C. encourage
13、The demands and requirements placed on the CEO of Sony are different from ______ on the manager of your local Wendy's restaurant.
A. these B. those C. which
14、______ his anger the employees called him Mr. Thunder, but they loved him.
A. Due to B. In spite of C. Because
15、It is through enthusiasm and quiet intensity ______ we transform creativity and vision into the technologies.
A. that B. / C. which
二、阅读理解：根据文章内容，判断正误（共50分）。
Who Killed Nokia?
Nokia executives attempted to explain its fall from the top of the smartphone pyramid with three factors: 1) that Nokia was technically inferior to Apple, 2) that the company was complacent and 3) that its leaders didn't see the disruptive iPhone coming.
It has also been argued that it was none of the above. Nokia lost the smartphone battle because of divergent shared fears among the company's middle and top managers which led to company-wide inertia that left it powerless to respond to Apple's game.
Based on the findings of an in-depth investigation and 76 interviews with top and middle managers, engineers and external experts, the researchers discovered a culture of fear due to temperamental leaders and that frightened middle managers were scared of telling the truth. The fear that froze the company came from two places. First, the company's top managers had a terrifying reputation. Some members of Nokia's board and top management were described as “extremely temperamental” and they regularly shouted at people “at the top of their lungs”. It was very difficult to tell them things they didn't want to hear. Secondly, top managers were afraid of the external environment and not meeting their quarterly targets, which also impacted how they treated middle managers.
Top managers thus made middle managers afraid of disappointing them. Middle managers were told that they were not ambitious enough to meet top managers' goals.
Fearing the reactions of top managers, middle managers remained silent or provided optimistic, filtered information. Thus, middle managers directly lied to top management.
电大《管理英语4》形考任务(单元自测1-8)参考答案
