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Americans working alongside the Chinese in China, he said, \one of the best ways to cultivate this understanding for the future.\
50.The Chinese feel uncomfortable if they are criticized directly. H 正确答案为：H
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文章H部分从中国人的角度看美国人的直接。中国人会感觉当面批评人或者挨批评，会让人难堪，没面子。\doing, right in front of me,\51.American employees get paid more than Chinese employees in similar positions for the same work. D 正确答案为：D
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文章D部分主要讲述做同样工作的中国员工和外国员工待遇不同，外国员工会拿到多于中国员工10-15%的酬金。Managers hiring workers in China appear to be paying a premium (额外补贴) for Western experience. Foreigners tend to earn 10 to 15 percent more than their Chinese counterparts (职位相当的人) in similar positions.
52.Relationships are much more complicated in China than in the US. F 正确答案为：F
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文章F部分讲到美国人需要明白在中国，关系很重要，这种关系要比美国人的relationships复杂得多。The word means relationships, but has implications beyond the required happy hour, occasional lunches with the boss or networking.
53.It is hard for both the Americans and the Chinese to get promotion. I 正确答案为：I
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文章I部分提到中美的文化冲突会影响相互的理解，继而影响到提升和业绩。美国人因为中文不够流利，升职受到限制，中国人也因为社交上以及文化上障碍很难跨越，亦感到升职无望。Most foreign colleagues don't speak good enough Chinese, so their promotion prospects are limited; and on a social and cultural level, young Chinese feel there are barriers that are hard to get past.
54.The Americans know the free-market principles well, which young Chinese have to learn in the workplace. B 正确答案为：B
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文章B部分提到中美两国年轻人成长的不同经历。美国人懂得自由市场原则，而中国人经历改革开放，要经历从政府调控经济到市场经济的过渡，要在工作中学习。But the two groups were raised differently. The Americans have had more exposure to free-market principles. %up in a commercial environment,\my generation.\
55.Americans have to adjust themselves to Chinese ways of doing business. E 正确答案为：E
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文章E部分提及中国的文化及背景，在中国工作的美国人需要适应中国文化。It is necessary for Americans working in China to adjust. ?but when you come to work in China, you need to work on listening and being more patient and understanding of local ways of doing business.
Section C Reading Comprehension
Directions：There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
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As winter approached, retailers (零售商) ordered clothes for cold weather, arranged their stores for cold weather and then just started hoping for cold weather.
Winter is here, but the cold weather by and large is not. Nationally, last month was one of the warmest Decembers on record, and so far January temperatures are above average.
The relatively warm weather is erasing a lot of demand for winter hats, coats, and gloves—and making some retailers sweat the bottom line.
On Saturday, the outdoors store REI took the unusual step of making artificial snow in a Manhattan park, hoping to encourage people to buy snowshoes and winter jackets. Home Depot has cut down on items like salt for de-icing, and many of its stores have replaced snow removal equipment with storage products in storefront displays. Even drugstores are being affected because flu (流感) infections are down.
Though some winter resorts received a small amount of snow over the weekend, and Seattle is having a snowstorm, those pockets of cold have not provided much of a relief for retailers, who are running out of time to sell their winter inventory.
Kevin Scott, senior vice president for merchandising services at Home Depot, said there has been an upside to the warmer weather—outdoor paint, outdoor lights and windows are selling well—but \
Scott Jaeger, an analyst with the Leisure Trends Group, a market research firm, said that while overall sales in 2011 had risen eight percent, sales of outdoor gear in December fell two percent from the previous December. \buy the thick coat,\wardrobe or update the skis, because they were not necessarily going skiing.\
On Saturday, REI spread artificial snow over a Manhattan park so passers-by could try cross-country skiing. Luckily, Saturday was one of the few days this winter that reached freezing in the city.
\plan for a solid winter,\said Tim Spangler, senior vice president for retail at REI. \often joke that planners in our business are paid to be wrong: you either bought too little, because the winter overperforms, or you bought too much, because it's warm.\56.The problem those retailers face derives from __________.
A) the worsening environment B) the insufficient stocks of items C) the relatively high temperature
D) the change of people's outdoor activities
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析： 略
57.The outdoors store REI made artificial snow in the park to ________.
A) encourage people to enjoy a warm winter B) stimulate customers to buy its commodities C) display the splendid effects of its products D) express its anger to the changeable weather
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析： 略
58.The word \
A) stock B) wreck C) creation D) promotion
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析： 略
59.What does Tim Spangler mean by saying \overperforms, or you bought too much, because it's warm\
A) His business is winter is always a mess.
B) Cold weather counts little in his winter business. C) People's shopping habits tend to change in winter. D) Winter weather has a great impact on his business.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析： 略
60.What is the message the author intends to convey?
A) Warm winter brings a dim prospect for retailers.
B) Artificial snow facilitates the sale of outdoor equipment. C) People dislike participating in outdoor activities in winter. D) Salespersons can never take advantage of weather for promotion.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析： 略
Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine at harvest time. There isn't a farm within miles of where she grew up on Chicago's west side, but she's set to graduate with a bachelor's degree in crop sciences from the University of Illinois' agriculture school next spring.