首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
•You will hear a program about business. •For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. •
•You will hear a program about business. •For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. •
admin
2010-01-31
33
问题
•You will hear a program about business.
•For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
•After you have listened once, replay the recording.
The main reason for the fall of shares of IBM is
Woman: Good evening. They used to say "As goes General Motors, so goes the nation". Today is "As goes IBM, so goes the market". It’s a rough one on Wall Street, down more than 200 points for much of the day. When it was over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 94 points to close at 10,297. IBM was off 21 points, after the computer giant warned its earnings would be lower than expected for several quarters to come. It seems that the business, "fixing computers for the year 2000" is drying up. And companies and consumers are waiting for the millennium to pass before they spend any more money on technology. Here is our reporter Caroline Walter.
Man: It was a nasty joke for investors today who had dismissed Y2K as much ado about nothing. Shares of IBM plunged almost 20 per cent on unexpected news that the drop of the Y2K spending is having a big impact on big blue. The problem is businesses that paid IBM and other technology companies tens of billions of dollars last year to make sure their computer systems were ready for the year 2000 have now stopped spending, at least until sometime next year.
Woman: Many corporations say that they’ve bought their computers. They’ve switched their software, it’s Y2K compliant. And they just don’t want to touch that installation, they don’t want to risk something going wrong after they worked so hard to make sure that everything is going to work.
Man: IBM is the most prominent casualty of the technology spending freeze, but others are suffering as well. On Monday shares of Lexmark International, a computer printing company, dropped 30 per cent. Purchases of new printers have been postponed until after the new millennium. Shares of Computer Horizons, which installs business software, have fallen more than 75 percent. Last year the company had its best year ever. What worries Wall Street now is how many other companies who think their businesses are fine will find their earnings decimated by the drop of Y2K spending. A company as big as IBM could underestimate the risk. others could also be fooled.
选项
A、making wrong plan
B、bad management
C、the drop of Y2K spending
答案
C
解析
此题是对文章细节的提问。听力原文提到:the drop of the Y2K spending is having a big impact on big blue,Y2K的下跌对IBM的跌落造成了很大影响。因此,此题答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/jWYsFFFM
本试题收录于:
BEC高级听力题库BEC商务英语分类
0
BEC高级听力
BEC商务英语
相关试题推荐
Wheredoestheconversationhappen?
Wheredoesthisconversationtakeplace?
Whattypeofbusinessdoesthemanhave?
Whatisthespeakermainlytalkingabout?
Whenistheflushingscheduledtobecompleted?
Whatistheadvertisementtalkingabout?
Whatistheadvertisementtalkingabout?
A、 B、 C、 D、 BThespeakerisaddressingthegroup.Choice(A)isincorrectbecausetheaudienceislistening
Inthispartofthetest,youareaskedtogiveashorttalkonabusinesstopic.Youhavetochooseoneofthetopicsfromthe
Askingquestions询问
随机试题
A.75cmB.85cmC.46cmD.48cmE.40cm1岁时小儿的胸围是
入汤剂宜另煎的药物是
下列哪些案件适用简易程序审理是错误的?
下列关于价值函数的特征,说法正确的是()。I.价值的载体是财富或福利的改变而不是它们的最终状态Ⅱ.价值函数在参照点之上(收益区域)是凹的Ⅲ.价值函数在参照点下(损失区域)是凸的Ⅳ.价值函数对财富变化的态
广交会是目前国内规模最大、层次最高、成交效果最好的,多功能的国际贸易盛会。2006年,第99届广交会出口累计成交额超过300亿美元。据美国的统计资料显示,展会上接触到一个合格的客户后,平均只要给对方打0.8个电话就可以做成买卖,而平时典型的业务销售方式却需
关于不同理论流派的指导方法,下列说法中不正确的是()。
关于职业技能,正确的说法是()
在确定团体目标的准备工作中,团体目标的考虑不包括()。
(1992年)当x→0时,下列四个无穷小量中,哪一个是比其它三个更高阶的无穷小量?()
Nowhereelseintheworld______anybetterfoodthanwhatwehaveservedhere.
最新回复
(
0
)