2007年6月英语四级模拟试卷热点题型

Passage 1

Patricia Russo was not hired back to Lucent Technologies as president and chief executive to dazzle Wall Street. She is widely regarded as a capable, “safe pair of hands,” who will reassure shareholders, customers and employees as Lucent accelerates its radical restructuring. As one of the founding executives who launched Lucent out of AT&T in 1996, she has returned home to guide her old company through its most turbulent times.

Patricia knows Lucent’s business, industry, customers and management team. She has the gift to reach the hearts and minds of people, crucial in phase when people must stay on course. She understands customers’ needs and has demonstrated a willingness for changes. Not only does she know the telecoms industry, she is also a turnaround expert. From 1992-1996, Russo was president of AT&T Business Communications Systems, which was since been spun off as Avaya Inc. According to Schcht, Lucent’s chairman, Avaya had been losing hundreds of millions of dollars before Russo transformed it into a $6-billion business and Lucent’s second largest division. Some colleagues said Russo was able to steer that company’s turnaround by inspiring her management team to work together as a team. She empowered people to take on challenges. This encouraged creative thinking and led to breakthrough results.

While Russo has spent 20 years at AT&T and Lucent, the “new Lucent” may not be recognizable to her because Lucent has changed a lot since she left. The company has already reduced its workforce from 106,000 to 62,000, and the headcount could go as low as 57,000. It has refocused all of its efforts on its largest service provider customers and is now divided into two business divisions instead of six: integrated network solutions (fixed) and mobility solutions (wireless). Russo left Lucent when then chief executive Rich McGinn decided to unify all of Lucent’s business divisions. Her last position was president and chief executive of L ucent’s service provider networks group. “There was only room for one CEO then, so she left,” said a Lucent spokesman.

Her business is shedding non-core assets, her team building skills will be needed to keep the “new Lucent” together. Former colleagues say her ability to not take herself too seriously and a love for chocolate might come in handy, too. Those who have worked with Russo say she always has chocolates around wherever she goes—“probably to break the ice and show she’s a real person.”

1. Which of the followings is not Russo’s ability?

A) Russo is able to steer the company’s turnaround by inspiring her management team to work together as a team.
B) Russo knows telecom industry, customers well.
C) She is able to reach the hearts and minds of people.
D) Russo is good at helping the company which is in great trouble.

2. What’s Russo’s task according to the passage?

A) To bring back Lucent’s old magic.
B) To dazzle Wall Street.
C) To return to Lucent.
D) To replace the CEO in Lucent.

3. What made Russo leave Lucent years ago?

A) Some colleagues thought she was “tough lady” and disliked her.
B) She wanted to run her own business.
C) There was only room for one CEO at that time.
D) Russo was not qualified.

4. What kind of company Lucent probably is?

A) Major telecom equipment supplier.
B) A bank.
C) Industrial factory.
D) Stock exchange house.

5. What is the main problem Lucent is confronting now?

A) Restructuring.
B) Trying to recover from the dotcom fallout and downturn in the telecoms market.
C) Too many expenses.
D)Reduction of workforce.

答案与详解

曾一度任Lucent总裁和执行总裁的Patricia Russo将重返Lucent帮助Lucent度过动乱时期。她能力很强，深谙经营，了解客户要求，善于调动职员默契合作。她还有扭转局势的能力。文章中充满了对Patricia Russo 的期待。

1． 答案：D. 细节题。文章中讲述Russo的能力时比较散乱，但第二段中讲述了她对商业，经营的善长。第1，2，3，4句都提及。问题中的最后一项说他能解救一切处于困境的公司，是不对的。

2． 答案：A. 推断题。从第一段最后一句话’ As one of the founding executiv es who launched Lucent out of AT&T in 1996, she has returned home to guide her old company through its most turbulent times.’得出，Russo的任务是扭转Lucent, 重获Lucent往日的辉煌。

3． 答案：C. 细节题。第三段最后一句，Lucent发言人说当Rich McGinn决定把Lucent的所有商业分支合并时，只剩下一个执行总裁的位置，所以她离开了。

4． 答案：A. 推断题。全文并未直接指出Lucent是什么公司，但从点滴信息中可以看出，Lucent 是与电信有关的公司。如，not only does she know the telecoms industry, integrated network solution(fixed), mobility solutions(wireless).

5. 答案：A. 细节题。Lucent经历了很大的变动，如人员裁减，内部处于动荡时期。但当前的主要问题是再组合，’ She is widely regarded as a capable, “safe pair of hands,” who will reassure shareholders, customers and employees as Lucent accelerates its radical restructuring.’