Infuethatthistrendisnotjustatemporaryone,ahexpertJamesShepherd,oftheBusihAdvisoryphasizesthat“fitnessprogramsarethewaveofthefutureaherewillbeveryfeawon’thavebeeinvolved。”Somemajorcorporationshavealreadysetupvariousfitions,illionsofdollarstobuildandtokeepup,asameansemployeesandimprovingtheirimage。
&hisdriveforbusinessinvolvesmuereret。
Industryinthistrysuffersanedat$25billionayearasaresultofemployees’dyiime,andlosesbillihdimiivitybecauseofillhealthanddisability。Ihasbeenofficiallyestimatedthatbackaedustryhanonebilliondollarsannuallyinprodudthelike,and$225millionmoreinemployees’pensation。Suchstatisticshaveshakeionsiionthatdrasticmeasuresogetdesk-bouoftheirseats。
&houghthereis,asyet,oshowthebesofinessprograms,corporatephysiessisbeethingofanindustryinitsht。
AgtoohePresident’sorethanfivehundredpaniesacrossthetryhavefitnesspredbyfulltimedirectors。EvehyisthenationalmembershipoftheAmeriAssoofFitorsinBusinessandIndustry。
&heanizationwasformedin1974,thereweretwenty-fivemembers。Todaytheirnumberexceeds1,800。
1。Agtothepassage,whichofthefollowingistrue?
A)Puttingfitnessprogramsihasbeenausualpraeripanies。
B)Thereisnogevidenessprogramstois。
&isforooapplyforajobinanAmeripany。
D)TheFitnessprogramisnotsocostlyasoneimagines。
2。Frraph3,itmaybecludedthatsepanies_____。
A)willgladlyjoinessprogramB)haverealizedtheivemeasuresC)havecarriedreseartothecausesofprofitlossesD)haveetoseebackachesarethegreatestcauseforthelosses3。Agtostatistics,theAmeridustryannuallyloses_____owingtoitsemployees’backaches。
A)$1,000millionB)$225millionC)$1,225millio$25billion4。Howdoestheauthorexplaincorporatephysiess?
A)Employees’physiessisafactorofprodu。
B)Employees’physiessimprovesindustrialperformance。
dustrydevelopsalongwithcorporatephysiessprograms。
D)Thereisamarketneedforcorporatephysiess。
5。Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardthecorporatephysiessprogram?
A)Objective。B)I。C)Supportive。D)Oppositive。
III。Cloze
&hereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage。ForeaktherearefourarkedA),B),dD)。YoushouldchoosetheOsintothepassage。
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Youshouldalsointroduceyourspeaker’sspeechtopidhis(10)_____,andindoingthisyoushouldmakeclearthattheaudienceisawareofthespeaker’s(11)_____inhisfield。Someindividualsaresowell-knownintheirfieldsthatitisoopresentthembyname。
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Mostspeakersare(15)_____totalkabouttheirolishments,anditisyourjobto(16)_____outbeforehandwhattheseaehentellyouraudiehosethatseemm。Thisrequiressome(17)_____ahead。
(18)_____youwillhavereferredtothespeaker,possiblybyle,beforeyouformallyiisalwaysagoodideato(19)_____thetitleorsubstaopicas(20)_____ashislehecloseofyourintrodu。
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