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Read the article below about developments at a bank. Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gap
Read the article below about developments at a bank. Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gap
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Read the article below about developments at a bank.
Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
For each gap(8-12), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet.
Do not mark any letter more than once.
There is an example at the beginning(0).
The Pan-Slavic Trading Bank
When Miroslav Novak started work as a graduate trainee, his employer, the Pan-Slavic Trading Bank(P-STB), was a state-owned bank specialising in export trade. Though only the country’s fourth bank in size and turnover, it was well run and had a proven track record.(0)___G___ Despite its inclusion in the government’s programme of privatisation, expansion or major change were not on the agenda.
Today, ten years on, Miroslav has come a long way from his modest beginnings. Recently appointed director of the branch network, he now sits on the executive board.【P1】______ Of particular concern is the fact that the P-STB has become a retail bank, no longer dealing exclusively with large companies. This sector has, in fact, been downgraded to secondary status, since the most important market is seen to be elsewhere.
The new emphasis is on offering a wide range of products to the general public. 【P2】______ When this policy was first put forward, Miroslav and his colleagues doubted its feasibility, since it was not part of their financial culture. The directors went ahead with their plans, however, and, as success followed success, their doubting employees were forced to admit to having been mistaken.
The source of the P-STB’s change of direction was to be found abroad; the directors of a bank from Luxembourg had been monitoring the progress of the P-STB as it moved towards privatisation.【P3】______ After lengthy negotiations, including with government departments, the Luxembourg bank was successful and became the majority shareholder. The P-STB now found itself the subsidiary of a foreign bank.
No time was wasted in flying in a team of managers from the parent company. No sooner had they arrived than major changes began to be implemented.【P4】______This was exciting and challenging, but there was a high price to pay. The average working day increased from eight to twelve hours almost immediately, and several of the longer-serving staff were given early retirement. Those who remained felt extremely uncomfortable about the contrast in their fortunes.
The next few months under new ownership were extremely demanding and Miroslav found little to be optimistic about. 【P5】______ Miroslav grew to enjoy the demands made on him, and before long was promoted to his present position, with responsibility for converting all the branches in the network to retail banking. He spends less time than he would like with his family, and still misses former colleagues, but the work itself is more satisfying than he could ever have imagined.
Example:
A Liking what they saw, they put in a bid, in fierce competition with at least five other financial institutions.
B Despite this, and although he is one of the relatively few to have prospered, he feels that his position is far from secure.
C Gradually, though, as the new structure took shape, the bank began to feel like a modern company with an exciting future.
D Young employees were given responsible positions, including Miroslav, who was put in charge of a department.
E The bank has, in effect, become a financial supermarket, where customers can purchase the services they need ’off the shelf.
F They decided that it was the right moment to exploit this area of weakness.
G With a client base restricted to national corporations, for whom it financed overseas trade, the P-STB put its success down to reliability and conservatism.
【P1】
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答案
B
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