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
•Read the article about corporation merger. •Choose the best sentence to fill each of the blanks. •For each blank 8—12 mark one
•Read the article about corporation merger. •Choose the best sentence to fill each of the blanks. •For each blank 8—12 mark one
admin
2010-01-22
75
问题
•Read the article about corporation merger.
•Choose the best sentence to fill each of the blanks.
•For each blank 8—12 mark one letter (A—G) on your Answer Sheet.
•Do not use any letter more than once.
•There is an example at the beginning
Corporation Merger
The most common kind of consolidation today is the merger. A merger occurs when two or more companies get together to from one company
With the deregulation of natural gas, the nation’s 20 interstate pipeline companies became fearful of cutthroat competition. Some felt that they could increase their efficiency and improve their market flexibility by merging. In 1985 Internorth of Omaha paid $ 2, 3 billion for Houston Natural Gas Corporation, (8) . The system connected markets from coast to coast and raised sales to $10 billion.
On occasion, mergers have occurred between smaller companies in an industry dominated by a few giant firms. These smaller companies claim that (9) . They maintain that such action increases competition instead of reducing it. The Antitrust Division of the Justice Department has not always agreed with them. Four major waves of mergers have taken place in this country. The first started in 1887, just prior to the pas sage of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and ended in 1904. It involved such giants as United States Steel and Standard Oil trying to create monopolies in their industries. From the end of World War I until the 1930s, large firms swallowed smaller firms to create oligopolies. The monopoly has no chance and the oligopoly little chance of succeeding today under present antitrust policy.
The third major merger movement began in the 1960s, reached a peak in 1969, (10) . Many of the acquisitions involved giant firms in one industry buying up large companies in totally unrelated industries. Such mergers are called conglomerate mergers. A classic example is Mobil Oil Corporation’s purchase of the huge retail chain Montgomery Ward & Company.
Mergers in the last ten years were in the thousands. More important is the value of the transactions, which has risen sharply. The number of mergers and acquisitions apply (11) . The petroleum industry had mergers and acquisitions valued at closed to $80 billion between 1981 and 1984. Other industries (12) were banking and finance, insurance, mining and mineral, and processed foods.
A thereby gaining control of the world’s longest Pipeline
B and then gradually declined
C experiencing large takeovers
D resulting in combinations of small firms
E only to those valued at $100 million or more
F when two or more companies get together to form one company
G they need to merge to become more efficient and effective
选项
答案
A
解析
thereby的意思是by means of which/by doing so,后面跟动词的-ing形式表示结果。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tMsO777K
本试题收录于:
BEC中级阅读题库BEC商务英语分类
0
BEC中级阅读
BEC商务英语
相关试题推荐
Readthearticlebelowabouttherelationshipbetweentradeanddevelopment.ChoosethecorrectwordtofilleachgapfromA,B,
Readthistexttakenfromabusinessmagazine.Choosethebestsentencetofilleachofthegaps.Foreachgap(9-14),markone
Readthetextbelowaboutlaborshortage.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerSheet.The
Readthetextbelowaboutlaborshortage.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerSheet.The
Readthearticlebelowaboutsales.ChoosethecorrectwordtofilleachgapfromA,B,CorD.Foreachquestion(21-30),markon
Readthefollowingarticleandthequestions.Foreachquestion(15-20),markoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyourAnswerSheet.
Readthearticlebelowaboutflyingbusinessclass.Foreachquestion31-40writeonewordinthespaceonyourAnswerSheet.Th
Readthetextbelowaboutaninternationalcompetition.Inmostofthelines41—52thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergramm
•Readthetextbelowfromabrochureforacompanythatrentsoutofficespace.•Inmostofthelines(41-52)thereisoneext
Readthetextbelowaboutthehotelindustry.Inmostofthelines(41-52)thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammaticall
随机试题
附着式升降脚手架安装搭设必须严格按照()进行。
海关职权
作尿脱落细胞学检查,应收集()
A、出生后6小时内出现呼吸困难,发绀进行性加剧,甚至呼吸衰竭B、呼吸不规则,阵发性发绀,啼哭后发绀改善C、复苏后呼吸减慢D、气促,口吐泡沫E、出生后短时间内出现气促,可伴呻吟,发绀,病情恢复快上述哪项为新
丙型肝炎主要传播途径是
( )是内部会计控制制度的重要内容,应当与会计人员岗位责任制结合考虑。
下面是党在不同历史时期对待富农政策的材料:【材料一】削弱富农经济上的势力,与打击他们窃取土地革命果实的企图。……没收他们多余的农具与好的田地,分给他们坏的“劳动分地”。一摘自1933年中央局关于查田运动决议【材料二】在对富
设α1,α2,…,αn为n个n维列向量,证明:α1,α2,…,αn线性无关的充分必要条件是
在窗体中添加名称为Command1和名称为Command2的命令按钮以及文本框Text1,然后编写如下代码:PrivateSubCommand1_Click()Text1.Text="AB"EndS
Formanycountriestherearetwolegalmeansforobtainingtechnology.topermitmultinationalcompaniestoconductbusinesswit
最新回复
(
0
)