链典4矮降贸多大 高级商务英语阅读 Supplementary Exercises for Chapter 10 How Jack Welch Runs GE . Questions on the text: 1. Explain the sentence"He got himself out of the pile". 2.If six sigma is so wonderful,why is it implemented in all factories? 3.Do you think that informality can improve productivity?Why 4.Can we repeat the success of Welch in China?Why ll.Read the following passage and choose the best sentence from A to F below to fill in each of the gaps in the passage. Gunning for the U.S.in Technology Once the undisputed leader,America is now under assault from countries worldwide.How did this happen,and will the U.S.be able to fight back? In the history of the U.S.technology industry,2004 will be remembered as the year that outsourcing hit home.Consultancy Gartner Group figures that U.S.tech companies will send 500,000 jobs overseas this year--and indeed,hardly a week goes by without a major U.S.tech outfit announcing a new R&D center in Asia.1)_ For half a century,America has reigned supreme in technology.U.S.research institutions have been the best on the planet,and the U.S.capital-formation machine has turned their discoveries into one breakthrough after another in transistors,communications gear,computers,and just about every other key high-tech field.2)_ Now,life at the top suddenly seems a lot less lonely.In fact,although the U.S.is still the undisputed champ in technology overall,in a handful of key areas it already appears to be falling significantly behind foreign competitors. 第1页共4页高级商务英语阅读 Supplementary Exercises for Chapter 10 How Jack Welch Runs GE I. Questions on the text: 1. Explain the sentence “He got himself out of the pile”. 2. If six sigma is so wonderful, why is it implemented in all factories? 3. Do you think that informality can improve productivity? Why 4. Can we repeat the success of Welch in China? Why II. Read the following passage and choose the best sentence from A to F below to fill in each of the gaps in the passage. Gunning for the U.S. in Technology Once the undisputed leader, America is now under assault from countries worldwide. How did this happen, and will the U.S. be able to fight back? In the history of the U.S. technology industry, 2004 will be remembered as the year that outsourcing hit home. Consultancy Gartner Group figures that U.S. tech companies will send 500,000 jobs overseas this year -- and indeed, hardly a week goes by without a major U.S. tech outfit announcing a new R&D center in Asia. 1) ________ For half a century, America has reigned supreme in technology. U.S. research institutions have been the best on the planet, and the U.S. capital-formation machine has turned their discoveries into one breakthrough after another in transistors, communications gear, computers, and just about every other key high-tech field. 2) Now, life at the top suddenly seems a lot less lonely. In fact, although the U.S. is still the undisputed champ in technology overall, in a handful of key areas it already appears to be falling significantly behind foreign competitors. 第 1 页 共 4 页