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I just received a proposal（）
A . that you have finalized the delivery dates.
B . to be more flexible over terms of payment.
C . that is made with certain conditions.
D . that could benefit both of us.
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Just a moment, please. 译成中文是（）。
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A seaman you have just discharged has a Continuous Discharge Book. Which statement is TRUE? （）
A . The record of entry in the continuous discharge book shall agree with the entry made in the Ship's Articles.
B . If the vessel was on coastwise articles，the record of discharge will be made in the Official Logbook.
C . An entry should be made in the book and a Certificate of Discharge issued to the seaman.
D . A Certificate of Discharge form should be attached to the book
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A notice has just（）the port administration.
A . came from
B . come from
C . come
D . came
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Just like a movie! The robot will emerge ，do some damage.
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For a teenager who has just made a recovery, she is fighting ______.
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John is a ________ , he just won 100 dollors on a bet.
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just / that/ I / an /
flight / been / announcement / delayed / my / has / heard
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Public speaking is just a monologue, a personal show of the speaker.
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I just read a funny story from the newspaper. ?
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John is a ________ , he just won 100 dollors on a bet.
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A public announcement is delivered with a clear articulation, at an appropriate speed with special stress on important information.
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They are just like a _____ of wolves.
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The government has announced that a modern city will be set up in _____ is still a wasteland now.
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In 1927, T. S. Eliot announced that he was a royalist in ______, a classicist in ______, and an Anglo-Catholic in______.
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Mary just told us a very fascinating story
A strange
B frightening
C difficult
D interesting
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It’s just a petty mistake．
A. maior
B. important
C. serious
D. minor
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就躺下休息一会儿吧。 Just and have a rest.
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We just had soup _____a full meal.
A．instead
B．instead of
C．except
D．beside
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Alice has just announced that strict regulations have been made and that they __________ both Chinese and overseas teachers.
A. apply to
B. keep track of
C. hand onto
D. take control of
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1 Paxis plc will soon announce a takeover bid for Wragger plc, a company in the same industry. The initial bid will be
an all share bid of four Paxis shares for every five Wragger shares.
The most recent annual data relating to the two companies are shown below:
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The takeover is expected to result in cost savings in advertising and distribution, reducing the operating costs
(including depreciation) of Paxis from 76% of sales to 70% of sales. The growth rate of the combined company is
expected to be 6% per year for four years, and 5% per year thereafter. Wragger’s debt obligations will be taken over
by Paxis. The corporate tax rate is expected to remain at 30%.
Sales and costs relevant to the decision may be assumed to be in cash terms.
Required:
(a) Using free cash flow analysis for each individual company and the potential combined company, estimate
how much synergy is expected to be created from the takeover. State clearly any assumptions that you make.
Note: The weighted average cost of capital of the combined company may be assumed to be the market weighted
average of the current costs of capital of the individual companies, weighted by the current market value of debt and
equity of the combined company, with the equity of Wragger adjusted for the effect of the bid price. (20 marks)
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听力原文：Peter Smith had just received the phone call that would bring him to the top position. Regulators had approved his purchase of a controlling share in Direct TV’s satellite service. Our reporter Kate Harvey interviewed the News Corp. Chairman in his Los Angeles office on September 30, just hours before the official announcement.
How does it feel to finally get the deal？
I’m very happy, of course, but it would have been better if it were a few years ago, otherwise cable wouldn’t have made those investments and would have been more vulnerable.
How are you going to win customers away from cable？
To a certain extent, we’re just going to give better service — cable and satellite both have had reputations for service — and if we want to get customers, we’d better have someone on the phone in 30 seconds rather than 20 minutes. And we will be investing a lot in research and development to get the most advanced technology for our set-top boxes and to get a lot of more interactivity.
Will you be giving set-top boxes for free？
Well, Jack Lonergan, Echo Star Communications Corp. Chairman, is already giving away some of the boxes. We will be matching him. But if we are manufacturing boxes with more features than he is giving, then we will charge something. But we will be subsidizing to the extent that he does.
Do you intend to undercut cable’s prices to start a price war？
We are not going into a price war with anyone. But overall, digital satellite today is getting about $54 a month per customer, and cable is averaging about $66 at the moment. People want digital offerings, because cable is just too expensive.
What about broadband？ Cable offers it; satellite can’t.
I am inclined to think that broadband will be a commodity. I am not sure about that, but it’s certainly physically possible to get first-class broadband service by satellite.
People genuinely seem to fear you. Why is that？
Ah, "the crazy people who will change the world". This company has always been a stimulus for change — Fox News is a stimulus for change, BSKYB was. Someone told me that there Were two crazy people in the media business — Ted Turner and me — and now there is only one. And that’s not a bad thing to keep people guessing.
Still, in Britain, you forced MTV to lower its rates for your BSKYB service. Will you force US programmers to lower their rates to get carried on Direct TV？
I hope to have a good relation and compromise. But they want give us more and more channels — and charge us for them. So if they want us to carry one of their channels, they have to promise it will get an audience.
You have said you would use sports as battering ram. Will Fox TV or the Fox Sports Network bid against ESPN for Sunday Night NEL football when it comes up in 2006？
It is too early to say. I would be happy to leave things as they are. but the NFL may try to do something with cable to expand their revenues. To try to take on ESPN would be too expensive. I am not committing myself, but at current prices we are to keep what we have.
Your sons, Lachlan and James. are both in top jobs, Who will succeed you？
They will both learn and develop. And my daughter may be coming back into the company. But the board will decide. I won’t be around. I’ll probably drop dead on the job.
？You will hear an interview with Peter Smith, CEO of Direct TV.
？For questions 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
？You will hear the recording twice.
Mr. Smith believed that his promotion came
A．too early.
B．a bit late.
C．just in time.
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句子“I felt a trifle shy at the thought of presenting myself to a total stranger with the announcement that I was going to sleep under his roof, eat his food and drink his whiskey, till another boat cam
A．我要去见一个素不相识的陌生人,向他宣布我得住在他家,吃他的食物,喝他的威士忌,一直等到下一班船到来,把我带到我要去的港口为止。当我想到这种情景时,我真有点不好意思了。
B．我要去见一个素不相识的陌生人,向他宣布我得住在他家,吃他的饭,喝他的酒,一直等到下一班船到来,把我带到我要去的港口为止。当我想到这种情景时,我真有点不好意思了
C．我要去见一个素不相识的陌生人,向他宣布我得住在他家,吃他的,喝他的,一直等到下一班船到来,把我带到我要去的港口为止。当我想到这种情景时,我真有点不好意思了。
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