B. am; will pay

C. were; would pay 【答案】：were; would pay 142.

二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。

An annual report of a company provides information about its business performance for certain people. These people include the investors, potential investors and other stakeholders. From the report, people can understand the company’s business scope, recent situation and future development. The main parts of an annual report usually include chairman’s letter, financial statements and operation analysis.

● Chairman’s Letter

Usually, an annual report should contain a letter from the chairman. The letter should provide details about the successes and the challenges of the past year. It should also include the future outlook for the company.

● Operation Analysis

The operation analysis is an overview of the business in the past year. It usually includes new hires and new product introductions. At the same time, it will introduce business acquisitions and other important issues.

● Financial Statements

The financial statements are very important for an annual report. People can know the company’s performance in the past from the statements. It usually consists of the following three aspects. The first one is the profit and loss statement. The second one is the balance sheet. And the third one is the cash flow statement.

1. An annual report of a company provides some information about its business performance for certain people.

2. People can know everything of the company from the annual report.

3. An annual report usually includes chairman’s letter, financial statements and operation

analysis.

4. A chairman’s letter should include the strategic direction moving forward.

5. This passage is mainly about the main parts of an annual report. 【答案】：T；F；T；T；T

143.People ______ find useful information from the annual report. A. had to

B. dared

C. could

【答案】：could 144.

二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

An annual report provides

information about an organization. People read annual reports in different ways. Some even A. preferB. willC. have

to start at the back and work their way to the beginning. It makes A. bigB. eachC. no

difference how you read them as long as you get the essential points of the business and its financial condition.

However, there is a good way to solve these reports that is A. atB. bothC. either

most efficient and most effective. You can’t possibly go any further in your research A. withB. withoutC. in order to

knowing what the company does! How can you insure that you have understood the report? Just ask yourself if you understand what the company does and who its customers are. 【答案】：A. useful；A. prefer；C. no；B. both；B. without

145.The new year is just _________. A. in corner

B. around the corner

C. outside the corner

【答案】：around the corner

146._____ the fog, we should have reached the annual meeting site on time. A. Because of

B. In spite of

C. But for

【答案】：But for 147.

二、翻译：从以下A、B、C三个选项中选出与英文最适合的中文翻译。

1. In general, we’ve made some progress this year in improving community services.

A. 总的说来，今年我们已经在改善社区服务方面取得了一些进展。

B. 一般情况下，我们今年将在改善社区服务方面取得一些进展。

C. 总的说来，今年我们在提高社区服务质量方面取得了一些进展。

2. As a general rule, it is better to focus on the content of a presentation as a means of attracting your audience’s attention.

A. 一般来说，它最好将重心放在讲解的内容上，使之成为吸引观众注意力的方式。

B. 一般的规则是，它最好集中在礼物的内容上，这比吸引观众的注意力更好。

C. 一般而言，最好把重点放在讲解的内容上，借此来吸引观众的注意。

3. We should present data in tables or charts so that the report may not be boring with facts alone.

A. 我们应该用表格或图表来呈现数据以便报告不因为仅有事实而枯燥乏味。

B. 我们应该用表格或图表来表示数据，因此，报告就不会因为仅有事实而枯燥乏味。

C. 我们应该用表格或图表来呈现数据以便报告不厌烦仅有事实。

4. To communicate precisely what you want to say, you have to frequently need to define key words.

A. 要简明扼要地表达本意，就必须不断定义关键词。

B. 只要定义频繁出现的关键词就能准确传达本意。

C. 要准确表达你的本意，就必须不断定义关键词。

5. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

A. 一个真实的朋友就是能伸出他的手触碰你心灵的人。

B. 一个真实的朋友就是能伸出他的手理解你心灵的人。

C. 真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。 【答案】：A；C；A；C；C

148.We have to ______ our annual work report to the manager next week. A. hand in

B. hand out

C. hands up

【答案】：hand in

149.The investor should be aware of the limitations of the financial statement analysis ____ the annual report. A. based on

B. basing on

C. base on

【答案】：based on 150.