Everyone in business has been told that success is all about attracting and retaining (留住) customers. It sounds simple and achievable. But,     , words of wisdom are soon forgotten. Once companies have attracted customers they often   
  the second half of the story. In the excitement of beating off the competition, negotiating prices, securing orders, and delivering the product, managers tend to become carried away. They forget what they regard as the boring side of business— 
      that the customer remains a customer.
    to concentrate on retaining as well as attracting customers costs business huge amounts of money annually. It has been estimated that the average company loses between 10 and 30 per cent of its customers every years. In constantly changing     , this is not surprising. What is surprising is the fact that few companies have any idea how many customers they have lost.
Only now are organizations beginning to wake up to those lost opportunities and calculate the     
implications. Cutting down the number of customers a company loses can make a big   
  in its performance. Research in the US found that a five per cent decrease in the number of defecting (流失的) customers led to      increases of between 25 and 85 per cent.
In the US, Domino’s Pizza estimates that a regular customer is worth more than $5,000 over ten years. A customer who receives a poor quality product or service on their first visit and      never returns, is losing the company thousands of dollars in   
  profits (more if you consider how many people they are likely to tell about their bad experience).
The logic behind cultivating customer      is impossible to deny. “In practice most companies’ marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention paid to      them”, says Adrian Payne of Cornfield University’ School of Management. “Research suggests that there is a close relationship between retaining customers and making profits.      customers tend to buy more, are predictable and usually cost less to service than new customers. Furthermore, they tend to be less price     , and may provide free word-of-mouth advertising. Retaining customers also makes it   
    for competitors to enter a market or increase their share of a market.
小題1:
A．in particularB．in reality C．a(chǎn)t leastD．first of all
小題2:
A．emphasizeB．doubtC．overlookD．believe
小題3:
A．denyingB．ensuringC．a(chǎn)rguingD．proving
小題4:
A．MovingB．HopingC．StartingD．Failing
小題5:
A．marketsB．tastesC．pricesD．expenses
小題6:
A．cultureB．socialC．financialD．economical
小題7:
A．promiseB．planC．mistakeD．difference
小題8:
A．costB．opportunityC．profitD．budget
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)s a resultB．on the wholeC．in conclusion D．on the contrary
小題10:
A．hugeB．potentialC．extraD．reasonable
小題11:
A．beliefsB．loyaltyC．habitsD．interest
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)lteringB．understandingC．keepingD．a(chǎn)ttracting
小題13:
A．AssumedB．RespectedC．EstablishedD．Unexpected
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)greeableB．flexibleC．friendlyD．sensitive
小題15:
A．unfairB．difficultC．essentialD．convenient

小題1:B          
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:B
小題12:C
小題13:C
小題14:D
小題15:B
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小題1:Which of the following may help us stop a bad mood?
A．Doing nothing about it.
B．Exercising and enjoying music.
C．Writing down negative thoughts.
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D．produces a calming effect
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Bill and John，both seriously ill，lived in the same room at Marie Hospital．John lived next to the only window of the room and was allowed to  36 in his bed and watch for an hour every day．But Bill had to spend all his time  37 on his back．
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A．stand upB．sit upC．set upD．stay up
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A．towerB．1akeC．statue D．hill
小題7:
A．whileB．thoughC．unless D．until
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A．findB．drinkC．prepareD．cook
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A．thinkingB．workingC．dreamingD．reacting
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A．in search ofB．in favor ofC．in place ofD．in case of
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A．a(chǎn)ndB．butC．orD．so
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A．senseB．reliefC．beliefD．state
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A．sceneB．incidentC．careD．matter
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A．hatedB．expectedC．missedD．questioned
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A．influencedB．passedC．fliedD．changed
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A．neverB．stillC．oftenD．a(chǎn)lmost
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A．a(chǎn)imlessB．leglessC．a(chǎn)rmlessD．forceless
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A．give awayB．give inC．give upD．give off
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A．letB．devotedC．a(chǎn)bandoned D．challenged
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A．whatB．howC．whetherD．which
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A．ideaB．purposeC．dreamD．thought
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)tB．toC．in D．with
小題9:
A．givenB．ifC．whenD．only if
小題10:
A．carried outB．figured outC．worked out D．gave out
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A．flexibleB．a(chǎn)vailableC．sensibleD．a(chǎn)dvisble
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A．byB．outC．over D．off
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A．offerB．sign C．a(chǎn)nswer D．find
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A．a(chǎn)wayB．downC．up D．off
小題2:
A．yourselfB．myselfC．them D．others
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A．saidB．repeatedC．spreadD．spoken
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A．a(chǎn)s long asB．a(chǎn)s much as C．a(chǎn)s well asD．a(chǎn)s far back as
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A．cause B．plotC．basis D．meaning
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)ffect B．improveC．lead D．change
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A．meansB．hammers C．facilitiesD．tools
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A．thereforeB．howeverC．insteadD．somehow
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A．tookB．turnedC．settledD．got
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A．WhenB．WhyC．HowD．What
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A．common B．a(chǎn)dvancedC．complexD．primary
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A．sufferB．separateC．a(chǎn)rise D．come
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A．a(chǎn)doptB．suspectC．believeD．receive
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A．weakeningB．a(chǎn)cceptingC．a(chǎn)bandoningD．strengthening
小題19:
A．As a resultB．On the contraryC．In additionD．At the same time
小題20:
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小題3:What is the meaning of the underlined word "transformed" in Paragraph 5? (1 word)
小題4:What is Samantha's attitude toward the Program?(No more than 10 words)
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Though many welcome the new service，some feel differently. "I have a real problem with this，"said Nancy Lenhart，the owner of Camp La Jolia，a Californian weight-loss and fit­ness camp.
"If you talk about oversized beds and doorways you are throwing their weight in their faces. Overweight people want to be normalized. They shouldn't be discriminated against like this. "
小題1: Large people don't want to go on holiday because        .
A．they don't like sunbathing B．they don't want to be looked at
C．the planes are too crowded D．hotels are not open to them
小題2:In the first paragraph，weight-friendly holiday packages mean        .
A．there are some free packages for the overweight
B．people are friendly to the overweight
C．special holiday for the overweight
D．the overweight can lose weight
小題3:Scuba-diving is a sport of swimming        .  
A．for people to lose weight B．only for larger people
C．jumping from the platform D．underwater
小題4: Mexico's Freedom Paradise is a hotel        .
A．for people of all sizes B．only intended for larger people
C．where everything is oversized D．where larger people can live for free
小題5:The underlined part" you are throwing their weight in their faces" means        .
A．you are beating them in the faceB．you are showing them that they are overweight
C．their faces seem bigger than othersD．you can make them lose weight

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Announcers on China Central Television (CCTV) will need to do some fast talking to replace the popular English acronyms(首字母縮略詞) they’re now forbidden to use. Shanghai Daily reports that “anchors at China Central Television [CCTV] have been banned from saying the English acronyms NBA, CBA, GDP, and the like in their programs.”
The replacement for those handy acronyms? Chinese presenters must use the full Chinese name, standardized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
Although CCTV (oops, we mean China Central Television) presenters must already have a score of at least 94 in their government-rated oral Mandarin proficiency exam（普通話等級(jí)考試）, saying the full name of organizations like the CBA or WTO ― 10 and 6 character’s long separately ― is sure to challenge even the most skillful anchors. CCTV sports anchor Sun Zhengping tells Shanghai Daily, “A full Chinese explanation of the English acronyms must be followed if my tongue slips. It is a little trouble but a necessary one because not every audience member can understand the acronyms.”
Although the government isn’t giving any official explanation for the shift, it is believed to have to do with a proposal (提案) by Huang Youyi, director of the China International Publishing Group, at March’s NPC meeting. In his speech, Huang said, “With more and more publications mixing Chinese with English, measures and regulations should be adopted to avoid English invading Chinese. If we don’t pay attention and don’t take measures to stop the expansion of mixing Chinese with English, Chinese won’t be a pure language in a couple of years.”
Although China is far from the first country to take measures to protect local languages (the French and Québécois beat them to it by a long way), acronyms are more about saving time than they are about corrupting a language, we would think. Good luck to the CCTV anchors. 
1. CCTV anchors have to “do some fast talking” because they can no longer ______.
A．speak as slowly as they likeB．mix English into Chinese
C．use shortened Chinese expressionsD．have so much time for their program

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