1、阅读练习试卷 9及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 A. David V. Harkins David V. Harkins has been affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L. P. and its predecessor, Thomas H. Lee Company, since its founding in 1974, and currently serves as President of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. In addition, he has over 30 years experie
2、nce in the investment and venture capital industry with the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, where he began his career, as well as TA Associates and Massachusetts Capital Corporation. Mr. Harkins also founded National Dentex Corporation and serves as Chairman of the Board. He is currently
3、 a director of Cott Corp. and Syratech Corp. Mr. Harkins also serves as President and Trustee of T. H. Lee Mezzanine II, the Administrative General Partner of Thomas H. Lee Advisors II, L. P. , which is the sole limited partner of the Managing General Partner of ML-Lee Acquisition Fund II, L. P. and
4、 ML-Lee Acquisition Fund (Retirement Accounts) II, L. P. , Principal Managing Director of Thomas H. Lee Advisors, LLC, TH Lee, Putnam Capital Advisors, LLC, and Thomas H. Lee Management Company, LLC, President of THL Fund IV Bridge Corp. and THL Investment Management Corp. , and Vice President of TH
5、L Equity Holdings III, Inc. B. Hoff, Walter M. Mr. Hoff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDCHealth. Prior to joining NDCHeahh, Mr. Hoff was Executive Vice President of First Data Corporation from 1991 to 1997, with responsibility for First Data Card Services Group. Mr. Hoff served as Chief
6、 Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of American Express Information Services Corporation (predecessor to First Data Corporation) from 1989 to 1991. C. Thomas H. Lee Thomas H. Lee founded Thomas H. Lee Partners, L. P.s predecessor, Thomas H. Lee Company, in 1974 and from that time through
7、 July 1999, served as its President. Mr. Lee currently serves as General Director of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L. P. , which is a Boston-based private equity firm that focuses on investments in growth companies. From 1966 through 1974, Mr. Lee was with First National Bank of Boston where he directed t
8、he banks high technology lending group from 1968 to 1974. Mr. Lee is also a director of Vertis Holdings, Inc. , Finlay Fine Jewelry Corporation, First Security Services Corporation, Miller Import Corporation, Safelite Glass Corporation, The Smith Senior Vice President, E-Commerce from January 2000 t
9、o August 2000; Senior Vice President, Portfolio Marketing from January 1998 to December 1999; and Vice President, Marketing from September 1995 to December 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Melius served seven years in the credit card division of the First National Bank of Omaha, where he advanced from a man
10、agement trainee to manager of the portfolio management department, where he directed the account retention and portfolio profitability operations. E. Dan N. Piteleski Dan N. Piteleski has been Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. since May 2002. Mr.
11、Piteleski previously was Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of the Company from May 2001 to April 2002. Prior to joining it, Mr. Piteleski was Vice President, Chief Information Officer of H.B. Fuller Company for six years. Prior to H. B. Fuller, Mr. Piteleski served as Vice President,
12、Information Systems at Zenith Data Systems for two and one-half years. Before Zenith, Mr. Piteleski was Manager, Information Systems and Technology at Apple Computer for four years. Mr. Piteleski also has worked in information systems at Equitable Resources Energy Company, Inc. , and American Standa
13、rd. 1 He had served as a management trainee. 2 He began his career in an insurance company. 3 He has been in the company since 199 4 He had worked in the IT department of a bank. 5 He has been working in the field of information systems. 6 He had worked at Apple Computer. 7 He had worked in the cred
14、it card department of a bank. 8 He is employed by the same company for the longest time. 二、 PART TWO 8 Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya, founder and head of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), and Rob Meakin, a personnel director at Marconi, have developed a partnership to train engineers and managers t
15、o become e-literate. The New Knowledge Partnership will immerse a team of 40 Marconi managers in what Professor Bhattacharyya calls electronic engineering management or E2. C . Professor Bhattacharyya believes that e-commerce is changing the business environment to a huge extent. 【 B2】 _ and, in som
16、e cases, are actually resisting change. He says that “As long as enough industry leaders realize its potential benefits, e-business will make possible a second productivity revolution in Britain. This could take the economy close to eliminating the still-substantial competitiveness gap with its main
17、 rivals. Over the last five years in the US there has been a 30% improvement in manufacturing-sector productivity because of information technology. In Britain we can achieve more than that and successful e-business will be worth billions to the UK economy.“ Already Britain makes more use of compute
18、r-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) and management information-technology systems than other European countries, and has a government that actively promotes e-business. But, observes Professor Bhattacharyya, 【 B3】 _ . “The thing about electronic engineering management is that you can keep your
19、legacy systems; you just need to link those systems with an information engine. At the touch of a button it will allow project managers to see the status of a project, identify problems precisely and make virtually immediate decisions based on information that will be much more complete than in the
20、past.“ The E2 program is the result of an alliance by the Warwick Manufacturing Group with Americas leading e-commerce study center, Carnegie Mellon. 【 B4】 _ , where the group has half its business. In Britain, Professor Bhattacharyya has linked up with Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Parametric Techno
21、logy, to set up a multi-million pound E2 design and manufacturing center at the university 【 B5】 _ . Professor Bhattacharyya believes that e-commerce is changing business to such an extent that WMG is likely to be renamed Warwick Electronic Manufacturing Group. But, he warns “ 【 B6】 _ . Although the
22、 net allows British industry to overtake their European peers, it also offers Asian countries the chance to leapfrog the West. For the first time it is not the privilege of the western world because this technology is universal.“ A. the latter will be responsible for training many of the Marconi man
23、agers in America B. the move to globalize because of e-commerce is racing ahead C. which will be used for training and research D. Britain has never used technology as a growth driver E. lout most people dont understand this new technology F. a wide range of engineering and non-engineering companies
24、 has expressed interest in these exciting programs G. many chief executives do not understand the power of the new technologies H. which is very popular in Britain 9 【 B1】 _ 10 【 B2】 _ 11 【 B3】 _ 12 【 B4】 _ 13 【 B5】 _ 14 【 B6】 _ 阅读练习试卷 9答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 【知识模块】 阅读 1 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 2 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 5 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 阅读 6 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 阅读 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 8 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 二、 PART TWO 【知识模块】 阅读 9 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 阅读 10 【正确答案】 G 【知识模块】 阅读 11 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 12 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 14 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读
