首页
登录
职称英语
•You will hear a program about business. •For each question (23-30), mark
•You will hear a program about business. •For each question (23-30), mark
游客
2025-06-02
14
管理
问题
•You will hear a program about business.
•For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
•After you have listened once, replay the recording. [br] The main reason for the fall of shares of IBM is
Woman: Good evening. They used to say "As goes General Motors, so goes the nation". Today is "As goes IBM, so goes the market". It’s a rough one on Wall Street, down more than 200 points for much of the day. When it was over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 94 points to close at 10,297. IBM was off 21 points, after the computer giant warned its earnings would be lower than expected for several quarters to come. It seems that the business, "fixing computers for the year 2000" is drying up. And companies and consumers are waiting for the millennium to pass before they spend any more money on technology. Here is our reporter Caroline Walter.
Man: It was a nasty joke for investors today who had dismissed Y2K as much ado about nothing. Shares of IBM plunged almost 20 per cent on unexpected news that the drop of the Y2K spending is having a big impact on big blue. The problem is businesses that paid IBM and other technology companies tens of billions of dollars last year to make sure their computer systems were ready for the year 2000 have now stopped spending, at least until sometime next year.
Woman: Many corporations say that they’ve bought their computers. They’ve switched their software, it’s Y2K compliant. And they just don’t want to touch that installation, they don’t want to risk something going wrong after they worked so hard to make sure that everything is going to work.
Man: IBM is the most prominent casualty of the technology spending freeze, but others are suffering as well. On Monday shares of Lexmark International, a computer printing company, dropped 30 per cent. Purchases of new printers have been postponed until after the new millennium. Shares of Computer Horizons, which installs business software, have fallen more than 75 percent. Last year the company had its best year ever. What worries Wall Street now is how many other companies who think their businesses are fine will find their earnings decimated by the drop of Y2K spending. A company as big as IBM could underestimate the risk. others could also be fooled.
选项
A、making wrong plan
B、bad management
C、the drop of Y2K spending
答案
C
解析
此题是对文章细节的提问。听力原文提到:the drop of the Y2K spending is having a big impact on big blue,Y2K的下跌对IBM的跌落造成了很大影响。因此,此题答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4101200.html
相关试题推荐
TASKONE—TITLE•Forquestions13—17,matchtheextractswiththetitles,listed
TASKONE—TITLE•Forquestions13—17,matchtheextractswiththetitles,listed
TASKONE—TITLE•Forquestions13—17,matchtheextractswiththetitles,listed
TASKONE—TITLE•Forquestions13—17,matchtheextractswiththetitles,listed
TASKONE—TITLE•Forquestions13—17,matchtheextractswiththetitles,listed
•Youwillhearanintroductionofinsurance.•Asyoulisten,forquestions1--12
•Youwillhearanintroductionofinsurance.•Asyoulisten,forquestions1--12
•Youwillhearanintroductionofinsurance.•Asyoulisten,forquestions1--12
•Youwillhearanintroductionofinsurance.•Asyoulisten,forquestions1--12
•Youwillhearanintroductionofinsurance.•Asyoulisten,forquestions1--12
随机试题
Questions1-5Lookatthefollowingsolutions(Questions1-5)andlocations.Mat
Whatisthemidpointbetween(12,5)and(10,-7)?Usethemidpointequationto
"Thelanguageofacomposer",Carduswrote,"hisharmonies,rhythms,melodie
A.人工授精 B.体外授精与胚泡移植 C.配子输卵管内移植 D.宫腔配子移
患者,男,62岁。诊断为2型糖尿病,坚持口服降糖药治疗,血糖控制良好。患者拟计划
以下指标不能反映房地产开发企业偿债能力()。A、资产负债率 B、内部收益
一个初三女孩听课时总感觉老师和同学们在用歧视的眼光看着她,导致她不敢抬起眼睛看黑
京大戟内服宜A.生用 B.醋制 C.酒制 D.炒炭
进出口货物收发货人、报关企业、报关人员向海关工作人员行贿的,由海关撤销其报关注册
根据拟建工程的具体情况,列入工程量清单中其他项目清单的有()。A、暂列金额
最新回复
(
0
)