2 Ice-Time Ltd (ITL) manufactures a range of sports equipment used in a variety of winter-sports in Snowland.Development engineers within ITL have recently developed a prototype of a small engine-propelled bobsleigh namedthe ‘Snowballer’, which has been d

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2 Ice-Time Ltd (ITL) manufactures a range of sports equipment used in a variety of winter-sports in Snowland.

Development engineers within ITL have recently developed a prototype of a small engine-propelled bobsleigh named

the ‘Snowballer’, which has been designed for use by young children. The directors of ITL recently spent ￡200,000

on market research, the findings of which led them to believe that a market exists for the Snowballer.

The marketing director has suggested that ITL should use the ‘Olympic’ brand in order to market the Snowballer.

The finance director of ITL has gathered relevant information and prepared the following evaluation relating to the

proposed manufacture and sale of the Snowballer.

(1) Sales are expected to be 3,200 units per annum at a selling price of ￡2,500 per unit.

(2) Variable material, labour, and overhead costs are estimated at ￡1,490 per unit.

(3) In addition, a royalty of ￡150 per unit would be payable to Olympic plc, for the use of their brand name.

(4) Fixed overheads are estimated at ￡900,000 per annum. These overheads cannot be avoided until the end of the

year in which the Snowballer is withdrawn from the market.

(5) An initial investment of ￡5 million would be required. A government grant equal to 50% of the initial investment

would be received on the date the investment is made. However, because the Snowballer would be classified as

a luxury good, no tax allowances would be available on this initial investment. The estimated life cycle of the

Snowballer is six years.

(6) Corporation tax at the rate of 30% per annum is payable in the year in which profit occurs.

(7) All cash flows are stated in current prices and, with the exception of the initial investment and the government

grant, will occur at the end of each year.

(8) The nominal cost of capital is 15·44%. Annual inflation during the period is expected to amount to 4%.

Required:

(a) Calculate the net present value (NPV) of the Snowballer proposal and recommend whether it should be

undertaken by the directors of ITL. (4 marks)

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1.2 Good Sports Limited is an independent sports goods retailer owned and operated by two partners, Alan and Bob. Thesports retailing business in the UK has undergone a major change over the past ten years. First of all the supply sidehas been transformed by the emergence of a few global manufacturers of the core sports products, such as trainingshoes and football shirts. This consolidation has made them increasingly unwilling to provide good service to theindependent sportswear retailers too small to buy in sufficiently large quantities. These independent retailers can stockpopular global brands, but have to order using the Internet and have no opportunity to meet the manufacturer’s salesrepresentatives. Secondly, UK’s sportswear retailing has undergone significant structural change with the rapid growthof a small number of national retail chains with the buying power to offset the power of the global manufacturers.These retail chains stock a limited range of high volume branded products and charge low prices the independentretailer cannot hope to match.Good Sports has survived by becoming a specialist niche retailer catering for less popular sports such as cricket,hockey and rugby. They are able to offer the specialist advice and stock the goods that their customers want.Increasingly since 2000 Good Sports has become aware of the growing impact of e-business in general and e-retailingin particular. They employed a specialist website designer and created an online purchasing facility for theircustomers. The results were less than impressive, with the Internet search engines not picking up the companywebsite. The seasonal nature of Good Sports’ business, together with the variations in sizes and colours needed tomeet an individual customer’s needs, meant that the sales volumes were insufficient to justify the costs of runningthe site.Bob, however, is convinced that developing an e-business strategy suited to the needs of the independent sportsretailer such as Good Sports will be key to business survival. He has been encouraged by the growing interest ofcustomers in other countries to the service and product range they offer. He is also aware of the need to integrate ane-business strategy with their current marketing, which to date has been limited to the sponsorship of local sportsteams and advertisements taken in specialist sports magazines. Above all, he wants to avoid head-on competitionwith the national retailers and their emphasis on popular branded sportswear sold at retail prices that are below thecost price at which Good Sports can buy the goods.Required:(a) Provide the partners with a short report on the advantages and disadvantages to Good Sports of developingan e-business strategy and the processes most likely to be affected by such a strategy. (12 marks)

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  • 第1题：

    The American love of sports (11) to a pitch never before known. (12) the middle of the century we were practically without sports and even until some fifteen years ago there (13) very little enthusiasm aroused by sports (14) the fever that has within the past decade and a half swept over the country.

    (15) the passionate fervor has been increasing，and the coming season promises to be the most enthusiastic of all.

    (16) England the Romans brought their sports；then the Saxons and the Normans added others，and there were football matches and archery games.

    In 1618 King James I issued a book of sports stating what sports were (17) after church service on Sundays；but intense anger was (18) among those who strictly observed the principles of the Bible，and in 1644 the Long Parliament ordered the book (19) by the public executioner，and all sports forbidden or strongly (20) .

    A. have raised

    B. has raised

    C. have risen

    D. has risen


    正确答案：D
     [解析] raise为及物动词，“举起，引起”，可排除，应用单三形式/has+动词过去分词。

  • 第2题：

    More recently, lasers have been used to () skin discolorations.

    A.take

    B.remove

    C.recover

    D.move


    正确答案：B
    解析：take, 携带;recover, 恢复;move, 移动。remove, 除去，符合句子的意思，所以应该选B.

  • 第3题：

    Your firm has been recommended to us by DINOSOUR TOY CO,LTD()we have done business for many fears.

    A、which

    B、with whom

    C、whom

    D、with which


    参考答案：B

  • 第4题：

    Consequently,there has been a growing interest in natural foods:foods which do not contain additives and which have not been（ ）by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.

    A.effected
    B.interfered
    C.disturbed
    D.affected

    答案：D
    解析：
    自然食品不受当今农业生产中广泛使用的化肥的影响。所以D.affect“影响，产生作用”是正确答案。A.effect“结果，效果”；B.interfere“干预，妨碍”；C.disturb“打扰”。

  • 第5题：

    It may be pointed out that warfare（战争）as practiced by man has no parallel in nature,This is to say that within the more highly developed animal populations of this earth,there is not now.nor has there been similar destruction within a species（物种）itself.In fact,one has to go to the lowliest forms of animal life,such as certain kinds of ants,to find anything comparable to human warfare.It is a curious fact that mankind appears to give the killing of his own kind a good reason by imaging that it is a"law of nature".There are now a lot of wrong ideas about the laws of nature,of which this is one of the most incorrect and fateful（致命的）.Political beliefs have been based upon it with results that have come near to destroying human civilization.The theory that war is a biological necessity.that it is nature′s method of controlling population and believing in the survival（生存）of the strong and the elimination（灭亡）of the weak,is totally wrong and insupportable.Within the last century.when wars have been common all over the world,the human population of the earth has almost doubled.

    The author of this passage seems to be the"law of nature".

    A.against
    B.in favor of
    C.uncertain of
    D.very much interested in

    答案：A
    解析：
    考情点拨：推理判断题。应试指导：本文作者指出，自然法则是完全错误的，进而举例说，尽管上世纪战争不断，人口还是几乎增加了一倍。所以，作者是反对“自然法则”的。

  • 第6题：

    国家标准规定公差分为20级即IT01、IT00、ITl……ITl8，其中IT01精度最低，ITl8精度最高。


    正确答案:正确

  • 第7题：

    A System p administrator needs to document system changes that have occurred recently. The company has a policy of making all possible changes via the smit interface.  Which of the following files would show the commands that have been performed from within smit and their resulting output（）

    • A、/smit.log
    • B、/smit.script
    • C、/var/log/smit.log
    • D、/.history

    正确答案:A

  • 第8题：

    钻孔精度较低，尺寸精度只能达到（）。

    • A、IT6～IT7
    • B、IT8～IT9
    • C、ITl0一ITll
    • D、ITl2～ltl3

    正确答案:C

  • 第9题：

    Two business partners have recently been connected via a dedicated extranet. It has been discovered that each of the companies are using the same private IP address space. Which of the following will help to resolve potential routing issues?（）

    • A、Multicast
    • B、PAT
    • C、CIDR
    • D、NAT

    正确答案:D

  • 第10题：

    单选题
    Which of the following factors will have the greatest effect on the heating load within a conditioned space?（）
    A

    Solar gain

    B

    Infiltration and ventilation air

    C

    Occupants inside the space

    D

    Entertainment equipment within the space


    正确答案： B
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第11题：

    单选题
    An administrator needs to document system changes that have occurred recently. The company has a policy of making all possible changes via the smit interface. Which file would show the commands that have been performed from within smit and their resulting output？（）
    A

    /smit.log

    B

    /smit.script

    C

    /var/log/smit.log

    D

    /var/log/smit.script


    正确答案： A
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第12题：

    单选题
    A newly developed plastic, prized by engineers for its low weight and its durability , has been developed.
    A

    low cost      

    B

    flexibility      

    C

    long life

    D

    versatility


    正确答案： A
    解析： durability耐久力。long life长命。low cost低成本。flexibility弹性。versatility多功能。多才多艺。

  • 第13题：

    磨床加工精度较高，工作经磨削后尺寸精度可达()。

    A．IT3～IT4

    B．IT5～IT6

    C．ITl0～ITl2

    D．ITl3～ITl5


    正确答案：B

  • 第14题：

    Considering your financial situations, which we realize have not been good recently, we have not () you for payment.

    A、compressed

    B、pressured

    C、pressed

    D、stessed


    参考答案：C

  • 第15题：

    Two business partners have recently been connected via a dedicated extranet. It has been discovered that each of the companies are using the same private IP address space.Which of the following will help to resolve potential routing issues?（）

    A.Multicast

    B.PAT

    C.CIDR

    D.NAT


    参考答案：D

  • 第16题：

    资料：“Our cars are for people who want something different.”
    This has been the slogan for over 50 years of Suprema Cars, a manufacturer of an English sports car. The car is mostly handmade in the company's factory in northern England. Suprema Car produces approximately 500 cars a year. About 5 years ago, the company began to lose sales and market share, and in the last two years, it has made a loss.
    Recently, there have been problems with the labor force. The factory workers have demand higher wages and better working conditions. They are also unhappy because the management is insisting that they increase production, but the workers think this will have a bad effect on the quality of the cars.
    The company still has many loyal customers. People buy Suprema sports cars because they are handmade and have an image of quality and craftsmanship.

    Which of the following is NOT a problem that Suprema Cars is facing?

    A.Customers’ distrust of products.
    B.A financial loss.
    C.Unhappy workers.
    D.Loss on sales and market share.

    答案：A
    解析：
    本题的问题是“以下哪一项不是Suprema汽车面临的问题？”。选项A意为“客户对产品的不信任”；选项B意为“经济损失”；选项C意为“不快乐的工人”；选项D意为“失去销售和市场份额”。根据主题句可知，B、C、D选项均有提及，故选A。

  • 第17题：

    It may be pointed out that warfare（战争）as practiced by man has no parallel in nature,This is to say that within the more highly developed animal populations of this earth,there is not now.nor has there been similar destruction within a species（物种）itself.In fact,one has to go to the lowliest forms of animal life,such as certain kinds of ants,to find anything comparable to human warfare.It is a curious fact that mankind appears to give the killing of his own kind a good reason by imaging that it is a"law of nature".There are now a lot of wrong ideas about the laws of nature,of which this is one of the most incorrect and fateful（致命的）.Political beliefs have been based upon it with results that have come near to destroying human civilization.The theory that war is a biological necessity.that it is nature′s method of controlling population and believing in the survival（生存）of the strong and the elimination（灭亡）of the weak,is totally wrong and insupportable.Within the last century.when wars have been common all over the world,the human population of the earth has almost doubled.

    According to Sentence 2,which of the following is true?

    A.The destruction is similar to the killing of each other within human beings.
    B.There is not the similar destruction now,but it occurred before.,'
    C.There is never a time when we may see the similar destruction.
    D.The destruction is now a thing of the past.

    答案：C
    解析：
    考情点拨：事实细节题。应试指导：第二句的意思是：地球上，较高级的动物种群中，现在没有，过去也没有出现像人类战争那样灭绝自己物种的厮杀

  • 第18题：

    Your customer has deployed a Cisco Wireless Location Appliance within its warehouseenvironment. However， employees there have been experiencing problems when tracking objects using activeRFID tags.The RFID tag data is not being collected. On which device would you verify that RFIDs have been enabled？（）

    • A、access point
    • B、location manager
    • C、wireless controller
    • D、Cisco WCS

    正确答案:C

  • 第19题：

    A technician works for a company that has recently been affected by a virus. The virus entered the network by using port 6000. Port 6000 is used by an application located on a server. The technician has been asked to block this port on all servers and computers except for the one server which uses this port. Which of the following should the technician do？（）

    • A、Update the antivirus application
    • B、Install critical update security patches
    • C、Adjust the software firewall settings
    • D、Replace the current antivirus program

    正确答案:C

  • 第20题：

    Your client has deployed a cisco wireless location appliance within their warehouse environment. they have been experiencing problems with tracking objects using active rfid tags. the rfid tag data is not being collected. On which device would you verify that rfid status has been enabled？（）

    • A、cisco wcs
    • B、access point
    • C、wireless controller
    • D、location manager

    正确答案:C

  • 第21题：

    Which of the following is required to ensure the completion of all tests within the automated procedure of thecluster test tool？（）

    • A、Application monitoring has been configured
    • B、Only disk heartbeat networks have been used
    • C、Cluster nodes are attached to two IP networks
    • D、Resource Group dependencies have been configured

    正确答案:C

  • 第22题：

    单选题
    What has happened to housing prices recently?
    A

    They have been rising quickly.

    B

    They have been falling quickly.

    C

    They have stopped rising quickly.

    D

    They have stopped falling quickly.


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    录音中指出“…housing prices will stop rising as quickly as they have been recently and may even fall somewhat.”(房价将会停止最近快速上升的势头，甚至有可能会稍微下降)，as…as句型是本题的关键，由此可见最近房价快速上升。

  • 第23题：

    单选题
    A System p administrator needs to document system changes that have occurred recently. The company has a policy of making all possible changes via the smit interface.  Which of the following files would show the commands that have been performed from within smit and their resulting output（）
    A

    /smit.log

    B

    /smit.script

    C

    /var/log/smit.log

    D

    /.history


    正确答案： D
    解析： 暂无解析

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