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CarlyFiorina,Hewlett-Packardschiefexecutive,

cameoutfightingonNovember14th.Inaconference

callwithanalysts,sheannouncedbetter-than-expected

quarterlyresults,eventhoughprofitsweredown.Ms

Fiorinaalsoreiteratedwhyshebelievesher$24billion

plantoacquireCompaqisthebestwayforwardforHP,

despiteobjectionsbyHewlettandPackardfamily

members.LastweekWalterHewlett,whosefather

co-foundedthecompany,expressedconcernthatthe

mergerwouldincreaseHPsexposuretotheshrinking

PCmarketandwoulddistractmanagersfromthemore

importanttaskofnavigatingthroughtherecession.

Therearetwowaystodefendthedeal.Oneisto

pointoutitsadvantages,whichiswhatMsFiorinadid

thisweek.MergingwithCompaq,shesaid,would

enableHPtoreachitsgoalsfasterthanitcouldonits

own.ThedealwouldimproveHPspositioninkey

marketssuchasstorageandhigh-endcomputing,as

wellastheeconomicsofitsPCbusiness.Itwould

doublethesizeofHPssalesforceandbroadenits

customerbase,providingmorepotentialclientsforits

servicesandconsultingarms.Itwouldimprove

cashflow,marginsandefficiencybyaddingbreadth

anddepthtoHP.Havingspentthelastseveralmonths

planningtheintegrationofthesetwocompanies,we

areevenmoreconvincedofthepowerofthis

combination,MsFiorinaconcluded.

Itsoundstoogoodtobetrue,anditalmost

certainlyis.Buttheotherwaytodefendthedealisto

pointoutthat,evenifitwasabadideatostartwith；

abandoningitcouldbeevenworse-aviewthat,

unsurprisingly,MsFiorinachosenottoadvance,butis

beingquietlyputforwardbythedealssupporters.

Scrappingthemergerwouldbeextremelypainful

foranumberofreasons.Sincetheexecutiveteamsof

bothfirmshavecommittedthemselvestothedeal,

theywouldbeutterlydiscreditedifitfellapart,and

wouldprobablyhavetogo.Underthetermsofthe

mergeragreement,HPmighthavetopayCompaqas

muchas$675mifitbackedout.Thetwofirmswould

beconsiderablyweakened;theywouldalsoberivals

again,despitehavingsharedconfidentialtechnicaland

marketinginformationwitheachotheroverthepast

fewmonths.Inshort,itwouldallbehorriblymessy.

Whatcanbedonetosavethedeal?Partofthe

problemisthatHPhasnoplanB.Theyneeda

brand-recoveryeffortimmediately,saysoneindustry

analyst.HPmustgivetheimpressionthatitisstrong

andvital,ratherthandesperate,andthatitsfutureis

notdependentonthedealgoingforward.Thatcould

makethemergerlookmoreattractiveandbring

investorsbackonboard.

Thisweeksresultswillcertainlyhelp.TheDavid

andLucilePackardFoundation,whichownsjustover

one-tenthofHPsshares,willdecidewhethertoback

themergerinthenextfewweeks,andHPs

shareholdersaretovoteonitearlynextyear.The

morecredibleHPsplanB,thelesslikelyitisthatitwill

beneeded.

1.WhatisMsFiorina'sattitudetowardthe

mergingofHPandCompaq?

[A]Reservedconsent.[B]Strongdisapproval.

[C]Enthusiasticsupport.[D]Slightcontempt.

2.Whichofthefollowingisnotthegoodreasonto

promotethemerger?

[A]Themajorityofthefirmareinfavorofthe

merger.

[B]Nocombinationisevenworsethanmerger.

[C]ltcanbringaboutalotofadvantages.

[D]ThereisnoplanBtosavethefirmfromtrouble.

3.Theexpression“ThemorecredibleHPsplanB,

thelesslikelyitisthatitwillbe

needed.”(LastLine,LastParagraph)mostprobably

indicates.

[A]planBcanwinpeople'strust

[B]themergerneedspeople/strustinplanB

[C]therelianceonplanBdeterminesthesuccess

ofthemerger

[D]appearingnottobedependentonthemerger

willmakethemergergowell

4.Whatcanwelearnfromparagraph4?

[A]Theexecutiveteamsofbothfirmscanbenefita

lotfromthemerger.

[B]ThefutureofHPdependsmuchonthemerger.

[C]Thetwosidesareeagertomakethisdeal.

[D]PlanBcansaveHPoutoftrouble.

5.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardthe

mergerofHP?

[A]Negative.[B]Supportive.

[C]Objective.[D]Apprehensive.

答案：CADBC

篇章剖析

本文主要阐述了已陷入逆境的惠普公司意欲收

购康柏公司这一事务，其中包括安排的缘由、股东的

看法以及安排失败会造成的后果，07年考研英语阅读

理解精读,考研英语《07年考研英语阅读理解精读》。

第一段指出惠普公司首席执行官和惠普股东对收购

问题的不同看法；其次段和三段指出有两种方法可以

维护这一协议；第四段指出这一方案失败将会造成什

么样的后果以及惠普公司如何能促成这一方案；最终

一段：对最终的结果大家拭目以待。

词汇说明

Hewlett-Packard休利特•帕卡德公司(也就是中国

人习惯称为惠普公司)

denounce[dl5naJns]vt.公开指责，公然抨击，指责

Compaqn.美国COMPAQ电脑公司；美国康柏公

司，世界闻名的电脑生产厂家

conferencecalln.电话会议

reiterate[ri:5ltErelt]vt.反复地说，重申，重做

merger[5m:dVE(rj]n.合并，归并

scrap[skrAp]vt.扔弃，敲碎，拆毁

commitoneselfto致力于

discredit[dls5kredlt]vt.不信，怀疑,使丢脸

confidential[kRnfl5denF(E)l]adj,隐私的，机密的

backoutv.收回，停止不干

难句突破

WalterHewlett,whosefatherco-foundedthe

company,expressedconcernthatthemergerwould

increaseHPsexposuretotheshrinkingPCmarketand

woulddistractmanagersfromthemoreimportanttask

ofnavigatingthroughtherecession.

主体句式：WalterHewlettexpressedconcern

that...

结构分析：本句是一个定语从句。"whosefather

co-foundedthecompany"是主语"WalterHewlett”的

同位语：that引导宾语从句，在这里应留意从句中一

些单词的用法：exposureto的意思是“使受影响〃；

shrinking的意思是“萎缩的〃;“navigating〃的意思是〃引

领，驾驶，操纵〃；“recession〃的意思是〃不景气〃。

句子译文：上周，沃尔特•休利特一他的父亲曾组

建了惠普公司一表达了他的忧虑，他担忧公司的合并

将会使惠普公司在应对萎缩的电脑市场时增加财政

损失的风险，并且这将会使公司经理在担当引领公司

度过低靡期这一更为重要的任务时分心走神。

题目分析

1.答案为C,属情感看法题。从文章中三个地方：

“MsFiorinaalsoreiteratedwhyshebelievesher$24

billionplantoacquireCompaqisthebestwayforward

forHP"、"Oneistopointoutitsadvantages,whichis

whatMsFiorinadidthisweek."和