IQ测试：某跨国大公司的英文面试题 英文, 面试

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下面这些考题是来自某著名跨国大公司的英文面试题，主要测试新进员工的IQ。审题2分钟，做题是1分钟一道，大家不妨试一试，看自己在14分钟内能得多少分。table 1 amount of income in certain industries (in billions of dollars)
industry　　　　　　　　 year 1 　year 2 　year 3 　year 4 　year 5
agriculture 　　　　　　　22 　　　26 　　　26 　　  30 　　　51
communication 　　　　　  14 　　　17 　　  18 　　　20 　　　21
construction　　　　　　　36 　　  43 　　  47　　 　52 　　　57
finance and real estate　 78　　   90 　　  100　　  108　　  118
manufacturing 　　　　　  213　    218 　　 226 　　 253 　　 287
transportation 　　　　　 27　　   30 　　  33 　　　36　　　 40
1. which industry had the largest increase in the dollar amount of income from
year 1 to year 2?
a. agriculture
b. construction
c. finance and real estate
d. manufacturing
e. transportation
2. which industry had the smallest increase in the dollar amount of income from
year 1 to year 5?
a. agriculture
b. construction
c. finance and real estate
d. manufacturing
e. transportation
3. which industry experienced the largest percentage increase from year 3 to
year 4?
a. agriculture
b. communication
c. construction
d. finance and real estate
e. manufacturing
4. which industry experienced the least percent change from year 1 to year 4?
a. agriculture
b. communication
c. construction
d. manufacturing
e. transportation
5. for which industry was there the least consistent increase in income over the
period of time covered by the table?
a. agriculture
b. construction
c. finance and real estate
d. manufacturing
e. transportation
6. if the trend in the transportation industry were to continue, its income for
year 6 would most likely be about
a. 42 billion dollars
b. 44 billion dollars
c. 46 billion dollars
d. 48 billion dollars
e. 50 billion dollars
7. in which of the following instances has the first type of industry named
consistently had an income about half that of the second?
a. agriculture; finance and real estate
b. communication; agriculture
c. construction; finance and real estate
d. finance and real estate; manufacturing
e. transportation; communication
8. in how many instances did a type of industry make a gain of 10% or more over
the previous year listed?
a. 1 - 4
b. 5 - 8
c. 9 - 12
d. 13 - 16
e. 17 - 20
9. the type of industry showing the steadiest rate of growth in income during
this period was
a. communication
b. construction
c. finance and real estate
d. manufacturing
e. transportation
10. in which one of the following groups did all three types of industry increase
their respective incomes by most nearly one-third from year 1 to year 3?
a. agriculture; communication; transportation
b. agriculture; communication; construction
c. communication; construction; transportation
d. construction; finance and real estate, transportation
e. communication; construction; finance and real estate
11. which one of these types of industry experienced the least percent change
from year 1 to year 4?
a. agriculture
b. communication
c. construction
d. manufacturing
e. transportation
12. among the following, the greatest percentage increase in income occurred for
a. agriculture between year 3 and year 4
b. communication between year 2 and year 3
c. construction between year 1 and year 2
d. finance and real estate between year 4 and year 5
e. manufacturing between year 3 and year 4