the fog, we should have reached the annual meeting site on time.

—                      ?— It costs us ten thousand dollars.

—                     ?—It will take at least two weeks.

—Good morning, Sunshine Community Center! May I help you?

—How did your talk with the community resident go? — He seemed to accept my explanation，but he didn’t sign his name here .

—Would you mind answering some questions about your annual report?

I’m confident in these as long as we the needs of the community residents and improve our service quality.

If I you, I more attention to the independent auditors’ report and financial statements in the annual report.

People find useful information from the annual report.

The investor should be aware of the limitations of the financial statement analysis

The new year is just .

Under no circumstance to tell lies to the public.

We have to  our annual work report to the manager next week.

When reading the annual report, we should look out   the areas where the company did not comply with the regulations.

When stating problems, we can make a  with those from last year.

In general, we’ve made some progress this year in improving community services.

As a general rule, it is better to focus on the content of a presentation as a means of attracting your audience’s attention.

We should present data in tables or charts so that the report may not be boring with facts alone.

To communicate precisely what you want to say, you have to frequently need to define key words.

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

An annual report provides {A. useful B. useless C. usefulness} information about an organization. People read annual reports in different ways. Some even {A. prefer B. will C. have} to start at the back and work their way to the beginning. It makes {A. big B. each C. no} difference how you read them as long as you get the essential points of the business and its financial condition. However, there is a good way to solve these reports that is {A. at B. both C. either} most efficient and most effective. You can’t possibly go any further in your research {A. with B. without C. in order to} knowing what the company does! How can you insure that you have understood the report? Just ask yourself if you understand what the company does and who its customers are.

If you take the following steps, you can make a satisfactory annual report. And your boss and other supporters will be impressed. DEFINING YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. What difference did you make? What has changed in your community or field because of your work over the past year? Take all of your activities over the last 12 months and divide them into three to five major accomplishments. LESS IS MORE: BE SELECTIVE. If you include everything, the annual report becomes cluttered with information. You should think about what you want to focus on, and then select statistics to represent that and highlight key achievements with photos, or case studies, etc. ADDING VISUALS AND CHARTS: Visuals and charts can reduce the need for texts and details. And they will make the report more attractive. It’s great if you produce a full-color publication with lots of nice photography. Of course, it will depend on your resources. A STRONG CALL TO ACTION: A strong call to action at the end of your report will impress the readers deeply. Make it clear what you’d like your readers to do once they’ve read it. 1. Do you have to gather all the information since you entered the company before writing the annual report?{A; B; C}、 2. Is it reasonable to include everything of the company in order to make the annual report informative?{A; B; C} 3. What does the underlined phrase “Less is more” mean?{A; B; C} 4. Which is NOT TURE for the functions of the visuals and charts?{A; B; C} 5. How many steps should you take to make your report impressive?{A; B; C}

An annual report of a company provides information about its business performance for certain people. These people include the investors, potential investors and other stakeholders. From the report, people can understand the company’s business scope, recent situation and future development. The main parts of an annual report usually include chairman’s letter, financial statements and operation analysis. ● CHAIRMAN’S LETTER Usually, an annual report should contain a letter from the chairman. The letter should provide details about the successes and the challenges of the past year. It should also include the future outlook for the company. ● OPERATION ANALYSIS The operation analysis is an overview of the business in the past year. It usually includes new hires and new product introductions. At the same time, it will introduce business acquisitions and other important issues. ● FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financial statements are very important for an annual report. People can know the company’s performance in the past from the statements. It usually consists of the following three aspects. The first one is the profit and loss statement. The second one is the balance sheet. And the third one is the cash flow statement. 1. An annual report of a company provides some information about its business performance for certain people.{T; F} 2. People can know everything of the company from the annual report.{T; F} 3. An annual report usually includes chairman’s letter, financial statements and operation analysis.{T; F} 4. A chairman’s letter should include the strategic direction moving forward.{T; F} 5. This passage is mainly about the main parts of an annual report.{T; F}"