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真題一

WhentoRecruit?

0Inasmallbusiness,decidingwhentotakeonnewstaffisadelicatecalculation.On

00theonehand,ifyouareincreaseyourworkforce,youmightfinditdifficulttocover

34fortheincreasedcostsstraightaway.Ontheotherhand,extrastaffcould

35enableyoutospendmoretimeonactivitiessuchasmarketing,whichinthe

36endshouldmeantheincreasedprofits.Ausefulwayofdecidingwhentoincrease

37yourworkforceistoaskyourselfifyoucanmakeenoughofextrasalestomeet

38thecostoftakingonwithanextraemployee.Butevenifyouarenotableto

39increaseyoursalesimmediatelyyoumaystillbeabletoemploysomeone.

40Inthissuchcase,however,youmustkeepyourbusinessgoinguntilyouhavebuilt

41yoursalesuptothenewlevelyouneed.Ifintheendyouarecleverenoughto

42getyourtimingsoright,youwillnotwanttothrowawayyouradvantageby

43employingthewrongtypeperson.Thewholeprocessofadvertisingand

44interviewingcantakearoundmanymonths,sofindingyoumadeamistakeand

45needtorecruitagainitcanhaveaveryseriousimpactonthefutureofyourbusiness.

《Whentorecruit?》，何時(shí)招人?文章是講的小公司招人的一些留意事項(xiàng)，應(yīng)當(dāng)如何推斷招人的時(shí)機(jī)。

34題，cover是及物動(dòng)詞，后面直接接賓語，不需要用for。cover在此處的含義是“tobeenoughmoneytopayforsomething”。

35題，正確的。

36題，這句的意思是說招人可以反過來增加收益。mean(the)increasedprofits，意味著增加的收益。并不是特殊指代，不需要使用定冠詞the。

37題，make是及物動(dòng)詞，直接后面接名詞，makeenoughextrasales，不需要of。

38題，takeon是雇傭的意思?？错f氏詞典的解釋：Ifyoutakesomeoneon,youemploythemtodoajob.后面不需要with。

39題，正確的。

40題，inthiscase:inthissituation,ifso,ifweconsiderthissituation在這種狀況下，such多余。

41題，正確的。

42題，timing是時(shí)機(jī)把握的意思：thechoice,judgement,orcontrolofwhensomethingshouldbedone。這個(gè)句子的意思是假如你夠聰慧，把握好了正確的時(shí)機(jī)。直接用getsth.right，so是多余的。

43題，招到了錯(cuò)誤的人，形容詞wrong后面直接接名詞person，type是多余的。

44題，take在這里是及物動(dòng)詞，指耗費(fèi)了多少時(shí)間和精力，直接用動(dòng)詞take就能表示這個(gè)意思，around是多余的

45題，整個(gè)句子findingyoumadeamistakeandneedtorecruitagain(it)canhaveaveryseriousimpact成分很完整。findingyoumadeamistakeandneedtorecruitagain是主語，have是謂語，impact是賓語，it在這里多余。

真題二

BusinessMeetings

Itisimportantthatideasandsuggestionstabledatformalmeetingarevoicedatthe(0)time.Thisisachievedbykeepingtothe(19)shownontheagenda.Forexample,thereisno(20)indiscussingideastodowithitemsixontheagendawhenitemtwohasnotyetbeen(21)Suchdeviationsfromtheagendamay(22)inconfusionamongthepeopleatthemeeting;theymayalso(23)concentrationiftheyseesomethingasirrelevant.

Tomakecertainthatthemeetingproceedsinanorderlyfashion,itisthereforeusefulto(24)somegroundrules.First,everyonewillneedtounderstandthattheymust(25)theircommentstothetopicunderdiscussion.TheChaircanthenencourageonepersontospeakata(26),sothatanyideasofferedcanbediscussedand(27)Oncethatpersonhasfinished,someoneelsecanput(28)theirideasandsoon.Ifthisprocedureisadopted,theparticipantswillbeabletofollowthevariousissuesinaconsistentmanner,whichwillhelpwiththedecision-making(29)lateron.Itwillalso(30)thatthequietpeopleatmeetingsgetachanceto(31)theirsay,ratherthanjusttheirmoreoutspokencolleagues.In(32),itisoftenthequietpeopleatmeetingswhogeneratethebestideas,becausetheyareinthe(33)ofthinkingbeforetheyspeak.

19AstructureBdirectionCorderDarrangement

20ApointBworthCneedDreason

21AbroughtinBdealtwithCcateredforDtakenoff

22AappearBproduceCariseDresult

23AloseBfailCmissDdrop

24AformBestablishCdesignDsettle

25AcontainBreserveCcheckDrestrict

26AturnBtimeCmomentDsequence

27AnotedBwrittenCregardedDremarked

28AdownBthroughCawayDforward

29ApathBcourseCprocessDmethod

30AensureBsecureCallowDpermit

31AgiveBmakeChaveDput

32ApartBrealityCcontrastDcase

33AcustomBroutineCpracticeDhabit

《BusinessMeeting》，商業(yè)會(huì)議。文章一共兩段，第一段說開會(huì)要根據(jù)日程支配來進(jìn)行，其次段說開會(huì)要盡量讓大家發(fā)言，尤其是在會(huì)議上緘默寡言的人。

19題，這一題可能會(huì)選擇arrangement。order和arrangement的中文意思也的確很相像。只有看英文的意思來進(jìn)行理解。Order:Asequenceorarrangementofsuccessivethings.一系列連續(xù)事情的支配。由于這里的意思是保持日程表上的支配，日程表上的支配井井有條且有秩序，應(yīng)當(dāng)選擇order，比arrangement更合適。

20題，thereisnopointindoingsth.做什么事情沒有意義。

21題，名目2上的事情還沒有處理就談?wù)撊粘瘫砩系拿?是沒有意義的。選dealtwith。caterfor是迎合的意思。

22題，這種偏差(指前面說的名目2沒完就爭論名目6)會(huì)導(dǎo)致開會(huì)的人產(chǎn)生混亂。選resultin，導(dǎo)致。

23題，假如他們認(rèn)為什么是不相關(guān)的，就會(huì)留意力不集中。loseconcentration是地道標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的說法，參考一個(gè)例句：Iwasabsentmindedandloseconcentrationveryeasily.

24題，建立一些基本規(guī)章。地道的用法就是establishtherules。formrules是指表單規(guī)章，designrules是指設(shè)計(jì)規(guī)章。

25題，把自己的評(píng)論限制在爭論的話題之下。restrictto限制

26題，主席可以鼓舞每個(gè)人分別說一會(huì)。重點(diǎn)在于理解詞組atatime的含義：separatelyinthespecifiedgroupsornumbers?？匆粋€(gè)例句：Hetookthestairstwoatatime.

27題，這里考察的是note一個(gè)不太常見的用法：togiveyourattentiontosomethingbydiscussingitormakingawrittenrecordofit。正好和前面動(dòng)詞discuss相對(duì)應(yīng)，而且做筆記這一點(diǎn)也符合會(huì)議的特點(diǎn)。不選remark，由于是開會(huì)，更多的是發(fā)言、爭論、記筆記，而不是評(píng)論。

28題，putforward:suggest,propose提出。

29題，decision-makingprocess，做打算的過程。

30題，這樣可以確保緘默的人在會(huì)上也能有發(fā)言權(quán)。用ensure。不是allow和permit，始終都是允許的，只是沒有一個(gè)保證的程序。

31題，擁有發(fā)言權(quán)。say在這里是發(fā)言權(quán)的意思，動(dòng)詞用have。參考牛津高階詞典上的例句：Cantyoukeepquietforaminuteandletmehavemysay?/Thejudgeusuallyhasthefinalsay.

haveasayin:Tohavetherighttoexpressonesopinionorcastavoteinapendingmatter.

e.g.:Ourbossisfriendlyanddemocratic;healwaysencouragesustohaveasayinwhatwewilldonext.

32題，inreality在現(xiàn)實(shí)中。incontrast對(duì)比，incase萬一。

33題，往往會(huì)上緘默的人能想出好點(diǎn)子，由于他們養(yǎng)成了開口前思索的習(xí)慣。inthehabitof有什么習(xí)慣。固定搭配。

真題三

TheMythofthePaperlessOffice

0Theconceptofapaperlessofficegrewwiththeadvanceoftechnology.Itwas

00widelybeenclaimedthatasemailbecamecommonplace,peoplewouldstop

34writingmemos,keepingbulkyfilesandbringingpilesofpapertothemeetings.

35Buttherealityhasinfactbeenquitethereverse,andpaper,havingalready

36survivedfivethousandyearsoftechnologicalchange,andhasprovedremarkably

37resilient.Worldwide,theamountofpaperusedforeachyearcontinuesto

38riseup,althoughstatisticsnowshowaslightreductionintheamount

39itconsumedintheUK.So,hastechnologyfailedinitsaimtoendtheuseof

40paper?MaxBray,abusinesslecturer,thinksofficeworkersstilldistrustcomputers.

41‘Technologyisunreliableinmostofpeopleseyes,’hesays.Ifyouaresentan

42importantemail,youarelikelytoprintit,becausethereisalwaysthe

43fearthatitmighthavegetdeleted.’Incontrast,PaulBlunt,amarketing

44managerfordesktopproducts,whosaystherehasbeensignificantprogressin

45automatingawiderangeoftasks,eventhoughthetransitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofanevolutionthanarevolution.

《TheMythofthePaperlessOffice》，無紙化辦公室神話。講的是新技術(shù)對(duì)現(xiàn)代辦公的影響。

34題，meeting在這里不是特別指代，只是敘述的一般狀況。不需要使用定冠詞the。

35題，正確的

36題，和上面的部分聯(lián)系起來作為一個(gè)整體來考慮。paper,havingalreadysurvivedfivethousandyearsoftechnologicalchange,andhasprovedremarkablyresilient.中間的部分是插入語，可以不考慮，所以完整的應(yīng)當(dāng)是paperhasprovedremarkablyresilient。主謂賓特別齊全，and是多余的。resilient是適應(yīng)力強(qiáng)的，有彈力的。

37題，used在這里是后置定語，修飾前面的paper，意思是每年使用的紙的總數(shù)，不需要for。

38題，持續(xù)增長，用rise，riseup是起義的意思。

39題，theamountconsumedintheUK，consumed也是后置定語，表示英國的消費(fèi)總量。it多余。

40題，正確的

41題，inmostpeople’seyes在大多數(shù)人的眼里，of多余。

42題，正確的

43題，mighthavedone表示可能已經(jīng)做了某事，而這里的意思是指電子郵件等可能會(huì)被刪除，不用have，去掉。

44題，PaulBlunt,amarketingmanagerfordesktopproducts,whosaystherehasbeensignificantprogress。中間的部分是插入成分，不予考慮。完整的是PaulBlunt(who)saystherehasbeensignificantprogress.主語是人，謂語是says，后面是賓語，成分齊全，who是多余的。

45題，thetransitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofanevolutionthanarevolution.依舊是一個(gè)完整的句子，成分齊全，transition是主語，hasbeen是謂語，between是多余的。

真題四

Managingacareeronthewayupisquitedifferentfrommanagingoneatthetopofanorganisation.Individualsonthewayuphavetobuildrelationshipswiththepeoplethey(19)to.Theyusuallyhaveto(20)withsubordinatesinadditiontopeopleatthesamelevelasthemselves.Themostseniorstaffonlyhavethoseunderthemtorelateto.Thisbook(21)theideathatallworkingrelationships,includingtherelationshipwithonesboss,canandshouldbemanaged.

Youdonothavetobe(22)thanyourmanagerinordertomanagetherelationship.Nordoyouhavetobebetterthanyourmanagerinany(23).Yourmanagermaywellbeyourcareer(24)andguide:heorshemayhavetaughtyoualmosteverythingyouknowaboutyour(25)ofbusiness-andmaycontinuetoteachyoumore.Youmaybeplanningtoremainunderhisorherguidanceinthefuture.Noneofthese(26)shouldalteryourrelationshipwithyourmanageror(27)youoffmanagingupwards.Iusethisphraseto(28)tothemanagementofonesbossbecause,formanypeopleonthewayup,itisthefirstrelationshiptheyhavetogetright.

Youcan,ofcourse,getonatworkjustby(29)positivelytoyourmanager,butthatisnotlikelytobethemostsuccessfulwayto(30)yourworkinglife.Anactivepolicyofmanagingupwardswillmakeyoumoresuccessfuland,atthesametime,makethebusinessofgoingtoworkmoreenjoyable.Itcanalsobeawaytoshow(31)toyourmanagerfortheeffortsheorshehasmadeonyour(32)Finally,managingupwardswillmakeiteasierforyourmanagertomanageyou,leavinghimorhermoretimeforother(33)andtasks.

19AnotifyBinformCaccountDreport

20AuniteBcontactChandleDdeal

21ApromotesBpressesCadvertisesDconvinces

22AclearerBdeeperCsmarterDfuller

23ArespectBfashionCpartDmeans

24AleaderBsupporterCadviserDhelper

25AcourseBlineCpathDroute

26AfactorsBaspectsCcausesDtopics

27AputBseeCkeepDtake

28AspecifyBidentifyCindicateDrefer

29AgivingBoperatingCreactingDco-operating

30ArunBforwardCmoveDmake

31AappraisalBvalueCappreciationDregard

32AadvantageBbenefitCsideDbehalf

33ApostsBrolesCpositionsDacts

Managingupwards，打理同上司的關(guān)系。

19題，reportto，對(duì)什么。。。負(fù)責(zé)，隸屬;從屬。用在這里句子意思正好：處于上升階段的個(gè)人需要同他們所從屬的人處理好關(guān)系。A、B的詞后面都接of，accountto是解釋的意思，用在這里意思不對(duì)。

20題，聯(lián)系此空上下文，應(yīng)當(dāng)是說處理與下屬的關(guān)系。dealwith后接somebody是表示處理和某人的關(guān)系。A、B意思不對(duì)，C是及物動(dòng)詞，后面不需要with。

21題，promote促進(jìn)，推動(dòng)。promotetheidea，推動(dòng)某個(gè)想法。

22題，依據(jù)意思選詞。處理與上司的關(guān)系不需要比上司更聰慧。其他幾個(gè)詞用在此處的話都有些怪異，很簡單排解。

23題，respect，指方面。與aspect同義。常見的用法。

24題，這個(gè)空要聯(lián)系上下文，并且參考后面的guide?！癶eorshemayhavetaughtyoualmosteverythingyouknow”，也就是說TA會(huì)對(duì)你的工作進(jìn)行許多指導(dǎo)，由于有taught，所以不是supporter或者h(yuǎn)elper，選leader又感覺拉遠(yuǎn)了距離，因此選adviser。

25題，一個(gè)讓人頭疼的商業(yè)英語固定詞組。lineofbusiness，有業(yè)務(wù)和經(jīng)營產(chǎn)品的意思。供應(yīng)幾個(gè)例句就很好理解含義了：

Wespecializeinthislineofbusiness我們特地經(jīng)營此項(xiàng)服務(wù);

Doesthisitemcomeunderyourlineofbusiness?我想知道這種產(chǎn)品屬您經(jīng)營的范圍嗎?

Youmeetsomeveryinterestingpeopleinmylineofbusiness干我們這行，你會(huì)遇到許多好玩的人。

26題，依據(jù)前后文意思，選factors，因素。

27題，putoff一般表示延遲，但它還有一個(gè)不太出名的意思是阻礙。seeoff，送行;keepoff,遠(yuǎn)離;takeoff，起飛。

28題，依據(jù)意思選referto，提及，描述。

29題，reactto，固定搭配，對(duì)什么作出反應(yīng)。用在這里意思也吻合。

30題，themostsuccessfulwayto(30)yourworkinglife，意思上應(yīng)當(dāng)填入表示經(jīng)營、管理等的意思，run有這個(gè)意思。C和D用法不對(duì)，forwardsomething是指轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)郵件。

31題，appreciation，，表示感謝之情。

32題，onone’sbehalf，站在某人的立場上，為某人的利益。此處的意思是對(duì)他為你所做出的努力表示感謝。

33題，role，職能，角色。為經(jīng)理騰出空來扮演其他的角色。position是位置，位置始終是經(jīng)理，沒別的;act是行為，法案。

真題五

SpeakingYourCustomersLanguage

Moderninternationaltradingpracticesarehighlightingthegrowingimportanceoflanguagetraining

Modern-daybusinessreallydoestranscendnationalbarriers.ThankstosophisticatedITandcommunicationssystems,businessescannowmarkettheirproductsonatrulyglobalscale.Theworldisindisputablybecomingasmallerplace,asserviceandmanufacturingcompaniessearchtheinternationalmarketplacefornewsuppliersandclients.Businessesmust,however,beawarethatoncetheyexpandtheareainwhichtheyoperate,theyfaceincreasedcompetition.Thestandardandqualityoftheirgoodsbecomeincreasinglyimportantinkeepingupwithcompetitors.Butmostofall,itistheserviceelementaccompanyingthegoodswhichiscrucialtoacompanyssuccessinaparticularmarket.Thisnewphilosophyhasledtomanycompanies,someofwhichhaveevenofferedproductsofalesserquality,gainingsuccessoverseas.

Althoughglobalisationmay,insomesenses,havebroughtnationaleconomiesclosertogether,societiesaroundtheworldstillhaveradicallydifferentexpectations,processesandstandards.Thesearenotafunctionofeconomicchange,butaremoredeep-rootedanddifficulttoalter.Theycanbeamajorproblemforbusinessesexpandingabroad,withthegreatestobstacleofallbeingthelanguagebarrier.Ifyouhavetodealwithclients,suppliersanddistributorsinarangeofcountries,youwillnotonlyneedtheskillstocommunicatewiththem,youwillalsoneedtoreconcileanynationalbiasesyouhavewiththediversewaysofdoingbusinessthatexistaroundtheglobe.

Thevalueofeffectivecommunicationisnottobeunderestimated.Newtechnologysuchasvideoconferencingandemailhasplayedapartinmakingthecommunicationprocesseasier,anditmayalsobepossiblethattheintroductionoflanguageinterpretationsoftwarewillhelpwithsomeglobalcommunicationsproblems.But,ofcourse,itisthehumanelementofthecommunicationprocessthatissovitalinbusiness,especiallyinnegotiations,presentationsandteam-building.Itisessentialformanagerstomeetregularlywithstaff,customersandpartners,sothatissuescanbediscussed,messagescommunicatedandfeedbackobtained.

Thevalueofwell-organisedlanguagetrainingisimmense,andcanbringbenefitstoalllevelsanddepartmentswithinamultinationalorganisation.Unfortunately,however,manyorganisationshaveaverynarrowviewwhenitcomestotrainingofanykind.Often,anurgentrequirementhastobeidentifiedbeforetrainingisauthorised.Then,atrainingcompanyisemployedoraprogrammeisdevelopedin-house,theteamistrained,andthatisseenastheendofthematter.However,thefactremainsthattrainingprogrammesareeffectiveonlyiftheyarerelevanttoacompanysbroader,long-termneeds.Theyshouldberegardedasaninvestmentratherthanacost.

Changesinexpectationsandattitudesarecertaintocontinueforcompaniesthattradeglobally.Althoughsuchcompaniesarenotyetfacedwiththeirinternationalpartnersandclientsdemandingthatbusinessbeconductedintheirmothertongue,theyrealisethatoverseascompetitionisincreasingfast.Ifthesecompanieswanttocontinuetoachievesuccessontheinternationaltradingcircuit,theymustbepreparedtoadapttosituationsandspeakthelocallanguage.Ifnot,someoneelsewill.

13Accordingtothefirstparagraph,improvedcommunicationshaveenabledcompaniesto

Aofferawidervarietyofproductsandservices.

Bexpandbeyondtheirdomesticmarkets.

Cperformbetterthantheirinternationalcompetitors.

Dopenmoremanufacturingfacilitiesabroad.

14Somecompanieshavesucceededataninternationalleveleventhoughtheyhave

Aproducedinferiorgoods.

Bfailedtoadaptproductsforlocalmarkets.

Cignoredthestandardssetbytheircompetitors.

Dreducedthestandardoftheservicetheyoffer.

15Approachestodoingbusinessvarybetweencountriesbecauseof

Alocaleconomicconsiderations.

Btheexistenceofculturaldifferences.

Cstrongwishestoremainindependent.

Dregulationsaboutbusinesspractices.

16Thewriterthinksthattheuseofmoderntechnologywill

Aspeeduptheprocessoflanguageinterpretation.

Bneverreplacetheneedforface-to-faceinteraction.

Chelpsolvetheproblemsinvolvedinmaintainingstrongteams.

Dnotleadtogreatercommunicationbetweencompaniesandclients.

17Acommonweaknessoftrainingcoursesisthatthey

Aaredevelopedbythewrongteam.

Bdonotgivegoodvalueformoney.

Careprovidedonlyifthereisanimmediateneed.

Ddonotdealwithacompanysspecificrequirements.

18Whyshouldcompaniesdobusinessinthelanguageofthecountriestheyareoperatingin?

Atopreventothercompaniestakingtheirbusiness

Btohelpthemfindnewinternationalpartners

Ctomeetclientscurrentexpectations

Dtobecomemoreawareoftheircompetitorsactivities

《SpeakingYourCustomersLanguage》，說客戶的語言。這篇文章強(qiáng)調(diào)了開發(fā)海外市場時(shí)說當(dāng)?shù)卣Z言的重要性，層次清晰，答案也很明確。

13題，問依據(jù)第一段，改善的溝通力量可以使公司怎么樣。答案是第一段的其次句話：ThankstosophisticatedITandcommunic