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真題一

WhentoRecruit?

0Inasmal1business,decidingwhentotakeonnewstaff

isadelicatecalculation.On

00theonehand,ifyouareincreaseyourworkforce,you

mightfinditdifficulttocover

34fortheincreasedcostsstraightaway.Ontheotherhand,

extrastaffcould

35enableyoutospendmoretimeonactivitiessuchas

marketing,whichinthe

36endshouldmeantheincreasedprofits.Ausefulwayof

decidingwhentoincrease

37yourworkforceistoaskyourselfifyoucanmakeencugh

ofextrasalestomeet

38thecostoftakingonwithanextraemployee.Buteven

千里之行，始于足下。

ifyouarenotableto

39increaseyoursalesimmediatelyyoumaystillbeable

toemploysomeone.

40Inthissuchcase,however,youmustkeepyourbusiness

goinguntilyouhavebuilt

41yoursalesuptothenewlevelyouneed.Ifintheend

youarecleverenoughto

42getyourtimingsoright,youwillnotwanttothrowaway

youradvantageby

43employingthewrongtypeperson.Thewholeprocessof

advertisingand

44interviewingcantakearoundmanymonths,sofindingyou

madeamistakeand

45needtorecruitagainitcanhaveaveryseriousimpact

onthefutureofyourbusiness.

《Whentorecruit?》，何時招人？文章是講的小公司招人的一些

留意事項，應(yīng)當如何推斷招人的時機。

34題，cover是及物動詞，后面直接接賓語，不需要用forocover

在此處的含義是“tobeenoughmoneytopayforsomething”。

35題,正確的。

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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是及物動詞,直接后面接名詞，makeenoughextra

sales,不需要of。

38題，takeon是雇傭的意思?？错f氏詞典的解釋：Ifyoutake

someoneon,youemploythemtodoajob.后面不需要with。

39題,正確的。

40題，inthiscase:inthissituation,ifso,ifweconsider

thissituation在這種狀況下，such多余。

41題，正確的。

42題,timing是時機把握的意思:thechoice,judgement,or

controlofwhensomethingshouldbedonev這個句子的意思是假

如你夠聰慧，把握好了正確的時機。直接用getsth.right,so是

多余的。

43題，招到了錯誤的人，形容詞wrong后面直接接名詞person,

type是多余的。

44題，take在這里是及物動詞，指耗費了多少時間和精力，直

接用動詞take就能表示這個意思，around是多余的

45題，整個句子findingyoumadeamistakeandneedto

recruitagain(it)canhaveaveryseriousimpact成分很完整。

findingyoumadeamistakeandneedtorecruitagain是主語,

千里之行，始于足下。

have是謂語，impact是賓語，it在這里多余。

真題二

BusinessMeetings

Itisimportantthatideasandsuggestionstabledatformal

meetingarevoicedatthe(0)time.Thisisachievedbykeeping

tothe(19)......shownontheagenda.Forexample,thereis

no(20)......indiscussingideastodowithitemsixonthe

agendawhenitemtwohasnotyetbeen(21)........Such

deviationsfromtheagendamay(22).......inconfusionair.ong

thepeopleatthemeeting;theymayalso(23).......

concentrationiftheyseesomethingasirrelevant.

Tomakecertainthatthemeetingproceedsinanorderly

fashion,itisthereforeusefulto(24).......someground

rules.First,everyonewillneedtounderstandthattheymust

(25)......theircommentstothetopicunderdiscussion.The

Chaircanthenencourageonepersontospeakata(26).......,

sothatanyideasofferedcanbediscussedand(27).......Once

thatpersonhasfinished,someoneelsecanput(28).......their

ideasandsoon.Ifthisprocedureisadopted,theparticipants

willbeabletofollowthevariousissuesinaconsistentmanner,

whichwi11helpwiththedecision-making(29).......lateron.

Itwillalso(30).....thatthequietpeopleatmeetingsget

achanceto(31).......theirsay,ratherthanjusttheirmore

outspokencolleagues.In(32).......,itisoftenthequiet

peopleatmeetingswhogeneratethebestideas,becausethey

areinthe(33).......ofthinkingbeforetheyspeak.

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19AstructureBdirectionCorderDarrangement

20ApointBworthCneedDreason

21AbroughtinBdealtwithCcateredforDtakenoff

22AappearBproduceCariseDresult

23AloseBfailCmissDdrop

24AformBestablishCdesignDsettle

25AcontainBreserveCcheckDrestrict

26AturnBtimeCmomentDsequence

27AnotedBwrittenCregardedDremarked

28AdownBthroughCawayDforward

29ApathBcourseCprocessDmethod

30AensureBsecureCallowDpermit

31AgiveBmakeChaveDput

32ApartBrealityCcontrastDcase

33AcustomBroutineCpracticeDhabit

《BusinessMeeting》，商業(yè)會議。文章一共兩段，第一段說開

千里之行，始于足下。

會要根據(jù)日程支配來進行，其次段說開會要盡量讓大家發(fā)言，尤其是

在會議上緘默寡言的人。

19題，這一題可能會選擇arrangoment。order和arrangement

的中文意思也的確很相像。只有看英文的意思來進行理解。（）rder:A

sequenceorarrangementofsuccessivethings.一系歹!j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dealtwithocaterfor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）會導(dǎo)致開

會的人產(chǎn)生混亂。選resultin,導(dǎo)致。

23題，假如他們認為什么是不相關(guān)的，就會留意力不集中。lose

concentration是地道標準的說法，參考一個例句：Iwasabsent

mindedandloseconcentrationveryeasily.

24題，建立一些基本規(guī)章。地道的用法就是establishtheruleso

formrules是指表單規(guī)章,designrules是指設(shè)計規(guī)章。

25題，把自己的評論限制在爭論的話題之下。restrictto限制

26題，主席可以鼓舞每個人分別說一會。重點在于理解詞組ata

time的含義：separatelyinthespecifiedgroupsornumberso

看一個例句：Hetookthestairstwoatatime.

27題，這里考察的是note一個不太常見的用法：togiveyour

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attentiontosomethingbydiscussingitormakingawritten

recordofito正好和前面動詞discuss相對應(yīng)，而且做筆記這一點

也符合會議的特點。不選remark,由于是開會，更多的是發(fā)言、爭

論、記筆記，而不是評論。

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上也能有發(fā)言權(quán)。用ensureo

不是allow和permit,始終都是允許的，只是沒有一個保證的程序。

31題，加有發(fā)言權(quán)。say在這里是發(fā)言權(quán)的意思，動詞用have。

參考牛津高階詞典上的例句：Cantyoukeepquietforaminuteand

letmehavemysay?/Thejudgeusuallyhasthefinalsay.

haveasayin:Tohavetherighttoexpressonesopinion

orcastavoteinapendingmatter.

e.g.:Ourbossisfriendlyanddemocratic;healways

encouragesustohaveasayinwhatwewilldonext.

32題，inreality在現(xiàn)實中。incontrast對比，incase萬一。

33題，往往會上緘默的人能想出好點子，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

千里之行，始于足下。

0Theconceptofapaperlessofficegrewwiththeadvance

oftechnology.Itwas

00widelybeenclaimedthatasemailbecamecommonplace,

peoplewouldstop

34writingmemos,keepingbulkyfilesandbringingpiles

ofpapertothemeetings.

35Buttherealityhasinfactbeenquitethereverse,and

paper,havingalready

36survivedfivethousandyearsoftechnologicalchange,

andhasprovedremarkably

37resilient.Worldwide,theamountofpaperusedforeach

yearcontinuesto

38riseup,althoughstatisticsnowshowaslightreduction

intheamount

39itconsumedintheUK.So,hastechnologyfailedinits

aimtoendtheuseof

40paper?MaxBray,abusinesslecturer,thinksoffice

workersstilldistrustcomputers.

41iTechnologyisunreliableinmostofpeopleseyes,'

hesays.Ifyou&resentan

42importantemail,youarelikelytoprintit,because

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thereisalwaysthe

43fearthatitmighthavegetdeleted.’Incontrast,Paul

Blunt,amarketing

44managerfordesktopproducts,whosaystherehasbeen

significantprogressin

45automatingawiderangeoftasks,eventhoughthe

transitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofanevolutionthana

revolution.

《TheMythofthePaperlessOffice》，無紙化辦公室神話。

講的是新技術(shù)對現(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theo

35題，正確的

36題，和上面的部分聯(lián)系起來作為一個整體來考慮。paper,

havingalreadysurvivedfivethousandyearsoftechnological

change,andhasprovedremarkablyresilient.中間的部分是插入

語，可以不考慮，所以完整的應(yīng)當是paperhasprovedremarkably

resiliento主謂賓特別齊全，and是多余的。resilient是適應(yīng)力強

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。

千里之行，始于足下。

39題，theamountconsumedintheUK,consumed也是后置定

語，表示英國的消費總量。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被刪除，不用have,去掉。

44題，PaulBlunt,amarketingmanagerfordesktopproducts,

whosaystherehasbeensignificantprogresso中間的部分是插

入成分，不予考慮。完整的是PaulBlunt(who)saystherehasbeen

significantprogress.主語是人，謂語是says,后面是賓語，成分

齊全，who是多余的。

45題，thetransitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofanevolution

thanarevolution.依舊是一個完整的句子，成分齊全，transition

是主語，hasbeen是謂語，between是多余的。

真題四

ManagingaCareeronthewayupisquitedifferentfrom

managingoneatthetopofanorganisation.Individualsonthe

wayuphavetobuildrelationshipswiththepeoplethey

(19)to.Theyusuallyhaveto(20)withsubordinatesinaddition

topeopleatthesamelevelasthemselves.Themostseniorstaff

onlyhavethoseunderthemtorelateto.Thisbook(21)theidea

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thatallworkingrelationships,includingtherelationship

withonesboss,canandshouldbemanaged.

Youdonothavetobe(22)thanyourmanagerinorderto

managetherelationship.Nordoyouhavetobebetterthanyour

managerinany(23).Yourmanagermaywellbeyourcareer(24)

andguide:heorshemayhavetaughtyoualmosteverythingyou

knowaboutyour(25)ofbusiness-andmaycontinuetoteachyou

more.Youmaybeplanningtoremainunderhisorherguidance

inthefuture.Noneofthese(26)shouldalteryourrelationship

withyourmanageror(27)youoffmanagingupwards.Iusethis

phraseto(28)tothemanagementofonesbossbecause,forir.any

peopleonthewayup,itisthefirstrelationshiptheyhave

togetright.

Youcan,ofcourse,getonatworkjustby(29)positively

toyourmanager,butthatisnotlikelytobethemostsuccessful

wayto(30)yourworkinglife.Anactivepolicyofmanaging

upwardswi11makeyoumoresuccessfuland,atthesametime,

makethebusinessofgoingtoworkmoreenjoyable.Itcanalso

beawaytoshow(31)toyourmanagerfortheeffortsheorshe

hasmadeonyour(32)Finally,managingupwardswillmakeit

easierforyourmanagertomanageyou,leavinghimorherir.ore

timeforother(33)andtasks.

19AnotifyBinformCaccountDreport

20AuniteBcontactChandleDdeal

21ApromotesBpressesCadvertisesDconvinces

千里之行，始于足下。

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,對什么。。。負責，隸屬；從屬。用在這里句

子意思正好：處于上升階段的個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。

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20題，聯(lián)系此空上下文，應(yīng)當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，C是及物

動詞,后面不需要with。

21題，promote促進，推動。promotetheidea,推動某個想法。

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，這個空要聯(lián)系上下文，并且參考后面的guide。uheor

shemayhavetaughtyoualmosteverythingyouknow”,也就是

說TA會對你的工作進行許多指導(dǎo)，由于有taught,所以不是

supporter或者helper,選leader又感覺拉遠了距離,因此選advisero

25題，一個讓人頭疼的商業(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)幾個例句就很好理解含義了：

Wespecializeinthislineofbusiness我們特地經(jīng)營此項

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，但它還有一個不太出名的意思是

千里之行，始于足下。

阻礙。seeoff,送行;keepoff,遠離；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)當填入表示經(jīng)營、管理等的意思，run有這個意思。C和D

用法不對，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

Moderninternationaltradingpracticesarehighlighting

thegrowingimportanceoflanguagetraining

Modern-daybusinessreallydoestranscendnational

barriers.ThankstosophisticatedITandcommunications

systems,businessescannowmarkettheirproductsonatruly

globalscale.Theworldisindisputablybecomingasmaller

place,asserviceandmanufacturingcompaniessearchthe

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internationalmarketplacefornewsuppliersandclients.

Businessesmust,however,beawarethatoncetheyexpandthe

areainwhichtheyoperate,theyfaceincreasedcompetition.

Thestandardandqualityoftheirgoodsbecomeincreasingly

importantinkeepingupwithcompetitors.Butmostofall,it

istheserviceelementaccompanyingthegoodswhichiscrucial

toacompanyssuccessinaparticularmarket.Thisnew

philosophyhasledtomanycompanies,someofwhichhaveeven

offeredproductsofalesserquality,gainingsuccessoverseas.

Althoughglobalisationmay,insemesenses,havebrought

nationaleconomiesclosertogether,societiesaroundthewcrld

stillhaveradicallydifferentexpectations,processesand

standards.Thesearenotafunctionofeconomicchange,butare

moredeep-rootedanddifficulttoalter.Theycanbeamajor

problemforbusinessesexpandingabroad,withthegreatest

obstacleofallbeingthelanguagebarrier.Ifyouhavetodeal

withclients,suppliersanddistributorsinarangeof

countries,youwi11notonlyneedtheski11stocommunicatewith

them,youwillalsoneedtoreconcileanynationalbiasesyou

havewiththediversewaysofdoingbusinessthatexistarcund

theglobe.

Thevalueofeffectivecommunicationisnottobe

underestimated.Newtechnologysuchasvideoconferencingand

emailhasplayedapartinmakingthecommunicationprocess

easier,anditmayalsobepossiblethattheintroductionof

languageinterpretationsoftwarewillhelpwithsomeglobal

communicationsproblems.But,ofcourse,itisthehuman

elementofthecommunicationprocessthatissovitalin

business,especiallyinnegotiations,presentationsand

千里之行，始于足下。

team-building.Itisessentialformanagerstomeetregularly

withstaff,customersandpartners,sothatissuescanbe

discussed,messagescommunicatedandfeedbackobtained.

Thevalueofwell-organisedlanguagetrainingisimmense,

andcanbringbenefitstoalllevelsanddepartmentswithina

multinationalorganisation.Unfortunately,however,many

organisationshaveaverynarrowviewwhenitcomestotraining

ofanykind.Often,anurgentrequirementhastobeidentified

beforetrainingisauthorised.Then,atrainingcompanyis

employedoraprogrammeisdevelopedin-house,theteamis

trained,andthatisseenastheendofthematter.However,

thefactremainsthattrainingprogrammesareeffectivecnly

iftheyarerelevanttoacompanysbroader,long-termneeds.

Theyshouldberegardedasaninvestir.entratherthanaccst.

Changesinexpectationsandattitudesarecertainto

continueforcompaniesthattradeglobally.Althoughsuch

companiesarenotyetfacedwiththeirinternationalpartners

andclientsdemandingthatbusinessbeconductedintheir

mothertongue,theyrealisethatoverseascompetitionis

increasingfast.Ifthesecompanieswanttocontinuetoachieve

successontheinternationaltradingcircuit,theymustbe

preparedtoadapttosituationsandspeakthelocallanguage.

Ifnot,someoneelsewill.

13Accordingtothefirstparagraph,improved

communicationsh&veenabledcompaniesto

Aofferawidervarietyofproductsandservices.

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Bexpandbeyondtheirdomesticmarkets.

Cperformbetterthantheirinternationalcompetitors.

Dopenmoremanufacturingfacilitiesabroad.

14Somecompanieshavesucceededataninternationallevel

eventhoughtheyhave

Aproducedinferiorgoods.

Bfailedtoadaptproductsforlocalmarkets.

Cignoredthestandardssetbytheircompetitors.

Dreducedthestandardoftheservicetheyoffer.

15Approachestodoingbusinessvarybetweencountries

becauseof

Alocaleconomicconsiderations.

Btheexistenceofculturaldifferences.

Cstrongwishestoremainindependent.

Dregulationsaboutbusinesspractices.

16Thewriterthinksthattheuseofmoderntechnologywill

Aspeeduptheprocessoflanguageinterpretation.

千里之行，始于足下。

Bneverreplacetheneedforface-to-faceinteraction.

Chelpsolvetheproblemsinvolvedinmaintainingstrong

teams.

Dnotleadtogreatercommunicationbetweencompaniesand

clients.

17Acommonweaknessoftrainingcoursesisthatthey

Aaredevelopedbythewrongteam.

Bdonotgivegoodvalueformoney.

Careprovidedonlyifthereisanimmediateneed.

Ddonotdealwithacompanysspecificrequirements.

18Whyshouldcompaniesdobusinessinthelanguageofthe

countriestheyareoperatingin?

Atopreventothercompaniestakingtheirbusiness

Btohelpthemfindnewinternationalpartners

Ctomeetclientscurrentexpectations

Dtobecomemoreawareoftheircompetitorsactivities

《SpeakingYourCustomersLanguage》，說客戶的語言。這篇

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文章強調(diào)了開發(fā)海外市場時說當?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:ThankstosophisticatedITand

communicationssystems,businessescannowmarkettheir

productsonatrulyglobalscale.感謝精密的IT和溝通系統(tǒng)，企

業(yè)現(xiàn)在可以在一個真正的全球規(guī)模上開發(fā)它們的產(chǎn)品的市場。Glo