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商务英语中级阅读练习题及答案商务英语中级阅读练习题 Look at the statements below and the article about the development of future business leaders on the opposite page. Which section of the article (A, B, C or D) does each statement (1-7) refer to? For each statement (1-7), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once. 1 Managers need to take action to convince high-flyers of their value to the firm. 2 Organisations need to look beyond the high-flyers they are currently developing. 3 There is a concern that firms investing in training for high-flyers may not gain the benefits themselves. 4 Managers need expert assistance from within their own firms in developing high-flyers. 5 Firms currently identify high-flyers without the support of a guidance strategy. 6 Managers are frequently too busy to deal with the development of high-flyers. 7 Firms who work hard on their reputation as an employer willinterest high-flyers. The Stars of the Future A Existing management research does not tell us much about how to find and develop high-flyers, those people who have the potential to reach the top of an organisation. As a result, organisations are left to formulate their own systems. A more effective overall policy for developing future leaders is needed, which is why the London Business School has launched the Tomorrow's Leaders Research Group (TLRG). The group contains representatives from 20 firms, and meets regularly to discuss the leadership development of the organisations' high-flyers. B TLRG recognises just how significant line managers are in the process of leadership development. Unfortunately, with today's flat organisations, where managers have functional as well as managerial responsibilities, people development all too often falls victim to heavy workloads. One manager in the research group was unconvinced by the logic of sending his best people away on development courses, 'only to see them poached by another department or, worse still, another firm'. This fear of losing high-flyers runs deep in the organisations that make up the research group. C TLRG argues that the task of management is not necessarily about employee retention, but about creating 'attraction centres'. 'We must help line managers to realise that if their companies are known as ones that develop their people, they will have a greater appeal to high-flyers,' said one advisor. Furthermore, selecting people for, say, a leadership development programme is a sign of commitment from management to an individual. Loyalty can then be more easily demanded in return. D TLRG has concluded that a company's HR specialists need to take action and engage with line managers individually about their role in the development of high-flyers. Indeed, in order to benefit fully from training high-flyers as the senior managers of the future, firms must actually address the development of all managers who will be supporting the high-flyers. Without this, managers will not be in a position to give appropriate advice. And when eventually the high-flyers do move on, new ones will be needed to replace them. The next challenge will be to find a new generation of high-flyers. 首先得搞明白的是这篇文章究竟讲的什么。不用看详细内容，有两个地方干脆告知了。一个是题目说明的第一句话，另一个是正文的标题。从这两个地方就可以看出全文探讨的是公司将来接班人也就是潜力股的培育问题。 A段讲了TLRG这个贯穿全文的探讨组织诞生的缘由：现行的探讨满意不了须要，于是大多数公司只能自己探究发掘接班人的模式;(即第五题的答案) B段讲了直属经理(line managers)对于发掘接班人的重要性(真是干什么都要从基层抓起)，以及经理们的一些疑虑; C段讲的是接班人问题对公司的重要性，并且应当让院线经理们明白这种重要性; D段是针对前面列出的问题，提出的解决建议，什么专家帮助等等。 整篇文章分为四个部分，层层递进，有很强的逻辑性。拿这样的文章来做阅读材料应当是相对简单把握的。 商务英语中级阅读练习题题目解析 图中蓝色的线为答案潜藏的地方。7个题干基本是将原文中的句子用另外的词语和句型表述出来，所以题干中的关键词都能在正文里 找到与之匹配的，比如第四题题干里的expert对应D段的specialists,第六题的too busy to对应于B段里的heavy workloads，第七题的interest对应于C段的appeal。 第一题说“经理们必需实行措施使潜力股们信任他们对公司的价值”，也就是要让潜力股们对公司忠诚，即C段说的creating “attraction centres”和loyalty。 其次题说“组织必需把目光投向正在培育中的潜力股以外的地方”，即D段最终两句话所说的找寻新一代的潜力股。 第三题和B段的最终一句话完全是一个意思：怕培育潜力股的投入收不回成本。 第四题说开发潜力股，经理们须要在公司内部得到专家支持。答案是D段的第一句话：公司的人力资源专家须要实行行动。HR specialists就是expert。 第五题说公司现在没有在指导策略的支持下辨别潜力股。也就是说公司是依靠自己来发掘人才的。答案是A段的第一句：现行的探讨满意不了须要，所以公司只能形成自己的一套体系。 第六题，经理们太忙了，无暇顾及潜力股的发展。答案是B段的：Unfortunately, with today's flat organisations, where managers have functional as well as managerial responsibilities, people development all too often falls victim to heavy workloads.。不幸落在了高工作负荷的人的肩上。高工作负荷，也就是too busy。 第七题，看重作为雇主名声的公司可以吸引潜力股。答案是C段的这么一句：if their companies are known as ones that develop their people, they will have a greater appeal to high-flyers。假如公司是以开发员工而著称的话，将会对潜力股产生更大的吸引。以开发员工而著称(known as ones that develop their people)，名声很好，也就是看重自己作为雇主的名声。 商务英语中级阅读练习题疑似生词 1、line managers 直属经理，业务经理 2、flat organization 扁平化的组织，即企业中的单层管理组织对应的单词hierarchy 等级制的公司 3、poach vt. (侵入他人地界)偷猎(或捕鱼), 水煮，剽窃，挖角 eg: A rival firm poached our best computer programmers. 我公司的竞争对手把我们最好的计算机程序编制员挖走了。 4、runs deep 纯粹是想说一下那句闻名的谚语：Still water runs deep静水流深。 5、fall victim to 成为。的受害者 B段中的原话：People development all too often falls victim to heavy workloads.人员发展成为高负荷工作的受害者，也就是说经理们因为太忙而无暇顾及潜力股的培育，即第六题的答案。 6、retention 保留，在文中指留住员工。是风险管理中常见的专业名词。 剑桥商务英语中级黄金词汇 aggressive adjective 敢作敢为/侵略性的 aggression - noun 进攻，侵略 appointment noun 约会，指定 badge noun 徽章，证章 colleague noun 同事，同僚 head of department noun 部门经理 department- noun 部门，科，处 managing director noun 常务懂事 personnel noun 人员，职员 public relations noun 公共关系 sales office noun 营业部，销售部 sincere adjective 真诚的，真诚的 small talk noun 闲聊 superior noun 长者，上级 surname noun 姓 vice-chairman noun 副主席 vice - prefix 副的 chairman - noun主席 visitor noun 访问者，来宾 visit - 探望，参观 whereabouts noun 下落，行踪 aperitif noun 开胃酒 apparently 明显地 behaviour noun 行为，举止 chew over noun 考虑，具体探讨 counterpart noun 对等的人或物 demonstration noun 示范，实证 demonstrate verb 示范，证明 disaster noun 灾难 manners plural noun 礼貌 offence noun 犯罪，冒犯 syllable noun 音节 tricky adjective 狡猾的，机警的 accountant noun 会计，会计师 ambitious adjective 有雄心/野心勃勃的 application noun 应用程序，应用软件 challenge noun 挑战 deadline noun 最终期限 environment noun 环境，外界 finance noun 金融，财政学 generate verb 产生，发生 hands-on noun 有实际阅历的人 hectic adjective 忙乱的，劳碌的 responsibility noun 责任，职责 body language noun 身体语言，手势语言 business card noun 名片 click verb 发出滴答声 co-worker noun 合作者，同事 concentrate verb集中 conference noun 会议， 协商会 delegate noun 代表 indigestion noun 消化不良 quiz noun 测验 reliable adjective 牢靠的，可靠的 sigh verb 叹息，叹气 sniff verb 用力吸气，闻到 yawn verb 打呵欠 border noun 边界，边 ballpark figure noun 约略的数字 fact noun 事实，真相 flu noun 流感 junior adjective 下级的，地位较低的 senior adjective 高级的，地位较高的 sketch noun 草图，梗概 商务英语中级阅读练习题及答案