2017年商务英语高级阅读理解专项练习

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　　阅读理解：

　　第一篇

Read the text about career-planning services.

Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps .

For each gap 9– 14, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet .

Do not use any letter more than once .

There is an example at the beginning .(0)

Your Career Path Can Lead You Anywhere

We used to be advised to plan our careers. We were told to make a plan during the later stages of our education and continue with it through our working lives.(0)_____ some people still see careers in this way. However, to pursue a single option for life has always been unrealistic.

Planning for a single career assumes that we set out with a full understanding of our likes and dislikes and the employment opportunities open to us. (9)____ For most people this degree of certainty about the future does not exist.

Our initial choice of career path and employer is often based on inadequate knowledge and false perceptions. But with age and experience, we develop new interests and aptitudes and our priorities alter. The structure of the employment market and, indeed of employment itself, is subject to change as both new technologies and new work systems are introduced (10) _____ We must face the uncertainties of a portfolio career.

It is clear from the recent past that we cannot foresee the changes which will affect our working lives. The pace of change is accelerating , as a result of which traditional career plans will be of very limited use. (11)_____ They will need updating to reflect changes in our own interests as well as in the external work environment. Flexible workers already account for about half the workforce. (12)______ We are likely to face periods as contract workers, self-employed freelances, consultants, temps or part-timers.

Many employers encourage staff to write a personal development development (PDP) (13)_____ Although some people use it only to review the skills needed for their job, a PDP could be the nucleus of wider career plan –setting out alternative long-term learning needs and a plan of self-development.

A report issued by the Institute of Employment Studies advises people to enhance their employability by moving from traditional technical skills towards the attainment of a range of transferable skills. (14)_____ Instead, special schemes should be established to encourage people to examine their effectiveness and to consider a wider range of needs.

0 A B C D E F G H

A This dual effect means that the relationship between employers and workers has evolved to such and extent that we can no longer expect a long-term relationship with one employer.

B. It carries an implicit assumption that we ourselves, and the jobs we enter, will change little during our working lives.

C. This growth suggests that a career plan should not be expressed only in terms of full-time employment but should make provision for the possibility of BEComing one of the.

D this is a summary of one’s personal learning needs and an action plan to meet them.

E Consequently, they must now accommodate a number of objectives and enable us to prepare for each on a contingency basis.

F However, it warns that employers often identify training needs through formal appraisals, which take too narrow a view of development.

G . Such a freelance of consultant would be constantly in demand.

H We were expected to work towards that one clear goal and to consider a career change as a bad thing.

　　第二篇

　　Questions 21 -30

Read the article below about the methods some companies are now using for recruitment.

Choose the correct word to fill each gap from (A, B, C or D) on the opposite page.

For each question 21-30,mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

There is an example at the beginning, (0)

The Scientific Approach to Recruitment

When it (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers like to (21) themselves that they are being exceptionally thorough in their selection processes. In today’s competitive market place, the (22) of staff in many organizations is fundamental to the company’s success and, as a result , recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.

One method in particular that has (24) in popularity is testing , either psychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or ability￡aptitude testing (25) an organization with an extra way of establishing a candidate’s suitability for a role. It (26) companies to add value by identifying key elements of a position and then testing candidates to ascertain their ability against those identified elements.

The employment of psychometric or ability testing as one (27) of the recruitment process may have some merit, but in reality there is no real (28), scientific or otherwise, of the potential future performance of any individual. The answer to this problem is experience in interview techniques and strong definition of the elements of each position to be (29) as the whole recruitment process is based on few real certainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on a CT and the first five minutes of a meeting, are probably no less valid than any other tool employed in the (30) of recruitment.

　　Example :

A have B decide C do D make

0 A B C D

21.A suggest B convince C advise D believe

22.A worth B credit C quality D distinction

23.A secure B relies C attain D achieve

24.A lifted B enlarged C expanded D risen

25.A provides B offers C contributes D gives

26.A lets B enables C agrees D admits

27. A portion B member C share D component

28. A extent B size C amount D measure

29.A occupied B met C filled D appointed

30 A business B topic C point D affair

第一篇参考答案及解析:9 B 10 A 11E 12C 13D 14F

9.本段是说在职业生涯中设立一个单独的目标的影响。而且首段也说了assume，根据前后文，应该选择B。

10.本段说了一些不确定的因素来说明在职业生涯中一直追求一个目标不切实际。而空白前面说的是就业市场结构，new technologies和new work systems这双重影响，之后说了在一个公司待着不现实，那么中间选择A。

11.空白前面讲传统的职业规划用途有限，后面将需要升级和更新来适应我们的兴趣和外部工作环境的.变化。E.相应的，职业规划也应该顺应这种变化。

12.前面讲了Flexible workers占所有劳动力的一半，后面又说了我们可能会面临**职业，顾问，或者兼职工作。那么中间的空白部分肯定讲工作形式的问题。

13.D。前面讲到PDP，后面肯定要对其进行说明。

14.F。这段主要讲了人们怎样评测自己的能力和工作有效性以及怎样提高的问题。空白部分后是转折，那么空白部分应该是和其相反的。

第二篇参考答案及解析: 21-25 BCADA 　26-30 BDDCA

21.这这句话的意思来看，应该是使自己确信……，所以应该选择B. convince

22.根据意思理解，肯定是员工的质量对企业的作用，而且质量包含了所有工作需要的方面，所以应该选择C. quality.

23.应该是确保他们在这一行业是最好的，应该选择A. secure.

24.受欢迎程度应该是提高，是及物动词。B和C都是范围扩大的意思，所以只有n是合适的选项。

25.从意思看是提供，几个选项差不多都有这个意思，但是offer和give后面直接跟所提供的物，不需要加with.而只有provide sb with sth是固定用法。所以选择A。

26.从意思来看，因该是使某事成为可能，而不是允许或同意，所以C和D排除了。而let后跟动词原形，只有B. enable后加动词不定式。

27.成分，一部分，应该选择component. Protion 着重于份额的意思，member是成员，share分享或贡献的一份，股份。

28.应该是衡量的意思，只有D合适。

29.在这里看是填补空缺职位的意思。但是occupy和appoint主语都是人，某人被委任某职位。而这里是职位做主语，所以应该选择C。

ness除了商业，还有事务的意思。