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剑桥商务英语中级考试历年真题荟萃注:这里讲解的题目是人邮版第四辑真题TEST1阅读部分的Partone.Questions1-7Lookatthestatementsbelowandthearticleaboutthedevelopmentoffuturebusinessleadersontheoppositepage.Whichsectionofthearticle(A,B,CorD)doeseachstatement(1-7)referto?Foreachstatement(1-7),markoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyourAnswerSheet.Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce.1Managersneedtotakeactiontoconvincehigh-flyersoftheirvaluetothefirm.2Organisationsneedtolookbeyondthehigh-flyerstheyarecurrentlydeveloping.3Thereisaconcernthatfirmsinvestingintrainingforhigh-flyersmaynotgainthebenefitsthemselves.4Managersneedexpertassistancefromwithintheirownfirmsindevelopinghigh-flyers.5Firmscurrentlyidentifyhigh-flyerswithoutthesupportofaguidancestrategy.6Managersarefrequentlytoobusytodealwiththedevelopmentofhigh-flyers.7Firmswhoworkhardontheirreputationasanemployerwillinteresthigh-flyers.TheStarsoftheFutureAExistingmanagementresearchdoesnottellusmuchabouthowtofindanddevelophigh-flyers,thosepeoplewhohavethepotentialtoreachthetopofanorganisation.Asaresult,organisationsarelefttoformulatetheirownsystems.Amoreeffectiveoverallpolicyfordevelopingfutureleadersisneeded,whichiswhytheLondonBusinessSchoolhaslaunchedtheTomorrow'sLeadersResearchGroup(TLRG).Thegroupcontainsrepresentativesfrom20firms,andmeetsregularlytodiscusstheleadershipdevelopmentoftheorganisations'high-flyers.BTLRGrecognisesjusthowsignificantlinemanagersareintheprocessofleadershipdevelopment.Unfortunately,withtoday'sflatorganisations,wheremanagershavefunctionalaswellasmanagerialresponsibilities,peopledevelopmentalltoooftenfallsvictimtoheavyworkloads.Onemanagerintheresearchgroupwasunconvincedbythelogicofsendinghisbestpeopleawayondevelopmentcourses,'onlytoseethempoachedbyanotherdepartmentor,worsestill,anotherfirm'.Thisfearoflosinghigh-flyersrunsdeepintheorganisationsthatmakeuptheresearchgroup.CTLRGarguesthatthetaskofmanagementisnotnecessarilyaboutemployeeretention,butaboutcreating'attractioncentres'.'Wemusthelplinemanagerstorealisethatiftheircompaniesareknownasonesthatdeveloptheirpeople,theywillhaveagreaterappealtohigh-flyers,'saidoneadvisor.Furthermore,selectingpeoplefor,say,aleadershipdevelopmentprogrammeisasignofcommitmentfrommanagementtoanindividual.Loyaltycanthenbemoreeasilydemandedinreturn.DTLRGhasconcludedthatacompany'sHRspecialistsneedtotakeactionandengagewithlinemanagersindividuallyabouttheirroleinthedevelopmentofhigh-flyers.Indeed,inordertobenefitfullyfromtraininghigh-flyersastheseniormanagersofthefuture,firmsmustactuallyaddressthedevelopmentofallmanagerswhowillbesupportingthehigh-flyers.Withoutthis,managerswillnotbeinapositiontogiveappropriateadvice.Andwheneventuallythehigh-flyersdomoveon,newoneswillbeneededtoreplacethem.Thenextchallengewillbetofindanewgenerationofhigh-flyers.首先得搞明白的是这篇文章到底讲的什么。不用看具体内容,有两个地方直接告诉了。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未来接班人——也就是潜力股——的培养问题。A段讲了TLRG这个贯穿全文的研究组织诞生的原因:现行的研究满足不了需要,于是大多数公司只能自己探索发掘接班人的模式;(即第五题的答案)B段讲了直属经理(linemanagers)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,并且应该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,什么专家协助等等。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该是相对容易把握的。题目解析:图中蓝色的线为答案潜伏的地方。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toobusyto对应于B段里的heavyworkloads,第七题的interest对应于C段的appeal。第一题说“经理们必须采取措施使潜力股们相信他们对公司的价值”,也就是要让潜力股们对公司忠诚,即C段说的creating“attractioncentres”和loyalty。第二题说“组织必须把目光投向正在培养中的潜力股以外的地方”,即D段最后两句话所说的寻找新一代的潜力股。第三题和B段的最后一句话完全是一个意思:怕培养潜力股的投入收不回成本。第四题说开发潜力股,经理们需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需要采取行动。HRspecialists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:现行的研究满足不了需要,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,withtoday'sflatorganisations,wheremanagershavefunctionalaswellasmanagerialresponsibilities,peopledevelopmentalltoooftenfallsvictimtoheavyworkloads.。不幸落在了高工作负荷的人的肩上。高工作负荷,也就是toobusy。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:iftheircompaniesareknownasonesthatdeveloptheirpeople,theywillhaveagreaterappealtohigh-flyers。如果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(knownasonesthatdeveloptheirpeople),名声很好,也就是看重自己作为雇主的名声。疑似生词:1、linemanagers直属经理,业务经理2、flatorganization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、poachvt.(侵入他人地界)偷猎(或捕鱼),水煮,剽窃,挖角eg:Arivalfirmpoachedourbestcomputerprogrammers.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、runsdeep纯粹是想说一下那句著名的谚语:Stillwaterrunsdeep静水流深。5、fallvictimto成为。。。。的受害者B段中的原话:Peopledevelopmentalltoooftenfallsvictimtoheavyworkloads.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养,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。这里解析的是第四辑真题TEST1阅读部分的PART4。马上要考试了,争取出解析的速度能快点。当然,不会以牺牲质量为代价。大家有什么疑问,可以提出来,事先甚至单独进行解答。祝大家都能取得好成绩。主要解答蓝色标注的空。Thesecretofsuccessinelectroniccommerceliesinplacinganewemphasisonawell-establishedarea.Thatareaiscustomerservice,whichisnowtheonlypointof(19)betweenabusinessandthebuyingpublic.Thereareanumberoffactorsinareal-worldshopthat(20)people'sperceptionsofabusiness:these(21)thelocationandtheappearanceofthepremises,thequalityandthepricingofthemerchandiseorservices’andthebehaviourofthestaff.However,ifacompanyistryingtomakeagoodimpressionwithonlinecustomers,mostofthesefactors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