BEC高级完形填空练习题

2015年高级商务英语BEC《完形填空》练习题TheScientificApproachtoRecruitmentWhenit(0)toselectingcandidatesthroughinterview,moreoftenthannotthedecisionismadewithinthefirstfiveminutesofameeting.Yetemployersliketo(21)themselvesthattheyarebeingexceptionallythoroughintheirselectionprocesses.Intoday’scompetitivemarketplace,the(22)ofstaffinmanyorganizationsisfundamentaltothecompany’ssuccessand,asaresult,recruitersuseallmeansattheirdisposalto(23)thebestinthefield.Onemethodinparticularthathas(24)inpopularityistesting,eitherpsychometrictesting,whichattemptstodefinepsychologicalcharacteristics,orability￡aptitudetesting(25)anorganizationwithanextrawayofestablishingacandidate’ssuitabilityforarole.It(26)companiestoaddvaluebyidentifyingkeyelementsofapositionandthentestingcandidatestoascertaintheirabilityagainstthoseidentifiedelements.Theemploymentofpsychometricorabilitytestingasone(27)oftherecruitmentprocessmayhavesomemerit,butinrealitythereisnoreal(28),scientificorotherwise,ofthepotentialfutureperformanceofanyindividual.Theanswertothisproblemisexperienceininterviewtechniquesandstrongdefinitionoftheelementsofeachpositiontobe(29)asthewholerecruitmentprocessisbasedonfewrealcertainties,theinstinctivedecisionsthatmanyemployersmake,basedonaCTandthefirstfiveminutesofameeting,areprobablynolessvalidthananyothertoolemployedinthe(30)ofrecruitment.Example:AhaveBdecideCdoDmake0ABCD21.AsuggestBconvinceCadviseDbelieve22.AworthBcreditCqualityDdistinction23.AsecureBreliesCattainDachieve24.AliftedBenlargedCexpandedDrisen25.AprovidesBoffersCcontributesDgives26.AletsBenablesCagreesDadmits27.AportionBmemberCshareDcomponent28.AextentBsizeCamountDmeasure29.AoccupiedBmetCfilledDappointed30AbusinessBtopicCpointDaffair参考答案：BCADABDDCAWe’reinthebusinessofstimulatingtheeconomy(ByObama)EnergeticsisaspecialistmanagementconsultancyinthebusinessofclimatechangeThereisacommonlyheldviewthattheonlywaytoget(0)decentpayincreaseistomoveon:togooutintothejobmarketandfindsomeone(1)ispreparedtopayyouafiguremoreinline(2)thetalentsyoucanoffer.Whilstchangingemployersfromtime(3)timeissomethingweprobablyallneedtodotoadvanceourcareersinthedirectionswewantthemtotake,itisneverthelessanactivitythatcarriesquitedefiniterisks.Irrespectiveof(4)wellweresearchprospectiveemployers,anewjobisstilllargelyastepintotheunknown.Itmayturn(5)tobeagoodmoveoritcouldprovetobeacompletedisaster:mostofus(6)hadexperienceofboth.Thepointhere,though,isthatchangingemployersisnotsomethingwewanttobedoingallthetimeandcertainlynot(7)timewefeeltheurgeforbetterpay.We’d(8)takingmorerisksthanweneededtojusttoachieveapayrise.Gettingapayriseshouldalwaysbeviewed(9)aseriousbusiness.Therearenoquickfixesorgoldmethodswith“guaranteed“results.Quickfixesonlyservetotrivializetheissuesandcould(10)somecircumstancesgetyouintoveryseroustroubleindeed.答案及解析：关于加薪的文章，教你怎么样实现加薪。这道题目不难，但是抛开题目，单说文章里谈的加薪的方法，各位还是要辩证的看。要想人生第一份工作就找到自己满意的，是挺难，可是以加薪为目的跳槽，也未必是什么明智的好办法。1题，太明显的定语从句，前面是someone，那么当然填入表示人的关系代词who。2题，inlinewith，和什么一致，固定搭配，在中级的选词版完型里常考到这个词组。这句的意思是，找个一个愿意给你提供和你才能更加一致的薪水的人。3题，fromtimetotime，时不时的。changingemployersfromtimetotime，时不时的换老板。4题，Irrespectiveof，同regardlessof一样，后面接让步状语从句，不管我们对可能的雇主研究的多么好，新的工作都是一个未知数。用howwell。5题，turnouttobe，固定用法。6题，换工作，要么是个好的举措，要么将成为灾难。而我们大多数人这两种经历都有。有这种经历，是过去完成时，用have+done。7题，理解前后文意思。换老板不是件我们经常愿意做的事情，并且也不是一想要加薪就要换老板。用everytime，表示每次要加薪就准备换老板。8题，这题有点难度，考验人的语法功底。首先这个句子是虚拟语气，We’d是wewould的缩写，而不是wehad。是表示对将来的假设，我们要承担更多的风险。所以用wouldbe。9题，比较明显的，viewas，将什么视作什么。10题，和circumstance相关的词组，很容易想到under/onsomecircumstance，在某种情况下。Whenit(0)toselectingcandidatesthroughinterview,moreoftenthannotthedecisionismadewithinthefirstfiveminutesofameeting.??Yetemployersliketo(1)themselvesthattheyarebeingexceptionallythoroughintheirselectionprocesses.Intoday’scompetitivemarketplace,the(2)ofstaffinmanyorganizationsisfundamentaltothecompany’ssuccessand,asaresult,recruitersuseallmeansattheirdisposalto(3)thebestinthefield.Onemethodinparticularthathas(4)inpopularityistesting,eitherpsychometrictesting,whichattemptstodefinepsychologicalcharacteristics,orability￡aptitudetesting(5)anorganizationwithanextrawayofestablishingacandidate’ssuitabilityforarole.It(6)companiestoaddvaluebyidentifyingkeyelementsofapositionandthentestingcandidatestoascertaintheirabilityagainstthoseidentifiedelements.Theemploymentofpsychometricorabilitytestingasone(7)oftherecruitmentprocessmayhavesomemerit,butinrealitythereisnoreal(8),scientificorotherwise,ofthepotentialfutureperformanceofanyindividual.Theanswertothisproblemisexperienceininterviewtechniquesandstrongdefinitionoftheelementsofeachpositiontobe(9)asthewholerecruitmentprocessisbasedonfewrealcertainties,theinstinctivedecisionsthatmanyemployersmake,basedonaCTandthefirstfiveminutesofameeting,areprobablynolessvalidthananyothertoolemployedinthe(10)ofrecruitment.1.AsuggestBconvinceCadviseDbelieve2.AworthBcreditCqualityDdistinction3.AsecureBreliesCattainDachieve4.AliftedBenlargedCexpandedDrisen5.AprovidesBoffersCcontributesDgives6.AletsBenablesCagreesDadmits7.AportionBmemberCshareDcomponent8.AextentBsizeCamountDmeasure9.AoccupiedBmetCfilledD