1、阅读练习试卷 12及答案与解析 一、 PART FOUR 0 Dear Sir, I am writing 【 C1】 _ a strong complaint about the 【 C2】 _ treatment my guests, my colleague and I received when we visited your restaurant last Friday evening. On hooking a table for four by telephone on Tuesday we were 【 C3】 _ that there would be room for us
2、 despite the fact that you had only been 【 C4】 _ for a few weeks and were already booked. We appreciate that there must be great 【 C5】 _ for restaurant meals at this time of the year in such a popular and 【 C6】 _ area but we were not expecting such an ill-mannered reception on the part of your head
3、waiter. Our Chinese friends are currently touring the “Shakespeare country“ and were looking forward to a traditional English dinner in such a charming setting. But our hopes 【 C7】 _ an enjoyable evening out were instantly spoilt when your head waiter informed us that he had received no booking in o
4、ur name and, so, no table was 【 C8】_ for our party. My colleague and I protested at this and asked to speak to the manager, who, we were told, was unavailable. Your staff then offered us a table which we all had to share with another couple and no effort was made to 【 C9】 _ the unpleasantness we had
5、 experienced. We also had to wait some 【 C10】 _ time before the menu was brought to us. I trust you will give this complaint your prompt attention as the whole embarrassing incident was a great. disappointment to our guests and sets a bad example of our English hospitality. Yours sincerely, Paul J.
6、Weller 1 【 C1】 _ （ A） made （ B） make （ C） making （ D） to make 2 【 C2】 _ （ A） impolite （ B） inpolite （ C） unpolite （ D） dispolite 3 【 C3】 _ （ A） sure （ B） insured （ C） reassured （ D） assured 4 【 C4】 _ （ A） opened （ B） opening （ C） open （ D） openness 5 【 C5】 _ （ A） demand （ B） command （ C） recommand （
7、 D） remind 6 【 C6】 _ （ A） historic （ B） historical （ C） history （ D） historically 7 【 C7】 _ （ A） to （ B） with （ C） towards （ D） for 8 【 C8】 _ （ A） preseverd （ B） conserved （ C） reserved （ D） deserved 9 【 C9】 _ （ A） smooth away （ B） smooth over （ C） smooth above （ D） smooth through 10 【 C10】 _ （ A） c
8、onsiderable （ B） considerate （ C） considery （ D） considerably 二、 PART FIVE 10 Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying 【 C1】 _ interviews 【 C2】 _ recruitment. Years of studying interviewing have made clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel offic
9、ers often hire the person they like best, 【 C3】 _ even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking good is no guarantee of doing the job well, however. Uglies or those who are aesthetically challenged, take heart. To get a more objective view, many companies are also using psychological t
10、ests to hire both for relatively routine jobs and for positions 【 C4】 _ senior levels of management. It is impossible to say how many employers use tests, 【 C5】 _ estimates of test sales in the UK for 1993 were over 1 million. The basic reason employers use tests is clear: tests claim to be scientif
11、ic and objective. A large body of research has shown that interviews by themselves are not very reliable 【 C6】 _ a method of selection. Peoples judgment are often very subjective: whether they like the look of someone counts for more than almost anything else. But reliable and valid tests can offer
12、rapid and more objective information about would-be employees. If a candidate talks well in an interview 【 C7】 _ his test results suggest that he is a careless person who can not concentrate, an employer is likely to think twice about hiring him. Taking a serious test for a job is rather different 【
13、 C8】 _ taking a game-like test. You can spend just a little time 【 C9】 _ answering questions of that kind of test, and you deny the answers and say they are not accurate. But you can not go to a serious test without enough preparation 【 C10】 _ you can not afford to be denied and eliminated again and
14、 again. 11 【 C1】 _ 12 【 C2】 _ 13 【 C3】 _ 14 【 C4】 _ 15 【 C5】 _ 16 【 C6】 _ 17 【 C7】 _ 18 【 C8】 _ 19 【 C9】 _ 20 【 C10】 _ 三、 PART SIX 20 Research by Florida and by demographer Gary Gates of the Urban 【 S1】_ Institute, for instance, he finds that centers of tech-based business 【 S2】 _ growth tend to hav
15、e the highest concentrations of gays while 【 S3】 _ in major areas with few gay couples are slow to-no-growth areas. 【 S4】 _ Similarly, with women attending in college in higher numbers and 【 S5】_ they closing the gap in almost every advanced degree, senior 【 S6】 _ management is committing organizati
16、onal suicide by excluding women from the corporate meritocracy. Its a virtuous cycle: Diversity 【 S7】_ is good for creativity and creativity encourages with more diversity. 【 S8】 _ Both are good for the profit-and-loss statement. Now, Im no Pollyanna. There are many problems in the workplace. Just a
17、sk the women professionals at Morgan Stanley (MWD). And race remains as a powerful barrier to opportunity in Corporate America. 【 S9】_ Still, in the workplace-with its incentives and rewards-is why, when 【 S10】_ it comes to the great social, political, and economic issues of the past 【 S11】 _ 30 yea
18、rs, were all learning to find on common ground. Our standard of 【 S12】_ living depends on it. 21 【 S1】 _ 22 【 S2】 _ 23 【 S3】 _ 24 【 S4】 _ 25 【 S5】 _ 26 【 S6】 _ 27 【 S7】 _ 28 【 S8】 _ 29 【 S9】 _ 30 【 S10】 _ 31 【 S11】 _ 32 【 S12】 _ 阅读练习试卷 12答案与解析 一、 PART FOUR 【知识模块】 阅读 1 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 2 【正确答案】 A 【
19、知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 8 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 9 【正确答案 】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 10 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 二、 PART FIVE 【知识模块】 阅读 11 【正确答案】 on 【知识模块】 阅读 12 【正确答案】 for 【知识模块】 阅读 13 【正确答案】 or 【知识模块】 阅读 14 【正确答案】 at 【知识模块】 阅读 15 【正
20、确答案】 but 【知识模块】 阅读 16 【正确答案】 as 【知识模块】 阅读 17 【正确答案】 but 【知识模块】 阅读 18 【正确答案】 from 【知识模块】 阅读 19 【正确答案】 in 【知识模块】 阅读 20 【正确答案】 since 【知识模块】 阅读 三、 PART SIX 【知识模块】 阅读 21 【正确答案】 by (第二个 ) 【知识模块】 阅读 22 【正确答案】 he 【知识模块】 阅读 23 【正确答案】 correct 【知识模块】 阅读 24 【正确答案】 in 【知识模块】 阅读 25 【 正确答案】 in (第一个 ) 【知识模块】 阅读 26 【正确答案】 they 【知识模块】 阅读 27 【正确答案】 correct 【知识模块】 阅读 28 【正确答案】 with 【知识模块】 阅读 29 【正确答案】 as 【知识模块】 阅读 30 【正确答案】 in 【知识模块】 阅读 31 【正确答案】 correct 【知识模块】 阅读 32 【正确答案】 on 【知识模块】 阅读
