Question

【題目】 More and______ companies around the world are telling staff (職員) they do not need to wear a suit and tie. In the _____century, most business people and office workers had to wear business clothes. In today's world,______ is becoming less important. Companies now want their workers to dress _____ a more casual 隨意的) way. This is to make staff feel more relaxed, so they work harder. The latest international company to _____ its dress code is the investment bank Goldman Sachs. It said its staff could _____ not to wear a suit, but asked them to "exercise good judgment" in deciding how to dress for work.It said the change was due to (由于) "the changing nature of workplaces generally in favor of a more casual environment."

Many people in business think more casual dress is not a good thing. Justin Urquhart Stewart,founder of the investment company 7IM, said not wearing a suit and tie could give a bad______ to customers. He said: "You're looking after people's money, so you should behave and dress respectfully. I would not expect to _____ over my pension (津貼) to someone in jeans and a football shirt. It may be _____- fashioned but I think it would be dangerous for a business to do that." However, many companies, like Google and Amazon, _____ their staff to dress casually and wear jeans and T-shirts to the office.

【1】A.moreB.manyC.muchD.most

【2】A.beforeB.agoC.lastD.gone

【3】A.whatB.thenC.thatD.there

【4】A.withB.inC.onD.to

【5】A.easyB.weakC.calmD.relax

【6】A.choiceB.choseC.chooseD.chosen

【7】A.thingB.ideaC.impressionD.help

【8】A.backB.headC.handD.arm

【9】A.notB.backC.newD.old

【10】A.suggestB.allowC.stopD.need

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】C

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

本文介紹了現(xiàn)在越來越多的公司要求他們的員工不必穿西服和領(lǐng)帶，讓他們穿著隨意。但是，很多商界人士認(rèn)為穿休閑裝不是一件好事。

【1】句意：世界各地越來越多的公司告訴員工他們不需要穿西服和領(lǐng)帶。

A. more更多的，是many和much的比較級；B. many很多的，修飾可數(shù)名詞；C. much 很多的，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；D. most最多的，是many和much的最高級。more and more“越來越多的”，故選A。

【2】句意：上個世紀(jì)，大多數(shù)商務(wù)人士和辦公室職員都必須穿商務(wù)服裝。

A. before在……之前，B. ago以前，C. last上一次的，D. gone離去的。last century “上世紀(jì)”，故選C。

【3】句意：在當(dāng)今世界，這一點(diǎn)正變得越來越不重要。

A. what什么，B. then然后，C. that那個，D. there那里。此處代指前面的大多數(shù)商務(wù)人士和辦公室職員必須穿商務(wù)服裝這件事，因此用代詞that，故選C。

【4】句意：公司現(xiàn)在希望他們的員工穿著更休閑。

A. with和……一起，B. in在……里，C. on在……上面，D. to向。in a+形容詞+way，表示“用……的方法”，故選B。

【5】句意：最新一家放寬著裝要求的國際公司是高盛集團(tuán)的投資銀行。

A. easy容易的，B. weak虛弱的，C. calm 冷靜的，D. relax放松。位于動詞不定式符號to后，用動詞原形，根據(jù)前文的“Companies now want their workers to dress ___4___ a more casual 隨意的) way.”可知，此處表示放松的方式，故選D。

【6】句意：該公司表示，員工可以選擇不穿西裝，但要求他們在決定上班著裝時(shí)“做出良好判斷”。

A. choice選擇，是名詞；B. chose選擇，是過去式；C. choose選擇，是動詞原形；D. chosen選擇，是過去分詞。位于情態(tài)動詞could后，作謂語，用動詞原形，故選C。

【7】句意：投資公司7IM的創(chuàng)始人賈斯汀厄克特斯圖爾特說，不穿西裝打領(lǐng)帶可能會給顧客留下不好的印象。

A. thing事情，B. idea主意，C. impression印象，D. help幫助。give a bad impression to sb“給某人一個不好的印象”，故選C。

【8】句意：我不會指望把我的退休金交給一個穿著牛仔褲和足球衫的人。

A. back后背，B. head頭，C. hand當(dāng)動詞講時(shí)，意為傳遞；當(dāng)名詞講時(shí)，意為手；D. arm胳膊。hand over “交給”，故選C。

【9】句意：這可能是過時(shí)的做法，但我認(rèn)為這樣做，對企業(yè)來說是危險(xiǎn)的。

A. not不，B. back后面的，C. new新的，D. old古老的。根據(jù)后文的“However, many companies, like Google and Amazon, ___10___ their staff to dress casually and wear jeans and T-shirts to the office.”可知，現(xiàn)在很多公司允許他們的員工穿著隨意，因此穿著舉止得體，穿著得體，應(yīng)是過時(shí)的事。故選D。

【10】句意：然而，許多公司，如谷歌和亞馬遜，允許他們的員工穿著隨意，穿著牛仔褲和T恤衫去辦公室。

A. suggest建議，B. allow允許，C. stop停止，D. need需要。allow sb to do sth “允許某人做某事”，故選B。