Question

【題目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. network B. specify C. traditionally D. ingredient

E. uneasy F. additional G. culturally H. block

I. determine J. requirement K. critical

A multicultural person is someone who is deeply convinced that all cultures are equally good, enjoys learning the rich variety of cultures in the world, and most likely has been exposed to more than one culture in his or her lifetime.

You cannot motivate anyone, especially someone of another culture, until that person has accepted you. A multilingual salesperson can explain the advantages of a product in other languages, but a multicultural salesperson can motivate foreigners to buy it. That’s a(an) 【1】difference.

No one likes foreigners who are arrogant(自大的) about their own culture. The trouble is most people are arrogantly monocultural without being aware of it and even those who are can’t hide it. Foreigners sense monocultural arrogance at once and set up their own cultural barriers, which may effectively 【2】 any attempt by the monocultural person to motivate them.

Multiculturalism is a(an) 【3】 that has been neglected too often in hiring managers for international positions. Even if your company is not a multinational one, chances are you’re in touch with foreign customers or manufacturers. Do you have the right employee to build up the 【4】?

For 20-odd years, I’ve run an executive-search firm from Brussels. When clients ask us to find the right person for a new pan-European sales or management position, I start by asking them to 【5】 the qualifications their ideal candidate would have. Most often they list the same qualities they would want for a domestic position, but with the 【6】 requirement that the new manager be fluent enough in English, German and French to cope with faxes and email. It sometimes takes me hours to persuade clients that the linguistic (語言的)abilities they see as crucial are not enough.

Of course, it’s far more difficult to 【7】 candidates multiculturalism than it is to check their language skills—but it’s also a far more important 【8】 to success. I remember a company that asked me to check out a salesman they were planning to send to Mexico. He’d studied Spanish, and had grown up in New York City—the most 【9】 diverse place in America. But when I interviewed him, he turned out to have no concept of the great pride Mexicans took in their culture, and moreover he was 【10】 about Mexican restaurants and markets being dirty and unsafe. I rejected him just as Mexican buyers would have if he’d been selected for the job.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】K

【2】H

【3】J

【4】A

【5】B

【6】F

【7】I

【8】D

【9】G

【10】E

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了多元文化及其對工作的影響。

【1】考查形容詞。句意：這是一個關(guān)鍵的區(qū)別。修飾名詞difference用形容詞，根據(jù)“A multilingual salesperson can explain the advantages of a product in other languages, but a multicultural salesperson can motivate foreigners to buy it.”可知此處表示“關(guān)鍵的”，故填K。

【2】考查動詞。句意：外國人一下子就感受到了單一文化的傲慢，并設(shè)置了自己的文化壁壘，這可能會有效地阻止單一文化者試圖激勵他們。此處缺少動詞作謂語，根據(jù)“Foreigners sense monocultural arrogance at once and set up their own cultural barriers,”可知此處表示“阻止”，故填H。

【3】考查名詞。句意：多元文化是招聘經(jīng)理在擔(dān)任國際職位時常常被忽視的一項要求。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處缺少名詞作表語，根據(jù)“that has been neglected too often in hiring managers for international positions.”可知此處表示“要求”，故填J。

【4】考查名詞。句意：你有合適的員工來建立關(guān)系網(wǎng)嗎？此處缺少名詞作動詞短語build up的賓語，根據(jù)“Even if your company is not a multinational one, chances are you’re in touch with foreign customers or manufacturers”可知此處指“網(wǎng)絡(luò)、關(guān)系網(wǎng)”，故填A。

【5】考查動詞。句意：當(dāng)客戶要求我們?yōu)橐粋�新的泛歐銷售或管理職位找到合適的人選時，我首先要求他們詳細說明他們理想的候選人應(yīng)該具備的資格。ask sb to sth表示“要求某人做某事”，此處需要填動詞原形，根據(jù)“the qualifications their ideal candidate would have.”可知此處表示“詳細說明”，故填B。

【6】考查形容詞。句意：大多數(shù)情況下，他們列出的素質(zhì)與國內(nèi)職位的要求相同，但另外要求新任經(jīng)理英語、德語和法語流利，足以應(yīng)付傳真和電子郵件。修飾名詞requirement用形容詞，根據(jù)“Most often they list the same qualities they would want for a domestic position, but with the”可知此處指“額外的”，故填F。

【7】考查動詞。句意：當(dāng)然，確定候選人的多元文化比檢查他們的語言技能要困難得多，但這也是成功的一個重要因素。空前的to為不定式符號，此處需要填動詞原形，根據(jù)“candidates multiculturalism than it is to check their language skills”可知此處表示“確定”，故填I。

【8】考查名詞。句意同上。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)并結(jié)合句意可知此處缺少名詞作表語，an ingredient to表示“通往……的一個要素”，故填D。

【9】考查副詞。句意：他學(xué)過西班牙語，在紐約長大，那里是美國最具文化多樣性的地方。修飾形容詞diverse用副詞，本文主要討論的就是多元文化，因此此處表示“文化上”，故填G。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：但當(dāng)我采訪他時，他竟然沒有意識到墨西哥人在他們的文化中所表現(xiàn)出的巨大自豪感，而且他對墨西哥餐館和市場骯臟和不安全感到不安。此處缺少形容詞作表語，根據(jù)“about Mexican restaurants and markets being dirty and unsafe.”可知此處表示“不安的”，故填E。