2017年商务英语高级考试阅读理解专题训练（一）

2017年商务英语高级考试阅读理解专题训练(一)

　　第一篇

　　Questions 21 -35

　　. Read this text about an Italian car company.

　　. Choose the best word to fi71 each gap.

　　. For each question(21 -35) mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

　　. One answer has been given as an example.

　　Gianni Agnelli ,Chairman of Fiat , Italy’s largest private industrial corporation ,is known in Italy as the lawyer ,because he trained in law at Turin University. ____example____he has never practiced , his training may soon be useful. On April 17th Mr. Agnelli admitted to a group of Italian industrialists in Venice ____21____ Fiat had been ____22 ____ in some corruptions in Italy. On April 21st, Fiat’s lawyers and Cesare Romiti , its managing director , met Milan magistrates to ____ 23 ____ the firm’s involvement in bribery to win business from state-owned companies.

　　Fiat is not the ____24____ Italian company caught up in Italy’s increasing Political corruption scandal. According to the latest figure ,some 200 businessmen and politicians were sitting in prison ____25 ____ a result of judicial inquiries into kickbacks paid to politicians by firms. Hundreds more are still____26____influence of Fiat, ____27____sales are equal to 4/00 of Italy’s home product ,the scandal at the company has ____28____the industrial establishment.

　　Though neither Mr. Agnelli____29____Mr. Romiti has been ____30____ of wrongdoing, several other senior Fiat managers have allegedly been involved in paying kickbacks to win state-owned contracts ____31____ arrested include Francesco Mattiol , Fiat’s finance director , and Antonio Moscon , the ____32____ head of its Toro insurance branch____ 33____men have been ____.34____about their previous roles on the board of Cogefar-Impresit, Fiat’s construction subsidiary. Last May, Enzo Papi admitted paying a 1.5 million-dollar bribe for a contract , ____ 35 ____ to Milan’s underground.

　　Example

　　A Though B That C Because D What

　　Answer D

　　21. A what B that C when D if

　　22. A involved B connected C related D done

　　23. A talk B say C speak D discuss

　　24. A one B single C worst D only

　　25. A as B for C with D after

　　26. A in B under C at D on

　　27. A who B which C whose D its

　　28. A rocked B ruined C damaged D destroyed

　　29. A or B also C and D nor

　　30. A accused B charged C criticized D blamed

　　31. A Who B Those C He D That

　　32. A old B former C late D last

　　33.A Either B All C Every D Both

　　34. A solved B answered C questioned D replied

　　35. A contracted B related C connected D communicated

　　第二篇

　　The Scientific Approach to Recruitment

　　When it (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers like to (21) themselves that they are being exceptionally thorough in their selection processes. In today’s competitive market place, the (22) of staff in many organizations is fundamental to the company’s success and, as a result , recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.

　　One method in particular that has (24) in popularity is testing , either psychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or ability￡aptitude testing (25) an organization with an extra way of establishing a candidate’s suitability for a role. It (26) companies to add value by identifying key elements of a position and then testing candidates to ascertain their ability against those identified elements.

　　The employment of psychometric or ability testing as one (27) of the recruitment process may have some merit, but in reality there is no real (28), scientific or otherwise, of the potential future performance of any individual. The answer to this problem is experience in interview techniques and strong definition of the elements of each position to be (29) as the whole recruitment process is based on few real certainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on a CT and the first five minutes of a meeting, are probably no less valid than any other tool employed in the (30) of recruitment.

　　Example :

　　A have B decide C do D make

　　0A B C D

　　21.A suggest B convince C advise D believe

　　22.A worth B credit C quality D distinction

　　23.A secure B relies C attain D achieve

　　24.A lifted B enlarged C expanded D risen

　　25.A provides B offers C contributes D gives

　　26.A lets B enables C agrees D admits

　　27. A portion B member C share D component

　　28. A extent B size C amount D measure

　　29.A occupied B met C filled D appointed

　　30 A business B topic C point D affair