单选题 {{B}}Task 1{{/B}} {{B}}Directions:{{/B}}{{I}} After reading the following passage,
you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For
each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You
should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the center.{{/I}}
In Shanghai, a growing number of
foreign-funded banks are looking for local people to fill executive positions
(行政主管的岗位)rather than people from their own countries as they did in the past. U.
S. -based Citibank (花旗银行) put a job announcement in a local newspaper last week
calling for executive trainees. It was part of Citibank's business plan in China
to draw local professionals(专业人员). Demand for personal banking services has been
on the rise since China joined the World Trade Organization at the end of 2001.
The move does not only happen to Citibank. Many other foreign-funded banks in
the city have made similar decisions. The U. K. 's Standard Chartered last year
employed over 30 graduates from Chinese universities and colleges as executive
trainees. They are expected to take up managerial positions at the bank's
Shanghai branch after a two-year training program overseas. The
Hung Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has announced it will employ
more new graduates in China in the coming year. Local people account for over
92% of the office workers in its Shanghai operation.
单选题
Citibank used to look for executives for its operations______.
单选题
The "executive trainees" (Line 3, Para. 1) are probably those who are______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[题型] 语义题
[解析] 题干意为“第一段第三行中的‘executive trainees’可能是指哪些人?”本题考查名词trainees的含义。根据文章第一段最后一句“They(承前指代executive trainees) are expected to take up managerial positions at the bank's Shanghai branch after a two-year training program overseas”可知，他们被招募来首先要经过培训，所以trainees的意思是“见习生，实习生”，故选B。
单选题
Banks like Citibank look for local people to fill executive positions because______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[题型] 推理题
[解析] 题干意为“像花旗银行一样寻找本地人作他们的行政主管是因为______?”从文中“Demand for personal banking services has been...at the end of 2001”可得出选项A为正确答案。而选项C只是造成“increasing demand for personal banking services”的原因，并非外资银行招募中国员工的直接原因，故选A。
单选题
HSBC probably is the name of______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[题型] 细节题
[解析] 题干为“HSBC可能是______的名字。”由第二段句首“The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)”可知，它是The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation的缩写，所以HSBC是一家银行的名称，故选D。
单选题
According to the passage, after they have been employed the Chinese graduates would______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[题型] 细节题
[解析] 题干意为“根据文章，中国大学毕业生在被聘用后将______。”从原文第一段句末“They are expected to...after a two-year training program overseas”可知，大学毕业生首先要送往国外受训两年，而非留在上海受训，所以A不正确，而C和D则是受训归国之后的事，因此应排除。故选B。