单选题
Intercultural Team Building

Today the need to 'go global' and to cut outgoings is demanding that companies combine protecting international interests whilst keeping down staff (21) The solution in most cases has been the forming of intercultural teams.
Undoubtedly, the intercultural dimension of today's teams brings about new challenges. Successful team building not only (22) the traditional needs to harmonise personalities but also languages, cultures, ways of thinking, behaviours and motivations.
The key to successful intercultural team building lies (23) intercultural training. It is one method of helping to blend a team together. Through analysis of the cultures involved in a team, their particular approaches to communication and business and how the team interacts, intercultural team builders are able to find, suggest and use common ground to (24) team members in building harmonious relationships. It helps a team to realise their differences and (25) in areas such as status, hierarchy, decision making, conflict resolution, showing emotion and relationship building in order to create mutually agreed upon structures of communication and interaction. From this (26) teams are then tutored how to recognise future communication difficulties and their cultural roots, empowering the team to become more self-reliant. The end result is a more cohesive and productive team.
In conclusion, for intercultural teams to succeed, it is important to stay (27) to the need for intercultural training to help cultivate (28) relationships. Companies must be supportive, proactive and innovative. This goes (29) financing and creating technological links to bring together intercultural teams at surface level and going back to basics by (30) better interpersonal communication. If international businesses are to grow and prosper in this ever contracting world, intercultural synergy must be a priority.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[答案精解] 词义辨析题。A项意为“总额”;B项意为“数目,人数”;C项意为“数字”;D项意为“价值”。根据该句表达的意思,应该选B项。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[答案精解] 词义辨析题。A项意为“关心;关于”;B项意为”考虑”;C项意为“假定,猜想”;D项意为“包含,涉及”。根据该句表达的意思,应该选D项。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[答案精解] 动词搭配题。动词lie与介词in搭配,表示“在于”,故选A项。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[答案精解] 动词搭配题。因为后面的介词是in,所以只能选B项,表示“在某方面帮助某人”。其他几个动词没有这种用法。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[答案精解] 词义辨析题。A项意为“亲密”;B项意为“类似”;C项意为“相似,相似性”;D项意为“相似,形似”,尤指肖像、外表的相像。根据上文中difference一词,此处应选“相似性”这一含义,故选C项。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[答案精解] 词义辨析题。A项意为“基础”;B项意为“基地,根据”;C项意为“基础知识”;D项意为“方法”。根据整句意思,应选A项。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[答案精解] 词义辨析题。A项意为“使妥协”;B项意为“调节音量”;C项意为“习惯于”;D项意为“调整”。根据整句意思和后面的介词to,可以判定选择D项。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[答案精解] 词义辨析题。A项意为“和平的,平静的”;B项意为“和谐的”;C项意为“活泼的”;D项意为“放松的”。根据整句意思,应选择B项。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[答案精解] 动词搭配题。根据上下文的意思,这里意为”超越”,动词go后用beyond才可表达此意,所以选C项。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[答案精解] 词义辨析题。A项意为“提供”;B项意为“联系”;C项意为“培养”;D项意为“领导”。根据整句意思,应选择C项。