单选题 A manager hoping to blossom as a business leader must develop the skill to communicate effectively. One of the foremost tasks of a leader is to create (1) to a cause. To do that he must first communicate to build mutual understanding.
(2) a manager communicates mostly to (3) information, a leader uses communications to build relationships. A manager overwhelms others with details and still (4) them cold. A leader (5) their hearts by combining his vision with their (6) in a common cause.
Most Asian business leaders are instinctively (7) relationship building (8) direct communications. But they don't use the mass media so well. While face to face communications is (9) , it's not enough in today's big business.
(10) their western (11) , they are not so much frightened by mass media's potential to magnify, distort, and expose. The problem lies more in the (12) of professional support (13) to them. In most Asian companies the public affairs function either does not exist or is (14) routine chores removed from helping the CEO to communicate with wide audiences. The reason primarily that the (15) communications officers are placed quite low in the organizational hierarchy.
Asia's need for business leaders who are (16) in using mass media to involve the public (17) the economic development dream has never been greater. Television and the print media have an enormous (18) on the public perception of business. Our business leaders have not yet laced an unsympathetic press. They should start now (19) the day may not be too far away (20) they are suddenly forced to enter the perilous arena of public communications.

单选题 A. responsibility B. commitment C. commission D. dedication
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题意思是“作为一个领导者,首要的任务之一是树立对某事业的责任感。”commitment“承担责任或义务”符合题意。make/create a commitment to a cause,“树立对某事的责任感”。responsibility“责任”,常用for引出宾语;commission“委任,佣金”;dedication“奉献”。
单选题 A. Since B. When C. Because D. While
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此处将manager和leader对比,只有While能表达这种对比关系,所以选While。
单选题 A. transport B. carry C. convey D. express
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】transport“运输货物”,carry“搬运”和express“表达思想或感情”都不能加information做宾语。convey“传达,传递”可与information搭配。故选[C]。
单选题 A. leaves B. keeps C. makes D. renders
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】固定搭配leave sb. cold/cool“未打动某人,引不起某人的兴趣”。句意:“经营者把他的员工淹没在细枝末节中,但仍提不起他们的兴趣”。
单选题 A. moves B. touches C. stimulates D. loses
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】常用词组touch one's heart(打动或触动某人的心弦),本题意思是“领导者则通过把自己的梦想跟他人的志向结合在共同事业中的方式来触动他们的。”
单选题 A. aspirations B. inspirations C. perspiration D. persuasion
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据第5题的分析,这里应填aspirations(志向,渴望),才能使句子通顺。
单选题 A. good at B. poor in C. excel in D. indifferent to
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】be good at固定搭配,指“善于,擅长于”。本句讲亚洲领导者善于通过直接交流建立人际关系。Poor in“在……素质差”;excel in“在……精通”是动词词组;indifferent to“对……漠不关心”。
单选题 A. throughout B. through C. thereby D. during
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】这里填入的词应引起一方式状语,放选through“通过……的方式”。throughout“贯穿”;thereby“因此”,是一副词;during“在……期间”通常表示时间,不表示方式。
单选题 A. vital B. utmost C. ultimate D. chief
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】while引起一个让步状语从句,分析一下题意,应当是“尽管面对面的交流是非常重要的,但在今天规模较大的商业中却远远不够。”vital意为“重要的,重大的”,符合文意。utmost“极度的,极端的”,ultimate“最后的,终极的”,chief“要的,主要的”常用作定语,不做表语。
单选题 A. Unlike B. Like C. As D. With
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】上段讲亚洲领导人善于通过直接交流建立人际关系,但不善于全用大众传媒。本段又着重对比亚洲领导者与西方领导者的差别,所以选Unlike“与……不同”。
单选题 A. colleagues B. cooperators C. coordinators D. counterparts
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】colleagues“同事”,cooperators“合作者”和coordinators“协调者”用在此处都不恰当。因为这里谈的是东西方领导者,他们之间是对等的关系,所以选counterparts“对应的人或物”。
单选题 A. abundance B. want C. need D. lack
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】abundance“大量”,want“需求”和need“需求”都不合文意。lack“缺少”是正确答案。意思是“问题更多地在于亚洲领导者缺乏应有的专业支持”。
单选题 A. available B. accessible C. disposable D. transferable
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】available“能够得到的”做后置定语,修饰support,是正确答案。
单选题 A. resigned B. assigned C. awarded D. distributed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】assigned“委派”符合文意。resigned“离职”,awarded“颁发给”和distributed均不合文意。本题意思是“在大多数亚洲的公司里公共关系这个职能要么不存在,要么委以日常的杂事……”。
单选题 A. cooperation B. corporate C. incorporate D. commercial
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】从句子结构来看,这里缺少一个形容词做前置定语,故排除名词cooperation“合作”和动词incorporate“把……结合,纳入”。commercial“商业的”是一个形容词,但不合文意。因为上一句一直在谈公司里的公共关系部门,所以这里应选corporate“公司的”。
单选题 A. competitive B. competitors C. competing D. competent
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】competent“有能力胜任的”符合文意。competitive“竞争的”,competitions“竞争者”和competing“参赛的”都不合文意。
单选题 A. in B. into C. with D. within
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】这是一个固定搭配involve sb.(sth.)in(doing)sth.“使某人参与某活动或陷入某种情况”。本句意思是“在亚洲迫切需要能够利用大众传媒使公众参与到自己的经济发展梦想中去的商业领导者。”
单选题 A. affect B. impact C. impetus D. impulse
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】have an impact on“对…有影响”,固定搭配。
单选题 A. now that B. unless C. though D. as
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】这里需要一个表示因果关系的连词,所以选as“因为”。now that“既然”;unless“除非”和though“尽管”都不合文意。
单选题 A. whenever B. whichever C. when D. whatever
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】这里需要一个定语从句修饰the day,所以选when。全题意思是“他们应该从现在就开始,因为他们被迫突然进入充满险境的大众传媒的时间指日可待了”。