填空题 Read the article below about working in international teams. Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(8-12), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. There is an example at the beginning(0). International teamsAn international team can be defined as a group of people who come from different nationalities and work together towards a common goal.(0) 1G 2The fact that they are spread out presents a range of opportunities and challenges that teams working in the same place do not experience.One trend, in particular, which is creating the need for more international teams, is that we are in the middle of a dramatic information revolution.【P1】 3 Thus, these teams can now spend as much time working apart as together. They can access and share information as never before. Business will increasingly be done in an 'information space', with information becoming a product in its own right.【P2】 4 Doing this through the internet and e-mail is inexpensive and relatively easy, in both technologically developed and developing countries.A question commonly asked by managers is whether these teams actually work. Can they deliver improved performance? After a decade of work experience and research with international teams, I believe the answer is positive.【P3】 5 What's more, many of those companies which have actually introduced international teams have focused only on the performance of the teams, without taking into account the context in which they are introduced. Context plays a key role in the likelihood of their success.Creating the right context for international teams needs more than a quick fix, though. It requires a long-term commitment.【P4】 6On the contrary, companies need to focus on the way they operate, and possibly initiate a complete review of their practices, before introducing an international team.Given these challenges, what should organisations do to make sure that their international teams are successful? Much has been written about effective team processes in general, and the first thing to say is that most of these guidelines apply equally to international teams. Experience has shown that international teams are simply more complex versions of national teams. 【P5】 7While these elements may have a variety of interpretations in different cultures, they are as important to international teams as they are to national teams.Example:

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