单选题
Employment Opportunities for Graduates
with the Provincial Bank

The provincial Bank is one of the biggest fiscal institutions in the U. K. . With its 1,900 branches and 58,000 employees, it has (19) a household name. Almost 4,000 of these employees (20) managerial or executive positions. The bank has an outstanding (21) of profitability, which has been achieved by introducing innovations as maintaining leadership of the (22) The bank's comprehensive training programme concentrates on (23) the most important skills that graduates need in order to (24) early management responsibility. Trainees take responsibility for their own continuous self-development through visiting other branches and departments, and by (25) courses in management skills. They also receive training in order to increase their knowledge of the bank's (25) The bank supports (27) of staff who wish to take professional examinations, and its Graduate Training Scheme is (28) to the nationally recognized Diploma in Management. Obviously the quality of its mangers is of (29) importance to the bank's performance. It welcomes good graduates in any subject area, (30) they can demonstrate the ability to influence events, and have the potential to (31) both as leaders and as part of a team. Most graduate trainees join the Retail Banking division initially. Those starting on this programme will soon have the (32) to work in other parts of the bank and can (33) a varied and flexible working life.

单选题 A. opened B. entered C. turned D. become
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“它已经成为家喻户晓的名字”。选项C项的turn电有“变成”的意思,但是要用turn into。只有选项D的become合适。
单选题 A. hold B. do C. keep D. own
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“大约有4000名雇员居子经理或主管职位”,选项B项的do后而要跟工作,选项C项的keep意为“保持”,选项D项的 own是“拥有一件东西”的意思。只有A项的hold合适。
单选题 A. career B. catalogue C. record D. experience
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“拥有出色的盈利记录”,选项A意为“事业”,选项B意为“目录”,选项D意为“经历”。
单选题 A. area B. trade C. record D. market
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“成为贸易的领军人物”,选项A意为“领域”,选项C意为“记录”,选项D意为“市场”。
单选题 A. making B. reaching C. developing D. heightening
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“挖掘最重要的技能”,develop 意为“开发,挖掘”,常跟抽象名词。
单选题 A. present B. treat C. deal D. handle
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本空应填表示“处理”的词汇,选项C和D都有这个意思,但是deal是不及物动词,后面必须跟with。所以要选择D项的handle。
单选题 A. observing B. attending C. involving D. staying
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“参加管理技能课程”,要用attend。参加什么活动,经常用到attend这个词。还有几个表示参加的join,take part in, participate in。
单选题 A. services B. goods C. creations D. abilities
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处表示“银行的服务”,选项B意为“商品”,选项C意为“创造”,选项D意为“能力”。
单选题 A. colleague B. members C. people D. persons
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 选项B项的members有“会员”的意思,此处意为“员工中的一员”,也可以用member。其他的填上去都不合适,选项A意为“同事”,选项C、D意为“人”。
单选题 A. qualified B. combined C. fastened D. linked
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] be linked to...为固定搭配,意为“与…… 相关”。
单选题 A. main B. vital C. necessary D. superior
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] be of importance相当于形容词important。此处意为“有非常关键的重要性”,应该用选项B项的vital。选项A意为“主要的”,选项C意为“必须的”,选项D意为“卓越的”。
单选题 A. therefore B. thus C. provided D. only
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“它欢迎优秀毕业生来到这一领域,因此毕业生们能展现自己的能力”,therefore前后是因果关系。
单选题 A. succeed B. realize C. gain D. overcome
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“他们有潜力成功成为领导者或团队中的一部分”,选项B意为“实现”,选项C意为“获得”,选项D意为“克服”。
单选题 A. choice B. chance C. likelihood D. probability
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“有机会去其他部门工作”,have the chance to do sth...表示“有机会做某事”。选项A的choice意为“选择”,选项C的likelihood和D项的probability表示“可能性”。
单选题 A. forecast B. believe C. suppose D. expect
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 选项D的expect意为“预期,期望”。选项A的forecast意为“预报”,选项B的believe意为“棚信”,选项C的suppose意为 “假定,认为”。