单选题Directions:There are 10 blanks in the following passage.
For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single
line through the center. When women do become
managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job? Are
they better, or worse, managers than men? Are women more highly motivated and
{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}than male managers?
Some research {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}the idea that women
bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as great
cooperativeness, an emphasis on attachment, and a {{U}} {{U}} 3
{{/U}} {{/U}}to bring emotional factors to bear in making workplace decisions.
These differences are seen to carry advantages for companies, {{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}they expand the range of techniques that can be
used to {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}the company manage its
workforce effectively. A study commissioned by the
International Women's Forum discovered a management style used by some women
managers (and also by some men) that {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}}
{{/U}}from the command-and-control style traditionally used by male managers.
Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women {{U}} {{U}} 7
{{/U}} {{/U}}participation, share power and information, enhance other
people's self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these
{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}reflect their belief that allowing
employees to contribute and to feel powerful and important is a win-win
{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}—good for the employees and the
organization." The study's director {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}}
{{/U}}that "interactive leadership may emerge as the management style of choice
for many organizations."
【答案解析】本题所填的名词和前面的cooperativeness和emphasis平行，都是表示女性自身的态度，并且要求和to连用。willingness后接to，表示“愿意，乐意”，可以反映女性的态度，所以选A。D项virtue是表示外界对某人评价的词，和前面的cooperativeness，emphasis在用词上缺乏连贯，而且virtue后面一般跟of，如has the virtue of sth. “具有……美德，优点”。B项loyalty意为“忠诚，忠心”，C项sensitivity意为“灵敏(度)，灵敏性”。