单选题
Office Angels Employment Agency

14-16 Lockhart Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong
Tel 532 4365
Fax 532 4111
Dear Client,
Office Angels is advising businesses at as far ahead as possible to ensure guaranteed staff cover during holiday periods. There is now a (19) shortage of skilled secretarial and administrative staff and this is (20) to get worse in the next twelve months. Businesses which require staff with experience of specialist computer applications are the most at (21) . You are advised to (22) our agency well before the staff are actually needed to be certain of filling gaps with adequately (23) personnel. If you don't, it's almost (24) that you will be left without the skills needed to (25) your office running smoothly.
The (26) for the shortage of secretarial staff appears to be a combination of two (27) There has been an (28) in demand for secretarial services over the last few years, and at the same time there has been a (29) of students deciding to choose secretarial studies.
Office Angels Agency would (30) to emphasize that businesses should not underestimate the difficulty of (31) experienced temporary staff. It is also necessary to make the (32) that businesses should be prepared for the fact that they may have to pay more for this kind of (33) in the future.

单选题 A. hard B. serious C. sure D. strong
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题目意为“严重短缺”,应该选择B,选项A意为“艰难的”,选项C意为“确定的”,选项D意为“强壮的”。
单选题 A. hoped B. wanted C. expected D. prepared
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] be expected to do sth....意为:“预期或计划做某事”,题目意为“预期将会更加恶化”,而不是希望或者准备。
单选题 A. risk B. chance C. worry D. difficulty
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] at risk是固定短语,“有危险”。
单选题 A. confirm B. communicate C. contact D. command
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] contact意为“联系”,选项A意为“确认”,选项B意为“交流”,选项D意为“命令”。
单选题 A. lectured B. aided C. formed D. trained
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] trained意为“经过训练的”,trained personnel表示受过训练的员工。
单选题 A. positive B. correct C. right D. certain
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] it is certain that...意为:“几乎是一定的”,选项A意为“积极的”,选项B,C意为“正确的”,均不合题意。
单选题 A. save B. keep C. ensure D. continue
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“保持办公室正常运作”。选项A意为“挽救”,选项C意为“确保”,选项D意为“继续”。
单选题 A. reason B. purpose C. result D. problem
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“出现人才短缺的原因”。the reason for...为固定搭配。
单选题 A. articles B. matters C. factors D. subjects
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“两个因素”,选项A意为“文章”,选项B意为“事件”,选项D意为“对象”。
单选题 A. enlargement B. increase C. addition D. upgrade
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“需求的增加”,an increase in demand for...为常用搭配。
单选题 A. lack B. need C. requirement D. few
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] lack意为“缺少”,a lack of...为固定用法。
单选题 A. request B. desire C. ask D. like
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] would like to do sth....固定句式“想要做某事”。
单选题 A. achieving B. obtaining C. realizing D. earning
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] obtain意为“获得,获取”,选项A意为 “达到”,选项C意为“实现”,选项D意为“赚得”。
单选题 A. point B. idea C. position D. subject
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] make the point that...为常用搭配意为“注意,确保”。
单选题 A. offer B. delivery C. product D. service
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] service意为“服务”,选项A意为“提供”,选项B意为“传送”,选项C意为“产品”。