单选题 Directions: There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.
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单选题
  • A. individual
  • B. extinct
  • C. collective
  • D. controversial
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】任何一个公司的文化都可能有自己的特色，但一定要体现整个公司的理念或价值体系，而且要得到员工的认可，所以不可能是individual或controversial，应该是collective(集体的)。
单选题
  • A. If only
  • B. Just as
  • C. No sooner
  • D. As though
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】完形练习中，连词往往是不容易选择的，关键是思考两个句子之间的意义关系。if only往往与虚拟语气连用，表示“愿望”，而no sooner与than连用，其意义是“一……就……”，as though与as if意义接近，经常接虚拟语气，相当于汉语的“好像”。just as有时与so连用，其意义是“正如”。
单选题
  • A. with
  • B. upon
  • C. over
  • D. about
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】what...is all about是个很好的句式，表示“……的实质或目的”，如：A peaceful and healthy life is what retirement is all about.
单选题
  • A. go for
  • B. go into
  • C. go down
  • D. go by
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】go for：拥护，支持；go into：从事，进入；go down：流传，垮台，下降；go by：流逝，参照。elements that go into creating and defining a corporate culture的意义是“形成和定义公司文化所需的元素”。
单选题
  • A. in honor of
  • B. on behalf of
  • C. in terms of
  • D. in conflict with
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】in honor of：纪念，为……举行某种活动；on behalf of：代表，为了；in terms of：联系到，参照，在……方面，从……角度；in conflict with：与……矛盾。expressed in terms of the policies and procedures的意义是“通过决策和程序等方式表达出来的”。
单选题
  • A. come upon
  • B. relate to
  • C. interfere with
  • D. set about
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】come upon：偶然遇到(come across)；relate to：与……有联系(related to有时可与relating to互换，表示“有关”)；interfere with：干涉，干扰；set about：着手，开始。
单选题
  • A. forbidding
  • B. including
  • C. suppressing
  • D. governing
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】forbid：禁止；include：包括，包含；suppress：压抑，抑制，镇压；govern：支配，管理。
单选题
  • A. relations
  • B. opportunities
  • C. surroundings
  • D. difficulties
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】雇员有机会献计献策时，公司文化的气氛才是民主的，也有利于公司发展。have difficulty接doing。
单选题
  • A. inclusive
  • B. exclusive
  • C. conclusive
  • D. abusive
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】空白处前面说，如果每个雇员有机会提出建议提高公司工作效率，那么该公司文化就是……，后面又说这种文化有助于公司内部的自由交流沟通。从上下文中可以判断该空白处的词应该是褒义的。inclusive：包括的，包容的(“北京精神”的第三个词“包容”就翻译为inclusiveness)；exclusive：唯一的，非随便进入的，排他的；conclusive：结论性的，拍板的；abusive：虐待的，滥用的，侮辱性的。
单选题
  • A. among
  • B. amid
  • C. against
  • D. between
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】among与amid意义接近，但among后面的名称通常是复数的，而amid常接表示背景的词，如amid the confusion。虽然between常用于表示“两者之间”，但也用于“两者”以上的环境，如money divided between the three sons或trade relations between China, Japan and Russia。