单选题 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 (51) than male managers?
Some research (52) the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as great cooperativeness, an emphasis on attachment, and a (53) to bring emotional factors to bear in making workplace decisions. These differences are seen to carry advantages for companies, (54) they expand the range of techniques that can be used to (55) 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 (56) from the command-and-control style traditionally used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women (57) participation, share power and information, enhance other people's self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these (58) reflect their belief that allowing employees to contribute and to feel powerful and important is a win-win (59) —good for the employees and the organization. " The study's director (60) that "interactive leadership may emerge as the management style of choice for many organizations. /

单选题 A. confronted B. commanded C. confined D. committed
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题在句子层面考查形容词的使用。and暗示所填形容词和motivated都是属于一个范围内的褒义词,所以选D项committed“尽职的,效忠的”。其他词都不是褒义形容词。A项confronted意为“使面临;对抗”;B项commanded意为“命令;掌握”;C项confined意为“被限制的;狭窄的”。
单选题 A. supports B. argues C. opposes D. despises
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查动词,要么填A项supports“支持”,要么填C项opposes“反对”。综合全段来看,后面有一句作者的观点句(These differences are...)提到妇女不同的风格会给公司带来好处,证实了“不同”是存在的。本句中that后面的定语从句是修饰the idea的,表示妇女会带来不同的态度和技能的某种观点。而某些研究支持了这个观点,如果不支持的话,后面作者也不会说差别会带来好处,所以选A。B项argues意为“争论;认为”(主语一般为人,sb. argues that...);D项despises意为“轻视”。
单选题 A. willingness B. loyalty C. sensitivity D. virtue
【正确答案】 A
【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”。
单选题 A. therefore B. whereas C. because D. nonetheless
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考查连接词的使用。本题前半句作者表达了自己的观点,后半句是用来解释前半句的,两个分句之间存在的是因果关系,故应选C项because。A项therefore意为“因此”,B项whereas意为“然而”,D项nonetheless意为“虽然如此;但是”。
单选题 A. help B. enable C. support D. direct
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题所填动词和techniques相关,表明“技巧,方法”的用途,所以选A项help。B项enable的用法为enable sb, to do sth.,本句中没有to,故不能选。
单选题 A. derives B. differs C. descends D. detaches
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】几个动词都可以和from连用。但是因为本句是讲女性和男性的不同,所以只能选B项differs“不一致,不同”。A项derives意为“得自,起源”;C项descends意为“下降;遗传”;D项detaches意为“分开,分离”。
单选题 A. encourage B. dismiss C. disapprove D. engage
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查动词。interactive leadership暗示答案,也就是说和答案相关。既然女性具有交互式的(经理和雇员互动的)领导风格,那么就会和传统的男性命令式(单向的)不同,那么女性应该是A项encourage“鼓励”来自雇员的参与。
单选题 A. themes B. subjects C. researches D. things
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】所填名词概括了上面一句话:女性的种种和男性不同的做法。所以填D项things“做法,事实”。A项themes意为“题目,主题”;B项subjects意为“题目,主题;学科”;C项researches意为“研究”。
单选题 A. situation B. status C. circumstance D. position
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查名词。因为从语义上,B和D可以马上排除,所以实际上只考查了A和C之间的辨析。A项situation意为“局面,形势,状况,事态”;C项circumstance意为“环境,情形,情况”。win-win situation是一种固定说法,表示“双赢局面”。
单选题 A. predicted B. proclaimed C. denied D. diagnosed
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】C项denied意为“否认,不承认”;D项diagnosed意为“诊断”;可以马上排除。A项predicted“预测”和B项proclaimed“宣布,声明”,都可以用在本题的句型中。但是因为本段仅仅讲了一个研究的结果,这个结果是否可以广泛应用还未可知,所以如果用proclaim就过头了,只能说预测,表达一种不确定性。另外,句子中的may也表示不确定。