单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best
word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Selection to participate in a top
executive-education program is an important rung on the ladder to top corporate
jobs. U. S. corporations {{U}}(1) {{/U}} billions of dollars in this
form of management development -- and use it to {{U}}(2) {{/U}} and
train fast-track managers. Yet one {{U}}(3) {{/U}} of executive
education found that less than 5% of the managers {{U}}(4) {{/U}} to
these high-profile programs are women -- and minorities are terribly
{{U}}(5) {{/U}} as well. The numbers are {{U}}(6)
{{/U}}. In regular business {{U}}(7) {{/U}} usually paid for by the
participant, not an employer -- there are plenty of women and minorities. Women,
for example, {{U}}(8) {{/U}} for about 30% of MBA candidates. Yet in the
{{U}}(9) {{/U}} programs paid for by corporations that round out a
manager's credentials at a {{U}}(10) {{/U}} career point, usually at age
40 or 45, companies are making only a {{U}}(11) {{/U}} investment in
developing female and minority executives. A case {{U}}(12) {{/U}}
point: Only about 30% of the 180 executives in Stanford's recent {{U}}(13)
{{/U}} management program were women. Most companies
say these days they are {{U}}(14) {{/U}} hiring and promoting women and
minorities-- and there are some {{U}}(15) {{/U}} trends in overall
employment and pay levels so why are companies {{U}}(16) {{/U}} the ball
when it {{U}}(17) {{/U}} executive education? The schools {{U}}(18)
{{/U}} that they are neither the cause of nor the cure for the problem. A
Harvard Business School dean figures that companies are {{U}}(19) {{/U}}
of sending their female executives {{U}}(20) {{/U}} they don't want to
lose them to competitors.
【答案解析】固定搭配题。本句举了与本句论点相关的实例。各项与point搭配分别表示beside the point“离题的,不相关的”;up to a point“在一定程度上,有一点”;in point“有关系的,相关的”;to the point“切题的”。根据固定搭配与句子意思判断,正确答案是C。
【答案解析】固定搭配题。题目给出的4个动词和ball搭配,是4个短语,意思分别是:drop the ball,“放弃努力”; carrying the ball“承担主要任务”;bouncing the ball“(对公众舆论、股票市场等)预作试探”;opening the ball“开始行动,开个头”。本句话的意思是“但为什么许多公司一提到管理培训时,就放弃呢?”根据下文关于不送女性接受培训的解释可知此空选A。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】固定搭配题。When it comes to是固定说法,意思是“当说到……时”。正确答案显然是B。