单选题

Business Challenge

In 1994, the Boliari Limited, the holding company for Piccadilly Supermarkets, was founded The first supermarket was established the following year in Varna, a resort town on the Black Sea coast. Subsequent growth has been (19) By mid 2006 Piccadilly operated six supermarkets in Varna and two in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, together with six separate (20) format "Mambo" convenience stores. Plans are in (21) for expansion across Bulgaria with another two stores due to open shortly in different towns in the country.
Piccadilly's size and growth make it a significant (22) in the local economy and the company intends to be the leading supermarket in Bulgaria. Its (23) is on quality and it seeks to offer a wide range of goods in an attractive shopping environment (to provide shopping experience). The company's (24) is "load high spirits" and the aim is to (25) the high level of service achieved throughout the chain.
The average age of the staff is under 30 and the company (26) the recruitment of young people and students—over 50% of the current workforce are (27) in some form of university or college studies. Bulgarian higher education allows students to study for a (28) number of hours in the day and to live at home. Inevitably this (29) to recruitment produces some challenges: for some of the staff it is their first real job and some of them face difficulties adapting to a pattern of (30) work. Some have the option of seeking parental support for their studies, so attrition rates can be high, especially in the early stages. Moreover the company has a (31) of growing its management from within so the management staff have not always gained the breadth of (32) that comes with a mature workforce. Set against this the staffs are intelligent and many are willing to commit if the organization treats them fairly and offers them (33) opportunities.

单选题 A swift B fast C rapid D quick

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查的是近义词辨析。rapid“迅速的”，只表示运动着的物体或事物的本身状况，并不涉及单位时间内所越过的距离。如：rapid work，rapid current，rapid progress。
[干扰项解析] swift“迅速的，敏捷的”，强调动作的敏捷性；fast“快速的”，强调速度快，fast和rapid虽然有时可以互换使用，但它们有差异，fast强调物体进行相对运动，如a fast house, a fast train；quick“快的”，强调动作之快，表示事情发生得快，占用的时间少，也不涉及速度。

单选题 A longer B farther C more D smaller

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查的是对上下文的理解。前一句提到supermarket，后一句提到convenience stores便利店，八家超市，连同六家规模稍小的便利店，故选D。
[干扰项解析] longer，farther均不符合题意。“数字+more+名词”结构意为“再多……”，此句不含此意思，故more也不合适。

单选题 A post B way C form D hand

单选题 A strength B force C team D party

单选题 A analysis B basis C emphasis D crisis

单选题 A belief B motto C idea D goal

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查的是对上下文的理解及选项的含义。load high spirits“充满激情”，此句意为：公司的座右铭是“充满激情”，目标是在各个方面保持高水平的服务。motto“座右铭”，符合题意。
[干扰项解析] belief“信任，信仰”；idea“想法”；goal“目标”，与后一句的aim意思重复，故不适当。

单选题 A suspect B support C sustain D predict

单选题 A means B helps C ups D targets

单选题 A dismissed B engaged C devoted D invested

单选题 A limited B requested C secured D assured

单选题 A key B approach C model D attempt

单选题 A current B basic C regular D direct

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查的是四个选项的含义。句子大意是：对于一些员工，这是他们的第一份真正的工作，他们还不太适应这种正常的工作模式。此空对应前面提到的“real job”；regular“正常的，规律的”。
[干扰项解析] current“目前的”；basic“基本的”；direct“直接的”；均不合题意。

单选题 A rule B law C policy D regulation

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查的是近义词辨析。policy“政策，方针”，侧重于行事方法和行动路线；a policy of growing its management from within“从内部培养管理人员的政策”。
[干扰项解析] rule“规则，规律”，如language rules“语言规则”；regulation“规定，规章”，多用复数；law“法律，法规”。