Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. network B. specify C. traditionally D. ingredient

E. uneasy F. additional G. culturally H. block

I. determine J. requirement K. critical

A multicultural person is someone who is deeply convinced that all cultures are equally good, enjoys learning the rich variety of cultures in the world, and most likely has been exposed to more than one culture in his or her lifetime.

You cannot motivate anyone, especially someone of another culture, until that person has accepted you. A multilingual salesperson can explain the advantages of a product in other languages, but a multicultural salesperson can motivate foreigners to buy it. That’s a(an) 【1】difference.

No one likes foreigners who are arrogant(自大的) about their own culture. The trouble is most people are arrogantly monocultural without being aware of it and even those who are can’t hide it. Foreigners sense monocultural arrogance at once and set up their own cultural barriers, which may effectively 【2】 any attempt by the monocultural person to motivate them.

Multiculturalism is a(an) 【3】 that has been neglected too often in hiring managers for international positions. Even if your company is not a multinational one, chances are you’re in touch with foreign customers or manufacturers. Do you have the right employee to build up the 【4】?

For 20-odd years, I’ve run an executive-search firm from Brussels. When clients ask us to find the right person for a new pan-European sales or management position, I start by asking them to 【5】 the qualifications their ideal candidate would have. Most often they list the same qualities they would want for a domestic position, but with the 【6】 requirement that the new manager be fluent enough in English, German and French to cope with faxes and email. It sometimes takes me hours to persuade clients that the linguistic (语言的)abilities they see as crucial are not enough.

Of course, it’s far more difficult to 【7】 candidates multiculturalism than it is to check their language skills—but it’s also a far more important 【8】 to success. I remember a company that asked me to check out a salesman they were planning to send to Mexico. He’d studied Spanish, and had grown up in New York City—the most 【9】 diverse place in America. But when I interviewed him, he turned out to have no concept of the great pride Mexicans took in their culture, and moreover he was 【10】 about Mexican restaurants and markets being dirty and unsafe. I rejected him just as Mexican buyers would have if he’d been selected for the job.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】K

【2】H

【3】J

【4】A

【5】B

【6】F

【7】I

【8】D

【9】G

【10】E

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了多元文化及其对工作的影响。

【1】考查形容词。句意：这是一个关键的区别。修饰名词difference用形容词，根据“A multilingual salesperson can explain the advantages of a product in other languages, but a multicultural salesperson can motivate foreigners to buy it.”可知此处表示“关键的”，故填K。

【2】考查动词。句意：外国人一下子就感受到了单一文化的傲慢，并设置了自己的文化壁垒，这可能会有效地阻止单一文化者试图激励他们。此处缺少动词作谓语，根据“Foreigners sense monocultural arrogance at once and set up their own cultural barriers,”可知此处表示“阻止”，故填H。

【3】考查名词。句意：多元文化是招聘经理在担任国际职位时常常被忽视的一项要求。分析句子结构可知此处缺少名词作表语，根据“that has been neglected too often in hiring managers for international positions.”可知此处表示“要求”，故填J。

【4】考查名词。句意：你有合适的员工来建立关系网吗？此处缺少名词作动词短语build up的宾语，根据“Even if your company is not a multinational one, chances are you’re in touch with foreign customers or manufacturers”可知此处指“网络、关系网”，故填A。

【5】考查动词。句意：当客户要求我们为一个新的泛欧销售或管理职位找到合适的人选时，我首先要求他们详细说明他们理想的候选人应该具备的资格。ask sb to sth表示“要求某人做某事”，此处需要填动词原形，根据“the qualifications their ideal candidate would have.”可知此处表示“详细说明”，故填B。

【6】考查形容词。句意：大多数情况下，他们列出的素质与国内职位的要求相同，但另外要求新任经理英语、德语和法语流利，足以应付传真和电子邮件。修饰名词requirement用形容词，根据“Most often they list the same qualities they would want for a domestic position, but with the”可知此处指“额外的”，故填F。

【7】考查动词。句意：当然，确定候选人的多元文化比检查他们的语言技能要困难得多，但这也是成功的一个重要因素。空前的to为不定式符号，此处需要填动词原形，根据“candidates multiculturalism than it is to check their language skills”可知此处表示“确定”，故填I。

【8】考查名词。句意同上。分析句子结构并结合句意可知此处缺少名词作表语，an ingredient to表示“通往……的一个要素”，故填D。

【9】考查副词。句意：他学过西班牙语，在纽约长大，那里是美国最具文化多样性的地方。修饰形容词diverse用副词，本文主要讨论的就是多元文化，因此此处表示“文化上”，故填G。

【10】考查形容词。句意：但当我采访他时，他竟然没有意识到墨西哥人在他们的文化中所表现出的巨大自豪感，而且他对墨西哥餐馆和市场肮脏和不安全感到不安。此处缺少形容词作表语，根据“about Mexican restaurants and markets being dirty and unsafe.”可知此处表示“不安的”，故填E。