Passage 2Questions 8—12 ● Read the article below about a psychologist’s advice to managers. ● Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps. ● For each gap 8-12, mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet. ● Do not use any letter more than once. ● There is an example at the beginning, (0). If overflowing in-trays frighten you or solving problems makes you sweat, there’s new range of business books called The Management Guides that you can turn to with confidence. (0)______. In addition, they’re written in accessible language by Kathy Harman, a chartered occupational psychologist who heads her own London-based consultancy business. She says that the guides are intended for professionals working in small British companies, where thinking about management can be a low priority because of endless lists of other responsibilities. (8)______. After this initial message to the reader the following pages contain sections on every aspect of business, from managing your own time and selecting employees to planning ahead for the future. One of the reasons Harman wrote these guides was that she knows not every business is able to invest in training. The difficulty, especially for small businesses, is that, “People are professionals first and foremost and somehow they are just expected to pick up management skills as they go along.” (9)______. And becoming one, she recognizes, is especially difficult if you’re not used to communicating effectively or delegating work. She adds, “It’s all very well managing areas that you have control over and you can do all the planning you feel is necessary, but there are always going to be other people out there who do the most unexpected things.” (10)______. Such a choice of approaches is essential to any business. This can only be achieved by managers having good, friendly relationships with all their staff and business contacts. “The important thing in management,” says Harman, “is the human element.” Her advice to managers everywhere is to maintain professionalism at all times. “If you’ve ever managed anyone,” she says, “you’ll know that you’re not allowed to be fed up because when the staff come to you, they don’t want to know about your problems, they want their problems solved.” Harman feels confident about making such an analysis because of her years of training as an occupational psychologist. (11)______. “What you find there is that most senior managers have had some kind of psychological training, while in this country most managers get their management psychology second-hand by listening to other managers.” The overall message from Harman is a simple one, and it’s got nothing to do with technology or databases. (12)______. “More and more managers,” she says, “are realizing this and beginning to appreciate that without the right staff at all levels, you really haven’t got a business. People are your principal resource.” A. And when they do, managers need a variety of strategies to fall back on. B. This, of course, is unlikely to be easy, because being an expert in your field doesn’t necessarily make you a good manager. C. The question that most of them ask is, “Can we actually afford a management training course?” D. Although this area of study is becoming more acceptable in the business world, Britain is a long way behind the rest of Europe. E. It’s about creating a working environment that promotes the post room to the board room. F. This is illustrated at the beginning of each guide with the quote. “This book is for those who would like to manage better but are too busy to begin.” G. They’re short, pocket-sized, and very reasonably priced at £2.99 each.
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8.F 该空作为第二段的段首句,起到承上启下的作用。选项F中的this指的就是上一段最后一句提到的书的适用范围,该选项谈论了书开头部分的内容,指出“这一点(适用范围)会在每一指南的开头部分引用……”,而该空下一句谈论了该书后几页的内容,如此一来上下文连贯。其中F项中的the beginning of和下一句中的the following pages相呼应。 9.B 该空后一句谈到“她认识到成为其中之一尤其困难……。关键是要弄清楚becoming one指的是什么。选项B提到“……在你的领域是专家不见得会使你成为一个好经理”。这里make you a good manager与后一句中的becoming one内容相一致。 10.A 该空后一句谈论选择这些方法策略的重要性,选项A谈到“经理要借助一系列策略(a variety of strategies)”,对应后一句中的Such a choice of approaches,含义衔接流畅、自然。 11.D 第六段首先指出书的作者在职业心理学方面受过多年培训,后面谈到的是该作者所发现的结果,其中提到this country。由此可以推测空缺句一定提到了某个国家。剩余选项中只有D项提到了Britain。 12.E 前一句提到“it’s got nothing to do with…”(它不是关于…),其中it指的是overall message,而E项出现“It’s about…”(它是关于…),内容具有连贯性和一致性。