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 __1__ than male managers?
Some research __2__ the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater __3__, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a __4__ to bring emotional factors to bear __5__ making workplace decisions. These differences are __6_ to carry advantages for companies, __7__ they expand the range of techniques that can be used to __8__ the company manage its workforce __9__.
A study commissioned by the International Women's Forum __10__ a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men) that __11__ from the command-and-control style __12__ used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women __13__ participation, share power and information, __14__ other people's self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these __15__ reflect their belief that allowing __16__ to contribute and to feel __17__ and important is a win-win __18__-good for the employees and the organization." The study's director __19__ that "interactive leadership may emerge __20__ the management style of choice for many organizations."
(本篇为03.1真题).
__1__1. A) confronted B) commanded C) confined D) committed
__2__2. A) supports B) argues C) opposes D) despises
__3__3. A) combination B) cooperativeness C) coherence D) correlation
__4__4. A) willingness B) loyalty C) sensitivity D) virtue
__5__5. A) by B) in C) at D) with
__6__6. A) disclosed B) watched C) revised D) seen
__7__7. A) therefore B) whereas C) because D) nonetheless
__8__8. A) help B) enable C) support D) direct
__9__9. A) evidently B) precisely C) aggressively D) effectively
__10__10. A) developed B) invented C) discovered D) located
__11__11. A) derives B) differs C) descends D) detaches
__12__12. A) inherently B) traditionally C) conditionally D) occasionally
__13__13. A) encourage B) dismiss C) disapprove D) engage
__14__14. A) enhance B) enlarge C) ignore D) degrade
__15__15. A) themes B) subjects C) researches D) things
__16__16. A) managers B) women C) employees D) males
__17__17. A) faithful B) powerful C) skillful D) thoughtful
__18__18. A) situation B) status C) circumstance D) position
__19__19. A) predicted B) proclaimed C) defied D) diagnosed
__20__20. A) into B) from C) as D) for
参考答案及解析:
1. D confront面对，遭遇；command命令，指挥；confine有限的，狭窄的；committed(对事业，本职工作尽忠的)
2. A despise轻视，厌恶，根据下文可知，这些研究是支持而不是反驳这种观点，只有support为支持的意思
3. B 根据下文，强调affiliation,attachment的自然就是cooperativeness合作了。
4. A willingness愿意，自发
5. B bear sth. in sth.(one's mind)心里怀有，铭记在心
6. D be seen to...被视为...
7. C nonetheless=nevertheless虽然如此；whereas虽然，反之；这两词表转折，先排除。根据句意，是表因而不是果，故选because
8. A 只有help可以接不带to的不定式。
9. D effectively有效的
10. C
11. B differ from 区别，不同
12. B traditionally 传统上的
13. A encourage 鼓励
14. A enhance提高，增强
15. D things事情
16. C 根据88题后的employee可以轻易得到答案
17. B powerful强大的和后面的important重要的相呼应。
