2014年剑桥商务英语高级考试试题(三十一)

剑桥商务英语高级考试试题(三十一)

一、READING（PART ONE ）（共8小题,共8.0分）·Look at the statements below and at the five extracts from an article about Web hosting provider,its reseller and outsourcing. ·Which article (A, B, C, D or E) does each statement 1—8 refer to? ·For eac h statement 1—8, mark one letter (A, B, C, D or E) on your Answer Sheet. ·You will need to use some of these letters more than once.

第1题

A．

Hire With Your Head

Lou Adler，president of the Power Hiring consulting and training company，provides a systematic approach for finding，interviewing and hiring the best candidate for a job．He emphasizes making an objective assessment and，to this end，he provides techniques for overcoming first impressions．The book includes charts and checklists that highlight important points．This well-organ-lzed guide to effective hiring is hig hly recommended to company owners，human resource per-sonnel and managers involved in the hiring process．Alert job seekers may also find it useful to learn what a good interview will demand．

B．

Hiring the Best

Any manager with hiring authority knows that selecting the‘right’candidate for any position is a nervewracking task．Author Martin Yate'S basic book can help inexperienced managers hire effectively，although this useful primer on interviewing and hiring is a little wordy．Yates provides great detail about key steps，such as when to schedule a phone interview，what to ask and how to conduct an interview．He even provides numerous sample questions for each major job category，from entry level to management．

C．

Ask the Right Questions，Hire the Best People

This book boasts of a list of questions designed to make your interviews effective in weeding out the pretenders and uncovering that dream hire．The book's real value is in its list of interview questions，with accompanying comments on what answers you should be looking for．It seems impossible that you could read this book and not stumble over one question that makes you smile and tuck it away to spring later on some unsuspecting interviewee．This book will prove useful for human resource professionals or any manager charged with hiring．

D．

Hiring and Keeping the Best People

This book covers a huge amount of valuable information about hiring and retaining a great workforce．If more companies followed its fivestep hiring process，not only would talented employees face greater competition for their services，companies would get better staffers and the fit of workers to their jobs would improve．The

book demonstrates an awareness of the realities of diversity in the modern workplace and the expectations employees have about worklife balance.

This handy guide is clear and concise，and is highly recommended to anyone involved in the hiring and retention process．

E．

How to Hire a Champion

David Snyder，a business consultant with a psychology graduate degree from Harvard，believes that managers must be able to evaluate applicants'personality traits to hire the right people．His assertions are hard to dispute．His book is Ioaded with good advice，although the writing can get choppy and repetitive．Still，it is strongly believed Snyder provides solid，practical and useful information．When you think how hard it is to live withor discard-an incorrect hire，you'll want to be sure you take on the right people．

The author of the book is a graduate from a famous university．

【正确答案】：E

【本题分数】：1.0分

【答案解析】

本题答案很明确，参见E篇的第一句话“DaVid snycler，a business eonsultant with a psychology gracluate degree from Harvard…”其中介绍了作者是“一个商务顾问，拥有哈佛大学心理学硕士学位”，由此可以判断E为正确答案。

第2题

The book can also be helpful for job applicants．

【正确答案】：A

【本题分数】：1.0分

【答案解析】

A篇主要介绍的是用人单位有效招聘人才的方法和技巧，但其最后一句话也提到“聪明的求职者将发现本书有助于他们了解何为成功的面试”，因此与题干相符，答案为A。

第3题

People newly involved in recruitment may find this book particularly useful 【正确答案】：B

【本题分数】：1.0分

【答案解析】

B篇详细介绍了一本关于如何择优招工的入门之作，其中的第二句话提到“basic book can help inex-perienced managers hire effectively…”(本书能够有效地帮助那些缺乏经验的人事经理)，因此正好符合题干的内容。

第4题

You may make use of the questions in the book to eliminate candidates who are not serious·

【正确答案】：C

【本题分数】：1.0分

【答案解析】