商务英语考试

【单选题】

This Working LifeBy MaureenDowd
In the world of business, it is not always easy for women to do the (29) things as men.Consider the working dinner,
In order to do your job (30) ,it’s important to sometimes see clients and business contacts away (31) the office. In a more relaxed atmosphere, you can get to know your business partner (32) . In the end, after all, people do business with people they like.
Women start out (33) a disadvantage because, unless you’re Nancy Lopez or Navratilova, it’s (34) to invite men out for a game of golf or tennis. Men usually prefer (35) play sports with other men.
You might think that restaurants are the perfect playing fielD、But they can be dangerous grounD、 (36) people from the office see two men they know having dinner together, they think it’s business. If colleagues see a woman dining with a man, they often (37) if it’s another kind of business.
I’m still looking (38) the perfect solution.Breakfasts are out because I find it impossible to be pleas ant at 7A、m. over a bowl of muesli. I love lunching, but that’s usually a bad time for busy people, (39) if they are on the roaD、So that brings us back to dinner.
One answer is to take another colleague or client to dinner (40) no one can think it is a tete-a-tete. Of course, this isn’t always convenient. So when I can’t do this, I take guys out to dinner one-on-one--to places where I’m most likely to see colleagues. The more your colleagues see you doing working dinners with different men, the more they know it is part of your business style.
A、tough B、easyC、toughly
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
根据后面句子的提示可知男人喜欢与男性同伴一做运动，女性邀请男性打高尔夫或网球就比较困难一些。tough，“困难的棘手的”。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>