在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】　__1__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 __2__ than male managers?
Some research __3__ the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, __4__greater cooperativeness, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a __5__ to bring emotional factors to bear __6__ making workplace decisions. These differences are seen 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) __11__ differs from the command-and-control style traditionally used by male managers. __12__ 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 things reflect __15__ 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.”
1 A) As B) When C) Although D) Since
2 A) confronted B) commanded C) confined D) committed
3 A) supports B) argues C) opposes D) ignores
4 A) for example B) such as C) just like D) for instance
5 A) willingness B) loyalty C) sensitivity D) virtue
6 A) by B) in C) at D) with
7 A) therefore B) whereas C) because D) nonetheless
8 A) help B) enable C) make D) direct
9 A) evidently B) precisely C) aggressively D) effectively
10 A) developed B) invented C) discovered D) located
11 A) who B) that C) why D) how
12 A) Used B) Using C) To use D) Use
13 A) encourage B) dismiss C) engage D)disapprove
14 A) enhance B) enlarge C) ignore D) degrade
15 A) your B) one’s C) her D) their
16 A) managers B) women C) employees D) males
17 A) faithful B) powerful C) skillful D) thoughtful
18 A) situation B) ststus C) circumstance D) position
19 A) predicted B) proclaimed C) defied D) diagnosed
20 A) into B) at C) as D) for

【单选题】The committee members agreed to the proposal that the issue ______ to immediate voting.
A．is to be put
B．be put
C．should put
D．must be put

【单选题】The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage (51) in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is (52) higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (53) as widespread as it was several decades ago. (54) ofAmerican adults who are married (55) from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried (56) their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent ofAmericans married at some (57) in their lives.Experts (58) that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied (59) over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. (60) , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous generation in U. S. history.
A、projectB、plan
C、promise
D、propose

【单选题】Woman: Did you really work all of these problems without any help from the bookMan: Well, most of them anyway.Question: What does the man imply
A．Most of the problems were in the book.
B．He did need help on a few problems.
C．There's more than one way to do the problem.
D．There were really too many problems to do.

【单选题】In speaking, the choice of words is of the utmost importance.But too often careless use of words ______ a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener.
A、stirsB、prevents
C、destroys
D、offers

【单选题】thE ConCEpt oF thE FAmily is DiFFiCult to DEFinE. pArt oF thE DiFFiCulty is thAt in EvEryDAy lAnguAgE, thE tErm FAmily is usED to DEsCriBE A numBEr oF rElAtionships. thEsE rAngE From thE BiologiCAl, nuClEAr FAmily oF mothEr, FAthEr, AnD ChilD AnD siBlings, to thE morE ExtEnDED FAmily whiCh inCluDEs sEvErAl gEnErAtions oF BlooD rElAtivEs or rElAtivEs through mArriAgE, to ClosE AnD intimAtE FriEnDs, EvEn to humAnkinD, or thE "FAmily oF mAn. "
thE wiDE vAriAtion in EvEryDAy usAgE is lEss AppArEnt in FormAl DEFinitions, But EvEn hErE thErE is A lACk oF ConsEnsus. FormAl DEFinitions Do not AlwAys Fit inFormAl DEFinitions. thE u. s.BurEAu oF thECEnsus, whiCh CollECts inFormAtion usED By soCiAl sCiEntists, DEFinEs FAmily As "A group oF two or morE pErson rElAtED By BlooD, mArriAgE, or ADoption AnD rEsiDing togEthEr in A housEhol
D、"A、housEholD is ComprisED oF "All pErsons who oCCupy A housing unit, thAt is, A housE, An ApArtmEnt, or othEr group oF rooms, or A singlE room thAt ConstitutEs sEpArAtE living quArtErs. " this DEFinition ConsiDErs thE FAmily in tErms oF only its struCturE AnD lEgAl stAtus, not thE quAlitiEs oF thE rElAtionship or its FunCtions or ACtivitiEs. thECEnsusBurEAu thus woulD ACCEpt As A FAmily two lEgAlly rElAtED pEoplE who hAtED EACh othEr AnD wErE just living togEthEr For thEir mutuAl EConomiC ADvAntAgE. thEir DEFinition Also inCluDEs sExuAl AnD nonsExuAl rElAtions; mArriED womEn AnD mEn living togEthEr in sExuAl unions ArE FAmiliEs, But so ArE BrothErs AnD sistErs living togEthEr in nonsExuAl unions.
mAny soCiAl sCiEntists oFtEn Distinguish BEtwEEn thE FAmily oF origin AnD thE FAmily oF proCrEAtion (生殖, 生产). most oF us ArE simultAnEously mEmBErs oF two FAmiliEs: thE FAmily oF origin, into whiCh wE ArE Born AnD oF whiCh wE ArE AlwAys ConsiDErED A mEmBEr, EvEn iF wE lEAvE it, AnD thE FAmily oF proCrEAtion, whiCh wE join As ADults For thE purposE oF proCrEAtion AnD rEAring ChilDrEn. somE soCiAl sCiEntists Also Distinguish mArriAgE From FAmily AnD sEE thE two As inDEpEnDEnt oF onE AnothEr. thEy ArguE thAt thE FAmily CAn Exist rEgArDlEss oF whEthEr thE CouplE is mArriE
D、thEy sEE mArriAgE As A puBliC CErEmony whiCh joins togEthEr two kinship groups AnD in so Doing lAys out somE importAnt rights ovEr ChilDrEn, DomEstiC Authority, AnD sExuAl mAttErs. mArriAgE is Also thE rituAl through whiCh ChilDrEn ArE mADE lEgitimAtE in thE EyEs oF thE pArEnts AnD thE soCiEty. mArriAgE thErEForE is A soCiAl CErEmony, whErEAs FAmily nEED not BE.
this pAssAgE is mAinly ConCErnED with ______.
A、thE DEFinition oF thE ConCEpt oF FAmily
B、thE DiFFErEnCE BEtwEEn FAmily AnD mArriAgE
C、thE DiFFErEnCE BEtwEEn housEholD AnD FAmily
D、thE importAnCE oF FAmily in soCiEty

【单选题】______the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.
A．To give
B．Given
C．Giving
D．Having given

【单选题】Man: How do most students find a job after they graduateWoman: They usually look for a job by searching the want ads in the newspaper.Question: What does the woman mean
A．Most students would like to work for a newspaper.
B．Most students find a job by reading advertisements.
C．Most students find it hard to get a job by reading advertisements.
D．Most students don't want jobs advertised in the newspapers.

【单选题】He always did well at school ______ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.
A．in spite of
B．regardless of
C．on account of
D．to case of