题目

题型：不详难度：来源：

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
With the development of society, hiring qualified people is becoming more and more difficult. Employers who can 31 prejudice from the process will surely gain a big advantage 32 his opponents.
As a manager, Miss Tiffany is 33 for interviewing applicants for some of the 34 with her company. During one interview, she noticed that the 35 never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and a little 36 because she liked the person on the whole.
He had a perfect resume and gave good 37 to her questions, 38  the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy”. Several days later, she decided to offer the job to her _39 choice. “It wasn’t until I 40 a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany says. What she hadn’t known at that time was that that person behaved 41 was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an Asian-American 42_ in a family where 43   for those in authority was shown by avoiding your eyes.
“Attending the diversity workshop helped me  44  how much I could learn by simply asking questions and creating dialogues with employees,  45  making assumptions and trying to be a know-it-all,” Miss Tiffany admits. “The biggest thing I  46  from the workshop is learning how to be more ‘inclusive(包容的)’ to  47_ .”
“I was just _48 by the lack of eye contact, not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out, but will not miss that opportunity again.”
Many of us have had similar problems with 49 we consider as different. As the world is becoming smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming necessary to 50 our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions.
31. A. replace                      B. remove                    C. refresh                            D. recover
32. A. of                         B. above                       C. over                         D. on
33. A. desperate                   B. responsible               C. ready                      D. punctual
34. A. positions                    B. businesses                 C. conditions                D. trades
35. A. employer                   B. opponent                  C. client                       D. candidate
36. A. disappointed           B. excited                        C. worried                    D. annoyed
37. A. Suggestions            B. Responses                 C. impressions                    D. comments
38. A. so                         B. and                          C. or                               D. but
39. A. first                           B. immediate                C. second                            D. careless
40. A. closed                    B. started                      C. attended                   D. organized
41. A. politely                  B. carelessly                 C. skillfully                  D. differently
42. A. raised                    B. found                       C. treated                            D. adopted
43. A. concern                        B. envy                        C. respect                            D. sympathy
44. A. imagine                        B. realize                      C. predict                            D. expect
45. A. other than                  B. rather than                C. more than                 D. less than
46. A. cut away                    B. put away                  C. gave away                D. took away
47. A. misunderstandings      B. shortcomings            C. faults                       D. mistakes
48. A. impressed                  B. confused                  C. refused                     D. depressed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
49. A. behaviors                   B. words                      C. habits                       D. thoughts
50. A. ignore                   B. express                     C. limit                        D. expand

答案

31~50 BCBAD   ABDCC    DACBB    DABAD

解析

略