题目

PART TWO
Questions9– 14
Read the text about training progammes.
Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps .
For each gap 9– 14, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet .
Do not use any letter more than once .
There is an example at the beginning .(0)

REAL TRAINING FOR ALL-ACTION MANAGERS

Learning by doing is familiar to every manager sent on a training course. Invariably this involves role-play based on studies of long-ago triumphs and disasters from a relevant industry or organization. (0)_H_ The problem is, any experience of decision-making gained from role-play has one obvious shortcoming: it is not real life.

To tackle this dilemma, some of the best-known companies have set up the International Management Development Consortium, which provides a range of executive development programmes for staff members. (9)____ What this means is that they involve ‘action learning’ through real-life situations, and participants work as problem-solving consultants on projects within companies engaged in day-to-day business.

(10)____ Within this they also take training and refresher courses in traditional business skills such as finance, marketing, staff management and strategic planning. These disciplines are taught by a mix of academics, business people and senior managers from Consortium companies who also monitor the consultancy work.

More than 100 of these consultancy projects have been undertaken so far, and many more are to come. (11)____ Generally, those who choose to attend the course come from various countries, reflecting the multi-national nature of companies within the Consortium. (12)____ As a result of this cross-cultural exchange, the people on the course learn a great deal from each other- and often keep in contact on a professional level long after the end of their course.

The Consortium says language difficulties are not a problem when consultancies are undertaken for foreign companies on site. A translator is on hand to deal with difficulties which arise from technical terms or jargon.

(13)____ This is because they are not charged consultancy fees, although a nominal sum is payable for administration. The funding for the scheme is provided by each Consortium member who contributes to the cost of running the training courses, and the amount involved is considerably less than fees charged by leading business schools. (14)____ ‘it is,’ says the Chairman, ‘a real learning experience with techniques that can easily be used back at work..’

A They are being offered by companies who are aware of the benefits of the range of knowledge offered by the people on the course.

B As well as the savings, there are also the dividends it pays in the form of improved staff performance.

C The difference between these programmes and the average executive course, however, is that these courses are based on the concept of ‘live’ consultancy.

D In this way, participants can also benchmark themselves against the best members from a range of Consortium companies.

E This means that within every training group there will be a wide variety of experience, which is discussed and explored by the group.

F Typically, groups of up to six course members undertake projects as part of this development programme.

G Another major advantage is that these companies usually get their problems solved very cheaply.

H Managers are typically cast as key figures in these dramas, the comparisons are made later between how they dealt with the fictional situation and the actual event.

答案及讲解

参考答案：

9-10 C F
11-14 A E G B

讲解：

9.空白部分前面讲到一些公司设立专门的课程，为员工提供管理发展方面的programmes，下面应该要对这些programmes做详细的介绍，如果选择C，则前后都能连贯起来：前面提到programmes,紧接着说明这些Programmes与其他课程的区别在于基于现实的概念，随后空白部分后对其作出解释。
10.空白部分后说这些学员还接受哪些方面的训练，注意一个also，那么空白部分肯定也讲类似的内容，所以选择F。
11.空白前说已经有100多个项目，空白后说参加这些课程的人来自世界上不同的国家。所以中间选择A比较能够连贯起来。
12.前面讲学员的多元化，后面讲由于跨国文化交换，大家相互学习，中间选择E比较合适。
13.空白部分后面讲费用低的问题，而且用了because,讲述费用低的原因，那么空白部分肯定先提出来费用低这个话题。所以选择G。
14.空白部分后面引用权威人士的话说，学员在课程中学到的知识可以应用到工作中，所以前面肯定讲课程的作用，所以选择B比较合适，而且前面一段刚好讲了费用低的问题，用一个as well as the savings也能很好的与前面衔接。