When women do become managers, do they bring adifferent style and different skills to the job? Are theybetter, or worse, managers than men? Are womenmore highly motivated and __1__ than male managers?Some research __2__ the idea that women bringdifferent attitudes and skills to management jobs, suchas greater __3__, an emphasis on affiliation andattachment, and a __4__ to bring emotional factors tobear __5__ making workplace decisions. These differences are __6_ to carryadvantages for companies,__7__ they expand the range of techniques that can beused to __8__ the company manage its workforce __9__.A study commissioned by the International Women's Forum __10__ a managementstyle used by some women managers (and also by some men) that __11__ from thecommand-and-control style __12__ used by male managers. Using this "interactiveleadership" approach,"women __13__ participation, share power and information,__14__ other people's self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these__15__ reflect their belief that allowing __16__ to contribute and to feel __17__ andimportant is a win-win __18__-good for the employees and the organization." Thestudy's director __19__ that "interactive leadership may emerge __20__ themanagement style of choice for many organizations."
1. A) confronted B) commanded C) confined D) committed
2. A) supports B) argues C) opposes D) despises
3. A) combination B) cooperativeness C) coherence D) correlation
4. A) willingness B) loyalty C) sensitivity D) virtue
5. A) by B) in C) at D) with
6. A) disclosed B) watched C) revised D) seen
7. A) therefore B) whereas C) because D) nonetheless
8. A) help B) enable C) support D) direct
9. A) evidently B) precisely C) aggressively D) effectively
10. A) developed B) invented C) discovered D) located
11. A) derives B) differs C) descends D) detaches
12. A) inherently B) traditionally C) conditionally D) occasionally
13. A) encourage B) dismiss C) disapprove D) engage
14. A) enhance B) enlarge C) ignore D) degrade
15. A) themes B) subjects C) researches D) things
16. A) managers B) women C) employees D) males
17. A) faithful B) powerful C) skillful D) thoughtful
18. A) situation B) status C) circumstance D) position
19. A) predicted B) proclaimed C) defied D) diagnosed
20. A) into B) from C) as D) for
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D confront面对,遭遇;command命令,指挥;confine有限的,狭窄的;committed(对事业,本职工作尽忠的)
2. A despise轻视,厌恶,根据下文可知,这些研究是支持而不是反驳这种观点,只有support为支持的意思
3. B 根据下文,强调affiliation,attachment的自然就是cooperativeness合作了。
4. A willingness愿意,自发
5. B bear sth. in sth.(one's mind)心里怀有,铭记在心
6. D be seen to...被视为...
7. C nonetheless=nevertheless虽然如此;whereas虽然,反之;这两词表转折,先排除。根据句意,是表因而不是果,故选because
8. A 只有help可以接不带to的不定式。
9. D effectively有效的
10. C
11. B differ from 区别,不同
12. B traditionally 传统上的
13. A encourage 鼓励
14. A enhance提高,增强
15. D things事情
16. C 根据88题后的employee可以轻易得到答案
17. B powerful强大的和后面的important重要的相呼应。
18. A win-win situation双赢
19. A 根据后面句子里的情态动词may可知,研究主任的话是预测,不是宣布,故用predict.
20. C emerge as作为,以...的形式,此处意为“作为可供选择的管理模式”