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1、XXXX 年下半年商务英语中级年下半年商务英语中级 BECBEC 备考阅读备考阅读 材料材料 Do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion.以下是小编为大家搜索整理的 XX 年下半年商务 英语中级 BEC 备考阅读材料，希望能给大家带来帮助!更多 精彩内容请及时关注我们()! Issues in the recruitment world In the competitive world of investment banking, good
2、senior executives are not easy to find. So what should the industrys hard-pressed directors do when they need to find senior staff? Increasingly, they decide to call in the headhunters. These are busy and profitable times for the recruitment agencies that dominate the world of executive search and s
3、election. (0) .They needed new people to revitalise their operations, and the result has been a boom in the recruitment market. Pinnacle, a leading recruitment agency, has helped various UK investment banks to rebuild their entire senior management teams. It is hard to overstate the significance of
4、this. (8) But now everything has changed, and Pinnacle is not the only major player in the field. Some analysts believe that rival recruitment specialists ALT Associates has a larger share of the market. However, there is little doubt that over its 13- year history, Pinnacle and its chairman, Matthe
5、w Edwards, have built up an impressive reputation. Edwards estimates that his company controls between 10 and 15 per cent of the headhunting market for senior investment banking jobs in the UK. (9)Rather, it is the high-calibre jobs and people that Pinnacle deals with that define the companys succes
6、s. For example, the company was recently commissioned to find a new chairman for NBS Bank, a vacancy that was one of the most talked about in the banking world. Most HR directors recognise that headhunters such as Pinnacle play a valuable role in the recruitment process.(10)Some are concerned that a
7、 few companies, including Pinnacle, have too much power over high-level recruitment.(11)As Tim Davidson, HR Director at Cawfield Bank, explains, They can be kingmakers. These are the people who decide who gets a future and who doesnt. If Edwards forms a view about an individual, it can affect their
8、ability to get a particular job. That view could just have been formed on a bad day. (12) Final decisions in the selection process are always taken by his clients, he says, whoever they are. The role of headhunters should not be exaggerated. Many companies never use them. But as top executives are h
9、ard to find, there will always be a role for people like Matthew Edwards. A Although others may put it lower, it is important to remember that the companys reputation is not based on market share alone. B Their chief worry is that the headhunters can now make or break managerial careers. C According
10、 to Edwards, this is a further indication that the way Pinnacle searches for a candidate tends to favour a certain type of manager. D But this acceptance does not mean they are universally happy, either with the state of the market or with Pinnacles role within it. E Until a few years ago, even the
11、biggest companies were unlikely to use headhunters to fill more than one or two jobs a year. F Edwards objects to this suggestion, claiming that all he does is find candidates and encourage them to apply for a particular post. G A number of big investment banks recently decided to make changes to th
12、eir management boards after disappointing end-of-year results. 答案解析： Issues in the recruitment world ，招聘世界里的话题。围绕猎头公司(headhunter) 展开，说明了猎头公司的发展和重要性，以及用人单位对 猎头公司的一些疑问。第一段引出话题，说现在正是猎头 公司占领市场的时候。接下来几段顺序介绍了猎头市场的 发展阶段，从起步阶段(第二段的内容)，到逐步发家(第三 段)，当中列举了一个猎头公司的情况加以说明(第四段)， 然后第五段介绍了用人单位对猎头公司的一些质疑。最后 一段是总的概括。做这
13、种题一定要理清文章的逻辑顺序， 从整体上把握文章脉络。 第八题，第二段的最后一句。第二段是简单引出猎头 公司的起步，起步阶段并没有多少公司认识到猎头公司的 重要性，就如第八题前面的一句话所说：It is hard to overstate the significance of this。很难高估这个的 重要性，也就是说猎头公司的作用并没有被完全的认识到。 后面的空格应该相应的填入猎头公司不太被重视的句子。E 选项正好满足这个特点：直到几年前，甚至最大的公司都 不可能一年利用猎头公司来填补一两个职位。 第九题，主要是介绍 Pinnacle 这个猎头公司的情况。 前面说这个公司的市场份额在 10
14、%到 15%，空格后面一个 rather(相反)，说定义公司成功的应该是公司所处理的高 质量的工作和客户。中间应填入一个表转折意思的句子， 并且可能和公司的市场份额有关。A 句满足这个要求：虽然 其他人可能把它(指市场份额)估计得更低，但一个公司的 名声不仅仅是建立在市场份额基础上的。 第五段，集中填入三个句子，所以一定要从意思上进 行把握。这一段是用人单位对猎头公司的一些质疑，然后 猎头公司 Pinnacle 的主席 Edwards 进行了一些反驳。 这一段第一句话说人力资源部经理认为 Pinnacle 发挥 了很重要的作用，接着空格后面说的是 Some are concerned that
15、也就是一些人提出了担心，所以中间的 第十题应该填入表示转折意思的句子，而且可能是对猎头 公司发挥的作用的消极看法。D 满足这一要求：但是这种认 可不代表他们完全的高兴。BUT 是个关键的信号， acceptance 是指代前面人力资源经理们对猎头公司发挥作 用的认可。 第十一题，前面的句子是对猎头公司发挥作用的担心， 认为它们权力过大了。这一题后面的句子是引用一个人力 资源经理的解释，进一步说明猎头公司的影响力太大。所 以十一题也应该与此相关。B 符合：他们首要担心的是猎头 公司会创造或者破坏管理职业生涯。Worry 是关键词，同前 面的 concern 相对应，make or break managerial careers 也就是上下文所说的权利过大，简直拥有生杀大权。 第十二题，理解了前面的，不难做出选择。这里很明 显就是猎头公司为自己辩护。前面指责猎头公司的评价会 影响个人的选择。而空格后面是 Edwards 的解释，说最终 的决定权是掌握在客户自己手中。所以这一题很明显应该 填入对前面表示反驳的句子，也就是 F，object to，非常 明显的信号：Edwards 反对这种说法，声称他所做的无非就 是寻找候选人然后鼓励他们去申请某个特定的职位。
