When 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 (51) than male managers
Some research (52) the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as great cooperativeness, an emphasis on attachment, and a (53) to bring emotional factors to bear in making workplace decisions. These differences are seen to carry advantages for companies, (54) they expand the range of techniques that can be used to (55) the company manage its workforce effectively.
A study commissioned by the International Women’s Forum discovered a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men) that (56) from the command-and-control style traditionally used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women (57) participation, share power and information, enhance other people’s self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these (58) reflect their belief that allowing employees to contribute and to feel powerful and important is a win-win (59) —good for the employees and the organization. " The study’s director (60) that "interactive leadership may emerge as the management style of choice for many organizations. \
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A.supports
B.argues
C.opposes
D.despises
参考答案：A
解析：
本题考查动词，要么填A项supports“支持”，要么填C项opposes“反对”。综合全段来看，后面有一句作者的观点句(These differences are...)提到妇女不同的风格会给公司带来好处，证实了“不同”是存在的。本句中that后面的定语从句是修饰the idea的，表示妇女会带来不同的态度和技能的某种观点。而某些研究支持了这个观点，如果不支持的话，后面作者也不会说差别会带来好处，所以选A。B项argues意为“争论；认为”(主语一般为人，sb. argues that...)；D项despises意为“轻视”。