问题 单项选择题

A recent poll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe that communication between them and their parents is (1) and further that one of the prime causes of this gap is (2) listening behavior. As a(an) (3) in point, one parent believed that her daughter had a severe (4) problem. She was so (5) that she took her to an audiologist to have her ear tested. The audiologist carefully tested both ears and reported back to the parent:"There’s nothing wrong with her hearing. She’s just (6) you out. "

A leading cause of the (7) divorce rate (more than half of all marriages end in divorce) is the failure of husbands and wives to (8) effectively. They don’t listen to each other. Neither person (9) to the actual message sent by the other.

In (10) fashion, political scientists report that a growing number of people believe that their elected and (11) officials are out of (12) with the constituents they are supposedly (13) Why Because they don’t believe that they listen to them. In fact, it seems that sometimes our politicians don’t even listen to themselves. The following is a true story: At a national (14) conference held in Albuquerque some years ago, then Senator Joseph Montoya was (15) a copy of a press release by a press aide shortly before he got up before the audience to (16) a speech. When he rose to speak, (17) the horror of the press aide and the (18) of his audience, Montoya began reading the press release, not his speech. He began, "For immediate release. Senator Joseph M. Montoya, Democrat of New Mexico, last night told the National... " Montoya read the entire six page release, (19) with the statement that he "was repeatedly (20) by applause.

12()

A.connection

B.reach

C.association

D.touch

答案

参考答案:D

解析:

[考点] 词汇辨析

空格处填入的名词应与out of和with搭配,且符合文意。D选项out of touch with sb.意为“和……没有联系/脱节”,原文的含义是“官员们由于不听选民的意见而与选民失去了联系,不知民众疾苦”,D选项正确。

[干扰项分析] B选项reach不能与with搭配,常见用法为sth.is out of reach或sth.is out of the reach of sb.,意为“(某人)手不能及,够不到”。A选项connection和C选项association均不与out of搭配,A选项用法是in connection with sb./sth.“与……有关/相关”,C选项用法是in association with sb./sth.“与……一起联合”。

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98-100 为套题   美国著名投资家巴菲特说过一个公司声誉的重要性: “一个公司的首席执行官(CEO)把钱亏了可以理解,但是如果他把公司的声誉丢了我会毫不留情” 。 通用电气的前总裁韦尔奇在总结其管理经验时,指出: “我们把所有的时间花在我们的员工身上,如果某天我们没有人了,那样公司也就完了。这么说是因为人是任何企业的关键资产,而且员工其实就代表了我们的企业形象,所以人是非常关键的”。   花旗银行一位高管指出: 品牌不只是一个特殊的标志、标语或者一个广告活动,尽管这些都很重要……。一个好的品牌真正价值在于它传达给顾客和其他利益相关者的承诺,这种承诺无论在消费者、股东、雇员、政府官员还是公众心中都是对这个企业一种持久的印象。好品牌的好处很明显的,一个好的品牌可以让雇主更加轻松招聘到有才能的员工,可以加强客户关系。优秀的品牌可以吸引到优秀的合作伙伴,可以让员工安居乐业。杰出的品牌与各个利益相关者有效的沟通,支持了企业使其达到战略目标。   请根据上述论述,完成98-100题:

以下说法正确的是()。 ①品牌体现于消费者心中对企业持久的美好印象②品牌必然能够为企业股东带来短期的最大化利益 ③员工既代表了企业品牌,又创造了企业品牌

A.①③

B.①②

C.②③

D.①②③

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