Questions 21 -30

　　Read the article below about the methods some companies are now using for recruitment.

　　Choose the correct word to fill each gap from (A, B, C or D) on the opposite page.

　　For each question 21-30,mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

　　There is an example at the beginning, (0)

　　The Scientific Approach to Recruitment

　　When it (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers like to (21) themselves that they are being exceptionally thorough in their selection processes. In today’s competitive market place, the (22) of staff in many organizations is fundamental to the company’s success and, as a result , recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.

　　One method in particular that has (24) in popularity is testing , either psychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or ability￡aptitude testing (25) an organization with an extra way of establishing a candidate’s suitability for a role. It (26) companies to add value by identifying key elements of a position and then testing candidates to ascertain their ability against those identified elements.

　　The employment of psychometric or ability testing as one (27) of the recruitment process may have some merit, but in reality there is no real (28), scientific or otherwise, of the potential future performance of any individual. The answer to this problem is experience in interview techniques and strong definition of the elements of each position to be (29) as the whole recruitment process is based on few real certainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on a CT and the first five minutes of a meeting, are probably no less valid than any other tool employed in the (30) of recruitment.

　　Example :

　　A have B decide C do D make

　　0 A B C D

　　21.A suggest B convince C advise D believe

　　22.A worth B credit C quality D distinction

　　23.A secure B relies C attain D achieve

　　24.A lifted B enlarged C expanded D risen

　　25.A provides B offers C contributes D gives

　　26.A lets B enables C agrees D admits

　　27. A portion B member C share D component

　　28. A extent B size C amount D measure

　　29.A occupied B met C filled D appointed

　　30 A business B topic C point D affair

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　　答案:21 B 22C 23 A 24 D25 A

　　26-30 B D D C A

　　21.這這句話的意思來看，應該是使自己確信……，所以應該選擇B. convince

　　22.根據(jù)意思理解，肯定是員工的質量對企業(yè)的作用，而且質量包含了所有工作需要的方面，所以應該選擇C. quality.

　　23.應該是確保他們在這一行業(yè)是最好的，應該選擇A. secure.

　　24.受歡迎程度應該是提高，A.lift是及物動詞。B和C都是范圍擴大的意思，所以只有D.risen是合適的選項。

　　25.從意思看是提供，幾個選項差不多都有這個意思，但是offer和give后面直接跟所提供的物，不需要加with.而只有provide sb with sth是固定用法。所以選擇A。

　　26.從意思來看，因該是使某事成為可能，而不是允許或同意，所以C和D排除了。而let后跟動詞原形，只有B. enable后加動詞不定式。

　　27.成分，一部分，應該選擇component. Protion 著重于份額的意思，member是成員，share分享或貢獻的一份，股份。

　　28.應該是衡量的意思，只有D合適。

　　29.在這里看是填補空缺職位的意思。但是occupy和appoint主語都是人，某人被委任某職位。而這里是職位做主語，所以應該選擇C。

　　30.business除了商業(yè)，還有事務的意思