BEC阅读理解真题练习

BEC阅读理解真题练习TroublewithTeamwork

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Recruiterssaythatcandidateswhocangiveexamplesofworktheyhavedoneasmembersofasuccessfulteamareinasstrongapositionasthosewhocanpointtosignificantindividualachievement.Indeed,toomuchofthelattermaysuggestthatthepersonconcernedisnotateamplayer-oneofthemoreseriousfailingsinthebookofmanagement.

Theimportanceofbeingateamplayerisasideeffectoftheincreasinginteractionacrossdepartmentsandfunctionaldivides.Insteadofpushingreports,paperworkanddecisionsaroundtheorganisation,teamsprovideadynamicmeetingplacewhereideascanbesharedandexpertisemorecarefullytargetedatimportantbusinessissues,saysSteveGardner,inhisbookKeyManagementConcepts.Headds,Globalisationhasaddedafurtherdimensiontoteamwork.Multinationalteamsnowstudypolicydecisionsinthelightoftheirimpactonthelocalmarket.

Butisteamworkingbeingoverdone?Somemanagersareonasmanyassevenoreightdifferentteams,saysDrCathyBandy,apsychologistwhorecentlyranaconferenceonthesubject.Theytakeupsomuchtimethatmanagerscantgetonwithcoretasks.Formingteamsandhavingmeetingshas,shesays,becomeanendinitself,almostregardlessofpurpose.Thereisalsothedangerofanunhealthydesiretokeeptheteamgoingaftertheworkhasbeendone.Peoplefeeltheneedtobelong,andteammembershipcanprovideakindofpsychologicalsupport.

Theideabehindteamworkingisthat,whentherightgroupofpeopleisbroughttogether,aforcedevelopswhichisgreaterthanthesumoftheirindividualtalents.Thisisoftentrueinsport,wheregoodplayerscanreachunexpectedheightsasmembersofaninternationalteam.However,fewbusinesssituationshaveasclearasetofobjectives,orasclearcriteriaofsuccessorfailure,aswinningamatch.

Inbusiness,everyoneneedstobeclearaboutwhatthechallengeisandwhetherateamistherightwayofapproachingit,saysSteveGardner.Unfortunately,peoplefocusinsteadonwhothemembersoftheteamshouldbeandwhatrolestheyaretoplayDrBandyagrees.Thereisalwaysadangerthatteamscanturnintocommittees,shesays.Inalotofsituations,oneortwoindividualswouldbemuchmoreeffective.

Sowhatmakesasuccessfulteam?Therearesomegeneralqualitiesthathavebeenidentified.SteveGardnerrecommendsthatineveryteamthereshouldbesomeonewhoisgoodatresearchingideasandanotherwhoisgoodatshootingdownimpracticalones.Thereshouldbethosewhocanresolvethetensionsthatnaturallyoccurinateamandotherswhoarefocusedongettingthejobdone.Also,providingaclearandachievabletargetattheoutsetisthebestwayofensuringthattheteamwillmoveontogreaterthings.

13Whatpointdoesthewritermakeaboutteamworkingatthebeginningofthearticle?

AItisthemostsuccessfulformofmanagement.

BIthaschangedtherecruitmentprocedureincompanies.

CWell-runteamsstillallowindividualstodemonstratetheirtalents.

DBeingateamplayerisnowconsideredanessentialmanagementskill.

14Accordingtothearticle,teamworkdevelopedwithincompaniesasaresponseto

Amodernofficedesign.

Bchangingworkpractices.

Careductioninadministrativetasks.

Dtheexpansionofinternationalbusiness.

15Inthethirdparagraph,DrBandysuggeststhat

Amanyemployeesdonotenjoyworkinginteams.

Bsomemanagersarenotveryeffectiveteamleaders.

Csometeamsarecreatedunnecessarily.

Dfewteamsarewellorganised.

16Accordingtothewriter,teamworkismoreeffectiveinthefieldofsportbecausetheplayers

Aknowwhattheywanttoachieve.

Baremorecompetitivebynature.

Chavemoreindividualtalent.

Dcanbedrivenbynationalpride.

17SteveGardnerandDrBandyagreethatwhenabusinessteamiscreatedpeopledonotpayenoughattentionto

Athestructureoftheteam.

Balternativestotheteam.

Cselectingtheteammembers.

Ddirectingtheteamsactivities.

18WhatisSteveGardnersadviceonoperatingasuccessfulteam?

AMaintainaflexibleapproachtomembership.

BAllowpersonalitiestodevelopwithintheteam.

CSelectpeoplewhofitnaturallyintocertainroles.

DMakeeveryefforttoavoidconflictbetweenmembers.

《TroublewithTeamwork》，团队合作的麻烦。文章讲了团队的重要性和许多团队存在的问题，以及怎么样才能打造一个胜利有效的团队。

第十三题，问文章开头针对团队合作做了什么论点。第一段是强调团队合作的重要性，太多的个人成果会显得这个人不是个合格的团队成员。选答案要理解第一句话的含义：Recruiterssaythatcandidateswhocangiveexamplesofworktheyhavedoneasmembersofasuccessfulteamareinasstrongapositionasthosewhocanpointtosignificantindividualachievement.聘请者说能够给出自己作为一个胜利团队成员的例子的候选人同那些指出重要的个人成果的人具有同样重要的地位。言下之意，拥有团队成员的经受也很重要。所以选D，作为一个团队成员如今被视为必要的管理技巧。A、B、C都没有提到。

第十四题，问公司内部的团队合作是作为对什么的回应。也就是问团队合作的目的是什么，答案是其次段的这么一句：teamsprovideadynamicmeetingplacewhereideascanbesharedandexpertisemorecarefullytargetedatimportantbusinessissues团队供应了一个动态的'会议场所，使得思想可以共享，技能可以更加认真的对准重要的商业问题。这句里的dynamicmeetingplace可以对应于B段的changingworkpractice。

第十五题，问在第三段DrBandy示意什么。答案是她的一句原话：Formingteamsandhavingmeetingshas,shesays,becomeanendinitself,almostregardlessofpurpose.形成团队然后开会成了它本身的终点，几乎不管目的是什么。也就是说许多团队的建立是没有意义的，多余的。选C，一些团队被不必要的创建了。

第十六题，问认为团队合作在体育领域里更有效的缘由是什么。第四段讲当一群正确的人被组合到一起时会产生一种高于这些人个人力量的力气，在体育竞赛里就是如此。这一题的答案是第四段的最终一句：fewbusinesssituationshaveasclearasetofobjectives,orasclearcriteriaofsuccessorfailure,aswinningamatch.。很少有企业能像赢得一场竞赛一样有一系列清楚的目标，或者是对胜利或失败有清楚的评判准则。也就是A选项所说的：知道他们想要实现什么。whattheywanttoachieve可以对应于asetofobjectives。

第十七题，问这两个人同意当一个商业团队被创立时人们没有把留意力放在什么上面。这一题要理解第五段的意思。第一句说Inbusiness,everyoneneedstobeclearaboutwhatthechallengeisandwhetherateamistherightwayofapproachingit。在企业，每个人都必需很清晰挑战是什么以及团队是否是实现它的最好的方法。考虑团队