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In recent years, many companies have expanded globally. __11__ this globalization trend, more and more employees are working abroad in managerial positions or as part of a multicultural team. Although it is common nowadays for staff to work abroad to gain experience, many people have difficulty __12__ to a new culture. Statistically, the failure rate in US multinationals is __13__ to be as high as 30 %. One of the examples concerns a German manager of IBM who took up a position as product manager in England. He found that at lunchtime, many members of staff went to the pub. He stopped them right away and said, “It is not good for efficiency. There is no way we would do that in Germany.” The German manager’s mistake was that he hadn’t __14__ the cultural differences. IBM had a firm rule about drinking during working hours. But, he didn’t understand that staff in other countries might be more flexible in applying the rule. When managers work in foreign countries, they may find it difficult to understand the behavior of their employees. __15__, they may find that the techniques which worked at home are not effective in their new workplace. Hence, it becomes important for them to develop cross-cultural awareness in the international workplace.
In recent years, many companies have expanded globally. __11__ this globalization trend, more and more employees are working abroad in managerial positions or as part of a multicultural team. Although it is common nowadays for staff to work abroad to gain experience, many people have difficulty __12__ to a new culture. Statistically, the failure rate in US multinationals is __13__ to be as high as 30 %. One of the examples concerns a German manager of IBM who took up a position as product manager in England. He found that at lunchtime, many members of staff went to the pub. He stopped them right away and said, “It is not good for efficiency. There is no way we would do that in Germany.” The German manager’s mistake was that he hadn’t __14__ the cultural differences. IBM had a firm rule about drinking during working hours. But, he didn’t understand that staff in other countries might be more flexible in applying the rule. When managers work in foreign countries, they may find it difficult to understand the behavior of their employees. __15__, they may find that the techniques which worked at home are not effective in their new workplace. Hence, it becomes important for them to develop cross-cultural awareness in the international workplace.
Choose the best answer for the blank in the passage.
- A enlightened
- B enrolled
- C escorted
- D estimated
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當你在文章中看到一個具體的百分比數字，但這個數字並非絕對精論，而是由專家根據現有資料推算出的「大概數值」時，在英文語境中，我們會用哪一個動作來描述這種「對數據進行初步推測或計算」的行為呢？
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- 觀念驗證：這題考查的是被動語態與統計數據的慣用搭配。句中提到「失敗率...被（空格）高達 30%」，在英文寫作中，當我們要表達根據數據所做的推測或評估時，慣用法是 is estimated to be（據估計為...）。你準確辨識出語意並結合數據背景選出正確動詞，表現非常專業！
- 難度點評：本題難度為 medium。四個選項皆為過去分詞，測驗重點在於字義辨析與上下文銜接。對於統測考生而言，能否在統計數據（30 %）出現時反應出相關詞彙，是區分程度的關鍵。