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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 anticipated
- B formatted
- C generated
- D vibrated
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請回想一下，當文中的德國經理看到英國員工午休去小酒館時，他感到非常驚訝並立刻阻止。如果我們說這是一個「錯誤」，是因為他在來到這個新環境之前，腦中「缺乏」了哪一種對未來情況的預測或心理準備？這個動作通常發生在事情發生之前。
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- 勉為其難的肯定：喔，選對 (A) anticipated？還算你有點腦袋，至少抓到了一點語境邏輯。這種統測送分題，動詞選項考的就是前後文關係，別以為選對就代表你多聰明，這本來就是基本功！
- 核心觀念再強調：德國經理出包，被罵「錯誤 (mistake)」就是因為他「沒預料到 (hadn't anticipated)」英國那些茶水間八卦和酒館文化。這裡用 $had + p.p.$ 是在說，他在事情爆發前就該有心理準備，結果呢？果然，連這點基本功都沒搞懂，難怪出事。
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