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[外語群英語類] 專業科目(2)
第 15 題
📖 題組：
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 Adversely
- B Contradictorily
- C Moreover
- D Nevertheless
思路引導 VIP
請仔細閱讀第 15 格的前一個句子與後一個句子。這兩句話所描述的事情，性質上是「互補、相似的困擾」，還是「互相矛盾、相反的情況」呢？如果我們要將這兩個點串連起來，你會用「而且」還是「但是」來連接？
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- 大力肯定：恭喜你答對了！這顯示你不僅具備足夠的字彙量，更能精確掌握文章的邏輯脈絡，這是統測英文高分的關鍵素養。
- 觀念驗證：第 15 格前後的兩句話都在描述跨國經理人遇到的「困難」。前句提到「難以理解員工行為」，後句則是「原本的管理技術無效」。兩者屬於遞進關係（同樣方向的資訊疊加），因此選用 Moreover (此外/而且) 最為恰當。
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