BEC历年阅读真题详解(2)
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Human Resources Policy
$ Q5 H. g$ Q2 `% O: K CBA Bank was the largest financial institution to sign theemployers' 'People Come First' code of practice in the early1990s. In doing so, it committed itself to the highest (0) inhuman resources practices such as the communication ofcompany(19)....... to employees, the setting of individualtraining and personal (20).......plans, and the holding of regularperformance (21)....... for all staff.
% E; z% Z z L8 ~/ g6 Y) p s Like other organisations, CBA is replacing the traditional hierarchy with a flatter organisationalstructure which gives employees more broadly defined (22) .......within the company. The changeis offering employees greater opportunities for work in cross-disciplinary project teams. As a result,interpersonal (23) ....... are extremely important.
: ?7 B8 r# p+ F# d The policy seems to be working. There is a great deal of goodwill among employees, who(24).......the fact that customer satisfaction is the organisation's chief aim. CBA claims to pursuethis aim for its own (25)....... , rather than as a means of earning profits for shareholders.
6 L1 v r( o6 |8 ]0 c An ability to relate to all kinds of people is the most important attribute CBA looks for in(26).......recruits. Graduates are (27)....... for a two-year period and exposed to all (28)....... ofretail financial services. By the end of this training period, they will have taken their Institute ofBanking examination and, if they have (29)....... their performance targets, they will have (30).......a job at the bank.- u- x' t+ Z- `
'On the whole, we are not looking for people straight out of college,' says human resourcesmanager Maiy Kemp. 'We would prefer that they had (31).......some experience of life and hadtaken a year out between school and college to travel or do some kind of work.'
4 `' f9 b% ? p- |) [ The company has recently introduced a new policy on pay, and it is now (32).......toperformance through bonus schemes, with the objective being to (33) ....... employees for theirachievements and effort.% l9 _' G, a% p- s) N7 L
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20 A continuation B extension C development D advancement2 q8 u9 d- Q& n) S- W
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25A sake B reason C behalf D cause
7 M) d9 O0 Z8 \: I8 F/ Z5 N+ Q 26 A expected B intended C potential D eventual9 X6 b- `) L( a7 f- l
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30 A secured B reached C confirmed D fixed
8 q, V7 Y( p9 a2 Y1 `! E 31 A gained B won C earned D realised6 x" _2 M; I+ O' V( u7 W: [! z
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