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1 Read this advertisement about business book reviews.) Q- ~7 B, z0 ]& Y0 J0 S
2 Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.! ]' T+ G2 H" \$ r
3 For each gap 8 - 12, mark one letter A - I on your Answer Sheet. s/ r$ }* E% {4 y2 f1 a7 P
4 Do not mark any letter twice.
3 w8 x% Q2 \/ u. J( L2 w* U4 T; t8 W Special Introductory Offer!0 s4 {% I* P. @
Gain a working knowledge of the top
5 Z: ^* t5 j, A0 F ]: r Business books – rapidly and easily
( \; p0 k% s" @8 c Now you can read the best business books - in just 15 minutes each!/ i3 x3 u, P6 e6 T) [4 _
It's the executive dilemma of the Nineties: information overload. ____(example).____ There should be a simpler way to keep track of the latest ideas. And there is.: ]/ l) F% y3 X6 N' Q1 N
A systematic solution:+ p2 R+ D7 ]& ~6 ~; G
Suppose you had an assistant who screened and selected only the quality books for you. ____ (8)____ . So you could obtain a working knowledge of the book’s contents in a fraction of the time. Now you can have that assistant with Executive Book Summaries. Every month, you receive quick-reading, time-saving summaries of the best new business books. ____(9)____ . This means that rather than taking five to ten hours to read, it takes just 15 minutes!
0 a* ] V) i4 l; P/ O( L% }/ B How you'll benefit.5 Q, D: n6 o r1 S! a" ~% J# d
Executive Book Summaries, designed for the busy executive, are a solution to the growing management problem of too much to read and too little lime to do it. ~: M2 E1 D3 _1 p' v* u
1 Improve your business confidence.+ p' N( C( w- ?$ G# y7 T, d# X
You gain a real understanding of the key points of the best new business books.
8 K& s% D8 I$ }% _, P8 z7 H5 w$ s3 s) F 2 Learn more, remember more.
+ u, \7 ?" F) X' d5 u, R We've taken account of extensive research into the memory functions of the human brain ____(10)____ .. M$ m# G/ ^- Q+ T0 R1 H! {' j
3 Get ideas you can use." E6 N4 _( {$ v g4 d
____(11)____ . In a summary, these ideas are more accessible and ‘actionable’.7 M: p2 U$ [% a! D* Q
4 Cut hundreds of hours off your reading load.
1 R7 |! A$ A8 M3 L4 c How often have you opened a new book with great expectations - only to find it a huge disappointment? ____(12)____
8 c9 ^. j9 o; I The books we summarise cover just about every subject you need to know, from management techniques to guidance on your career.
n/ f0 \" h2 v& p8 W A) These introductory texts are the most important books and using them can pay big dividends.! ~1 A' I: @% R( A, ]9 n
B) Discover practical tips and techniques you can apply without delay. C8 C. H( t) v0 R8 Y
C) In order to avoid this problem, we select for you only the truly worthwhile titles and reject the rest.
2 v4 I. D7 H5 {! k3 C D) According to studies published in psychology journals, you retain the content of a summary better than a book.
$ }% g- D6 a5 z- G% | E) He or she would take the most important ideas from each one, and compile them into a neat executive summary.
6 p! p! F" O' H9 e F) With the breadth and depth of knowledge gained from books, it is less likely that you'll be caught off guard./ [7 b& _5 b1 ]9 t& C
G) Each contains all the key points in the original book, but instead of 200 to 500 pages there are only eight pages., I t0 l5 M8 B: k$ @) S
H) There's a sample of the superb business titles that we summarise for you. q+ H% L n/ K, l$ I8 a! A) z
I) With all the reading you have to do in the normal course of your work, you find it impossible to keep up with all the new business books.
: w2 \& ^: N" {* ?5 Z7 [ 答案:8.E 9.G 10.D 11.B 12.C |