2012年商务英语中级阅读理解练习23

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PART TWO  
7 H" \  P5 p. \3 L2 [% \Questions 8 - 12
l         Read this advertisement about business book reviews.
l         Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
4 {9 q8 N+ g7 l9 g* T# e3 E3 Al         For each gap 8 - 12, mark one letter A - I on your Answer Sheet.
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" s7 d* w' x5 D" cIt’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.
+ u0 {6 d: ~* f" a6 Q1 R7 @A systematic solution:
+ E! ^4 a4 b) B2 r! \$ M: VSuppose 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!
/ ^( k# c* l8 Q# i4 {; w* H) [, RHow you’ll benefit.
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You gain a real understanding of the key points of the best new business books.
4 j. v$ V0 x& T& o0 kŸ           Learn more, remember more.
7 Y5 B9 }5 _$ W/ j4 mWe’ve taken account of extensive research into the memory functions of the human brain ____(10)____ .
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) [( {- r/ i6 \) q/ c+ |____(11)____ . In a summary, these ideas are more accessible and ‘actionable’.
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# `. m  E) G, t% o3 _/ Y0 B  S/ NHow often have you opened a new book with great expectations - only to find it a huge disappointment? ____(12)____
' B6 l# [& e& t$ Z' f6 ?The books we summarise cover just about every subject you need to know, from management techniques to guidance on your career.
; o% \, P! X2 I+ H8 yDo not mark any letter twice.
  
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/ z1 b: @/ |- ?/ k7 [. xA)    These introductory texts are the most important books and using them can pay big dividends.
: n0 B: x/ t7 ZB)    Discover practical tips and techniques you can apply without delay.
4 o8 i' a" ^1 j8 ?% p  C4 d. tC)    In order to avoid this problem, we select for you only the truly worthwhile titles and reject the rest.
D)   According to studies published in psychology journals, you retain the content of a summary better than a book.
E)    He or she would take the most important ideas from each one, and compile them into a neat executive summary.
6 r7 ^8 ?/ w7 SF)    With the breadth and depth of knowledge gained from books, it is less likely that you’ll be caught off guard.
G)   Each contains all the key points in the original book, but instead of 200 to 500 pages there are only eight pages.
H)    There’s a sample of the superb business titles that we summarise for you.
: I+ Y7 q2 Q! d3 W, L" WI)     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.
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& _9 G7 G" u$ y  }答案：8.E            9.G               10.D  11.B    12.C