新托业 分析及备考建议之三

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　Part 6: 完成篇章 (Text Completion)　　 本部分是信托业考试改革后的新题型，与以往的句子改错(Error Identification)相比，难易程度有不小的变化。
　　例文：
  n: i  ~) z; T& R0 B9 BTo: All Employees
1 O  G; V5 d, N/ l9 B) XFrom: Camille Raynes
Date: December 14
; Q. f" t3 F! ]% b3 URe: Performance bonus
Dear Employees,
As you know, the past year was a great success for us. To reward you for your excellent performance, the Board of Directors has approved a bonus for all employees. This bonus will be ______ in your next paycheck.
(A)     (A)      involved
5 ~1 ^+ w, f& @+ Z& Ja)         joined
b)        composed
  i0 x# j& R9 s0 ^c)        included
- v8 j/ y) q" c______, we are now calculating wage increases for the upcoming year. Each employee’s performance
5 B0 @1 o  f; o: U# Q9 L(B)     (A)      Instead
a)         In addition
% @, M$ t% h* D: y( Yb)        Beforehand
c)        Otherwise
will be examined carefully as we determine the appropriate increase. All full-time employees are eligible for this increase. Your supervisor _________you of the amount of your increase during the first week of January.
(C)     (A)      informed
a)         to inform
b)        will inform
c)        was informing
% @  r9 t( _; ^7 G: S4 d% A! jThank you again for making last year such a success!
Sincerely,
Camille Raynes
' G. S4 [- ~) [6 V& ]Human Resources
9 e4 x3 ~5 _1 V5 c) b$ G) J* H　　从以往对单个句子的考察开始，ETS也发现在实际商务语言中，对句群的掌握的准确度要超过对某一个单句的理解。例如上面例文中的142题，考察了应试者对于上下文意的掌握，142题前面提到了要发放奖金(approve a bonus for all employees)，在142题对应空格的后面说了要提薪(wage increase)。两句话是一种延续的关系，所以正确答案B in addition——另外最为符合。143题是考察了在句群中考生对于时态的掌握。这种能力比单句考察时态更加有效也更能准确反映应考者的能力。从上下文来推理，主管(supervisor)显然还不可能通知Carmille相关信息，从during the first week of January也可以看出这将会是在未来发生的事情，因此答案C will inform就顺理成章了。