2. 职称英语
  3. New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has 【S1】______. I

New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has 【S1】______. I

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问题     New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has 【S1】______. It’s now a "global village" where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech 【S2】______ equipment is greatly 【S3】______ by foreign language skills.
    Deeply 【S4】______ with this new technology is a breed of modem business people who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern 【S5】______, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts.
    Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. The 【S6】______ stationed in another country no longer need fear being "out of sight and out of mind." He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an 【S7】______ can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and mere prevalent(普遍的).
    Thanks to a variety of relatively, 【S8】______ communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets. English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other 【S9】______ appear to be equal,
    The employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural 【S10】______ to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.

               Word Bank:
A. enhanced                I. communications
B. markets                 J. involved
C. shrunk                  K. qualifications
D. employee                L. insight
E. optimistic              M. inexpensive
F. modification            N. intervals  
G. comprised               O. executive
H. manual
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答案 shrunk
解析 此处需要一个动词做谓语完成句子，前一句话说新科技前所未有地把世界连为一体，第二句话应该是世界因此变小了。Shrink“缩小，缩水”符合句意。
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