When Andrew Chadwick-Jones,a management

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问题 When Andrew Chadwick-Jones,a management consultant with Oliver Wyman in London,went to pitch to a private-equity firm late last year,he l.the usual:about 20 minutes and a brisk attitude.He was surprised to find the private-equity people 2 explaining their strategy,3 introductions to senior staff and being more open and friendly.4 money and deals are scarce,they've got to be nicer to all the people they 5 with,in case they might help bring business in future,he says.Rudeness is out,and civility is the new 6 in an uncertain world.On Wall Street,says a banker,it's now all about charm and openness and taking time with people.Cocky young things StTaight 7 the best business schools have stopped skipping interview appointments,recruiters say,and there is much less 8 people's shoulders at drinks parties,reporis one veteran.Many people,fearful for theirjobs,are trying to burnish their contacts at other firms.The change in tone also 9 an upheaval in the balance of 10 between companies.11 the crisis,says Michel Pretie,head of investment banking at Societe Generale in Paris,he would go and see a senior chief executive with a mergers-and-acquisitions 12,get in for a short 13 and,on the way out,walk past a line of all his competitors.Now,he says,"You're ushered 14,you get an hour with the CEO and he walks you to your car."During this crisis,when there is so much uncertainty about who will end 15 having power,the best 16 is to be civil to everyone,says Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestem University.People have more time to be衔endly when business is 17.Some 18 the new cordiality reflects a 19 that everyone is in the same boat:when some firms have to fire good performers as well as bad,no one is safe.20 ifpeople at different firms are being nicer to each other,things may not be getting any nicer inside companies.10选?A.privilegeB.powerC.forceD.right

选项 A.privilege
B.power
C.force
D.right

答案 B

解析 名词辨析题。A项pnvilege“特权(因财富和社会地位而仅有部分人享有的)”;B项powcr“权力”的主语一般是“公权力”,作用于两个方面:一是压迫或强制,二是威慑;C项force“力量”主要指强制力量、暴力、武力等;D项right“权利”,一般主语是“私权利”,与国家机关相对。根据文中句子The change in tone also reflects an upheaval in the balance of between companies.(这种状况的变化,也反映了公司与公司之间平衡的剧烈变化。)加上选项分析,故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】根据上文答案解析中的分析,A项、C项、D项均不合适,故均排除。
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