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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.13选？A.spellB.timeC.whileD.period
选项 A.spell
B.time
C.while
D.period
答案 C
解析 名词辨析题。A项spell（某种活动、天气、疾病等的）一段时间”，通常时间较短；B项time“一段时间”，也有“一度”的意思；C项while．for a while“一会儿”；D项period“一段时间”侧重于时间比较长，有始有终。根据上下文，文中所表达的意思是侧重的时间短暂，故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】根据答案解析的分析可知，A项、B项、D项与文章语义不符，故均排除。
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