高中英语阅读(附答案)

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1、高三英语阅读专练ANewtechnologylinkstheworldasneverbefore.Ourplanethasshrunk.It’snowa“globalvillage”wherecountriesareonlysecondsawaybyfaxorphoneorsatellitelink.And,ofcourse,ourabilitytobenefitfromthishigh-techcommunicationsequipmentisgreatlyincreasedbyforeignlanguageskills.Deeplyinv

2、olvedwiththisnewtechnologyisakindofmodernbusinesspeoplewhohaveagrowingrespectfortheeconomicvalueofdoingbusinessabroad.Inmodernmarkets,successoverseasoftenhelpssupportdomesticbusinessefforts.Overseasassignmentsarebecomingincreasinglyimportanttoadvancementwithinexecutiveranks

3、.Theexecutivestationedinanothercountrynolongerneedfearbeing“outofsightandoutofmind.”Heorshecanbesurethattheoverseaseffortiscentraltothecompany’splanforsuccess,andthatpromotionsoftenfolloworaccompanyanassignmentabroad.Ifanemployeecansucceedinadifficultassignmentoverseas,supe

4、riorswillhavegreaterconfidenceinhisorherabilitytomanagebackintheUnitedStateswherecross-culturalconsiderationsandforeignlanguageissuesarebecomingmoreandmorecommon.Thankstoavarietyofrelativelyinexpensivecommunicationsdeviceswithbusinessapplications,evensmallbusinessesintheUni

5、tedStatesareabletogetintointernationalmarkets.Englishisstilltheinternationallanguageofbusiness.Butthereisanever-growingneedforpeoplewhocanspeakanotherlanguage.Asecondlanguageisn’tgenerallyrequiredtogetajobinbusiness,buthavinglanguageskillsgivesacandidatetheedgewhenotherqual

6、ificationsappeartobeequal.Theemployeepostedabroadwhospeaksthecountry’slanguagehasanopportunitytofast-forwardcertainnegotiations,andcanhavetheculturalinsighttoknowwhenitisbettertomovemoreslowly.Theemployeeatthehomeofficewhocancommunicatewellwithforeigncustomersoverthetelepho

7、neorbyfaxmachineisanobviousassettothefirm.56.Withtheincreaseduseofhigh-techcommunicationsequipment,businesspeople________.A.areeagertoworkoverseasB.havetogetfamiliarwithmoderntechnologyC.aregainingmoreeconomicbenefitsfromdomesticoperationsD.areattachingmoreimportancetotheir

8、overseasbusiness57.Inthispassage,“outofsightandoutofmind”(Line3,Para.3)probablymea