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2019 年 BEC 中级商务英语阅读练习试题8 Issues in the recruitment world

In the competitive world of investment banking, good

senior executives are not easy to find. So what should the industry ’s hard -pressed directors do when they need to find senior staff? Increasingly, they decide to call in the headhunters. These are busy and profitable times for the recruitment

agencies that dominate the world of executive search and selection.

(0).....They needed new people to revitalise their operations, and the result has been a boom in the

recruitment market. Pinnacle, a leading recruitment agency,

has helped various UK investment banks to rebuild their

entire senior management teams. It is hard to overstate the significance of this. (8)............

But now everything has changed, and Pinnacle is not the only major player in the field. Some analysts believe that rival recruitment specialists ALT Associates has a larger share of

the market. However, there is little doubt that over

its 13-year history, Pinnacle and its chairman, Matthew Edwards, have built up an impressive reputation.

Edwards estimates that his company controls between 10 and 15 per cent of the headhunting market for senior

investment banking jobs in the UK. (9)............Rather, it

is the high-calibre jobs and people that Pinnacle deals with

that define the co mpany’s success. For example, the company was recently commissioned to find a new chairman for NBS Bank,

a vacancy that was one of the most talked about in the banking world.

Most HR directors recognise that headhunters such as Pinnacle play a valuable role in the recruitment

process.(10)............Some are concerned that a few companies, including Pinnacle, have too much power over high- level recruitment.(11)............As Tim Davidson, HR

Director at Cawfield Bank, explains, They can be kingmakers. These are the people who decide who gets a future and who doesn’t. If Edwards forms a view about an individual, it can affect their ability to get a particular job. That view could

just have been formed on a bad day.’ (12)............ Final decisions in the selection process are always taken by his clients, he says, whoever they are.

The role of headhunters should not be exaggerated. Many companies never use them. But as top executives are hard to find, there will always be a role for people like Matthew Edwards.

A Although others may put it lower, it is important to remember that the company ’s reputation is not based on market share alone.

B Their chief worry is that the headhunters can now make or break managerial careers.

C According to Edwards, this is a further indication that the way Pinnacle searches for a candidate tends to favour a certain type of manager.

D But this acceptance does not mean they are universally happy, either with the state of the market or with

Pinnacle ’s role within it.

E Until a few years ago, even the biggest companies were unlikely to use headhunters to fill more than one or two jobs

a year.

F Edwards objects to this suggestion, claiming that all

he does is find candidates and encourage them to apply for

a particular post.

G A number of big investment banks recently decided to

make changes to their management boards after disappointing end-of-year results.

《Issues in the recruitment world》，招聘世界里的话题。围绕猎头公司 (headhunter) 展开，说明了猎头公司的发展和重要性，

以及用人单位对猎头公司的一些疑问。第一段引出话题，说现在正是

猎头公司占领市场的时候。接下来几段顺序介绍了猎头市场的发展阶段，从起步阶段 ( 第二段的内容 ) ，到逐步发家 ( 第三段 ) ，当中列举了一个猎头公司的情况加以说明( 第四段 ) ，然后第五段介绍了用人单位对猎头公司的一些质疑。最后一段是总的概括。做这种题一定要理清

文章的逻辑顺序，从整体上把握文章脉络。

第八题，第二段的最后一句。第二段是简单引出猎头公司的起步，起步阶段并没有多少公司理解到猎头公司的重要性，就如第八题前面的一句话所说： It is hard to overstate the significance of

this 。很难高估这个的重要性，也就是说猎头公司的作用并没有被完

全的理解到。后面的空格应该相对应的填入猎头公司不太被重视的句子。 E选项正好满足这个特点：直到几年前，甚至的公司都不可能一

年利用猎头公司来填补一两个职位。

第九，主要是介Pinnacle 个公司的情况。前面

个公司的市份在10%到 15%，空格后面一个 rather(相反)，定

公司成功的是公司所理的高量的工作和客。中填入一

个表折意思的句子，并且可能和公司的市份相关。 A句足个要求：然其

他人可能把它 ( 指市份 ) 估得更低，但一个公司的名声不但是建立在市

份基上的。

第五段，集中填入三个句子，所以一定要从意思上行把握。

个段是用人位公司的一些疑，然后公司 Pinnacle 的主席 Edwards 行

了一些反。

个段第一句人力源部理Pinnacle 了很重要

的作用，接着空格后面的是Some are concerned that?也就是一些

人提出了担心，所以中的第十填入表示折意思的句子，而

且可能是公司的作用的消极看法。 D足个要求：但是种可不代表他完全的高。 BUT是个关的信号， acceptance 是指代前面人力源理公司作用的可。

第十一，前面的句子是公司作用的担心，它力大了。个后

面的句子是引用一个人力源理的解，

一步明公司的影响力太大。所以十一也与此相关。 B 符合：他首要担心的是公司会造或者破坏管理生涯。 Worry 是关，同前面的 concern 相，make or break managerial

careers 也就是上下文所的利大，直有生大。

第十二，理解了前面的，不做出。里很明就是公司自己。

前面指公司的价会影响个人的。而空格后面是 Edwards 的解，最

的决定是掌握在客自己手中。

所以个很明填入前面表示反的句子，也就是 F，object to ，非常明的信号： Edwards反种法，声称他所做的无非就是

找候人然后鼓励他去申某个特定的位。

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