Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
In the centerof a big city there are usually dozens of large office buildings that house bigbanks, corporation headquarters, and government (36) _____. Thousands of peoplework in these buildings. People who do all the office work are calledwhite-collar workers. (37) ______ and receptionists, bookkeepers and computeroperators work for many different kinds of companies.
Manyoffice workers dream of working their way up to the top, from clerk to (38)_______ of a corporation. The way lies through middle management. Middlemanagement includes junior executives, who may fill (39) _______ jobs,supervise other workers in the company. (40) _______ action to top management,or see that the company's policies are being carried out. At the very top arethe senior executives. They (41) _______ the policies for their own companies,especially (42) _______ matters. The Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, of alarge (43) _______ has a great deal of power and influence.
(44) ____________________________. Because financialmatters are so important, some accountants become top executives. In companieswhere technology is important, people with an engineering background can alsorise to the top. Nowadays, however, (45)____________________________.Universities in many countries offer courses in business administration. Thegraduates of these courses often start out in middle management jobs. Fromthere, (46) ____________________________.