课后练习:
1.The Chief Executive of a large hotel became aware that his company wasexperiencing employee turnover of about 60 percent.
A. annual B. annul C. annually D. annals
2. for the lost incomedue to turnover is not an easy task.
A.Make up B. Making up C. Making to D. Making of
3. Many companies have notdeclaredwar on employee turnover because they have not takenthe time to the costs of lostrevenuesandproductivity.
A. unwanted; work off B. wanted; work out
C. unwanted; work out D. unwanted; work into
4. The hotel boss decidedto tacklethe issuehead-onbyimplementing .
A. 4-points plan B. a 4-point plan C. a 4-points plan
D. a 4-point plans
5. The annual employee turnover 78 percent.
A. was reducedin B. was reduced to
C. was reducedat D. was reduced by
6. In fact, was that only 6 percent of employees accountedfor 43 percent of the turnover.
A. what was revealed B.was what revealed
C. that was revealed D.which was revealed
7. To add to employeemotivation, new staff aware of themissionand goals of the organization.
A. was made B. were made C. are made
8.When a person was employed in the past they were a senior member of staff who them with getting used to their new job.
A. associated;assigned B. assisted;assigned
C. assisted;associated D. assigned;assisted
9. Hotelsurveys revealedthatover 30 percent of employeeswere notsatisfied the career opportunities in their currentjobs.
A. within B. in C. with D. to
本课出现了“过去完成进行时态”的句子,它由had been doing构成。本文第7段:Hotels had been losing many of theiremployees during the first month or two of employment……很多员工过去在酒店工作第一个月或者第二个月的时候就离职了……(可译为:酒店过去在第一个月或者第二个月的员工雇用期会失去许多员工……)现在完成进行时由have/has been doing 构成。本课使用了大量的被动语态形式,但在翻译时多数都使用了主动语态形式,学习中要认真领会。