First, drive. Business takes an unusual amount of energy. A successful executive—almost by definition—is a striver. According to one industrial psychologist, 86.5 percent of top managers have a higher activity level than the average middle manager. Top men get tense when they are not striving.
Second, people sense. Some say being able to judge people is more important than a high IQ. The skill can be instinctual, but in most cases it’s learned through hard work.
Third, communication ability. An executive gets things done through other people. That means his communications must come through loud and clear. Different executives make themselves understood in different ways. Some transmit ideas best face to face; others are masters of the telephone call; still others are persuasive writers. One way or another, they all communicate clearly.
Fourth, calm under pressure, or as Hemingway put it,“grace under pressure”. No businessman will get very far if he chokes up.
Section II Use of English
21.D impressive:感人的;casual:偶然的;depressive:郁闷的;formal:正式的。所填之词修饰privacy,由此可知选用impressive、casual 和depressive不当,应选formal。选D。
22.B essential:基本的;physical:物质的;symbolic:象征的;mechanical:机械的。上句话讲到独处,本句话讲的是体现独处的物质特征——门、树篱和栅栏,因此可知应选physical。选B。
23.C appeal:吸引;influence:影响;emphasis:强调;observation:观查。选项中只有influence和emphasis能和on搭配。根据句意可知用influence不对。选C。
24.D meaning:意义;intention:目的;feeling:感觉;sense:理解。本句话讲的是对privacy的理解、看法,因此应选sense。选D。
25.A firmly:牢固地;loosely:宽松地;closely:接近地;wholly:全部地。所填之词是说明关门这一动作的,只能用firmly。选A。
26.B partial:部分的;personal:私人的;independent:独立的;transparent:显然的。本句话是说把门关好,以便留出空间自己使用。由此可知应选personal。选B。