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  3. Read the information below about Maureen Dowd. Choose the correct word to fill in each gap from A, B or C below. For each questi

Read the information below about Maureen Dowd. Choose the correct word to fill in each gap from A, B or C below. For each questi

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问题 Read the information below about Maureen Dowd.
Choose the correct word to fill in each gap from A, B or C below.
For each question (29-40), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.
                    The Working Life of Maureen Dowd
    In the world of business, it is not always easy for women to do the same things as men. Consider the working dinner.
    In order to do your job well, it’s important to sometimes see clients and business contacts away (29) ............the office. In a more relaxed atmosphere, you can get to know your business partner (30)............. In the end, after all, people do business with people they like.
    Women start out (31) ............a disadvantage because, unless you’re Nancy Lopez or Martina Navratilova, it’s (32) ............to invite men out for a game of golf or tennis. Men usually prefer (33) ............play sports with other men.
    You might think that restaurants are the perfect playing field. But they can be dangerous ground. (34) ............people from the office see two men they know having dinner together, they think it’s business. If colleagues see a woman dining with a man, they often (35) ............if it’s another kind of business.
    I’m still looking (36) ............the perfect solution. Breakfasts are out because I find it impossible to be pleasant at 7 a. m. over a bowl of muesli. I love lunching, but that’s usually a bad time for busy people, (37) ............if they are on the road. So that brings us back to dinner.
    One answer is to take another colleague or client to dinner (38) ............no one can think it is a tete-a-tete. Of course, this isn’t always convenient. So when I can’t do this, I take guys out to dinner to one-on-one places where I’m most (39) ............to see colleagues. The more your colleagues see you doing working dinners with different men, the (40) ............they know it is part of your business style.
选项 A、In
B、at
C、with
答案B
解析 本题考查固定搭配，即“at one’sdisadvantage”，意为“对某人不利”。故选B。
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