首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The Special Forces Club,founded in 1945 in London by former members of the Special Operations Executive, is a reminder that some
The Special Forces Club,founded in 1945 in London by former members of the Special Operations Executive, is a reminder that some
admin
2016-01-29
19
问题
The Special Forces Club,founded in 1945 in London by former members of the Special Operations Executive, is a reminder that some things are more important than money. But the world of money is hard to ignore. Harrods, a posh department store, is just around the comer. A Russian oligarch is noisily building a palace across the road. Many members have to think about making a living now that the army is shrinking. They wonder; are the skills that are celebrated inside the club useful in the world outside its windows?
Once upon a time, business could not get enough of the smell of cordite. Tycoons referred to themselves as "captains of industry" and crafted "strategies"(from the Greek word for "general")for their troops. They talked of waging "war" on their rivals. They relaxed by reading Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. But more recently attitudes have changed. Business people argue that military-style command-and-con-trol systems are out of date in a world of knowledge workers and fluid alliances.
This argument provokes
derision
in the Special Forces Club. Sir. Michael Rose, a retired general who spent part of his career with Britain’s SAS(Special Air Service), points out that the special forces have always embraced currently trendy management nostrums such as "empowerment" and "high-performance teams". People who are dropped behind enemy lines have no choice but to rely on their own wits and make the most of limited resources. Sir Michael also points out that the regular forces have followed the special forces in introducing a "mission-command approach"—that is, a commander defines the overall mission but then leaves the officers on the ground to decide how to execute it.
Plenty of retired officers argue that business people have much to learn from the armed services. For example, business theorists increasingly emphasizes the importance of corporate culture, yet many new businesses do a dismal job of nurturing it. The military services, by contrast, have been adept at preserving their culture at a time of social turmoil. Granted, they have sometimes been slow to change. America only lifted the ban on openly gay troops in 2011, and on women in combat last month. But still, armies are much better than other institutions at building a lifelong esprit de corps. Military mottoes make strong men cry: "The few, the proud"; "Who dares wins". Most corporate mission statements make desk warriors cringe with embarrassment.
What would be the best title for the text?
选项
A、Business Has Much to Learn from the Armed Forces
B、Special Forces Club Offers Mission-Command Approach
C、Military Skills Are out of Date in Today’s Business World
D、Military Skills Are essential to the Success of the Corporation
答案
A
解析
主旨题。原文定位:主题句和主体词。本文没有明显的主题句,所以先看主体词:business,military。同义替换:[A][C][D]三个选项都包含原文的主体词或同义替换词。由于[B]选项包含细节,故可首先排除;选项[C]说军事技能过时,这只是一部分人的观点;文章中心靠后,要表达的是[A]选项的含义——商界可以向军界学习很多;[D]选项有一定的迷惑性,不过熟悉真题的同学都应该知道,essential就是个倒霉孩子,文章中必须要有这样的表述才可能成为正确答案,如果没有这样的表述是绝对不能选择的!
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/0gsZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Takemuchofwhatyouknowabouthowthebestexecutivesmakedecisions.Now,forgetit.Forinstance,weall"know"thattight
Aprilwasanunusual,ifnotthecruelest,monthforNewYorkTimesexecutiveeditorJillAbramson,whoinSeptemberwillmarkt
LegaltrainingisnotarequirementtoserveinCongress,althoughmanyofthemembersare,andhavebeen,lawyers.Norisitne
Asoverfishingdestabilizesmarineecosystemsaroundtheworld,fisheriesarefindingthemselvesinroughwaters.Datafromthe
Whilecrimeisuparoundthenationandspreadoutacrosscitiesinabroadpattern,themajorityofpeopleconvictedofcrimes
Studentstakingbusinesscoursesaresometimesalittlesurprisedtofindthatlecturesonbusinessethicshavebeenincludedin
LouisArmstrongsang,"Whenyou’resmiling,thewholeworldsmileswithyou."Romanticseverywheremaybesurprisedtolearntha
随机试题
保付支票的特点有()
Jackisaccused__________stealingthebooksfromthelibrary.
急性化脓性阑尾炎的并发症有
清创术缝合的基本原则是
无缝线路的锁定轨温是指()。
某企业需向银行贷款,现有4种借款方案,甲银行贷款年利率8%,按季计息;乙银行贷款年利率8%,按月计息;丙银行贷款年利率7.8%,按季计息;丁银行贷款年利率7.8%,按月计息,则该企业应向()银行进行贷款。
《行政处罚法》规定,违法行为在2年内未被发现的,不再给予行政处罚。()
某类产品按质量共分为12个不同的档次,生产最低档次的该类产品,每件可以获利8元,每提高一个档次,每件可以多获利2元,已知最低档次的产品每天可生产60件,而每提高一个档次,则每天就要少生产3件,则生产第()档次的产品所获利润最大。
在Telnet中,引入NVT的主要目的是______。
在考生文件夹下有一个工程文件sjt4.vbp。在其窗体中“待选城市”下的Listl列表框中有若干个城市名称。程序运行时,选中Listl中若干个列表项(如图l所示),单击“选中”按钮则把选中的项目移到List2中,单击“显示”,则在Textl文本框中显示这些
最新回复
(
0
)