When Andrew Chadwick-Jones, a management consultant with Oliver Wyman in London, went to pitch to a private-equity firm late las

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问题    When Andrew Chadwick-Jones, a management consultant with Oliver Wyman in London, went to pitch to a private-equity firm late last year, he【C1】______the usual: about 20 minutes and a brisk attitude. He was surprised to find the private-equity people【C2】______explaining their strategy,【C3】______introductions to senior staff and being more open and friendly.【C4】______money and deals are scarce, they’ve got to be nicer to all the people they【C5】______with, in case they might help bring business in future, he says.
   Rudeness is out, and civility is the new【C6】______in an uncertain world. On Wall Street, says a banker, it’s now all about charm and openness and taking time with people. Cocky young things straight【C7】______the best business schools have stopped skipping interview appointments, recruiters say, and there is much less【C8】______people’s shoulders at drinks parties, reports one veteran.
   Many people, fearful for their jobs, are trying to burnish their contacts at other firms. The change in tone also【C9】______an upheaval in the balance of【C10】______between companies.【C11】______the crisis, says Michel Pretie, head of investment banking at Societe Generale in Paris, he would go and see a senior chief executive with a mergers-and-acquisitions【C12】______, get in for a short【C13】______and, on the way out, walk past a line of all his competitors. Now, he says, "You’re ushered【C14】______, you get an hour with the CEO and he walks you to your car."
   During this crisis, when there is so much uncertainty about who will end【C15】______having power, the best【C16】______is to be civil to everyone, says Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. People have more time to be friendly when business is【C17】______. Some【C18】______the new cordiality reflects a【C19】______that everyone is in the same boat: when some firms have to fire good performers as well as bad, no one is safe.【C20】______if people at different firms are being nicer to each other, things may not be getting any nicer inside companies.
【C16】

选项 A、tactic
B、policy
C、scheme
D、strategy

答案D

解析 名词辨析题。A项tactic在军事上指在战场或军事行动中如何用兵的具体战术,多暗示指挥员在场具体指挥,也指为完成某计划而采取的策略或手段;B项policy是规定好的规章制度之类的,一般是没有疑问要执行的类似政府策略或者公司的守则;C项scheme着重指“为谋私利而采取的狡诈策略”,但有时也指“对工作或活动的安排”;D项strategy指全局性的前线战略部署,也可指为达到某种目的而采取的策略。根据上下文逻辑关系During this crisis,when there is SO much uncertainty about who will end up having power,the best______is to be civil to everyone,says Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.(在这场危机中,由于根本不能确定谁最后会手握权柄,最好的______就是对每个人都彬彬有礼,西北大学凯洛格商学院的Adam Galinsky说。)可知D项符合文意,故D项为正确选项。
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