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　　Office Angels Employment Agency

　　14-16 Lockhart Road

　　Wan Chai

　　Hong Kong

　　Tel 532 4365

　　Fax 532 4111

　　Dear Client,

　　Office Angels is advising businesses at as far ahead as possible to ensure guaranteed staff cover during holiday periods. There is now a ( 1 ) shortage of skilled secretarial and administrative staff and this is (2) to get worse in .the next twelve months.

　　Businesses which require staff with experience of specialist computer applications are the most at (3) . You are advised to (4) our agency well before the staff are actually needed to be certain of filling gaps with adequately (5) personnel. If you don't, it's almost (6) that you will be left without the skills needed to (7) your office running smoothly.

　　The ( 8 ) for the shortage of secretarial staff appears to be a combination of two ( 9) .

　　There has been an (10)in demand for secretarial services over the last few years, and at the same time there has been a (11) of students deciding to choose secretarial studies.

　　Office Angels Agency would (12) to emphasize that businesses should not underestimate the difficulty of (13) experienced temporary staff. It is also necessary to make the ( 14 ) that businesses should be prepared for the fact that they may have to pay more for this kind of (15) in the future.

　　第(1)处填写A. hard

　　B. serious

　　C. sure

　　D. strong

　　参考答案:B 系统解析:题目意为“严重短缺”，应该选择B，选项A意为“艰难的”，选项C意为“确定的”，选项D意为“强壮的”。

　　第(2)处填写A. hoped

　　B. wanted

　　C. expected

　　D. prepared

　　参考答案:C 系统解析:be expected to do sth.…意为：“预期或计划做某事”，题日意为“预期将会更加恶化”，而不是希望或者准备。

　　第(3)处填写A. risk

　　B. chance

　　C. worry

　　D. difficulty

　　参考答案:A 系统解析:at risk是固定短语，“有危险”。

　　第(4)处填写A. confirm

　　B. communicate

　　C. contact

　　D. command

　　参考答案:C 系统解析:contact意为“联系”，选项A意为“确认”，选项B意为“交流”，选项D意为“命令”。

　　第(5)处填写A. lectured

　　B. aided

　　C. formed

　　D. trained

　　参考答案:D 系统解析:trained意为“经过训练的”，trained personnel表示受过训练的员工。

　　第(6处填写A. positive

　　B. correct

　　C. right

　　D. certain

　　参考答案:D 系统解析:it is certain that…意为：“几乎是一定的”，选项A意为“积极的”，选项B，C意为“正确的”，均不合题意。

　　第(7)处填写A. save

　　B. keep

　　C. ensure

　　D. continue

　　参考答案:B 系统解析:本句意为“保持办公室正常运作”。选项A意为“挽救”，选项C意为“确保”，选项D意为“继续”。

　　第(8)处填写A. reason

　　B. purpose

　　C. result

　　D. problem

　　参考答案:A 系统解析:本句意为“出现人才短缺的原因”。The reason for…为固定搭配。

　　第(9)处填写A. articles

　　B. matters

　　C. factors

　　D. subjects

　　参考答案:C 系统解析:本句意为“两个因素”，选项A意为“文章”，选项B意为“事件”，选项D意为“对象”。

　　第(10)处填写A. enlargement

　　B. increase

　　C. addition

　　D. upgrade

　　参考答案:B 系统解析:本句意为“需求的增加”，an increase in demand for…为常用搭配。

　　第(11)处填写A. lack

　　B. need

　　C. requirement

　　D. few

　　参考答案:A 系统解析:lack意为“缺少”，a lack of…为固定用法。

　　第(12)处填写A. request

　　B. desire

　　C. ask

　　D. like

　　参考答案:D 系统解析:would like to do sth.…固定句式“想要做某事”。

　　第(13)处填写A. achieving

　　B. obtaining

　　C. realizing

　　D. earning

　　参考答案:B 系统解析:obtain意为“获得，获取”，选项A意为 “达到”，选项C意为“实现”，选项D意为“赚得”。

　　第(14)处填写A. point

　　B. idea

　　C. position

　　D. subject

　　参考答案:A 系统解析:make the point that…为常用搭配意为“注意，确保”。

　　第(15)处填写A. offer

　　B. delivery

　　C. product

　　D. sewice

　　参考答案:D 系统解析:service意为“服务”，选项A意为“提供”，选项B意为“传送”，选项C意为“产品”。

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