【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 oard. A number of such panies have selfassessment schemes. The chairman may meet each board memberindividually to ask how things are going, in a fairly informal way. The whole board might also meet to talk about its progress in open session. (11).............These might ask for people’s opinions on the board’s main tasks or on how well the mittees are working.Research indicates there has been some improvement in the way the appraisal of board members is conducted. (12) .............The chairman will have been involved directly or indirectly in the appraisal of all members of the board. Whose job is it, then, to appraise the chairman?A It is often the case that the directors of such panies are even happy to receive criticism, as this can prevent them from making basic mistakes.B The rest of the workforce sees it as unfair if the directors are the only members of the pany to escape appraisal.C These are encouraging as they put a limit on the power of the chairman to assess fellow directors.D Alternatively, questionnaires might be distributed to directors, forming the basis for future discussion.E One issue remains, however, when all the others have been dealt with.F It is generally agreed that it is the chairman’s responsibility to ensure the regular appraisal of each member of the board.G However, one wonders how many panies have in place a formal appraisal process for their board of directors.《Evaluating the performance of the board》，評(píng)估董事局的表現(xiàn)。眾所周知一個(gè)公司里面 是經(jīng)常對(duì)員工的表現(xiàn)進(jìn)行評(píng)估的，那么誰(shuí)又來(lái)評(píng)估董事局的表現(xiàn)呢？這篇文章講了對(duì)董事局 表現(xiàn)進(jìn)行評(píng)估的重要性和一些方法。第八題，前面說(shuō)對(duì)董事局的表現(xiàn)進(jìn)行評(píng)估是很重要的?？崭窈竺娴木渥又杏衋notherreason，可見(jiàn)這個(gè)第八空應(yīng)該填入對(duì)董事局表現(xiàn)進(jìn)行評(píng)估原因的句子。B符合這一特點(diǎn)，為 什么要進(jìn)行評(píng)估，因?yàn)椤叭绻麤Q策層是公司唯一逃避評(píng)估的成員的話，其他的員工會(huì)視之為 不公平?！钡诰蓬}，前面說(shuō)小公司會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這種評(píng)估過(guò)程更容易操作?？崭窈竺嬉粋€(gè)however，說(shuō)大 公司的決策層會(huì)認(rèn)為評(píng)估是對(duì)他們地位的一種挑戰(zhàn)。可見(jiàn)這個(gè)空格應(yīng)該填入表示小公司愿意 接受評(píng)估的句子。A符合這一特點(diǎn)：通常這些公司的決策層會(huì)很樂(lè)意接受批評(píng)，因?yàn)檫@可以 防止他們犯錯(cuò)誤。這里的such panies是個(gè)暗示，可以和前面的smaller panies對(duì)應(yīng)上。 第十題，前面問(wèn)怎樣對(duì)公司的董事局進(jìn)行評(píng)估。那么很明顯，后面跟的句子應(yīng)該和評(píng)估 的方式方法有關(guān)。符合這一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的只有F：一般認(rèn)為確保對(duì)董事局里每個(gè)成員的定期評(píng)估是 主席的責(zé)任。也就是說(shuō)是依賴于主席進(jìn)行評(píng)估。responsibility是個(gè)關(guān)鍵詞。第十一題。第五段依然是講評(píng)估的方法，具體的過(guò)程?？崭竦那懊嬲f(shuō)主席可以單獨(dú)會(huì)見(jiàn) 董事局的每一個(gè)成員，或者是集體在一起談話?？崭窈竺嬲f(shuō)這些可以詢問(wèn)人們關(guān)于董事局主 要任務(wù)以及委員會(huì)的工作進(jìn)展情況的意見(jiàn)。ask for people’s opinion是個(gè)關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)，什么可以詢問(wèn)人們的觀點(diǎn)？調(diào)查。選D，questionnaires是個(gè)關(guān)鍵的暗示：或者，也許可以給經(jīng)理們分發(fā) 調(diào)查問(wèn)卷，形成未來(lái)討論的基礎(chǔ)。第十二題，這一空前面說(shuō)有調(diào)查顯示對(duì)董事局成員進(jìn)行評(píng)估的方法有所改善?？崭窈竺?來(lái)了一個(gè)疑問(wèn)，提出沒(méi)有人評(píng)估主席。可見(jiàn)第十二題有轉(zhuǎn)折的意思，選E，有關(guān)鍵的連詞 however,而且E的one issue remains，正好對(duì)應(yīng)最后一段最后一句話的一個(gè)問(wèn)題。內(nèi)容上也 吻合。PART threeEvaluating the performance of the boardFew employees escape the annual or twiceyearly performance review. (0) .....G......The answer is not a great number. And the smaller the pany, the fewer checks there are on how well thedirectors are doing. Some of the largest panies formally assess the performance of their board, but very few new or growing panies have managed to get round to establishing any such procedure.Many business experts believe, however, that it is important for all panies to review theperformance of the board. (8) .............Another reason is that the board itself needs information on how well it is doing, just as much as other employees do. For the chief executive, appraisal of some sort is absolutely essential for his or her own