人郵第二輯真題TEST 3 READING PART 4
Should you open a second branch?
Choosing to expand your business by opening a second location can be one of the best decisions you’ll ever (0)____, or one of the worst. Before you (21)____ at a decision, there are several things you should check to see if you are ready to take this big step towards expansion.
Firstly – your cash flow. Like starting up any business, a second location (22)____ a large initial investment and usually takes a long time to turn a profit. Look at your firm’s accounts carefully. If these (23)____ that you cannot afford a long-term drain on your financial resources, then it is probably better to wait.
Secondly – your personnel and systems. If you don’t have a management team (24)____ place already, you should probably think about establishing one before opening a second branch. The same (25)____ in the case of operating systems and controls. The better organized your business now, the better organized your second location will be, too.
Also, you need to think about your market. Is your current site doing as much business as it can (26)____, or are there ways you could grow without opening a second branch? Try expanding internally first. Similarly, don’t (27)____ that just because your business is successful in one town, it will immediately succeed in a (28)____ community. Research your potential markets before setting up shop, and (29)____ your new branch to answer the specific needs of these markets.
Finally, be realistic about the time you need to invest to make a second location work. You don’t want to take (30)____ so much work that you can’t honour your commitments.
21 A arrive B come C reach D approach
22 A contains B includes C involves D consists
23 A signify B present C indicate D exhibit
24 A at B in C by D to
25 A applies B refers C concerns D relates
26 A deal B hold C handle D cope
27 A assume B trust C rely D count
28 A connecting B neighbouring C surrounding D matching
29 A invent B amend C design D innovate
30 A through B up C down D on
關于拓展連鎖店業務的，expanding a retail business。什么時候該開設一個分支機構，這和很多因素有關。
21題，達成一個決定，用arrive at，come to，和reach。
22題，新開設一個分支機構(branch)是要錢的，它涉及到大的投資，需要很長時間才能實現盈利。四個選項，首先排除D，意思先不說，用法首先不對，應該是consist of；A、B要看英文意思幫助解釋。Contain：to have something inside or include something as a part。Include：to contain something as a part of something else, or to make something part of something else包含的東西屬于整體的一部分�？�22空的意思，嚴格來講不是包含，location這個事物本身是不包含investment的，但是要選擇location，肯定涉及到investment的事，所以這題不選A或B，選C。
23題，理解了意思是很好選的。如果這些意味著要榨干你的財力，那最好還是等等。用indicate。signify是很formal的說法：if you signify a feeling, opinion etc, you do something that acts as a sign so that other people know your feeling or opinion。這里應該用indicate。
24題，表示一個管理團隊已經就位。用in place：working or ready to work; established 到位的，就位的；已確定的。
25題，是指同樣的原理適用于操作系統和管理中。適用，用apply。
26題，填入的詞表示處理、解決，用deal with，cope with，和handle。
27題，這題也是要理解意思然后選擇的。不要想當然的認為你在一個地方成功了，在另一個地方就也能成功。用assume，意思是假定。
28題，在一個town里面成功了，在鄰近的地方也能成功。用neighbouring。surrounding在意思用法上也可以，但是neighbouring，可以和前面的in one town形成對比，用在這里更合適。（in one town,in a neighbouring community）
29題，理解前后的意思。事先要調查潛在的市場，新的分支機構要能滿足這些市場的特殊需要。A不對，是發明；B不對，是修理，D也不對，innovate是創新，還沒到那地步。用design。
30題，考查的是詞組的含義。知道的就能填對，不知道的就得積累。
take up：占用（時間等）；開始從事
take on：雇傭（這個意思在BEC里考的很多）；擔當重任：undertake a task or responsibility, especially a difficult one
