《管理英语4》形考4-7选择填空题答案及解析(11)

解析：当by 时间结构与动作性强的动词连用时，主句多用完成式。by后的时间可指现在、过去或将来时间点。如果是by now连用，主句用现在完成时；如果是by 过去时间，主句用过去完成时；如果是b y 将来时间，主句则用将来完成时。所以正确答案是B。
11. — Can I have three days off next week, Mr. Smith?
— _____. I can manage without you.
A. I"m afraid not—— B. Of course—— C. It depends
解析：本题考查情景对话。句意为：我下周能请三天假吗，史密斯先生？当然可以(of course)。你不来我也应付得了。根据下文I can manage without you可知，Mr. Smith同意对方请假，所以答案应该是B。
12. Redundancy happens when employees need to _____ their workforce. And as a result, someone gets dismissed from work.
A. reform —— B. reproduce—— C. reduce
译文：当雇主需要减少员工时就裁员，结果有人就得失去工作。
解析：reduce指“减少”，reform意思是“改革”，reproduce意为：繁殖，再生”，根据语境，答案应该是C。
13. On hearing the news of ______ the major exam again, the girl burst into tears.
A. her having failed —— B. she failed—— C. her being failed
译文：那个女孩听到她大考又没通过的消息失声哭了起来。
解析：A项her having failed是动名词复合结构，可作of的宾语，其中her是having failed的逻辑主语；B项为主谓结构，不能作of的宾语；C项being failed是被动结构，而fail the exam应用主动结构。因此正确答案是A。
14. _____the deepening of China"s economic reforms, there is greater cooperation and interdependence between the private and the public sector.