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(guān)于拓展連鎖店業(yè)務(wù)的，expanding a retail business。什么時(shí)候該開設(shè)一個(gè)分支機(jī)構(gòu)，這和很多因素有關(guān)。
　　21題，達(dá)成一個(gè)決定，用arrive at，come to，和reach。
　　22題，新開設(shè)一個(gè)分支機(jī)構(gòu)(branch)是要錢的，它涉及到大的投資，需要很長時(shí)間才能實(shí)現(xiàn)盈利。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，首先排除D，意思先不說，用法首先不對(duì)，應(yīng)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(yán)格來講不是包含，location這個(gè)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(cái)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(yīng)該用indicate。
　　24題，表示一個(gè)管理團(tuán)隊(duì)已經(jīng)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(tǒng)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(dāng)然的認(rèn)為你在一個(gè)地方成功了，在另一個(gè)地方就也能成功。用assume，意思是假定。
　　28題，在一個(gè)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(duì)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(diào)查潛在的市場(chǎng)，新的分支機(jī)構(gòu)要能滿足這些市場(chǎng)的特殊需要。A不對(duì)，是發(fā)明；B不對(duì)，是修理，D也不對(duì)，innovate是創(chuàng)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(duì)，不知道的就得積累。
　　take up：占用（時(shí)間等）；開始從事
　　take on：雇傭（這個(gè)意思在BEC里考的很多）；擔(dān)當(dāng)重任：undertake a task or responsibility, especially a difficult one