Reading & Writing:Fill in the blanks #7 Sales Activities

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Organizations need to integrate their sales activities more both internally and with customers' needs according to a new book co-authored by an academic at the University of East Anglia. The book how sales can help organizations to become more customer-oriented and considers how they are responding to challenges such as increasing competition, more customers and a more complex selling environment. Many organizations are facing escalating costs and a growth in customer power, makes it necessary to allocate resources more strategically. The sales function can provide critical customer and market knowledge to help inform both innovation and marketing. However, the authors say that within the industry is still uncertainty about the shape a future sales team should take, how it should be managed, and how it into their organization's business model.

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本题 PTE Core 核心词汇(词义 + 原文例句):

 

address:动词,意为“处理,探讨,解决”。

例句:The book addresses how sales can help organizations...

含义:这本书探讨了销售如何帮助组织应对挑战。

demanding:形容词,意为“要求高的,苛刻的”。

例句:more demanding customers

含义:更挑剔的客户。

escalating:形容词,意为“逐步上升的,不断增长的”。

例句:escalating costs and a growth in customer power

含义:成本不断上涨和客户影响力增强。

allocate:动词,意为“分配”。

例句:allocate resources more strategically

含义:更有策略地分配资源。

uncertainty:名词,意为“不确定性”。

例句:there is still uncertainty about the shape a future sales team should take

含义:对于未来销售团队应采取的形式仍存在不确定性。

 

本题 PTE Core 固定搭配:

 

respond to challenges:应对挑战

例句:how they are responding to challenges...

allocate resources:分配资源

例句:it is necessary to allocate resources more strategically.

inform innovation and marketing:为创新和营销提供参考信息

例句:help inform both innovation and marketing.

fit into...:融入……,适应……

例句:how it fits into their organization's business model.

 

正确答案解析:

 

addresses:根据句子主语“the book”,需要一个及物动词来说明它“探讨了什么”。

demanding:修饰“customers”,表示客户更挑剔、要求更高。

which:引导非限制性定语从句,指代前文整个句子“escalating costs and a growth in customer power”。

there:用于句首,引导“there is...”句型,表示存在某种情况。

fits:与主语“it”搭配,表示“如何适应/融入”公司的商业模式,时态为一般现在时。

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