American business is based on the profit motive.So make no mistake. The company you work 11 will have some method of measuring employee productivity. Your future there will depend on 12 you rate.

Productivity is relatively easy to measure in some cases.13 a college student, your overall productivity was measured by your grade point average. Hourly workers, 14 assembly line operators,are usually measured by the 15 of items produced in a given amount of time. Measuring the productivity of some service and management personnel is 16 difficult because of the many factors to be considered.

New employees are 17 expected to perform at their maximum potential.A break - in period is allowed, 18 can be several weeks, depending on the job.By the time of your first performance evaluation, you should 19 average productivity. Then you should try to reach your 20.

11.A.for

B.out

C.to

D.on

答案：A

[解析]You work for是定语从句修饰The company, work for 的意思是为…工作。这句话的意思是：你为之工作的公司会有一些测量员工工作效率的方法。

12.A.what

B.how

C.where

D.when

答案：B

[解析]在这个句子中rate 动词，意思是评价、评估的意思。Depend on后面用宾语从句做介词on 的宾语。本句话的意思是：你的未来将取决于你是怎样评价的。

13.A.For

B.with

C.To

D.As

答案：D

[解析]As a college student作为一个大学生，在这个句子中as做介词。

14.A.except for

B.such as

C.in addition to

D.as well as

答案：B

[解析]such as 是例如的意思，表示举例说明。except for 的意思是除了，除…之外，in addition to 意思也是除了，除…之外，as well as 表示“也”“以及”

15.A.Aquality

B.figure

C.sum

D.whole

答案：C

[解析]quality意思是质量，figure 数字，数;sum总计，合计、总数;whole 整个，整体。这句话的意思是：小时工，比如集中生产线的操作工，他们通常是以单位时间里所生产的产品总数来衡量工作效率。

16.A.more

B.less

C.the same

D.similarly

答案：A

[解析]此处要填一个比较级，根据上下文的意思我们可以判断出要填more ，这句话的意思是：衡量服务人员和管理人员的工作效率就更难了，因为有许多因素要考虑。

17.A.never

B.rarely

C.often

D.always

答案：B

[解析]根据上下文我们可以知道，一般开始时几乎不要求新员工充分发挥潜力，等到第一次评估以后才要求新员工要尽量发挥潜力，因此选rarely 。

18.A.it

B.that

C.which

D.what

答案：

[解析]which 引导了非限定性定语从句，that 不能引导非限定性定语从句。

19.A.reach

B.have reached

C.be reaching

D.be reached

答案：B

[解析]should have reached 是情态动词的完成形式，从上下文看，有一个非常明显的词By the time ,一般句子中有这个词，那么句子的时态经常用完成时。

20.A.destination

B.objective

C.potential

D.conclusion