— Read the article on the opposite page about networking.— Choose the best word to fill ea

— Read the article on the opposite page about networking.

— Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D below.

— For each question 19 - 33, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

— There is an example at the beginning (0).

NETWORK YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS

That (0)______ saying, 'It's not what you know, it's who you know' sums up what may well be the most important (19)______ of climbing the business ladder. Diligence, competence and experience are fine (20)______, but they are not enough.

While this is no great secret, the fact (21)______ that skilled workers are few and (22)______ between - get business success depends on informal networking and sociologists have (23)______ that the majority of top jobs in the US are obtained through it. A vast (24)______ of jobs are never advertised and of those that are, many have already been (25)______ to someone known to the company. These processes (26)______ not just to industry but to the government and public sector as well.

Potentially, colleagues, superiors, business friends, customers, suppliers can (27)______ a networker with information, addresses and open doors that. make the difference between stagnation and a rapid rise. Nonetheless, as a communications trainer in Germany put it: 'Many people just do not know how to (28)______ develop and foster promising relationships.' For some, networking (29)______ just too time-consuming or stressful. Such individuals shut themselves in their office and minimise (30)______ with the outside world. They may do a great job of work, but they are unlikely to make great career strides. Other would-be networkers (31)______ instant results, make a real nuisance of themselves, or network in too limited an environment. There are plenty of other classic errors, ranging from a failure to (32)______ favours, to the converse - networking with opportunists who themselves never deliver.

Effective networking does not just happen. It is a conscious process of developing links which (33)______ creativity, energy and commitment. Learning to do it will pay dividends.

A．measures

B．resources

C．means

D．actions