問題詳情

The Manchester United football club is one of the few great teams that are household names across the globe. For more than a quarter-century, under Sir Alex Ferguson, United was unstoppable. They 26 fear. Everyone knew the last 20 minutes in any match at Old Trafford would be torment under a red-shirted siege. During his 26 seasons as manager, United won English title 13 times, the UEFA Champions Leagues (most coveted of 27 ) twice, as well as lesser trophies.  Then, at the end of last season, Sir Alex retired, with a total of 49 trophies in 39 years as a football manager. David Moyes, another Scot, took over at United. The players were the same. United still had the resources needed to triumph in the modern game. The ground was the same, the support as 28 .  Yet the ground had shifted. The aura was gone. The fierce cohesion was gone. The fear factor was gone. Those red shirts, somehow 29 , did not look quite the same. United, suddenly, was beatable.  What happened? Harvard Business School seems determined to find out. It announced this month that it had hired Sir Alex to a teaching post in executive education. In a sense the decision is a risky one. Political correctness is not really Sir Alex’s thing. He will 30 feathers. But he will also inspire students because he has an intangible quality, leadership—the 31 of inspiration, authority, will, charisma, organization, understanding, creativity and example that inspires a group of people to create something larger than themselves.  He was a very bad loser. Anger 32 beneath the surface, controlled most of the time. He was able to channel it, make virtues of his vices, provide discipline and instill an almost 33 will. Humor offset harshness. He recognized genius in his great players, and the 34 required for it, but was also to draw a line when needed. His antennae for a slight decline in form, for the moment to discard a player, were  35 . Nobody excelled in succession management like Sir Alex—in every position, that is, except his own. 
(A) lurked
(B) accolades
(C) elusive
(D) combination 
(E) undying (AB). uncanny (AC). staple (AD). pinker (AE). indivisible (BC). struck (BD). latitude (BE). quandary (CD). ruffle (CE). exhibited (DE). diabolical

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參考答案

答案：B,C
難度：困難0.25
統計：A(1),B(1),C(2),D(0),E(1)

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