TOEIC リーディング パート 7 — 問題
パッセージ
Subject: Project Alpha - Update and Revised Timeline
From: marcus.thorne@innovatech.com
To: project.team@innovatech.com
Date: October 26, 2:10 PM
Team,
I’m writing to provide an update on Project Alpha. Unfortunately, we’re facing some unforeseen challenges that will necessitate a revision to our timeline. Our main hurdle right now is key staff availability for the final testing phase. We have critical roles that are currently unfilled due to recent departures and an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly. We're actively cross-training existing personnel, but this process takes time.
I've attached a revised project schedule that pushes our completion date back by approximately three weeks. I understand this isn’t ideal, and I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will have a meeting to discuss mitigation strategies and reallocate resources where possible on Thursday at 10:00 AM in Conference Room B.
Best regards,
Marcus Thorne
Project Lead
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Subject: Re: Project Alpha - Update and Revised Timeline
From: sarah.chen@innovatech.com
To: marcus.thorne@innovatech.com
Date: October 26, 3:35 PM
Hi Marcus,
Thanks for the update. This is certainly challenging, especially with the upcoming client demo. Can we explore options for temporary external contractors to bridge the gap in staffing for the testing phase? It might be a higher short-term cost, but it could save us significant delays and potential penalties from the client.
Also, could you confirm if the equipment for the beta environment has arrived? I haven't seen a confirmation yet, and that could become another bottleneck if not addressed promptly.
Thanks,
Sarah Chen
QA Manager
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Subject: Re: Project Alpha - Update and Revised Timeline
From: marcus.thorne@innovatech.com
To: sarah.chen@innovatech.com
Date: October 26, 4:05 PM
Hi Sarah,
Good questions. I've already looked into external contractors, but unfortunately, our current budget doesn't allow for it, especially with the hiring freeze restricting new headcount. It's a tough spot.
Regarding the equipment, I just received an update from procurement. The beta environment hardware is confirmed to arrive by end of day tomorrow. So, thankfully, that shouldn't be an issue.
Let's discuss further at Thursday's meeting.
Regards,
Marcus
問題
What is preventing Marcus from implementing Sarah's staffing solution?
選択肢
- A. Current budgetary restrictions. ✓
- B. Lack of available qualified contractors.
- C. Client preferences against external staff.
- D. The project's tight deadline.
正解
A. Current budgetary restrictions.
解説
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📖 지문해석 — 본 이메일은 Project Alpha의 상태를 업데이트하고 마감일을 재조정하는 내용입니다. 팀은 현재 최종 테스트 단계를 위한 핵심 인력 확보에 어려움을 겪고 있으며, 이는 최근 직원 이탈과 채용 동결로 인해 신규 인력 충원이 어려운 상황과 관련이 있습니다.
📝 정답이유 — 옵션 A("Current budgetary restrictions.")가 정답입니다. 지문에서 "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly"라고 언급하며, 이는 곧 예산 부족 때문인 채용 동결을 의미하며, 마커스의 새로운 인력 채용을 막고 있기 때문에 이를 선택할 수 없습니다.
💡 실전팁 — Part 7 인과 관계 문제에서는 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' 등의 이유/결과를 나타내는 단서에 주목하여 핵심 원인을 파악하는 연습을 하세요.
📊 오답분석 — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — 지문에는 계약직 부족에 대한 언급이 없습니다. X) Client preferences against external staff. — 고객의 외부 인력 선호도에 대한 내용은 지문에 전혀 나와 있지 않습니다. X) The project's tight deadline. — 마감일이 촉박하다는 내용은 언급되었지만, 이것이 인력 솔루션 구현을 막는 직접적인 원인은 아닙니다.
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📖 本文の和訳 — このメールは、プロジェクト・アルファの状況を更新し、タイムラインを改訂するものです。チームは現在、最終テスト段階の主要スタッフの確保に課題を抱えていますが、これは最近の退職や、新規人材の迅速な採用を妨げている継続中の採用凍結によるものです。
📝 正解理由 — 選択肢A「現在の予算上の制限」が正解です。本文には「an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly」(進行中の採用凍結が、新しい人材を迅速に獲得する能力に影響を与えている)と記載されており、これは予算不足による採用凍結を意味し、マーカスが新しいスタッフを採用するのを妨げているため、これを採用できません。
💡 実践的ヒント — Part 7の因果関係問題では、「because」「due to」「impact impacting」「reason for」といった理由や結果を示す手がかりに注目し、根本原因を特定する練習をしましょう。
📊 不正解の選択肢の分析 — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — 派遣社員の不足については本文中に言及されていません。X) Client preferences against external staff. — 顧客が外部スタッフを好まないという内容も本文には全く記載されていません。X) The project's tight deadline. — プロジェクトの締め切りがタイトであることは言及されていますが、これが人材ソリューションの実施を妨げている直接的な原因ではありません。
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📖 การแปลบทอ่าน — อีเมลนี้เป็นการอัปเดตเกี่ยวกับ Project Alpha และการปรับปรุงกำหนดการ ทีมกำลังเผชิญกับความท้าทายที่สำคัญในการจัดหาบุคลากรหลักสำหรับระยะทดสอบสุดท้าย ซึ่งเกิดจากการลาออกล่าสุดและการระงับการจ้างงานที่กำลังดำเนินอยู่ซึ่งส่งผลกระทบต่อความสามารถในการดึงดูดบุคลากรใหม่ได้อย่างรวดเร็ว
📝 เหตุผลที่เลือกคำตอบ — ตัวเลือก A ("Current budgetary restrictions.") เป็นคำตอบที่ถูกต้อง ข้อความระบุว่า "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly" ซึ่งบ่งชี้ว่าข้อจำกัดด้านงบประมาณทำให้เกิดการระงับการจ้างงาน ซึ่งเป็นอุปสรรคโดยตรงต่อการดำเนินการตามแผนการจัดหาบุคลากรของซาราห์
💡 เคล็ดลับสำหรับวันสอบ — สำหรับคำถามเกี่ยวกับเหตุและผลใน Part 7 ให้มองหาคำสำคัญเช่น 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' เพื่อระบุสาเหตุหลักที่กำลังมองหา
📊 การวิเคราะห์ตัวเลือกที่ไม่ถูกต้อง — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — ไม่มีการกล่าวถึงการขาดแคลนผู้รับเหมาที่มีคุณสมบัติในข้อความ X) Client preferences against external staff. — ความชอบของลูกค้าเกี่ยวกับพนักงานภายนอกไม่ได้ถูกกล่าวถึงในข้อความเลย X) The project's tight deadline. — แม้ว่าจะมีการกล่าวถึงกำหนดเวลาที่จำกัดของโครงการ แต่ก็ไม่ได้เป็นสาเหตุโดยตรงที่ขัดขวางการนำโซลูชันด้านพนักงานไปใช้
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📖 Dịch đoạn văn — Email này cập nhật về Project Alpha và điều chỉnh lại tiến độ. Nhóm đang đối mặt với những thách thức quan trọng trong việc đảm bảo nhân sự chủ chốt cho giai đoạn thử nghiệm cuối cùng, do sự ra đi gần đây và tình trạng đóng băng tuyển dụng đang diễn ra ảnh hưởng đến khả năng thu hút nhân tài mới nhanh chóng.
📝 Lý do chọn câu trả lời — Lựa chọn A ("Current budgetary restrictions.") là câu trả lời đúng. Đoạn văn nêu rõ "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly" (việc đóng băng tuyển dụng đang diễn ra ảnh hưởng đến khả năng thu hút nhân tài mới nhanh chóng), điều này chỉ ra rằng tình trạng đóng băng tuyển dụng là do hạn chế về ngân sách, và đây là yếu tố ngăn cản Marcus thực hiện giải pháp nhân sự của Sarah.
💡 Mẹo làm bài thi — Đối với các câu hỏi về nguyên nhân-kết quả trong Phần 7, hãy chú ý đến các từ khóa như 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' để xác định nguyên nhân cốt lõi mà bạn đang tìm kiếm.
📊 Phân tích lựa chọn sai — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — Không có đề cập nào về việc thiếu nhà thầu có trình độ trong đoạn văn. X) Client preferences against external staff. — Sở thích của khách hàng đối với nhân viên bên ngoài hoàn toàn không được đề cập trong đoạn văn. X) The project's tight deadline. — Mặc dù có đề cập đến thời hạn gấp rút của dự án, nhưng đó không phải là nguyên nhân trực tiếp cản trở việc triển khai giải pháp về nhân sự.
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📖 Terjemahan Bacaan — Email ini adalah pembaruan tentang Proyek Alpha dan revisi jadwal. Tim sedang menghadapi tantangan penting dalam mengamankan staf kunci untuk fase pengujian akhir, karena kepergian baru-baru ini dan pembekuan perekrutan yang sedang berlangsung yang memengaruhi kemampuan kami untuk mendatangkan talenta baru dengan cepat.
📝 Alasan Memilih Jawaban — Pilihan A ("Current budgetary restrictions.") adalah jawaban yang benar. Bagian tersebut menyatakan "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly" (pembekuan perekrutan yang sedang berlangsung memengaruhi kemampuan kami untuk mendatangkan talenta baru dengan cepat), yang menunjukkan bahwa pembekuan perekrutan disebabkan oleh kendala anggaran, dan inilah yang mencegah Marcus menerapkan solusi staf Sarah.
💡 Tips Ujian — Untuk pertanyaan sebab-akibat di Bagian 7, perhatikan kata-kata kunci seperti 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' untuk mengidentifikasi akar penyebab yang Anda cari.
📊 Analisis Opsi Salah — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — Tidak ada penyebutan tentang kekurangan kontraktor yang memenuhi syarat dalam bacaan. X) Client preferences against external staff. — Preferensi klien terhadap staf eksternal sama sekali tidak disebutkan dalam bacaan. X) The project's tight deadline. — Meskipun tenggat waktu proyek yang ketat disebutkan, itu bukanlah penyebab langsung yang menghalangi penerapan solusi staf.
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📖 Terjemahan Bacaan — E-mel ini ialah kemas kini mengenai Projek Alpha dan penyemakan semula garis masa. Pasukan sedang menghadapi cabaran utama dalam mendapatkan kakitangan penting untuk fasa ujian akhir, disebabkan oleh peletakan jawatan baru-baru ini dan pembekuan pengambilan pekerja yang sedang berjalan yang memberi kesan kepada keupayaan kami untuk membawa masuk bakat baharu dengan pantas.
📝 Sebab Jawapan — Pilihan A ("Current budgetary restrictions.") ialah jawapan yang betul. Petikan menyatakan "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly" (pembekuan pengambilan pekerja yang berterusan memberi kesan kepada keupayaan kami untuk membawa masuk bakat baharu dengan pantas), yang menunjukkan bahawa pembekuan pengambilan pekerja disebabkan oleh kekangan bajet, dan inilah yang menghalang Marcus daripada melaksanakan penyelesaian kakitangan Sarah.
💡 Petua Hari Peperiksaan — Untuk soalan sebab dan akibat dalam Bahagian 7, perhatikan kata kunci seperti 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' untuk mengenal pasti punca utama yang anda cari.
📊 Analisis Pilihan Salah — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — Tiada sebutan tentang kekurangan kontraktor berkelayakan dalam bacaan. X) Client preferences against external staff. — Keutamaan pelanggan terhadap kakitangan luaran langsung tidak disebut dalam bacaan. X) The project's tight deadline. — Walaupun garis masa projek yang ketat disebut, ia bukanlah sebab langsung yang menghalang pelaksanaan penyelesaian kakitangan.
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📖 Tradução da Passagem — Este e-mail é uma atualização sobre o Projeto Alpha e a revisão do cronograma. A equipe está enfrentando desafios significativos na obtenção de pessoal-chave para a fase final de testes, devido a demissões recentes e um congelamento de contratação em andamento que afeta nossa capacidade de trazer novos talentos rapidamente.
📝 Razão da Resposta — A opção A ("Current budgetary restrictions." - Restrições orçamentárias atuais.) é a resposta correta. A passagem afirma "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly" (um congelamento de contratação em andamento afetando nossa capacidade de trazer novos talentos rapidamente), o que indica que o congelamento de contratação é devido a restrições orçamentárias, e é isso que está impedindo Marcus de implementar a solução de pessoal de Sarah.
💡 Dica para o Dia da Prova — Para perguntas de causa e efeito na Parte 7, preste atenção a palavras-chave como 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' para identificar a causa raiz que você está procurando.
📊 Análise das Opções Erradas — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — Não há menção à falta de empreiteiros qualificados na passagem. X) Client preferences against external staff. — As preferências do cliente contra pessoal externo não são mencionadas de forma alguma na passagem. X) The project's tight deadline. — Embora o prazo apertado do projeto seja mencionado, não é a causa direta que impede a implementação da solução de pessoal.
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📖 ဘာသာပြန်ခြင်း — ဤအီးမေးလ်သည် Project Alpha ကို အပ်ဒိတ်လုပ်ခြင်းနှင့် အချိန်ဇယားကို ပြန်လည်ပြင်ဆင်ခြင်း ဖြစ်ပါ သည်။ အသင်းသည် နောက်ဆုံးစမ်းသပ်မှု အဆင့်အတွက် အဓိကဝန်ထမ်းများကို ရရှိရန် အရေးကြီးသော စိန်ခေါ်မှုများကို ရင်ဆိုင်နေရပြီး၊ မကြာသေးမီက အလုပ်ထွက်မှုများနှင့် အသစ်သော ပရိသတ်များကို လျင်မြန်စွာ ခေါ်ယူနိုင်စွမ်းကို ထိခိုက်စေသော ဆက်လက်ငှားရမ်းမှု အေးခဲမှုကြောင့် ဖြစ်သည်။
📝 အကြောင်းရင်း — ရွေးချယ်မှု A ("Current budgetary restrictions." - လက်ရှိဘတ်ဂျက် ကန့်သတ်ချက်များ။) သည် မှန်ကန်သော အဖြေဖြစ်သည်။ စာပိုဒ်တွင် "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly" (ဆက်လက်ငှားရမ်းမှု အေးခဲမှုသည် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ အရည်အချင်းရှိသူသစ်များ လျင်မြန်စွာ ခေါ်ယူနိုင်စွမ်းကို ထိခိုက်စေသည်) ဟု ဖော်ပြထားပြီး၊ ဤငှားရမ်းမှု အေးခဲမှုသည် ဘတ်ဂျက် ကန့်သတ်ချက်များကြောင့် ဖြစ်သည်ကို ညွှန်ပြပြီး၊ ဤအရာသည် Marcus အား Sarah ၏ ဝန်ထမ်းဖြေရှင်းနည်းကို အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ရန် တားဆီးနေခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။
💡 စာမေးပွဲအတွက် အကြံပြုချက် — အပိုင်း 7 တွင် အကြောင်းရင်း-အကျိုးဆက် မေးခွန်းများအတွက်၊ သင်ရှာဖွေနေသော အရင်းခံဖြစ်ရခြင်း အကြောင်းရင်းကို သိရှိရန် 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' ကဲ့သို့သော ရှေ့ပြေးစကားလုံးများကို အာရုံစိုက်ပါ။
📊 မှားယွင်းသောရွေးချယ်မှုများ ခွဲခြမ်းစိတ်ဖြာ — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — စာပိုဒ်တွင် အရည်အချင်းပြည့်မီသော စာချုပ်စာတမ်း ပေးသွင်းသူများ မရှိခြင်းကို ဖော်ပြခြင်း မရှိပါ။ X) Client preferences against external staff. — ပြင်ပဝန်ထမ်းများနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ ဖောက်သည်များ၏ အကြိုက်များကို စာပိုဒ်တွင် လုံးဝ မဖော်ပြပါ။ X) The project's tight deadline. — စီမံကိန်း၏ တင်းကျပ်သော အချိန်ဇယားကို ဖော်ပြထားသော်လည်း၊ ဝန်ထမ်း ဖြေရှင်းနည်းကို အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ရန် တားဆီးသည့် တိုက်ရိုက်အကြောင်းရင်း မဟုတ်ပါ။
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📖 文章翻譯 — 主旨:Alpha 專案 - 更新與修訂時程
寄件者:marcus.thorne@innovatech.com
收件者:project.team@innovatech.com
日期:10 月 26 日下午 2:10
團隊成員:
寫這封信是為了提供 Alpha 專案的最新情況。很不幸地,我們正面臨一些未預見的挑戰,這將需要修訂我們的時程。我們目前的主要障礙是最後測試階段的關鍵人員可用性。由於近期員工離職以及持續的招聘凍結影響我們快速引進新人才的能力,目前有一些關鍵職位仍未填補。我們正積極對現有人員進行交叉培訓。
問題:是什麼阻止了 Marcus 實施 Sarah 的人事解決方案?
選項:["目前的預算限制。", "缺乏合格的外部承包商。", "客戶偏好反對外部員工。", "專案的緊迫截止日期。"]
Correct answer index (0-based): 0
📝 答案解析 — 正確答案是「目前的預算限制」。儘管文章沒有直接提到「預算限制」,但「招聘凍結」直接暗示了公司在招聘新員工方面有財務上的約束,這是實施新的人事方案(可能需要額外人手)的主要障礙。這與選項中的「目前的預算限制」含義最為貼近,且是「無法快速引進新人才」的根本原因。
💡 應試技巧 — 當文章中沒有直接提及某個選項時,尋找其潛在原因或更廣泛的含義。例如,「招聘凍結」是「預算限制」的一個具體表現,考試中常考這種間接推斷。
📊 錯誤選項分析 —
X) 缺乏合格的外部承包商 — 文章提到「持續的招聘凍結影響了我們快速引進新人才的能力」,這指的是內部招聘,並未說明外部承包商的可用性。
X) 客戶偏好反對外部員工 — 文章中完全沒有提及客戶或其任何偏好。
X) 專案的緊迫截止日期 — 文章提到需要「修訂時程」,這表示時程本身並非問題,問題在於執行時程所需的人力。
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📖 Passage Translation — This email provides an update on Project Alpha and a revised timeline. The team is facing significant challenges in securing key staff for the final testing phase, due to recent departures and an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly.
📝 Why this answer — Option A ("Current budgetary restrictions.") is the correct answer. The passage states "an ongoing hiring freeze impacting our ability to bring in new talent quickly," which indicates that the hiring freeze is due to budgetary restrictions, and this is what is preventing Marcus from implementing Sarah's staffing solution.
💡 Test-day tip — For cause-and-effect questions in Part 7, look for signal words like 'because', 'due to', 'impact impacting', 'reason for' to identify the root cause you are looking for.
📊 Wrong-option analysis — X) Lack of available qualified contractors. — There is no mention of a lack of qualified contractors in the passage. X) Client preferences against external staff. — Client preferences regarding external staff are not mentioned at all in the passage. X) The project's tight deadline. — While the project's tight deadline is mentioned, it is not the direct reason preventing the implementation of the staffing solution.
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