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补充选项是雅思阅读 G 类考试填空题中经常出现的一个考点。
这种考点的出题思路就是和答案相似的内容已经在空格前或空格后给出，考生还需要根据文章补充一个与已经给出的内容属于同一类别的内容。
补充选项是填空题中比较容易判断的陷阱，有一些标志词可以帮助大家迅速做出判断。如and，also，or，similar等。一旦出现这些标志词，考生们就要注意文章中这些标志词附近的信息点，判断其能否作为补充选项填入空格处。
SECTION 2
Read the text below and answer Questions 25 and 26.
Whatever your role, your pay range will be extremely competitive and reviewed in the light of your progress. In addition to your salary, you will enjoy an array of excellent benefits from the moment you join the company.
Paid holiday
The holiday entitlement is four weeks per year, rising to five weeks after three years (or in the case of IT graduate trainees, after promotion to programmer or trainee analyst). There are further long-service increases for most staff after ten or fifteen years.
Managers, including graduate trainees, receive five weeks’ holiday from the outset.
Pension scheme
We offer a non-contributory final salary pension scheme, payable from the age of 60, to most staff who have completed the qualifying period of five years.
Life assurance
Our life assurance scheme pays a sum equivalent to three times your annual salary to your nominated beneficiary.
Discounts
After three months’ service, all staff are entitled to a 12% discount on most purchases from the company’s stores. This rises to 25% after one year’s service.
Subsidised dining room
In most sites, we provide a dining room where you can enjoy excellent food at very reasonable prices.
Holiday and leisure facilities
The business owns a number of residential clubs which offer subsidised holiday accommodation for staff with at least three years’ service.
Sports clubs
We support an extensive range of sports activities including football, netball, golf, skiing,sailing, squash, riding and gliding.
Ticket subsidies
Ticket subsidies of 50% of the cost of plays or concerts are available. Staff may also take advantage of corporate membership to bodies such as the Science Museum.
Education subsidies
We give generous financial support to staff who wish to acquire leisure skills or continue their education, e.g. through the Open University or evening classes.
Extended leave
Staff who complete 25 years’ service can enjoy paid sabbatical leave of up to six months.
Health services
We have an occupational health service staffed by full-time doctors and health advisers.
Financial help, benefits and discounted deals
In cases of particular hardship, we will help staff with a loan. We have also negotiated a range of benefits for staff such as discounted private healthcare and a car purchase scheme, along with a number of one-off deals with hotels and amusement parks.
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 25 and 26 on your answer sheet.
25 The company pays half the seat price for ……………·and plays.
26 The company gives financial assistance for both educational courses and……………·as part of staff development.
25 The company pays half the seat price for ……………· and plays .
答案：concerts
关键词： half、and、plays
定位句： 根据关键词定位到Ticket subsidies下：Ticket subsidies of 50％ of the cost of plays or concerts are available. 戏剧和音乐会门票价格的50%就是票类津贴。
解 析： 定位句中的50％和题目中的half对应，定位句说的是plays or concerts，空格后给出了and plays，答案就是concerts。
考 点： 补充选项。即plays是题目已经给出的内容，还需要根据文章补充一个与它类似的内容。concerts就是要找的答案。题目中的and和定位句中的or是“补充选项”的明显标志。
26 The company gives financial assistance for both educational courses and ……………·as part of staff development.
答案：leisure skills
关键词： financial assistance、both educational courses and
定位句： 根据关键词定位到Education subsidies下：We give generous financial support to staff who wish to acquire leisure skills or continue their education , e.g. through the Open University or evening classes. 对于希望获得休闲技能或者想要通过开放大学或夜校继续深造的员工，我们提供慷慨的资金支持。
解 析： 题目问的是financial assistance的目的是为了educational courses和什么，定位句说financial support的目的是leisure skills or…education，答案就是leisure skills。
考 点： 补充选项。即educational courses是题目已经给出的内容，还需要根据文章补充一个与它类似的内容。leisure skills就是要找的答案。题目中的both…and和定位句中的or是“补充选项”的明显标志。