1、BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷 155及答案解析(总分：90.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART ONE(总题数：1，分数：14.00)Look at the statements below and the extract on the opposite page from a report to staff by the Davis Group, a human resources consultancy in the USA. Which section(A, B, C or D)does each statement(1-7)refer to? For each statem
2、ent(1-7), mark one letter(A, B, C or D)on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once.Example:0 It is less expensive to maintain the current customer base than to increase it. （分数：14.00）(1).The company has had limited success in convincing customers that it can offer
3、 a variety of human resources solutions.（分数：2.00）_(2).It has been necessary to monitor expenditure carefully.（分数：2.00）_(3).Expertise in different cultures is a major selling point for the company.（分数：2.00）_(4).The companys performance is strongly linked to its reputation.（分数：2.00）_(5).The company is
4、 confident of its ability to expand.（分数：2.00）_(6).The company makes ongoing efforts to improve the standard of its service provision.（分数：2.00）_(7).Many consulting businesses have performed badly in this period.（分数：2.00）_二、PART TWO(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Read the article below about professional headhunters.
5、 Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(8-12), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. There is an example at the beginning(0). Attracting the headhunters Professional headhunters are now key players in many kind
6、s of recruitment. But how do you gain their attention? Matthew Lynn investigates.In the past, companies would use the services of headhunters to recruit principally at boardroom level. But these days, they are also responsible for filling a much wider range of middle management and specialist posts,
7、 and consequently, they have huge influence in the commercial world.(0) 1G 2The first is that economic expansion has, in many countries, left the labour market tight. In a number of industries, and in growth sectors such as technology and media, there is now a severe shortage of skilled and talented
8、 people.This has forced companies to go out and look for the staff they need and not wait for them to arrive at the door. The second reason is that companies are now critically dependent on the skills and knowledge of their key people. They are very aware that having the right staff may determine th
9、eir survival in a competitive marketplace.【P1】 3.So, how do you make sure you get noticed by the headhunters? In the days when jobs were mainly advertised in newspapers, you could search the appointment pages and apply for anything that interested you.【P2】 4.Unless you are in contact with them, it i
10、s unlikely you will even be considered for a post.Most headhunters will devote time and energy to tracking down talented people in large organisations.【P3】 5. So, while it would be nice to think the headhunters will find you, in fact, you often have to find them. Executives must be proactive in the
11、search process by building on current skills, being fully prepared for interviews and by keeping CVs up to date, says Julia Fernandez, manager of PB Executive Search.It is also important that you set time aside to talk to headhunters. At some point, you may be contacted by a headhunter to recommend
12、someone in a related field or provide a reference for someone you have dealt with professionally. If you simply deal with the enquiry as quickly as possible, you may be failing to exploit the potential benefit to yourself.【P4】 6. Fernandez advises that, All contact with headhunters is potentially us
13、eful, and you should have one or two headhunters that you know personally and make a point of keeping in touch with.【P5】 7.Make sure that the people around you will always be motivated to say something positive about you if approached.Your potential employers are watching you constantly.Example: （分数
14、：10.00）(1).【P1】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).【P2】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).【P3】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).【P4】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).【P5】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_三、PART THREE(总题数：1，分数：12.00)Read the article below about leadership in business and the questions on the opposite page. For each question(13-18), mark one letter(A, B, C or
15、D)on your Answer Sheet. THE EFFECTIVE LEADERFrom workplace surveys, I have found that most people want to be - and feel they could be - more effective leaders. Certainly they want their leaders to be more effective. But what do we mean by effective leadership in business? It would appear a simple qu
16、estion. Unfortunately, effectiveness is more easily recognisable when it is absent. Leaders who attempt to use business jargon and try out the latest ideas are too often perceived as figures of fun. Whilst people frequently agree on what ineffective leadership is, clearly knowing what not to do is h
17、ardly helpful in practice. Huge amounts of research have been done on this very wide subject. When you look at leadership in different ways, you see different things. While descriptions of leadership are all different, they are all true - and this is where disagreement arises. However, leadership is
18、 specific to a given context. The effectiveness of your actions is assessed in relation to the context and to the conditions under which you took them. For a magazine article I wrote recently, I interviewed one publishing executive, author of several well-known publications, about what effective lea
19、dership is. It was significant that, at first, he did not mention his own company. He talked at length about what was happening in the industry - the mergers, take-overs and global nature of the business. Before he was able to describe his own objectives for the new publishing organisation he was se
20、tting up, he had to see a clear fit between these proposals and the larger situation outside. Obvious? Of course. But I have lost count of the number of leaders I have coached who believed that their ideas were valid, whatever the situation. At this point, I should also mention another example, that
21、 of a finance director whose plan of action was not well received. The company he had joined had grown steadily for twenty years, serving clients who were in the main distrustful of any product that was too revolutionary. The finance director saw potential challenges from competitors and wanted his
22、organisation to move with the times. Unfortunately, most staff below him were unwilling to change. I concluded that although there were certainly some personal skills he could improve upon, what he most needed to do was to communicate effectively with his subordinates, so that they all felt at ease
23、with his different approach. Some effective leaders believe they can control uncertainty because they know what the organisation should be doing and how to do it. Within the organisation itself, expertise is usually greatly valued, and executives are expected, as they rise within the system, to know
24、 more than those beneath them and, therefore, to manage the operation. A good example of this would be a firm of accountants I visited. Their business was built on selling reliable expertise to the client, who naturally wants uncertainty to be something only other companies have to face. Within this
25、 firm, giving the right answer was greatly valued, and mistakes were clearly to be avoided. I am particularly interested in what aims leaders have and what their role should be in helping the organisation achieve its strategic aims. Some leaders are highly ineffective when the aim doesnt fit with th
26、e need, such as the manufacturing manager who was encouraged by her bosses to make revolutionary changes. She did, and was very successful. However, when she moved to a different part of the business, she carried on her programme of change. Unfortunately, this part of the business had already suffer
27、ed badly from two mismanaged attempts at change. My point is that what her people needed at that moment was a steady hand, not further changes - she should have recognised that. The outcome was that within six months staff were calling for her resignation.（分数：12.00）(1).In the first paragraph, the wr
28、iter says that poor leaders（分数：2.00）A.do not want to listen to criticism.B.do not deserve to be taken seriously.C.are easier to identify than good ones.D.are more widespread than people think.(2).Why does the writer believe there is disagreement about what effective leadership is?（分数：2.00）A.Definiti
29、ons of successful leadership vary according to the situation.B.There are few examples of outstanding leaders available to study.C.Leaders are unable to give clear descriptions of their qualities.D.The results of research on the subject have concluded little.(3).The publishing executives priorities f
30、or leadership focused on（分数：2.00）A.significant and long-term aims.B.internal organisational aspects.C.professional skills and abilities.D.overall business contexts.(4).According to the writer, the finance director was unsuccessful because（分数：2.00）A.staff were uncomfortable with his style.B.existing
31、clients were suspicious of change.C.competitors had a more dynamic approach.D.colleagues gave little support to his ideas.(5).Staff at the accountancy firm who were promoted were required to（分数：2.00）A.correct mistakes.B.have a high level of knowledge.C.maintain discipline within the organisation.D.a
32、dvise clients on responding to uncertainty.(6).The example of the manager at the manufacturing company is given to emphasise that（分数：2.00）A.managers need support from their employers.B.leaders should not be afraid of being unpopular.C.effective leaders must be sensitive to staff needs.D.managers do
33、not always understand the attitudes of staff.四、PART FOUR(总题数：1，分数：30.00)Read the article below about the UK retail sector. Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page. For each question(19-33), mark one letter(A, B, C or D)on your Answer Sheet. There is an example at
34、 the beginning(0). The Retail SectorThe retail sector is one of the UKs biggest employment areas, accounting for one in nine of the(0)_.B_. It is also one of the fastest growing - more than a fifth of jobs【C1】_last year were in retail. Such rapid【C2】_in the tightest labour market for more than a gen
35、eration should be【C3】_ up wages, but it is not.While the national【C4】_wage goes up by about 5% a year, in retail it goes up by 3.5%.The consequences of low wages and far from brilliant conditions is rapid staff turnover. About half the staff employed in retail leave every year. This【C5】_ is way abov
36、e even those sectors such as nursing, which are said to be in a recruitment 【C6】_. Part of the problem is that the employers themselves are under considerable financial【C7】_.Retail is suffering a long-term slide independent of the【C8】_ and falls of the economy. One of the reasons for this is consume
37、r expectations. With the growth of e-commerce, customers look for bigger and better bargains and insist on【C9】_for money.There are some pluses for employees, however. Low wages and high turnover make retail a youthful sector. Real managerial【C109】_ can be attained by the mid-20s, so school-leavers o
38、r recent graduates need only wait a short time before gaining promotion. And despite the problems, the retail sector does, on occasion,【C11】_ some of the more progressive career 【C12】_ programmes. The supermarket chain Robertsons, for example, has a community service scheme that trains staff in team
39、-building through work on neighbourhood projects. And clothes retailer P & R has an impressive【C13】_when it comes to employing older people. It pursues a【C14】_of employing mature people with long【C15】_of the products, as it believes they provide better customer service.Example:A company B workforce
40、C personnel D organisation （分数：30.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.madeB.formedC.createdD.appointed(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.expansionB.increaseC.additionD.extension(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.gettingB.pushingC.turningD.giving(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.normalB.mediumC.averageD.common(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）A.figureB.sumC.dataD.calculation(6
41、).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.emergencyB.disasterC.troubleD.crisis(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.weightB.forceC.powerD.pressure(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.climbsB.risesC.increasesD.advances(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.advantageB.benefitC.worthD.value(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.careB.responsibilityC.dutyD.reliability(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.causeB.presen
42、tC.produceD.bring(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.developmentB.outcomeC.continuationD.progress(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.reportB.distinctionC.creditD.record(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.policyB.codeC.procedureD.theory(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.knowledgeB.contactC.historyD.experience五、PART FIVE(总题数：1，分数：24.00)Read the text below abo
43、ut information technology(IT)training. In most of the lines(34-45), there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct. If the line is correct, write CORRECT, on your Answer Sheet. If there is an extra word
44、in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet. The exercise begins with two examples(0 and 00).Examples:（分数：24.00）(1).【M1】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).【M2】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).【M3】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).【M4】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).【M5】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).【M6】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).【M7】（分数：2.
45、00）填空项 1:_(8).【M8】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).【M9】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).【M10】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(11).【M11】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(12).【M12】（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷 155答案解析(总分：90.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART ONE(总题数：1，分数：14.00)Look at the statements below and the extract on the opposite page from a report to staff by
46、the Davis Group, a human resources consultancy in the USA. Which section(A, B, C or D)does each statement(1-7)refer to? For each statement(1-7), mark one letter(A, B, C or D)on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once.Example:0 It is less expensive to maintain the current customer base than to increase it. （分数：14.00）(1).The company has had limited success in convincing customers that it can offer a variety of human resources solutions.（分数：2.00）_
