1、剑桥商务英语中级-42 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BREADING/B(总题数：1，分数：7.00)PART ONELook at the statements below and a passage about the need for good managers on the opposite page.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 An
2、swer Sheet.You will need to use some of these letters more than once.AThe need for good managers is not going away. It is intensifying. With “flatter“ organizations and self-directed teams becoming common; with personal computers and networks making information available to more people more quickly;
3、 the raw number of managers needed is decreasing. However, the need for good managers, people who can manage themselves and Others in a high-stress environment, is increasing.BI believe anyone can be a good manager. It is as much trainable skill as it is inherent ability; as much science as art. You
4、 have confidence in yourself and your abilities. You are happy with who you are, but you are still learning and getting better. You are something of an extrovert. You dont have to be the life of the party, hut you cant be a wallflower. Management is a people skill-its not the job for someone who doe
5、snt enjoy people.CYou are honest and straightforward. Your success depends heavily on the trust of others. You are an includer not an excluder. You bring others into what you do. You dont exclude other because they lack certain attributes. You have a presence. Managers must lead. Effective leaders h
6、ave a quality about them that makes people notice when they enter a room.DYou are consistent, but not rigid; dependable, but can change your mind. You make decisions, but easily accept input from others. You are a little bit crazy. You think out-of-the box. You try new things and if they fail, you a
7、dmit the mistake, but dont apologize for having tried. You are not afraid to “do the math“. You make plans and schedules and work toward them.（分数：7.00）(1).The need for good managers is increasing.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The raw number of managers needed is decreasing.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Being a good man
8、ager must enjoy people.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).An effective leader has a quality that makes him/her easily noticed.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Anyone can be a good manager.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).A good manager must let others trust him/her.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).A good manager dares to take some risks.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:
9、_二、BPART TWO/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Read the article below about employees.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.BA CONDENSED EMPLOYEE LIFE CYCLE/BAn employee life cycle is
10、the steps the employees go through from the time they enter a company until they leave. Often Human Resources professionals focus their attention on the steps in this process in hopes of making an impact on the companys bottom line. That is a good thing for them to do. Their goal is to reduce the co
11、mpanys cost per employee hired. Employees are one of a companys largest expenses these days. Unlike other major capital costs (buildings, machinery, technology, etc.) human capital is highly volatile. You, as a manager, are in a key position to reduce that volatility using the condensed employee lif
12、e cycle of HIAR ( pronounced hire)-Hire, Inspire, Admire, Retire.Hire: This first step is probably the most important. It is important to hire the best people you can find. U(8) /U The cost of replacing a bad hire far exceeds the marginal additional cost of hiring the best person in the first place.
13、Inspire: Once you have recruited the best employees to come to work on your team, the hard part begins. You have to inspire them to perform to their capabilities. U(9) /U That is where you will get their best effort and their creativity that will help your organization excel.Admire: Once you have hi
14、red the best employees and have challenged and motivated them, you can not relax. U(10) /U The same attention you paid to their work assignments, to their satisfaction levels, to their sense of being part of a great team, needs to continue for as long as they are in your group. As soon as you start
15、to slack off, their satisfaction and motivation decrease. If you dont do something, they will become disenchanted and will leave. They will become part of the “employee turnover“ statistic you were trying to avoid.Retire: This is when you know you have been successful. When employees see your compan
16、y as the employer of choice, they will join you. U(11) /U As long as you continue to inspire, motivate, and challenge them, they will continue to contribute at the high levels you need in order to beat your competition. They Will be long-term employees; even staying with you and your company until t
17、hey retire. U(12) /U You will attract and retain the second and even third generation employees.A This is not a time to be cheap.B When they recognize you as a good boss and a real leader, they will stay around.C To the extent that you can be a good boss, you can keep employees, keep them happy, and
18、 reduce the costs associated with employee turnover.D Their goal is to reduce the companys cost per employee hired.E The biggest mistake a manager can make is to ignore employees.F You have to challenge and motivate them.G They will refer other quality employees to your company, including their rela
19、tives.（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BPART THREE/B(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Read the article below about brand-name prescription drugs, and the questions on the opposite page.For each question 13-18, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet for the answer you choose.BBra
20、nd-Name Prescription Drugs/BYoure in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top 2,000 a month-no wonder that one in four Americans cant afford to fill
21、their prescriptions. The solution? A hearty chorus of “0 Canada“. North of the border, where price controls reign, those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less.The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, “If our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices, why cant we?“ Even
22、to whisper that thought provokes anger. “Un-American!“ And-the propagandists trump card-“Wreck our brilliant health-care system.“ Super-size drug prices, they claim, fund the research that sparks the next generation of wonder drugs. No sky-high drug price today, no cure for cancer tomorrow. So shut
23、up and pay up. Common sense tells you thats a false alternative. The reward for finding. Say, a cancer cure is so huge that no ones going to hang it up. Nevertheless, if Canada-level pricing came to the United States, the industrys profit margins would drop and the pace of new-drug development would
24、 slow. Here lies the American dilemma. Who is all this splendid medicine for? Should our health-care system continue its drive toward the best of the best, even though rising numbers of patients cant afford it? Or should we direct our wealth toward letting everyone in on todays level of care? Measur
25、ed by saved lives, the latter is almost certainly the better course. To defend their profits, the drug companies have warned Canadian wholesalers and pharmacies not to sell to Americans by mail, and are cutting back supplies to those who dare. Meanwhile, the administration is playing the fear card.
26、Officials from the Food and Drug Administration will argue that Canadian drugs might be fake, mishandled, or even a potential threat to life.Do bad drugs fly around the Internet? Sure-and the more we look, the more well find. But I havent heard of any raging epidemics among the hundreds of thousands
27、 of people buying cross-border. Most users of prescription drugs dont worry about costs a lot. Theyre sheltered by employee insurance, owing just a 20 co-pay. The financial blows rain, instead, on the uninsured, especially the chronically ill who need expensive drugs to live, This group will still i
28、nclude middle-income seniors on Medicare, wholl have to dig deeply into their pockets before getting much from the new drug benefit that starts in 2006.（分数：6.00）(1).What is said about the consequence of the rocketing drug prices in the U. S?（分数：1.00）A.A quarter of Americans cant afford their prescri
29、ption drugs.B.Many Americans cant afford to see a doctor when they fall ill.C.Many Americans have to go to Canada to get medical treatment.D.The inflation rate has been more than doubled over the years.(2).It can be inferred that America can follow the Canadian model and curb its soaring drug prices
30、 by _.（分数：1.00）A.encouraging people to buy prescription drugs onlineB.extending medical insurance to all its citizensC.importing low-price prescription drugs from CanadaD.exercising price control on brand-name drugs(3).How do propagandists argue for the U.S. drug pricing policy?（分数：1.00）A.Low prices
31、 will affect the quality of medicines in America.B.High prices are essential to funding research on new drugs.C.Low prices will bring about the anger of drug manufacturers.D.High-price drugs are indispensable in curing chronic diseases.(4).What should be the priority of Americas health-care system a
32、ccording to the author?（分数：1.00）A.To resolve the dilemma in the health-care system.B.To maintain Americas lead in the drug industry.C.To allow the vast majority to enjoy its benefits,D.To quicken the pace of new drug development.(5).What are American drug companies doing to protect their high profit
33、s?（分数：1.00）A.Labeling drugs bought from Canada as being fakes.B.Threatening to cut back funding for new drug research.C.Reducing supplies to uncooperative Canadian pharmacies.D.Attributing the raging epidemics to the ineffectiveness of Canadian drugs.(6).The passage most probably is _.（分数：1.00）A.an
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42、xt. Some lines, however, are correct.If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.BAm I Making Any Money?/BCorrect Most people and most businesses are in business to make a profit. At theO
43、n simplest level, profit means making more money than you spend on. Many34 confuse profit with income. As a result, they cant grasp it why all their income35 isnt getting them ahead; why no one wants to invest in their high-sales36 company; why the bank wont extend to their line of credit. Most peop
44、le are very37 good at tracking their income. When someone pays for you, that is income.38 Income is usually related to production levels, but is not tied to it directly. You39 may produce more or less than you sell. For instance, if you have already 10040 widgets in the warehouse when you receive an
45、 order for 150, you only have to41 produce out 50 additional widgets. If you make widgets for skis, you may make42 20 widgets every month during the summer even though you dont sell any, just43 so that you have enough in the warehouse when winter arrives. So income is44 something when you actually g
46、et paid, not when you make the product you are45 going to sell. Total income is just the total of all your payments received during the year.（分数：12.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_六、BWRITING/B(总题数：2，分数：10.00)1.BPART ONE/B You have r
47、eceived an e-mail from a customer who in the e-mail complained that he had received 100 green colour jackets instead of 50 green and 50 blue colour jackets. In order to solve the problem and find out the facts, you write a short note to the clothing store. Write a short note to Mr. Randy Simon, who is in charge of delivering goods from clothing store. Tell him about the claim Mention the date of delivery Ask for the duplicate invoice Write 30-40 word
