1、BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷 63及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Look at the statements below and the following story. Which text (A, B, C, D or E) does each statement (1-7) refer to? For each statement (1-7), mark one letter (A, B, C, D or E) on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once.
2、 A Americas suburban shopping malls supply visitors with convenience and comfortspacious walkways, piped-in music, a vast cornucopia of goods for every taste, and all under one roof. B Little wonder that affluent shoppers come in droves. Little wonder that others come as well, mugger, car thieves, c
3、hild molesters, drug peddlers, pickpockets, shoplifters. Criminals are finding a lucrative stamping ground in the sprawling emporiums that dot U.S. suburbs. “Malls are like great big jars of honey,“ says Police Chief Joseph Delaney of Paramus. “Lots of bees come buzzing in, stingers at the ready.“ P
4、aramus, a New York City suburb of 26000 whose six malls draw nearly 200000 people on a typical Saturday, reported 8.9 million dollars in shopping enter crime losses last year. C It is crimes of violence that are causing the most alarm. Vast parking lots and mazes of stores offer good working conditi
5、ons for criminals. Victims and booty are readily accessible, escape routes plentiful. D Just how many victims are claimed by shopping center crime, no one knows. But many business people are taking the threat seriously. Whether offences are big or small, it is clear that merchants have little intere
6、st in publicizing the trend. Comments Anthony Potter, a security consultant, “If shopping centres started reporting all the crimes that take place, nobody would shop there.“ E Hamilton, Ohio, lawyer David Green, who won 2 million dollars on behalf of a woman abducted from a mall parking lot and shot
7、 in the head, found that 43 serious crimes had occurred at the same site. “Bad guys know this is where to find women with moneyvulnerable and alone.“ he says. Indeed, most violence happens in parking areas, where shoppers can easily be taken by surprise. Reports Albert Sussman of the International C
8、ouncil of Shopping Centres. “People park their cars and are robbed by muggers, who can quickly find a place to hide.“ 1 Suburban shopping malls are convenient for suburban people. 2 Crimes are very serious. 3 Most violence happens in parking areas. 4 Almost no merchants publicize the crime. 5 Crimes
9、 are rampant in malls. 6 People usually are, robbed when parking. 7 Many crimes happen at the same place. 二、 PART TWO 7 Read the article below about leadership. Choose the best sentence from the list A-G to fill each of the gaps. For each gap (8-12), mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet. Do no
10、t use any letter more than once. How to Become an Effective Team Leader Coach but not demonstrate. When you are under a time crunch, its tempting to demonstrate a task rather than to provide supportive directions. When you say “Let me show you how,“ your motivation is probably just to get the work d
11、one rather than help the team member learn. This can be devastating to that team members skill development and makes him dependent on you. In the long run, the individual to whom youve demonstrated skills will require guidance for just about everything. Provide constructive criticism. If youre provi
12、ding feedback, be sure to communicate the bad and the good. Its always hard to hear criticism, but if you highlight the good things too, it makes taking the bad a little easier. Also, provide clear suggestions on how your team members can improve. (8) . Perhaps you have assigned a project to a team
13、member thats of particular interest to you. Initially, you should provide some guidance and communicate that its an open door policy for additional questions that may come up along the way. (9) As a team leader, you must prove to your group members that you believe in their abilities and talents. By
14、 staying out of the picture, this shows team members theyll get a fair chance to demonstrate what they can do without interference. Try to be positive. Enthusiasm is contagious (10) As a leader, your team members look to you for direction. If you notice that the groups motivation and output levels a
15、re in a slump, this is your wake-up call. Have a meeting to discuss what needs to be changed, and really listen to what your team has to say. (11) Its important to stay in tune with your group. You may be surprised by what they have to say it could be a dramatically different perspective from your o
16、wn. Value your groups ideas. Dont discount your groups ideas. (12) If a suggested idea was attempted in the past but failed, consider that it may not have been executed properly or that it wasnt the best time. Consider each and every idea that your group members generate and encourage them to commun
17、icate their insights on a regular basis. If youre overly critical of ideas or immediately discount the ideas of others, your group will hesitate to share anything. After all, for every twenty mediocre suggestions, theres bound to be at least one stellar idea. A Avoid phrases like “Yeah, but.“ or “We
18、ve already tried that.“ B Now, its important to back off. C if you think they may have a difficult time admitting this, get them to write their comments on paper instead. D If youre excited about your groups project, its likely theyll feel a reason to be excited as well. E You dont have to give them
19、 all of the solutions, instead guide the group by sharing your knowledge and experience. F You need to guide them and then give them needed solutions to their problems. G When you say “Let me show you how,“ your motivation is probably just to get the work done rather than help the team member learn.
20、 三、 PART THREE 12 Read the article below about common Stock and Preferred Stock and the questions. For each question (13-18), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) Common Stock and preferred Stock A public corporation issues certificates of ownership, called common stock, which may be traded on stock excha
21、nges.Anyone can buy and sell shares of common stock.Owners of stock are referred to as shareholders and stockholders. common stockholders are accorded certain rights by the corporate charter.In the United States, these rights vary from state to state, but in general the articles of incorporation spe
22、ll out voting rights and rights to receive profits. Common stockholders are the voting owners of a corporation.They are usually entitled to one vote per share.They may vote on numerous issues affecting the corporation (including a decision to sell or merge with another corporation) and elect a board
23、 of directors, who, in turn, hire managers to run the business.A majority shareholder is one who owns over 50 percent of the outstanding shares in a corporation and, thus, can call the shots.All other shareholders are minority shareholders.In large corporations no single person or organization owns
24、anywhere near a majority interest.In large, publicly owned corporations a shareholder with as little as 10 percent of the shares may control the corporation effectively.If things go bad, a coalition of so called dissident shareholders may gather enough votes to replace the existing board of director
25、s; the new board may fire the existing management and bring in their own management team. Although common stock represents ownership in a company, it does not guarantee the owners a specified rate of return.As owners, the stockholders receive profits after all expenses, including debts and taxes, ha
26、ve been paid. They receive profits from the business in the form of dividend payments, which represent a percentage of profits.Not all after-tax profits are paid to the stockholders in dividends.Directors usually decide quarterly how much, if any, if the profits they wish to distributed to the owner
27、s. The profits are either distributed to the owners in dividends or they are reinvested bank into the company in the form of retained earnings.If the company decides to keep the profits, the company may become more valuable and the price of the stock usually goes up.Some investors prefer profits in
28、the way of dividends while others speculate for an increase in the price of stock.If a company goes broke, common stockholders get last claim on whatever is left over. Corporations may also issue preferred stock to investors.Preferred stock usually has no vote in the election of the board of directo
29、rs, but does get preference in the distribution of the companys earnings.It offers investors a different type pf security and may be issued only after common stock had been issued.The term “preferred“ applies to two conditions.First, preferred stockholders gain preferential treatment in the matter o
30、f dividends; that is, they receive a fixed rate of dividends prior to the payment of dividends on common shares.Second, if the company goes out of business or liquidates, preferred stockholders are closer to the front of the line than common stockholders when distributing the companys assets. Divide
31、nds to preferred stock may be cumulative or noncumulative.cumulative preferred stock maintained its claim to dividends even if the company had a bad year in 1994, they might decide not to pay dividends.But if they had a good year in 1995, and declared stock dividends do not accumulate.If dividends a
32、re not declared, noncumulative owners lose their claim to the profit of that period. In short, common stock usually has more control through voting privileges, greater chance for high returns and more risk, whereas preferred stock usually has less control,fixed returns, less risks, and less chance f
33、or big gains. 13 Common stock traded on stock exchanges represents （ A） the voting rights the stockholders have. （ B） the stock shared by common people. （ C） the profits the shareholders receive. （ D） the ownership of a public corporation. 14 The second paragraph describes （ A） the returns to common
34、 stockholders. （ B） the majority and minority stockholders. （ C） the voting rights of common stockholders. （ D） the formation of common stock. 15 The main purpose of the third paragraph is to tell us （ A） the rate of returns to the stockholders. （ B） the risk of common stockholders. （ C） the distrib
35、ution of profits to the stockholders. （ D） the benefits of common stock. 16 One of the differences between common stock and preferred stock lies in that （ A） the former is safer in getting dividends. （ B） common stockholders get more stable profits. （ C） the latter gets more fixed returns. （ D） pref
36、erred stockholders have more rights in voting. 17 With cumulative preferred stock, stockholders can （ A） claim to the former profits when the company has a good year. （ B） have more control over the company. （ C） claim to the former profits when the company had a bad year. （ D） receive high returns.
37、 18 For those who want to get high returns, it is better for them to buy （ A） preferred stock. （ B） common stock. （ C） noncumulative stock. （ D） cumulative stock. 四、 PART FOUR 18 Read the introduction below about a conference. Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite p
38、age. For each question 19-33, mark one letter (A, B, C or D). The CIO and Technology Leaders Forum We live in a world of increasing technological complexity,but just what does that mean for CIOs and other IT leaders in the enterprise today? The (19) generation of employees in IT and other enterprise
39、 functions - is working in completely different ways from preceding ones-online (20) and social networking are second nature to them, as is their use of technology (21) both their work and social lives. The impact of this technology-savvy generation on how companies operate promises to be profound,b
40、ut (22) what changes will come is (23) difficult Security and risk will (24) an ever-present concern for executives in this increasingly (25) environment, but the challenge will (26) in understanding how to reduce the risks without affecting the opportunities that this environment will invariably (2
41、7) .This Forum will (28) you with the tools to: Put in (29) the building blocks for your companys technologys future, people, solutions, strategy Deliver new revenue streams through technology (30) technology to re-engineer and radically improve innovation in your organisation. To discuss these key
42、strategic (31) , Economist Conferences is introducing its CIO and Technology Leaders Forum (32) on the number of its previous “ CIO Agenda“ meetings, this high-level (33) will be limited to 30-40 CIOs and IT directors of multinational companies and influential thinkers in the IT and technology space
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44、ontinue （ C） rest （ D） stand （ A） independent （ B） convenient （ C） collaborative （ D） superior （ A） depend （ B） lie （ C） lay （ D） result （ A） take （ B） produce （ C） make （ D） create （ A） arm （ B） give （ C） offer （ D） promote （ A） venue （ B） location （ C） place （ D） use （ A） Exercise （ B） Utilise （ C
45、） Engage （ D） Maintain （ A） issues （ B） agendas （ C） talks （ D） items （ A） Combining （ B） Containing （ C） Deciding （ D） Building （ A） exercise （ B） action （ C） event （ D） case 五、 PART FIVE 33 Read the text below about death by overwork in Japan. In most of the lines 34-45 there is one extra word. It
46、 is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however, are correct. If a line is correct, write CORRECT. If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS. 34. death in the 1980s in Japan, where long working hours are the n
47、orm there. 35. Official figures say it that the Japanese work about 1780 hours a year, 36. slightly less than Americans (1800 hours a year),though more than Germans 37. (1440). But the statistics are misleading because of they do not count free overtime 38. (work that an employee is obliged to perfo
48、rm but not paid for). It is being estimated 39. that one in three men who aged 30 to 40 works over 60 hours a week. Factory 40. workers arrive early and stay late, without an extra pay. Training at weekends may be 41. uncompensated. During the past 20 years of economic inactivity, many companies 42.
49、 have been replaced full-time workers with part-time ones. Regular staff who remain 43. are benefit from lifetime employment but feel obliged to work extra hours lest 44. their positions will be made temporary. Cultural factors reinforce these trends. 45. Hard work is respected as the cornerstone of Japans post-war economic miracle. The value of self-sacrifice puts the benefit of the group above that of the individual. BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷 63答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题意为：市郊购物中心为市郊居民提供便利。比照原文，正符合段落 A的意思，并且
