1、BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷 77及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Look at the statements and the company news reports below. Which news report (A, B, C or D) does each statement 1 7 refer to? For each sentence 1 7, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of the letters more than once.
2、A Little wonder that affluent shoppers come in droves. Little wonder that others come as well, mugger, car thieves, child 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 bi
3、g jars of honey, “ says Police Chief Joseph Delaney of Paramus. “ Lots of bees come buzzing in, stingers at the ready. “ Paramus, a New York City suburb of 26 000 whose six malls draw nearly 200 000 people on a typical Saturday, reported 8. 9 million dollars in shopping enter crime losses last year.
4、 B It is crimes of violence that are causing the most alarm. Vast parking lots and mazes of stores offer good working conditions for criminals. Victims and booty are readily accessible, escape routes plentiful. C Just how many victims are claimed by shopping enter crime, no one knows. But many busin
5、ess people are taking the threat seriously. Whether offences are big or small, it is clear that merchants have little interest 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. “
6、D Hamilton, Ohio, lawyer David Green, who won 2 million dollars on behalf of a woman abducted from a mall parking lot and shot 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
7、violence happens in parking areas, where shoppers can easily be taken by surprise. Reports Albert Sussman of the International Council of Shopping Centres: “ People park their cars and are robbed by muggers, who can quickly find a place to hide. “ 1 Bad people also go there as well as shoppers 2 Cri
8、mes are very serious. 3 Most violence happens in parking areas. 4 Almost no merchants publicize the crime. 5 Crimes 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 about corporation merger. Choose the best sentenc
9、e to fill each of the blanks. For each blank 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 Corporation Merger The most common kind of consolidation today is the merger. A merger occurs F With the deregulation of natural ga
10、s, the nations 20 interstate pipeline companies became fearful of cutthroat competition. Some felt that they could increase their efficiency and improve their market flexibility by merging. In 1985 Internorth of Omaha paid$ 2. 3 billion for Houston Natural Gas Corporation, (8) The system connected m
11、arkets from coast to coast and raised sales to $ 10 billion. On occasion, mergers have occurred between smaller companies in an industry dominated by a few giant firms. These smaller companies claim that(9) They maintain that such action increases competition instead of reducing it. The Antitrust Di
12、vision of the Justice Department has not always agreed with them. Four major waves of mergers have taken place in this country. The first started in 1887, just prior to the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and ended in 1904. It involved such giants as United States Steel and Standard Oil trying
13、 to create monopolies in their industries. From the end of World War I until the 1930s, large firms swallowed smaller firms to create oligopolies. The monopoly has no chance and the oligopoly little chance of succeeding today under present antitrust policy. The third major merger movement began in t
14、he 1960s, reached a peak in 1969, (10) Many of the acquisitions involved giant firms in one industry buying up large companies in totally unrelated industries. Such mergers are called conglomerate mergers. A classic example is Mobil Oil Corporations purchase of the huge retail chain Montgomery Ward
15、it even extended the program into the busy summer season. Competitors went along and the price war raged on, (33)an executives comment that “ nobodys cost structure can survive MaxSavers. “ （ A） little （ B） slowly （ C） quick （ D） radically （ A） burst （ B） explode （ C） opened （ D） disappeared （ A） ga
16、ined （ B） made （ C） lost （ D） disappeared （ A） emerged （ B） merged （ C） has combined （ D） mixed （ A） what （ B） which （ C） where （ D） that （ A） expand （ B） to extend （ C） expanded （ D） extended （ A） called （ B） calling （ C） to call （ D） calling on （ A） to （ B） for （ C） with （ D） by （ A） what （ B） tha
17、t （ C） which （ D） this （ A） put off （ B） canceling （ C） destroyed （ D） canceled （ A） before （ B） in advance （ C） ahead of （ D） later （ A） introduced （ B） brought in （ C） taken in （ D） adapted （ A） advanced （ B） before （ C） ahead （ D） prior to （ A） lately （ B） later （ C） late （ D） latter （ A） despite
18、 of （ B） despite （ C） in spite （ D） although 五、 PART FIVE 33 Read this report about the limited company. In most of the lines 34 35 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 a line is correct, w
19、rite 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. What Is An Limited Company When a limited company has started for trading, you do not invest in shares by giving more capital to the company. You buy for them from
20、one of the shareholders. 34 If it is a public limited company, shares can be bought and sold freely, usually 35 at a Stock Exchange. If the company is doing well and paying high dividends, 36 then you might pay more than the face value of the shares. If what it is doing badly 37 you might pay less t
21、han the face value of the shares. The price you pay at the Stock 38 Exchange for your shares is their market value. If that the company fails, it will 39 stop trading and go into liquidation. This means that all the companys property and 40 equipment must be sold and the money from the sale will be
22、used to pay for all 41 its debts. The shareholders may lose the money they paid for the shares. If the 42 company still does not have enough money to pay all its debts, the shareholders 43 do not have to pay any more money. In other words, the shareholders liability for 44 debts is limited to the va
23、lue of their shares. On the other hand, if when you are an 45 owner of a business, which is not limited, when business fails, you will go bankrupt BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷 77答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 A段中有 “ others come as well“ ，所以正确。 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 由 “ It is crimes of violence that are causin
24、g most alarm “ 可知 B对。 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 答案在 D段的第二小段： “ Indeed， most violence happens in parking areas“ 。 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 答案在 C选项中的第二小段。 “ If shopping centres started reporting all the crimes that take 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 place， nobody will shop here “ 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由警察的话 “ Malls are like great b
25、ig jars of honey “ 所以有很多小偷 (lots of bees)光顾，可知 A正确。 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 “ 人们常常在停车的时候被抢劫 “ 。答案与第 3题在同一处。 “ 很多犯罪活动发生在同一地方 “ ，即发生在停车场。 二、 PART TWO 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 thereby的意思是 by means of which by doing so，后面跟动词的 ing形式表示结果。 9 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 claim后跟宾语从句。如 She claims(that) she is related to the Queen她声称和
26、女王有亲属关系。 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 填入的是句中三个并列的谓语动词中的最后一个。 11 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 动词 apply后面可加上介词 to，解释为 “ 适用于 “ 。如 What I said applies to only some of you我所说的只适用于你们当中的一些人。 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 这个动词的一 ing短语起的是定语的作用，修饰主语 other industries。 三、 PART THREE 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第三段中有对应的语句： “ In a planned company， it was
27、often difficult to secure spare parts and so manyto produce “ 。 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 题目问的是为什么企业要用零部件库存，在理解整篇文章对零部件库存的众多优点的评述后，我们就可以找到正确答案 D。 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 从第四段中可以很轻松找出正确答案。 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第四段第一句话： “ As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy， the important thing for a busi
28、ness is to make money and not just produce “ 。可以帮助我们立刻排除 B，选 A。 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 这道题最好带着问题去答，就可以在文章第二段找到答案。 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 这是一本关于存货 (Inventory)方面的书籍的节录，需要我们对存货中的一些较为基本的事项有一定知识储备。本题题干问存货对于谁是商品运营成本中的重要组成部分，相对简单，选 B。 四、 PART FOUR 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 从语义上看不能填 slowly(注意前面有 soon)，从语法结构上看要填一个副词。结合文章，
29、D最好。 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 从时态上看应用过去时，从词语的搭配看 bubble burst是对的。这是一种固定的说法 (也可 说： The bubble was pricked )，意思是说，原来看上去是一种很好的想法，实际上是行不通的。 21 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 从上下文看应该填表示损失的词，故 lost是对的。 22 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 mix sth into sth，将一物加入另一物。例如： mix the yeast into the flour把酵母加进面粉里。 23 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 that引导宾语从句，它在从句中不充当
30、任何成分。 24 【正确答案 】 C 【试题解析】 从句法结构上来看应填过去分词； expanded的意思是 “ 扩大的，膨胀的 “ ， extended是 “ 延长的，引申的 “ ， expanded是正确选择。 25 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 从句法结构上看只能填过去分词。 called是 “ 被称为 “ 。 26 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由 by引出动作的执行者。如 He was honored by people。他受到人们敬重。 27 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 which引导非限定性定语从句。 28 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 要用被动语态结构。 put of
31、f是 “ 推迟 “ ， destroy是 “ 破坏 “ ，所以语义不对。 29 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 in advance是 “ 预先，提前 “ ，而 ahead of后面要有宾语。 30 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 introduce是 “ 采用，推行 “ 的意思。如 An new technology was widely introduced，一项新技术被广泛采用。 31 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 advanced是过去分词，作形容词使用，意为 “ 提前的，预先的 “ 。句法上这里要用前置修饰语。 32 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 later的意思是 “ 以后 “
32、 ， lately是 “ 最近，近来 “ 。 33 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 从结构上看应填介词。英语中既没有 despite of，也没有 in spite，正确的形式是 despite或 in spite of。 五、 PART FIVE 34 【正确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。 35 【正 确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。 36 【正确答案】 what 【试题解析】 “ If it is doing badly“ ，如果经营不善，作条件状语， what多余。 37 【正确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。 38 【正确答案】 th
33、at 【试题解析】 “ If the company fails“ 如果公司破产，作条件状语， that多余。 39 【正确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。 40 【正确答案 】 for 【试题解析】 属于短语误用。还债， pay debts for多余，去掉。 41 【正确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。 42 【正确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。 43 【正确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。 44 【正确答案】 when 【试题解析】 这是一个条件状语用 if引导，不用 when。 when引导时间状语。 45 【正确答案】 CORRECT 【试题解析】 没有错误。
