[外语类试卷]BEC商务英语(初级)阅读模拟试卷124及答案与解析.doc
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1、BEC商务英语(初级)阅读模拟试卷 124及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 ToAll staff Subject: Warning To avoid loss of information during the predicted overnight power cut, please remember to shut down IT equipment. The purpose of this message is to ( A) remind staff about the installation of new computers. ( B) instruct staff to
2、 switch off their computers. ( C) warn staff of a possible computer virus. 2 MESSAGE To: Jan From: Liz Peters PA rang - please ensure the report is completed within the week and given to departmental managers to circulate. ( A) Jan should finish the report by Friday and send it to department manager
3、s. ( B) Liz must check that the department managers have done their reports by Friday. ( C) Peter wants department managers to read the report by the end of the week. 3 Invoices issued within 7 days of receipt of order form. Please settle account within 7 days of receiving goods. Clients should pay
4、within a week of ( A) receiving their bill. ( B) placing their order. ( C) obtaining their purchases. 4 Amazing New Products Manufacturer needs UK and overseas distributors for hi-tech products with huge sales potential worldwide. Generous commission rates. ( A) Worldwide distributors looking to exp
5、and are needed for hi-tech products. ( B) Distribution company requires new hi-tech products to meet customer demand. ( C) Established distribution company for hi-tech products offers generous commission to sales staff. 5 ToDepartment Managers Subject: Request When sending in this months figures to
6、Finance, include additional cost of hiring temporary staff over holiday period. This email asks Department Managers to ( A) inform Finance of extra employment expenses. ( B) take on extra staff to cover vacation times. ( C) send reports to Finance by the end of the month. 二、 PART TWO 5 Look at the l
7、ist below. It shows the contents of a magazine for small businesses. For questions 6-10, decide which part of the magazine (A-H)each person on the opposite page should read. For each question, mark one letter (A-H)on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. SMALL TALK The magazine fo
8、r small businesses A News: Has high tax situation caused a fall in start-up firms? B Letters: Readers views on our articles C Exporting: The latest research on opening up new markets D Advice: Running an IT department E Article: Better boss, more focused staff! F News: Future increases in tax on sma
9、ll businesses G Cover story: IT Conferences abroad - are the costs too high? H Opinion: Reducing business overheads 6 Sophie van Sommeren owns a small recruitment agency and needs to know how to cut her running costs. 7 Jimmy Loh runs a small export firm and needs to understand how proposed changes
10、in tax rates will affect his business. 8 Joachim Koch designs games software, and wants advice on expanding his business by selling products abroad. 9 Market researcher Angela Ponti wants to find out what people think of the contents of the magazine. 10 Tax consultant Yvonne Kiwitz wants to learn ho
11、w to motivate her team more effectively. 三、 PART THREE 10 Look at the chart below. It shows a manufacturing companys sales in three of its regions, and average sales for the company over a nine-month period. Which month does each sentence (11-15)on the opposite page describe? For each sentence, mark
12、 one letter (A-H)on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. 11 Scotland showed a decrease in sales from the previous month, unlike Wales, which made a slight improvement, and England, where sales overtook the other regions. 12 Wales recorded the same results as the previous month, b
13、ut both Scotland and England improved, increasing the average sales figures. 13 Although Englands sales dropped, those for Wales recovered, reaching their highest point of the period so far, and resulting in an increased average figure. 14 Scotland saw a decline in sales, as did England, while there
14、 was no change in Wales. 15 Though Wales and England maintained their levels of sales, average performance was down because the figures for Scotland had declined considerably. 四、 PART FOUR 15 Read the article below about a takeover battle between a hotel chain and an investment company. Are sentence
15、s 16-22 on the opposite page Right or Wrong? If there is not enough information to answer Right or Wrong, choose Doesnt Say. For each sentence (16-22), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. Unigroup Unigroup, the hotel chain, has recently announced that it will close its headquarters in
16、London as part of its attempt to reduce costs ahead of its break-up. The group, currently fighting off a takeover bid from Rockford Investments, is keen to show shareholders it can save 100m as part of its defence. It is also selling hotels in London and several more in the US. Unigroup has started
17、a programme there for making staff redundant and is considering further job cuts across Europe. Unigroup spent Friday putting forward its arguments to shareholders. It is understood that the shareholders have asked the company to postpone the meeting at which they will vote on Rockfords offer. This
18、will also give Rockford the chance to reconsider the package it is offering, parts of which were criticised by its own shareholders. Rockford has maintained that Unigroup shareholders have given it a friendly reception, but refused to comment on its bid, currently worth 648p per share. The battle in
19、creased last Friday when Unigroup management complained to the Takeover Board about negative comments a Rockford representative had made about the company at a press conference earlier that day. Rockford later apologised for what its representative had said. 16 The headquarters of Unigroup will clos
20、e after the rest of the business has broken up. ( A) Right ( B) Wrong ( C) Doesnt say 17 Unigroup is cutting costs to help persuade shareholders to reject a rival takeover bid. ( A) Right ( B) Wrong ( C) Doesnt say 18 Unigroups US staff who have already lost their jobs were senior managers. ( A) Rig
21、ht ( B) Wrong ( C) Doesnt say 19 Unigroups shareholders wish to delay their decision on Rockfords proposal. ( A) Right ( B) Wrong ( C) Doesnt say 20 Rockfords shareholders support the offer their company is making. ( A) Right ( B) Wrong ( C) Doesnt say 21 It is believed Rockford will increase its bi
22、d if the current one looks likely to fail. ( A) Right ( B) Wrong ( C) Doesnt say 22 Rockford was reported for publicly criticising Unigroup. ( A) Right ( B) Wrong ( C) Doesnt say 五、 PART FIVE 22 Read the article below about changes that a hotel chain is making. For each question (23-28)on the opposi
23、te page, choose the correct answer. Mark one letter (A, B or C)on your Answer Sheet. Henderson looks ahead Henderson owns and operates 150 hotels in major cities of the Asia-Pacific region. In some locations, tourism has long been an additional source of guests, through the companys close links with
24、 foreign travel providers. However, the company mainly targets the corporate sector, that is, business people whose expenses are met by their employers. Hendersons experiment of signing business agreements with North American companies within its own sector - by which each side recommends the others
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