1、BEC商务英语（初级）阅读模拟试卷 15及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 （ A） tell the manager in advance. （ B） sign the managers noticeboard. （ C） say what kind of event they are planning. 2 （ A） what time of day it is. （ B） how long they last. （ C） where the caller lives 3 （ A） samples of material. （ B） the latest catalogue. （ C
2、） a current price list. 4 （ A） persuading people to consider starting a career in telesales. （ B） instructing staff to give the Personnel department up-to-date paperwork. （ C） informing people of the application process for certain vacancies. 5 （ A） To repair the machine, follow the instructions in
3、the book. （ B） Consult the book for details before using this machine. （ C） If the machine develops a problem, report it in the book. 二、 PART TWO 5 Look at the notice below. It shows the companies with offices in the Royal Commercial building. For questions 6-10, decide which company (A-H) each pers
4、on on the opposite page needs. For each question, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. The Royal Commercial Building Liverpool A. Masters & Cotgrove - Accountants & Investment Consultants 1st Floor B. Pershore Plc- Travel, Hotel and Car Hire Agency 2nd Fl
5、oor C. Medics Unlimited - Health Insurance 3rd Floor D. Marine Express Shipping Company 4th Floor E. PBS - Electrical Engineers 5th Floor F. Parnell & Lewis - International Legal Advisors 6th Floor G. Alex Conrad & Sous - Commercial Property Agents 7th Floor H. Fabfoods - Catering Personnel & Kitche
6、n Supplies 8th Floor 6 Dr Shah wants to arrange for medical supplies and electronic equipment to be sent out to his clinic in Bangladesh. 7 Crockfords, an international law firm, needs lighting and cooking equipment installed in the canteen at its new offices. 8 Lia Kandinsky needs new premises for
7、her internet company that finds hotels and flights for customers. 9 Dr Munroe needs to get to Sydney, Australia, for a World Health Organisation conference on food and health. 10 Crombies Fastfoods wants help with checking all its financial transactions for the last three years. 三、 PART THREE 10 Loo
8、k at the bar chart below, which shows the number of goods sold (in 2006) by eight different companies (A-H) during four quarters of a year. Which company does each sentence (11-15) describe? For each sentence, mark the correct letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once.1
9、1 The number of goods sold did not change during any quarter of the year. 12 One company, having moved to a new place, doubled the number of goods sold each quarter for all quarters. 13 After a very bad year, one company went bankrupt and went out of business at the end of the year, selling no goods
10、 during the last quarter. 14 A company, having started very strongly, showed a decline during each quarter of the year. 15 The number of goods sold went up only a small amount during the year. 四、 PART FOUR 15 Read the following passage about a website. Are the sentences 16-22 “Right“ or “Wrong“? If
11、there isnt enough information to answer “Right“ or “Wrong“, choose “Doesnt say“. For each sentence, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. HERE WE GOOGLE AGAIN Google dominates the Internet-search business, such as Netscape once ruled in Web browsers and Real Networks did in media players
12、. Begun as a research project by two graduate students in 1998, Google today carries out more than 200 million searches a day and is estimated to have had $1 billion income last year, mainly from advertising sector. It is the most visited search site, accounting for 35% of search-engine visits compa
13、red with 28% for Yahoo, 16% for AOL and 15% for Microsofts MSN, according to comScore Networks, a market-research company. But that masks its tree influence. Googles technology is used to power searches on other sites, such as Yahoo and AOL (though Yahoo plans to use its own technology soon). Taking
14、 this into account makes Google responsible for around 80% of all Internet searches. The company is now preparing for a stock market flotation in the next few months. Googles power makes it just the sort of company that Microsoft typically tries to squash. At the World Economic Forum in Davos last w
15、eek, Mr. Gates admitted that Googles search technology was “way better“ than Microsofts, and identified Internet search as a key focus for his company. 16 Google, Netscape amt Real Networks all play a very important role in their own field. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 17 Google was invente
16、d lay experts in the 1980s. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 18 Googles annual income ranks number one among Internet search-engines. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 19 According to a market-research company, Yahoo, AOL and Microsofts MSN account for more than 60% of the search-engine vis
17、its. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 20 Google is the most visited search site and its technology is also used lo power searches on other sites. （ A） Right （ B） Wrung （ C） Doesnt say 21 Google will never be replaced by other search engines. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 22 Bill Gates b
18、elieves Google is a key part for his company to earn profits. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 五、 PART FIVE 22 Read the following passage below about a Chairmans Statement. For each question (23-28), choose the correct answer. Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer sheet. CHAIRMANS STATEMEN
19、T Despite the appearance of a new competitor on the market the company continued to grow and increase its market share throughout 2006. Partly in response to this new threat but. more importantly, as part of a strategy for growth, several key decisions were taken this year. The most significant new
20、developments included a range of vitamin-rich childrens drinks and low calorie diet drinks, which both proved very popular. The company is still best known for its range of refreshing fruit drinks and. not surprisingly, these were our biggest sellers once more. There were two new additions to the ra
21、nge last year, “Joyful“ and “Refresh“, both of which have a distinctive Caribbean flavour. The first sales figures suggest that our expensive TV advertising campaign was very successful and that these products will soon be as popular as the rest of the fruit drink range. Growth in the keep-fit and h
22、ealth markets meant our energy drinks did well in 2006. Sales of one brand, “Delight“, were second only to fruit drinks in July. The strength of this particular market also explains the success of our new diet drinks. There were, however, big differences in the performance of our older products. The
23、 companys oldest product, mineral water, continued to enjoy a healthy share of a very profitable mass market. It seems our customers are still happy to stay with the brand despite the increasing number of competitors products. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our Ice-J and Chocomania drinks
24、. Sales showed an initial increase in the summer after we re-launched both products but customers soon bought other brands and total annual sales for both product ranges were disappointing. The company also said goodbye to its own brand of cola. launched in 2004. After two unsuccessful years of tryi
25、ng to break into the huge cola market. 2006 looked like being another poor year. The company finally accepted that it had made a wrong decision and stopped production in October of that year. 23 What was the main reason the company decided to launch its new product ranges? （ A） It laced increased co
26、mpetition. （ B） It wanted to enter new markets. （ C） It initiated a policy of expansion. 24 The new fruit drinks cost a lot of money to （ A） develop. （ B） produce. （ C） launch. 25 The best selling drinks in July were （ A） energy drinks. （ B） fruit drinks. （ C） diet drinks. 26 The companys brand of m
27、ineral water has a （ A） small share of a small market. （ B） large share of a small market. （ C） large share of a large market. 27 Sales for Ice-J and Chocomania （ A） rose and then fell again. （ B） increased steadily. （ C） were disappointing all year. 28 When did the company stop producing its own br
28、and cola? （ A） 2004 （ B） 2006 （ C） 2008 六、 PART SIX 28 Read the minutes below from a Health and Safety committee meeting. Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B or C on the opposite page. For each question (29-40), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. Minutes Lighting Staff
29、are complaining about the poor lighting in the main office. The secretary of the committee recently obtained quotes (29) new lighting, (30) we passed to the management board. The committee is (31) waiting for (32) decision. We are hoping the board will let us (33) within the next few weeks. New Drin
30、ks Machine Of the three types of machine we looked at, Maxcup appeared to be the best option. The committee now has to find a new (34) as our current machine causes problems near the fire exit (35) several people use the machine at the same time. It was decided to put (36) taking the decision, and w
31、e expect to have enough information (37) the end of the month. Conference Attendance John (38) to be away at the conference from 1st to 8th of next month. Rebecca has agreed to assist us in his (39) John has a useful list of contacts in (40) to help her research new safety equipment. Next committee
32、meeting: 16th March. （ A） from （ B） for （ C） of （ A） what （ B） when （ C） which （ A） still （ B） yet （ C） already （ A） your （ B） our （ C） their （ A） known （ B） knowing （ C） know （ A） location （ B） size （ C） design （ A） whether （ B） unless （ C） if （ A） through （ B） off （ C） up （ A） by （ B） until （ C） o
33、n （ A） believes （ B） thinks （ C） expects （ A） leave （ B） absence （ C） departure （ A） time （ B） order （ C） case 七、 PART SEVEN 40 Read the memo and the application letter below. Complete the record card. Write a word, phrase or number in spaces 41-45 on your Answer Sheet. From: Julie Fox President EXT
34、. 2305 Menlo: Ivy, Another applicant for the Personnel Officers post. Please complete the form and file the CV for me. Thanks. 13 Grangewood Court-Hey London 22nd September 2007 Dear Ms Fox, I would like to apply for the vacancy advertised on your Internet website yesterday. I have been working as a
35、 Personnel Officer for LPE for over 8 years now, and feel that it is time that I extended my skills to a more responsible and rewarding job. I have a Masters degree in nuclear physics, I can speak three languages, and have often found that this is a good quality in an employee. I look forward to rec
36、eiving your response. Yours sincerely, Ivy Smith Applicant Information Form Position applied for: (41) _ Name of applicant: (42) _ Language skills: (43) _ Current employer: (44) _ Present qualifications: (45) _ BEC商务英语（初级）阅读模拟试卷 15答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【正确答案】 A 2 【正确答案】 B 3 【正确答案】 A 4 【正确答案】 C 5 【正确答案
37、】 C 二、 PART TWO 6 【正确答案】 D 7 【正确答案】 E 8 【正确答案】 G 9 【正确答案】 B 10 【正确答案】 A 三、 PART THREE 11 【正确答案】 F 12 【正确答案】 E 13 【正确答案】 H 14 【正确答案】 G 15 【正确答案】 A 四、 PART FOUR 16 【正确答案】 A 17 【正确答案】 B 18 【正确答案】 C 19 【正确答案】 B 20 【正确答案】 A 21 【正确答案】 C 22 【正确答案】 B 五、 PART FIVE 23 【正确答案】 C 24 【正确答案】 C 25 【正确答案】 B 26 【正确答案
38、】 C 27 【正确答案】 A 28 【正确答案】 B 六、 PART SIX 29 【正确答案】 B 30 【正确答 案】 C 31 【正确答案】 A 32 【正确答案】 C 33 【正确答案】 C 34 【正确答案】 A 35 【正确答案】 C 36 【正确答案】 B 37 【正确答案】 A 38 【正确答案】 C 39 【正确答案】 B 40 【正确答案】 B 七、 PART SEVEN 41 【正确答案】 Personnel Officer 42 【正确答案】 Ivy Smith 43 【正确答案】 3 44 【正确答案】 LPE 45 【正确答案】 Masters degree in nuclear physics
