1、BEC商务英语（初级）阅读模拟试卷 4及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 Look at the questions 1-5. In each question, which sentence is correct? For each question, mark one letter ( A, B, or C ) on your Answer Sheet. 1 Payment to be made by cash on delivery. The invoice has to be paid （ A） after the shipment arrives. （ B） before th
2、e shipment arrives. （ C） when the shipment arrives. 2 While we are developing the product, we will write regular reports to ensure that you are informed of its progress. （ A） Were going to write reports at the same time as we develop the product. （ B） Were going to write reports after we develop the
3、 product. （ C） Were going to write reports before we develop the product. 3 Forestry university students by citizenship. Which country has the fewest students at forestry University? （ A） Malaysia （ B） Korea （ C） Japan 4 （ A） Flight CR369 arrives at 15:30. （ B） Flight AG982 leaves at a quarter to fi
4、ve in the afternoon. （ C） All the flights arrive at a different time. 5 Please enter without knocking （ A） You dont have to knock before you go in. （ B） Please dont come in now. （ C） You can go in without opening the door. 二、 PART TWO 6 Look at the organization plan below. For questions 6 10, which
5、department (A-H) does this job? For each question, mark the correct letter (A H) on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. ABB Company A. Department of production E. Department of purchasing B. Department of marketing F. Department of research and development C. Department of publi
6、c relations G. Department of accounts D. Department of dispatch H. Department of personnel 6 Which department deals with customers with problem? 7 Which department is responsible for developing new products? 8 Which department sends goods to customers? 9 Which department finds new employees? 10 Whic
7、h department finds new markets? 三、 PART THREE 11 Look at the charts below. They show the profits of a company. Which chart does each sentence (11-15) describe? For each sentence mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet. 11 After a sharp fall in 2000, company profits recovered slightly the followin
8、g year. 12 Profits showed strong growth in 1999 but levelled off in 2000. 13 Profits decreased steadily throughout the three year period. 14 Profits peaked in 2000 and then fell steadily afterwards. 15 Profits remained steady between 1999 and 2001. 四、 PART FOUR 16 Read the following passage. Are the
9、 sentences 16-22 “Right“ or “Wrong“? If there isnt 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. PRESS OFFICER 22,000 PER YEAR A leading oil company needs a Press Officer for its busy offices. You shou
10、ld be: good at making phone calls excellent at writing reports able to go on business trips at least three times a month willing to work late several times a week experienced at working with computers Benefits include:6 weeks annual holiday and bonus payment after 12 months. 16 You do not need good
11、writing skills for this job. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 17 You will need to travel in this job. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 18 You will never need to work late. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 19 You need to know how to work with computers. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesn
12、t say 20 You will get 30 days annual holiday. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 21 You will receive 22,000 for one years work. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 22 The company will offer you a set of house. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Doesnt say 五、 PART FIVE 23 Read the text below about a com
13、panys products. For each question 23-28, choose the correct answer. Mark one letter (A, B, or C) on your Answer Sheet. Chairmans Statement Despite the appearance of a new competitor on the market the company continued to grow and increase its market share throughout 2000. Partly in response to this
14、new threat but, more importantly, as part of a strategy for growth, several key decisions were taken this year. The most significant new 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
15、 range of refreshing fruit drinks and, not surprisingly, these were our biggest sellers once more. There were two new additions to the range last year, Squish! and Liquid Sunshine, both of which have a distinctive Caribbean flavour. The first sales figures suggest that our expensive TV advertising c
16、ampaign 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 health markets meant our energy drinks did well in 2000. Sales of one brand, Booster! , were second only to fruit drinks in April The strength of this particul
17、ar market also explains the success of our new diet drinks. There were, however, big differences in the performance of our older products. The 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 w
18、ith the brand despite the increasing number of competitors products. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our Ice-T and Chocomania drinks. Sales showed an initial increase in the summer after we relaunched both products but customers soon bought other brands and total annual sales for both prod
19、uct ranges were disappointing. The company also said goodbye to its own brand of cola, launched in 1998. After two unsuccessful years of trying to break into the huge cola market 2000 looked like being another poor year. The company finally accepted that it had made a wrong decision and stopped prod
20、uction in September of that year. 23 What was the main reason the company decided to launch is new product ranges? （ A） It faced increased competition. （ 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）
21、produce. （ C） launch. 25 The best selling drinks in April were _ . （ A） energy drinks. （ B） fruit drinks, （ C） diet drinks. 26 The companys brand of mineral 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-T
22、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 brand cola? （ A） 1998. （ B） 2000. （ C） 2002. 六、 PART SIX 29 Read the article about commercial bank. Choose the correct word to fill each gap. Fo
23、r each question 29-40, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. Commercial Banks Commercial banks play an important role (29)_ national (30)_ . (31)_ the end of May 1995, China has 15 commercial banks, the International Business reported. Eight of these are (32)_ nationwide. They are: the I
24、ndustrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, the Bank of China, the Peoples Construction Bank of China, the Communications Bank, the CITIC Industrial Bank, the China Everbright Bank and the Huaxia Bank. There are six (33)_ shareholding banks. They are: the Merchants Bank,
25、the Guandong Development Bank, the Shenzhen Development Bank, the Fuzhou Industrial Bank, the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and the Hainan Development Bank. Apart (34)_ these, there is the (35)_ of the Peoples Construction Bank of China, the China Investment Bank and two housing deposit banks. Th
26、ey are fully (36)_ by the Peoples Bank of China. To add (37)_ the 15, the Minsheng Banking Corp was set up in January 1996. It is now the (38)_ non-State bank. Five foreign banks have so far been (39)_ to run branch offices in Beijing. Here is a (40)_ of them: Bank of Tokyo Tel 5931640 Citibank of t
27、he United States Tel 5004425 Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Tel 5001121 Nanyang Commercial Bank Tel 5139026 Industrial Bank of Japan Tel 5954728 29 (29)_ （ A） at （ B） on （ C） in 30 (30)_ （ A） economic （ B） economy （ C） economical 31 (31)_ （ A） In （ B） By （ C） at 32 (32)_ （ A） run （ B） op
28、erated （ C） ran 33 (33)_ （ A） nationwide （ B） worldwide （ C） regional 34 (34)_ （ A） to （ B） from （ C） among 35 (35)_ （ A） affiliate （ B） branch （ C） infiliate 36 (36)_ （ A） founded （ B） operated （ C） funded 37 (37)_ （ A） to （ B） into （ C） for 38 (38)_ （ A） single （ B） only （ C） one 39 (39)_ （ A） all
29、owed （ B） awarded （ C） ratified 40 (40)_ （ A） display （ B） list （ C） name 七、 PART SEVEN 41 Read the memo below from the senior Regional Manager (Europe), Mile Mosby. Complete the record card. Write a word, phrase (in CAPITAL LETTERS) or a number o lines 41-45 on your Answer Sheet. B&Z From the Desk
30、of Mile Mosby The final thing is a complaint I got when I was in the Zurich branch on 3rd of this month. I know it was important because the woman actually complained to me directly on the day it happened. I was in the of rice and she found out somehow where I was and insisted on speaking to me pers
31、onally. Apparently shed come into the Feldstrasse office to talk to Bertha Nelson she was our Marketing Consultant there but was treated very impolitely. So the woman, Tina Williams, found me, told me what had happened and asked me to deal with it. Nelson had insulted her and virtually told her to t
32、ake her business elsewhere. I dealt with it because I was on the spot. I told Nelson to come and see me at 2:30 in the managers office. I was still waiting at 3:00. She eventually turned up and offered no apology. She seemed quite proud of being impolite to the customer and me and then fell over. I
33、could smell alcohol and she happily told me that shed two bottles of wine at lunch time. So, the fact that she was drunk during working hours was the final straw. I had no alternative but to sack her then and there. I asked the local manager to send our apologies to Ms Williams and to send her a 500
34、 SFr gift token. I hope that is the end of the matter and it should convince them not to employ any more ex-geography teachers in Zurich. Milo Mosby Complaint Record Date complaint received: (41) _ Complaint addressed to whom: (42) _ Branch: (43) _ Position: (44) _ Date of action complained about: (
35、45) _ Place of action complained of Feldstrasse office 41 (41)_ 42 (42)_ 43 (43)_ 44 (44)_ 45 (45)_ BEC商务英语（初级）阅读模拟试卷 4答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 on delivery相当于 when receiving the shipment译为 “货到后将以现金的形式付款 ”。 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原句译为： “当我们开发新产品时，我们将定期写报告以保证您了解它的生产进程 ”。 regular， “定期的，经常 ”。 3 【正
36、确答案】 C 【试题解析】 由图知，马来西亚的学生最多，占 45%，日本学生最少，占10%。 4 【 正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 15： 30分为 CR369起飞的时间，不是到达的；图中并未给出各航班到达的时间，所以 A和 C都是错误的。 a quarter to five， “差一刻到五点，即4： 45“,B对。 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 without“不经，没有 ”。 二、 PART TWO 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 解决顾客问题的应为公共关系部。 7 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 开发新产品的应为研发部。 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 负责 送货的应为物品
37、配送处。 9 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 召收新职员是人事部的工作。 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 市场开拓问题是市场推广部主管。 三、 PART THREE 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 “在 2000年公司利润大幅下降后于次年慢慢回升。 ” 12 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 “1999年利润有显著增加，但在 2000年却呈水平增长。 ” 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 “三年内利润持续下降。 ” 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 “利润于 2000年达到顶峰，随后持续下降 ”。 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 “1999年到 2000年间利润保持稳定
38、 ”。 四、 PART FOUR 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 短文中提到 “要擅长写报告 ”，所以需要具备良好的写作技能。 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 “able to go on business trips at least three mesa month ” 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 “willing to work late several times a week”，愿意多次加班。 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文中提到要对操作电脑富有经验。 experienced， “有经验的 ”。 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文中提到每年假期有
39、 6周，即 42天，而不是 30天。 21 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 标题中提到。 22 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文中并未提到提供住房问题。 五、 PART FIVE 23 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 在第一段中提出两个原因，一个是增加市场占有量，另一个量也是最重要的是因为关键性的决策在今年实施了，因此 C是合适。 24 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 “(首次 )上市 ”，公司花费大笔钱在电视上做广告是为了介绍这种新上市的产品。 25 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在第三段说明 Booster在四月份的销售量位居第二。 26 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第四段中： “
40、The companys oldest product mass market“ ， C符合。 27 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第四段提到矿泉水仍占领大部分市场的同时， Ice-T和 Chocomania两个品牌占的饮料仅在夏初有所增长稍后便下降，年销量令人失望。 28 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 最后一段首句提到。 六、 PART SIX 29 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 play a role in.。 “在 方面发挥作用， ”固定用法。 30 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 economic 和 economical 都是 economy的形容词形 式，此处应用名词形式。
41、31 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 by the end of， “到 末 ”， in the end不与 of搭配。 32 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 run有 “开办 ”“经营 ”两意思， operate， “运转 ”。 33 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 从下文知，那些银行都是地区开办的， regional， “地方的，区域性的 ”。 34 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 apart from“除 之外 ”，固定用法。 35 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 affiliate， “分部 ”： branch， “分支 ”，后文所列银行与中国人民银行是从属关系。故 A正确。 36 【
42、正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 fund， “为 提供资金 ”， found，动词 “建立，创建 ”。 37 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 “add to”， “增加到 ”，固定搭配。 38 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 “only”， “惟一的 ”； single， “单一的 ”，根据句意，应为 only。 39 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 ratify, “批准，认可 ”较正式。 40 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 a list of.,“一项 的清单 ”固定搭配。 七、 PART SEVEN 41 【正确答案】 June 3. 42 【正确答案】 Bertha Nelson 43 【正确答案】 Zurich 44 【正确答案】 Marketing Consultant 45 【正确答案】 3-六月
