1、BEC商务英语（高级）写作模拟试卷 89及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 The pie chart below shows the hours spent on four in-house training courses in your company. Using the information from the chart, write a report comparing the four courses. Write 120 140 words on your Answer Sheet. 二、 PART TWO 2 Questions 2 4 Write an answer
2、 to one of the questions 2 4 in this part. Write 200-250 words on the separate answer paper provided. Question 2 Your company has just started a marketing campaign, part of which is to mail brochures to the secretarial staff working with the potential clientele. You have been asked to write a report
3、 about the effectiveness of this move based on a survey. Write the report for your manager, including the following information: what has been done with the survey what results have been elicited through the survey what changes should be made to the campaigning strategies Question 3 Your company has
4、 decided to hire a professor of history as archivist. You have been asked to write a letter informing him of his appointment. Write the letter to the professor: announcing his appointment as archivist outlining the priorities for his work specifying the amount of salary and conditions for increase Q
5、uestion 4 Your company has planned to evaluate the use of a particular test of job applicants or employees that aims to assess their personality and integrity. You have been asked to write a proposal concerning the adoption or abandonment of this test. Write your proposal, including the following: a
6、 brief description of the test a description of its major trait that accounts for your proposition a citation of experts holding various opinions your recommendation BEC商务英语（高级）写作模拟试卷 89答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【正确答案】 The report sets out to present different types of in-house training courses for the com
7、panys employees -technical training. career development, health and safety, and interpersonal skills and the hours spent during the courses. Of the four courses, the largest amount of time, 30 hours, was devoted to it, which was half the time allotted towards training for the year. Career developmen
8、t training was given the next importance, with 15 hours devoted to it. This was followed by ten hours of interpersonal skills training, with health and safety instruction encompassing the last five hours given to training. In conclusion, technical training was given the greatest value by those who i
9、nitiated the training courses for the employees. This is perhaps because improvement with the employees technical skills is viewed as the greatest factor for the companys productivity whereas trainings in the other aspects assume more auxiliary roles. 二、 PART TWO 2 【正确答案】 Polygraphic testing records
10、 a subjects physiological responses to a series of questions asked by an examiner. The examiner then evaluates the subjects truthfulness or deceptiveness based on the subjects responses to certain questions. Although some studies support polygraph validity, others identify weaknesses in the underlyi
11、ng theory. A serious problem is the heavy dependence of the results on the skills of examiners, who are often poorly trained. Those who favor polygraph testing point to its popularity among American companies as a way to protect the rights of the employer to hire honest, competent employees and to i
12、dentify employees who steal company property. Polygraph testing, they say, is more cost effective than other methods of achieving these goals. Opponents of testing see it as an abdication of managers responsibility to make the kind of judgments that are involved. They also view testing as potential
13、morale problem and an invasion of employees rights, creating the risk of expensive lawsuits. In spite of arguments contending that the polygraph is an inexpensive and quick way to investigate employees, I recommend against its use in our company. No positive scientific evidence supports the instrume
14、nts validity, and the tests results leave too much room for interpretation by the examiner. Even if testing could be proven valid and reliable, ethical and legal issues remain. The polygraphs potential to create an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust between management and employees is evident. At its extreme, this atmosphere could prompt legal action against the company when judgments are made in error.
