1、BEC商务英语（高级）阅读模拟试卷 66及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 A Villa On Saba: Viila-t-Small Hotel On Saba Sell Price: Starting at $750,000 Location: Zions Hill Saba Netherlands Antilles Villa + Cottage (bedroom with private bath, living room, fully equipped kitchen, patio) $800K; Hotel/Restaurant, 5 bedrooms with priva
2、te bath, roof-top pool, lounge, wine cellar, state of the art kitchen, 18 seats restaurant $750; Hotel + Cottage $800; All three buildings $1.4 million; Financing available to qualified buyers. B Holiday Inn (Golden Mile) : Executive Luncheon at the Barons Table from 12 noon -2:30 p.m. Monday to Sat
3、urday at $138. The Cafe Vienna features daily lunch and dinner buffet from 12 noon - 2 : 30 p.m. and 6 p. m. -9:30 p.m. at $93 ($70 children) and $ 173 ($ 113 children). C Island Shangri-La: Contemporary music and Rhythm and Blues by the Music Lights at the Cyrano, 5p. m. - 1:30 a. m. Sunday to Thur
4、sday; 5pm-2:30a.m. (Friday, Saturday), entertainment begins at 9 p.m. except Sundays. Contemporary music by lounge pianist Renato Sulit, Monday to Saturday, and Ernesto Vioya (Sunday) from 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and 3 p. m. Sunday. Singer Joyce San Mateo accompanied by Samson de Guzman on the ke
5、yboard performs popular tunes at the Lobster Bar from 7p.m. Monday to Saturday. D Excelsior: Jazz band Bambi and Nothing Heavy plays every night at the Dickens Bar. Jazz sessions by Tony Carpio every Sunday from 3 pm-6 pm. Located on the lower ground floor. Open daily from 11 am 2 am. Stylist Band p
6、erforms at the talk of the Town from 9 pm - 12: 45 pm or I am from Sunday to Thursday, and from 9 pm-2 am on Friday, Saturday and pre-public holidays. E Eaton Hotel: The Coffee Shop & Lobby Lounge features Japanese dinner buffet at $ 178 per person for Monday to Thursday and $ 188 for Fridays, weeke
7、nds and public holidays. Astor Cafe serves American and Chinese breakfast set priced at $ 50 daily from 7am- 12 noon. Tea buffet priced at $ 50 per person from 3pm-5pm every Saturday, Sunday and public holiday. Yat Tung Restaurant offers all-you-can-eat dinner spectacular featuring clams, snails and
8、 Peking duck at $ 60 per person from every Sunday to Thursday. 1 A child spends less money on food than his parents. 2 A famous pianist plays piano for a well-known singer. 3 You and your wife can have some famous Chinese food for only $ 120. 4 You can enjoy music there for more than eight hours on
9、Tuesdays. 5 The hotel has heavy dance music for you to enjoy every night. 6 Performances last five hours on the day before Labour Day. 7 European meals are served in the afternoons and at night. 8 You may have a hotel of your own if you are interested and rich enough. 二、 PART TWO 8 Read this text fr
10、om an article about job references.Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.For each gap 9-14, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.Do not use any letter more than once.There is an example at the beginning (0).REFERENCES CANNOT ALWAYS BE TRUSTED BY POTENTIAL EMP
11、LOYERS “Dull, but reliable, will make a good parent. “ So said a head teachers reference which I was once sent for a s school-leaver. 0 Most references are unreliable, although recruiters usually ask for them. Few ask for character references today, as these have proved useless. 9 However, these can
12、not always be trusted. A few may be biased. 10 This can also occur if there has been friction between boss and subordinate over personal or business matters. On the other hand, there can also be positive bias. An employer who want to get rid of someone may fail to mention any relevant failings or ev
13、en give a glowing report to help the individual go quickly. 11 But if they do, the law in Britain says they owe a duty of care to both the employer to whom it is supplied and to the individual to whom it refers. Most written references are unreliable because they are not specific enough. So how do y
14、ou and a potential employer ensure that any reference given on your behalf is genuinely helpful? 12 Employers normally expect two: one, your immediate superior in your current or most recent job, the other, your boss in the post before, so long as it was in the last five years or so. For a senior po
15、st, more may be required for their part, no prospective employer should approach your current employer until you have an offer subject to references and you have given permission. 13 Once you get the utter, and before giving permission to make contact, tell your boss and explain that the prospective
16、 employer will be asking for a reference. Do this face-to-face and during the meeting describe the job for which you have applied, if you can provide a job description or the relevant job advertisements, even better. 14 Even if your referee does express some doubts about your fitness for the post, d
17、ont worry, employees often prefer to back their own judgment.A. It would also be wrong for anyone to contact your penultimate firm before then because word may reach your current employer on the grapevine.B. In fact, employers do not have to give references at all.C. These might include your bosss i
18、mmediate senior and someone at the same level as your boss who is familiar with your work.D. Your boss can then match the reference needs to the needs of the job.E. What they seek are references from previous employers.F. Some managers think it an act of disloyalty if an employee applies for a job e
19、lsewhere and will give poor reference or only weak praise.G. Firstly, as an employee, make sure you choose the right referees.H. It amused me at the time, but said more about the referee than the candidate. 三、 PART THREE 14 Read the following extract from a book on inventory. For questions 15-20, ma
20、rk one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. Inventory Inventory is an important part of the cost of doing business in a large company. If a company is assembling cars, they must have a large number of parts in hand so that the assembly line does not stop because one part is missing. If cars are
21、 going down the assembly line and one person is supposed to fasten wheels on to the car, the whole line will stop if he runs out of fasteners. This means that several hundred men will be waiting while someone must find fasteners for the wheel. So there must be a sufficient number of parts of all sor
22、ts nearby in order to keep the car assembly line running smoothly. A large supply of spare parts is very expensive, so a company will try to keep its inventory as low as it can without finding it necessary to stop production for lack of a part. In a planned company, it was often difficult to secure
23、spare parts and so many companies ordered many extra parts and kept large supplies of parts so that if a mistake was made in planning, they could continue to produce. This was known as just-in-case Inventory. As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy, the important thing for a b
24、usiness is to make money and not just produce. Its very expensive to keep large suppliers available just in case there is a delay in delivery. So increasingly, companies are moving to another system of inventory of spare parts as low as possible. This way they do not have to pay for parts used in pr
25、oduction until just before they are paid for the finished product. This saves them much capital and is a much more efficient method of operating. The problem with this is that if a shipment is delayed or lost for some reason, the whole factory may have to stop because they dont have one little part.
26、 This is very expensive. Most modern industries try to keep inventory as low as possible, but when they adopt just-in-time inventory control, they try to keep at least some extra in stock for emergencies. 15 Why do companies adopt just-in-time inventory system? （ A） They try to keep their inventory
27、of spare parts as low as possible. （ B） The can save lots of money. （ C） Its a more efficient method of operating. （ D） A, B and C 16 In a planned company it was often difficult to secure spare parts, _. （ A） so many companies manufacture them all by themselves （ B） so many companies have to stop th
28、e production lines while waiting （ C） so many companies place large orders for emergencies （ D） so many companies feel quite headache about this problem 17 As an economy moves from a planned economy to a market economy_. （ A） the companies pay more attention to money （ B） the companies care more abo
29、ut production （ C） the companies have great emphasis on finished products （ D） the companies dont know what to do 18 Just-in-time inventory control system_. （ A） is adopted in most modern industries （ B） is adopted only in very small company （ C） is adopted only by some people （ D） is adopted long l
30、ong time ago 19 Inventory is an important part of the cost of doing business_. （ A） just in the joint-venture companies （ B） in any company （ C） in state-owned companies （ D） in private-owned companies 20 A large supply of spare parts is very expensive, so a company_. （ A） will try to keep as many a
31、s it can （ B） will try to keep as low as it can （ C） will try to make them all by itself （ D） will try to deliver it quickly 四、 PART FOUR 20 Read the article below about a method of learning languages for business people. Choose the best word from the opposite page to fill each gap. For each questio
32、n 21-30 mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. There is an example at the beginning (0).Language learning for the busy executive If youve ever been told by your boss to improve your knowledge of a foreign language youll know that 0 doesnt come quickly. It generally takes years to learn a
33、nother language well and constant 21 to maintain the high standards required for frequent business use. Whether you study in a class, with audio cassettes, computers or on your 22 , sooner or 23 even language course finishes and you must decide what to do next if you need a foreign language for your
34、 career. Business Audio Magazines is a new product designed to help you continue language study in a way that fits easily into your busy schedule. Each audio cassette 24 of an hour-long programme packed with business news, features and interviews in the language of your choice. These cassettes wont
35、teach you how to order meals or ask for directions. It is 25 that you can do that already. Instead, by giving you an opportunity to hear the language as its really spoken, they help you to 26 your vocabulary and improve your ability to use real language relating to, for example, that all-important m
36、arketing trip. The great advantage of using audio magazines is that they 27 you to perfect your language skills in ways that suit your lifestyle. For example, you can select a topic and listen in your car or hotel when away on business. No other business course is as 28 And the unique radio-magazine
37、 format is as instructive as it is entertaining. In addition to the audio cassette, this package includes a transcript with a business glossary and a study 29 . The components are structured so that intermediate and advanced students may use them separately or together 30 on their ability.0. A. gain
38、 B. result C. success D. outcome （ A） exercise （ B） performance （ C） practice （ D） operation （ A） self （ B） individual （ C） personal （ D） own （ A） after （ B） then （ C） later （ D） quicker （ A） consists （ B） includes （ C） contains （ D） involves （ A） insisted （ B） acquired （ C） asserted （ D） assumed （
39、A） prolong （ B） extend （ C） spread （ D） lift （ A） allow （ B） let （ C） support （ D） offer （ A） adjustable （ B） flexible （ C） convertible （ D） variable （ A） addition （ B） supplement （ C） extra （ D） manuscript （ A） according （ B） depending （ C） relating （ D） basing 五、 PART FIVE 30 Read the article belo
40、w about the corporate humor business. For each question 31-40, write one word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet. The Corporate Laughter Business Is Booming When the CEO of Lotus, manufacturer of computer software, interviews job candidates, he looks 31 people who can laugh out loud, At the hea
41、dquarters of ice-cream maker Ben & Jerrys, the “Minister of Joy“ supervises the “Joy Gang“, 32 has the job of spending $ 10, 000 a year planning and implementing workplace fun. Odetics, maker of video security systems and other recording equipment, considered it an honor when Industry Week called it
42、 “the wackiest place to work in the U. S.“. In corporate America today, humor is a serious business. Workers have been downsized, re-engineered, restructured, and overworked for so long they have forgotten how to smile and laugh. To remind them, companies are posting amusing notes and cartoons on 33
43、 boards, building libraries of humorous books for workers to read, sponsoring “fun at work“ days, “laughter“ committees, and 34 hiring specialists. As a result, the corporate humor business has taken off. A “humor services“ group, called Humor Project, reports that it receives about twenty requests
44、each day 35 companies looking for humor consultants. The Laughter Remedy, an organization that teaches the benefits of humor, helps employees build “humor skills“ through a program that includes such steps 36 “developing the ability to play with language“ and “finding humor in everyday life“. Humor
45、consultant Paul McGhee gives audiences “remedial belly laughing“ lessons. He tells them to smile, squint, raise their eyebrows, lower their jaws, tighten their stomach muscles, and laugh. Speakers from Lighten Up Limited, a humor consulting firm, urge workers to tell jokes and 37 humor breaks. In th
46、eir search for comic relief, organizations are spending thousands of dollars. Humor consultant Matt Weinstein, for example, receives $ 7,500 for a ninety-minute talk. Why all the fuss and expense over an activity that seems contrary 38 the work ethic? One recent study reports that the most productiv
47、e workplaces have at least ten minutes of laughter 39 hour. And corporations that have added humor to workplace report an increase not only in productivity but 40 in employee loyalty, creativity, and morale, as well as improved teamwork and employee health. 六、 PART SIX 40 Read the text below about t
48、he U. S. economy.In most of the lines 41 -52 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, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra
49、 word on your Answer Sheet.The exercise begins with two examples (0) and (00).0. The U.S. economy is growing most slowly, the U.S. Federal Reserve said on 00. Wednesday in a report. Economic business activity in most districts is41. reported to be generally good and expanding moderately, in according to a42. survey of regional business conditions last week. But the survey found43. labour-market tightness and, in a few of regions, rift tightness appears to be44. broadly based. As a result, wage gains have been tended to outstrip price increases.45. The s
