2019年商务英语BEC高级考前预测试题及答案

1、2019 年商务英语 BEC 高级考前预测试题及答案Reading 1 hourPART ONEQuestions 1 8Look at the sentences below and at the five managers comments on leadership on the opposite pageWhich new item (A, B, C ,D or E) dose each statement 1 8 refer to ?For each statement ! 8 , make one letter(A, B, C ,D orE) on your Answer Shee

2、t .You will need to use some of these letters more thanonce .1、Successful leadership involves making sure thatemployees accept new ideas.2、A good leader can bring success to a company indifficulties3、Leaders should be assessed on the basis of theirachievements4、The personalities of good leaders are

3、generallydifferent from those of other managers5、Patience is a valuable quality in a successful leader6、Leaders consider potential changes in what theircompany does for others7、Good leaders will encourage their staff if theirorganization is in difficulties8、Leaders need to adapt their behaviour to s

4、uitdifferent circumstances9、AMaurizio VernaLong-term, visionary business leaders must be prepared toinvest to get what they want for their company. They knowwhen and how to apply pressure and to take risks, when theyneed to display a more hands-off approach. I have a prettyclear view of my i deal bu

5、siness leader, and of course that swhere I m trying to head ： he or she should start up andgrow a cash-rich, multi-interest international organizationof tremendous strength and depth.BSue TuckerThe pace of technological change, and the rate at whichbusinesses are changing , requires leaders to have

6、aparticular aptitude for technology and an understanding ofthe internet. A lot of people are aware of the opportunitieshere ,but awareness alone isn t enough ： in a true leaderthis needs to be coupled with clever marketing, productdesign and technological innovation, and keeping abreast ofeverything

7、 going on in the company. In fact the acid test , Ithink , is being able to use all of these skills to turnaround a failing company.CCarol GodfreyEffective leaders stand out from the herd. They re oftenidiosyncratic, even eccentric.They have the confidence to bethemselves, and not to adopt the langu

8、age and attributes ofthe run-of-the-mill professional managers and accountants.Whats crucial is having the charisma or whatever it is thatgives their staff confidence in them, so they can keepeveryone on board when they want to make innovations. Sooften these don t get off the ground because of lack

9、 ofleadership, because after all, our response to change issignificantly affected by how it s introduced.E Ana CostaOutstanding leaders understand both tactics and strategy,and are prepared to play a very long game to achieve theirobjectives. They understand that in negotiations they needthe “ win -

10、 win” concept, because losers risk losing theirdignity, which is no good for your long-term businessrelationship with them. Leaders must stay optimistic,whatever the odds, and keep up morale of their company, evenwhen the going s tough. It s important to be very muchhands-on, too. A good leader will

11、 champion ideas that keepthe company in the forefront.PART TWOQuestions9 14Read the text taken from an article about the developmentof international managersChoose the best sentence from the opposite page to filleach of the gaps .For each gap 9 14, mark one letter (A-H) on your AnswerSheet .Do not u

12、se any letter more than once .There is an example at the beginning .(0)Search for the “ worldly wise” company executivesThe quest for international managers is underway invirtually every industrialized economy , the search has beenmade urgent by the globalization of world markets and thegrowth in cr

13、ossborder mergers and acquisitions. (0) Manyfirms report being so stretched that they simply do not haveenough of the high-quality people they require to lead theirtheir global expansion.Other companies are having difficulties releasingexperienced people from existing operations in order to leadnew

14、international ventures. There are indications that ashorftage of internationally skilled people may be animportant constraint on firms international ambitions. (9)However, identifying the need for international managers iseasier than developing them.So what makes an international manager? Paul Evans

15、, aprofessor at INSEAD, the European business school, does notbelieve that any particular nationality produces a moreinternational manager. Neither does he believe that it s amatter of having the ability to cope with a lifestyle thatinvolves working in Madrid one day, London the next andBerlin the d

16、ay after. (10) Rather, he believes that thesecret of being a good international manger is beingcomfortable with managing diversity.Ford of Europe, which has encouraged the development ofinternational managers for more than 20 years, says that itsmanagers are globally-minded before they become global

17、operators. (11) a car that you buy in the UK, for example, isgoing to be the same car that sells in Germany, Finland andPortugal, so the people who are involved in the car sdevelopment have to be aware of the market requirements inall those different countries.Generally, it seems that the only effec

18、tive way todevelop international skills and perspectives is throughdirect international experience. (12) Such experiences openpeople s minds to the fact that things are done differentlylese where and encourages them to think in a wilder context.Formulating effective strategies for developing acompan

19、ys management resource is a demanding exercise, withconflicting issues to be solved (13) Another dilemma iswhether to use local managers or expatriates.The recruitment and development of effectiveinternational managers requires considerable financialresources and can be hard to justify at budget mee

20、tings. (14)however , without them, companies will continue to find theirexpansion plans frustrated by a lack of internationallyeffective managers.A from the moment they join the company, employees arefaced with having to think internationallyB This can be through involvement in international taskforces or through living a