BEC剑桥商务英语中级考试真题

BEC剑桥商务英语中级考试真题

为了让大家更好的学习商务英语BEC考试，我给大家整理了BEC

商务英语中级考试真题，下面我就和大家共享，来观赏一下吧。

真题一

WhentoRecruit?

0Inasmal1business,decidingwhentotakeonnewstaff

isadelicatecalculation.On

00theonehand,ifyouareincreaseyourworkforce,you

mightfinditdifficulttocover

34fortheincreasedcostsstraightaway.Ontheotherhand,

extrastaffcould

35enableyoutospendmoretimeonactivitiessuchas

marketing,whichinthe

36endshouldmeantheincreasedprofits.Ausefulwayof

decidingwhentoincrease

37yourworkforceistoaskyourselfifyoucanmakeencugh

ofextrasalestomeet

38thecostoftakingonwithanextraemployee.Buteven

千里之行，始于足下。

ifyouarenotableto

39increaseyoursalesimmediatelyyoumaystillbeable

toemploysomeone.

40Inthissuchcase,however,youmustkeepyourbusiness

goinguntilyouhavebuilt

41yoursalesuptothenewlevelyouneed.Ifintheend

youarecleverenoughto

42getyourtimingsoright,youwillnotwanttothrowaway

youradvantageby

43employingthewrongtypeperson.Thewholeprocessof

advertisingand

44interviewingcantakearoundmanymonths,sofindingyou

madeamistakeand

45needtorecruitagainitcanhaveaveryseriousimpact

onthefutureofyourbusiness.

《Whentorecruit?》，何时招人？文章是讲的小公司招人的一些

留意事项，应当如何推断招人的时机。

34题，cover是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要用forocover

在此处的含义是“tobeenoughmoneytopayforsomething”。

35题,正确的。

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36题,这句的意思是说招人可以反过来增加收益。mean(the)

increasedprofits,意味着增加的收益。并不是特殊指代,不需要

使用定冠词the。

37题，make是及物动词,直接后面接名词，makeenoughextra

sales,不需要of。

38题，takeon是雇佣的意思。看韦氏词典的解释：Ifyoutake

someoneon,youemploythemtodoajob.后面不需要with。

39题,正确的。

40题，inthiscase:inthissituation,ifso,ifweconsider

thissituation在这种状况下，such多余。

41题，正确的。

42题,timing是时机把握的意思:thechoice,judgement,or

controlofwhensomethingshouldbedonev这个句子的意思是假

如你够聪慧，把握好了正确的时机。直接用getsth.right,so是

多余的。

43题，招到了错误的人，形容词wrong后面直接接名词person,

type是多余的。

44题，take在这里是及物动词，指耗费了多少时间和精力，直

接用动词take就能表示这个意思，around是多余的

45题，整个句子findingyoumadeamistakeandneedto

recruitagain(it)canhaveaveryseriousimpact成分很完整。

findingyoumadeamistakeandneedtorecruitagain是主语,

千里之行，始于足下。

have是谓语，impact是宾语，it在这里多余。

真题二

BusinessMeetings

Itisimportantthatideasandsuggestionstabledatformal

meetingarevoicedatthe(0)time.Thisisachievedbykeeping

tothe(19)......shownontheagenda.Forexample,thereis

no(20)......indiscussingideastodowithitemsixonthe

agendawhenitemtwohasnotyetbeen(21)........Such

deviationsfromtheagendamay(22).......inconfusionair.ong

thepeopleatthemeeting;theymayalso(23).......

concentrationiftheyseesomethingasirrelevant.

Tomakecertainthatthemeetingproceedsinanorderly

fashion,itisthereforeusefulto(24).......someground

rules.First,everyonewillneedtounderstandthattheymust

(25)......theircommentstothetopicunderdiscussion.The

Chaircanthenencourageonepersontospeakata(26).......,

sothatanyideasofferedcanbediscussedand(27).......Once

thatpersonhasfinished,someoneelsecanput(28).......their

ideasandsoon.Ifthisprocedureisadopted,theparticipants

willbeabletofollowthevariousissuesinaconsistentmanner,

whichwi11helpwiththedecision-making(29).......lateron.

Itwillalso(30).....thatthequietpeopleatmeetingsget

achanceto(31).......theirsay,ratherthanjusttheirmore

outspokencolleagues.In(32).......,itisoftenthequiet

peopleatmeetingswhogeneratethebestideas,becausethey

areinthe(33).......ofthinkingbeforetheyspeak.

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19AstructureBdirectionCorderDarrangement

20ApointBworthCneedDreason

21AbroughtinBdealtwithCcateredforDtakenoff

22AappearBproduceCariseDresult

23AloseBfailCmissDdrop

24AformBestablishCdesignDsettle

25AcontainBreserveCcheckDrestrict

26AturnBtimeCmomentDsequence

27AnotedBwrittenCregardedDremarked

28AdownBthroughCawayDforward

29ApathBcourseCprocessDmethod

30AensureBsecureCallowDpermit

31AgiveBmakeChaveDput

32ApartBrealityCcontrastDcase

33AcustomBroutineCpracticeDhabit

《BusinessMeeting》，商业会议。文章一共两段，第一段说开

千里之行，始于足下。

会要根据日程支配来进行，其次段说开会要尽量让大家发言，尤其是

在会议上缄默寡言的人。

19题，这一题可能会选择arrangoment。order和arrangement

的中文意思也的确很相像。只有看英文的意思来进行理解。（）rder:A

sequenceorarrangementofsuccessivethings.一系歹!j连续事情

的支配。由于这里的意思是保持日程表上的支配，日程表上的支配井

井有条且有秩序，应当选择order,比arrangement更合适。

20题，thereisnopointindoingsth.做什么事情没有意义。

21题，名目2上的事情还没有处理就谈论日程表上的名目6是

没有意义的。选dealtwithocaterfor是迎合的意思。

22题，这种偏差（指前面说的名目2没完就争论名目6）会导致开

会的人产生混乱。选resultin,导致。

23题，假如他们认为什么是不相关的，就会留意力不集中。lose

concentration是地道标准的说法，参考一个例句：Iwasabsent

mindedandloseconcentrationveryeasily.

24题，建立一些基本规章。地道的用法就是establishtheruleso

formrules是指表单规章,designrules是指设计规章。

25题，把自己的评论限制在争论的话题之下。restrictto限制

26题，主席可以鼓舞每个人分别说一会。重点在于理解词组ata

time的含义：separatelyinthespecifiedgroupsornumberso

看一个例句：Hetookthestairstwoatatime.

27题，这里考察的是note一个不太常见的用法：togiveyour

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attentiontosomethingbydiscussingitormakingawritten

recordofito正好和前面动词discuss相对应，而且做笔记这一点

也符合会议的特点。不选remark,由于是开会，更多的是发言、争

论、记笔记，而不是评论。

28题，putforward:suggest,propose提出。

29题，decision-makingprocess,做打算的过程。

30题，这样可以确保缄默的人在会上也能有发言权。用ensureo

不是allow和permit,始终都是允许的，只是没有一个保证的程序。

31题，加有发言权。say在这里是发言权的意思，动词用have。

参考牛津高阶词典上的例句：Cantyoukeepquietforaminuteand

letmehavemysay?/Thejudgeusuallyhasthefinalsay.

haveasayin:Tohavetherighttoexpressonesopinion

orcastavoteinapendingmatter.

e.g.:Ourbossisfriendlyanddemocratic;healways

encouragesustohaveasayinwhatwewilldonext.

32题，inreality在现实中。incontrast对比，incase万一。

33题，往往会上缄默的人能想出好点子，由于他们养成了开口

前思索的习惯。inthehabitof有什么习惯。固定搭配。

真题三

TheMythofthePaperlessOffice

千里之行，始于足下。

0Theconceptofapaperlessofficegrewwiththeadvance

oftechnology.Itwas

00widelybeenclaimedthatasemailbecamecommonplace,

peoplewouldstop

34writingmemos,keepingbulkyfilesandbringingpiles

ofpapertothemeetings.

35Buttherealityhasinfactbeenquitethereverse,and

paper,havingalready

36survivedfivethousandyearsoftechnologicalchange,

andhasprovedremarkably

37resilient.Worldwide,theamountofpaperusedforeach

yearcontinuesto

38riseup,althoughstatisticsnowshowaslightreduction

intheamount

39itconsumedintheUK.So,hastechnologyfailedinits

aimtoendtheuseof

40paper?MaxBray,abusinesslecturer,thinksoffice

workersstilldistrustcomputers.

41iTechnologyisunreliableinmostofpeopleseyes,'

hesays.Ifyou&resentan

42importantemail,youarelikelytoprintit,because

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thereisalwaysthe

43fearthatitmighthavegetdeleted.’Incontrast,Paul

Blunt,amarketing

44managerfordesktopproducts,whosaystherehasbeen

significantprogressin

45automatingawiderangeoftasks,eventhoughthe

transitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofanevolutionthana

revolution.

《TheMythofthePaperlessOffice》，无纸化办公室神话。

讲的是新技术对现代办公的影响。

34题，meeting在这里不是特别指代，只是叙述的一般状况。不

需要使用定冠词theo

35题，正确的

36题，和上面的部分联系起来作为一个整体来考虑。paper,

havingalreadysurvivedfivethousandyearsoftechnological

change,andhasprovedremarkablyresilient.中间的部分是插入

语，可以不考虑，所以完整的应当是paperhasprovedremarkably

resiliento主谓宾特别齐全，and是多余的。resilient是适应力强

的，有弹力的。

37题，used在这里是后置定语，修饰前面的paper,意思是每

年使用的纸的总数，不需要for。

38题，持续增长，用rise,riseup是起义的意思。

千里之行，始于足下。

39题，theamountconsumedintheUK,consumed也是后置定

语，表示英国的消费总量。it多余。

40题,正确的

41题，inmostpeople,seyes在大多数人的眼里，of多余。

42题，正确的

43题，mighthavedone表示可能已经做了某事，而这里的意思

是指电子邮件等可能会被删除，不用have,去掉。

44题，PaulBlunt,amarketingmanagerfordesktopproducts,

whosaystherehasbeensignificantprogresso中间的部分是插

入成分，不予考虑。完整的是PaulBlunt(who)saystherehasbeen

significantprogress.主语是人，谓语是says,后面是宾语，成分

齐全，who是多余的。

45题，thetransitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofanevolution

thanarevolution.依旧是一个完整的句子，成分齐全，transition

是主语，hasbeen是谓语，between是多余的。

真题四

ManagingaCareeronthewayupisquitedifferentfrom

managingoneatthetopofanorganisation.Individualsonthe

wayuphavetobuildrelationshipswiththepeoplethey

(19)to.Theyusuallyhaveto(20)withsubordinatesinaddition

topeopleatthesamelevelasthemselves.Themostseniorstaff

onlyhavethoseunderthemtorelateto.Thisbook(21)theidea

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thatallworkingrelationships,includingtherelationship

withonesboss,canandshouldbemanaged.

Youdonothavetobe(22)thanyourmanagerinorderto

managetherelationship.Nordoyouhavetobebetterthanyour

managerinany(23).Yourmanagermaywellbeyourcareer(24)

andguide:heorshemayhavetaughtyoualmosteverythingyou

knowaboutyour(25)ofbusiness-andmaycontinuetoteachyou

more.Youmaybeplanningtoremainunderhisorherguidance

inthefuture.Noneofthese(26)shouldalteryourrelationship

withyourmanageror(27)youoffmanagingupwards.Iusethis

phraseto(28)tothemanagementofonesbossbecause,forir.any

peopleonthewayup,itisthefirstrelationshiptheyhave

togetright.

Youcan,ofcourse,getonatworkjustby(29)positively

toyourmanager,butthatisnotlikelytobethemostsuccessful

wayto(30)yourworkinglife.Anactivepolicyofmanaging

upwardswi11makeyoumoresuccessfuland,atthesametime,

makethebusinessofgoingtoworkmoreenjoyable.Itcanalso

beawaytoshow(31)toyourmanagerfortheeffortsheorshe

hasmadeonyour(32)Finally,managingupwardswillmakeit

easierforyourmanagertomanageyou,leavinghimorherir.ore

timeforother(33)andtasks.

19AnotifyBinformCaccountDreport

20AuniteBcontactChandleDdeal

21ApromotesBpressesCadvertisesDconvinces

千里之行，始于足下。

22AclearerBdeeperCsmarterDfuller

23ArespectBfashionCpartDmeans

24AleaderBsupporterCadviserDhelper

25AcourseBlineCpathDroute

26AfactorsBaspectsCcausesDtopics

27AputBseeCkeepDtake

28AspecifyBidentifyCindicateDrefer

29AgivingBoperatingCreactingDco-operating

30ArunBforwardCmoveDmake

31AappraisalBvalueCappreciationDregard

32AadvantageBbenefitCsideDbehalf

33ApostsBrolesCpositionsDacts

Managingupwards,打理同上司的关系。

19题，reportto,对什么。。。负责，隶属；从属。用在这里句

子意思正好：处于上升阶段的个人需要同他们所从属的人处理好关系。

A、B的词后面都接of,accountto是解释的意思，用在这里意思不

对。

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20题，联系此空上下文，应当是说处理与下属的关系。dealwith

后接somebody是表示处理和某人的关系。A、B意思不对，C是及物

动词,后面不需要with。

21题，promote促进，推动。promotetheidea,推动某个想法。

22题，依据意思选词。处理与上司的关系不需要比上司更聪慧。

其他几个词用在此处的话都有些怪异，很简单排解。

23题，respect,指方面。与aspect同义。常见的用法。

24题，这个空要联系上下文，并且参考后面的guide。uheor

shemayhavetaughtyoualmosteverythingyouknow”,也就是

说TA会对你的工作进行许多指导，由于有taught,所以不是

supporter或者helper,选leader又感觉拉远了距离,因此选advisero

25题，一个让人头疼的商业英语固定词组。lineofbusiness,

有业务和经营产品的意思。供应几个例句就很好理解含义了：

Wespecializeinthislineofbusiness我们特地经营此项

服务；

Doesthisitemcomeunderyourlineofbusiness?我想知

道这种产品属您经营的范围吗？

Youmeetsomeveryinterestingpeopleinmylineofbusiness

干我们这行，你会遇到许多好玩的人。

26题，依据前后文意思，选factors,因素。

27题，putoff一般表示延迟，但它还有一个不太出名的意思是

千里之行，始于足下。

阻碍。seeoff,送行;keepoff,远离；takeoff,起飞。

28题，依据意思选referto,提及，描述。

29题，reactto,固定搭配，对什么作出反应。用在这里意思

也吻合。

30题，themostsuccessfulwayto(30)yourworkinglife,

意思上应当填入表示经营、管理等的意思，run有这个意思。C和D

用法不对，forwardsomething是指转发邮件。

31题，appreciation,,表示感谢之情。

32题，onone*sbehalf,站在某人的立场上，为某人的利益。

此处的意思是对他为你所做出的努力表示感谢。

33题，role,职能，角色。为经理腾出空来扮演其他的角色。

position是位置，位置始终是经理，没别的;act是行为，法案。

真题五

SpeakingYourCustomersLanguage

Moderninternationaltradingpracticesarehighlighting

thegrowingimportanceoflanguagetraining

Modern-daybusinessreallydoestranscendnational

barriers.ThankstosophisticatedITandcommunications

systems,businessescannowmarkettheirproductsonatruly

globalscale.Theworldisindisputablybecomingasmaller

place,asserviceandmanufacturingcompaniessearchthe

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internationalmarketplacefornewsuppliersandclients.

Businessesmust,however,beawarethatoncetheyexpandthe

areainwhichtheyoperate,theyfaceincreasedcompetition.

Thestandardandqualityoftheirgoodsbecomeincreasingly

importantinkeepingupwithcompetitors.Butmostofall,it

istheserviceelementaccompanyingthegoodswhichiscrucial

toacompanyssuccessinaparticularmarket.Thisnew

philosophyhasledtomanycompanies,someofwhichhaveeven

offeredproductsofalesserquality,gainingsuccessoverseas.

Althoughglobalisationmay,insemesenses,havebrought

nationaleconomiesclosertogether,societiesaroundthewcrld

stillhaveradicallydifferentexpectations,processesand

standards.Thesearenotafunctionofeconomicchange,butare

moredeep-rootedanddifficulttoalter.Theycanbeamajor

problemforbusinessesexpandingabroad,withthegreatest

obstacleofallbeingthelanguagebarrier.Ifyouhavetodeal

withclients,suppliersanddistributorsinarangeof

countries,youwi11notonlyneedtheski11stocommunicatewith

them,youwillalsoneedtoreconcileanynationalbiasesyou

havewiththediversewaysofdoingbusinessthatexistarcund

theglobe.

Thevalueofeffectivecommunicationisnottobe

underestimated.Newtechnologysuchasvideoconferencingand

emailhasplayedapartinmakingthecommunicationprocess

easier,anditmayalsobepossiblethattheintroductionof

languageinterpretationsoftwarewillhelpwithsomeglobal

communicationsproblems.But,ofcourse,itisthehuman

elementofthecommunicationprocessthatissovitalin

business,especiallyinnegotiations,presentationsand

千里之行，始于足下。

team-building.Itisessentialformanagerstomeetregularly

withstaff,customersandpartners,sothatissuescanbe

discussed,messagescommunicatedandfeedbackobtained.

Thevalueofwell-organisedlanguagetrainingisimmense,

andcanbringbenefitstoalllevelsanddepartmentswithina

multinationalorganisation.Unfortunately,however,many

organisationshaveaverynarrowviewwhenitcomestotraining

ofanykind.Often,anurgentrequirementhastobeidentified

beforetrainingisauthorised.Then,atrainingcompanyis

employedoraprogrammeisdevelopedin-house,theteamis

trained,andthatisseenastheendofthematter.However,

thefactremainsthattrainingprogrammesareeffectivecnly

iftheyarerelevanttoacompanysbroader,long-termneeds.

Theyshouldberegardedasaninvestir.entratherthanaccst.

Changesinexpectationsandattitudesarecertainto

continueforcompaniesthattradeglobally.Althoughsuch

companiesarenotyetfacedwiththeirinternationalpartners

andclientsdemandingthatbusinessbeconductedintheir

mothertongue,theyrealisethatoverseascompetitionis

increasingfast.Ifthesecompanieswanttocontinuetoachieve

successontheinternationaltradingcircuit,theymustbe

preparedtoadapttosituationsandspeakthelocallanguage.

Ifnot,someoneelsewill.

13Accordingtothefirstparagraph,improved

communicationsh&veenabledcompaniesto

Aofferawidervarietyofproductsandservices.

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Bexpandbeyondtheirdomesticmarkets.

Cperformbetterthantheirinternationalcompetitors.

Dopenmoremanufacturingfacilitiesabroad.

14Somecompanieshavesucceededataninternationallevel

eventhoughtheyhave

Aproducedinferiorgoods.

Bfailedtoadaptproductsforlocalmarkets.

Cignoredthestandardssetbytheircompetitors.

Dreducedthestandardoftheservicetheyoffer.

15Approachestodoingbusinessvarybetweencountries

becauseof

Alocaleconomicconsiderations.

Btheexistenceofculturaldifferences.

Cstrongwishestoremainindependent.

Dregulationsaboutbusinesspractices.

16Thewriterthinksthattheuseofmoderntechnologywill

Aspeeduptheprocessoflanguageinterpretation.

千里之行，始于足下。

Bneverreplacetheneedforface-to-faceinteraction.

Chelpsolvetheproblemsinvolvedinmaintainingstrong

teams.

Dnotleadtogreatercommunicationbetweencompaniesand

clients.

17Acommonweaknessoftrainingcoursesisthatthey

Aaredevelopedbythewrongteam.

Bdonotgivegoodvalueformoney.

Careprovidedonlyifthereisanimmediateneed.

Ddonotdealwithacompanysspecificrequirements.

18Whyshouldcompaniesdobusinessinthelanguageofthe

countriestheyareoperatingin?

Atopreventothercompaniestakingtheirbusiness

Btohelpthemfindnewinternationalpartners

Ctomeetclientscurrentexpectations

Dtobecomemoreawareoftheircompetitorsactivities

《SpeakingYourCustomersLanguage》，说客户的语言。这篇

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文章强调了开发海外市场时说当地语言的重要性，层次清晰，答案也

很明确。

13题，问依据第一段，改善的沟通力量可以使公司怎么样。答

案是第一段的其次句话:ThankstosophisticatedITand

communicationssystems,businessescannowmarkettheir

productsonatrulyglobalscale.感谢精密的IT和沟通系统，企

业现在可以在一个真正的全球规模上开发它们的产品的市场。Glo