BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷12

BEC商务英语(中级)阅读模拟试卷12

一、概括文意配伍(本题共7题，每题1.0分，共7

分。)

HowtoapproachReadingTestPartOne•InthispartoftheReadingTestyoumatch

sevenstatementswithfourshorttexts.,Firstreadeachshorttextandthenreadthe

sentencestoseewhichonesrefertothetext.,Makesureyoureadeachtextfbroverall

meaning.Donotchooseananswerjustbecauseyoucanseethesamewordsinthetext.,

Lookatthesentencesbelowandtheadvicefbrsecretariesandpersonalassistantsabout

dealingwithanewmanagerontheoppositepage.,Whichcompany(A,B,OorD)does

Bachsentence1-7referto?,Foreachsentence1-7,markoneletter(A,B,CorD)on

yourAnswerSheet.,Youwillneedtousesomeofthelettersmorethanonce.AIfyou

areasecretary,orpersonalassistant,gettinganewmanagermeansthatyourjobwill

probablychange,too.Thenewpersonislikelytohavedifferentideasabouthowthings

shouldbedone,andyoumaywellfindthatsomeofthesearechangesfbrthebetter.But

rememberthatthenewmanagermightbefeelingnervous.Ifyoutreattheirfirstdayin

thejobasthoughit'syourownfirstday,too,itwilleasethetransitionfbrthem,and

benefityouboth.BYournewmanagermayhavedifferentideasfromyourpreviousone

aboutpersonalhabits,suchaseatinga(yourdesk,andyouwillhavetoacceptthat.Their

changesmaynotalwaysbeappropriateorhelpful,however.Itcouldbethatyouare

askedtoopenthepostlateronintheday,whenyouknow(hatitisimportanttogetit

sortedfirstthing.Inthiscase,ratherthangrumblingaboutitandspreadingdiscontent

aroundtheoffice,explainifthereisagenuinereasonforaparticularwayofworking.C

Ifyournewmanagerhasjoinedthecompanyfromoutside,theywillbeonasteep

learningcurve.Youcanreallyshowyourworthbybringthemuptospeedonthe

companyhistoryandculture.Theappointmentofanewmanagerisalsotheideal

opprtunityfbryoutodiscussyourprospectsfortrainingandpromotionwiththem,

thoughraisingthesubjectontheirfirstdayisunlikelytogivethemagoodimpressionof

you.DIfyouareconcernedaboutchangesthatyournewmanagerwantstomaketoyour

job,firstcheckyourjobdescription,ifyouhaveone,thenspeaktohimorhercalmly

aboutit.Ifworkisbeingputyourwaythatissomeoneelse'sresponsibility,sayso.Make

itclearwhatyoubelievetobethelimitsofyourjob.Ideally,ihetwoofyouwillcome(o

anagreementthatsuitsbothparties,failingthat,considercontactingthehumanresources

departmenttoseeifitcanactasmediator.

1、Youmaybeabletoexploreyourcareerdevelopmentwithyournewmanager.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：暂无解析

2、Youmayneedtopointoutwhycertainproceduresareinplace.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：暂无解析

3、Helpyournewmanagertofeelrelaxedwhentheytakeuptheposition.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：暂无解析

4、Youshouldresisttakingonextrataskswhichyoudonotconsiderpartofyourrole.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：暂无解析

5、Youmayneedhelpinsettlingdifferenceswithyournewmanager.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：暂无解析

6、Youshouldnotencouragecolleaguestobecomehostiletowardsyournewmanager.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：暂无解析

7、Anewmanagermaybenefitfromyourknowledgeofconventionsandattitudes

withinthecompany.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：暂无解析

二、段落完型(本题共5题，每题7.0分，共5分。)

HowtoapproachReadingTestPartTwo•InthispartoftheReadingTestyoureadatext

withgapsinit,andchoosethebestsentencetofilleachgapfromasetofseven

sentences.•Firstreadthetextfbrtheoverallmeaning,thengobackandlookfbrthebest

sentencefbreachgap.•Makesurethesentencefitsboththemeaningandthegrammarof

thetextaroundthegap.•Readthearticleontheoppositepageaboutthemarketingguru

TheodoreLevitt.•Choosethebestsentencefrombelow[ofilleachofthegaps.•For

eachgap8-12,markoneletter(A-G)onyourAnswerSheet•Donotuseanyletter

morethanonce.•Thereisanexampleatthebeginning,(0).Didthismaninvent

marketing?Fortheworldofmanagement-orthetrend-settingpartofitwhichreadthe

HarvardBusinessReview(HBR)-1960wastheyearthatmarketingbegan.

Extraordinaryasitseemstoday,untilHBRpublishedanartie'ebyaGerman-American

academiccalledTheodoreLevittsayingthat'industryisacustomer-satisfyingprocess,

notagoods-producingprocess',mostmanagersoperatedontheprinciple(hatpeople

wouldbuywhatevertheircompaniesproduced,withtheaidofalittleadvertising.(0)It

wasonewherethepublicwassopleasedtohaveanychoiceofgoodsafterthebarren

yearsofWorldWarIIthatconsumerproductsvirtuallysoldthemselves.Theremightbe

competitionbetweendifferentmakesofsoappowderortoothpaste,butno-onein

industryseriouslyconsideredprobingmoredeeplyintowhatcustomerswanted,ormight

wantinthefuture.LevittchangedailthatwithonearticleinHBR.entitled'Marketing

Myopia'.(8)...Hismessagewasverysimple.Sellingwasnotmarketing,hepointedout.

'Sellingconcernsitselfwiththetricksandtechniquesofgettingpeopletoexchangetheir

cashforyourproduct.(9)...Anditdoesnot,asmarketinginvariablydoes,viewthe

entirebusinessprocessasconsistingofatightlyintegratedefforttodiscover,create,

arouseandsatisfycustomerneeds.Sellingfocusesontheneedsoftheseller,marketing

ontheneedsofthebuyer.'Levittbeganbyexplainingthateveryindustrywasoncea

growthindustry.Butgrowthwillnotcontinuethroughimprovementsinproductivityor

costreductionalone.(10)...Hecited(heDetroitautomobileindustryasaprimeexample:

ruledby(heproductionethos,in1960itwassimplygivingthscustomerwhatitthought

thecustomershouldhave.'Detroitneverreallyresearchedthecustomer'swants.Itonly

researchedthekindsofthingsithadalreadydecidedtoofferhim/Levittwrote.

Eventually,itwaspunishedbytheJapanesewiththeircompactcars.(11)...Industries

candieiftheydon'tunderstandhowtheirmarketsarechanging,Levittwarned,citinghis

famoushorse-whipexample:aftertheautomobilekilledthehorseandcarriageas

personaltransportation,makersofhorse-whipscouldnotsavethemselvesbyimproving

theproduct.(12)...Thesedays,althoughLevittcalledmarketinga'stepchild',ithascome

alongwaytowardsgrowingup.AOnlya'thoroughlycustomcr-oricntcdmanagement'

canmaintainit.BItissuchafar-sightedassessmentthatmanycompaniesarcstillfailing

it.CTheyneededtoreinventtheirwholebusinessbystudyingwhatcustomerswould

nowwantfanbelts,say,oraircleaners.DItisnotconcernedwiththevaluesthatthe

exchangeisallabout.EItsethimupasthefirstmarketingguruandovertheyearsHBR

hassoldhundredsofthousandsofreprints.FThesewerewhatcustomerswantedafter(he

oilpriceshocksof.theearly970s.GBusinessinthe195()shadbeenacomplacent,

producer-orientedworld.

8、

标准答案.E

知识点解析：暂无解析

9、

标准答案：D

知识点解析：暂无解析

10.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：暂无解析

11、

标准答案：F

知识点解析：暂无解析

12、

标准答案：C

知识点解析：暂无解析

三、常规阅读理解(本题共6题，每题1.0分，共6

分。)

,ReadthearticlebelowaboutCommonStockandPreferredStockandthequestions.,For

eachquestion13〜18,markoneletterA,B,CorDonyourAnswerSheet.Common

StockandPreferredStockApubliccorporationissuescertificatesofownership,called

commonstock,whichmaybetradedonstockexchanges.Anyonecanbuyandsell

sharesofcommonstock.Ownersofstockarereferredtoasshareholdersand

stockholders.Commonstockholdersareaccordedcertainrightsbythecorporatecharter.

IntheUnitedStates,theserightsvaryfromstaletostate,butingeneral(hearticlesof

incorporationspelloutvotingrightsandrightstoreceiveprofits.Commonstockholders

arethevotingownersofaCorporation.Theyareusuallyentitledtoonevotepershare.

Theymayvoteonnumerousaffecting(hecorporation(includingadecisiontosellor

mergewithanthercorporation)andelectaboardofdirectors,who,inturn,hiremanagers

torunthebusiness.Amajorityshareholderisonewhoownsover50percentofthe

outstandingsharesinacorporationand,thus,cancalltheshots.Allothershareholders

areminorityshareholders.Inlargecorporationsnosinglepersonororganizationowns

anywherenearamajorityinterest.Inlarge,publiclyownedcorporationsashareholder

withaslittleas10percentofthesharesmaycontrolthecorporationeffectively.Ifthings

gobadly,acoalitionofsocalleddissidentshareholdersmaygatherenoughvotesto

replacetheexistingboardofdirectors;thenewboardmayfiretheexistingmanagement

andbringintheirownmanagementteam.Althoughcommonstockrepresentsownership

inacompany,itdoesnotguaranteetheownersaspecifiedrateofreturn.Asowners,the

stockholdersreceiveprofitsafterallexpenses,includingdebtsand(axes,havebeenpaid.

Theyreceiveprofitsfrom(hebusinessintheformofdividendpayments,whichrepresent

apercentageofprofits.Notallafter-taxprofitsarepaidto(hestockholdersindividends.

Directorsusuallydecidequarterlyhowmuch,ifany,if(heprofitstheywishtodistributed

totheowners.Theprofitsareeitherdistributedtotheownersindividendsortheyare

reinvestedbankintothecompanyintheformofretainedearnings.Ifthecompany

decidestokeeptheprofits,thecompanymaybecomemorevaluableandthepriceofthe

stockusuallygoesup.Someinvestorspreferprofitsinthewayofdividendswhileothers

speculateforanincreaseinthepriceofstock.Ifacompanygoesbroke,common

slocklioldcrsgellastclaimonwhalcveiisleflover.Curporaliunsmayalsoissue

preferredstocktoinvestors.Preferredstockusuallyhasnovoteintheelectionofthe

hoardofdirectors,hutdocsgetpreferenceinthedistributionofthecompany'searnings.

Itoffersinvestorsadifferenttypeofsecurityandmaybeissuedonlyaftercommonstock

hadbeenissued.Theterm"preferred"appliestotwoconditions.First,preferred

stockholdersgainpreferentialtreatmentinthematterofdividends)Thatis,theyreceivea

fixedfeteofdividendspriortothepaymentofdividendsoncommonshares.Second,if

thecompanygoesoutofbusinessorliquidates,preferredstockholdersarecloserto(he

frontofthelinethancommonstockholderswhendistributingthecompany'sassets.

Dividendstopreferredstockmaybecumulativeornoncumulative.Cumulativeprefened

stockmaintaineditsclaimtodividendsevenifthecompanyhadabadyearin1994,they

mightdecidenottopaydividends.Butiftheyhadagoodyearin1995,anddeclared

stockdividendsdonotaccumulate,Ifdividendsarcnotdeclared,noncumulativeowners

losetheirclaimiotheprofitofthatperiod.Allinall,commonstockusuallyhasmore

controlthroughvotingprivileges,greaterchanceforhighreturns,andmorerisk,while

preferredstockusuallyhaslesscontrol,fixedreturns,lessrisks,andlesschanceforbig

gains.

13、Thesecondparagaphdescribes.

A、thereturnstocommonstockholders

B、themajorityandminoritystockholders

C^thevotingrightsofcommonstockholders

D、theformationofcommonstock

标准答案：C

知识点解析：此段主要讲了普通股所有者的权利.概括段意的话，一般位于段首或

段尾。此属前者。

14、Commonstocktradedonstockexchangesrepresents.

A、thevotingrightsthestockholdershave

B、thestocksharedbycommonpeople

C、theprofitstheshareholdersreceive

D^(heownershipofapubliccorporation

标准答案：D

知识点解析：“普通股可以在股市中流通，象征着公司的所有权。''由首段首句“A

publiccorporationissuescertificatesofowership,calledcommonslock…”可知。

15、Oneofthedifferencesbetweencommonstockandpreferredstockliesinthat

A、theformerissaferingettingdividends

B、commonstockholdersgetmorestableprofits

C、thelattergetsmorefixedreturns

D、preferredstockholdershavemorerightsinvoting

标准答案：C

知识点解析：结果在第四段，在描述优先股的两个特征时说此股持有者可享受固定

率的分红(recieveafixedrateofdividends)o

16^Themainpurposeof,thethirdparagraphistotellus.

A、therateofreturnstothestockholders

B、theriskofcommonstockliolders

C、thedistributionofprofitstothestockholders

D、thebenefitsofcommonstock

标准答案：A

知识点解析：也是概括段落中心大意。中心句在段首，说；“尽管普通股代表了对

公司的所有权，但并不能保证所有者拥有固定的收益

17、Forthosewhowanttogethighreturns,itisbetterforthemtobuy.

A、preferredstock

B、commonstock

C、noncumulativestock

D、cumulativestock

标准答案：B

知识日解析：文章最后一段，在概述普通股和优先股的特性时，说前者有更多机会

获得高卜川报(greaterchanceforhighreturns)o

18、Withcumulativepreferredstock,stockholderscan.

A、claimtotheformerprofitswhenthecompanyhasagoodyear

B、havemorecontroloverthecompany

C、claimtotheformerprofitswhenthecompanyhadabadyear

D、receivehighreturns

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章在倒数第二段区分累积性优先股和非累积性优先股时，明确提到

这一点。

四、完形填空(本题共乃题，每题分，共15分。)

•Readthearticlebelowaboutcost.-Choosethebestwordtofilleachgap,fromA,B,C

orD.eForeachquestion19—33,markoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyourAnswerSheet.

,Thereisanexampleatthebeginning.CostasaFactorinSupplyInapurelycompetitive

market,thesupplierofgoodsandserviceshasnocontroloverthemarketprice,because

heproducestoolittletoinfluencemarketconditions.Withnodifferencebetweenhis

productandtheproducts(19)hiscompetitors,hewillsellnothingifhechargesabovethe

marketpriceandhewillsellallifhechargesatorbelowthemarketprice.However,in

consideringtheprice,bemusttakecostofproduction(20).Therearctimeswhenhemay

hewillingtosellbelowhiscost.Thismighthappenwhenpricestumblefor(21)ashort

time.However,nobusinesspersoncan(22)losemoneyforaprolonged(延长的)period.

Hemust(23)ofhiscostsinrelationtothemarketpriceifheistocompetesuccessfully

andearnaprofit.Manypeoplehavetheimpressionthat(24)productionincreases,costs

perunitdecrease.(25)massproductionhasmadethistrueincertainindustriesandat

certainlevelsofproduction,(26)logicandpracticalexperiencehaveshownthatcostsper

unitbegintorisebeyondacertainlevelofproduction.Someeconomists(27)this

principleasthelawofincreasingcosts.Thereasonwhy(28)riseasproductiongoesupis

complex.However,itiseasytorecognizethatasproductiongoesup,theneedfbr

additionalfactorsofproductionwillalsogrow,resulting(29)competitivebidding价)

inthemarketplaceforthefactorsofproduction.Ifaproducerneeds(30)skilledlabourto

producemore,andnoneofthislabourisunemployed,theproducerwillhavetoget(31)

fromothersources.Thiscanbedoneby(32)higherwages.Higherbiddingwouldalso

applytotheotherfactorsofproduction.Wemustalsorecognizethatnotalllabouris

equallyproductive,(33)notalllandisequallyfertile(月时天的)andnotalloreisequally

richinthemineralwanted.

19、

Axto

B、at

C、of

D、on

标准答案：C

知识点解析：这里显然需要一个能表示从属关系的介词，只有。f是正确选择。例

如：thefacultyoftheuniversity大学的教工。

20、

A^toconsider

B、intoconsideration

C^toconsideration

D、inconsiderat沁n

标准答案：B

知识点解析：这句话的意思是：然而，在考虑价格时，他还必须考虑生产成本。

take...intoconsideration（或lake...intoaccount）：考虑，考虑进去。这是一个固定动

词词组。例如；Hisrequestmustbetakenfullyintoconsideration.必须充分考虑他的

要求。

21、

A、hebelieveswillbe

B、whathebelievesbe

C、whathebelieveswillbe

D^hebelievestobe

标准答案：C

知识点解析：被选择项是插入成分，去掉这一成分句子在语法上仍然成立：This

mighthappenwhenpricestumbleforashorttime.但作者强调的是，供应商这样认

为，即，认为价格会在短时期内下跌。for是介词，它后面可以跟名词或名词从

句，做它的宾语，不能直接跟句子，因此A和D不能选择。what可以引导名词从

句。例如：Heisnotinterestedinwhatyoutoldhim<,他对你告诉他的事并不感兴

趣“Ididnotdowhatyouexp

22、

A、afford5to

B、beaffordable

C、beaffordedto

D^haveafforded

标准答案：A

知识点解析：afford在这里的意思是：经得起（做某事，或发生某事）。这个句子的

意思是：然而，没有哪个商人能经得起长时期的赔钱。例如：Wecouldn^affordto

ignoretheproblemofpollution«我们可不能忽视污染的问题°affordable：（价格）付

得起的，不贵的。例如:Thestoresellsthingswhichareveryaffordable.那家商店

的东西不贵。affordI。中的to不能省略，它引出动词不动式，所以D是错误的选

择。但aff

23、

A、constantlyaware

B、constantlyknowledgeableof

C、beconstantlyawareof

D^constantlyawareof

标准答案：C

知识点解析：aware是形容词，beawareof意为：意识到，认识到。A和D错在没

有动词be,A还少了of,B项中knowledgeable的意思是“有知识的”。

24、

A、while

B、as

C、however

D、nowthat

标准答案：B

知识点解析：as在这里是“当……的时候”的意思。这句话是说：许多人认为，当生

产增长时，单位成本便下降。while在做“当……”解释时，常常用于动词的进行时

态，例如：Shewasreadingwhileherbrotherwasplayingguitar,虽然nowthat也是

连接词，但它的意思是；既然。例如I：Nowthatyouhavemadesomemoney,youcan

useittodowhatyouhavealwayswantedtodo。你己经赚了一

25、

A^Because

Since

C、When

D、While

标准答案：D

知识点解析：根据上下文，以及该句的意思，这里需要一个引导让步状语从句的连

接词，while在句中起此作用时，其意与although相同。这一状语从句的意思是：

虽然大规模生产已在一些行业在某种程度证实了这一点……例如：Whilethelight

turnedgreen,thetrafficcouldn'tmoveabit.虽然已是绿灯，车辆仍无法前行寸步。

because利since引导原因状语从句，而when引导时间状语从句。

26、

A、both

B、aswellas

C、also

D^hut

标准答案：A

知识点解析：在英语中，athough(while)不能和but一起连用，不能说：Whilehe

wasill,buthestillwenttowork。只能说:Whilehewaswill,hestillwenttowork。虽

然他生病了，但是他仍然去上班。因此D是错误选择。bothlogicandpractical

experiencehaveshown…无论是逻辑上还是实践经验都表明…

27、

A、refer

B、referto

C、call

D^arereferredto

标准答案：B

知识点解析：在英语中，可以用referlosomethingas来指“把...称做A少了介

词to：C是错误的，因为不能说：callthisprincipleasthelawofincreasingcosts,只

能说：callthisprinciplethelawofincreasingcosts；如果用D,句子需这样改写：

Thisprincipleisreferredtoasthelawofincreasingcostso

28、

A、cost

B、thecost

C、thecosts

D、costs

标准答案：D

知识点解析：A和B是单数，而动词rise要求其主语是复数形式：C是复数形式，

但定冠词the表示价格是特定的价格，而这里的价格是指一般意义上的价格。因

此，只有D是正确选择。

29、

A、from

B、in

C、/

D、for

标准答案：B

知识点解析：resultfrom和resultin所表达的因果关系正好相反，如要说“我们的努

力没有产生任何结果”，这两个短语都可以使用：Nothingresultedfromourefforts.

Oureffortsresultedinnothing.显然，文章内容要求使用resultin。

30、

A、less

B、numerous

C、more

D、many

标准答案：C

知识点解析：这一段是在讨论生产成本的问题。上一句告诉我们，生产的增长可能

要增加一些额外的生产要素。这句中的skilledlabour,也是一种生产要素，所以应

选择more而不是less,否则与原文意思不符。

31、

A、them

B、these

C、il

those

标准答案：C

知识点解析；这里的代词显然是指句子前部分提到的labour,而labour在这里用作

不可数名词，所以，其代词只能是k

32、

A、offering

B、cutting

C^reducing

D、having

标准答案：A

知识点解析：这句的主语this指上句中的内容：在没有技术工人失业的情况下，要

从其他地方去找技术工人。要做到这一点，只能用出高工资的方法。所以。ffering

是唯一正确的选择。

33、

A、asjust

B、justas

C、because

D^while

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文章的最后这句是将劳动力的生产力与土地的肥沃程度以及铁矿石的

矿物含量进行相似性对比，因此，要选择justas（正如）。这里不能填入because,因

为其前后内容不是因果关系；也不能填入while,因为后半句不是让步状语从句。

五、改错（本题共72题，每题分，共72分。）

•Readthearticlebelow.*Inmosto