BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷123

BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷

123

一、概括文意配伍（本题共7题，每题分，共7

分。）

Readthesesentencesbelowandthepassageson(heoppositepage.Whichbusiness(A,B,

CorD)doeseachsentence(1-7)describe?Foreachsentence(1-7),markoneletter(A,B,

CorD)onyourAnswerSheet.Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce.

0ABCD

Example:0YoumusthaveafirstdegreeinEnglish.L!__!1__1"'_—

ASalespersonisrequiredforournewPortmanStreetShowroomtoworkaflexitime30-

hourperweek,includingalternateSaturdays.Filecospecializesinofficefurnitureand

equipment.Theshowroomdisplaysourverylatestinintegratedofficedesignandis

intendedtoserveasourwindowonthebusinessworld.Applicantsshouldhavesome

experienceinbusinessandHuencyinasecondlanguagewouldbeadistinctadvantage.B

Eurofile,oneofEurope'sleadingpublishersisseekingaself-motivatedAssistant

Accountanttohelprunitsbusyaccountsdepartment.Thecandidateshouldpossess

excellentaccountingqualificationsandhaveatleast2years'accountingexperience.

She/heshouldalsobecomputerliterateandabletocarryoutallessentialday-to-day

accountingtasks.ManagementexperienceandEuropeanlanguagesareadefinite

advantage,Salary15,000—17,000p.a.SendC.V.toJoannaJarvis,Eurofile,Stack

Street,Manchester,MN84TX,quotingreferenceJAC/01/TN.CTheBellEducational

TrustseeksapplicationsfromteachersofEnglishasaforeignlanguagetoworkinChina.

Candidatesshouldhave:—adegreeplusaqualificationinTEEL(PGCEor

RSA)diploma—aminimumof3yearsexperiencewithatleastoneyearoverseas

experienceinpreparationofmaterialsandinteachingESP/EAPSendapplicationswith

fullC.V.andthenamesoftworeferees,oneofwhommustbethemostrecentemployer,

togetherwithrecentphotographof/ourself,toLewisKerr,TheBellEducationalTrust,

Hillscross,IRedCrossLane,CambridgeCB22QX.DWeareamajorcompanywithan

internationalreputationwithcustomersthroughoutEurope,(heMiddleEastandS.E.

Asia.Qualifications:—Provensecretarialskills—Languages(French,German.Arabic,

Mandarin)—Abilitytoworkaspartofteamandonowninitiative

1、Youarefreetochoosewhenyouwillbeginandendyourworkday.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：题H关键词：freetochoosewhenyouwillbeginandend,题H意为：

你可以自己选择什么时候开始和结束工作，与A段中“flexitime30—hourper

week”相对应。

2、Youshouldprovidethenamesoftwopeoplewhocangivelettersof

recommendation.

标准答窠：C

知识点解析：题目关键词：givelettersofrecommendation.题H意为：你需要提供

两个能写介绍信的人的名字，与C段中“ApplicationswithfullC.V.andthenames

oftworeferees,oneofwhommustbethemostrecentemployer”相对应。

3、Youmusthavetheexperienceofworkingabroad.

标准答案：C'

知识点解析：题目关键词：experienceofworkingabroad,题目意为：你必须有海外

一匚作经验，与C段中“aminimumof3yearsexperiencewithatleastoncyearoverseas”

相对应。

4、YouhavetoworkeveryotherSaturday.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：题目关键词：workeveryotherSaturday,题目意为：你需要间隔周六

上班，与A段中“includingallernateSaturdays.“相对应。

5、Youshouldhavesuccessfulworkingexperienceasasecretary.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：题目关键词：workingexperienceasasecretaiy,题目意为:有担任秘

书的工作经验，与D段中“Provensecretarialskills”相对应。

6、Thejobrequiressomeexperienceaswellasexcellentqualifications.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：题目关键词：experienceaswellasexcellentqualifications,题目意为：

工作需要有经验和优秀的学历，与B段中“Thesuccessfulcandidateshouldpossess

excellentaccountingqualificationsandhaveatlcast2years'accountingexperience.”相

对应。

7、Youneedtobeabletospeakseverallanguages.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：题目关键词：speakseverallanguages,题目意为：能够说几种外语，

与D段中“Languages(French,German,Arabic,Mandarin)”相对应。

二、段落完型(本题共5题，每题1.0分，共5分。)

ReadNewTechnologyLinks.Choosethebestsentencefromtheoppositepagetofill

eachof(heblanks.Foreachblank(8-12),markoneletler(A-G)onyourAnswerSheet.Do

notmarkanylettertwice.Thereisanexamplea(thebeginning(O).NewTechnology

LinksInthepast10years,JonesandMayhavemadea£350minvestmentin

information(echnology.(O)GEverytimeacustomermakesapurchase,theJonesand

MayTilldoalotmorethanjustproducingtheirchangeandareceipt.Withthehelpofan

advancedcomputersystemtheTillsfeedtheinformationto(heircentralcomputers,

whichcalculatewhatstockisneeded.[Pl]Theyarethenalmostinstantlyable

toorganizethefollowingday'sorweek'sdeliveries.[P2]Forexample,food

shelvesdonotselloutearlyonaSaturdayastheyusedtoandawiderrangeofgoodsare

availableonaMonday.Usingadvancedcommunicationbetweenstores,HeadOfficeand

suppliers,thecomputersworkoutwhathasbeensoldeachday,whatsuppliersneedto

produce,andwhatshouldbedeliveredtostoresthefollowingday.【P3】Fewer

customersaredisappoinledandprofitsimprove.[P4]Whenanewseason's

rangeofclothesgoesintostoresinavarietyofcolors,thecomputersystemmakesit

possibletorespondtosalesdataalmostovernightand,forexample,increasethe

productionofclothesinfaster-seilingcolorsandsizes.Ontheoccasionthatanitemis

temporarilyoutofstock,informationtechnologyenablessalesstafftotellcustomers

immediatelywhetheritisavailablefromthedistributioncenter.Ifitis,anordercanbe

placed.[P5]SonexttimeyouarehandedaJonesandMayreceiptyouwill

knowthatthesystemisalreadyreactingtoyourpurchaseandreorderingtheitemyou

0ABCDEFG

...._.r-i(-1「Irir-1i~i

havejustbought.Example:1——A

Thisinvolvesseriousdelaysanddamagescustomerconfidence.BAmongthebenefits

forclothingisthefactthatstoresreceivenewdeliveriesaccordingtotheirexact

requirements.CThisunusuallyresponsivesystemprovidesbenefitsintermsofboth

customersen-iceandprofits.DThisinformationisfedfromtheredirectlyintothe

suppliers'computers.EThenewsystemhashalvedthedeliverytimeforcustomersdown

to24hoursfrom48hours.FSuchaquickandsensitiveresponseensuresthattheright

amountoffreshfoodarrivesateachstore.GTheirdesktopcomputerscanaccesssales

datafromthetillsallowingthemtochangeorders.

8、[Pl]

标准答案：D

知识点解析：空白后一句讲到他们能够立刻组织笫二天或下一周的送货。可推测他

们获得信息很及时。与本段是后一句相呼应。选项D符合题意，directly与

instantly相对应。

9.[P2]

标准答案：C

知识点解析：此空白处为该段首句，起着承上启下的作用，从下文可知这种系统能

及时有效地反馈信息，以提醒供应商顾客需求和存货情况，可推测它既有利于顾

客，又有利于商家。与本段最后一句相呼应选项C符合题意。

10、[P3]

标准答案：F

知识点解析：空白前一句讲到计算机能够计算出当日卖出了什么，第二天需要进什

么货，可见这种反馈及时而且高效，能保证货物的新鲜。选项F符合题意。

11、[P4]

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本段主要是讲根据服装销售和需求情况，及时补货。选项B符合题

意。

12、[P5]

标准答案：E

知识点解析：空白前一句讲如果某件商品暂时缺货，系统会显示，让营业员告诉顾

客是否可从中心区调货。可推测此句，如果有货，会很快按订单发货。

三、常规阅读理解(本题共6题，每题分，共6

分。)

Readthefollowingarticleaboutthenegotiationmythsandthequestionsontheopposite

page.Foreachqucstion(13-18),markonelcttcr(A,B,CorD>onyourAnswerSheet.

DebunkingNegotiationMythsBeforedevelopingamoreeffectivenegotiationstrategy,

weneedtodispelseveralfaultyassumptionsandmythsaboutnegotiation.Thesemyths

hamperpeople'sabilitytolearneffectivenegotiationskillsandinsomecasesreinforce

poornegotiationskills.Apervasivebeliefis(hatgoodnegotiationskillsaresomething

(hatpeoplearebornwith,notsomething(hatcanbereadilylearned.Thisisfalsebecause

mostexcellentnegotiatorsareself-made.Infact,thereareveryfewnaturallygifted

negotiators.Wetendtohearihcirstories,butwemustrememberthattheirstoriesarc

selective,meaningthatitisalwayspossibleforsomeonetohavealuckydayora

fortunateexperience.Thismythisoftenperpetuatedbythetendencyofpeopletojudge

negotiationskillsbytheircar-dealershipexperience.Whereaspurchasingacaris

certainlyanimportantandcommontypeofnegotiation,itisnotthebestcontextby

whichyournegotiationskillscanbejudged.Themostimportantnegotiationsarcthose

thatvveengageineverydaywithourcolleagues,supervisors,coworkersandbusiness

associates.Theserelationshipsprovideamuchbetterindexofone'seffectivenessin

negotiation.Inshort,effectivenegotiationrequirespracticeandfeedback.Theproblemis

(hatmostofusdonotgetanopportunitytodevelopeffectivenegotiationskillsina

disciplinedfashion,rather,mostofusleambydoing.Asthesecondmythreveals,

experienceishelpful,butnotsufficient.Wehaveailmetthatpersonatthecocktailparty

orontheairplanewhoboastsabouthisorhergreatnegotiationfeatsandhowheorshe

learnedonthejob.1(isonlypartlytruethatexperiencecanimprovenegotiationskills;in

fact,nativeexperienceislargelyineffectiveinimprovingnegotiationskills.Thereare

threestrikesagainstnaturalexperienceasaneffectiveteacher.First,ifapersondoesnot

knowhowwellheorshehasperformedinthenegotiation,itisnearlyimpossibleto

improveperformance.Forexample,canyouimagineti-yingtolearnmathematicswithout

everdoinghomeworkortakingtests?Thesecondproblemisthatourmemoriestendto

beselective,meaningthatpeopletendtoremembertheirsuccessesandforgettheir

failuresorshortcomings.Thisis,ofcourse,comfortingtoourego,butitdoesnot

improveourabilitytonegotiate.Finally,experienceimprovesourconfidence,hutnot

necessarilyouraccuracy.Peoplewithmoreexperiencegrowmoreandmoreconfident,

buttheaccuracyoftheirjudgmentandtheeffectivenessoftheirbehaviourdonot

increaseinacommensuratefashion.Overconfidencecanbedangerousbecauseitmay

leadpeopletotakeunwiserisks.Thethirdpervasivemythisthateffectivenegotiation

necessitatestakingrisksandgambles.Innegotiation,thismaymeansayingthingslike"

thisismyfinaloffer"or"takeitorleaveit"orusingthreatsandbluffs.Thisiswhatwc

calla"tough"styleofnegotiation.Althoughthesenegotiatorsarerarelyeffective,we

tendtobeimpressedbythetoughnegotiator.Aninterestingexerciseistoaskmangers

andanyoneelsewhonegotiatestodescribetheirapproachtonegotiating.Manyseasoned

negotiatorsbelievethattheirnegotiationstyleinvolvesalotof"gutfeeling",intuition,

and"in-the-moment"responses.Webelievethatthistypeofintuitiondoesnotserve

peoplewell.Effectivenegotiationinvolvesdeliberatethoughtandpreparation,andi(is

quitesystematic.

13、Accordingtothearticle,apersonislikelyto

A、succeedinnegotiationifheisluckythatday.

B、dowellifhehasstudiedhow(onegotiate.

C、haveatleastonesuccessfulnegotiation.

D^beabetternegotiatorifhehasinborntalents.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文中第二段：“…butwemustrememberthattheirstoriesareselective,

meaningthatitisalwayspossibleforsomeonetohavealuckydayorafortunate

experience.”这意味哥对于一人总有幸运的一天或经历，bul为信息提示词。选项

C符合题意。

14^Whatcanbestrevealone'snegotiationskills?

A、interpersonalrelationships

B、promotionofanexpensivegood

C、goodconnectionswithbusinesspartners

D^dailyinteractionwithallkindsofpeople

标准答案：D

知识点解析：从文中第二段：“Themostimportantnegotiationsarcthosethatwe

engageinverydaywithourcolleagues,supervisors,CO—workersand

businessassociates.”可知最重要的谈判是那些我们每天与同事、上司和生意伙伴的

交谈cdaily与veryday相对应选项D符合题意八

15、Accordingtothewriter,thebestwaytoimprovenegotiationskillsis

A、systematictraining.

B、abundantexperience.

C、morepracticing.

D^frequentrehearsing.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：文中第二段：“Inshort,effectivenegotiationrequirespracticeand

feedback.Theproblemisthatmostofusdonotgetanopponunitylodevelopeffective

negotiationskillsinadisciplinedfashion,rather,mostofuslearnbydoing.“意为：

“总之，有效的交谈需要练习和反馈。''选项A符合题意。

16、Whatdoesthewriterthinkofexperience?

A^Moreexperiencedpeoplemaymakeunreasonabledecisions.

B、Withoutfeedback,itisverydifficulttolearnfromexperience.

C、Failuresinfacthelpimproveperformance.

D、Experienceblurspeople'saccuracy.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文中第三段：“Firstifapersondocsnotknowhowwellheorshehas

performedinthenegotiation,itisnearlyimpossibletoimproveperformance.“可知，

如果一个人不知道他或她在商谈中自己的表现情况，那么提高他们的技能是儿乎不

可能的。选项B符合题意。

17、Thewritersuggeststhat

A、effectivenegotiationsdonotnecessarilyinvolverisks.

B、threatsaresometimesimpressiveandeffective.

C、peopleseemtoprefertoughstylesofnegotiation.

D、risksarecausedbynegotiator'soverconfidence.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：文中第四段：“Thethirdpervasivemythisthateffectivenegotiation

necessitatestakingrisksandgambles.嗑为：“第三种常见的迷惑就是有效的谈到常

涉及冒险与赌博，''可推测这种观点是不正确的，选项A符合题意。

18、Accordingtothewriter,excellentnegotiatorsarethosewho

A、relyonintuition.

B、plantheirnegotiationcarefully.

C^havegoodnegotiationstyle.

D、setaclearpurpose.

标准答案：B

知识点解析:从文中最后,句“Effectivencgotiationinvolvcsdeliberatethoughtand

preparation,anditisquitesystematic.RT»有效的谈判包括仔细的思考和准备,

而且十分系统。选项B符合题意，“Planiheirnegotiationcarefully”与该句相对应。

四、完形填空(本题共万题，每题分，共乃分。)

Readthearticlebelowaboutmoney.Choosethebestwordorphrasetofilleachgapfrom

A,B,CorDontheoppositepage.Foreachquestion。9-33),markoneletter(A,B,Cor

D)onyourAnswerSheet.Thereisanexampleatthehcginning(O).Salt,shellsormetals

arestillused(O)moneyinout-of-the-waypartsoftheworldtoday.Saltmayseemrathera

strange[Cl]touseasmoney,[C2]incountrieswherethefoodofthe

peopleismainlyvegetable,itisoftenan[C3]necessity.Cakesofsalt,stamped

toshowtheir[C4],wereusedasmoneyinsomecountriesuntilrecent[C5]

.andcakesofsalt[C6]buygoodsinBorneoandpartsofAfrica.Sea

shells[C7]asmoneyatsometime[C8]anotheroverthegreaterpart

oftheOldWorld.Thesewere[C9]mainlyfromthebeachesoftheMaldives

IslandsintheIndianOcean,andweretradedtoIndiaandChina.InAfrica,shellswere

tradedrightacrossthe[CIO]fromEasttoWest.Mcial,valuedbyweight,

[Cl1]coinsinmanypartsoftheworld.Iron,inluir.ps,barsorrings,isstill

usedinmanycountries[CI2]papermoney.Itcaneitherbeexchanged

[C13]goods,ormadeintotools,weapons,orornaments.Theearlymoneyof

China,apartfromshells,wasofbronze,[C14]inflat,roundpieceswithahole

inthemiddle,called"cash".The[05]ofthesearebetweenthreethousandand

fourihousandyearsold—olderthantheearliestcoinsof(heeasternMediterranean.

Nowadays,coinsandnoteshavereplacednearlyallthemorepicturesqueformsof

money,andwhileinoneortwoofthemoreremotecountriespeoplestillholditfor

futureuseonceremonialoccasionssuchasweddingsandfunerals,examplesofprimitive

moneywillsoonbefoundonlyinmuseums.Example:AforBasCinDto

oABCD

rmMBrrncm

19、[Cl]

A、object

B、article

C、substance

D^category

标准答案：C

知识点解析：根据上下文可知，所填词应是sail的上义词复现，应有“物质”之意。

object、articlesubstance均有此意,区别在于:object一股指可见的、可触及的、

可拿起的固体，没有生命；article意为“物品"时尤其指很多物品中的一个；

substance意为“物质

2。、[C2]

A,but

B、and

C^so

D.even

标准答案：A

知识点解析：空格前提到把盐当做钱用很奇怪，空格后提到在一些国家盐是必需

品，前后意思发生了转折，故答案为but。and表示并列，s。表示因果，even表示

递进。

21、[C3]

A、abstract

B、advantageous

C、abundant

absolute

标准答案：D

知识点解析：根据上题，在食物以蔬菜为主的国家，盐通常是必需品。abstract不

能用来描述盐；advantageous意为“有利的“，与此处语义不符；abundant意为“充裕

的”,与空格前的an相矛盾；absolute意为“纯粹的,绝对的“，可用来修饰

necessity«

22、[C4]

A、weight

B、value

C、role

D^size

标准答案：B

知识点解析：所填词应能与空格后的money和buygoods构成语义场共现。value

意为“价值”，与此处语义相符，故为答案。

23、[C5]

A、times

B、events

C、situations

D^conditions

标准答案：A

知识点解析：根据卜下文可知，在一螳国家把盐当做钱用一直延续到近代。times

做复数时，可意为“历史上的某一特殊时期“，在此处用来描述盐当做钱用的时期，

故为答案。events"事件"、situations"形势"、conditions“环境”，均与此处语义不

符。

24、[C6]

A、even

B、also

C、still

D、never

标准答案：C

知识点解析：根据上题可知，把盐当做钱用一直延续到近代，现在在Borne。和

partsofAfrica,盐仍可以用来买商品。still意为“仍然，仍就“，与语义相符，故为

答案。

25、[C7]

A、hadbeenused

B、areused

C、wouldbeused

D、wouldhavebeenused

标准答案：A

知识点解析：从本空所在句开始介绍seashells当做钱用的相关情况，以下两句的

时态均是一般过去时，由此可知本空所在句的时态也应是一般过去时。又因为句中

提到了somelime（指过去的某一时间），由此呵知所填空的时态应是过去完成时，

故答案为A。

26、[C8]

A、and

B、but

C^yet

D、or

标准答案：D

知识点解析：本题承接上题，说明seashells当做钱用的时间。sometime指过去的

某一时间，说明人们对具体的时间不确定。oi•连接sometime和another,体现了时

问的不确定性，故为答案。

27、[C9]

A、collected

B、produced

C、grown

D、raised

标准答案：A

知识点解析：本空所在句承接上两题，说明seashells的主要来源。海贝壳通常是

收集来的，collected意为“收集，采集”，可后接宾语shells,故为答案。

produced"牛产"、grown“种植"、raised“饲养”，均与此处语义不符。

28、[C10]

A、city

B、district

C、community

D、continent

标准答案：D

知识点解析：结合上下文可知，所填词应是Africa（非洲）的上义词复现，故答案为

continento

29、[C11]

A、processed

produced

C、preceded

D^proceeded

标准答案：C

知识点解析：结合上下文和常识可知，把金属当做钱用出现在使用硬币之前。

preceded意为“在……之前”，与此处语义相符，故为答案。

30、［C12］

A^inspiteof

B、insteadof

C、alongwith

D、inlinewith

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本空所在句的上句就开始介绍metal当做钱用的相关情况，由此可推

测在很多国家仍用iron当做钱而不是用纸币。insteadof意为“替代，而不是“，与

语义相符,故为答案。inspiteof意为“尽管”,alongwith意为“连同……一起”，in

linewith意为"符合

31、［C131

A、against

B、as

C、in

D、for

标准答案：D

知识点解析：exchangesth.forsth.为习惯表达，意为“月某物交换某物”。

32、［C14］

A、often

B、seldom

C、really

D、much

标准答案：A

知识点解析：结合上下文及常识可知，中国早期的钱是铜钱，通常情况下都是圆

形，中间有个孔。ohen和seldom都是频率副词，oflen用在此处表示铜钱在通常情

况下的形状，而seldom却K能说明此情况，故A为答案。

33、［C15］

A、earlier

B、earliest

C、better

D、best

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本题承接上题，将中国早期的铜钱跟东地中海的硬币作比较。既然是

作比较，应该是同一等级上的比较，空格后提到的是ihe

earliestcoins...Mediterranean,由此可推测所填词也应是earliest。

五、改错（本题共72题，每题7.0分，共72分。）

Readthetextbelowaboutopinionsonlocalgroupbusiness.Inmostofthelines(34-45),

thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammaticallyincorrectordoesnotfitinwiththe

meaningofthetext.Somelines,however,arecorrect.Ifalineiscorrect,write

CORRECTonyourAnswerSheet.Ifthereisanextrawordintheline,writetheextra

wordinCAPITALLETTERSonyou