BEC商务英语高级考试历年真题

BEC商务英语高级考试历年真题

BEC商务英语高级考试历年真题(1)

Timeforanewcareer

"losingyourjobisn'ttheendofthev/orld:itgivesyou*rethe

chancetheanewbeginning(0)saysCarolinePoole,30,Whowasmade

redundant(31)herroleasheadofmarketingcampaignswithaninsurance

grouptwoyearsago.Thenewswasablow,especiallyafterasuccessful

nine-yearcareerwiththebusiness,butshewasdeterminedtosee

redundancy(32)apositiveforceforchange.

(33)itseemedatoughlessonatthetime,redundancywasthe

catalystthatredirectedmycareer,usaysCaroline“Itgavemethebreak

Ineededtounderstand(34)mycareerobjectiveslay.”

Workingwithaconsultant,Carolineexploredanumberofwork

optionsthatoppealedtoher.Shealsotookadvantageofworkshopson

issues(35)assettingupyourownbusiness,andmanagingyourfinances.

Akeyconsiderationforherwas(36)easyitwouldbetobalanceworking

inLondonwithhomelife100kilometersaway.

Shewasencouragedtonetwork(37)othermarketingprofessionals

andviathisroutemadecontactwithacommunicationsagency.Shetook

timeouttogotravelling,andonherreturnwasofferedaroleinthe

agency.(38)wasprooftoherthatshestillhadmarketableskills.

Twoyears(39)fromredundancy,Carolineisplanninganothercareer

break."Theexperienceofredundancyhasmademeviewmyoptions

withmoreconfidence.InowknowthatIcandictatemyowncareerpath,

even(40)itweretomeanresigningfirstandthentakingtimetofindthe

rightdirection"shesays.

填词版的完形填空，关于失业之后该如何开始新的职业生活的。这些

文章读多了，对人是会有启发的。此外，这种题型也很考验人的语言功

底，短语积累和基本的语法知识是必不可少的。

31题，考查的是固定搭配。这里的意思很明显，是指这个女的在自

己的职位上被开除了，makeredundant是商业英语里的地道说法：Follow

afairandlegalprocesswhenit'snecessarytodismissstaffonthegrounds

ofredundancy.如果是maderedundant,后面的介词用from,可以看个

例句：Justbeenmaderedundantfromyourlastjob?

32题，比较简单，seeas,将什么视为。将失业视为改变的积极动

力。

33题，虽然是艰难的一课(atoughlesson),还是改变了我的职业方

向(redirectmycareer),有转折的意思，although和though。

34题，这是个定语从句，当中要填入的是关系代词。给了我需要的

时间，来弄明白我的职业目标放在哪。用where。

35题，这题很明显，举例的，用suchas。

36题，分析这个句子的成分。前面是akeyconsidera甘on,做主语，有

个was,是谓语，was后面的是宾语。在宾语成分里出现了itwouldbeto

balance。..这样的完整的句子，所以空格部分应该填入一个词，引导从

句,并且这个词所接从句必须倒装。满足这个要求的词是how。(How引

导的状语从句要求部分倒装)

37题，networkwith,词组：connectasoroperatewithanetwork,

将。连成网。

38题，还是个定语从句。一个完整的句子，缺乏关系代词来衔接，

要用which。关键在于要识别出这里的定语从句，否则很难往那上面想。

在做这类题目时，如果一个句子各种成分都很齐全，而且比较长，那么是

从句的可能性很大，要根据上下文的意思来判断填入的代词。题目做多

了，会培养出这方面的警觉性。

39题，twoyearson,固定说法，两年以后，两年过去了。

40题，很容易联想到evenif或者是eventhough,只能填if不能填

thougho这是两个意思和用法都不同的词组。evenif,即便，带有假设的

意思，后面接虚拟语气eventhough,即使，表示既定事实。40空后面的

句子是虚拟语气，因此这个题目只能填if。

BEC商务英语高级考试历年真题(2)

TheScientificApproachtoRecruitment

Whenit(0)toselectingcandidatesthroughinterview,moreoften

thannotthedecisionismadewithinthefirstfiveminutesofa

meeting.??Yetemployersliketo(21)themselvesthattheyarebeing

exceptionallythoroughintheirselectionprocesses.Intoday's

competitivemarketplace,the(22)ofstaffinmanyorganizationsis

fundamentaltothecompany*ssuccessand,asaresult,recruitersuseall

meansattheirdisposalto(23)thebestinthefield.

Onemethodinparticularthathas(24)inpopularityistesting,either

psychometrictesting,whichattemptstodefinepsychological

characteristics,orabilitySaptitudetesting(25)anorganizationwithan

extrawayofestablishingacandidate'ssuitabilityforarole.It(26)

companiestoaddvaluebyidentifyingkeyelementsofapositionandthen

testingcandidatestoascertaintheirabilityagainstthoseidentified

elements.

Theemploymentcfpsychometricorabilitytestingasone(27)ofthe

recruitmentprocessmayhavesomemerit,butinrealitythereisnoreal

(28),scientificorotherwise,ofthepotentialfutureperformanceofany

individual.Theanswertothisproblemisexperienceininterview

techniquesandstrongdefinitionoftheelementsofeachpositiontobe

(29)asthewholerecruitmentprocessisbasedonfewrealcertainties,the

instinctivedecisionsthatmanyemployersmake,basedonaCTandthe

firstfiveminutesofameeting,areprobablynolessvalidthananyother

toolemployedinthe(30)ofrecruitment.

21.AsuggestBconvinceCadviseDbelieve

22.AworthBcreditCqualityDdistinction

23.AsecureBreliesCattainDachieve

24.AliftedBenlargedCexpandedDrisen

25.AprovidesBoffersCcontributesDgives

26.AletsBenablesCagreesDadmits

27.AportionBmemberCshareDcomponent

28.AextentBsizeCamountDmeasure

29.AoccupiedBmetCfilledDappointed

30AbusinessBtopicCpointDaffair

《Thescientificapproachtorecruitment》，招人的科学方法。这篇完

型比较简单。完型填空也有两种题型，两种解题思路。一种是从意思上理

解然后做出选择，一种是根据单词的用法。前者比较容易，后者很考验语

言功底。

21题，理解上下文的意思。前面说招人时的决定一般是在五分钟以

内做出的。但是雇主们试图使自己详细相信他们在挑选过程中是经过了深

思熟虑的。Convinceoneself,使确信。其他的词没有这个用法。

22题，员工的质量对公司的成功是至关重要的。选quality。

23题，招人者试图利用一切方法来抓住这个领域最好的（人才），

securethebest,抓住最好的。realise是实现，attain是获得,后面不能

接人，achieve是实现一个目标。

24riseinpopularity,固定搭配，popularity是知名度的意思，这

个词组应该可以翻译成声名鹊起。

25题，provideswith,提供°给组织提供另外一种方法。offer的用法

是offersbsth,contribute在这里意思不对。

26题，是公司能够增加价值，enable

27题，这题的意思很明显，测试(testing)作为招聘过程的一个组成部

分，要区分选项的几个单词，尤其是portion和component,看英英解

释。

Component：oneofseveralpartsthattogethermakeupawhole

machine,systemetc

Portion：apartofsomethinglarger,especiallyapartthatisdifferent

fromtheotherparts

这里强调testing是一个组成部分，没有说明特殊的地方，选

componento

28题，对每个人未来的可能表现没有一个真正的衡量。选

measure。

29题，fillaposition,填补空位，fill在这里的意思是toperforma

particularjob,activity,orpurposeinanorganization,ortofindsomeone

orsomethingtodothiso不能选occupy,因为occupy更强调人的一种主

动，而这里只是客观说某个需要填补的职位。

30题，inthebusinessof,也是一种固定的说法，在什么的过程中。

很多场合都可以使用。可以多看几个例句：

We'reinthebusinessofstimulatingtheeconomy(ByObama)

Energeticsisaspecialistmanagementconsultancyinthebusinessof

climatechange

BEC商务英语高级考试历年真题⑶

TheScientificApproachtoRecruitment

Whenit(0)toselectingcandidatesthroughinterview,moreoften

thannotthedecisionismadewithinthefirstfiveminutesofa

meeting.??Yetemployersliketo(21)themselvesthattheyarebeing

exceptionallythoroughintheirselectionprocesses.Intoday1s

competitivemarketplace,the(22)ofstaffinmanyorganizationsis

fundamentaltothecompany'ssuccessand,asaresult,recruitersuseall

meansattheirdisposalto(23)thebestinthefield.

Onemethodinparticularthathas(24)inpopularityistesting,either

psychometrictesting,whichattemptstodefinepsychological

characteristics,orability£aptitudetesting(25)anorganizationwithan

extrawayofestablishingacandidate'ssuitabilityforarole.It(26)

companiestoaddvaluebyidentifyingkeyelementsofapositionandthen

testingcandidatestoascertaintheirabilityagainstthoseidentified

elements.

Theemploymentcfpsychometricorabilitytestingasone(27)ofthe

recruitmentprocessmayhavesomemerit,butinrealitythereisnoreal

(28),scientificorotherwise,ofthepotentialfutureperformanceofany

individual.Theanswertothisproblemisexperienceininterview

techniquesandstrongdefinitionoftheelementsofeachpositiontobe

(29)asthewholerecruitmentprocessisbasedonfewrealcertainties,the

instinctivedecisionsthatmanyemployersmake,basedonaCTandthe

firstfiveminutesofameeting,areprobablynolessvalidthananyother

toolemployedinthe(30)ofrecruitment.

21.AsuggestBconvinceCadviseDbelieve

22.AworthBcreditCqualityDdistinction

23.AsecureBreliesCattainDachieve

24.AliftedBenlargedCexpandedDrisen

25.AprovidesBoffersCcontributesDgives

26.AletsBenablesCagreesDadmits

27.AportionBmemberCshareDcomponent

28.AextentBsizeCamountDmeasure

29.AoccupiedBmetCfilledDappointed

30AbusinessBtopicCpointDaffair

^Thescientificapproachtorecruitment^招人的科学方法。这篇完

型比较简单。完型填空也有两种题型，两种解题思路。一种是从意思上理

解然后做出选择，一种是根据单词的用法。前者比较容易，后者很考验语

言功底。

21题，理解上下文的意思。前面说招人时的决定一般是在五分钟以

内做出的。但是雇主们试图使自己详细相信他们在挑选过程中是经过了深

思熟虑的。Convinceoneself,使确信。其他的词没有这个用法。

22题，员工的质量对公司的成功是至关重要的。选quality。

23题，招人者试图利用一切方法来抓住这个领域最好的(人才)，

securethebest,抓住最好的。realise是实现,attain是获得,后面不能

接人，achieve是实现一个目标。

24题，riseinpopularity,固定搭配，popularity是知名度的意思，这

个词组应该可以翻译成声名鹊起。

25题，provideswith,提供。给组织提供另外一种方法。offer的用法

是offersbsth,contribute在这里意思不对。

26题，是公司能够增加价值，enable

27题，这题的意思很明显，测试(testing)作为招聘过程的一个组成部

分，要区分选项的几个单词，尤其是portion和component,看英英解

释。

Component：oneofseveralpartsthattogethermakeupawhole

machine,systemetc

Portion：apartofsomethinglarger,especiallyapartthatisdifferent

fromtheotherparts

这里强调testing是一个组成部分，没有说明特殊的地方，选

componento

28题，对每个人未来的可能表现没有一个真正的衡量。选

measureo

29题，fillaposition,填补空位，fill在这里的意思是toperforma

particularjob,activity,orpurposeinanorganization,ortofindsomeone

orsomethingtodothis。不能选occupy,因为occupy更强调人的一种主

动，而这里只是客观说某个需要填补的职位。

30题，inthebusinessof,也是一种固定的说法，在什么的过程中。

很多场合都可以使用。可以多看几个例句：

We*reinthebusinessofstimulatingtheeconomy(ByObama)

Energeticsisaspecialistmanagementconsultancyinthebusinessof

climatechange

BEC商务英语中级考试历年真题(4)

Managingacareeronthewayupisquitedifferentfrommanaging

oneatthetopofanorganisation.Individualsonthewayuphavetobuild

relationshipswiththepeoplethey(19)to.Theyusuallyhaveto(20)with

subordinatesinadditiontopeopleatthesamelevelasthemselves.The

mostseniorstaffonlyhavethoseunderthemtorelateto.Thisbook

(21)theideathatallworkingrelationships,includingtherelationshipwith

one'sboss,canandshouldbemanaged.

Youdonothavetobe(22)thanyourmanagerinordertomanage

therelationship.Nordoyouhavetobebetterthanyourmanagerinany

(23).Yourmanagermaywellbeyourcareer(24)andguide:heorshemay

havetaughtyoualmosteverythingyouknowaboutyour(25)ofbusiness-

andmaycontinuetoteachyoumore.Youmaybeplanningtoremain

underhisorherguidanceinthefuture.Noneofthese(26)shouldalter

yourrelationshipwithyourmanageror(27)youoff'managingupwards'.I

usethisphraseto(28)tothemanagementofone'sbossbecause,for

manypeopleonthewayup,itisthefirstrelationshiptheyhavetoget

right.

BEC商务英语中级考试历年真题(5)

1Listentowhatyourbosstellsyouabouthowwellyouareworking.

2Realisethatyourbosswilloccasionallyneedtobeleftalone.

3Commentonyourboss'sworkinapositivespirit.

4Trytoimpressyourbosswithyourthoroughness.

5Donothesitatetoinvolveyourbossifyouhavedifficultieswithyour

work.

6Showyourbossthatyouarecapableofworkingatahigherlevel.

7Speaktoyourboss,evenaboutmattersnotdirectlyrelatedtoyour

work.

MANAGEYOURBOSS

Advicefromfourtopbusinesspeopleonhowyoushouldtreatyour

boss

A

TheConsultant

Nobosslikesnastysurprises.Thinkingyoucansolveaserious

problembeforeheorshefindsoutisadoomedstrategy.Muchbetterto

informyourbossaboutthesituationearlyon,togetherwithyour

suggestedsolution.Also,rememberthatbosseslikepraiseasmuchasany

employee.Dothiswithoutmakingitobvious,ifonlytoearntherightto

criticise(constructively,ofcourse).'Consideration'isthekeyword.Treat

bossesasyouhopetobetreated-itshouldhelpyoutomoveuptothe

nextlevel.

B

TheDirector

Ofcoursetherearealltheformalthingsinmanagingyourboss-

ensuringthatyoucometomeetingswellprepared,thatyouhaveagood

eyefordetail,andsoon.Butyoualsoneedtodistinguisheffectively

betweenthingsthatareimportantandthingsthataremerelysmalldetails.

Bosseslikeitifyoucansee'thebigpicture'becausetheywanttobeable

todelegate.Soit'sallaooutpsychology,aswellasperformance.

C

TheChairman

Bosseswantpeopletounderstandtheirobjectives,theirwayof

workingandthepressurestheyareunder.Ifyoucanunderstandwhatsort

ofindividualyourbossis,itiseasiertoappreciatewhycertainreactions

mightarise,andthusavoidproblems.Also,keepthelinesof

communicationwithyourbossopen.Youneedtoreceiveongoing

feedbackonwhetheryourworkiseffective,askingaboutwhatyoudonot

understand,and,ifnecessary,discussingpersonalissuesfromoutsidethe

workplace.Whenthegapbetweenyouisreduced,soarethedifficulties.

D

TheChiefExecutive

Understandthatabosswillwanttotaketheglorywhenthingsgo

well.Afterall,theytakeultimateresponsibility,sotheydeservesoneof

thecredit.Also,findoutaboutyourboss'soutsideinterests,asthiscan

helptoimprovetherelationship.Youmayfindyouhaveaninterestin

common.Similarly,recognisethateveryoneishuman,andtherearetimes

whenarequestfromyoumaybeunwelcome.Gettoknowyourboss's

PersonalAssistant,whocanadviseyouwhenitisagoodtimetotalkto

himorher.

《Manageyourboss》，管理你的老板，文章是四个业内人士就如何

与老板相处给出了自己的意见，哪些应该做的，哪些不应该做的，是一门

技巧，更是一门学问。

第一题，听你的老板告诉你工作得怎么样。答案是C段的这么一句：

Youneedtoreceiveongoingfeedbackonwhetheryourworkiseffectiveo

你需要接受关于你的工作是否有效率的持续反馈。这一段是在讲要和老板

保持沟通，否则两人之间有隔阂的话，麻烦就来了。Howwellyouare

也就是

workingwhetheryourworkiseffective0

第二题，认识到你的老板有时候也需要独处。答案在D段最后一

句，但是比较隐晦，需要理解：recognisethateveryoneishuman,and

therearetimeswhenarequestfromyoumaybeunwelcome.Gettoknow

yourboss'sPersonalAssistant,whocanadviseyouwhenitisagoodtime

totalktohimorher.认识到大家都是人，有时你的要求可能并不受欢迎。

懑办法去认识老板的个人助理，他可以给你建议什么时候找老板谈话合

适。

找老板谈话要选择合适的时机，也就是说有的时候老板也不想被人打

扰。这也就是第二题所说的老板有的时候也需要独处。

第三题，用一种积极的精神评价老板的工作。答案是A段的这么一

句：rememberthatbosseslikepraiseasmuchasanyemployee.记住老板

也和员工一样喜欢赞扬。praise也就是commentinapositivespirito

第四题，试图用你的周全来给老板留下印象。Thoroughness的意思

是周全，看朗文词典对thorough的解释：includingeverypossible

detailo但看中文“彻底的”不容易理解。所以答案是ensuringthatyou

cometomeetingswellprepared,thatyouhaveagoodeyefordetail,and

soon.确保你开会时已准备充分，你有一双发现细节的好的双眼，等等。

Youhaveagoodeyefordetail可以对应于includingeverypossible

detailo

第五题，如果对工作有困难不要迟疑告诉你的老板。答案是A段的

第一句：Nobosslikesnastysurprises.Thinkingyoucansolveaserious

problembeforeheorshefindsoutisadoomedstrategy.Muchbetterto

informyourbossaboutthesituationearlyon,togetherwithyour

suggestedsolution.没有人喜欢恶心人的惊喜。想想你自己可以解决一个

重要的问题结果他却发现是一个注定失败的策略。最好在事情刚开始的时

候通知你的老板，以及你提议的解决办法。

第六题，表现给你的老板你能在一个更高的水平上工作。答案在B

段:Bosseslikeitifyoucansee'thebigpicture'becausetheywanttobe

abletodelegate.o如果你能看到大的“图景”老板会喜欢的，因为他们

也需要委派任务。这个句子前面说要能区别重要的事情和旁枝末节。能够

看到“大的图景”是需要眼界和决断力的，因此这里的see'thebig

picture'可以对应于题干中的workingatahigherleveL

第七题，同你的老板交谈，即便是并不直接与工作相关的事情。答案

是C段这么一句：ifnecessary,discussingpersonalissuesfromoutsidethe

workplace.如果有必要的话，讨论工作外的私事。整个C段都是讲同老板

沟通的重要性,最关键的一句是keepthelinesofcommunicationwith

yourbossopen。有的时候并不需要直接在原文中找到和题干相同意思的

句子，凭借每一段的中心意思就可以做出来。这里的personalissues也就

是mattersnotdirectlyrelatedtoyourwork.

Youcan,ofcourse,getonatworkjustby(29)positivelytoyour

manager,butthatisnotlikelytobethemostsuccessfulwayto(30)your

workinglife.Anactivepolicyofmanagingupwardswillmakeyoumore

successfuland,atthesametime,makethebusinessofgoingtowork

moreenjoyable.Itcanalsobeawaytoshow(31)toyourmanagerforthe

effortsheorshehasmadeonyour(32)Finally,managingupwardswill

makeiteasierforyourmanagertomanageyou,leavinghimorhermore

timeforother(33)andtasks.

19AnotifyBinformCaccountDreport

20AuniteBcontactChandleDdeal

21ApromotesBpressesCadvertisesDconvinces

22AclearerBdeeperCsmarterDfuller

23ArespectBfashionCpartDmeans

24AleaderBsupporterCadviserDhelper

25AcourseBlineCpathDroute

26AfactorsBasp