BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷125

BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷

125

一、概括文意配伍(本题共7题，每题分，共7

分。)

LookatthestatementsbelowandthearticleaboutPlumperontheoppositepage.Which

sectionofthearticle(A,B,CorD)doeseachstatement(1-7)referto?Foreach

statement1-7),markoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyourAnswerSheet.Youwillneedtouse

someoftheselettersmorethanonce.Example:0RodrigoRato,helpTurkeyreduce

0ABCD

inflation.—.1_________LPlumperAHowdoesthecountry's

economycomparewiththoseoftheEU?SomeoftheconcernssurroundingTurkey's

applicationtojointheEuropeanUnion,tobevotedonbytheEU'sCouncilofMinisters

onDecember17th,areeconomic—inparticular,(hecountrysrelativepoverty.ItsGDP

perheadislessthanathirdoftheaverageforthe15pre-20(Mmembersof(heEU.Butit

isnotfaroffthatofoneofthetennewmemberswhichjoinedonMay1st2004(Latvia),

anditismuch由esameasthoseoftwocountries.BulgariaandRomania,whichthis

weekconcludedaccessiontalkswiththeEUthatcouldmakethemfullmemberson

January1st2007.BFurthermore,thecountry'srecenteconomicprogresshasbeen.

accordingtoDonaldJohnston,thesecretary-generaloftheOECD,stunning.GDPinthe

secondquarteroftheyearwas13.4%higherthanayearearlier,arateofgrowththatno

EUcountrycomesclosetomatching.Turkey'sinflationratehasjustfallenintosingle

figuresforthefirsttimesince1972,andthisweekthecountryreachedagreementwith

theIMFonanewthrce-ycar,$10billioneconomicprogrammethatwill,accordingtothe

IMF'smanagingdirector,RodrigoRato,helpTurkeyreduceinflationtowardEuropean

levels,andenhancetheeconomy'sresilience.CResiliencehasnothistoricallybeenthe

country'seconomicstrongpoint.Asrecentlyas2001,GDPfellbyover7%.Itfellby

morethan5%in1994andbyjustunder5%in1999.Indeed,ihroughout【he1990s

growthoscillatedlikeanelecirocardiogramrecordingaviolentheartattack.This

irregularityhasbeenoneof(hemainreasons(alongwithredtapeandcorruption)whythe

countryhasfaileddismallytoattractmuch-neededforeigndirectinvestment.Itsslockof

suchinvestment(asapercentageofGDP)islowernowthanitwasinthe1980s,and

annualinflowshavescarcelyeverreached$1billion(whereasIrelandattractedover$25

billionin2003,asdidBrazil:neveiyyearfrom1998to2000).DOnedeterrentto

foreigninvestorsisduetodisappearonJanuary1st2005.Onthatday,Turkeywill

virtuallytakeawaytherightofeveryoneofitscitizenstocallthemselvesamillionaire.

Sixnoughtswillheremovedfromthefacevalueofthelira;oneunitofthelocalcurrency

willhenceforthbeworthwhatImarenowi.e.,about0.53(30.70).Goodswillhaveto

bepriceda(boththenewandoldlirafor(hewholeoftheyear,butforeignbankersand

investorscanbegintolookforwardtoatimeinTurkeywhentheywillnolongerhaveto

jugglementallywithindeterminatestringsofzeros.

1、Turkey'seconomygrowsfasterthananyEUmembernow.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：题目意为“现在土耳其的经济增长速度比欧盟任何成员都要快与B

段中的"GDPinthesecondquarteroftheyearwas13.4%higherthanayearearlier,a

rateofgrowththatnoEUcountrycomesclosetomatching”相对应。其中的“noEU

countryconiesclosetomatching”与句子中的“growsfiisterthananyEUmember”为同

义替换。所以选项B符合题意。

2、ForeigninvestorswillenjoyagoodeconomicprospectinTurkey.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：题目意为“外国投资者在土耳其将有一个很好的发展前景与D段

中的“butfbreignbankersandinvestorsCanbegintolookforwardtoatimeinTurkey

whentheywillnolongerhavetojugglementallywithindeterminatestringsofzeros''#!

符。其中提到的开始期望有这么个时刻，和享受好的商业前景相符。所以选项D

符合题意。

3、ResilienceisnotalwaysoneadvantageofTurkey.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：题目意为“经济上的弹性并不一直是土耳其的优势与C段的第一

句话：kkRcsilicncchasnothistoricallybeenthecountry'scconomicstrongpoint.'湘对

应。Resilience是关键词，也是线索词。而原文中的strongpoint被所给句子中的

oneadvantage所替代。所以选项C符合题意。

4、InflationraleinTurkeyusedtobeveryhigh.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：题目意为“在土耳其，通货膨胀率曾经很高”。其中Inflationrate是线

索词。与之相关的内容在B段中出现：叮urkey'sinflationratehasjustfhHeninto

singlefiguresforthefirsttimesinccl972”也就是说1972年前，土耳其的通货膨胀率

都是两位数，一直很高。所以选项B符合题意。

5、TheeconomyofTurkeyusedtobeunsteadyinthepast.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：题目意为“土耳其的经济在过去曾经不稳定”。与之相对应的是C段

中：“Indeed,throughoutthe1990sgrowthoscillatedlikeanelectrocardiograni

recordingaviolenihearlallack.”这句中的关键词是oscillale,是“震荡”的意思。所

以"usedtobeunsteadyinth叩ast”与震荡相对应。

6、TherearcthreemembersisinallthattheEUcouldidentifytheirpositionoffull

membersatthattime.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：题目意为•,当时共有三个成员国被欧盟确定他们的成员地位与之相

符的是A段中的：“itismuchthesameasthoseoftwocountries,Bulgariaand

Romania»whichthisweekconckidedaccessiontalkswiththeEUthatcouldmake

themfullmembersonJanuary1st2007.”所以选项A符合题意。

7、SteadyGDPgrowthwillhelpTurkeyattractmoreforeigndirectinvestments.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：题目意为“国内生产总值的稳定增长将有助于土耳其吸引更多的外国

投资''。根据文章C段，GDP的不规律性是导致土耳其难以吸引外国直接投资的主

要原因，可见稳定的GDP增长有助于土耳其吸引更多的外国直接投资。所以选项

C符合题意。

二、段落完型（本题共5题，每题分，共5分。）

Readthefollowingtextaboutmarketing.Choosethebestsentencefromtheopposite

pagetofilleachofthegaps.Foreachgap(8-12)markonelcttcr(A-G)onyourAnswer

Sheet.Donotmarkanylettertwice.Thereisanexampleatthebcginning(O).Marketing

Inthepast,theconceptofmarketingemphasisedsales.Theproducerormanufacturer

madeaproducthewantedtosell.(O)CBasically,sellingtheproductwouldbe

accomplishedbysalespromotion,whichincludedadvertisingandpersonalselling.

[Pl]Distributionconsistedoftransportation,storage,andrelatedservicessuch

asfinancing,standardisationandgrading,andtherelatedrisks.Themodernmarketing

conceptencompassesalloftheactivitiesmentioned,butitisbasedonadifferentsetof

principles.[P2]Inotherwords,goodsshouldbeproducedonlyiftheycanbe

sold.Therefore,theproducershouldconsiderwhoisgoingtobuytheproduct-orwhat

(hemarketfortheproductis—beforeproductionbegins.[P3]Marketingnow

involvesfirstdecidingwhatthecustomerwants,anddesigningandproducingaproduct

thatsatisfiesthesewantsataprofittothecompany.[P4]Thisismuchmore

difficultsinceitinvolveshumanbehaviour.[P5]Thus,demandandmarket

forcesarestillimportantaspectsofmodernmarketing,buttheyareconsideredpriorto

theproductionprocess.Example:

I11

QABCDEFG

—L--III1fIIIIIIIA.It.subscrib..estoth.enotion

thatproductioncanbeeconomicallyjustifiedonlybyconsumption.BInadditiontosales

promotion,marketingalsoinvolvedthephysicaldistributionoftheproducttotheplaces

whereitwasactuallysold.CMarketingisasimportantintoday'seconomyasthe

productionofgoodsandservices.DProduction,ontheotherhand,ismostlyan

engineeringproblem.EInsteadofconcentratingsolelyonproduction,thecompanymust

considerthedesiresoftheconsumers.FThisisverydifferentfrommakingaproductand

thenthinkingabouthowtosellit.GMorethanhalfthecostofconsumergoodscanbe

tracedtomarketingactivities.

8、[Pl]

标准答案：B

知识点解析：空白后一句提到销售包括交通、储存和相关的服务。可推测空白处应

该讲到产品的销售地理位置。B选项中的“Inadditiontosalespromtion”与上句首次

提到的salespromotion相呼应。选项B符合题意。

9、［P2］

标准答案：A

知识点解析：空白后一句Inolherwords解释说明空白处，商品只有能销售才能被

生产，可见生产与消费是紧密相连的。

10、［P31

标准答案：F

知识点解析：此空白处为该段的总结，主要是讲生产和销售是两个完全不同的概

念。选项F符合题意。

11、［P4］

标准答案：E

知识点解析：空臼前一句讲营销应该考虑到消费者想买什么，生产给公司带来利润

的产品，可推测出公司生产商品应该考虑消费者的欲望。选项E符合题意。

12、［P5］

标准答案：D

知识点解析：空白后一句提到需求和市场力是影响现代销售的重要方面，空白处起

着一个总领的作用。

三、常规阅读理解(本题共6题，每题7.0分，共6

分。)

Readthearticlebelowabouthowtoavoidworkinglonghoursandthequestionsonthe

oppositepage.Foreachquestion(13-18),markoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyourAnswer

Sheet.Mumiiig,NoonandNiglilTheLung-HoursCulluicalWuikWoikingancighl-

hourdayisaluxuryformostprofessionalpeople.Nowadays,theonlywaytoguarantee

aneight-hourworkingdayistohavethekindofjobwhereyouclockonandoff.Those

professionalswhohavemanagedtolimittheirhourstowhatwas,20yearsago,the

averagedonotwishtoidentifythemselves."Icanquiteeasilyachievemyworkwithina

normalday,butIdon'tliketodrawattentiontoit,"saysonesalesmanager.°People

lookedatmewhenIleaveat5o'clock.Now,Iputpaperworkinmybag.Peopleassume

I'mdoingextrahoursathome."ButmoretypicalisMark,whoworksasanaccount

manager.Hesays,HMycontractsaysIworkfrom9until5withextrahoursasnecessary.

Itsoundsasiftheextrahoursareexceptional.Infact,myjobwouldbeenoughnotonly

forme,butalsoforsomeoneelsepart-time.Theideaofaneight-hourdaymakesme

laugh!"Hesayshehasthoughtaboutgoingfreelancebutrealizesthatthisdoesn't

guaranteebetterworkinghours.ProfessorsCaryCooper,occupationalpsychologistatthe

UniversityofManchester,is(heauthoroftheannualQualityofWorkingLifesurvey.

Themostrecentsurveyfoundthat77%ofmanagersinBritainworkmorethantheir

contractedhours,andthatthisishavingadamagingeffectontheirhealth,relationships

andproductivity.ProfessorCooperiscriticalofthelong-hoursculture.Hesaysthat

whilebossesbelievelonghoursleadtogreaterefficiency,thereisnoevidencetosupport

this."Infact,theevidenceshowsthatlonghoursmakeyouill.'*Thereare,hesays,steps

(hatcanbetaken.Oneistoacceptthatthein-traywillneverbeempty."Therearealways

things(odo.Youjusthavetomaketherulethatoncertaindaysyougohomeearly."

Prioritisingworkanddoingessentialtasksfirsthelps,hesays.Healsothinksit'stimeto

criticizebademployersandunreasonabletermsofemployment."Byallmeans,show

commilmentwherenecessarybutwhenexpectationsaretoohigh,peoplehavetobegin

sayingopenlythattheyhavealifeoutsideofwork."PersonaldevelopmentcoachMo

Shapiroagreesthatcommunicationisimportant.Staffneedtotalktomanagersaboutthe

workingpracticeswithinacompany.Bothpartiesshouldfeelthattheexpectationsare

realisticandallowthemtohaveresponsibilitiesandinterestsoutsidework.She

recongnises,however,thatinmanyorganizationstheresponsemightwellbe."Ifyou

wantmoreinterestsoutsidework,thenfindanotherjob."Shebelievesthatseniorstaff

haveadutytosetanexample.°Irecentlyworkedforafirmofsolicitorswherethe

partnersstartedat7:30a.m.Whatkindofmessageisthattosendtothestaff?"She

believesthereisnoshameinworkingsensiblehours—infactquitethereserve."Some

peoplemightbeinat7.30ambutwillbedoingverylittle.Youcanworkreallyhard

from9to5andachievethesame.Ifyoufinditdifficulttoachieveaneight-hourday,

thereis,asalastresort,theoldtrickofleavingyourjacketonyourchairandyour

computersswitchedon,evenafteryouhaveleftthebuilding."

13、Whatdocsthewritersayinthefirstparagraphaboutpeoplewhoworkaneight-hour

day?

A、Theyarereluctanttoadmittothis.

B、Theyaredislikedbytheircolleagues.

C、Theyarclimitedtocertainprofessions.

D、Theyoftencatchuponworkintheevenings.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：文中第一段"Workinganeight—hourdayisaluxuryformostprofessional

people.Nowadays,theonlywaytoguaranteeaneight—hourworkingdayistohave

thekindofjobwhereyouclockonandoff.”一天工作8小时对于一些专业人员来说

成了奢望，可见如今人们不愿承认自己的8小时工作日。选项A符合题意。

14、WhatdoesMarksayabouthiswork?

A、Hismainconcernisjobsecurity.

B、Toomuchofhistimeatworkiswasted.

C、Thetermsofhiscontractaremisleading.

D^Heobjectstobeinggivenotherpeople'swork.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文中第二段“MycontractsaysIworkfrom9until5withextrahoursas

necessary.Itsoundsasiftheextrahoursareexceptional....Theideaofaneight一

hourdaymakesmelaugh”合同上写着早9晚5工作，必要时加班...但事实上，8

小时工作日的想法令我可笑。可见合同中描述的与现实中根本不符。选项C符合

题意。

15、WhatdoesCaryCoopersayaboutrecenttrendsintheworkplace?

A^Hebelievesthatalongworkingdayiscounter-productive.

B、HehasdoubtsabouttheresultsoftheQualityofWorkingLifesurvey.

C^Hesaysthatemployersshouldacceptthelinkbetweenworkinghoursandsafety.

D、Hearguesthatfurtherresearchisneededintotherelationshipbetweenworkand

health.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：文中第三段最后一句"Infact,theevidenceshowsthatlonghoursmake

youill.”意思是事实上长时间工作令人反感。选项A符合题意。

16、HowdoesCaryCooperthinkpeopleshoulddealwiththerequirementsofthe

workplace?

A、Obtainhelpinnegotiatingtermsofemployment.

B、Letpeopleknowwhendemandsareunreasonable.

C、Delegatethelessimportantworktootherstaff.

D、Acceptthatthemodernworkplaceisacompetitiveplace.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文中第四段“Byallmeans,showcommit—mentwherenecessaryhut

whenexpectationsaretoohigh,peoplehavetobeginsayingopenlythattheyhavealife

oulsideofwork.“不管怎么样，当要求太高时，在必要的情况下应适时表达自己的

想法。选项中unreasonable与expectationsaretoohigh相南■应。

17、WhatdoesMoShapiroseeasaproblemforemployeestoday?

A^Theylackthecommunicationskillsthatmodernbusinessrequires.

Manyemployerswouldnotregardrequestsforshorterhoursfavourably.

C、Mostemployersdonotwanttoberesponsiblefortheprofessionaldevelopmentof

staff.

D、Theyhavedifficultiesadaptingtotherapidchangesoccurringinworkingpractices.

标准答案：B

知识点解析:文中第五段“Ifyouwantmoreintcrcstsoutsidcwork,thenfindanother

job.”意思是，如果你想要工作之外的兴趣，那么找另一份工作吧，可知雇主并不

支持员工的耍求。选项B符合题意。

18、WhatdoesMoShapirothinkaboutpresentworkinghours?

A、Inmanycompaniesseniorstaffneedtoworkalongday.

B、Thebeststafflireefficientenoughtofinish(heirworkwithineighthours.

C、Therearetoomanystaffdeceivingemployersabouttheirhoursofwork.

D、Topexecutivesshouldusetheirinfluencetochangethelong-hoursculture.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：文中最后一段"Shebelievesthatseniorstaffhaveadutytosetan

example.”意思是，她认为高层有责任树立榜样。选项D符合题意。其中top

executives与seniorstaff相对应。

四、完形填空(本题共75题，每题7.0分，共75分。)

Readthisadvertisement.ChoosethebestwordtofilleachgapfromA,B,CorDthe

oppositepage.Foreachquestion(19-33),markoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyourAnswer

Sheet.Thereisanexampleatthebeginning(O).Toomuchtoread!It'simpossibletofind

timetoreadtoday'stopbusinessbooksandthousandsarepublishedeachyear.Yetnot

keepingupwiththosebookscouldbeaseriousandexpensivemistake.Oftentheideas

andinsightstheyCareavailablenowhereelse.Buthowcanyoueven[Cl]

whichtitlesareworthwhile,letalonefindtimetoreadthem?Fortunately,there's

a[C2]:SoundviewExecutiveBookSummaries.Itreally[C3]In

fact,it's[C4]towork.Itisingeniousandessential.Everymonth,you[C5]

twoorthreequickreading,timesaving[C6]ofthebestnewbusiness

hooks.Eachcontainsallthekeypointsinthe[C7]book.Thebigdifference,

insteadof200to500pages,thesummaryisonlyseveralpages.Insteadof[C8]

five,tenormorehourstoread,ittakesjust15minutes.Ofthethousandsof

businessbooks[C91annually,onlya[CIO]arereallyworthreading.

Tosaveyourtime,ourEditorialBoardgoesoverthemall[Cl1]90%.Our

standardsare[C12],andthecriteriarigorous.Whenabookmeetsallourtests,

weprepareasummary,insteadofarevieworadigest.Yougetaskillfuldistillationthat

preservesthecontentandspiritofthe[03]books.Thetitlescoverevery

[C14]ofconcerntobusinesspeopletoday.There's[C15]elselike

SoundviewExecutiveBookSummaries.Example:AexpressBunderstandCcontainD

0ABcD

r'11~1■■BC1

19、[Cl]

A、see

B、know

C、ask

D、answer

标准答案：B

知识点解析：选项B意为“知道，了解”，选项A意为“看见”，选项C意为“询

问”，选项D意为“回答”。

20、[C2]

A、answer

B、solution

C、question

D^problem

标准答案：B

知识点解析：选项B表示解决办法，选项A表示“答案”，通常针对选项C的“问

题”，选项D意为“问题”。

21、[C3]

A^works

B、costs

C、sells

D^buys

标准答案：A

知识点解析：选项A意为“起作用”，选项B意为“花费”，选项C意为“卖”，选项

D意为“买”。

22、[C4]

A、guarded

B、granted

C、guided

D、guaranteed

标准答案：D

知识点解析：选项D意为“煤证，担保”，选项A意为“防守”，选项B意为“授

予”,选项C意为“引导

23、[C5]

A、pay

B、send

C、receive

D、buy

标准答案：C

知识点解析：选项C意为“接收，收到“，选项A意为“支付”，选项B意为“派

送”，选项D意为“买”。

24、[C6]

A^titles

B、summaries

C、names

D、prices

标准答案：B

知识点解析：选项B意为“总结”，同时从该段第一句可以得出暗示Soundview

ExecutiveBookSunimaricso选项A意为“标题”,选项C意为"名字",选项D意为

“价格”。

25、[C7]

A^original

B、first

C、same

D、another

标准答案：A

知识点解析：选项A意为“最初的，原始的，原版的“，选项B意为“第一的，首先

的“，选项C意为“相同的”，选项D意为“另一个”。

26、[C8]

A^spending

B、costing

C、taking

D^sitting

标准答案：C

知识点解析：从后文‘'…ittakesjusl15minutes.”中可以得到暗示，lake表示“花费

时间”通常it作主语。“Ittakessbsometimetodosth”是固定用法。

27、[C9]

A、publicized

B、polished

C、published

D、popularized

标准答案：C

知识点解析：四个选项为形近字，选项才C意为“出版”，选项A意为“公开”，选

项B意为“擦拭”，选项D意为“流行”。

28、[C10]

A、dozen

B.little

C、handful

D、couple

标准答案：C

知识点解析：选项C意为“几个”，选项A意为“一打”，选项B修饰不可数名词，

选项D意为“一对”。

29、[C11]

A、choosing

B、eliminating

C、writing

D、publishing

标准答案：B

知识点解析：选项B意为••消除，减少”，选项A意为••选择”，选项C意为,•书

写”，选项D意为“出版”。

30、[C12]

A、high

B、low

C、expensive

D^cheap

标准答案:A

知识点解析：根据句意“我们的标准很高”，选项A意为“高的”，选项B意为“低

的“，选项C意为“贵的”，选项D意为“便宜的”。

31、[C13]

A、entire

B、tired

C、entering

D、old

标准答案：A

知识点解析：根据句意“保留了整本书的精髓”，选项A意为“全部的”，选项B意

为“劳累的”，选项C意为“进入”，选项D意为“旧的”。

32、[C14]

A、word

B、subject

C、sentence

D^idea

标准答案：B

知识点解析：根据句意“标题覆盖厂商人关心的每一个方而“，选项B意为“对象，

方面”，选项A意为“单词”，选项C意为“句子”，选项D意为“想法”。

33、[C15]

A^something

B、anything

C、all

D^nothing

标准答案：D

知识点解析：根据句意“再也没有像SoundviewExecutiveBookSummaries这样的事

物了”，选项A意为“一些事”，选项B意为“任何事”，选项C意为“全部”。

五、改错（本题共72题，每题分，共72分。）

ReadthetextbelowabouttheWeblifestyle.Inmostofthelines(34-45),thereisone

extraword.Itiseithergrammaticallyincorrectordoesnotfitinwiththemeaningofthe

text.Somelines,however,arecorrec