剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)真题汇编及详解(第2辑 初级)(test1)【圣才出品】

Test 1

READING AND WRITING 1 hour 30 minutes

READING

PART ONE

Questions 1-5

?Look at questions 1-5.

?In each question, which sentence is correct?

?For each question, mark one letter (A, B. or C) on your Answer Sheet. Example: 0

The plane arrives at

A. quarter to seven in the morning.

B. quarter past six in the evening.

C. quarter to seven in the evening.

The correct answer is C, so mark your Answer Sheet like this:

1. Item 20 in this catalogue is withdrawn until further notice, due to supply problems.

A. Item 20 is now discontinued.

B. Item 20 has developed a fault.

C. Item 20 is unavailable at the moment.

【答案】C

【解析】题干得知，由于供应问题，取消产品目录中编号为20的产品，请等待随后上货通知。C项“编号20的产品目前无货”与题干内容相符。干扰项为A项“编号20的产品现在停售”，题干中指的是目前无法提供该产品，而非不再销售，故A项排除。因此答案选C。

2. Jane Halton, currently Finance Director at Curtis Bank, is replacing John Murphy as Chief Executive at Boulder Insurance.

A. Jane Halton is moving from banking to insurance.

B. Boulder Insurance hopes to appoint a new Chief Executive.

C. The post of Chief Executive at Curtis Bank has become vacant.

【答案】A

【解析】原文是现任Curtis银行财务部长的Jane Halton将取代John Murphy担任Boulder保险董事长。A项“Jane Halton正从银行业转到保险业”与题干相符。

This organization

A. rents luxury office space.

B. provides conference facilities.

C. markets other companies’ goods.

【答案】B

【解析】题干考查该组织提供的服务，B项“提供会议设施”与题干内容相符。干扰项为A 项“出租豪华的办公场所”，题干中指出伦敦中心提供会议活动方面的服务，不符合办公场所的日常功能，排除A项。故答案选B。

4.

Finefoods requires an agent to

A. Own a suitable vehicle for delivery.

B. Be a specialist in food distribution.

C. Deliver goods all over the country.

【答案】C

【解析】本题考查FINEFOODS公司需什么样的代理商，C项“可将货物发至全国”与题干内容相符。干扰项为B项“是一位食品销售的行家”，题干中只是提到有零售经验者优先，并非是说要是食品销售的行家，因此可排除该项。

5.

Staff should tell Jane Fellows

A. how many people have enrolled for the course.

B. if they are interested in doing the course.

C. which of the courses they have decided to do.

【答案】B

【解析】题干内容为：想注册会计课程的员工需与Jane Fellows取得联系，因为她需了解有注册意向的人数。由此可知B项“员工应告知Jane Fellows自己是否对参加课程感兴趣”符合题干内容。故答案选B。

PART TWO

Questions 6-10

?Look at the list below. It shows a number of business training courses.

?For questions 6-10, decide which training course (A-H) each person on the opposite page needs.

?For each question, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.

?Do not use any letter more than once.

TILLERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

A. Decision-making at board level

B. Making maximum use of older hardware

C. Working with other managers

D. Handling difficult situations in the workplace

E. Updating IT skills for advertising

F. Dealing with customer complaints

G. Managing your own time efficiently

H. Improving productivity in the factory

6. Office manager Helen Turner needs to deal with complaints from staff about some colleagues’ use of email.

7. Before deciding to buy a new computer, David Thompson wants to find out

whether he can update his existing equipment.

8. Claire Collier’s toy company has a major new customer and she needs to manufacture more goods without increasing staffing levels.

9. Publicity manager Brian Steward did a computer course several years ago, and

now wants to learn about developments relevant to his field.

10. Richard Masters was recently promoted and would like to improve his ability to meet deadlines.

【答案与解析】

6. D 题干内容为行政经理Helen Turner需处理来自员工的有关一些同事使用邮件的抱

怨。因此选项D“处理职场中的棘手情况”符合该人的需求，故选D项。

7. B 选项B“最大限度利用旧硬件”符合题干“决定购买新电脑之前，大卫想先弄清楚是

否可更新自己现有设备”，因此B项为正确答案。

8. H 选项H“提高工厂的生产效率”符合原文，因为只有通过提高员工生产效率，才可在

不增加员工人数的基础上生产更多产品。

9. E 选项E“更新IT广告技术”符合原文“公关经理Brian Steward想了解和他所在领域

相关的计算机发展情况”的要求，即把他掌握的计算机技术的发展动态与其工作领域相结合，故选E。

10. G 题干中meet deadlines指“在截止日期前完成工作”，表示时间安排的管理控制，

对应选项G中的“有效管理个人时间”。