最新BEC二级模拟试题6(附参考答案)
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BEC二级模拟考试题和答案BEC二级模拟考试题和答案BEC二级模拟考试题和答案一.READING PART ONE Questions 1-7 . Read these sentences and the share prices below. . Which stock market does each sentence(1-7) describe? . For each sentence markone letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet. Example: The index went up more than one thousand. Answer A 1. The share prices were influenced by the improvement of the two countries relations. 2. Over the week ,turnover rose by T $ 5. 83bn. 3. Many people went to buy capitalization stocks. 4.In the beginning many foreign shareholders buy blue chips at high prices. 5. Price was lower after shareholders sold stocks in industrials to make profit.6. On Thursday price dropped and then rose again.7. The falling of composite index rose by 1. 3 per centon the week. A. Bangkok rose 2 per cent on the day and 3.4 per cent over the week as buyers moved in tolarge market capitalization stocks. The SET index rose 27.55 to 1,383.57 in turnover of Bt 8.5 bn, down from Thursday s Bt 10bn. B. Taipei was pulled lower by late profit-taking in industrials after Thursday s rebound ,and the weighted index fell 45.59 to 5,806.77, or 1.7 per cent, over the week. Turnover rose to T $41.51 bn from T $ 35. 78bn. C. Manila opened strongly on foreign buying of blue chips but dipped at the close as profits were taken. The composite index fell 10.07 to 2 ,907. 00 , 1.3 per cent higher on the week D. Hong Kong finished a mixed day slightly lower ,sapped by profit-taking on confirmation of US renewal of China s MFN trade status and concerns over the lower domestic property market. The Hang Sengindex fell 11.58 to close at 9,470.13, 1.7 per cent lower on the week. PART TWO Questions 8-12 . Read this letter to the editor of The Economist. . Choose the best sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks. . For each blank (8-12) markone letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet. . Do notmar4 any letter twice. . One answerhas been givenas an example. Sir- You state on February 13th that New Mexico has few naturalresources ,... ...example...... In 1991 New Mexico ranked fourth in the United States in production of natural gas , seventh in oil and tenth in non-fuel minerals ... ...8... ... Non-fuel minerals contributed about $ 1 billion and coal $ 509 million. Taxesfrom production of fuels and minerals, and lease payments on state lands have been set aside by legislative acts to endow two permanent funds worth about $ 5. 65 billion, ...... 9 ...... In addition, during fiscal year 1991 , payments to New Mexico from taxes on federal lands were S 108 million ,all earmarked for public education. ...... 10 ...... About $566 million came from taxes and permanent-fund earnings attributable to oil and gasproduction. ......11 ...... Tourism is an important industry in New Mexico, yet its economic impact on the public sector is dwarfed by that of mineral production. New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states. It does not havea deficit. ... ... 12... ... States that relyprimarily on a sales tax or on an income tax have big problems during economic downturns. Income growth per head in New Mexico averaged 6. 1/00 in the year to October 1992-one of the fastest growth rates in the United States. Charles Chapin Example :C A. It has a broadly based tax structure an important point. B. In 1992 it produced more oil than Colorado and Kansas combined. C. However, the extractive mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the state s strongest economic forces. D. During fiscal year 1992 New Mexico raised permanent funds worth about $6.1 billion. E. The combined value of oil and gas production was $ 2. 8 billion. F. Some 16, 000 employees work in the extractive industries and their wages are among the highest of any major industry. G. The $39 million earned by these funds in 1991 was used to finance education and other public services. H. Only S 25 million came from agricultural taxes. I. New Mexico s extractive mineral industries contribute about a third of thestate s $ 1. 9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991. PART THREE Questions 13-20 . Read this letter about Compensation Trade ,and answer the following questions. Ministry of Foreign Trade 19th January , 1 993 Xi Changan Street Beijing , China Dear Sirs, This letter is in regard to the window glass business between our firm and the China National Light industrial Products Import & Export Corporation, Daren Branch and the Daren Window Glass Factory. 1. Our two sides sincerely worked in the past and the window glass business has already been done successfully. However, the quantity of products doesn t meet our requirements. This company wants to develop the trade and business further in this line. We now expect to begin working with all the other branches and window glass factories on the samebasis ,i. e. compensation trade. 2. For the U. S. A. market, we require very large quantities of small cut sizes. Therefore, we are asking your prompt assistance to help us out in expanding glass-cutting business. We would highly appreciate it if you take this matterinto consideration. We are certain that ,with your prompt cooperation, our purchases of Chinese window glass for sale in the U. S. A. market will veryquickly increase to a large and substantial volume. With the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries ,the time is now right for a very quick and large increase in trade between us. 3. For your information, we are doing everything possible to cooperate in achieving our mutual goal of making the window glass business a very large one. We have offered to purchase various equipment for your Dairen factory which will increase its products, improve quality and raise its efficiency. We have offered to accept payment for this machiner y in the form of buy-back of glass. We have also cooperated with the factory in making suggestions for better efficient packing and containerization. The factory has been very cooperative and receptive to our ideas. As we want to begin our business with the other branchestoo ,we plan to offer the same suggestions and proposals to purchase machinery for them. 4. Fromthis letter, you can see that we are very sincere in our desire for a long-term relationship between ourtwo countries and our firm and the various branches of the China National Light industrial Products Importand Export Corporation, Window Glass Departments . During our next visit to China, we will discuss the appointment of our firm as the exclusive agent for Chinese Window Glass in the U. S. A. market. Since we have discussed this question in the past ,we expectthat the official appointment of our firm as the exclusive agent will be made during our next trip. Thank you for your prompt attention to the above. Best regards. Sincerely yours , Norman Goldstein Associates , INC Questions 13-16 . For questions 13-16 ,choose the correct title for each paragraphfrom the box below. . For each paragraph(1-4) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet. . Do not mark any letter twice. 13. Paragraph 1.......... .14. Paragraph 2.......... 15. Paragraph 3. .........16. Paragraph 4..... . . .. . A Our hope for along-term relationship B Our successful cooperationin the past C The diplomatic relations between our two countries D Our wish to increase the quantityof products E Our need of help in glass-cuttingF Our goal to make the window glass business largeG Improvement of equipment in Chinese factories Questions l7-20 . Using the information in thetest ,complete each sentence 17-20 ,with a phrase from the list below (A-G). . For each sentence(17-20) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet. . Donot mark any lette r twice. 17. When we visit your country again next time ,we hope you 11. . . . . .18. On the basis of compensation trade ,we are going to. . . . . . 19. In order to enlarge our window glass business, we re doing our best to. . . . . .20. To other branches that have business with us, we ll. . . . . . A take this problem into consideration. B develop and expand the trade and business further. C make our company the sole agent in China. D offer to buy equipment for them. E accept payment for this equipment. F start cooperation with other branches and factories. Gcooperate with you and realize our common dream.PART FOUR Questions 21-35 . Read this advertisement a hat Fidelily Emerging Markets. . Choose the best word to fil1 each gap. . For each question (21 -35) mark one letter (A ,B,C or D) onyour Answer Sheet. . One answer has been given asan example. The dynamic developing economies of the world are ripe with potential. Not only havethey ... ...example... ... extraordinary levelsof ... ... 21 ... ... , but we believe this looks set continue , backed by ... ... 22 ... ... inflows of foreign investment. Fidelity Emerging Mark, Fundis ... ..23... ... to help you capitalize on this promising outlook. The ......24... ... to real success in Emerging Markets is research and resources, of Fidelity s foremost ...... 25 ...... As the world s largest ..... 26 ...... investment management organization , we can draw upon a (n) ... ... 27 .. ... network of offices covering developing economiesacross Asia ,Latin America and Europe. This local presence means we can ...... 28...... a hands-onapproach ,searching out a capitalizing oninvestment ... ...29... ... as soon as they come to light. As a result, Fidelity I become one of the world s ...... 30...... names in emerging stockmarkets : where we ......31...... manage 5pounds billion ? So act now to ......32...... out more about theFidelity Emerging Markets Fund ---and get the potential ofthese dynamic markets teamed with the strength of the Fidelity organization. For more ... ... 33 ... , call us , free of ... ... 34 ... ... , from any of the countries below. If you ... ...35... `..elsewhere ,please use the UK number or post or fax the coupon. Example: A. denied B. climbed C. demonstrated D. mentioned Answer: C 21. A.growth B. decrease C. height D. diminish 22. A.slow B. increasing C. reducing D. fast 23. A. thought B. designed C. considered D. supposed 24. A. road B. method C. reason D. key 25. A. words B. slogans C. ways D. strengths 26. A. independent B. wealthy C. prosperous D. national 27. A. intensive B. thick C. narrow D. extensive 28. A. move B.apply C. reply D. demand 29. A. situations B. disadvantages C. opportunities D. conditions 30. A. few B. many C. honourable D. leading 31. A.currently B. formerly C. recently D. likely 32. A. look B. discover C. find D. learn 33. A. news B. data C. information D. knowledge 34. A. money B.pay C. fee D. charge 35. A. live B. wait C. talk D. sleep PART FIVE Section A Questions 36-40 . Read this text about car sales in the world. . In most of the lines (36 -40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two lines, however, are Correct. . If the Line is correct, put a tick (√ ) in the space on your Answer Sheet. . If there is an extra word in the line, write that word in the spaceon your Answer Sheet. Example : While new car sales in Japan are predicted to rise up by. . . up. . .5 per cent next year, 1990 s record of 5.1 million won t be exceeded. . . √. . .WORLD NEW CAR SALES36. New car sales fell down last year to a six-year low, but demand 37. is forecast to begin asustained period of growth in 1994 and 38. rose torecord levels through out the second half years of the 1990s 39. The short-term recoveryis being driven chiefly by a strong rise in the demand 40. in North America ,where new car sales are forecast to increase by 11 percent to 10. 46 million this year ,as well by the continuing expansion of demand in the Asia-Pacific region. PART FIVE Section B Questions 41-45. . The following is a business contract. . In each line there is one wrong word. . For each numbered line (41 - 45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example : We have to hold you responsibility for the loss we ve been madeto sustain. . . responsible. . . This serves to authorize the Chairman of the F. T. Arbitration Commission to 41. appoint an arbitrator on behaveof this corporation to settle the dispute 42. existed between the plaintiff and thedefendant ,concerning the defendant s. 43. failure to meet their oblige under contracts concluded for the supply of 44. 8,000 metric tons of Aluminium ingots. Should the defendant failing to 45. appoint anarbitrator with in the time specific by the F. T. Arbitration . Commission ,this corporation would have an arbitrator appointed for the defendant.二. WRITING PART ONE Question 46 You work fora company which is going to buy a set of equipment from China. You are asked to translate a lot of specifications and instructions within four months, which is impossible. Therefor you decide to advertise for two experienced translators as soon aspossible. . Write a short note to Mr. Max Remington ,the Public Relation s manager. Ask for an advertisement for two translators. . Explain the reason. . Mention your urgency. . Write 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet. PART TWO Question 47 You work in the Market Survey institute. After careful research ,you receive four charts. Read the following charts which show , the trend of consumer confidence, real hourly wages, employment and credit development. The years are given ,while the other numbers are not presented. But the lines in the charts clearly show , the directions of development. . Usethe information in the charts to write a report (about 100- 120 words) analyzing the reason why the consumer confidence increases. . Write on your Answer Sheet.三.LISTENING PART ONE Questions 1-12 . Youwill hear three telephone conversations. . Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below. Message One. Questions 1-4 MESSAGE Visiting City: Barcelona Main Features: 1. The Old City: old buildings 2. (1) ...... beautiful, magnificent 3. several (2)... ... restaurants food is cheap(3) ...... 4. Staying Hotel (4) ...... Message Two Questions 5-8 Hiring RegistrationDate : 5th Jan. Time : 10:30 Name of the customer : Kate (5). . . Contact No : (6). . . Service Details : l. An appartment near (7). . .street ,with air-conditioner and heating system . 2. Rent :on more than (8). . . a month ,including water and gas 3. Renting Period: about 1.5 years from February Message Three. Questions 9- 12Telephone Message Date : 1st April Time : 9:45Item : buying (9). . . Purpose : 10 for meetingroom, (10) . . . for the office Total money: (11)... Deadline for purchasing : before ( 12). . . ,April PART TWO Questions 13-22 Section OneQuestions 13-17 . You will hear five shortpieces. . For each piece decide where the speaker is. . Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice. 13. . . . . . . . 14. . . . . . . .15. . . . . . . . 16. . . . . . . .17. . . . . . . . places A on the plane B at the bank C at the airport D at the office Eat the theatre F at the hotel G at the customsH on the bus Section Two Questions 18- 22 . You wt71 hear another five short pieces. . For each piece decide what the speaker is going to do next. . Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice.18. . . . . . . . . . 19. . . . . . . . . .20. . . . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . . .22. . . . . . . . . . Next actions A to stop smoking B to fall into sleep C to leave acompany D to mail a parcel E to go shopping F to go to the beach G to resign from the office H to find a motel PART THREE Questions 23-30 . you will hear a report presented by a journalist from Tokyo. He talks about the difficult situations met by Japanese chemical groups. He gives some important figures of four biggest chemical groups in Japan. . you have to complete the sentences (23-30) by choosing the correct answer. . Mark one letter (A ,B or C).23. The crisis met by Japanese chemical groups is caused by, one of the reasons. A over capacity B high prices C high cost 24. The productions manufactured by Asahi Chemical, Japan s largest poly tyrene manufacturer take up of the market. A 12%B 25%C 26.6 25.________ is Japan s biggest plastics group. A Mitsubishi Kasei B Mitsubishi petrochemical C Mitsui Petrochemical industries 26. On Oct. 1st, Mitsubishi Petrochemical is going to merge with. A Kawasaki plant B Mitsui petrochemical C Mitsubishi Kasei 27. The dividend of remains the same as in last year. AMitsubishi Petrochemical B Mitsui petrochemical industries and Shin-Etsu C Sumitomo Chemical 28. chemical group is not explained in detail in this report. A Shin-Etsu B Mitsubishi Kasei CMitsui petrochemical 29. chemical group has the highest per share according to the report. A Mitsubishi Petrochemical B Shin-Etsu C Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 30. is going to open a new plant. A Shin-Etsu B Mitsui Petrochemical C Mitsubishi Petrochemical 答案：一. 阅读部分PART ONE 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. C PART TWO 8. E 9. G 10. I 11. F 12. A PART THREE 13.D 14.E 15. G 16. A 17. C 18.F 19.G 20. D PART FOUR 21. A 22. B 23.D 24. D 25. D 26.A 27.D 28. B 29.C 30. D 31. A 32.C 33. C 34. D 35.A PART FIVE Section A 36. down是多余,应删掉. 37. 没有多余的.词38. years是多余,应删掉. 39. the 是多余,应删掉. 40. 没有多余的词. Section B 41. behalve应改为behalf 42. exist应改为existing 43.oblige应改为obligations 44. failing应改为fail45. specific 应改为specified 二.写作部分PARTONE . Question 46 (Sample for reference) Dear Mr. Max Remington , As our company is purchasing a set of equipment ,a lot of materials -have to be translated, which is impossible to do within four months. Could you advertise for two experienced translators in the newspapers? It is urgent. PART TWO Question 47 (Sample for reference) Near the end of 1994, people suddenly become rich , buying a lot of things. We have received the report that the real hourly wages of workers become even less ,so they do not have enough money to buy so many things. Although the employment is rising towards the end of 1994 ,the growth is very slow. Therefore ,not many people find jobs to earn enough money to buy goods. Then where does the big consumer confidence come from? We have discovered that people overspend with various credit cards ,buying goods. And they are not worried about returning the borrowed money. This it is ourturn to be concerned about this kind of consumer confidence. 三.听力部分 1. Cathedral 2. museums 3. special 4. Barcelona 5. Murphy 6. 55322788 7.Sunny 8. 120pounds 9. coffee sets 10. 2 11.96pounds 12. 10th 13. F 14. H 15. B 16. E 17. C18. F 19. A 20. E 21.Hh 22. D 23. A 24. B 25.B 26.C 27. B Part One. Questions 1 to12.Message One. Questions 1 to 4. F1 : Goodmorning ,Garble Travel Agency. Can I help you?M1 :Yes , please. I d like to have some information about the city of Barcelona. I have 5 days holiday.F1 : Well, there are lots of places to visit in Barcelona. You could go to the Old City, which is the real Barcelona of many centuries ago. I think you d enjoy it. M1 : So there are many old buildings in the Old City? F1 : Yes ,and these old buildings are quite w6ll-preserved. And there s a cathedral near the Old City. It s very magniF1cent. M1 : I ve heard about it. Any place else? F1 : Well ,there re also several very interesting museums and a lot of good restaurants M1 : If I go to Barcelona ,where could I stay? Have you any suggestion? F1 : Well ,you d better stay at the Barcelona Hotel ,which is near the Old City. The food there is cheap and special as well.Message Two. Questions 5-8. M1 : Good morning. Can I help you? F1 : Oh, yes. I want to rent an apartment. My name is Kate Murphy. M1 : Is it K-A-T-E,M-U-R-P-H-Y. F1 : Yes , that s right. M1 : Then what kind of apartment do you prefer? F1 : Well ,l want to live near Sunny Street. M1 : Sunny Street ,right. Anything else? F1 : The rent should not be more than 120pounds a month ,including water and gas. I d like an air conditioner and heating system. M1 : How long are you going to rent it?F1 : About a year and a half, from February. M1 : Do you have the contact number? F1 : It s 55322788 M1 : OK! As soon as I find an apartment I will call you. F1 : Thank you. I m looking forward to your answer. Message Three. Questions 9 to 12. F1 : Yes ,Mr. Wilson. Chris speaking. M1 : Hello ,Chris. Could you buy some china for our meeting room? F1 : How much money do you want to spend? M1 : Er , f80 `for 10 coffee sets. What do you think. Fl : I ll manage. I suggest we buy two more sets for our office. M1 : Let s see... OK ! I agree. 12 coffee sets with96pounds. F1 : When do you want them? M1 : Before the 10th of April. By the way ,I want to look at the sample beforehand. F1 : OK! I will select some samples for you. M1 : Thank you. Bye. F1 : Bye-bye , Mr. Wilson. Part Two. Questions 13-22. Section One. Questions 13-17. Question Thirteen A couple called today and they said they couldn t arrive tonight. You re lucky to find this vacancy. This is a busy time of the year. Please fill out this registration card and be sure to list your car s license number. Question Fourteen There s no charger for transfers if you have paid your fares already. Would somebody give this young boy a hand? He s handicapped. I think you ll have to move over and let the young boy take this seat. Squeeze through! Question Fifteen Please sign your name on the check and don t forget the date. Then give me the checkand your driver s license. I ll give it to you in fifties. If you want to transfer your money from your savings account to the check account ,you have to fill out these slips as well. Question Sixteen Myname is Dan Sloan. I paid for two tickets by credit card by telephone about two weeks ago on June 2nd ,I remember. I hope they re good seats. They re about halfway up the first balcony. Question SeventeenIt s too bad that our flight is delayed for an hour. Our plane is supposed to leave at 9:10,but now it s already 10: 00. Let s go to Gate 2 and wait for the check-in. I m a little nervous. I am flying for thefirst time. Section Two. Questions 18-22... Question Eighteen I vote against visiting the mountains and riding horses. I was thrown from a horse last year. I vote that we go to the seashore. We could go swimming in the sea or take long walks along the beach and collect seashells. Question Nineteen Cigarettes will do no good to your health. And it s medically proven that they can cause lung cancer and a lot of other diseases. If you feel run-down without them ,I ll give you a prescription which will help you sleep. Question Twenty The Gamble Department Store has just opened a new shop near St. Maria Street. In the advertisement ,they re going to have a bigcelebration for the grand opening and the first one thousand customers can get free T-shirts. I want to get one. Question Twenty-one Eleven hours on the road is long enough for anyone, especially in this hot weather. I m anxious to get back to the family house. But I don t think we should overdo it. Let s rest for a while ,shall we? Question Twenty-two In the package ,there s a beautiful glass necklace. It s a birthday gift for my husband s sister who s living in Lincolnshire. I packed it very carefully, so I m sure it won t break on the way. But still I want to insure it for f25 just in case. Part Three. Questions 23-30. By Paul Abraham in Tokyo Results from Japan s largest petrochemicals companies for the year to March 3lst reflect the crisis facing a sector plagued by sluggish domestic demand ,overcapacity ,plunging prices and the appreciation of the yen. News of the sector s cire trading position follow this week s decision by Showa Denko to sell its polystyrene business. The company, a marginal manufacturer, sold its 30, 000 tones a year Kawasakiplant to Asahi Chemical, Japan s largest polystyrene manufacturer with capacity of about 333, 000 tones a year, equivalent to about 25 per cent of the market. The move was the latest in a series of alliances and mergers as the troubled industry restructures. Mitsubishi Petrochemical , the country s biggest plastics group , reported a loss of Y8,39bn ( $ 80m) compared with pre-tax profits last year of Y8.25bn. The group made an operating loss of Y13.8bn,the first since 1982. The poor result came despites cost-cutting measures, lower raw material prices ,and Y4bn worth of profits from equity sales. Turnover fell 12.2 per cent from Y372bn to Y326bn, as prices and volumes declined. Earnings per share, which reached Y52. 5 in 1991 , fell to a loss per share of Y9.44. The group, which is scheduled to merge with Mitsubishi Kasei on October 1st ,cut its dividend from Y8 per share to Y4. Mitsubishi Kasei s pre-tax profits fell 76. 8 per cent from Y9.3bn last year to Y2.2bn. The group reportedits first operating loss in 40 years at Y467m, and only managed to post positive pre-tax results byselling Y15. 7bn worth of equities. Turnover fell 1.8 per cent ,the fourth yearly decline ,to Y696bn. The dividend was halved to Y3 per share. Mr. Morihisa Takano ,managing director, said the newly merged group would generate pre-tax profits of Y10bn on sales ofY855 bn during the year to March 1995. He predicted petrochemicals prices would bottom out during the summer. No decision had been made about thedividend ,but the new company could pass it during the current year, he Pre-tax profits at Mitsui Petrochemical industries, Japan s biggest polyethylene maker, plunged 75 per cent from Y9bn to Y2. 26bn on sales down 9. 3 per cent at Y272bn. The company blamed poor demand for the slump which offset the benefits of cost-cutting measures. The dividend is unchanged at Y6 per share. The group forecast pre-tax profits for the current year marginally up at Y3bn on turnover ofY276bn. Shin-Etsu, one of Japan s biggest makers of polyvinyl chloride , reported profits down 26.1 per cent from Y17. 6bn to Y13bn. Sales increased 0. 2 per cent from Y275bn to Y276bn. Net profits fell 26. 6 percent to Y7.08bn, or Y21.85 per share. The group maintained the final dividend at Y3.75, making thefull-year pay out Y7.5 per share. Shin-Etsu forecast pre-tax profits for the current year of Y15.5bn on sales of Y277bn. The outlook for the petrochemicals industry remains bleak. The imbalance between supply and demand for ethylene, the basic building block of petrochemicals ,is about 2.8m tones of ethylene and is set to deteriorate further this year. A massive 700,000-tonne-a-year ethylene complex owned by Maruzen ,Mitsui Petrochemical and Sumitomo Chemical comes on stream later this year and Mitsubishi Petrochemical is also commissioning a new 300,000-tonne-a -year plant this year.。
BEC高级商务英语考试模拟训练题及答案
BEC高级商务英语考试模拟训练题及答案BEC高级商务英语考试模拟训练题及答案A good friend is my nearest relation.以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的BEC高级商务英语考试模拟训练题及答案，希望能给大家带来帮助!The Negotiating T ableYou can negotiate virtually anything. Projects, resources, expectations and deadlines are all outcomes of negotiation. Some people negotiate deals for a living. Dr Herb Cohen is one of these professional talkers, called in by companies to negotiate on their??behalf . He approaches the art of negotiation as a game because, as he is usually negotiating for somebody else, he says this helps him drain the emotional content from his conversation. He is working in a competitive field and needs to avoid being too adversarial. Whether he succeeds or not, it is important to him to make a good impression so that people will recommend him.The starting point for any deal, he believes, is to identify exactly what you want from each other. More often than not, one party will be trying to persuade the other round to their point of view. Negotiation requires two people at the end saying ‘yes”. This can be a problem because one of them usually begins by saying “no”. However, although this can make talks more difficult, this is often just a starting point in the negotiation game. Top management may well reject the idea initially because it is the safer option but they would not be there if they were not interested.It is a misconception that skilled negotiators are smooth operators in smart suits. Dr Cohen says that one of his strategies is to dress down so that the other side can relate to you. Pitchyour look to suit your customer. You do not need to make them feel better than you but, For example, dressing in a style that is not overtly expensive or successful will make you more approachable. People will generally feel more comfortable with somebody who appears to be like them rather than superior to them. They may not like you but they will feel they can trust you.Dr Cohen suggests that the best way to sell your proposal is by getting into the world of the other side. Ask questions rather than give answers and take an interest in what the other person is saying, even if you think what they are saying is silly. You do not need to become their best friends but being too clever will alienate them. A lot of deals are made on impressions. Do not rush what you are saying---put a few hesitations in , do not try to blind them with your verbal dexterity. Also, you should repeat back to them what they have said to show you take them seriously.Inevitably some deals will not succeed. Generally the longer the negotiations go on, the better chance they have because people do not want to think their investment and energies have gone to waste. However , joint venture can mean joint risk and sometimes , if this becomes too great , neither party may be prepared to see the deal through . More common is a corporate culture clash between companies, which can put paid to any deal. Even having agreed a deal, things may not be tied up quickly because when the lawyers get involved, everything gets slowed down as they argue about small details.De Cohen thinks that children are the masters of negotiation. Their goals are totally selfish. They understand the decision-making process within families perfectly. If Mum refuses their request , they will troop along to Dad and pressure him. If al elsefails, they will try the grandparents, using some emotional blackmail. They can also be very single-minded and have an inexhaustible supply of energy for the cause they are pursuing. So there are lesson to be learned from watching and listening to children.15 Dr Cohen treats negotiation as a game in order toA put people at easeB remain detachedC be competitiveD impress rivals16 Many people say “no” to a suggestion in the beginning toA convince the other party of their point of viewB show they are not really interestedC indicate they wish to take the easy optionD protect their company’s situation17 Dr Cohen says that when you are trying to negotiate you shouldA adapt your style to the people you are talking toB make the other side feel superior to youC dress in a way to make you feel comfortable.D try to make the other side like you18 According to Dr Cohen, understanding the other person will help you toA gain their friendshipB speed up the negotiationsC plan your next move.Dconvince them of your point of view19 Deals sometimes fail becauseA negotiations have gone on too longB the companies operate in different waysC one party risks more than the other.D the lawyers work too slowly20 Dr Cohen mentions children’s negotiation techniques to show that you shouldA be prepared to try every routeB try not to make people feel guiltyC be careful not to exhaust yourselfD control the decision-making process.关于negotiating techniques的文章。
BEC二级模拟试题6参考答案
BEC二级模拟试题6参考答案一. 阅读部分PART ONE1. D2. B3. A4. C5. B6. B7. CPART TWO8. E 9. G 10. I 11. F 12. APART THREE13. D 14. E 15. G 16. A 17. C 18. F 19. G 20. D PART FOUR21. A 22. B 23.D 24. D 25. D 26.A 27.D 28. B 29.C 30. D 31. A 32.C 33. C 34. D 35.APART FIVESection A36. down是多余,应删掉.37. 没有多余的词38. years是多余,应删掉.39. the 是多余,应删掉.40. 没有多余的词.Section B41. behalve应改为behalf42. exist应改为existing43. oblige应改为obligations44. failing应改为fail45. specific 应改为specified二.写作部分PART ONE .Question 46(Sample for reference)Dear Mr. Max Remington ,As our company is purchasing a set of equipment ,a lot of materials -have to be translated, which is impossible to do within four months. Could you advertise for two experienced translators in the newspapers? It is urgent.PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference)Near the end of 1994, people suddenly become "rich'', buying a lot of things. We have received the report that the real hourly wages of workers become even less ,so they do not have enough money to buy so many things. Although the employment is rising towards the end of 1994 ,the growth is very slow. Therefore ,not many people find jobsto earn enough money to buy goods. Then where does the big consumer confidence come from? We have discovered that people overspend with various credit cards ,buying goods. And they are not worried about returning the borrowed money. This it is our turn to be concerned about this kind of consumer confidence.三.听力部分1. Cathedral2. museums3. special4. Barcelona5. Murphy6. 553227887. Sunny 8. 120pounds 9. coffee sets10. 2 11. 96pounds 12. 10th13. F 14. H 15. B16. E 17. C 18. F19. A 20. E 21.Hh22. D 23. A 24. B25. B 26. C 27. BPart One. Questions 1 to12.Message One. Questions 1 to 4.F1 : Good morning ,Garble Travel Agency. Can I help you?M1 : Yes , please. I'd like to have some information about the city of Barcelona. I have 5 days holiday.F1 : Well, there are lots of places to visit in Barcelona. You could go to the Old City, which is the real Barcelona of many centuries ago. I think you'd enjoy it.M1 : So there are many old buildings in the Old City?F1 : Yes ,and these old buildings are quite w6ll-preserved. And there's a cathedral near the Old City. It's very magniF1cent.M1 : I've heard about it. Any place else?F1 : Well ,there're also several very interesting museums and a lot of good restaurantsM1 : If I go to Barcelona ,where could I stay? Have you any suggestion?F1 : Well ,you'd better stay at the Barcelona Hotel ,which is near the Old City. The food there is cheap and special as well.Message Two. Questions 5-8.M1 : Good morning. Can I help you?F1 : Oh, yes. I want to rent an apartment. My name is Kate Murphy.M1 : Is it K-A-T-E,M-U-R-P-H-Y.F1 : Yes , that's right.M1 : Then what kind of apartment do you prefer?F1 : Well ,l want to live near Sunny Street.M1 : Sunny Street ,right. Anything else?F1 : The rent should not be more than 120pounds amonth ,including water and gas. I'd like an air conditioner and heating system.M1 : How long are you going to rent it?F1 : About a year and a half, from February.M1 : Do you have the contact number?F1 : It's 55322788M1 : OK! As soon as I find an apartment I will call you. F1 : Thank you. I'm looking forward to your answer. Message Three. Questions 9 to 12.F1 : Yes ,Mr. Wilson. Chris speaking.M1 : Hello ,Chris. Could you buy some china for our meeting room?F1 : How much money do you want to spend?M1 : Er , f80 `for 10 coffee sets. What do you think.Fl : I'll manage. I suggest we buy two more sets for our office.M1 : Let's see... OK ! I agree. 12 coffee sets with96pounds.F1 : When do you want them?M1 : Before the 10th of April. By the way ,I want to look at the sample beforehand.F1 : OK! I will select some samples for you.M1 : Thank you. Bye.F1 : Bye-bye , Mr. Wilson.Part Two. Questions 13-22.Section One. Questions 13-17.Question ThirteenA couple called today and they said they couldn't arrive tonight.You're lucky to find this vacancy. This is a busy time of the year. Please fill out this registration card and be sure to list your car's license number.Question FourteenThere's no charger for transfers if you have paid your fares already. Would somebodygive this young boy a hand? He's handicapped. I thinkyou'll have to move over and let the young boy take this seat. Squeeze through!Question FifteenPlease sign your name on the check and don't forget the date. Then give me the checkand your driver's license. I'll give it to you in fifties. If you want to transfer your money from your savings account to the check account ,you have to fill out these slips as well.Question SixteenMy name is Dan Sloan. I paid for two tickets by credit card by telephone about two weeks ago on June 2nd ,I remember. I hope they're good seats. They're about halfway up the first balcong.Question SeventeenIt's too bad that our flight is delayed for an hour. Our plane is supposed to leave at 9:10,but now it's already 10: 00. Let's go to Gate 2 and wait for the check-in. I'm a little nervous. I am flying for the first time.Section Two.Questions 18-22...Question EighteenI vote against visiting the mountains and riding horses. Iwas thrown from a horse last year. I vote that we go to the seashore. We could go swimming in the sea or take long walks along the beach and collect seashells.Question NineteenCigarettes will do no good to your health. And it's medically proven that they can cause lung cancer and a lot of other diseases. If you feel run-down without them ,I'll give you a prescription which will help you sleep. Question TwentyThe Gamble Department Store has just opened a new shop near St. Maria Street. In the advertisement ,they're going to have a big celebration for the grand opening and the first one thousand customers can get free T-shirts. I want to get one.Question Twenty-oneEleven hours on the road is long enough for anyone, especially in this hot weather. I'm anxious to get back to the family house. But I don't think we should overdo it. Let's rest for a while ,shall we?Question Twenty-twoIn the package ,there's a beautiful glass necklace. It's abirthday gift for my husband's sister who's living in Lincolnshire. I packed it very carefully, so I'm sure it won't break on the way. But still I want to insure it forf25 just in case.Part Three. Questions 23 30.By Paul Abrahams in TokyoResults from Japan's largest petrochemicals companies for the year to March 3lst reflect the crisis facing a sector plagued by sluggish domestic demand ,overcapacity ,plunging prices and the appreciation of the yen. News of the sector's cire trading position follow thisweek's decision by Showa Denko to sell its polystyrene business.The company, a marginal manufacturer, sold its 30, 000 tonnes a year Kawasaki plant to Asahi Chemical, Japan's largest polystyrene manufacturer with capacity of about 333, 000 tonnes a year, equivalent to about 25 per cent of the market. The move was the latest in a series of alliancesand mergers as the troubled industry restructures. Mitsubishi Petrochemical , the country's biggest plastics group , reported a loss of Y8,39bn ( $ 80m) compared withpre-tax profits last year of Y8.25bn. The group made an operating loss of Y13.8bn,the first since 1982. The poor result came despits cost-cutting measures, lower rawmaterial prices ,and Y4bn worth of profits from equity sales.Turnover fell 12.2 per cent from Y372bn to Y326bn, asprices and volumes declined. Earnings per share, which reached Y52. 5 in 1991 , fell to a loss per share of Y9.44. The group, which is scheduled to merge with MitsubishiKasei on October 1st ,cut its dividend from Y8 per share toY4.Mitsubishi Kasei's pre-tax profits fell 76. 8 per cent fromY9.3bn last year to Y2.2bn. The group reported its first operating loss in 40 years at Y467m, and only managed topost positive pre-tax results by selling Y15. 7bn worth of equities. Turnover fell 1.8 per cent ,the fourth yearly decline ,to Y696bn. The dividend was halved to Y3 per share. Mr. Morihisa Takano ,managing director, said the newly merged group would generate pre-tax profits of Y10bn onsales of Y855 bn during the year to March 1995.He predicted petrochemicals prices would bottom out duringthe summer. No decision had been made about thedividend ,but the new company could pass it during the current year, he Pre-tax profits at Mitsui Petrochemical industries, Japan's biggest polyethylene maker, plunged 75 per cent from Y9bn to Y2. 26bn on sales down 9. 3 per cent at Y272bn. The company blamed poor demand for the slump which offset the benefits of cost-cutting measures. The dividend is unchanged at Y6 per share. The group forecast pre-tax profits for the current year marginally up at Y3bn on turnover of Y276bn.Shin-Etsu, one of Japan's biggest makers of polyvinyl chloride , reported profits down 26.1 per cent from Y17.6bn to Y13bn. Sales increased 0. 2 per cent from Y275bn to Y276bn. Net profits fell 26. 6 per cent to Y7.08bn, orY21.85 per share.The group maintained the final dividend at Y3.75, making the full-year pay out Y7.5 per share. Shin-Etsu forecast pre-tax profits for the current year of Y15.5bn on sales of Y277bn.The outlook for the petrochemicals industry remains blsak. The imbalance between supply and demand for ethylene, thebasic building block of petrochemicals ,is about 2.8m tonnes of ethylene and is set to deteriorate further this year.A massive 700,000-tonne-a-year ethylene complex owned by Maruzen ,Mitsui Petrochemical and Sumitomo Chemical comes on stream later this year and Mitsubishi Petrochemical is also commissioning a new 300,000-tonne-a -year plant this year。
《剑桥国际商务英语BEC》课程模拟考试参考答案
《剑桥国际商务英语BEC》课程模拟考试参考答案————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：《剑桥国际商务英语BEC》课程模拟试卷1－8参考答案keys for reference to Simulated BEC preliminary reading and writing test practice 1-8第一套试卷参考答案:Part one1.B2.A3.B4.C5.APart two6.G7.B8.C9.D 10.APart three11.F 12.H 13.D 14.B 15.EPart four16.A 17.C 18.A 19.B 20.A 21.C 22.BPart Five23.C 24.B 25.C 26.B 27.B 28.CPart Six29.A 30.B 31.B 32.A 33.C 34.A 35.B 36.C 37.A 38.B 39.C 40.CPart Seven41. ALAN BILTON 42. (AN/ONE) OHP 43.(TUESDAY) 19 OCTOBER44. 10.00-11.30(AM) 45.CONFERENCE ROOM BWriting:46.Miss Burton,I can’t make the meeting with Mr John Williams on the 16th ofJune, because I will be out on business trip .Would you please tell him this change and make a new arrangements with him ?Thanks (39 words)47.Dear Mr Lam,Thank you very much for your enquiry letter and very appreciate your interest in selling our shirts. . Enclosed pleased find a price list. We do offer discount for large orders over 300 shirts. Since this is your firt order and as a trial purchase,we are pleased to offer you a 3 % discount for your order for 100 shirts.The colours in which the shirts are available now are red, white, grey and green.Best wishes (79 words)第二套试卷参考答案:Part one1.B2.A3.C4.A5.CPart two6.C7.E8.H9.F 10.BPart three11.B 12.F 13.G 14.H 15.EPart four16.A 17.B 18.B 19.C 20.A 21.C 22.BPart Five23.B 24.A 25.C 26.B 27.A 28.CPart Six29.B 30.A 31.C 32.C 33.A 34.A 35.C 36.B 37.C 38.C 39.A 40.APart Seven41. Peter Rogers 42. carpet 43.photocopy 44.£300 45.floodWriting:46.A new designer,Mary Watts, has just joined our company.She is responsible for the designing work. And her office is at room 203 on the second floor.If you have any work invloved with designing, please contact her.(36 words)47.Dear Mrs Astbury,Thank you very much for the invitation letter for my boss and he’d like to attend the business conference on the 17th of march.He will give a talk on business management which is the area of his work.he has studied if for several years and is doing very well in it. He will arrive there at 7.00pm,16th march.Please book a single room with bath for him with the price range between 100 and 15 dollars per night.(80 words)第三套试卷参考答案:Part one1.C2.B3.C4.A5.APart two6.E7.G8.B9.A 10.CPart three11.D 12.H 13.A 14.E 15.GPart four16.B 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.C 21.B 22.CPart Five23.A 24.B 25.C 26.B 27.A 28.BPart Six29.C 30.B 31.C 32.A 33.C 34.B 35.A 36.C 37.B 38.C 39.B 40.APart Seven41.AREA SALES MANAGER 42. KEIKO YOSHIDA 43.JAPAN44. MUSIC MACHINE 45.BA IN ECONOMICSWriting:46.A meeting will be held on Monday 2nd June in the 3rd Meeting Room and the meeting will begin at 3.00 pm. All staff are expected to be present at the meeting.Thanks (33 words)47.Thank you very much for your invitation to your meeting.I’m writing here to inform you that I can give a talk on your next meeting on 16 July . I will talk about how to build a creative working team in medium-sized Businesses. But would you please let me know where you will held the meeting and how I can get there ?I am looking forward to your early reply .Best wishesYours sincerely(75 words)第四套试卷参考答案:Part one1.B2.B3.B4.A5.CPart two6.E7.G8.D9.B 10.FPart three11.C 12.F 13.D 14.A 15.HPart four16.C 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.C 21.C 22.BPart Five23.B 24.A 25.A 26.A 27.A 28.CPart Six29.C 30.B 31.B 32.C 33.A 34.B 35.A 36.C 37.B 38.B 39.A 40.CPart Seven41.FINANCE OFFICER 42.PEAK TRADING CO. 43.CHEQUE44. DAILY RECORD 45.INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSWriting:46.I’m very sorry that I can’t attend our departmental meeting . I know the meeting will be very important but I will be visiting an international Trade Fair so I can’t be present. I will be back to see you next Tuesday. (40 words)47.Thank you very much for your letter about the room reservation in your hotel. I’m writing to confirm that I ‘d like to reserve one of your functional room for 22nd November. There will be about no more than 40 people in our group. Would you please to send us a copy of your menus so that we can decide the food we will order ? We will provide our own music.(72words)第五套试卷参考答案:Part one1.B2.A3.C4.A5.BPart two6.G7.B8.E9.F 10.CPart three11.B 12.G 13.A 14.F 15.CPart four16.A 17.B 18.A 19.B 20.A 21.C 22.CPart Five23.A 24.C 25.B 26.B 27.C 28.BPart Six29.B 30.A 31.B 32.A 33.C 34.C 35.B 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.B 40.CPart Seven41. CAROL BATES 42.CUSTOMER ORDERS DEPARTMENT43.3326 44. WAGES CLERK 45.1ST JUL YWriting:46.A competition will be held to encourage all the staff in our depaetment to produce new ideas for packaging. Submit your design paper to Mr Smith by 30th June . We will offer a bicycle for the winners.(37words)47.Thank you very much for your letter. I’m writing to confirm that I will be visiting your company on Monday 8th . It is a convenient date for me. Miss liu will coming with me as my secretary. During my stay I ‘d like to visit your research and development department,and your marketing department forI’d like to have some knowledge of your research capacity and your marketing efficiency.looking forward to meeting you . (73 words)第六套试卷参考答案:Part one1.A2.C3.C4.B5.BPart two6.B7.G8.F9.H 10.EPart three11.D 12.H 13.B 14.F 15.CPart four16.B 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.A 21.C 22.APart Five23.B 24.C 25.B 26.A 27.A 28.CPart Six29.B 30.A 31.A 32.B 33.A 34.B 35.C 36.C 37.B 38.A 39.A 40.BPart Seven41. COLLINS LTD 42. SUE POTTS 43.(TUESDAY) 19 OCTOBER44. 7 DAWSON STREET 45.NEW RADIO ADVERTISEMENTWriting:46.An urgent meeting will be held in the company conference room at 9.00 am tomorrow. All the staff in our department are expected to be present .The meeting will be about overtime work for some new the large order.(39 words)47.Thank you very much for your letter of invitation and I’ll be present at annual dinner on 5 July. As you requested, I will give a talk on how to improve our working efficiency and this talk will just last about 20 minutes.Would you please let me know whether accommodation will be arranged for me during my stay there? I’m looking forward to your early replyBest wishes,Sincerely yours(73words)第七套试卷参考答案:Part one1.C2.B3.C4.A5.APart two6.F7.A8.H9.C 10.EPart three11.B 12.E 13.G 14.D 15.HPart four16.B 17.B 18.A 19.B 20.A 21.C 22.CPart Five23.B 24.A 25.C 26.C 27.C 28.BPart Six29.A 30.B 31.A 32.B 33.C 34.C35.A 36.C 37.A 38.C 39.B 40.APart Seven41. JOHN WINTER42. MARKETING DEPARTMENT43.SECRETARY44.15 VOVEMBER 199845.START A NEW JOBWriting:46.Our company’s sales director will visit me next Thursday morning. He wants to have a study of the present sales and marketing situation in our area. Please write a report and get the relevant information ready for him? Thanks.(39 words)47.I’m writing to confirm the booking of the coference room in your center on 21 may 2002 . There will be 26 trainees who will attend the sales training course. We will need a tape recorder to play some recording tapes , a video player for some video programmes and a whiteboard to write on. I’d also like to know if we can get a 10% discount as usual?Looking forward to your early reply.Best wishes (74 words)第八套试卷参考答案:keys for reference to Simulated BEC preliminary reading and writing test practice 8Part one1.A2.A3.B4.B5.APart two6.G7.E8.B9.A 10.CPart three11.D 12.C 13.H 14.G 15.EPart four16.B 17.C 18.B 19.A 20.C 21.B 22.APart Five23.A 24.C 25.A 26.B 27.C 28.BPart Six29.B 30.A 31.C 32.C 33.C 34.B 35.C 36.A 37.A 38.A 39.B 40.APart Seven41. LAURA GRA VES 42. STAFF DEVELOPMENT 43.65544.KAREN HILL 45.INTERNET STRA TEGIESWriting:46.Mr. Smith from ABC company made a telephone complaint about late deliveries. You know that we are installing the new production line . We have nearly finished. The new line will work more efficiently so the delivery will soon be arranged. (41words)47.Dear Ms Reeves,Thank you for your letter asking me to give a presentaton at your departmental meeting on 15th December. I’d like to but I’m afraid I can’t attend the meeting on that date because I will be away on business during those days. How about 19th December? I hope it will be a convenient date for you. Please contact Ms White,my secretary to confirm the arrangement.Looking forward to seeing you .Best wishes,Sincerely yours(79 words)。
BEC全真试题参考答案及听力文字材料_BEC_
BEC全真试题参考答案及听力文字材料READING1. C2. B3.A4.B5.A6.D 7C 8.F 9.G 10.E 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.G 15.F 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.G 20.E 21.D 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.C 26.D 27.B 28.A 29.B 30.D 31.B 32.A 33.A 34.B 35.D 36.THERE 37.CORRECT 38.ARE 39.CORRECT 40.TO 41.IMPORTANT 42.FIND 43.INCLUDING 44.IS 45.THOROUGHLYWRITINGLISTENING1.Worldwide Holidays2.invitation cards3.business reception4.4005.Marketing Manager6.Sales Planning7. foreign languages8. 3 July9.rising costs 10. department budgets 11. buildings manager 12. laptop 13. D 14.F 15.C 16.G 17.A 18.C 19.H 20.E 21.A 22.D 23.C 24.B 25.C 26.B 27.B 28.C 29.A 30.BTranscriptsPart I1.F: Good morning, Lewis & Thorn Printers.M: Hello, it’s Oliver Martin here. Can I speak to Mark Hanson?F: I’m afraid he is not in the office now. Can I take a message?M: Yes, I’m phoning from Worldwide Holidays. I made an order recently. Mark was dealing with it. There were several things, mainly brochures and pricelists. We’ve received those and they are fine, but we haven’t got the invitation cards that were ordered.F: When did you order them?M: It was about a week ago, last Thursday, I think. But it’srather urgent now. They’re for a business reception at the end of the month. And they need to be sent to the tour operators and hotel managers.F: We’re quite busy at the moment, but I’m sure he’ll get them to you for tomorrow. How is it for?M: It was originally 300, but can you make that 400? We may need more than we thought.F: Yes. Fine. Has Mark the details?M: He should have. If there’s a problem, I can fax them.F: Thanks, Mr. Martin. I’ll phone you if we need them.2.F: Hello, Mike. It’s Carrion here. I’ve just been reading the paper and the job in there with Alba, the publishing group. I think it will be perfect for you.M: Oh, what’s t he job?F: They want a marketing manager. Isn’t that the kind of thing you’re looking for?M: Yes. Does it say what the job involves?F: There’s a quite a big job description, but the main thing seems to be that you’ll be in charge of sales planning. Sounds quite interesting.M: Well, it will be better than the administration work I’m doing at the moment. What sort of qualifications are they looking for? I suppose they want you to have an MBA.F: No, there’s nothing here about that. But it does say that they’re looking for someone who can speak foreign languages. Well, that’s OK for you because you’ve lived abroad and you speak German, don’t you?M: Yes, and Spanish, too. When do the applications have tobe in by?F: What’s it today? The 9th of June. So you’ve plenty to time. The 3rd of July is the closing date. Do you want me to fax you the adverts so you can see yourself.M: Yes. That’ll be great. Thanks.F: OK. I’ll do it now.3.M: Hello! Mike here.F: Mike. It’s Angela.M: Oh, Hi.M: Oh, look, Mike. I’m phoning because I’m quite worried about last month’s figures.M: They don’t make pretty reading, do they?F: No, they don’t. I think we need to have a meeting to talk about the rising costs.M: Sounds like a good idea. When were you thinking of?F: As soon as possible. I think we should try to put together new department budgets. Each department will then have set limits for their spending.M: Yes. I’m sure that will help. Who would you specially like to have at the meeting?F: Well, us, obviously. And can you make sure that the sales coordinator is available. And also the buildings manager? We’ll need their input.M: Sure. I’ll get on to them. And I’ll book the boardroom.F: Oh, can you make sure that there’ll be a laptop available there on the day. I’d like to show the figures for this year and last year.M: No problem. I’ll get back to you later to confirm the details.F: Fine. Thanks.Part II13. Very useful indeed! The general manager and the research director showed us around their high-tech production unit and there was a presentation of some of the products they’re planning. They’re certainly coming up with plans for some innovative products. I’m fairly sure we can come to some agreement about working together on at least two of them, though there’ll be some hard bargaining, I should think.14. They were really excellent. The best group I’ve ever worked with. I was able to cover the theoretical ground very quickly and got to the practical stuff earlier than I’d expected. This meant that they had much more practice than other groups and won’t need too much support from us, even in the initial stage of using the program.15. They weren’t easy, Mark. They were not easy! They asked us extremely detailed questions about our products and our ability to meet deadlines. In fact, at one point I thought we’re going to have to withdraw because it looked as if we wouldn’t be able to meet all their requirements. But then they made a number of concessions. In the end I think we’ve managed to get a good deal. Certainly it’s the biggest contract I’ve been involved with.16.The first day was particularly useful because there were some interesting speakers, mainly from big multinationals, talking on such as I’m interested in, like the international aspects of industrial relations and employment law. Then in the evening I had some extremely interesting conversations withspeakers. I hope there’ll useful contacts in the future. But other delegates thought it wasn’t very well attended, because the organizers ad decided against having an exhibition area so fewer people came.17. We revealed the month’s work and discussed next month’s targets. We decided that we definitely need some extra help with the personnel selection because there’s just too much for one person. Generally I think we’re a pretty good team. Of course there’re a few problems now and again, but we always discuss them in a very calm and sensible way and come up with solutions that work, so far, anyway.18. All I can say is that I’d stood out as the best applican t straight away or they took an instant dislike to me. I’d expected it to last at least 45 minutes, and possibly to involve 2 sessions. But I left I managed to go for a swim and do some shopping before I got back to the office for lunch.19. I’ve b een over all the obvious things I knew they would ask me with a colleague and I practiced all my answers over and over again. I felt sure I could deal with anything they’d put to me. Well, they started asking me what I though my weaknesses were. I just had n’t prepared for that, but because I had done so much preparation for other questions I managed to come up with a really good answer.20. Well, I got there and I thought I am really well prepared for this. I was wearing my best suit. I arrived on time and so did the other three applicants. But they kept us waiting for an hour and a half while they tried to sort themselves out. By the time I went I was so patient with the company I didn’t want the job any more.21. It’s fine, isn’t it. I can do it now. I knew what they weregoing to ask me. But when you are under all that pressure and all those questions are coming at you, something let you down. And whatever you say, you know you haven’t got the message across right and they haven’t understo od what you really meant. If only could get a second chance.22. I got home late from the meeting than I before () andI was really tired, but I lay awake all night. I guess I should have thought more carefully about wearing the right sort of things. But I was a bit disorganized and rushed out of the flat as if it was just an ordinary day and then felt like an odd one out when I got there and saw everyone else in suits. I was so embarrassed.Part IIIF: With me today is Peter Williams from Kingston University. Welcome! Peter.M: Thank you.F: Peter, you recently a large research study on training in small businesses. What made you focus on small businesses? After all, most of your experience has been with the huge multinational Cleantex. And in fact you eventually you ran their training department, didn’t you?M: Well, you are partly right. You see, when I joined the university a year ago they wanted me to start a training program for small businesses. I’d j ust sold my own small business, which I’d started when I left Cleantex. The 8 years I ran my own business taught me more about training than all my years with Cleantex. But I felt I couldn’t base a training program on my experience alone. So I decided to do research first.F: And how much training did you find in most small companies. Can they afford to do much training?M: Well, firstly small businesses are often accused of notdoing enough training. But that is the opinion of big businesses of course. It’s true that the government is encouraging small firms to increase their training budgets. They’re trying to introduce financial assistance for this. But I have to say I find lots of training going on. The real problem is that most small bu sinesses don’t always know how much training they’re providing or how much it’s actually costing them.F: But surely businesses have budgets and training records.M: Unfortunately most small companies don’t set aside a specific training b udget. It’s not that they don’t want to spend the money but that they operate differently. You see, things change very quickly in small firms and it’s impossible to predict the training needs. An employee can be moved to a new project very suddenly and then training has to be organized within days. And most small businesses prefer to use their experienced staff to do any training on the job.F: Did you manage to work out the costs of training?M: Well, it took time to work out the indirect costs. You see, most small business managers don’t include these costs in their calculations. Most of them keep records of obvious expenses, like, many expenses like external courses, travel, training manual, and videos, etc. But not many firms have specific training accounts and they don’t include the time managers spend on training, waste of materials, lost of productivity and so on. I spent hours with company accountants trying to see where these hidden costs were.F: How much are small firms spending on training?M: More than half of the businesses I surveyed spent at least 1% of their annual salary bill on training. And some of these spentup to 5% of their pay roll. In fact smaller firms are investing on average over 10% more on training per employee than larger firms.F: How good is that training?M: As I said, small firms usually get an experienced employee to show new staff how to do that job. This can be useful if the person is carefully selected and well-trai ned himself. But it’s not really enough. The trainee needs to do the job with the experienced employee on hand for guidance and feedback. This gets trainees much better skills than any packaged courses.F: And has your study helped you plan new courses for small businesses?M: Definitely. I now understand what they want and how they want it delivered. I now know that small firms were only investing in training if it immediately helped their enterprise. But most formal training focuses on long-term business needs. Most small businesses can’t plan far ahead. They want direct results from training in skills they need now. New technologies and IT skills are identified as a priority by all the firms I surveyed.F: What is the first course the university offer small businesses?M: Up till now most of short courses for companies in general have dealt with helping businesses grow. These aren’t really appropriate for small companies as growth can be very risky for them. They obviously need to grow but they’re afraid of fast growth. I’m going to start with courses on IT and software the small companies are likely to require because of the business growth to come later. And they’ll need to be changed to make them more relevant to small businesses.F: Well, I wish you every success with the course.。
BEC二级模拟考试题推荐
ＢＥＣ二级模拟考试题推荐PART ONEQuestions 1-7. Read these sentences and the following new reports.. Which country does each sentence describe?. For each sentence mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.Example:The head of state went to China to treat his disease.Answer: B1. The government didn t want to cancel a meeting in its capital.2. This country did something that went against the international agreements.3. The king declared that he was unable to stop the civil war.4. A fierce quarrel broke out between this country and its neighbour.5. A national budget is going to be approved by the parliament some time in July.6. An opposition .party plans to turn down its enemy who now controlls the government.7. A nuclear reactor aroused the suspicion of the United Nations which sent inspectors there to investigate.A . North Korea announced that it had begun to change the fuel at a nuclear reactor at Youngbyon without the presence of international inspectors, a move that is contrary to international agreements.B. The Khmers Rouges claimed to have captured the town of Mongkol Borei, in north-western Cambodia. As King Sihanouk prepared to leave for China to resume cancer treatment ,he said he had lost hope of resolving the Cambodian conflict.C. Japan s main opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, said it would try to bring down the minority government of Tsutiomu Hata once the budget is passed by parliament in mid-July.D. The Philippines refused a demand by Indonesia to ban a conference in Manila on East Timor, provoking the worst dispute between the countries for several years.PART TWOQuestions 8-12. Read this memorandum.. Choose the lest sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.. For each blank (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.. De not mark any letter twice.. One answer has teen given as an example.MEMORANDUMTo: Filma Williams ,school of ArchitectureFrom : Ram S. Johnson ,Physical Plant OperationsSubject : Air-conditioning Installation Costs for East Hall.Date : 4.4.94As you requested in your memo of March 15, we have studied the costs of installing air conditioning for the seven offices and two studio classrooms in Eest Hall ... ...example....`. .Office and Classroom installationEstimates were obtained from three contractors on the costs of covering the offices and classrooms ... ... 8... ... The work would take about three weeks.Because the central unit would be installed on the roof, some noise problems might occur during a four-or five-day period......9...... Sheet metal work to build out lest in the classes could be done on weekends , and the overtime labour costs of about $1,500 have been included in the estimates.Arrangements were not made to do the office space installation on weekends `.. ... 10... ..Additional InstallationBecause a larger installation, including a more powerful central unit, would be necessary to handle the halls and stairways ,an additional $6 , 000 would be required for the equipment. .....11 ...... If this additional work were delayed until a later time, a new central unit would be required along with changes in the pipe way ......12......SummaryThe total job for the building would be about $ 35, 000 if done at one time. A two-stage installation would cost about $55 ,000. I can get official bids at your request.Example: AA As you suggested, we also sought information on the additional cost of airconditioning in the entrance halls and stairways.B All these three were in the $ 20,000 to $25,000 range.C This later installation would cost about $20,000.D However, class interruption should be minimal.E In the same way, each of these three would take at least one month.F Therefore ,the total cost was this $6 ,000 plus another $5,000.G Labour costs would be an additional S 5 ,000,bringing the total cost of the addition to $11 ,000.H Each faculty member could expect to have workers in the office for about one day.I So faculty members can continue their office work as usual.PART THREEQuestions 13-20.. Read this letter alert explanation of business problems , and answer the questions that follow.Williams and Co.54 Jermyn StreetLondon SW 1Y 6LXJuly, 1993Manager of Export SalesHilton Motorcycles Ltd.Fenley WorksDear Sir or Madam :We received your letter dated 2nd July, expressing your dissatisfaction with the present level of your sales in Nigeria.We shall try to explain as briefly as possible how it is that your competitors are doing so well so that you may see why it is that we are not. We shall also suggest ways of improving the present situation. Our difficulties may be summarized as follows :1. Your competitors pay forextensive advertising in newspapers and magazines that reach every corner of Nigeria. We receive no financial help for advertising and do not receive sufficient commission to pay for it ourselves.2. The company referred to in your letter sent a two-man team on a tour of six provinces in a specially equipped lorry containing the models they wished to publicize. Their agent had arranged displays in the towns they were due to visit and had announced them in the local press. With such backing from the manufacturer ,high sales are inevitable !3. What sells well in Europe does not necessarily sell well elsewhere. Your competitors know this and plan accordingly. They give maximum publicity to three or four models that are sure to sell well here. We would suggest that you do the same and concentrate on the 98cc Speedy, the 250cc Hunter and the 350cc Hawk.4. In spite of the excellent containership service between England and West Africa we are still having to wait for too long for orders to be shipped. Once they have placed an order, customers are impatient to receive it. Our present commission of 10/00 does not allow us to undertake sales tours in other regions. Nigeria covers an area of over 350 , 000 square miles and our present commission will not stand the expense of such trips.If you are prepared to increase our commissions ,contribute to our travel expenses on the longer journeys and back us with advertising. We are convinced that we can do as well as your competitors. We look forward to your comments.Yours faithfully ,Williams and Co.Questions 13-16. For questions 13 -16 ,choose the correct title for each paragraph from the box below.. For each paragraph (1-4) mark one letter (AG) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mark any letter twice.13. Paragraph 1..........14. Paragraph 2..........15. Paragraph 3..........16. Paragraph 4..........A Deliveries and commissionB A two-man teamC Proper models.D More advertisementsE Your competitorssuccessful methodsF Expenses for tripsG Sales promotionsQuestions 17-2017. We are going to give a briefexplanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18. Your competitorsadvertisements often appear in popular publications19. Hear is our suggestion that you follow their example and. . . . . . . . .20. If you give us more financial assistance ,we believe., - . . . . . . . . -A. Why your competitors are doing better than us.B. that they wished to publicize.C. that we can catch up with your competitors.D. that you concentrate on three models.E. that are sure to sell well.F. which they would certainly visit.G. that reach every corner of Nigeria.PART FOURQuestions 21-35. Read this text about a British business.. Choose the best word to fill each gap.. For each question (21-35) mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.. One answer has been given as an example.Jack Cohen and his wife Tessa began their small grocery business on London s High Street in the early 1950s. Since that. . . . . . example. . . . . . . the company , TESCO , has grown to become .the UK s leading food retailer with annual sales of 6.4pounds billion and has . . . . . . 21. . . . . .a new reputation for quality and service. Its 384 stores in England, Scotland and Wales . . . . . .22. . `.` . . more than nine million customers per week.In the 34 year old Colin Smith we can see TESCO s . . . . . .23. . . . . . on value plus quality and service. Upon. . . . . .24. . . . . . TESCO s management team in 1987 as trading director for fresh meats ,he immediately focused . . . . . . 25. . . . . .improving supply and distribution systems. He set up a supplier certification program with strict specifications for processing facilities and livestock quality, plus . . . .. .26. . . . . . quality checks at each TESCO distribution center and store.One of Smith s priorities has been an. . . . . . 27. . . . . . lamb program. TESCO could not obtain enough fresh lamb to .. . . .28. . . , . . deman4 and was . . . . . . 29. . . . . . to fill in with frozen product. Smith turned to Cryovac specialists who . . . . . .30. . . . . . with TESCO and its meat suppliers to . . . . . . 31. . . . . . the Problem.The . . . . . . 32. . . . . . was a new packaging system from Cryovac featuring a harder Cryovac Barrier Bag which dramatically. . . . . . 33. . . . . . package damages. Vacuum packaged fresh lamb now arrives at TESCO stores in the best condition year-round and sales have. . . . . . 34. . . . . . to more than than 60 million pounds . . . . . . 35. . . . . .Example:A. periodB. timeC. year .D. dayAnswer: B21. A. had B. done C. made D. established22. A. sell B. serve C. meet D. hold23. A. emphasis B. idea C. name D. import3nce24. A. becoming B. being C. entering D. joining25. A. on B. in C. at D. with26. A. nearby B. far C. further D. farther27. A. old B. improved C. impossible D able28. A. ask B. answer C. satisfy D. question29. A. tried B. forced C. led D. set30. A. cooperate B. link C. study D. sit31. A. attack B. answer C. ask D. demand32. A. next B. first C. result D. beginning33. A. prevented B. stopped C. reduced D. increased34. A. enriched B. reached C. arrived D. grown35. A. daily B. annually C. usually D. particularlyPART FIVESection AQuestions 36-40. Read this letter to the editor of a magazine.. In most of the lines (36-40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two lines, however, are correct.. If the line is correct ,put a tick (√) in the space on your .4nswer Sheet.. If there is an extra word in the line ,write that wordin the space on your Answer Sheet.Example :New Mexico s mineral industries make up for about one third of. . . forthe state s 1.9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991. . . √ . .LETTER TO THE EDITORSir-you say that New Mexico has "few natural resources".36. However ,the mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the37. state s most strongest economic forces. In 1991 New Mexico38. ranked fourth one in the United States in production of natural gas.39. Ten combined value of those oil and gas production was S 2. 8 billion dollars.40. New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most otherstates.PART FIVESection BQuestions 41 45. The following is an English translation of the description of a Japanese product.. In each line there is one wrong word.. For each numbered line (41-45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet.Example :In despite of the price we ll import thisproduct. . . . . .spite. . . . . .The Sharp FO-9000 works in three steps. First ,you tell the machine41. the size of the photo to be sent out ,and the FO-9000 scans it onto their42. hard disk. Then, the fax sends the data though the phone lines43. to the fax in other office, Finally ,the second fax recreates the image.44. The machine measures 16 inches height by 18 wide by 17 deep45. and weights88 pounds. The price is high: $ 63,990 a pair,since what use is only one?二. WRITINGPART ONEQuestion 46The staff in your office decided to spend holidays together this year. While reading the new you are attracted by the advertisement of the Grand Palazzo Hotel in Italy. No one in your office has ever been to Italy. So you want your secratary to contact the hotel through telephone.. Write a short message to Ms. Emily Malan ,your secretary.. Suggest the Visit to Italy.. Give the hotel telephone number to her.. Ask her to contact with that hotel.. write 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet.PART TWOQuestion 47You work for Global institute inc. , which produces softwares. You are responsible for Quality Management System.Study the following graph which shows the effort taken by your company and IBI Inc , your main competitor. In the graph ,the Quality Management is divided into five parts.. Use the information in the graph to write a short report (about 100 120 wards) suggesting ways of improving the quality management of your company.. Write on your Answer Sheet.三.LISTENINGPART ONEQuestions 1-12. You will hear three face to face conversations.. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.Message One. Questions 1-4Ordering ListTable No : 3Name of Customer : Mr.Dishes : Drink 2 bottles of beer.Main Dishes : Chicken with red (3 ). . . . . .(4 ) . . . beef. . .stewardess No. 10 Service Time : 6 : 30pmMessage Two. Questions 5-8NEW ACCOUNT REGISTRATIONName : Lilian . (5). . . Open Date : 3rd ,Feb.. Account Type : (6). . . accountDeposit Amount : (7) . . . . . .Message Three. Questions 9- 1 2Immigration RegistrationFlight No : JH21 2Arrival Time : 11:40Name : Helen RobbinsonPassport No : 72931831Purpose of Visit : (9) . . . . . .Temporary Staying Place : mainly with (10) . . . . . . Staying Period : about (11) . . . monthsLeaving Date : 15th ,(1 2 ) . . . . . .PART TWOQuestions 13-22Section OneQuestions 13-17. You will hear five short pieces.. For each piece decide what the speaker is talking about. . Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice.1 3. . . . . . .1 4. . . . . . .1 5. . . . . . .1 6. . . . . . .l 7. . . . . . .objectsA cataloguesB boxesC booksD greeting cardsE radio programmesF weatherG TV programmesH carsSection TwoQuestions 18-22. You will hear another five short pieces.. For each piece decide who is talking.. Write one letter (AH) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice.18. . . . . . . . .19. . . . . . . . .20. . . . . . . . .21. . . . . . . . .22 . . . . . . . . .speakersA a librarianB a stewardessC a taxi-driverD a waitressE an investment counselorF a news broadcasterG an electricianH a pilotPART THREE .Questions 23-30. You will hear a talk given by a senior economist of Germany. He talks about the German economicpolicy-M3 and its real effect on German economy.. You have to complete the sentences (23-30) by choosing the correct ending.. Mark one letter (A ,B or C).23. M3 meansA limiting money supply.B Wide-ranged money supply.C exporting government bonds.24. The Bundesbank is going toA increase the money supply.B abandon the strong money supply.C raise the interest rates.25. Kiel institute of World Economics has found the evidence forA short-term fluctuation of demand for money following German unification.B long-run relationship between money supply growth and inflation.C stable long-run demand for money.26. Money supply growth will .A help increasing the government bonds.B increase the public debt.C help financing of government debt.27. Explanation of excessive money supply from the Bundesbank representatives is based onA the fact that monetary capital grew at a lower rate.B the shifts between money and money capital. .C the expansion of credit which has been driving money supply growth.28. The speaker worries about the money supply becauseA it is used in productive capacity.B it is used mainly in machinery and equipment.C it is used in bousing constriction and consumption.29. Bank credit rising is mainly caused byA money supply.B public debt.C German domestic savers.30. Internal liabilities are increased in mainly byA big investment.B office consumption.C finance transfers to East Germany.。
BEC二级模拟试题5(附参考答案)
BEC二级模拟试题5(附参考答案)一. READINGPART ONEQuestions 1-7. Read these sentences and the following new reports.. Which country does each sentence describe?. For each sentence mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.Example:The head of state went to China to treat his disease.Answer: B1. The government didn't want to cancel a meeting in its capital.2. This country did something that went against the international agreements.3. The king declared that he was unable to stop the civil war.4. A fierce quarrel broke out between this country and its neighbour.5. A national budget is going to be approved by the parliament some time in July.6. An opposition .party plans to turn down its enemy who now controlls the government.7. A nuclear reactor aroused the suspicion of the United Nations which sent inspectors there to investigate.A . North Korea announced that it had begun to change the fuel at a nuclear reactor at Youngbyon without the presence of international inspectors, a move that is contrary to international agreements.B. The Khmers Rouges claimed to have captured the town of Mongkol Borei, in north-western Cambodia. As King Sihanouk prepared to leave for China to resume cancer treatment ,he said he had lost hope of resolving the Cambodian conflict.C. Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, said it would try to bring down the minority government of Tsutiomu Hata once the budget is passed by parliament in mid-July.D. The Philippines refused a demand by Indonesia to ban a conference in Manila on East Timor, provoking the worst dispute between the countries for several years.PART TWOQuestions 8-12. Read this memorandum.. Choose the lest sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.. For each blank (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.. De not mark any letter twice.. One answer has teen given as an example.MEMORANDUMTo: Filma Williams ,school of ArchitectureFrom : Ram S. Johnson ,Physical Plant OperationsSubject : Air-conditioning Installation Costs for East Hall.Date : 4.4.94As you requested in your memo of March 15, we have studied the costs of installing air conditioning for the seven offices and two studio classrooms in Eest Hall ...example...Office and Classroom installationEstimates were obtained from three contractors on the costs of covering the offices and classrooms ...8...The work would take about three weeks.Because the central unit would be installed on the roof, some noise problems might occur during a four-or five-day period...9... Sheet metal work to build out lest in the classes could be done on weekends , and the overtime labour costs of about $1,500 have been included in the estimates. Arrangements were not made to do the office space installation on weekends `.. ... 10... .. Additional InstallationBecause a larger installation, including a more powerful central unit, would be necessary to handle the halls and stairways ,an additional $6 , 000 would be required for the equipment. .....11 ... If this additional work were delayed until a later time, a new central unit would be required along with changes in the pipe way ...12...SummaryThe total job for the building would be about $ 35, 000 if done at one time. A two-stage installation would cost about $55 ,000. I can get official bids at your request.Example: AA As you suggested, we also sought information on the additional cost of airconditioning in the entrance halls and stairways.B All these three were in the $ 20,000 to $25,000 range.C This later installation would cost about $20,000.D However, class interruption should be minimal.E In the same way, each of these three would take at least one month.F Therefore ,the total cost was this $6 ,000 plus another $5,000.G Labour costs would be an additional S 5 ,000,bringing the total cost of the addition to $11 ,000.H Each faculty member could expect to have workers in the office for about one day.I So faculty members can continue their office work as usual.PART THREEQuestions 13-20.. Read this letter alert explanation of business problems , and answer the questions that follow. Williams and Co.54 Jermyn StreetLondon SW 1Y 6LXJuly, 1993Manager of Export SalesHilton Motorcycles Ltd.Fenley WorksDear Sir or Madam :We received your letter dated 2nd July, expressing your dissatisfaction with the present level ofyour sales in Nigeria. We shall try to explain as briefly as possible how it is that your competitors are doing so well so that you may see why it is that we are not. We shall also suggest ways of improving the present situation. Our difficulties may be summarized as follows :1. Your competitors pay for extensive advertising in newspapers and magazines that reach every corner of Nigeria. We receive no financial help for advertising and do not receive sufficient commission to pay for it ourselves.2. The company referred to in your letter sent a two-man team on a tour of six provinces in a specially equipped lorry containing the models they wished to publicize. Their agent had arranged displays in the towns they were due to visit and had announced them in the local press. With such backing from the manufacturer ,high sales are inevitable !3. What sells well in Europe does not necessarily sell well elsewhere. Your competitors know this and plan accordingly. They give maximum publicity to three or four models that are sure to sell well here. We would suggest that you do the same and concentrate on the 98cc Speedy, the 250cc Hunter and the 350cc Hawk.4. In spite of the excellent containership service between England and West Africa we are still having to wait for too long for orders to be shipped. Once they have placed an order, customers are impatient to receive it. Our present commission of 10/00 does not allow us to undertake sales tours in other regions. Nigeria covers an area of over 350 , 000 square miles and our present commission will not stand the expense of such trips.If you are prepared to increase our commissions ,contribute to our travel expenses on the longer journeys and back us with advertising. We are convinced that we can do as well as your competitors. We look forward to your comments.Yours faithfully ,Williams and Co.Questions 13-16. For questions 13 -16 ,choose the correct title for each paragraph from the box below.. For each paragraph (1-4) mark one letter (AG) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mark any letter twice.13. Paragraph 1...14. Paragraph 2...15. Paragraph 3...16. Paragraph 4...A Deliveries and commissionB A two-man teamC Proper models.D More advertisementsE Your competitors' successful methodsF Expenses for tripsG Sales promotionsQuestions 17-2017. We are going to give a brief explanation...18. Your competitors' advertisements often appear in popular publications19. Hear is our suggestion that you follow their example and...20. If you give us more financial assistance, we believe...A. Why your competitors are doing better than us.B. that they wished to publicize.C. that we can catch up with your competitors.D. that you concentrate on three models.E. that are sure to sell well.F. which they would certainly visit.G. that reach every corner of Nigeria.PART FOURQuestions 21-35. Read this text about a British business.. Choose the best word to fill each gap.. For each question (21-35) mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.. One answer has been given as an example.Jack Cohen and his wife Tessa began their small grocery business on London's High Street in the early 1950s. Since that...example...the company , TESCO , has grown to become .the UK's leading food retailer with annual sales of 6.4pounds billion and has ...21...a new reputation for quality and service. Its 384 stores in England, Scotland and Wales...22...more than nine million customers per week.In the 34 year old Colin Smith we can see TESCO's ...23...on value plus quality and service. Upon...24...TESCO's management team in 1987 as trading director for fresh meats ,he immediately focused ...25...improving supply and distribution systems. He set up a supplier certification program with strict specifications for processing facilities and livestock quality, plus...26...quality checks at each TESCO distribution center and store.One of Smith's priorities has been mb program. TESCO could not obtain enough fresh lamb to...28...deman4 and was ...29...to fill in with frozen product. Smith turned to Cryovac specialists who...30...with TESCO and its meat suppliers to ...31...the Problem.The ...32...was a new packaging system from Cryovac featuring a harder Cryovac Barrier Bag which dramatically...33...package damages. Vacuum packaged fresh lamb now arrives at TESCO stores in the best condition year-round and sales have...34...to more than than 60 million pounds ...35...Example:A. periodB. timeC. year .D. dayAnswer: B21. A. had B. done C. made D. established22. A. sell B. serve C. meet D. hold23. A. emphasis B. idea C. name D. import3nce24. A. becoming B. being C. entering D. joining25. A. on B. in C. at D. with26. A. nearby B. far C. further D. farther27. A. old B. improved C. impossible D able28. A. ask B. answer C. satisfy D. question29. A. tried B. forced C. led D. set30. A. cooperate B. link C. study D. sit31. A. attack B. answer C. ask D. demand32. A. next B. first C. result D. beginning33. A. prevented B. stopped C. reduced D. increased34. A. enriched B. reached C. arrived D. grown35. A. daily B. annually C. usually D. particularlyPART FIVESection AQuestions 36-40. Read this letter to the editor of a magazine.. In most of the lines (36-40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two lines, however, are correct.. If the line is correct ,put a tick (√) in the space on your .4nswer Sheet.. If there is an extra word in the line ,write that word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example :New Mexico's mineral industries make up for about one third of...forthe state's 1.9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991...√. .LETTER TO THE EDITORSir-you say that New Mexico has "few natural resources".36. However ,the mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the37. state's most strongest economic forces. In 1991 New Mexico38. ranked fourth one in the United States in production of natural gas.39. Ten combined value of those oil and gas production was S 2. 8 billion dollars.40. New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states.PART FIVESection BQuestions 41 45. The following is an English translation of the description of a Japanese product.. In each line there is one wrong word.. For each numbered line (41-45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example :In despite of the price we'll import this product.... . .spite...The Sharp FO-9000 works in three steps. First ,you tell the machine41. the size of the photo to be sent out ,and the FO-9000 scans it onto their42. hard disk. Then, the fax sends the data though the phone lines43. to the fax in other office, Finally ,the second fax recreates the image.44. The machine measures 16 inches height by 18 wide by 17 deep45. and weights88 pounds. The price is high: $ 63,990 a pair,since what use is only one?二. WRITINGPART ONEQuestion 46The staff in your office decided to spend holidays together this year. While reading the new you are attracted by the advertisement of the Grand Palazzo Hotel in Italy. No one in your office has ever been to Italy. So you want your secratary to contact the hotel through telephone.. Write a short message to Ms. Emily Malan ,your secretary.. Suggest the Visit to Italy.. Give the hotel telephone number to her.. Ask her to contact with that hotel.. write 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet.PART TWOQuestion 47You work for Global institute inc. , which produces softwares. You are responsible for Quality Management System.Study the following graph which shows the effort taken by your company and IBI Inc , your main competitor. In the graph ,the Quality Management is divided into five parts.. Use the information in the graph to write a short report (about 100 120 wards) suggesting ways of improving the quality management of your company.. Write on your Answer Sheet.附图三.LISTENINGPART ONEQuestions 1-12. You will hear three face to face conversations.. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.Message One. Questions 1-4Ordering ListTable No : 3Name of Customer : Mr.Dishes : Drink 2 bottles of beer.Main Dishes : Chicken with red (3 )...(4 ) ...beef...stewardess No. 10 Service Time : 6 : 30pmMessage Two. Questions 5-8NEW ACCOUNT REGISTRATIONName : Lilian . (5)...Open Date : 3rd ,Feb.. Account Type : (6)...accountDeposit Amount : (7) ...Message Three. Questions 9- 1 2Immigration RegistrationFlight No : JH21 2Arrival Time : 11:40Name : Helen RobbinsonPassport No : 72931831Purpose of Visit : (9) ...Temporary Staying Place : mainly with (10) ...Staying Period : about (11) ...monthsLeaving Date : 15th ,(1 2 ) ...PART TWOQuestions 13-22Section OneQuestions 13-17. You will hear five short pieces.. For each piece decide what the speaker is talking about. . Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice.1 3...1 4...1 5...1 6...l 7...objectsA cataloguesB boxesC booksD greeting cardsE radio programmesF weatherG TV programmesH carsSection TwoQuestions 18-22. You will hear another five short pieces.. For each piece decide who is talking.. Write one letter (AH) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice.18...19...20...21...22...speakersA a librarianB a stewardessC a taxi-driverD a waitressE an investment counselorF a news broadcasterG an electricianH a pilotPART THREE .Questions 23-30. You will hear a talk given by a senior economist of Germany. He talks about the German economicpolicy-M3 and its real effect on German economy.. You have to complete the sentences (23-30) by choosing the correct ending.. Mark one letter (A ,B or C).23. M3 meansA limiting money supply.B Wide-ranged money supply.C exporting government bonds.24. The Bundesbank is going toA increase the money supply.B abandon the strong money supply.C raise the interest rates.25. Kiel institute of World Economics has found the evidence forA short-term fluctuation of demand for money following German unification.B long-run relationship between money supply growth and inflation.C stable long-run demand for money.26. Money supply growth will .A help increasing the government bonds.B increase the public debt.C help financing of government debt.27. Explanation of excessive money supply from the Bundesbank representatives is based onA the fact that monetary capital grew at a lower rate.B the shifts between money and money capital. .C the expansion of credit which has been driving money supply growth.28. The speaker worries about the money supply becauseA it is used in productive capacity.B it is used mainly in machinery and equipment.C it is used in bousing constriction and consumption.29. Bank credit rising is mainly caused byA money supply.B public debt.C German domestic savers.30. Internal liabilities are increased in mainly byA big investment.B office consumption.C finance transfers to East Germany.BEC二级模拟试题5 参考答案BEC二级模拟试题5参考答案试题一. 阅读部分PART ONE1. D2. A3. B4. D5. C6. C7. APART TWO8. B 9. D 10. H 11. G 12. CPART THREE13. D 14. G 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. G 19. D 20. CPART FOUR21. D 22. B 23.A 24. D 25. A 26.C 27.B 28. C 29.B30. A 31. A 32.C 33. C 34. D 35.BPART FIVESection A36. most是多余,应删掉.37. one是多余,应删掉.38. those是多余,应删掉.39. dollars 是多余,应删掉.40. 没有多余的词.Section B41. their应改为its42. though应改为through43. other应改为another44. height应改为high45. weights 应改为weighs二.写作部分PART ONEQuestion 46(Sample for reference)To : EmilyAs on one in the office has been to Italy, it will be a good idea to visit it. We may stay in the Grand Palazzo Hotel and the telephone is 809. 775. 3333. Please contact them to get further information. PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference)How to improve Quality Management System with limited capitals? That is the key to success. After careful study of IBI Inc 'our main competitor ,we find that they spend some money in Customer Service and Vender inspections which are vital to Quality Management. As we know,softwares are developed quickly. Customers and venders know clearly what they need. Therefore, we should develop programmes based on information through Customer Service and Vender inspections. Another fact with our attention is that although IBI Inc.'s Plant productivity is not high, they can sell out their new, high-quality softwares quickly as they have a very good Quality Control System. Therefore, we should adjust the capitals.三.听力部分1. white2. 23. wine4. well-cooked5. Kobak6. checking7. 1,000pounds 8. 69 9. on holiday10. friends 11. three 12. March13. F 14. H 15. D16. G 17. A 18. C19. A 20. E 21. B22. F 23. B 24. A25. A 26. C 27. B28. C 29. B 30. CTape scriptPart One. Questions 1-12Message One. Questions 14.F1 : Hello ! Welcome to our restaurant.M1 : Hello ! I have booked a table for 2 people.F1 : Are you Mr. White?M1 : Yes ,I am.F1 : Then , come this way , please !M1 : Thank you. Could you show us the menu?F1 : Here you are ,Sir.M1 : Well ,well ,there are so many beautiful names ,but I have no idea what they really are. Can you recommend something for us?F1 : I suggest you should have today's special.M1 : And what's that?F1 : It's chicken with red wine ,mushroom ,onion and garlic.M1 : it sounds delicious. Well ,we don't like onion and garlic. Do you have beef?F1 : Yes ,sir. How do you like it?M1 : Well-cooked.F1 : Yes ,sir. Would you like something to drink?M1 : Just two bottles of beer.F1 : Anything else?M1 : No , thank you.Message Two. Questions 5-8.M1 : Good morning. May I help you?F1 : Yes. I have just moved here from Liverpool. As you seem to be the closest bank I'd like to open an account here.M1 : Welcome to account services in our bank. What type of account would you like to open ?F1 : Of course ,a check account. Do you have a check account policy? Is there a minimum balance required?M1 : Yes ,you have to open your account with five hundred pounds or more ; otherwise , we'll charge a monthly service fee of five pounds. Also , we pay interest on your check account .F1 : How much interest do you pay?M1 : Right now, it's six percent. And we use the average daily balance to calculate the interest you've earned and credit it automatically to your account.F1 : Then I'd like to open this account with a deposit of one thousand pounds. My name is Lilian Kobak.M1 : Could you spell it?F1 : L-I-L-I-A-N , K-O-B-A-K.M1 : Ok , Ms. Kobak, you'll receive the printed checks in ten days. First , you have to fill out these forms.Message Three. Questions 9-12.M1 : Welcome to Paris. May I see your passport?...Oh I see you've never been here before.F1 : No ,this is the first time I have been to Paris.M1 : Er ,what's the purpose of your visit?F1 : I'm on holiday.M1 : Where are you going?F1 : I'm going from here to London ,then to Edinburgh and then back to Paris.M1 : Where are you going to stay?F1 : Well ,mainly with my friends.M1 : And how long are you going to be here?F1 : Well ,about three months.M1 : Er ,what's the date of your return?F1 : Could you make it the 15th of March?M1 : Ok !F1 : Thanks a lot.Part Two. Questions 13-22.Section One. Questions 13-17.Question ThirteenIt is said in the newspaper that the temperature will be in the mid-eighties Fahrenheit in the east today. No rain is expected ,and the forecast says the temperature won't go below seventy-five for the next week or so.Question FourteenIt uses lighter material in the body and frame. It adopts a new kind of carburetor which cuts down on petrol consumption. That will save your money. The steering and brakes are powerful. You can take a test drive and see how it runs.Question FifteenThis looks funny, but I don't know if it has the same sense of humour as me. Thissecond one is pretty ,but it doesn't have any of my personality or taste in it. Oh ,I like this one. The design is attractive and the message is warm and friendly.Question SixteenI started with some game shows this morning. I answered almost all the questionscorrectly. At 11 : 30 1 switched to the cable channel and the film was so boring that I changed to Channel 5. That's Animal World. But I was so tired that I fell asleep.Question SeventeenThere was a big box like piece of furniture with lots of long drawers that had cards inside. Each card represents a different book. These cards are all arranged in alphabetical order. If you know the name of the book, the name of the author, or the subject ,you'll be able to find the book you need.Section Two. Questions 18-22.Question EighteenI've been driving for about six years now. It's a good job. I meet different, interesting people. Most months the business is good. My office is the wheels instead of in high buildings. I like my job very much.Question NineteenHave you any identification which shows your address. I need to see something that verifies that you are a resident of our country. And please fill out this card. In a week, you'll receive a new library card.Question TwentyIf you put your money in long-term bonds or securities ,you know what the interest is going to be. It's usually a safe way to invest. If you invest in the stock market ,you may make a big profit when the price goes up. But none of us really knows what's going to. happen in the market.Question Twenty-oneWelcome to Flight 721. We'll depart for Paris and will arrive at 2:32 pm. local time. We'll be flying at an altitude of thirty-five thousand feet, so please fasten your seat belts. Our stewardesses will come around to help you.Question Twenty-twoAfter four days of talks in Tokyo ,American and Japanese negotiators have agreed on a proposal for balanced trade in modern technology products. Only after the approvals of the Japanese and American governments will the proposal take effect.Part Three. Questions 23-30.As German broad money supply(M3)now seems set to exceed its target for the third year in a row, pressure on the Bundesbank is growing to ignore what Bundesbank president, Mr.Hans Tieteyer, calls an "important intermediate indicator". The Bundesbank itself has been strengthening the hand of critics of monetary targeting by lowering interest rates sharply despite very strong money supply growth in the past six months.Abandoning M3 now as a signpost for monetary policy would be a grave mistake for at least two reasons. First, there is on convincing evidence so far that the long-run relationship between money supply growth and inflation has ceased to exist. Publicly available independent studies , such as those from the Kiel institute of World Economics , have found some evidence for a short-termdisturbance in the demand for money in the wake of German unification. But they have failed to reject the hypothesis that the long-run demand for money has remained stable.Second, excessive money supply growth has reflected the partial monetary financing of government debt ,which ,if continued ,could threaten the purchasing power of the D-Mark.In recent months Bundesbank representatives and other observers have attempted to explain the rampant growth of money supply on the basis of portfolio shifts between money and "monetary capital" which means the longer-term liabilities of the credit institutions. It is excluded from M3. In reality, however, expansion of credit has been driving money supply growth. At the end of 1993, total bank credit amounted to about DM3, 800bn, M3 money to DMI , 900bn, and monetary capital to roughly DMZ , 100bn. With bank credit rising at an annual rate of 10. 3 per cent between the end of 1991 and the end of 1993 ,monetary capital would have to grow substantially above this rate to neutralize the effects of credit growth on M3.In fact, monetary capital grew at an annual average rate of only 7. 7 pre cent ,so the annual rise of M3 during this period was 8. 7 per cent.If the expansion of bank lending had been used to finance investment in future productive capacity ,there would have been little reason to worry.However, between the second half of 1990 and the second half of 1993, real investment in machinery and equipment in united Germany declined by about 4 per cent. This suggests that most of the credit was used for housing construction and consumption.An important source of the demand for bank credit was the public sector. Between the end of 1989 and mid-1993 ,public debt rose by 52 per cent. By-the end of 1994 ,the rise will be more than 115 percent. The lion's share of this increase was incurred to finance transfers to east Germany. Since the appetite of German domestic savers for government bonds was not sufficient to absorb the `new debt, the government exported part of it by selling bonds abroad ,and allowed the monetization of another part.“成千上万人疯狂下载。
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BEC二级模拟试题6(附参考答案)—.READINGPART ONEQuestions 1-7.Read these sentences and the share prices below..Which stock market does each sentence( 1 -7) describe?・For each sentence mark one letter (A、B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.Example:The index went up more than one thousand・Answer: A1.The share prices were influenced by the improvement of the two countries1relations.2.Over the week turnover rose by T$ 5・ 83bn.3.Many people went to buy capitalization stocks.4.In the beginning many foreign shareholders buy bl ue chips at high prices•5.Price was lower after shareholders sold stocks in industrials to make profit.6.On Thursday price dropped and then rose again・7.The falling of composite index rose by 1.3 per cent on the week・A.Bangkok rose 2 per cent on the day and 3.4 per cent over the week as buyers moved in to large market capitalization stocks・ The SET index rose 27.55 to 1,383.57 in turnover of Bt 8.5 bn, down from Thursday's Bt lObn.B.Taipei was pulled lower by late profit-taking in industrials after Thursda/s rebound .and the weighted index fell 45.59 to 5,806.77, or 1.7 per cent, over the week・ Tumover rose to T $41.51 bn from T $ 35. 78bn.C.Manila opened strongly on foreign buying of blue chips but dipped at the close as profits were taken ・ The composite index fell 10.07 to 2 ,907. 00 , 1.3 per cent higher on the weekD.Hong Kong finished a mixed day slightly lower ,sapped by profit-taking on confirmation of US renewal of China's MFN trade status and concerns over the lower domestic property market. The Hang Seng index fell 11.58 to close at 9,470.13, 1.7 per cent lower on the week.PART TWOQuestions 8-12•Read this letter to the editor of The Economist.•Choose the best sentence from the list A・I to fill each of the blanks.・For each blank (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet..Do not mar4 any letter twice・.One answer has been given as an example・Sir-You state on February 13th that New Mexico has "few natural resources 蔦example…In 1991 New Mexico ranked fourth in the United States in production of natural gas , seventh in oil andtenth in non-fuel minerals ・..8...Non-fuel minerals contributed about $ 1 billion and coal $ 509 millio n. Taxes from production of fuels and minerals, and lease payments on state lands have been set aside by legislative acts to endow two permanent funds worth about $ 5. 65 billion,… 9 …In addition, during fiscal year 1991 , payments to New Mexico from taxes on federal lands were S 108 million .all earmarked for public education.…10 …About $566 million came from taxes and permanent-fund earnings attributable to oil and gas production. • .J 1 ・•• Tourism is an important industry in New Mexico, yet its economic impact on the public sector is dwarfed by that of mineral production.New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states. It does not have a deficit・・..12...States that rely primarily on a sales tax or on an income tax have big problems during economic downturns・ Income growth per head in New Mexico averaged 6. 1/00 in the year to October 1992-one of the fastest growth rates in the United States.Charles ChapinExample :CA. 1( has a broadly based tax structure an important point.B・ In 1992 it produced more oil than Colorado and Kansas combined・C・ However, the extractive mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the state's strongest economic forces・D. During fiscal year 1992 New Mexico raised permanent funds worth about $6.1 billion.E・ The combined value of oil and gas production was $ 2. 8 billion.E Some 16, 000 employees work in the extractive industries and their wages are among the highest of any major industry.G The $39 million earned by these funds in 1991 was used to finance education and other public services ・H.Only S 25 million came from agricultural taxes・I.New Mexico's extractive mineral industries contribute about a third of the state's $1.9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991.PARTTHREEQuestions 13-20• Read this letter about Compensation Trade ,and answer the following questions・Ministry of Foreign Trade 19th Januai y , 1 993Xi Changan StreetBeijing, ChinaDear Sirs,This letter is in regard to the window glass business between our firm and the China National Light industrial Products Import & Export Corporation, Daren Bninch and the Daren Window Glass Factory.1.O UT two sides sincerely worked in the past and the window glass business has already been done successfully. However, the quantity of products doesn't meet our requirements. This company wants to develop the trade and business further in this line・ We now expect to begin working with all the other branches and window glass factories on the same basis ,i・ e. compensation trade・2.For the U. S・ A. market, we require very large quantities of small cut sizes. Therefore, we are asking your prompt assistance to help us out in expanding glass-cutting business・ We would highly appreciate it if you take this matter into consideration. We are certain that ,with your promptcooperation, our purchases of Chinese window glass for sale in the U・ S. A. market will very quickly increase to a large and substantial volume・ With the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries ,the time is now right for a very quick and large increase in trade between us.3・ For your information, we are doing everything possible to cooperate in achieving our mutual goal of making the window glass business a very large one・We have offered to purchase various equipment for your Dairen factory which will increase its products, improve quality and raise its efficiency・ We have offered to accept payment for this machinery in the form of buy-back of glass. We have also cooperated with the factory in making suggestions for better efficient packing and containerization. The factory has been very cooperative and receptive to our ideas・As we want to begin our business with the other branches too ,we plan to offer the same suggestions and proposals to purchase machinery for them・4. From this letter, you can see that we are very sincere in our desire for a long-term relationship between our two countries and our firm and the various branches of the China National Light industrial Products Import and Export Corporation, Window Glass Departments .During our next visit to China, we will discuss the appointment of our firm as the exclusive agent for Chinese Window Glass in the U・S. A・market. Since we have discussed this question in the pastexpect that the official appointment of our firm as the exclusive agent will be made during our next trip.Thank you for your prompt attention to the above・ Best regards.Sincerely yours ,Norman GoldsteinAssociates, INCQuestions 13-16•For questions 13-16 ,choose the correct title for each paragraph from the box below.•For each pai'agraph( 1 -4) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet.•Do not mark any letter twice・13.Paragraph 1 …14.Paragraph 2…15.Paragraph 3…16.Paragraph 4・・・A Our hope for a long-term relationshipB Our successful cooperation in the pastC The diplomatic relations between our two countriesD Our wish to increase the quantity of productsE Our need of help in glass-cuttingF Our goal to make the window glass business largeG Improvement of equipment in Chinese factoriesQuestions 17-20•Using the information in the test ,complete each sentence 17-20 ,with a phrase from the list below (A-G).•For each sentence( 17-20) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet.•Do not mark any letter twice.17.When we visit your country again next time ,we hope yoifl 1..・18.On the basis of compensation trade ,we are going to...19.In order to enlarge our window glass business, were doing our best to...20.To other branches that have business with us, well…A take this problem into consideration・B develop and expand the trade and business furthe匚C make our company the sole agent in China.D offer to buy equipment for them.E accept payment for this equipment.F start cooperation with other branches and factories・G cooperate with you and realize our common dream.PARTFOURQuestions 21-35•Read this advertisement a hat Fidelily Emerging Markets・•Choose the best word to fill each gap・•For each question (21 -35) mark one letter (A ,B,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.•One answer has been given as an example・The dynamic developing economies of the world are ripe with potential. Not only have they ...example...extraordinary levels of ・..21 …,but we believe this looks set continue，backed by …22 ...inflows of foreign investment. Fidelity Emerging Mark, Fund is ...23...to help you capitalize on this promising outlook.The ...24...to real success in Emerging Markets is research and resources, of Fidelity's foremost (25)・・・ As the worlds largest ・・・ 26 ・・.investment management organization , we can draw upon a (n)・..27..・network of offices covering developing economies across Asia ,Latin America and Europe ・This local presence means we can ・・・28…a hands-on approach .searching out a capitalizing on investment...29-..as soon as they come to light. As a result, Fidelity I become one of the world's ... 30…names in emerging stockmarkets : where we ...31... manage 5pounds billion ?So act now to ・・・32..・ out more about the Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund —and get the potential of these dynamic markets teamed with the strength of the Fidelity organization. For more ・..33 ・・・, call us , free of ・..34 from any of the countries below. If you..・ 35..・ elsewhere ,please use the UK number or post or fax the coupon.Example:A. denied B・ climbed C・ dem on strated D・ mentionedAnswer: C21.A. growth B. decrease C. height D. diminish22.A. slow B. increasing C. reducing D・ fast23.A. thought B. designed C・ considered D. supposed24.A. road B. method C・ reason D. key25.A・ words B・ slogans C・ ways D・ strengths26.A. independent B. wealthy C・ prosperous D. national27.A. intensive B. thick C. narrow D. extensive28・ A. move B・ apply C. reply D. demand29. A・ situations B. disadvantages C. opportunities D. conditions3(). A. few B. many C・ honourable D. leading31.A. currently B. formerly C. recently D. likely32.A. look B. discover C. find D. learn33.A. news B. data C・ infoimation D・ knowledge34.A. money B. pay C・ fee D. charge35.A. live B. wait C. talk D. sleepPART FIVESection AQuestions 36-40•Read this text about car sales in the world.•In most of the lines (36 -40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two lines, however, are Correct.•If the Line is correct, put a tick ( V ) in the space on your Answer Sheet..If there is an extra word in the line, write that word in the space on your Answer Sheet.Example :While new car sales in Japan are predicted to rise up by...up...5 per cent next year, 1990's record of 5.1 million wont be exceeded..・ V ・.・WORLD NEW CAR SALES36.New car sales fell down last year to a six-year low, but demand37.is forecast to begin a sustained period of growth in 1994 and38・ rose to record levels through out the second half years of the 1990s39.The short-term recovery is being driven chiefly by a strong rise in the demand40.in North America ,where new car sales are forecast to increaseby 11 percent to 10. 46 million this year ,as well by the continuing expansion of demand in the Asia-Pacific region.PART FIVESection BQuestions 41-45.•The following is a business contract..In each line there is one wrong word・•For each numbered line (41 - 45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example : We have to hold you responsibility for the loss we've been made to sustain...responsible...This serves to authorize the Chairman of the F. T. Arbitration Commission to41.appoint an arbitrator on behave of this corporation to settle the dispute42.existed between the plaintiff and the defendant,concerning the defendants・43.failure to meet their oblige under contracts concluded for the supply of44.8,000 metric tons of Aluminium ingots・ Should the defendant failing to45.appoint an arbitrator with in the time specific by the F. T. Arbitration ・Commission ,this coiporation would have an arbitrator appointed forthe defendant.二WRITINGPART ONEQuestion 46You work for a company which is going to buy a set of equipment from China・You are asked to translate a lot of specifications and instructions within four months, which is impossible. Therefor you decide to advertise for two experienced translators as soon as possible・•Write a short note to Mr. Max Remington ,the Public Relation's manager. Ask for an advertisement for two translators・•Explain the reason.•Mention your urgency.•Write 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet.PART TWOQuestion 47You work in the Market Survey institute. After careful research ,you receive four charts.Read the following charts which show , the trend of consumer confidence, real hourly wages, employment and credit development. The years are given ,while the other numbers are not presented・But the lines in the charts clearly show , the directions of development.•Use the information in the charts to write a report (about 100- 120 words) analyzing the reason why the consumer confidence increases・•Write on your Answer Sheet.附图见bec2-6图三.LISTENINGPART ONEQuestions 1-12•You will hear three telephone conversations.•Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below・Message One・ Questions 1-4MESSAGEVisiting City: BaicelonaMain Features:1.The Old City: old buildings2.(1)・.・ beautiful, magnificent3.several (2)…restaurants food is cheap(3)…4.Staying Hotel (4)...Message Two QuestionsHiring RegistrationDate : 5th Jan. Time : 10:30Name of the customer : Kate (5)…Contact No : (6)…Service Details :1.An appartment near (7)...street .with air-conditioner and heating system ・2.Rent :on more than (8)...a month including water and gas3.Renting Period: about 1.5 years from February Message Three. Questions 9- 12Telephone MessageDate : 1 st April Time : 9:45Item : buying (9)…Purpose : 10 for meeting room, (10)・..for the officeTotal money: (11)…Deadline for purchasing : before ( 12)…,AprilPART TWOQuestions 13-22Section OneQuestions 13-17•You will hear five short pieces・•For each piece decide where the speaker is.•Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece・•You will hear the five pieces twice・13…14...15...16...17...placesAon the planeB at the bankC at the aiiportD at the officeE at the theatreF at the hotelG at the customsH on the busSection TwoQuestions 18- 22•You wt71 hear another five short pieces.•For each piece decide what the speaker is going to do next. •Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece・•You will hear the five pieces twice・18...19...20…21...22...Next actionsA to stop smokingB to fall into sleepC to leave a companyD to mail a parcelE to go shoppingF to go to the beachG to resign from the officeH to fi nd a motelPARTTHREEQuestions 23-30・you will hear a report presented by a journalist from Tokyo. He talks about the difficult situations met by Japanese chemical groups. He gives some important figures of four biggest chemical groups in Japan.・you have to complete the sentences (23-30) by choosing the correct answe匚・Mark one letter (A，B or C).23.The crisis met by Japanese chemical groups is caused by, one of the reasons・A over capacityB high pricesC high cost24.The productions manufactured by Asahi Chemical, Japan's largest poly tyrene manufacturer take up of the market.A 12%B25%C26.625._______ is Japan's biggest plastics group.A Mitsubishi KaseiB Mitsubishi petrochemicalC Mitsui Petroche mi Cid industries26.On OcL 1st, Mitsubishi Petrochemical is going to merge with.A Kawasaki plantB Mitsui petrochemicalC Mitsubishi Kasei27.The dividend of remains the saine as in last yea匚A Mitsubishi PetrochemicalB Mitsui petrochemical industries and Shin-EtsuC Sumitomo Chemical28.chemical group is not explained in detail in this report.A Shin-EtsuB Mitsubishi KaseiC Mitsui petrochemical29.chemical group has the highest per share according to the report・A Mitsubishi PetrochemicalB Shin-EtsuC Mitsui Petrochemical Industries3(). is going to open a new plant.A Shin-EtsuB Mitsui PetrochemicalC Mitsubishi PetrochemicalBEC二级模拟试题6参考答案BEC二级模拟试题6参考答案试题一.阅读部分PART ONE1.D2. B3. A4.C5. B6. B7. CPART TWO& E9. G 10. I 11. F 12. APARTTHREE13. D 14. E 15. G 16. A 17. C 1 & F 19. G 20. DPART FOUR21.A 22. B 23.D 24. D 25. D 26.A27.D 28. B 29.C30.D 31. A 32.C 33. C 34. D 35.APART FIVESection A36.down是多余，应删掉.37.没有多余的词38.years是多余，应删掉.39.the是多余，应删掉.40.没有多余的词.Section B41.be halve 应改为behalf42.exist 应改为existing43.oblige 应改为obligations44.failing 应改为fail45.specific 应改为specified二•写作部分PART ONE.Question 46(Sample for reference)Dear Mr. Max Remington ,As our company is purchasing a set of equipment ,a lot of materials -have to be translated, which is impossible to do within four months. Could you advertise for two experienced translators in the newspapers? It is urgent.PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference)Near the end of 1994, people suddenly become "rich", buying a lot of things. We have received the report that the real hourly wages of workers become even less ,so they do not have enough money to buy so many things. Although the employment is rising towards the end of 1994 ,the growth is very slow. Therefore ,not many people find jobs to earn enough money to buy goods. Then where does the big consumer confidence come from? We have discovered that people overspend with various creditcards ,buying goods. And they are not worried about returning the borrowed money. This it is our turn to be concerned about this kind of consumer confidence.三」斤力部分1. Cathedral2. museums3. special4.Baicelona5. Murphy6. 553227887. Sunny 8. 120pounds 9. coffee sets10.2 II. 96pounds 12. 10th13. F 14. H 15. B16. E 17. C l&F19. A20. E21.Hh22.D 23. A 24. B25. B 26. C 27. BPart One. Questions 1 (ol2.Message One. Questions 1 to 4.Fl : Good morning ,Garble Travel Agency・ Can I help you?Ml : Yes , please. Fd like to have some information about the city of Barcelona. I have 5 days holiday ・Fl : Well, there are lots of places to visit in Barcelona. You could go to the Old City, which is the real Barcelona of many centuries ago. I think you'd enjoy it.Ml : So there are many old buildings in the Old City?Fl : Yes ,and these old buildings are quite w611-preserved. And there's a cathedral near the OldCity. It*s very magniFlcent.Ml : Fve heard about it. Any place else?Fl : Well ^thereYe also several very interesting museums and a lot of good restaurantsMl : If I go to Biircelona,where could I stay? Have you any suggestion?Fl : Well ,you'd better stay at the Barcelona Hotel ,which is near the Old City. The food there is cheap and special as well.Message Two. Questions 5-8.Ml : Good morning・ Can I help you?Fl : Oh, yes・ I want to rent an apartment. My name is Kate Murphy・Ml :1s it K-A-T-E,M-U-R-P-H-Y.Fl : Yes , that's right.Ml : Then what kind of apartment do you prefer?Fl : Well ,1 want to live near Sunny Street.Ml : Sunny Street,right. Anything else?Fl : The rent should not be more than 120pounds a month .including water and gas. Td like an air conditioner and heating system・Ml : How long are you going to rent it?Fl : About a year and a half, from Febniary.Ml : Do you have the contact number?Fl :Ifs55322788Ml : OK! As soon as I find an apartment I will call you.Fl : Thank you. Fm looking forward to your answe匚Message Three・ Questions 9 to 12.Fl : Yes ,Mr. Wilson. Chris speaking.Ml : Hello ,Chris. Could you buy some china for our meeting room?Fl : How much money do you want to spend?Ml : Er, f80 'for 10 coffee sets. What do you think.Fl: fll manage. I suggest we buy two more sets for our office・Ml : Let's see・・.OK ! I agree.12 coffee sets with 96pounds.Fl : When do you want them?Ml : Before the 10th of April. By the way J want to look at the sample beforehand・Fl : OK! I will select some samples for you.Ml : Thank you. Bye.Fl : Bye-bye , Mr. Wilson.Part Two. Questions 13-22.Section One・ Questions 13・17.Question ThirteenA couple called today and they said they couldn't arrive tonight・Yoifre lucky to find this vacancy. This is a busy time of the year. Please fill out this registration card and be sure to list your cars license number.Question FourteenThere r s no charger for transfers if you have paid your fares already. Would somebodygive this young boy a hand? He's handicapped. I think yoifll have to move over and let the young boy take this seat・ Squeeze through!Question FifteenPlease sign your name on the check and don't forget the date・ Then give me the checkand your drivers license. Fll give it to you in fifties. If you want to transfer your money from your savings account to the check account ,you have to fill out these slips as well.Question SixteenMy name is Dan Sloan. I paid for two tickets by credit card by telephone about two weeks ago on June 2nd J remember. I hope theyYe good seats. They're about halfway up the first balcong・ Question SeventeenIt's too bad that our flight is delayed for an hour. Our plane is supposed to leave at 9:10,but now it's already 10: 00. Let's go to Gate 2 and wait for the check-in. Fm a little nervous・ I am flying for the first time.Section Two.Questions 18-22...Question EighteenI vote against visiting the mountains and riding horses・ I was thrown from a horse last yea匚I vote that we go to the seashore・ We could go swimming in the sea or take long walks along the beach and collect seashells・Question NineteenCigarettes will do no good to your health・ And it's medically proven that they can cause lung Ccineerand a lot of other diseases・ If you feel run-down without them Jll give you a prescription which will help you sleep.Question TwentyThe Gamble Department Store has just opened a new shop near St. Maria Street. In the advertisement ,they're going to have a big celebration for the grand opening and the first one thousand customers can get free T-shirts. I want to get one.Question Twenty-oneEleven hours on the road is long enough for anyone, especially in this hot weathe匚Tm anxious to get back to the family house・But I don f t think we should overdo it. Let's rest for a while .shall we? Question Twenty-twoIn the package ,there's a beautiful glass necklace・It's a birthday gift for my husband's sister who's living in Lincolnshire・ I packed it very carefully, so Fm sure it won't break on the way. But still I want to insure it for f25 just in case・Part Three. Questions 23 30.By Paul Abrahams in TokyoResults from Japan's largest petrochemicals companies for the year to March 31st reflect the crisis facing a sector plagued by sluggish domestic demand ,over capacity ,plunging prices and the appreciation of the yen.News of the sector's ci re trading position follow this week's decision by Showa Denko to sell its polystyrene business・The company, a marginal manufacturer, sold its 30, 000 tonnes a year Kawasaki plant to Asahi Chemical, Japan's largest polystyrene manufacturer with capacity of about 333, 000 tonnes a year, equivalent to about 25 per cent of the market. The move was the latest in a series of alliances and mergers as the troubled industry restructures.Mitsubishi Petrochemical , the country's biggest plastics group , reported a loss of Y&39bn ($ 80m) compared with pre-tax profits last year of Y8.25bn. The group made an operating loss of Y13.8bfirst since 1982・ The poor result came despits cost-cutting measures, lower raw material prices ,and Y4bn worth of profits from equity sales.Turnover fell 12.2 per cent from Y372bn to Y326bn, as prices and volumes declined. Earnings per share, which reached Y52. 5 in 1991 , fell to a loss per share of Y9.44. The group, which is scheduled to merge with Mitsubishi Kasei on October 1st ,cut its dividend from Y8 per share to Y4.Mitsubishi Kasei*s pre-tax profits fell 76. 8 per cent from Y9.3bn last year to Y2.2bn. The group reported its first operating loss in 40 years at Y467m, and only managed to post positive pre-tax results by selling Y15・ 7bn worth of equities. Turnover fell 1.8 per cent .the fourth yearly decline 5to Y696bn. The dividend was halved to Y3 per share・Mr. Morihisa Takano ,managing director, said the newly merged group would generate pre-tax profits of YlObn on sales of Y855 bn during the year to March 1995.He predicted petrochemicals prices would bottom out during the summer. No decision had been made about the dividend ,but the new company could pass it during the current year, he Pre-tax profits at Mitsui Petrochemical industries, Japan's biggest polyethylene maker, plunged 75 per cent from Y9bn to Y2. 26bn on sales down 9. 3 per cent at Y272bn. The company blamed poor demand for the slump which offset the benefits of cost-cutting measures. The dividend is unchanged at Y6 per share・ Thegroup forecast pre-tax profits for the current year marginally up at Y3bn on turnover of Y276bn.Shin-Etsu, one of Japan's biggest makers of polyvinyl chloride 、 reported profits down 26.1 per cent from Y17. 6bn to Y13bn. Sales increased 0. 2 per cent from Y275bn to Y276bn. Net profits fell 26. 6 per cent to Y7.08bn, or Y21.85 per share・The group maintained the final dividend at Y3.75, making the full-year pay out Y7.5 per share•Shin-Etsu forecast pre-tax profits for the current year of Y15.5bn on sales of Y277bn.The outlook for the petrochemicals industry remains blsak・ The imbalance between supply and demand for ethylene, the basic building block of petrochemicals Js about 2.8m tonnes of ethylene and is set to deteriorate further this year.A massive 700,000-tonne-a-year ethylene complex owned by Maruzen ,Mitsui Petrochemical and Sumitomo Chemical comes on stream later this year and Mitsubishi Petrochemical is also commissioning a new 300,000-tonne-a -year plant this year.更多价值连城的绝密英语学习资料,“成千上万人疯狂洛基内部秘密英语，技巧，策略请在网上申请报名”。
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剑桥商务英语BEC模拟测试题（附答案）一.READINGPART ONEQuestions 1-7. Read these sentences and the following business index.. Which advisor each sentense (1-7) describe?. For each sentence mark one letter (A , B ,C ,D or E) on your Answer Sheet.ExampleThe company invests a large sum of money in high technology.Answer: E1. It is engaged in the expansion of a telecommunications line.2. No other steel industries have such a high rating. .3. The company is the chief holder of a British company's shares.4. As much as forty million U. S. dollars are invested in Taiwan.5. It has business transactions with an American company.6. The company gets a very high interest rate from its stocks.7. Agreements were signed between two companies about technological cooperation.A. Telecom Asia Corporation Limited (Thailand )-It serves as international advisor in connection with the debt and equity financing for a US $3 billion telephone line expansion project in Bangkok. (Current)B. Singapore Telecom international Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)- It acquires its 50/00 interest in Cambridge Holding Ltd. ,the controlling shareholder of Cambridge Cable Ltd. of the U. K. (6/1992)C. Pohang Iron 6 Steel Co. ,Ltd. (Korea) .In connection with its ratings with Standard & Poor's and Moody's investor Services. The company obtained the highest rating of any steei company in the world. (II/1991)D. Goldstar Co. ,Ltd. (Korea)In its investiment in ,and technology agreements with ,Zenith Electronics of the U. S. -the first transaction of this type in Korea. (2/1991 )E. Concord Venture Capital Co. , Ltd.(Taiwan) '-Structured ,marketed to investors and made a principal investment in the Fund with total equity of NT $ 940 million(US $ 40 million) to invest in Taiwanese high-technology venture capital opportunities. (I/1991)PART TWOQuestions 8-1 2. Read this advertisement of a Canadian computer incorporation.. Choose the best sentence from the list A-I on page 5 to fill each of the blanks.. For each blank (8-12)mark one letter(A -I) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mark any letter twice.. One answer has been given as an example.AST'S BRAVO FAMILYOur new and improved Bravo series of personal computers is designed to do calculations in a new way. . .. . ..example . . . . . .For example , the new Bravo MT has the same features of Intel's very fast Pentium 60MHz microprocessor. It's all the power you need to run an entire workgroup or the latest graphics-intensive programs, and processes even the most complicated mathematical calculations five times faster than the DX2/66. ...... . . 8...... . . It's perfect for the power user who demands high performance at an attractive price point.Also new from AST is our latest generation of Bravo LC desktops, a value line of energy efficient 486 personal computers. Our entire Bravo LC family ,while still affordable, has new muscle--Intel 486 microprocessors up to 100 MHz and a VESA Local Bus slot. Today, it's fast, tomorrow it could be even faster, if you choose to raise it to Intel's Pentium Over Drive processor. How about more performance in less space? The Bravo LP is a low profile 486 , loaded with award-winning engineering. ... ... 9 ... ... And the graphics RAM can be enlarged to ZMB for 64-bit processing. Our new Bravo NB notebook computers, recently named the number one of the 20 world's topnotebook computers ,are some of our best examples of the Bravo family. ... ...10 ... ... It is particularly ideal for small businesses ,home offices ,and mobile users.With Bravo , there's something for everyone. Including high value , performance , and the most responsive around the-clock phone support anywhere. ... ... 11 ... ...By the way ,our 486 Bravos are all approved by the Environmental Protection Agency.... ...12... ...For an AST reseller near you ,please call 800 876- 4 AST.Example: CA. Would you expect anything from the world's fifth largest (and growing )personal computer company?B. In addition ,you'll find .yourself in the enjoyment of free maintenance andtransportation.C. If you want speed, power, expandability, and dazzling graphics performance at a very affordable price, you'll find it in our Bravo personal computers.D. The MT also comes with two AL-slots for graphic upgrades and installed windows-based software solutions.E. So , you'll save energy , money ,and perhaps a few trees.F. For instance, innovative security features help you keep your most confidential work to yourself.G. As a result, you need a certificate issued by the Environment Protection Agency if you buy a personal computer.H. The Bravo NB4/33 is even thinner, lighter ,faster , and more affordable- using very little power with a longer battery life.I. Finally, the DX2/66 is inferior to our Bravo MT in speed, function andgraphics performance.PART THREEQuestions 13-20. Read this brochure about the Canadian city, Saint John, and answer questions 13 to 20 that follow.Canada's Most Cost-Effective CityIn today's business climate, every corporate decision is measured by one standard-how it influences bottom line. So for businesses in Saint John, New Brunswick , important decisions usually comes easier. The reason? Saint John is the country's most cost-effective city.Many Companies ,including major telemarketing operations ,are moving in to take advantage of substantially more competitive operating costs for human resources , workers' compensation, telecommunications and business convenience.1. In Saint John, city center rents run approximately one-third less than the national average. Downtown Class A office space ranges in price from the low to mid teens. Class B rents for much lower fees. Salaries cost an average of 23 percent less when compared to other major centers. These reduced costs and lower household expenses make for a winning combination where employers and employees both benefit. .2. From superhighways to future highways ,Saint John has it all. Leading-edge technology supplied by companies like NBTel will link your firm to the world. Combine this technology with low-cost telecommunications rates and round-the-clock service ,and you have three good reasons why national firms like Northern Telecom ,Canada Trust and Meditrust now call Saint John home.3. NBTel's Competitive telecommunications rates can help an employer realize annual savings of 25 percent and more. Lower property and commercial taxes ,Canada's second lowest electric power rates, and no business of salary taxes make. Saint John an ideal cost-saving location. In recent comparative studies to detemine the least expensive city center, Saint John ranked number one compared to 27 U. S. cities.4. Saint John means profitability and good business sense. To help companies considering business expansion or relocation ,the newly created Greater Saint John Economic Development Commission is ready to take an active role in your evaluation process. General manager Steve Carson says the Commission's role is simple :We'rehere to make it easier to set up or expand a business in Saint John.Questions 13-16. For questions 13-1 6,choose the correct title for each paragraph from the box below.. For each paragraph (1-4)mark one letter (AG) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mark any letter twice.13. Paragraph 1 ...... . ...... .14. Paragraph 2 ...... . ...... .15. Paragraph 3 ...... . ...... .16. Paragraph 4 ...... . ...... .A. Low living costB. Good traffic and telecommunication servicesO. Sanit John's cheap rentsD. Two classes of rentsE. The number one expensive city centerF. Encouragement for new business activitiesG. Good business senseQuestions 17-20. Using the information in the text , complete each sentence 17-20 ,with a phrase from the list below (A -G) .. For each sentence (17 20) mark one letter (AG) on your Answer Sheet.. De not mark any letter twice.17. The task of Greater Saint John Economic Development Commission is to. . . . . .18. In Saint John, employees'wages. . . . . .19. There are a few reasons why national companies. . . . . .20. In Saint John ,New Brunswick it is easier than elsewhere for companies to. . . . .A. cost twenty-three percent less than other major centersB. make important decisionsC. take advantage of human resourcesD. link your business to others all over the worldE. determine the cheapest city centerF. consider Saint John to be their homeG. help set up or expand a business in this cityPART FOURQuestions 21 -35. Read this advertisement.. Choose the best word to fill each gap.. For each question (21 35) mark one letter (A , B ,C ,D)on your Answer Sheet.. One answer has been given as an example.Too much to read! It's impossible to find time to read today's top business books-and thousands are published each year. Yet not keeping up with those books could be a serious-and expensive mistake. Often the ideas and insights they . . . . . . example. . . . . are available nowhere else. But how can you even. . . . . .21. . . . . . which titles are worthwhile-let alone find time to read them? Fortunately, there's a . . . .. .22. .. . . . : Soundview Executive Book Summaries. It really. . . . . .23.. . . . . In fact, it's . . . . . . 24. . . . . . to work. It is ingenious and essential. Every month, you . . . . . . 25. . . . . two or three quick reading, time saving . . . . . .26. . . .. . of the best new business books. Each contains all the key points in the . . . . . . 27. . . . . . book. The big difference ,instead of 200 to 500 pages ,the summary is only & pages. Instead of . . . . . . 28. . . . . . five ,ten or more hours to read ,it takes just 15 minutes.Of the thousands of business books . . . . . . 29. . . . . .annually, only a . . . . . . 30. . . . . .are really worth reading. To save your time, our Editorial Board goes over them all . . . . . . 31. . . . . .90%. Our standards are . . . . . . 32. . . . . .,and the criteria rigorous.When a book meets all our tests, we prepare a Summary, instead of a review or a digest. You get a skillful distillation that preserves the content ad spirit of the . . . . . . 33. . . . . .books. The titles cover every. . . . . . 34. . . . . .of concern to business people today. There's . . . . . . 35. . . . . .else like Soundview Executive Book Summaries.Example:A. expressB. understandC. containD. findAnswer: C21 . A. see B. know C. ask D. answer22. A. answer B. solution C. question D. problem23. A. works B. costs C. sells D. buys24. A. guarded B. granted C. guided D. guaranteed25. A. pay B. send C. receive D. buy26. A. titles B. summaries C. names D. prices27. A. original B. first C. same D. another28. A. spending B. costing C. taking D. sitting29. A. publicized B. polished C. published D. popularized30. A. dozen B. little C. handful D. couple31. A. choosing B. eliminating C. writing D. publishing32. A. high B. low C. expensive D. cheap33. A. entire B. tired C. entering D. old34. A. word B. subject C. sentence D. idea35. A. something B. anything C. all D. nothingPART FIVESection AQuestions 36-40. Read this text about a Japanese company.. In most of the lines (36-40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two line, however , are correct.. If the line is correct ,put a tick (√)in the space on your Answer Sheet.. If there is an extra word in the line, write that word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example :For short distance, it uses its own' self airplanes. For international ...self...flights it calls on leading airlines including the Japanese Airlines. ... .. √.. . ..LUFTHANSE , WELCOME ON ABOARDIt's only normal that a service-oriented company should look to other36. service companies as partners. The reputation for excellence of every each37. of DHL's partners strongly motivated its choice. To make that sure that38. everyone made the right choice ,they agreed to give their final answer39. after a two-year old trial period. Faster service ,better airport40. facilities; the benefits to the customers are clear. They will also grow upin the near future ,allowing customers to choose from so many services.PART FIVEsection BQuestions 41-45. A student has translated a piece of news in a Chinese newspaper back into English and asked you to check it.. In each line there is one wrong word.. For each numbered line (41-45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example:They have selled their products in 20 countries. ... ...sold ... ..British farmers are troubled by straw. They produce more than41. ten millions tons every year as a byproduct of farming and42. their animals need only four million tons for bedding and fooding.43. Since European air-pollution laws forbid people to burnt straw,44. the extra straw is plowed under or leave to rot. Scientists have45. now found a way to put the straw to good using by changing aneat-loving bacterium in the straw.二.WRITINGPART ONEQuestion 46You are going to spend holidays in Hawaii in June. Suddenly you received a letter from an important customer ,Mr. Elton Deland ,who will arrive on 25th June and discuss the claim. You have to delay the trip till July.Write a short message to Ms. Anne Folster, your secretary.. Explain Why you postpone your trip.. Mention the date when Mr Elton Deland will arrive.. Ask her to arrange your meeting.. Write 30-40words on your Answer Sheet.PART TWOQuestion 47You work for General ,a company which produces cars. You` are in charge of Product Development. Reed the following chart which shows the results of a survey between your company and Quaker, your main competitor. The chart does not tell the exact numbers but the exact ratings. A refers to Gener41 company ,while B refers to Quaker company.. Use the information in the chart to write a short report (about 100- 120 words) analyzing the reason why Quaker over benefits recently to increase your company's competitiveness.. Write on your Answer Sheet.A : General companyB :Quaker company附图见bec2-3图三.LISTENINGPART ONEQuestions 1-12.. You will hear three telephone conversations.. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.Message One. Questions 1-4Telephone MessageTo : Mr(1) . . . . From: MaryDate : 21st May Time: 10 : 001. Mr. Martin will arrive in Tokyo around2:30 Tokyo time on .(2). . . . . . afternoonby Flight Pan-Am (3). . . . . .2. Mr. Martin , has moustache , tall ,dark , ( 4 ) . . . . . . hair , wears glasses, sweaters.Message Two. Questions 5- 8Message.To: Henry Stewart. . . . . From: CathyDate : 23rd March Time : 10 : 201. When you were out of town Bruce (5). . . . . called.He was from Quick (6). . . . . . Supply Company.2. He wanted to place (7). . . . . . orders with us.You can ring him on (8). . . . . . except Wednesday morning.Message Three. Question 9- 12Dinner BookingWednesdayDate : 29th Oct. Time : 11:20Name of the Customer: John Lee from National (9). . . . . . Import 6 Export Corporation .No. of the Customers : (10) . . . . . .Time for Dinner : around (11). . . . . . tomorrow evening .Miscellanea : Like to eat at an (12). . . . . . roomPART TWOQuestions 13-22Section OneQuestions 13-17. You will hear five short pieces.. For each piece decide what the speaker is going to do next.. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece. You will hear the five pieces twice.13. . . . . . . . . .14. . . . . . . . . .l5. . . . . . . . . .16. . . . . . . . . .17. . . . . . . . . .Next ActionsA to send a telexB to check a carC to run a storeD to scan the adsE to drive a carF to read a magazineG to take a vocationH to buy clothesSection TwoQuestions 18-22. You wi71 hear another five short pieces.. For each piece decide what the speaker is talking about. . Write one letter (AH) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice.18. . . . . . . . .19. . . . . . . . .20. . . . . . . . .21 .. . . . . . . .22. . . . . . . . .ObjectsA clothB vitaminsC medicineD pictureE dressF medicineG silkH voicePART THREEQuestions 23-30 ..You will hear a talk presented by a reporter. This talk is about various kinds of problems occurring during the east-west cooperation upon vehicles and machinery on the third market.. You have to complete the sentences (23- 30) by choosing the correct answer.. Mark one letter (A ,B or C).23. ECE refers toA European Committee of Economics.B European Commity of Economics.C Economic Committee of Europe.24. If you want to open the car market in different third-market areas ,you will meetA very different problems.B almost the same problems.C the similar problems.25. If a new machine is going to be delivered on the third-market ,modifications have to be madeA in packaging features.B to minor extent.C to great extent.26. Can meet the changed specifications in time. -A Quick ordering .B Effective managementC Long lead-time27. If you want to compete with other rivals on the third-market, you mustA have close relations with the suppliers.B have close contact with the market.C keep close attention to your products.28. The chemical products under east-west cooperation mustA adjust themselves quickly to the market.B be invented quickly to the manufacturers.C keep steady amount to the clients.29. In the turnkey plant area, has little experience.A eastern enterpriseB western enterpriseC local supplier30. has to be assessed in the third market place.A Package certificateB Package priceC Package colourBEC二级模拟试题3参考答案一. 阅读部分PART ONE1. A2. C3. B4. E5. D6. B7. DPART TWO8. D 9. F 10. H 11. A 12. EPART THREE13. C 14. B 15. A 16. F 17. G 18. A 19. F 20. BPART FOUR21. B 22. B 23.A 24. D 25. C 26.B 27.A 28. C 29.C30. C 31. B 32.A 33. A 34. B 35.DPART FIVESection A36. every是多余,应删掉.37. that是多余,应删掉.38. 没有多余的词.39. 没有多余的词.40. up是多余,应删掉.Section B41. millions应改为million42. fooding应改为food43. burnt应改为burn44. leaving应改为left45. using 应改为use二.写作部分PART ONEQuestion 46(Sample for reference)To : Ms. Anne Folster, I have to delay my trip to Hawaii till July ,as Mr. Flton Deland will arrive in London on 25th June and discuss the claim face to face. Please arrange our meeting on 26th June.PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference )After careful survey, we can see clearly from the chart that our cars have more models and colours than those of Quaker Company, our main competitor with higher quality. However, Quaker Company's income increases more quickly. What is the reason? First , Quaker Company spends much more money in advertising. I suggest we advertise on BTV, the most popular broadcasting station nowadays. Secondly , we should enlarge the scope of our after-sales service. We can open more service stations in many medium-sized cities. Thirdly ,if we have more money, We can hire more salesmen to sell cars directly to the customes, especially, more salesmen in medium-sized cities.三. 听力部分1. Davis2. Monday3. HI 834. curly5. Hanover6. Office7. more 8. 081487001 9. Textiles10. 4 11. 6:30 12. isolated13. D 14. H 15. A16. E 17. B 18. G19. C 20. E 21. C22. F 23. C 24. A25. C 26. B 27. B28. A 29. B 30. CTape scriptPart One. Questions 1 to 12.Message One. Questions 1 to 4.F1 : Hello. Could I speak to Mr. Davis's secretary please?F2 : Yes ,it's Mr Davis's secretary speaking. What can I do for youo.F1 : Oh hello , I'm Lucy, Mr. Martin's secretary. I want to check that you know Mr.Martin changed the flight and will arrive in Tokyo around 2 i 30 Tokyo time on Monday afternoon.F2 : I already know about it. Is it Pan-Am H1837F1 : Yes.F2 : Mr. Davis himself is going to meet Mr. Martin at the Airport himself. Could you tell me what he looks like?F1 : Well ,Mr. Martin has a moustache with dark ,curly hair.F2 : Does he wear glasses?F1 : Oh ,yes ,he does. And Mr. Martin is also tall. I remember he wears sweaters when he was aboard.F2: Thank you for your help.F1 : You 're welcome.Message Two. Questions 5 to 8.F1 : Hello. Mount Wood Company.M1 : May I speak to Mr. Harry Stewart, please?F1 : I'm sorry ,but Mr. Stewart is out of town until next Monday. De you want to leave a message? M1 : Oh, yes. I'm Bruce Hanover. I represent the Quick Office Supply Company.F1 : Is it B-R-U-C-E ,H-A-N-O-V-E-R?M1 : That's right. Last week your company purchased feeder paper for your word processors from us. Mr. Stewart seemed very satisfied. So I would like to see Mr.Stewart and try to convince him to place more orders with us. As we sell all kinds of stationary supplies at low prices and with prompt delivery.F1 : OK. I'll let Mr. Stewart know your calling when he come back.M1 : Thank you. And my contact number is 081487001. So Mr. Stewart may call me if he finds it convenient.F1 : 081487001M1 : That's right. By the way, I will not be in on Wednesday morning.F1 : I'll tell Mr. Stewart. Bye-bye.M1 : Thank you very much.Message Three. Questions 9 to 12.F1 : Hello, Edmund Hotel.M1 : Hello ,1'm John Lee of National Textiles Import and Export Corporation.F1 : What can I do for you?M1 : Well ,l would like to invite a customer of mine to a banquet tomorrow evening.F1 : How many people will there be?M1 : Four, two from our corporation and two Europeans.F1 : When do you want to start your banquet?M1 : Around 6:30.F1 : Do you have any special requirments?M1 : Yes, we do not want to be disturbed during dinner.F1 : OK. I'll arrange a quiet room for you.M1 : Thank you very much.F1 : You're welcome.Section Two. Questions 13 to 22.Section Two. Questions 13 to 17.Question ThirteenYou see, we have to buy the food anyway, so why not find a more economical way to do it? I will read the newspaper to see if anything is on sale that we need. Since we have a fridge, we can buy some items and freeze them for later use.Question FourteenI'm going to stay in New York for next week. During my stay, I'll be attending a few parties and social gatherings. Of course, I can't wear the same thing all the time. I need two new suits and garments for the evening.Question FifteenI have made a reservation for a flight to New York for next week. And I have to pass on the details of this flight to my American friend so that he can book a room for me during my business visit. So could you tell me what time it is in New York?Question SixteenLook at the rear-view mirror and the side-view mirror to make sure that no one is coming. You may turn your head to look back, too. Now the gauge on the dashboard says the engine is war, so you can put it into drive.Question SeventeenWinter will be here in no time, so we have to know that your radiator fluid can withstand freezing point. This gauge will tell us how low the temperature can go before your car's radiator fluid freezes.Section Two. Questions 18 to 22.Question EighteenIt's amazing to think that the thin thread from cocoons can be woven into such beautiful cloth.This kind of cloth is light and comfortable to wear. So it's often used to make pajamas, shirts, etc. We call it "the Cloth of Kings."Question NineteenI think I can pick up some of these items on this Prescription List without your help. Let me see ,two bottles of aspirin ,a roll of adhesive tape ,and a box of Contac.Question TwentyBlack might look too serious for young people of your age. Why don't you try this violet colour in large. You can use the dressing room over there to try it on, if you like. This style suits you. Question Twenty-one .Vitamin C is certainly one of the most important substances our bodies need. But it's not the only one we need. If you really need to supplement your regular diet ,I suggest you try one of these multivitamins.Question Twenty-twoOnly man has the power of speech, and all men have it. The power of speech is one of the most important possessions of the human race. It makes possible the exchange of ideas between men possible as well as the transmission of ideas from father to son.Part Three. Questions 23 to 30.Interviews conducted by members of the ECE, (Economic Committee of Europe) with enterprises engaged in third-market cooperation have identified several areas in which problems occurred. Many of these problems are characteristic of the particular industrial sector in which the cooperation takes place and cannot be generalized to supply to other sectors.When vehicles and machinery made under cooperation arrangements are launched on new markets, substantial modifications may have to be made in basic features. Such changesmay be dictated by a lack of servicing facilities for the prescribed frequency of service for the standard model and an operating environment that is different form that prevailing in either of the partner's home markets. Since acceptance of the product in question by the client depends upon the manufacturer successfully satisfying his specifications, the partners must closely coordinatetheir ordering procedures in such a way that these changed specifications are communicated in time to the manufacturing plants. If the producing enterprise has a long lead time as a result of internal planning procedures, it may find it difficult to make the necessary changes in the standard model during the time available, to the detriment of its relations with clients in the third market. Clearly, this is an area in which effective managerial techniques can prevent such problems from arising.Rapid fluctuations in demand are characteristic of the market for many of the chemical products manufactured under east-west cooperation arrangement. In order to respond to such shifts in demand, the supplying enterprise must remain in close touch with the market, either directly or through its western partner, in order to adjust its production schedules to take these shifts into account. Otherwise it may find itself with large inventories of unsaleable products while its partner may be in the difficult position of hastening to find4nalternativemarket for the amounts no longer required by the target market.In the turnkey-plant sector, partner enterpriese often discover that they derive totally different results from using the same local subcontractors. According to several western plant contractors interviewed, while the eastern partner obtained complete satisfaction from local suppliers, the western partner found little cooperation, forthcoming long delivery delays, and other shortcomings. This difference usually arises in the case of developing countries in which the western firm has no experience and the eastern enterprise may have been active for many years. Obviously in such cases it is recommended that the western firm rely on its partner's established links with local suppliers instead of attempting to deal with them on its own.Consumer goods make under cooperation arrangements and supplied to third markets often pass through a period of poor buyer acceptance, which is due to inappropriate or insufficient packaging. Since many branded consumer goods are distinguished from one another at the point of sale mainly by their packages ,the key to the successful introduction of a new product in a third market is correct assessement of consumer preferences. This assessment can best be carried out in the market-place by using up-to-date techniques for measuring buyer response to package shape, colour and presentation. Which partner should be responsible for conducting such testing, and。
新概念二级考试试题答案
新概念二级考试试题答案一、选择题1. The meeting will be held ________.A. on the 10th of next monthB. on the 10th of this monthC. on the 10th of last monthD. on the 10th of this year答案：A2. She ________ her keys in the office.A. leftB. forgotC. lostD. missed答案：A3. He ________ to the library yesterday.A. didn’t goB. didn’t wentC. didn’t went toD. didn’t go to答案：D4. ________ is the capital of Australia.A. SydneyB. MelbourneC. CanberraD. Brisbane答案：C5. The boy is too young ________.A. to go to schoolB. to go schoolC. going to schoolD. for going to school答案：A二、填空题6. The ________ (two) book on the shelf is mine.答案：second7. She ________ (not finish) her homework yet.答案：hasn’t finished8. ________ (not make) noise! The baby is sleeping.答案：Don’t make9. I ________ (be) to Paris twice.答案：have been10. ________ (not speak) so loudly in the library.答案：Don’t speak三、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后回答问题。
剑桥商务英语BEC二级模拟试题（5）（附答案）7
⼀. 阅读部分PART ONE1. A2. C3. A4.B5. C6. B7. BPART TWO8. D 9. F 10. B 11. H 12. EPART THREE13. E 14. D 15. B 16. F 17. G 18. A 19. D 20. CPART FOUR21. B 22. A 23.D 24. D 25. A 26.B 27.C 28. A 29.D30. A 31. B 32.B 33. D 34. C 35.BPART FIVESection A36. must是多余,应删掉.37. 没有多余的词.38. solutions是多余,应删掉.39. able是多余,应删掉.40. that是多余,应删掉.Section B41. simple后⾯加冒号,去掉that42. technology应改为techniques43. particularly应改为particular44. perfect应改为perfection45. unlikely 应改为unlike⼆.写作部分PART ONEQuestion 46(Sample for reference)Dear Mr Beard,Mr. Lee ,one of my old clients ,has interest in our PCX phone machine. He would like to bring 10 samples and some brochures back home to make a trial sale. You may contact him directly on Tel 3108881.PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference) .Nowadays, less people like to spend their holidays at home. More people go camping outside or even travel abroad. The changes are caused mainly by three factors. First ,people become more open. Instead of staying at home, they visit foreign countries to know the different races. Secondly ,in the 1990s , house wives are more free from the heavy housework with more and more household utensils. Families are very happy to spend holidays outside with mothers or wives. Thirdly, travelling abroad can also mean enjoying comfortable weather in another country. Therefore less people go to crowded seaside ,they turn to other ways.三. 听⼒部分1. NO 212. 721881553. 256KB4. 35. Parker6. heart7. April 8. 9:30am 9. motorized10. 2 11 . Green . 12. 120313. B 14. A 15. D16. G 17. E 18. D19. B 20. C 21. F22. H 23. B 24. A25. C 26. B . 27. A28. C 29. B 30. ABusiness English Certificate 2Simulated TestTape scriptPart One. Questions 1 to 12Message One. Questions l to 4M1 : Hello !F1 : May I speak to Mr. Golden ,please?M1 : This is he.F1 : Good morning, Mr. Golden. This is Mary Thomson from INA Industries. Our company is going to buy 3 486 model computers.M1 : 256K on hard drive models or 256k optional on base models?F1 : Have you got any suggestions?M1 : The kind of 256K on hard drive models are suitable for general use. And the 256Koptional on base models is available upon request. It's a bit more expensive.F1 : I think I will buy the former, 256K hard drive model.M1 : Ok! When do you want them? We have this computer in stock.F1 : That's fine. I hope the computers will arrive on Friday morning.M1 : Friday morning. Where is your company located?F1 : NO. 21 Rose Street ,near the Fashion Store.M1 : And your telephone number is. . . . . . ?F1 : 72188155. Thank you.M1 : Thank you for your business.Message Two. Questions 5 to 8.F1 : Hello. Springfield Health Centre. Can I help you?M1 : Yes. I'd like to speak to Dr. Good man's receptionist ,please.F1 : Yes .M1 : This is David Parker. I have been having some chest pains recently.F1 : Well ,Mr. Parker. What can I do for you?M1 : I would like to make an appointment to see the doctor.F1 : Yes. Would Thursday morning suit you?M1 : Thursday is the 20th of April. Ok. At what time?F1 : Is 9 : 30 ok for you?M1 : Yes , that's fine.F1 : What's your name again please?M1 : David Parker. D-A-V-I-D , P-A-R-K-E-R.F1 : Thank you. Dr. Goodman will see you at 9:30 on Thursday.Message Three. Questions 9 to 12.F1 : Good morning ,this is Burt's Bicycle Rental.M1 : Good morning ,miss. A friend of mine suggested I call you to hire some bikes.F1 : Oh ,yes. A lot of people do this these days.M1 : Yes ,we're just on holiday here for a few days and they said it would be a good idea to see the island on bicycle.F1: Well it certainly is. And most people rent a motor bike because you can get around faster and even go to the beach if you like.M1 : If I wanted to hire 2 motor bikes tomorrow morning for 2 days ,would there be any problem?F1 : No problem at all. May I know your name?M1 : It's Green , G-R-E-E-N.F1 : And your telephone number?M1 : I'm at the Holiday Sun Hotel. My number is 0708112. I'm in Room 1203. By the way ,is your bike rentalshop at No. 100 Teckman Street?F1 : That's right.M1 : OK ,then , I'll see you tomorrow morning. Thanks a lot.F1 : I'll see you then.Part Two. Questions 13 to 22.Section One. Questions 13 to 17.Question ThirteenI'm interested in seeing the new mid-sized car you've been advertizing. I'm sorry I forgot the name ,but I have seen it as a friend of mine has bought one. It's a racing car and it's very light ,I remember. I want it in black.Question FourteenNow ,let's look at the loose filling. Oh ! I'm surprised it didn't fall out ,because there's a great deal of decay around it. There's also a slight cavity in another tooth. It may take considerable drilling.Question FifteenI don't know what I'm going to find in the car. I promise that I'll check it thoroughly. For example if your condenser becomes worn out ,I'll call you and recommend that you let me put in a new one. I won't do this before we've talked about it. Question SixteenPlease take off your coat and roll up your sleeve. I want to take your blood pressure. Yes ,your pressure is a little bit high. There is nothing to be alarmed about it. But you'd better get rid of those junk foods and do more exercise.Question SeventeenI represent a new but growing firm in this area. We sell all kinds of stationary supplies : various kinds of pens ,pencils desk sets ,file holders and whatever you mention. Here are. samples of our new products. We guarantee prompt delivery and the best products.Section Two. Questions 18 to 22Question EighteenYour car has been sluggish since it's been too long since your last tune-up. So your car doesn't really need the higher octane. You should still use regular unleaded. It won't pay to get the more expensive kind.Question NineteenI think I'm catching a bad cold today. I have a headache. I've got a sore throat. I even cough some of the time and ache all over. Do you have a cold capsule and some cough syrup? I hope I c a n g o t o w o r k t o m o r r o w a f t e r t a k i n g a l l t h e s e . C o u l d y o u r e c o m m e n d s o m e t h i n g ? b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 1 " > Q u e s t i o n T w e n t y b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 2 " > T h e s e g r e e n a n d h a r d b a n a n a s a r e n ' t r i p e e n o u g h t o e a t . T h e s e a r e o v e r r i p e ; t h e y ' r e s o f t w i t h b r o w n s p o t s . T h e o v e r r i p e o n e s a r e f i r m a n d j u s t r i g h t f o r e a t i n g . I f y o u w a n t t o c o o k w i t h b a n a n a s , t h e o v e r r i p e s a r e f i n e . b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 3 " > Q u e s t i o n T w e n t y - o n e b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 4 " > W e l c o m e t o o u r c h a i n s t o r e . W e s p e c i a l i z e i n h a m b u r g e r s a n d c h i c k e n . A n d w e ' r e h a v i n g a n i n t r o d u c t o r y s p e c i a l . Y o u c a n g e t f r e e F r e n c h f r i e s w i t h e v e r y s a n d w i c h o r d e r . H e r e i s t h e c o u p o n . b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 5 " > P a r t T h r e e . b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 6 " > Q u e s t i o n s 2 3 t o 3 0 . b r b d s f i d = "2 1 7 " > R e t a i l e r : A p e r s o n ' s l i f e s t y l e h a s a s i g n i f i c a n t e f f e c t o n t h e p u r c h a r s i n g p r o c e s s . S o h o w d o I d e t e r m i n e a n d u n d e r s t a n d t h e l i f e s t y l e o f m y t a r g e t m a r k e t ? b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 8 " > S o c i o l o g i s t : T h e c o n s u m e r ' s a c t i v i t i e s , i n t e r e s t s , a n d o p i n i o n s o r A I O c a n b e u s e d t o a n a l y z e l i f e s t y l e s a n d t h e i r i m p a c t o n p u r c h a s e b e h a v i o r . A c t i v i t i e s , i n t e r e s t s , a n d o p i n i o n s a r e e s p e c i a l l y u s e f u l w h e n t h e y c a n b e r e l a t e d t o d e m o g r a p h i c d a t a . G r o u p i n g p e o p l e a c c o r d i n g t o t h e s e t h r e e c r i t e r i a w i l l r e v e a l s u b s t a n t i a l d i f f e r e n c e s i n p r o d u c t u s a g e , t i m e s p e n t s h o p p i n g , e n j o y m e n t o f s h o p p i n g e x p e r i e n c e , l o c a t i o n a n d h o u r s o f t h e s t o r e , a n d s o o n . A t y p i c a l c o n s u m e r A I O s u r v e y w o u l d i n c l u d e q u e s t i o n s o n m e m b e r s h i p , h o b b i e s , t r a v e l , s h o p p i n g , w o r k , a n d e n t e r t a i n m e n t a c t i v i t i e s , i n v o l v e m e n t i n t h e h o m e , t h e f a m i l y , a n d c o m m u n i t y i n t e r e s t s a n d f e e l i n g s a b o u t e c o n o m i c s , p o l i t i c s , a n d a d v e r t i s i n g . T h e u s e o f t h e A I O m e a s u r e m e n t h a s a l s o b e e n c a l l e d p s y c h o g r a p h i c s ; i t i s i n t h e e a r l y s t a g e s o f d e v e l o p m e n t . b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 9 " > R e t a i l e r : S o t h e A I O s u r v e y o f c o n s u m e r s i s n o t e n o u g h . W h a t e l s e s h o u l d I p a y a t t e n t i o n t o ? b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 0 " > S o c i o l o g i s t : C u l t u r e , s o c i a l c l a s s , r e f e r e n c e g r o u p s a n d c l a s s c o n s c i o u s n e s s a r e s o c i a l d i m e n s i o n s o f l i f e s t y l e t h a t h a v e a n i m p a c t o n p u r c h a s i n g b e h a v i o r . A p e r s o n ' s c u l t u r e a f f e c t s t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f f a m i l y , r e l i g i o n , e d u c a t i o n a n d o t h e r c o n c e r t s . N o r t h A m e r i c a n s a c t d i f f e r e n t l y t h a n S o u t h A m e r i c a n s o r E u r o p e a n s b e c a u s e o f t h e i r c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e . F o r e x a m p l e , i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , p u r c h a s i n g d e c i s i o n s a r e m o r e d e c e n t r a l i z e d ; r e l i g i o n h a s a d e c l i n i n g i m p a c t o n b e h a v i o r . F r o m a r e t a i l i n g p e r s p e c t i v e , t h e n o r m s o r s t a n d a r d s o f b e h a v i o r t h a t a r e i n f l u e n c e d b y c u l t u r e a r e m o s t i m p o r t a n t . C u l t u r e h a s a n i m p a c t o n a l l a s p e c t s o f t h e p u r c h a s i n g p r o c e s s . b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 1 " > R e t a i l e r : H o w d o e s s o c i a l c l a s s e s i n f l u e n c e a p e r s o n ' s p u r c h a s i n g b e h a v i o r ? b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 2 " > S o c i o l o g i s t : L o w e r - c l a s s c o n s u m e r s h a v e l i m i t e d i n f o r m a t i o n s o u r c e s a n d s e e k l o c a l , f r i e n d l y r e t a i l e r s . M i d d l e c l a s s c o n s u m e r s u t i l i z e m e d i a i n f o r m a t i o n a n d e x t e n s i v e s e a r c h . T h e y a r e w i l l i n g t o s h o p o u t o f t h e i r n e i g h b o r h o o d s . U p p e r - c l a s s c o n s u m e r s u s e m e d i a i n f o r m a t i o n a n d s h o p a t p r e s t i g e s t o r e s . F o r p r o d u c t s o r s e r v i c e s t h a t a r e c o n s p i c u o u s , r e f e r e n c e g r o u p s h a v e a n i m p o r t a n t r o l e i n t h e p u r c h a s i n g p r o c e s s . T h o s e r e f e r e n c e g r o u p s t h a t a r e f a c e - t o - f a c e h a v e t h e m o s t i m p a c t o n t h e p u r c h a s i n g p r o c e s s . T h e d i f f e r e n t t y p e s a n d u s e s o f r e f e r e n c e g r o u p s n e e d t o b e u n d e r s t o o d , A s a n e x a m p l e , o n e ' s n e i g h b o u r s a r e a m e m b e r s h i p r e f e r e n c e g r o u p . H o w e v e r , a r e t a i l e r m u s t d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n t h e u s e o f n e i g h b o u r s a s a r e f e r e n c e g r o u p b y s u b u r b a n i t e s a n d t h e u s e b y c i t y d w e l l e r s . T h e s u b u r b a n i t e w i l l f o l l o w h i s o r h e r n e i g h b o u r s a n d k n o w t h e m m u c h b e t t e r . C i t y d w e l l e r s a r e m o r e i n d e p e n d e n t a n d k n o w l i t t l e a b o u t t h e i r n e i g h b o u r s . b r b d s f i d = " 2 23 " > R e t a i l e r : D o n ' t y o u t h i n k m o t i v e s a r e v e r y i m p o r t a n t i n p u r c h a s i n g b e h a v i o r ? b r b d s f i d = " 2 24 " > S o c i o l o g i s t : Y e s . P e r s o n a l i t y , m o t i v e s , a n d p e r f o r m a n c e a r e i n d i v i d u a l d i m e n s i o n s o f l i f e s t y l e t h a t h a v e a n i m p a c t o n p u r c h a s i n g b e h a v i o r . A c o n s u m e r ' s p e r s o n a l i t y t r a i t s a f f e c t t h e p u r c h a s e p r o c e s s . F o r a n i m p a t i e n t p e r s o n , t h e p r o c e s s i s s h o r t . F o r s o m e o n e w i t h l i t t l e s e l f c o n f i d e n c e , t h e p r o c e s s i s l o n g . P o s t p u r c h a s e s a t i s f a c t i o n i s v e r y i m p o r t a n t t o a s t a t u s s e e k e r . C o n s u m e r s h a v e d i f f e r e n t m o t i v e s ( r e a s o n s ) w h e n t h e y b u y p r o d u c t s . M o t i v e s a r e c r i t i c a l w h e n t h e c o n s u m e r r a n k s a l t e r n a t i v e s a n d m a k e s a f i n a l d e c i s i o n . M o t i v e s d o c h a n g e i n d i f f e r e n t s i t u a t i o n s . 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ＢＥＣ二级模拟试题五的参考答案
ＢＥＣ二级模拟试题五的参考答案ＢＥＣ二级模拟试题五的参考答案一. 阅读部分PART ONE1. D2. A3. B4. D5. C6. C7. APART TWO8. B 9. D 10. H 11. G 12. CPART THREE13. D 14. G 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. G 19. D 20. C PART FOUR21. D 22. B 23.A 24. D 25. A 26.C 27.B 28. C 29.B 30. A 31. A 32.C 33. C 34. D 35.BPART FIVESection A36. most是多余,应删掉.37. one是多余,应删掉.38. those是多余,应删掉.39. dollars 是多余,应删掉.40. 没有多余的词.Section B41. their应改为its42. though应改为through43. other应改为another44. height应改为high45. weights 应改为weighs二.写作部分PART ONEQuestion 46(Sample for reference)To : EmilyAs on one in the office has been to Italy, it will be a good idea to visit it. We may stay in the Grand Palazzo Hotel and the telephone is 809. 775. 3333. Please contact them to get further information.PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference)How to improve Quality Management System with limited capitals? That is the key tosuccess. After careful study of IBI Inc our main competitor ,we find that they spend some money in Customer Service and Vender inspections which are vital to Quality Management. As we know, software are developed quickly. Customers and venders know clearly what they need. Therefore, we should develop programmers based on information through Customer Service and Vender inspections. Another fact with our attention is that although IBI Inc. s Plant productivity is not high, they can sell out their new, high-quality software quickly as they have a very good Quality Control System. Therefore, we should adjust the capitals.三.听力部分1. white2. 23. wine4. well-cooked5. Kopek6. checking7. 1,000pounds 8. 69 9. on holiday10. friends 11. three 12. March13. F 14. H 15. D16. G 17. A 18. C19. A 20. E 21. B22. F 23. B 24. A25. A 26. C 27. B28. C 29. B 30. C。
BEC二级模拟考试题
BEC二级模拟考试题（四）一.READINGPART ONEQuestions 1-7. Read these sentences and the instructions that follow.. Which method does each sentence describe?. For each sentence mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your answer Sheet.ExampleYou can dictate a message almost anywhere at your convenience.Answer: B1. You speak, while your secretary types down your words.2. You have to speak slowly and very clearly.3. One of these methods can be used when you are in a hurry.4. While dictating ,you use some tapes.5. One of the disadvantages of this method is that you are totally strange to the transcriber.6. The dictation is done with your speaking, a machine s recording, and your secretary s transcribing.7. The machine records your words and then provide the transcription.A. Dictation to your own secretary-"live" dictation, taken by a person who becomes familiar with your dictating characteristics.B. Dictation to a machine, with your secretary transcribing.Inexpensive cassette recorders provide great flexibility in dictation.You can dictate in the office, at home, in an automobile, in an airplane, and in any out-of-the-office situation. Your dictation tapes can be transcribed by being played back on modern transcribing equipment.C. Dictation to a machine, with a word-processing center providing the transcription in this case, the transcriber will probably not be familiar with your dictation manners and peculiarities.D. Other dictation methods, such as by telephone calls or by direct secretarial transcription at the typewriter. These methods are not routine but are used typically in "rush" situations. They require a slow voice speed and clear pronunciation.PART TWOQuestions 8-12. Read this text about electrical power in Canada.. Choose the best sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.. For each blank(8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.. De not mark any letter twice.. One answer has been given as an example.ELECTRICITY : WEALTH , MONEY , POWERCanadian industries have prospered for more than a century on the country s abundance of cheap ,reliable electrical power. . . . . . example. . . . . . In fact ,Canada consumes more electricity on a per person basis than any country except for Norway. . . . . . 8. . . . . .Electricity is a significant source of export income for Canada. . . . . 9. . . . . But in the 1970s ,Canadian exports rose sharply to address the U. S. demand for cheaper and more reliable.In 1985, exports of Canadian electrical power reached 1,400 million US dollars . . . . 10. . . . .Net electricity exports account for more than 60% of Canada s balance of trade.Domestically, Canada continues to generate electrical power, primarily from water . . . . 11. . . . .Exports of electricity are now subject to forces far beyond the control of utility managers. . . . 12. . . . .Example: BA. Besides, electricity from coal and nuclear is 50/00 to 75/00 cheaper than many other industrial nations.B. Generated primarily by water, our power supplies have attracted and supported energy-intensive industries such as mining.C. It also ranks among the top three electricity producers in the world, behind the U. S. and Russia.D. Next to electricity, Canadian paper exports came to 900 million US dollars every year in the 1960s.E. Two large nuclear power plants began to generate electricity.F. Since then, electricity exports have declined but they have continued to exceed 700 million US dollars.G. Environmental and trade policies all influence electrical production and trade.H. Canada and the U. S. imported and exported power in almost equal measures after 1901.I. Therefore, the Canadian government has little influence on these forces.PART THREEQuestions 1 3- 20. Read this text about south Korea s economi c development, and answer the questions that follow.The Koreans see the Seoul Olympics as a chance to show their rapid progress. The Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 served the same purpose for a developing Japan. Within 13 years , according to a detailed development plan ,Korea is determined to be among the world s ten largest trading nations ,up from the 13th now.1. Much of the economy s development in recent years comes from what Korean leaders call the three blessings-lower oil prices, lower world wide interest rates, and a currency that is weak against the Japanese yen. The Korean won is closely related with many other currencies, though the finance ministry will not say which ones. Obviously the U. S. dollar is the most important. When its value drops against the Japanese yen, the Korean won went down too. Since September 1985 the won has decreased about 40% against the yen, giving Korea a huge advantage over Japan in the U.S. market.2. The Koreans made good use of this advantage, pouring 40% of their exports into America. When the U.S. responded with tough protectionism talk, they pretended to be surprised and angry. The Koreans still see themselves as relatively poor dependents of the U.S. and take American protectionism as betrayal by a big brother. They are right. The Korean economy is only 6% of Japan s. Tall buildings in Seoul resemble those in Tokyo, but the Korean capital is full of narrow streets and poor houses like a village. In the countryside some 20% of home lack running water. Moreover, Korea has a heavy defense burden as well as that big foreign debt.3. And Korea has suffered set tacks before In the 1970s the government supported heavy industry ,creating some big but sseless enterpriscs. TheTreasury Ministry is still quietly supporting some ill shipping and overseas companies. Meanwhile the government does not know how to set up wining industries.4. The Koreans are also quick to point out that their 7.1 billi on trade surplus with the U.S. is just 4% of the total American trade deficit. Japan account for 35%. In the U. S. the Koreans are competing with Japanese not American ,Products. They complain that U. S. protectionism punishes them for Americans lazy work habits and drug abuse. They say the union rules have ruined U. S. competitiveness.Questions 13-16. For questions 13-16, choose the correct title for each paragraph for the box below.. For each paragraph(l-4) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet.. De not mark any letter twice.13. Paragraph 1 . . . . . . .14. Paragraph 2 . . . . . . .15. Paragraph 3 . . . . . . .16. Paragraph 4 . . . . . . .A. Economy s developmentB. Lessons from the pastC. Korean products in U. S. marketD. Exports into AmericaE. Favourable economic backgroundF. Trade surplusG. Disadvantageous factorsQuestions 1 7- 20. Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 17-20 ,with a phrase from the List below (A-G) .. For each sentence (17-20) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mark any letter twice.17. For the Japanese ,the Tokyo Olympic Games was regarded. . . . . .18. The Koreans think of the U. S. protectionism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19. The recent economic development of south Korea is due. . . . . . . .20. The Japanese trade surplus accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A. to have three advantages.B. among the ten biggest countries in foreign trade.C. for thirty-five percent of the total American trade deficit.D. as an exhibition of rapid economic growth.E. against the Japanese currency.F. of narrow streets and poor houses.G. as cheating a little brother.PART FOURQuestions 21-35. Read this news. .. Choose the best word to fil1 each gap.. For each question (21-35) mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer She et.. One answer has been given as an example.Three Bootleggers JailedThree men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group ,selling cheap.French beer ,wine and champagne in Britain ,were jailed yesterday.The men were leaders of an 11-man group which made at least 42……example……on the Dover-Calais ferry in three months.Trucks of cheap drink were brought into the country and sold …………21 …………at Sunday market, And corner shops in South Wales , Two secret teams of customs officers …… …… 22…… ……vehicles b etween Kent and Cardiff in an operation called "chancer". Eleven men admitted their part in a…… ……23…… ……to avoid paying duty on beer and spirits.Mr. Roger Thomas said it was ……24 ……that 70, 000pounds of unpaid duty was involved between January and April last year when the gang was …… 25 ……the smuggling group. Cases of beer, wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehouse in Cardiff before being …… 26 …… totraders. Mr. Richard Nichols, a former market trader, Mr. Qichard Spencer ,a shopowner, and Mr Raymond Tout , were put in prison for …… …… 27…… ……of nine, four and three months …… 28 …… Judge Michael Burr said the group had used "an army of helpers "in an organized conspiracy to make …… …… 29 …… …… money. He ordered six other men to carry outco mmunity service and conditionally …… …… 30…… ……two others who had played a lesser role.After the ……31 ……customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross channel trips a day …… …… 32…… …… to a hypermarket near Calais. They went into business only three weeks after the new customs laws came into …… 33……on New Year s day last year. The investigators added : "We hope these jail …… …… 34…… ……will be a big help to tackle this . ……35…… ……crime which is causing concern to the retail industryexampleA. holidaysB. toursC. tripsD. voyagesAnswer: C21. A. law fully B. secretly C. legally D. illegally22. A. tracked B. travelled C. saw D. watched23. A. accident B. conspiracy C. hope D. dream24. A. calculated B. considered C. counted D. estimated25. A. meeting B. talking C. organizing D. using26. A. moved B. rented C. distributed D. using27. A. times B. lengths C. terms D. periods28. A. each B. altogether C. long D. respectively29. A. hard B. easy C. comfortable D. simple30. A. closed B. discharged C. opened D. liberated31. A. trial B. sentence C. accident D. case32. A. occasionally B. particularly C. mainly D. consequently33. A. being B. force C. strength D. use34. A. words B. sentences C. phrases D. punishment35. A. widespread B. terrible C. serious D. rarePART FIVESection AQuestions 36 40. Read this text about Turkish Airlines. In most of the lines (36 - 40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two lines, however , are correct.. If the line is correct, put a tick (√)in the space on your Answer Sheet.. If there is an extra word in the line (36-40) that word in the space on your Answer Sheet.Example :Because we Turks are famous for hospitality, you may just find yourself. . . √. . .Thinking therefore we re an important centre of modern civililzation. . . therefore. . .ISTANBULFor centuries, istanbul was the ce4tre of ancient civitisation. And today36. it s easy to see why. Although much has changed, but Istabul is still37. very central when traveling to the Middle East or Asia. And possibly38. it s very central to the enjoyment of your trip as well as. On Turkish39. Airlines ,you ll have the comfort of our modern planes which offer40. to you extra room for your legs and wide Business Class seating ,not tomention the ordinary recreations.PART FIVESection BQuestions 41-45. Your friend works as secretary in a British company in China. He has wr itten a letter in answer to a Canadian Customer s complaint.. In each line there is one wrong word.. For each numbered line (41 -45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet.Example :Mr. Davidson works hardly every day and he is a model worker . . . hard. . .Dear Mrs. David,I received your letter dated December the 21st complaining41. about the qualify of our TL135 camera! checked with our42. manager and I am now answer your questions: Your can mail43. the flawed camera to us and paying the postage by yourself. Then44. upon receiving your package, we ll immediate send you a new one.45. And the postage is on us. I look forward to hear from you.Thank your for your letter.二.WRITINGPART ONEQuestion 46You have received a fax from a customer who in the fax complained that he had received 100 green colour bicycles instead of 50 green and 50 blue colour bicycles. In order to solve the problem and find out the facts ,you write a short note to the warehouse.. Write a short note to Mr. Randy Simon ,who is in charge of delivering goods from warehouse.. Tell him about the claim.. Mention the date of delivery.. Ask for the duplicate invoice. .. Write 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet.PART TWOQuestion 47you work for Alla ,a shop which sells upmarket clothing. You are asked to find a way to increase the profits of your shop.Read the following figure showing the results of a survey of two upmarket specialty shops.Point A refers to your shop. Point B refers to Betty Fashion shop ,your main competitor, near your shop.. Use the figure to write a report (about 100- 120 words)recommending ways of improving the quality and pricing of your shop.. Write on your Answer Sheet.三. LISTENINGPART ONEQuestions 10-12. You will hear three face to face conversations.. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.Message One. Questions 1 -4Application FormName : Sally King Sex : FemaleAge : ( 1 ). . . . . . Address : (2 ) . . . . . . Forest RoadContact No: 981 . 332 . 981Experience : sold books door to door for (3). . . . . . PublishingHouseApplying for: 8 : 00 to 8 : 30 on Monday, (4). . . . . . Friday morningMessage Two. Questions 5-8 .ResistrationData: 1st Sept. Time: 10:10Name: (5)……Sex: MPassport Number : 76689158Room No : (6). . . . . .Staying Time : 17th Sept (7) . . . . . . Sept.Price Rate : (8) . . . . .Message Three. Questions 9- 1 2Ticket Booking CardName: (9). . . . . . Sex: maleNationality : (10) . . . . . .Passport No : 8469703Flight No : Flight (11) . . . . . .Destination : (12) . . . . . .Date : 7th June Time : 2 : 50pm.PART TWOQuestions 13-22Section OneQuestions 13-17. You will hear five short pieces.. For each piece decide how much is the total amount the speaker is talking about.. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece.. You will hear the five pieces twice.13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AmountsA 51 poundsB 17 poundsC 2.16 poundsD 1.85 poundsE 16 poundsF 1.36 poundsG 2.42 poundsH 1.45 poundsSection TwoQuestions 18-22. You will hear another five short pieces.. For each piece decide what the speaker is doing.. Write one letter (A-H)next to the number of the piece.. You will hear the five pieces twice.18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ActionsA. claimingB. regrettingC. washingD. watchingE. drinkingF. playingG. depositingH. toastinqPART THREEQuestions 23-30. You will hear a talk given by, a spokesman of` the U. S. International Communication Department. He talks about a number of privately owned telephone discounter attacking the cartel of national telephone monopolies that keeps the price of international calls high.. You have to complete the sentences (23-30) by choosing the correct ending.. Make one letter (A ,B or C).23. The Price of international calls into America isA. higher than that of the calls out of America.B. far lower than that of the calls out of America.C. is the same as that of the calls out of America as it is decided by the cartel.24. If you want to "ring back", you have to .A. redial the telephone.B. know the free telephone number to a computerized switch in another country.C. find another person to call you back.25. "Third-country calling refers toA……calling via another country.B. finding a person in the third country to call.C. calling through three countries.26. International Discount Telecommunications usesA. "ring-back " technique.B. "discounting" technique .C. "thired-country calling " technique.27. According to the spokesman, a band of these tiny American discounters will be A. prosperous.B. limited to an extent.C. short-lived.28. ATST refers toA. American Telephone & TelexB. Associated Telephone & TelevisionC. American Telephone & Telegraph29. World Connect and World Reach is purposely .A. to encourage the foreigners to use American calls.B. to supplement the ``call-home "services.C. to enlarge the communication between the U. S. and the world.30. AT6T s new services have been declined byA. Iraq.B. Japan.C. Syria.一. 阅读部分PART ONE1. A2. D3. D4. B5. C6. B7. CPART TWO8. C 9. H 10. F 11. A 12. GPART THREE13. E 14. G 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. G 19. A 20. CPART FOUR21. D 22. A 23.B 24. D 25. C 26.C 27.C 28. D 29.B30. B 31. D 32.C 33. B 34. B 35.APART FIVESection A36. but是多余,应删掉.37. 没有多余的词.38. 后面的as是多余,应删掉.39. 没有多余的词.40. to是多余,应删掉.Section B41. qualify应改为quality42. answer应改为answering43. paying应改为pay44. immediate应改为immediately45.hear 应改为hearing二.写作部分PART ONEQuestion 46 .(Sample for reference)Dear Mr. Simon,A customer complained that he had received 100 green colored bicycles instead of 50 green and 50 blue color bicycles ,which had been shipped on 11th May. Could you please send me the immediate invoice under contract No. TXI 2- 1 in duplicate?PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference)Both Betty Fashion Shop and our shop are in city center ,therefore ,we have almost the same customers. But there exists a fact that customers are more likely to spend their money in Betty shop. After careful research ,we notice that ,although Betty shop has higher prices ,they also have more fashionable clothes. Compared with Betty Shop, our real prices are not high, but the comparative prices to fashion are high. Therefore ,if our shop decides to increase the profits, we should purchase highly fashionable clothes ,at leastas fashionable as Betty Shop ,with the prices lower than Betty Shop s.As .customers hate increasing prices ,it is better to do this gradually三.听力部分1. 202. no533. Economic .4. Wednesday5. Robinson6. 2087. 2lst 8. 45pounds 9. Mr. Green10. Canada 11 . 172 12. Beijing13.D 14.E 15.A16. F 17. C 18. G19. A 20. B 21. H22. D 23. A 24. B25. A 26. C 27. C28. C 29. B 3O. BTape scriptPart One.Questions 1 to 12.Message One.>Questions 1 to 4.M1 : Good morning. Can I help you?F1 : Good morning. I wonder if you have a job for a part-timeM1 : Oh ,yes ,we re going to employ two more part-time. to send our newspapers to the people living in Flight Street and Fortunate Road. Are you interested?F1 : Oh ,yes ,I live at No. 53 Forest Road which is quite near Flight Street.I would like to take the job.M1 : Ok, then, could you deliver the newspapers from 8: 30 on Monday, Wednesday,Friday and Sunday or on Tuesday ,Thursday and Saturday?F1 : Er, I can work on Monday , Wednesday and Friday ,but not on Sunday. Is it OK?M1 : Well ,Ok. Have you ever done anything like that before?F1 : I have sold some books door to door for Economic Publishing House.M1 : Good ,are you a student?F1 : Yes ,I m a student at Oxford University.M1 : What s your name and how old are you?F1 : My name is Sally King ,K -I-N-G. I m 20.M1 : Do you have a telephone number?F1 : Yes, 981332981.M1 : Then ,we ll call you after we have talked it over.F1 : Thank you ,Sir! I hope to hear from you soon.Message Two.Questions 5 to 8.F1 : Good morning ,sir. Can I help you7M1 : Good morning. I have reserved a room in your hotel.F1 : Could you tell me your name ,please?M1 : Robinson, R-O-B-I-N-S-O-N.F1 : Er ,yes. Here s the booking card. It s a single room and the room number is 208.M1 : It s on the second floor then?F1 : Yes. How long will you be staying?M1 : From now until Friday.F1 : So that s four nights.M1 : How much is it?F1 : It s f45 a night including air-conditioner and color TV.M1 : Sounds good. Thank you very much.F1 : You re welcome.Message Three.Questions 9 to 12.F1 : Good morning. May 1 see your ticket, please?M1 : Well ,l told your office that I would pick the ticket up here.F1 : What s your name, then?M1 : Mr. Green , that s G-R-E-E-N.F1 : Oh yes , here it is. You re going to…………Beijing, right?M1 : Yes.F1 : …………By Flight 172 ,Japan Air lines. May I see your passport?M1 : Oh ,certainly ,here you are.F1 : Thank you. You re not American ,are you?M1 : No , I m Canadian.F1 : I see. Here s your passport and your ticket.M1 : Thank you very much.F1 : You re welcome.Part Two.Questions 13 to 22.Section One.Questions 13 to 17.Question ThirteenYesterday I bought this T-shirt in your shop. But it was too small for my son and my son wanted a blue one. So I want to change this white one for that blue one priced at twelve thirty-four. This white one is ten forty-nine. How much more will I have to pay you?Question Fourteen .I tried this pair of shoes and I think I like this color and style. Please pack them. By the way, I notice that all the goods in your shop are at 20% discount. And this price tag says 20pounds a pair. So how much will I have to pay you?Question FifteenMy wife, my children and I are going to visit Edinburgh for 3 days. We need a small room and a large room with a double bed. If a small room is5pounds a day and a large one is 12pounds a day, how much will we pay for our stay?Question SixteenThis novel costs two ninety-nine. This book is one pound forty-two. And that pocket dictionary is priced at fourteen twenty-four. You gave me two ten pounds. Let s look at the calculator and find out how much change I ll give you.Question SeventeenOne letter will be sixteen pence, so for three letters that s forty-eight pence. And the five postcards at .twenty-four pence that s l.20pounds. And the two airmail letters at twenty-four pence that s forty-eight pence. Let s see what the total comes to.Section Two.Questions 18 to 22.Question EighteenAccounts will be charged five pounds a month service fee if the minimum balance falls below four hundred pounds at any time duri ng the stated period. You may keep three pounds in your account ,but we charge you five pounds a month.Question NineteenThe package containing the records appeared to be in perfect condition. But when we unpacked it with great care ,we found that one record was completely smashed. Could you send us a new one? 1 ll return the broken one at once.Question TwentyThank you for asking me. You ve already done a lot for the children. I believe this tea party on Friday will attract more people s attention to the children s problems. Unfortunately I ve got an appointment then.Question Twenty-one.Thank you for your invitation. Our company is willing to explore with your corporation the possibility of closer ties through joint ventures. Here ,let me propose a toast to the success of our negotiations and to our friendship and future cooperation.Question Twenty-twoAs this is the last week in September, the two teams we re going to watch tonight are tied for first place in this season. They both want to make the play-offs, so they ll be playing their best.Part Three.Questions 23 to 30.For decades the world s telephone companies ,nearly all state-owned monopolies ,have jointly set the rates for international calls. Now a handful of nimble, privately owned telephone discounters are using loopholes in regulations written to protect national telephone monopolies to undercut the cartel s high prices. Eventually ,that could lead to the break-up of the cartel itself.The small firms leading the trend are interesting for the way they do business rather than for the amount of business they do.But because their activities expose monopoly overpricing so dramatically, they could help to bring about changes that are vastly out of proportion to their size.The American market for international calls is more open to competition than those of most other countries, so calls out of America are usually far cheaper than the calls into it. The discounters exploit this difference by routing calls from foreign subscribers to computerized switches inAmerica ,undercutting normal rates by a third or more.One technique, known as "ring-back", involves giving a customer in, say, Paris a free telephone number to a computerized switch in America. When the customer calls ,the switch automatically calls him back and puts him through to his American destination. Since the call technically originates with the switch, France Telecom s monopoly on outgoing calls remains unbroken but the caller in Paris is charged American rates.A second technique, called "third-country calling", involves routing international calls via America to take advantage of cheap American rates on the second leg of the journey. On intercontinental calls the saving is usually so great that it more than makes up for the extra distance traveled.One of the best-knows discounters , 2(1/2)year old international Discount Telecommunications (IDT) ,uses third-country calling to provides calls between countries whose own telephone companies are not on speaking terms ,such as Syria and Israel ,and Iraq and Kuwait. Today s small discounters may be short-lived.But if the small discounters do go out of business, it will be because they have launched a trend. This year, America s established international carriers have started touting for business from over seas customers themselves. In April American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) launched a third-country calling service of its own. Dubbed World Connect, the service lets customers use a personal identification number to call from45 different countries of the world via switches in America. Customers pay call charges in dollars ,along with their normal domestic bills. In June AT&T s biggest rival, MCI, launched a similar service , called World Reach. Both products supplement the firms long-establishes "call-home" services , which make it easier for traveling Americans to call homeThough AT&T and MCI both hotly deny selling international calls to foreigners explicitly, some foreign carriers certainly fear this. Neither ATTEST nor MCI has been allowed to offer its new services in Japan, Australia, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina or Mexico. The small discounters have run into similar problems.。
bec高级真题第二及答案解析
bec高级真题第二及答案解析BEC 高级真题第二及答案解析BEC（商务英语证书）高级是一项针对专业商业背景的英语能力考试，通过BEC高级考试可以证明自己在商务交流中具备高级英语能力。
本文将对BEC高级考试第二套真题及其答案进行解析，帮助考生更好地理解考试题型，准备考试。
一、阅读理解本次BEC高级考试第二套真题的第一篇阅读材料是关于跨文化管理的。
该文章主要讲述了全球化时代中，跨国公司如何更好地管理不同文化背景的员工。
在题目中，考生需要根据文章内容，回答一系列与跨文化管理相关的问题。
例如，“What might you suggest about the importance of understanding different cultural backgrounds in the workplace?”等等。
这类型的问题旨在考察考生对于跨文化管理的理解程度，以及如何在跨国商务环境中更好地解决文化差异带来的问题。
二、听力理解BEC高级考试中的听力部分通常由一系列与商务场景相关的对话、演讲或采访组成。
考生需要仔细倾听材料，并根据听到的内容回答相应的问题。
第二套真题中的听力材料主要涉及市场营销和团队合作等方面的话题。
例如，一段对话可能涉及一位销售经理解释公司的市场营销策略，另一段演讲中可能会谈到如何促进团队合作与沟通能力。
这些材料旨在考察考生在商务场景下的听力理解能力，以及对于营销和团队管理等方面的理解。
三、写作能力BEC高级考试的写作部分主要考察考生的商务写作能力。
第二套真题中的写作任务是一份外部活动报告。
考生需要根据所给材料和信息，撰写一份形象活动公司的报告，包括活动目的、规模、参与人数等。
在写作中，考生需要合理组织文段，清晰表达自己的观点和想法。
此外，考生还需要注意语法和拼写的准确性，避免出现不必要的语言错误。
答案解析：对于BEC高级考试的答案解析，可以在参考书籍或在线教育平台的模拟测试中找到。
BEC二级模拟试题五的参考答案
ＢＥＣ二级模拟试题五的参考答案一. 阅读局部PART ONE1. D2. A3. B4. D5. C6. C7. APART TWO8. B 9. D 10. H 11. G 12. CPART THREE13. D 14. G 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. G 19. D 20. C PART FOUR21. D 22. B 23.A 24. D 25. A 26.C 27.B 28. C 29.B 30. A 31. A 32.C 33. C 34. D 35.BPART FIVESection A36. most是多余,应删掉.37. one是多余,应删掉.38. those是多余,应删掉.39. dollars 是多余,应删掉.40. 没有多余的词.Section B41. their应改为its42. though应改为through43. other应改为another44. height应改为high45. weights 应改为weighs二.写作局部PART ONEQuestion 46(Sample for reference)To : EmilyAs on one in the office has been to Italy, it will be a good idea to visit it. We may stay in the Grand Palazzo Hotel and the telephone is 809. 775. 3333. Please contact them to get further information.PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference)How to improve Quality Management System with limited capitals? That is the key tosuess. After careful study of IBI Inc our mainpetitor ,we find that they spend some money in Customer Service and Vender inspections which are vital to Quality Management. As we know, software are developed quickly. Customers and venders know clearly what they need. Therefore, we should develop programmers based oninformation through Customer Service and Vender inspections. Another fact with our attention is that although IBI Inc. s Plant productivity is not high, they can sell out their new, high-quality software quickly as they have a very good Quality Control System. Therefore, we should adjust the capitals.三.听力局部1. white2. 23. wine4. well-cooked5. Kopek6. checking7. 1,000pounds8. 699. on holiday 10. friends 11. three 12. March 13. F 14. H 15. D16. G 17. A 18. C19. A 20. E 21. B22. F 23. B 24. A25. A 26. C 27. B28. C 29. B 30. C。
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BEC二级模拟试题6(附参考答案)一、READINGPART ONEQuestions 1-7. Read these sentences and the share prices below.. Which stock market does each sentence(1-7) describe?. For each sentence mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.Example:The index went up more than one thousand.Answer:A1. The share prices were influenced by the improvement of the two countries'relations.2. Over the week ,turnover rose by T $ 5. 83bn.3. Many people went to buy capitalization stocks.4. In the beginning many foreign shareholders buy blue chips at high prices.5. Price was lower after shareholders sold stocks in industrials to make profit.6. On Thursday price dropped and then rose again.7. The falling of composite index rose by 1. 3 per cent on the week.A. Bangkok rose 2 per cent on the day and 3.4 per cent over the week as buyers moved in to large market capitalization stocks. The SET index rose 27.55 to 1,383.57 in turnover of Bt 8.5 bn, down from Thursday's Bt 10bn.B. Taipei was pulled lower by late profit-taking in industrials after Thursday's rebound ,and the weighted index fell 45.59 to 5,806.77, or 1.7 per cent, over the week. Turnover rose to T $41.51 bn from T $ 35. 78bn.C. Manila opened strongly on foreign buying of blue chips but dipped at the close as profits were taken. The composite index fell 10.07 to 2 ,907. 00 , 1.3 per cent higher on the weekD. Hong Kong finished a mixed day slightly lower ,sapped by profit-taking on confirmation of US renewal of China's MFN trade status and concerns over the lower domestic property market. The Hang Seng index fell 11.58 to close at 9,470.13, 1.7 per cent lower on the week.PART TWOQuestions 8-12. Read this letter to the editor of The Economist.. Choose the best sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.. For each blank (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mar4 any letter twice.. One answer has been given as an example.Sir-You state on February 13th that New Mexico has "few natural resources ",... ...example... In 1991 New Mexico ranked fourth in the United States in production of natural gas , seventh in oil and tenth in non-fuel minerals ...8...Non-fuel minerals contributed about $ 1 billion and coal $ 509 million.Taxes from production of fuels and minerals, and lease payments on state lands have been set aside by legislative acts to endow two permanent funds worth about $ 5. 65 billion, ... 9 ... In addition, during fiscal year 1991 , payments to New Mexico from taxes on federal lands were S 108 million ,all earmarked for public education.... 10 ... About $566 million came from taxes and permanent-fund earnings attributable to oil and gas production. ...11 ... Tourism is an important industry in New Mexico, yet its economic impact on the public sector is dwarfed by that of mineral production.New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states. It does not have a deficit. ...12...States that rely primarily on a sales tax or on an income tax have big problems during economic downturns. Income growth per head in New Mexico averaged 6. 1/00 in the year to October 1992-one of the fastest growth rates in the United States.Charles ChapinExample :CA. It has a broadly based tax structure an important point.B. In 1992 it produced more oil than Colorado and Kansas combined.C. However, the extractive mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the state's strongest economic forces.D. During fiscal year 1992 New Mexico raised permanent funds worth about $6.1 billion.E. The combined value of oil and gas production was $ 2. 8 billion.F. Some 16, 000 employees work in the extractive industries and their wages are among the highest of any major industry.G. The $39 million earned by these funds in 1991 was used to finance education and other public services.H. Only S 25 million came from agricultural taxes.I. New Mexico's extractive mineral industries contribute about a third of the state's $ 1. 9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991.PART THREEQuestions 13-20. Read this letter about Compensation Trade ,and answer the following questions.Ministry of Foreign Trade 19th January , 1 993Xi Changan StreetBeijing , ChinaDear Sirs,This letter is in regard to the window glass business between our firm and the China National Light industrial Products Import & Export Corporation, Daren Branch and the Daren Window Glass Factory.1. Our two sides sincerely worked in the past and the window glass business has already been done successfully. However, the quantity of products doesn't meet our requirements. This company wants to develop the trade and business further in this line. We now expect to begin working with all the other branches and window glass factories on the same basis ,i. e. compensation trade.2. For the U. S. A. market, we require very large quantities of small cut sizes. Therefore, we are asking your prompt assistance to help us out in expanding glass-cutting business. We would highly appreciate it if you take this matter into consideration. We are certain that ,with your prompt cooperation, our purchases of Chinese window glass for sale in the U. S. A. market will very quickly increase to a large and substantial volume. With the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries ,the time is now right for a very quick and large increase in trade between us.3. For your information, we are doing everything possible to cooperate in achieving our mutual goal of making the window glass business a very large one. We have offered to purchase various equipment for your Dairen factory which will increase its products, improve quality and raise its efficiency. We have offered to accept payment for this machinery in the form of buy-back of glass. We have also cooperated with the factory in making suggestions for better efficient packing and containerization. The factory has been very cooperative and receptive to our ideas. As we want to begin our business with the other branches too ,we plan to offer the same suggestions and proposals to purchase machinery for them.4. From this letter, you can see that we are very sincere in our desire for a long-term relationship between our two countries and our firm and the various branches of the China National Light industrial Products Import and Export Corporation, Window Glass Departments .During our next visit to China, we will discuss the appointment of our firm as the exclusive agent for Chinese Window Glass in the U. S. A. market. Since we have discussed this question in the past ,we expect that the official appointment of our firm as the exclusive agent will be made during our next trip.Thank you for your prompt attention to the above. Best regards.Sincerely yours ,Norman GoldsteinAssociates , INCQuestions 13-16. For questions 13-16 ,choose the correct title for each paragraph from the box below.. For each paragraph(1-4) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mark any letter twice.13. Paragraph 1...14. Paragraph 2...15. Paragraph 3...16. Paragraph 4...A Our hope for a long-term relationshipB Our successful cooperation in the pastC The diplomatic relations between our two countriesD Our wish to increase the quantity of productsE Our need of help in glass-cuttingF Our goal to make the window glass business largeG Improvement of equipment in Chinese factoriesQuestions l7-20. Using the information in the test ,complete each sentence 17-20 ,with a phrase from the list below (A-G).. For each sentence(17-20) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet.. Do not mark any letter twice.17. When we visit your country again next time ,we hope you'11...18. On the basis of compensation trade ,we are going to...19. In order to enlarge our window glass business, we're doing our best to...20. To other branches that have business with us, we'll...A take this problem into consideration.B develop and expand the trade and business further.C make our company the sole agent in China.D offer to buy equipment for them.E accept payment for this equipment.F start cooperation with other branches and factories.G cooperate with you and realize our common dream.PART FOURQuestions 21-35. Read this advertisement a hat Fidelily Emerging Markets.. Choose the best word to fil1 each gap.. For each question (21 -35) mark one letter (A ,B,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.. One answer has been given as an example.The dynamic developing economies of the world are ripe with potential. Not only have they ...example...extraordinary levels of ...21 ..., but we believe this looks set continue , backed by ...22 ...inflows of foreign investment. Fidelity Emerging Mark, Fund is ...23...to help youcapitalize on this promising outlook.The ...24...to real success in Emerging Markets is research and resources, of Fidelity's foremost ...25 ... As the world's largest ... 26 ... investment management organization , we can draw upon a (n) ...27... network of offices covering developing economies across Asia ,Latin America and Europe.This local presence means we can ... 28... a hands-on approach ,searching out a capitalizing on investment...29...as soon as they come to light. As a result, Fidelity I become one of the world's ...30... names in emerging stockmarkets : where we ...31... manage 5pounds billion ?So act now to ...32... out more about the Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund ---and get the potential of these dynamic markets teamed with the strength of the Fidelity organization. For more ...33 ... , call us , free of ...34 ..., from any of the countries below. If you... 35... elsewhere ,please use the UK number or post or fax the coupon.Example:A. deniedB. climbedC. demonstratedD. mentionedAnswer: C21. A. growth B. decrease C. height D. diminish22. A. slow B. increasing C. reducing D. fast23. A. thought B. designed C. considered D. supposed24. A. road B. method C. reason D. key25. A. words B. slogans C. ways D. strengths26. A. independent B. wealthy C. prosperous D. national27. A. intensive B. thick C. narrow D. extensive28. A. move B. apply C. reply D. demand29. A. situations B. disadvantages C. opportunities D. conditions30. A. few B. many C. honourable D. leading31. A. currently B. formerly C. recently D. likely32. A. look B. discover C. find D. learn33. A. news B. data C. information D. knowledge34. A. money B. pay C. fee D. charge35. A. live B. wait C. talk D. sleepPART FIVESection AQuestions 36-40. Read this text about car sales in the world.. In most of the lines (36 -40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two lines, however, are Correct.. If the Line is correct, put a tick (√ ) in the space on your Answer Sheet.. If there is an extra word in the line, write that word in the space on your Answer Sheet.While new car sales in Japan are predicted to rise up by...up...5 per cent next year, 1990's record of 5.1 million won't be exceeded...√...WORLD NEW CAR SALES36. New car sales fell down last year to a six-year low, but demand37. is forecast to begin a sustained period of growth in 1994 and38. rose to record levels through out the second half years of the 1990s39. The short-term recovery is being driven chiefly by a strong rise in the demand40. in North America ,where new car sales are forecast to increaseby 11 percent to 10. 46 million this year ,as well by the continuingexpansion of demand in the Asia-Pacific region.PART FIVESection BQuestions 41-45.. The following is a business contract.. In each line there is one wrong word.. For each numbered line (41 - 45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet. Example :We have to hold you responsibility for the loss we've been made to sustain...responsible...This serves to authorize the Chairman of the F. T. Arbitration Commission to41. appoint an arbitrator on behave of this corporation to settle the dispute42. existed between the plaintiff and the defendant ,concerning the defendant's.43. failure to meet their oblige under contracts concluded for the supply of44. 8,000 metric tons of Aluminium ingots. Should the defendant failing to45. appoint an arbitrator with in the time specific by the F. T. Arbitration .Commission ,this corporation would have an arbitrator appointed forthe defendant.二、WRITINGPART ONEQuestion 46You work for a company which is going to buy a set of equipment from China. You are asked to translate a lot of specifications and instructions within four months, which is impossible. Therefor you decide to advertise for two experienced translators as soon as possible.. Write a short note to Mr. Max Remington ,the Public Relation's manager. Ask for an advertisement for two translators.. Explain the reason.. Mention your urgency.. Write 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet.Question 47You work in the Market Survey institute. After careful research ,you receive four charts.Read the following charts which show , the trend of consumer confidence, real hourly wages, employment and credit development. The years are given ,while the other numbers are not presented. But the lines in the charts clearly show , the directions of development.. Use the information in the charts to write a report (about 100- 120 words) analyzing the reason why the consumer confidence increases.. Write on your Answer Sheet.附图见bec2-6图三、LISTENINGPART ONEQuestions 1-12. You will hear three telephone conversations.. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.Message One. Questions 1-4MESSAGEVisiting City: BarcelonaMain Features:1. The Old City: old buildings2. (1) ... beautiful, magnificent3. several (2)...restaurants food is cheap(3) ...4. Staying Hotel (4) ...Message Two Questions 5-8Hiring RegistrationDate : 5th Jan. Time : 10:30Name of the customer : Kate (5)...Contact No : (6)...Service Details :l. An appartment near (7)...street ,with air-conditioner and heating system .2. Rent :on more than (8)...a month ,including water and gas3. Renting Period: about 1.5 years from FebruaryMessage Three. Questions 9- 12Telephone MessageDate : 1st April Time : 9:45Item : buying (9)...Purpose : 10 for meeting room, (10) ...for the officeTotal money: (11)...Deadline for purchasing : before ( 12)...,AprilPART TWOQuestions 13-22Section OneQuestions 13-17. You will hear five short pieces.. For each piece decide where the speaker is.. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece.. You will hear the five pieces twice.13...14...15...16...17...placesA on the planeB at the bankC at the airportD at the officeE at the theatreF at the hotelG at the customsH on the busSection TwoQuestions 18- 22. You wt71 hear another five short pieces.. For each piece decide what the speaker is going to do next. . Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece.. You will hear the five pieces twice.18...19...20...21...22...Next actionsA to stop smokingB to fall into sleepC to leave a companyD to mail a parcelE to go shoppingF to go to the beachG to resign from the officeH to find a motelPART THREEQuestions 23-30. you will hear a report presented by a journalist from Tokyo. He talks about the difficult situations met by Japanese chemical groups. He gives some important figures of four biggest chemical groups in Japan.. you have to complete the sentences (23-30) by choosing the correct answer.. Mark one letter (A ,B or C).23. The crisis met by Japanese chemical groups is caused by, one of the reasons.A over capacityB high pricesC high cost24. The productions manufactured by Asahi Chemical, Japan's largest poly tyrene manufacturer take up of the market.A 12%B 25%C 26.625.________ is Japan's biggest plastics group.A Mitsubishi KaseiB Mitsubishi petrochemicalC Mitsui Petrochemical industries26. On Oct. 1st, Mitsubishi Petrochemical is going to merge with.A Kawasaki plantB Mitsui petrochemicalC Mitsubishi Kasei27. The dividend of remains the same as in last year.A Mitsubishi PetrochemicalB Mitsui petrochemical industries and Shin-EtsuC Sumitomo Chemical28. chemical group is not explained in detail in this report.A Shin-EtsuB Mitsubishi KaseiC Mitsui petrochemical29. chemical group has the highest per share according to the report.A Mitsubishi PetrochemicalB Shin-EtsuC Mitsui Petrochemical Industries30. is going to open a new plant.A Shin-EtsuB Mitsui PetrochemicalC Mitsubishi PetrochemicalBEC二级模拟试题6 参考答案一. 阅读部分PART ONE1. D2. B3. A4. C5. B6. B7. CPART TWO8. E 9. G 10. I 11. F 12. APART THREE13. D 14. E 15. G 16. A 17. C 18. F 19. G 20. DPART FOUR21. A 22. B 23.D 24. D 25. D 26.A 27.D 28. B 29.C30. D 31. A 32.C 33. C 34. D 35.APART FIVESection A36. down是多余,应删掉.37. 没有多余的词38. years是多余,应删掉.39. the 是多余,应删掉.40. 没有多余的词.Section B41. behalve应改为behalf42. exist应改为existing43. oblige应改为obligations44. failing应改为fail45. specific 应改为specified二.写作部分PART ONE .Question 46(Sample for reference)Dear Mr. Max Remington ,As our company is purchasing a set of equipment ,a lot of materials -have to be translated, which is impossible to do within four months. Could you advertise for two experienced translators in the newspapers? It is urgent.PART TWOQuestion 47(Sample for reference)Near the end of 1994, people suddenly become "rich'', buying a lot of things. We have received the report that the real hourly wages of workers become even less ,so they do not have enough money to buy so many things. Although the employment is rising towards the end of 1994 ,the growth is very slow. Therefore ,not many people find jobs to earn enough money to buy goods. Then where does the big consumer confidence come from? We have discovered that people overspend with various credit cards ,buying goods. And they are not worried about returning the borrowed money. This it is our turn to be concerned about this kind of consumer confidence.三.听力部分1. Cathedral2. museums3. special4. Barcelona5. Murphy6. 553227887. Sunny 8. 120pounds 9. coffee sets10. 2 11. 96pounds 12. 10th13. F 14. H 15. B16. E 17. C 18. F19. A 20. E 21.Hh22. D 23. A 24. B25. B 26. C 27. BPart One. Questions 1 to12.Message One. Questions 1 to 4.F1 : Good morning ,Garble Travel Agency. Can I help you?M1 : Yes , please. I'd like to have some information about the city of Barcelona. I have 5 days holiday.F1 : Well, there are lots of places to visit in Barcelona. You could go to the Old City, which is the real Barcelona of many centuries ago. I think you'd enjoy it.M1 : So there are many old buildings in the Old City?F1 : Yes ,and these old buildings are quite w6ll-preserved. And there's a cathedral near the Old City. It's very magniF1cent.M1 : I've heard about it. Any place else?F1 : Well ,there're also several very interesting museums and a lot of good restaurantsM1 : If I go to Barcelona ,where could I stay? Have you any suggestion?F1 : Well ,you'd better stay at the Barcelona Hotel ,which is near the Old City. The food there ischeap and special as well.Message Two. Questions 5-8.M1 : Good morning. Can I help you?F1 : Oh, yes. I want to rent an apartment. My name is Kate Murphy.M1 : Is it K-A-T-E,M-U-R-P-H-Y.F1 : Yes , that's right.M1 : Then what kind of apartment do you prefer?F1 : Well ,l want to live near Sunny Street.M1 : Sunny Street ,right. Anything else?F1 : The rent should not be more than 120pounds a month ,including water and gas. I'd like an air conditioner and heating system.M1 : How long are you going to rent it?F1 : About a year and a half, from February.M1 : Do you have the contact number?F1 : It's 55322788M1 : OK! As soon as I find an apartment I will call you.F1 : Thank you. I'm looking forward to your answer.Message Three. Questions 9 to 12.F1 : Yes ,Mr. Wilson. Chris speaking.M1 : Hello ,Chris. Could you buy some china for our meeting room?F1 : How much money do you want to spend?M1 : Er , f80 `for 10 coffee sets. What do you think.Fl : I'll manage. I suggest we buy two more sets for our office.M1 : Let's see... OK ! I agree. 12 coffee sets with 96pounds.F1 : When do you want them?M1 : Before the 10th of April. By the way ,I want to look at the sample beforehand.F1 : OK! I will select some samples for you.M1 : Thank you. Bye.F1 : Bye-bye , Mr. Wilson.Part Two. Questions 13-22.Section One. Questions 13-17.Question ThirteenA couple called today and they said they couldn't arrive tonight.You're lucky to find this vacancy. This is a busy time of the year. Please fill out this registration card and be sure to list your car's license number.Question FourteenThere's no charger for transfers if you have paid your fares already. Would somebodygive this young boy a hand? He's handicapped. I think you'll have to move over and let the young boy take this seat. Squeeze through!Question FifteenPlease sign your name on the check and don't forget the date. Then give me the checkand your driver's license. I'll give it to you in fifties. If you want to transfer your money from your savings account to the check account ,you have to fill out these slips as well.Question SixteenMy name is Dan Sloan. I paid for two tickets by credit card by telephone about two weeks ago on June 2nd ,I remember. I hope they're good seats. They're about halfway up the first balcong. Question SeventeenIt's too bad that our flight is delayed for an hour. Our plane is supposed to leave at 9:10,but now it's already 10: 00. Let's go to Gate 2 and wait for the check-in. I'm a little nervous. I am flying for the first time.Section Two.Questions 18-22...Question EighteenI vote against visiting the mountains and riding horses. I was thrown from a horse last year. I vote that we go to the seashore. We could go swimming in the sea or take long walks along the beach and collect seashells.Question NineteenCigarettes will do no good to your health. And it's medically proven that they can cause lung cancer and a lot of other diseases. If you feel run-down without them ,I'll give you a prescription which will help you sleep.Question TwentyThe Gamble Department Store has just opened a new shop near St. Maria Street. In the advertisement ,they're going to have a big celebration for the grand opening and the first one thousand customers can get free T-shirts. I want to get one.Question Twenty-oneEleven hours on the road is long enough for anyone, especially in this hot weather. I'm anxious to get back to the family house. But I don't think we should overdo it. Let's rest for a while ,shall we? Question Twenty-twoIn the package ,there's a beautiful glass necklace. It's a birthday gift for my husband's sister who's living in Lincolnshire. I packed it very carefully, so I'm sure it won't break on the way. But still I want to insure it for f25 just in case.Part Three. Questions 23 30.By Paul Abrahams in TokyoResults from Japan's largest petrochemicals companies for the year to March 3lst reflect the crisis facing a sector plagued by sluggish domestic demand ,over capacity ,plunging prices and theappreciation of the yen.News of the sector's cire trading position follow this week's decision by Showa Denko to sell its polystyrene business.The company, a marginal manufacturer, sold its 30, 000 tonnes a year Kawasaki plant to Asahi Chemical, Japan's largest polystyrene manufacturer with capacity of about 333, 000 tonnes a year, equivalent to about 25 per cent of the market. The move was the latest in a series of alliances and mergers as the troubled industry restructures.Mitsubishi Petrochemical , the country's biggest plastics group , reported a loss of Y8,39bn ( $ 80m) compared with pre-tax profits last year of Y8.25bn. The group made an operating loss of Y13.8bn,the first since 1982. The poor result came despits cost-cutting measures, lower raw material prices ,and Y4bn worth of profits from equity sales.Turnover fell 12.2 per cent from Y372bn to Y326bn, as prices and volumes declined. Earnings per share, which reached Y52. 5 in 1991 , fell to a loss per share of Y9.44. The group, which is scheduled to merge with Mitsubishi Kasei on October 1st ,cut its dividend from Y8 per share to Y4.Mitsubishi Kasei's pre-tax profits fell 76. 8 per cent from Y9.3bn last year to Y2.2bn. The group reported its first operating loss in 40 years at Y467m, and only managed to post positive pre-tax results by selling Y15. 7bn worth of equities. Turnover fell 1.8 per cent ,the fourth yearly decline ,to Y696bn. The dividend was halved to Y3 per share.Mr. Morihisa Takano ,managing director, said the newly merged group would generate pre-tax profits of Y10bn on sales of Y855 bn during the year to March 1995.He predicted petrochemicals prices would bottom out during the summer. No decision had been made about the dividend ,but the new company could pass it during the current year, he Pre-tax profits at Mitsui Petrochemical industries, Japan's biggest polyethylene maker, plunged 75 per cent from Y9bn to Y2. 26bn on sales down 9. 3 per cent at Y272bn. The company blamed poor demand for the slump which offset the benefits of cost-cutting measures. The dividend is unchanged at Y6 per share. The group forecast pre-tax profits for the current year marginally up at Y3bn on turnover of Y276bn.Shin-Etsu, one of Japan's biggest makers of polyvinyl chloride , reported profits down 26.1 per cent from Y17. 6bn to Y13bn. Sales increased 0. 2 per cent from Y275bn to Y276bn. Net profits fell 26. 6 per cent to Y7.08bn, or Y21.85 per share.The group maintained the final dividend at Y3.75, making the full-year pay out Y7.5 per share. Shin-Etsu forecast pre-tax profits for the current year of Y15.5bn on sales of Y277bn.The outlook for the petrochemicals industry remains blsak. The imbalance between supply and demand for ethylene, the basic building block of petrochemicals ,is about 2.8m tonnes of ethylene and is set to deteriorate further this year.A massive 700,000-tonne-a-year ethylene complex owned by Maruzen ,Mitsui Petrochemical and Sumitomo Chemical comes on stream later this year and Mitsubishi Petrochemical is also commissioning a new 300,000-tonne-a -year plant this year.。