剑桥商务英语BEC初级模拟训练（二）

1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- 剑桥商务英语bec初级模拟训练（二）考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分题号一二三四五总分分数遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。单项选择题1、根据下面内容，回答题：salt，shells or metals are still used as money in out of he way parts of the world todaysalt may seem rather a strange（19）_to use as money，（20）_in countrieswhere the food of the peo

2、ple is mainly vegetable，it is often an（21）_necessitycakesb of salt，stamped to show their（22）_，were used as money in some countries until recent（23）_ ，and cakes of salt（24）_buy goods in borneo and parts of africasea shells（25）_as moneyat some time（26）_another over the greater part of the old worldthe

3、se were（27）_mainly from the beaches of the maldives islands in theindian ocean，and were traded to india and chinain africa，shells were tradedtigh acrossthe（28）_from east to westmetal，valued by weight，（29）_ coins in many parts of the worldiron，in lumps，bars or rings，is still usedin many countries（30）

4、_paper moneyit can eitherbe exchanged（31）_goods，or made into tools，weapons，or ornamentsthe early money of china，apart from shells，was of bronze，（32） _in flat，round pieces with a hole in the middle，called“cash”the（33） _of these are betweenthree thousand and four thousand years old older than the earl

5、iest coins of theeastern mediterraneannowadays，coins and notes have replaced nearly all the more picturesque formsof money，and while in one or two of the more remotecountries people still hold it for future use on ceremonial occasions such as weddingsand funerals，examples of primitive money will soo

6、n befound only in museumsaobjectbarticlecsubstancedcategory2、根据下面内容，回答题：working an eighthour day is a luxury for most professional people nowadays， the only way to guarantee an eighthour working day is to have the kind of job where you clock on andoff those professionals whohave managed to limit the

7、ir hours to what was，0 years ago， the average do not wishto identify themselves “i can quite easilyachieve my work within a normal day， but i dont like to draw attention to it，” says one sales manager”people looked at me when i leave at 5 oclock now， i put paperwork in my bag people assume im doing

8、extra hours at home “but more typical is mark， who works as an account manager he says， “my contract says i work from 9 until 5 withextra hours as necessary it sounds as if the extrahours are exceptional in fact， my job would be enough not only for me， but also for someone else part time the idea of

9、 an eighthour day makes me laugh！” he says he has thought about going freelance but realizes thatthis doesnt guarantee better working hoursprofessors cary cooper， occupational psycholo gist at the university of manchester， is the author of the annual quality of working lifesurvey the most recent sur

10、veyfound that 77% of managers in britain work more than their contracted hours， and that this is having a damaging effect on theirhealth， relationships and productivity professor cooper is critical of the longhours culture he says that while bossesbelieve long hours lead to greater efficiency， there

11、 is no evidence to support this “in fact， the evidence shows that long hours make you ill “there am， he says， steps that can be taken oneis to accept that the intray will never be empty”there are always things to do you just have to make the rule that on certain daysyou go home early “ prioritising

12、workand doing essential tasks first helps， he says he also thinks its time to criticize bad employersand unreasonable terms of employment “ by all means， show commitment where necessary but when expectationsare too high， people have to begin sayingopenly that they have a life outside of work “person

13、al development coach mo shapiro agreesthat communication is important staff need to talk tomanagers about the working practices within a company both parties should feel that the expectations arerealistic and allow them to have responsibilities and interests outside work she recongnises， however， th

14、at in many organizations the response might wellbe， “if you want moreinterests outside work， then find another job “she believes that senior staff have a dutyto set an example “i recently workedfor a finn of solicitors where the partners started at 7：30 a m what kind of message is that to send to th

15、e staff?”she believes there is no shame in working sensible hours in fact quite the reserve”some people might be in at 7 30 am but will be doing very little you can work really hard from9 to 5 and achieve thesame if you find it difficultto achieve an eighthour day， there is， as a last resort， the ol

16、d trick of leaving your jacket on your chairand your computers switched on， even after you have left the building “what does the writer say in the first paragraphabout people who work an eighthourday?athey are reluctant to admit to thisbthey are disliked by their colleaguescthey are limited to certa

17、in professionsdthey often catch up on work in the evenings3、回答题：15 june 1993ms martha westonword processing supervisorabc companypost office box 107228 kings street londondear ms weston，performance of the cpt equipmentim pleased to tell you about our experiencewith the cpt word processor as you requ

18、ested recently g （example） i assume you have lookedat several machines and have narrowed down your choices here are my observationsan approach to adopting word processorseighteen months ago we adopted cpt equipmenton limited scale with the idea in mind that we could gradually get rid of electrictype

19、writers as we became familiar with the word processor （8）_the stations are arranged in pairs so each pair can share acommonprinter （9）_we use the equipment as dedicated word processors， although we do have the ability to link up with ourcomputer installationsthe stepatatime development of our wordpr

20、ocessing center has， we think， saved us money and training time （10）_performancein terms of performance， the cpt equipment is excellent （11）_ moreover our service contract and warranty have covered allmaintenance costs we have software packagesthat check spelling and signal when a mistake occurs （12

21、）_using both printers， we recently prepared 1， 200 individually typed letters for mailing in underfour hours we have no complaint aboutour preparation of executive reportsawe have not yet experienced mechanical problems so farbalso it has reduced the confusion that exists about buying softwarepackag

22、escthe train stops at each station for only fifteen minutesdwe began with two work stations and now have foureour routine letters are prepared from discstored mastersfthe rotary w printer prints with a speed of 45 characters a secondcan easily handle two input stationsgwe are pleased with its perfor

23、mance and multifunctions第（8）题答案是填空题4、根据下面内容，回答题：0 if consumers in hillsborough county couldlimited their spending on one saturday00 to independent， locally owned businesses instead of chain stores， more than34 $ 17 million would even remain in thelocal company instead of being shipped to35 outside corporations as overnight deposits so it say representatives of the36 tampa independent business alliance， who base their calculation on studies