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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全剑桥商务英语中级模拟130剑桥商务英语中级模拟130READINGPART ONEEBTA BUSINESS TRANSFER AGENTS The following businesses in the region are offered for sale: A. RESTAURANT A large, well-decorated restaurant in an excellent position near the city centre. Opened three years with an

2、nual turnover of 100,000. Regular trade and bookings for weddings, special occasions etc. Available on 50-year lease. Price on request B. ESTABLISHED POTTERY Family business established for over fifty years in citys main commercial area. Small pottery currently employs twelve people producing china

3、figures, vases and other decorative items. Price includes premises plus equipments and raw materials. Price 200,000 C. VACANT SHOP Located in a superbly preserved historic building near city center. Large premises recently renovated to very high standards. Would suit a wide range of different trades

4、. Available on limited (three-year) lease, or longer if required. Short lease 15,000 D. GARAGE 答案:D题目关键词：located outside the city，题目意为：坐落于城市之外，与D段中“on main road between city and coast.”相对应。2. It will be easy to use for various types of retail business.答案:C题目关键词：various types of retail business，题目意为：

5、适用于各种类型的零售生意，与C段中“suit a wide range of different trades.”相对应。3. You know how much money it took last year.答案:A题目关键词：how much money it took last year，题目意为：你可以知道它去年盈利多少，与A段中“Open three years with annual turnover of 100,000.”相对应。4. This business already manufactures goods for sale.答案:B题目关键词：manufacture

6、s goods for sale题目意为：这个生意已经生产可供销售的产品，与B段中“ESTABLISHED POTTERY”相对应。5. Its price includes living accommodation.答案:D题目关键词：living accommodation，题目意为：价格中包括住宿处，与D段中“Small, three-bedroom house attached to workshop, and room for further building.”相对应。6. It has been operating for many years.答案:B题目关键词：operati

7、ng for many years，题目意为：已经营业好多年了，与B段中“Family business established for over fifty years in citys main commercial area.”相对应。7. You will have to find out the price from the agents.答案:A题目关键词：find out the price from the agents，题目意为：你可以从办理处了解价格，与A段中“Price on request”相对应。PART TWOBankers Bonuses Lord Myners,

8、 the City minister, is allegedly worth 30m ($47m). He is an unlikely tribune of the people. Yet, he has been sounding off more vociferously than his colleagues about unacceptable pay deals for bankers. Derivatives traders are not footballers with unique talents and should not be paid as though they

9、are, he said last month. More recently he has railed against market failure; accusing big clients of investment banks of not challenging the fees and margins they are charged. 1 Lack of transparency makes them seem the more villainous. The nation is angry about this. Im angry, says Lord Myners. 2 We

10、 are not an incomes regulator, says Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The watchdogs only sanction is to demand more regulatory capital from those banks whose pay policies appear to be putting their firms at greater risk. The Treasury could influence matters at

11、RBS and Lloyds Banking Group, two big banks in which it has substantial shareholdings, but is reluctant to micromanage. 3 The government worries that any attack on bankers pay could drive financiers offshore, depriving the exchequer of much revenue. City bonuses, which dropped from 10 billion in 200

12、7 to 4 billion in 2008, could bounce back to 6 billion this year, says the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR), a consultancy. They mirror the health of a financial-services sector that in the good times brought in up to 67 billion in annual tax revenues, estimates PWC, an accounting fi

13、rm. This fiscal year the figure could drop to 39 billion, says Douglas McWilliams at the CEBR, although banks recently buoyant business may increase it. 4 So could the slightly softer option of preventing banks from offsetting past losses against future tax bills. The reluctance to bash bankers bonu

14、ses stems from recognition that wholesale finance is a global business. Bankers are highly mobile, says Marcus Agius, chairman of Barclays. He argues that banks in Britain must be free to pay as much as those elsewhere, but says he is agnostic about what that level should be. National and internatio

15、nal proposals to reform pay at regulated financial firms are similarly agnostic. They mostly do not spell out how much public disclosure there should be of big pay packages, other than those for board members. 5 It requires a detailed breakdown of the remuneration of employees whose actions have a m

16、aterial impact on the risk exposure of the firm. Yet that measure is unlikely to be implemented, even though the big British banks and the London-based operations of global investment banks have agreed to it. The FSA, for its part, is not bothered about public disclosure as long as it has the inform

17、ation itself. Sir David Walker, a former central banker charged with an official review of bank-governance practices, has suggested that bands of remuneration for heavy hitters outside the boardroom be disclosed. It seems that banks, in the absence of much more than appeals to their better nature, w

18、ill be setting their own benchmarks as and when they please. Barclays began a review of its remuneration policies in 2008. It remains unfinished. A. But such attempts at moral suasion are not working, and those in authority seem reluctant to do more. B. A windfall tax on profits, discussed by both g

19、overnment and opposition, might put any recovery at risk. C. The opportunity to take an equity position at a bargain price has been missed. D. The crisis does not seem to have affected the way bankers are rewarded. E. An exception is the communiqu from the Group of 20 (G20) big countries in Septembe

20、r F. There was not a murmur when RBS hired a head trader for a rumoured 7m in total. G. Yet, he has been sounding off more vociferously than his colleagues about unacceptable pay deals for bankers. 1.答案:D文中空白处后一句中的“Lack of transparency makes them seem the more villainous”，不透明让他们显得尤其邪恶。这里的他们指的是银行家们。关

21、键词则是more villainous，更加邪恶，表明前一句很可能也是消极方面的描述。所以与之相符的应该是选项D。2.答案:A空白处是本段的句首，上段讲的是伦敦的一个金融大臣对银行家的收入及银行的各项收费表示的愤怒，空白处后文的意思是英国的金融监管局官员也不能监管银行家的收入。显然选项A中“and those in authority seem reluctant to do more.”意为：“并且看来那些高层也并不太想在这方面花费更多的精力。”符合题意。3.答案:F空白处的前一句，“The Treasury could influence matters at RBS and Lloyds

22、 Banking Group”中明确涉及了RBS(苏格兰皇家银行)。而在所给的句子中，只有F：There was not a murmur when RBS hired a head trader for a rumoured 7m in total，涉及了关键词RBS。选项F是正确答案。4.答案:B空白处后一句“So could the slightly softer option of preventing banks from offsetting past losses against future tax bills.”表明前面句子中所提到的某一现象可以阻止银行用未来的税单抵消以往亏

23、损的这种很容易套利的行为。选项B是正确答案。其中“So could.”表示“也一样起作用”，此处应是顺接关系。5.答案:E空白处前一句指出“They mostly do not spell out how much public disclosure there should be of big pay packages, other than those for board members”，表明他们基本上不向公众披露其不计其数薪酬的数量，除了那些国外的成员。而后一句却说“requires a detailed breakdown of the remuneration of employe

24、es whose actions have a material impact on the risk exposure of the firm”，意为：“要求其行为可能会对公司产生重大影响的雇员提供一个薪酬细目。”很明显此空是对前面不披露薪酬具体数目的否定。此处注意it所指的内容。所以选项E是正确答案。PART THREE Critical Path When David Hayden realised his company was heading for trouble, he took drastic measures to get it back on track David Hay

25、den founded his company, Critical Path, an email provider, in 1997 to take advantage of the boom in email traffic. Critical Path became a public company two years later, and Hayden took the opportunity to step down from his executive position in order to work on personal projects. At the same time,

26、he agreed to stay with the company as Chairman, but the business was put in the hands of new managers by its investors. With sector-leading products and an expanding market, the company seemed to be on the up and up. However, by early 2001, it was in trouble. Shares that had been worth $26 in 1999,

27、when they were first sold, were down to a mere 24 cents. Called in by a panicking board, Hayden found himself back in charge as Executive Chairman, trying desperately to rescue what he could. The 1,100 staff had lost confidence in the company and did not know what was going to happen to them. And, a

28、s Hayden discovered, the management team was incompetent. Those guys didnt understand the product or the sector, says Hayden. The heads of department didnt communicate and they didnt lead. But what was worse, Critical Path had lost the goodwill of its investors. Hayden knew that bringing the figures

29、 under control would be a vital step in the companys turnaround. Youve got to sort out the finances. For me, that meant getting back the goodwill of the investors. That was tough, after what had happened. But although they were angry with the company, they didnt have bad feelings about me. I told th

30、em that I knew I could get the company on its feet again. He was authorised to make whatever changes were required, and his first act was to find people within the company he could trust and put them in charge. The next thing Hayden had to tackle was morale. Everyone left the office at five on the d

31、ot-they couldnt get away quickly enough. To get the buzz back and win the staff over, I had to prove my own commitment and put in the extra hours with them. In return, it was assumed that nobody would ask for overtime pay until the company was on its feet again. Contrary to normal practice, Hayden w

32、as reluctant to lay people off, and apart from not replacing people as they reached retirement age, he left the workforce largely unchanged, although he did identify key people throughout the company who were given more responsibility. But, as Hayden insists, before a company reaches such a crisis,

33、there are warning signs that any financial director or accountant should take note of. A business that has an unrealistic pricing policy or has to negotiate extended credit with its suppliers is in trouble, is his message. Or if you often have to apply for your overdraft limit to be raised or have t

34、rouble paying tax on time, something needs to be done. By 2003, the company was healthy again, with reasonably stable finances and a modest but steady share price of $1.60. One thing that helped save us was that our technology worked, says Hayden. With 20 million email accounts, we never lost a sing

35、le major client because the product kept on working. With ideas for a fresh venture demanding his attention elsewhere, Hayden has moved on. It was time to go, he says. Im not a turnaround specialist. I prefer start-ups. 1. What event coincided with Critical Path becoming a public company? _A.Hayden

36、became the Executive Director of Critical Path.B.Investors hired a replacement team to run Critical Path.C.Critical Path launched a successful new product on the market.D.Critical Path was floated on the Stock Exchange at 24 cents per share.答案:B2. Which of the following situations did Hayden face at

37、 Critical Path in 2001? _A.The employees were worried about job security.B.The investors were calling for changes to the company structure.C.The management was misleading the staff about the companys position.D.The board of directors did not realise the scale of the companys problems.答案:A3. One reas

38、on Hayden was able to turn Critical Path around was that _A.he managed to find new investors.B.the financial situation was not as bad as he had thought.C.he had built up a good relationship with the management team.D.he was given the support that he needed.答案:D4. What was Haydens policy regarding th

39、e staff of Critical Path? _A.He paid overtime to everybody who worked outside office hours.B.He reduced the workforce by operating an early retirement scheme.C.He gave key staff the opportunity to help him set goals for the company.D.He restored motivation by showing willingness to work alongside st

40、aff.答案:D5. According to Hayden, what could indicate that a business is in trouble? _A.problems keeping accounts up to dateB.suppliers refusing to offer new credit termsC.a frequent need to increase the amount borrowedD.difficulties in getting payment from customers on time答案:C6. Hayden left Critical

41、 Path after he had rescued the company because _A.he wanted to develop the technology for a new internet service.B.he wanted to concentrate on founding a new enterprise.C.he had been offered a job with a major internet company.D.he decided to go into partnership with a major client.答案:BPART FOUR The

42、 Retail Sector The retail sector is one of the UKs biggest employment areas, accounting for one in nine of the workforce. It is also one of the fastest growing-more than a fifth of jobs 1 last year were in retail. Such rapid 2 in the tightest labour market for more than a generation should be 3 up w

43、ages, but it is not. While the national 4 wage goes up by about 5% a year, in retail it goes up by 3.5%. The consequences of low wages and far from brilliant conditions is rapid staff turnover. About half the staff employed in retail leave every year. This 5 is way above even those sectors such as n

44、ursing, which are said to be in a recruitment 6 . Part of the problem is that the employers themselves are under considerable financial 7 . Retail is suffering a long-term slide independent of the 8 and falls of the economy. One of the reasons for this is consumer expectations. With the growth of e-

45、commerce, customers look for bigger and better bargains and insist on 9 for money. There are some pluses for employees, however. Low wages and high turnover make retail a youthful sector. Real managerial 10 can be attained by the mid-20s, so school-leavers or recent graduates need only wait a short

46、time before gaining promotion. And despite the problems, the retail sector does, on occasion, 11 some of the more progressive career 12 programmes. The supermarket chain Robertsons, for example, has a community service scheme that trains staff in team-building through work on neighbourhood projects.

47、 And clothes retailer P 答案:C2.A.expansionB.increaseC.additionD.extension答案:A3.A.gettingB.pushingC.turningD.giving答案:B4.A.normalB.mediumC.averageD.common答案:C5.A.figureB.sumC.dataD.calculation答案:A6.A.emergencyB.disasterC.troubleD.crisis答案:D7.A.weightB.forceC.powerD.pressure答案:D8.A.climbsB.risesC.incre

48、asesD.advances答案:B9.A.advantageB.benefitC.worthD.value答案:D10.A.careB.responsibilityC.dutyD.reliability答案:B11.A.causeB.presentC.produceD.bring答案:C12.A.developmentB.outcomeC.continuationD.progress答案:A13.A.reportB.distinctionC.creditD.record答案:D14.A.policyB.codeC.procedureD.theory答案:A15.A.knowledgeB.co

49、ntactC.historyD.experience答案:DPART FIVE In most of the lines (34-45), there is one extra word. It either is grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct. If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet. If there is an extra word i

50、n the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet. US Airways Group Inc. will add 23 positions at Charlotte/DouglasInternational Airport in November.The jobs are from the result of changes in flight schedules and the 1airlines decision how to shift away from hubs to more point

51、-to-point 2service, the company says.The Virginia-based airline says the new jobs in Charlotte may befilled by employees while working in other locations. 3The addition of 16 full-time and seven part-time positions in Charlottewill coincide with more than 300 job cuts at Pittsburgh International 4Ai

52、rport, where US Airways is reducing service.In Pittsburgh, the carrier will cut down 195 full-time and 54 5part-time customer-service jobs. Thus in addition, 17 mechanic and 642 utility positions wilt be eliminated.The Pittsburgh job cuts are the result of that US Airways plan to 7eliminate almost 1

53、00 flights there in November.In related developments, The Washington Post reports on that US 8Airways says because it wants to cut its executive payroll by 20%, 9as eliminating positions and reducing pay and benefits for its 3,000 managers. 10The airline is expected to announce details of the plan s

54、oon.Christopher Chiames, US Airways senior vice president of corporateaffairs, who confirmed the airline plans to cut about $45 million of its 11$201 million management payroll.Management is going to be participating in the cost restructuring, he 12told the newspaper. We will announce those changes

55、when we reready to announce them. 1.答案:from2.答案: how3.答案: while4.答案: correct5.答案: down6.答案:Thus7.答案: that8.答案: on9.答案: because10.答案: as11.答案:who12.答案: correctWRITINGPART ONE问题:1. To: Director of the cleaning department Subject: Customer complaint 答案:To: Director, Cleaning Department From: J. BrownManager Subject: Unpleasant Odor in the Washroom Dear Sir, I have just received a letter from Lucy Gates who recently shopped in our supermarket and complained about a very undesirable odor in our washroom. We must provide a clean shopping environment for our customers. Woul