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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98剑桥商务英语中级模拟98READINGPART ONEA. Interactive Training Have you ever considered a career in training ? Apply now to join one of our Interactive Training courses. All our trainers have had leading roles in Staff Development and they will demonstra

2、te a variety of training techniques from individual to group involvement using drama. Course participants contribute with their experience in the discussions which follow each activity. Guidance in designing a range of courses including Word Processing, Typing, Time Management and Accounting is prov

3、ided. Contact Ian Draper: Phone 23345454, Fax 2334 5778 B. Euromoney Trainee Scheme Students interested in creating or selling financial products are invited to apply for six-month training schemes. An expenses allowance is paid monthly to each trainee. At the end of the six months, trainees will be

4、 assessed on their aptitude and a selected number will be offered permanent employment at our central office. Students wishing to apply should send a CV along with a 200-word summary on why they think they are suitable for this scheme. Applications to: Euromoney, Unit 3, Dearing Commercial Estate, S

5、ingapore C. Cercos High Technology Courses Regardless of previous experience, if you are aged eighteen or over, Cercos professional seven-week full-time training programme provides the gateway to employment in the rapidly expanding computer maintenance industry. Learn how to diagnose faults using th

6、e latest technological aids and to effectively and efficiently deal with problematic machinery and customers！ Contact John Segarro at 0772 4,313 for application form and course contents. D. Wizard Training Courses Many people are confused by the arrangement of letters on a computer keyboard and neve

7、r progress beyond tapping slowly away with two fingers. Our courses concentrate on training the fingers to find all the letters on the keyboard. Easy, short drills with three-letter words help you master the skills of typing within a matter of days. Phone 34254422 for costs and further details. 1. A

8、pply for this course if you are interested in running courses in office skills.答案:A。解析 题干中的关键词“office skills”，题目译为“如果你对办公室技能感兴趣，就申请这门课程”，与A段中“a range of courses including Word Processing, Typing, Time Management and Accounting is provided. ”相对应。2. This course will teach you how to repair computers.答

9、案:C。解析 题干中的关键词“how to repair computers，与C段中“computer maintenance industry. Learn how to diagnose faults.”相对应。repair 与maintenance为同义替换。3. Applicants must give reasons for wanting to join this course.答案:B。解析 题干中的关键词“Applicants must give reasons”，与B段中“Students wishing to apply should send a CV plus a 2

10、00-word summary of why they think they are suitable for this scheme.”相对应。give reasons与why相对应。4. This course promises very quick results.答案:D。解析 题干中的关键词“very quick results”，与D段中“master the skills of typing within a matter of days.”相对应。quick与within a matter of days相对应。5. You will be shown a range of t

11、eaching methods on this course.答案:A。解析 题干中的关键词“a range of teaching methods”，与A段中“they will demonstrate a variety of training techniques from individual and group involvement to using drama”相对应。其中a range of与a variety of为同义替换。6. If you complete this course successfully, you may be given a job.答案:B。解析

12、题干中的关键词“be given a job”，与B段中“.a selected number will be offered permanent employment in our central office.”相对应。其中job与employment相对应。7. The organizers will cover some of your costs while you are on this course.答案:B。解析 题干中的关键词“cover some of your costs”，与B段中“An expenses allowance is paid monthly to eac

13、h trainee.”相对应。PART TWONew Technology Links In the past 10 years, Jones and May have made a 350m investment in information technology. 1 . Every time a customer makes a purchase, the Jones and May Till do a lot more than just producing their change and a receipt. With the help of an advanced compute

14、r system the Tills feed the information to their central computers, which calculate what stock is needed. 2 They are then almost instantly able to organize the following days or weeks deliveries. 3 For example, food shelves do not sell out early on a Saturday as they used to and a wider range of goo

15、ds are available on a Monday. Using advanced communication between stores, Head Office and suppliers, the computers work out what has been sold each day, what suppliers need to produce, and what should be delivered to stores the following day. 4 Fewer customers are disappointed and profits improve.

16、5 When a new seasons range of clothes goes into stores in a variety of colors, the computer system makes it possible to respond to sales data almost overnight and, for example, increase the production of clothes in faster-selling colors and sizes. On the occasion that an item is temporarily out of s

17、tock, information technology enables sales staff to tell customers immediately whether it is available from the distribution center. If it is, an order can be placed. 6 So next time you are handed a Jones and May receipt you will know that the system is already reacting to your purchase and reorderi

18、ng the item you have just bought. A. This involves serious delays and damages customer confidence. B. Among the benefits for clothing is the fact that stores receive new deliveries according to their exact requirements. C. This unusually responsive system provides benefits in terms of both customer

19、service and profits. D. This information is fed from there directly into the suppliers computers. E. The new system has halved the delivery time for customers down to 24 hours from 48 hours. F. Such a quick and sensitive response ensures that the right amount of fresh food arrives at each store. G.

20、Their desktop computers can access sales data from the tills allowing them to change orders. 1.答案:C。解析 此空白处为该段首句，起着承上启下的作用，从下文可知这种系统能及时有效地反馈信息，以提醒供应商顾客需求和存货情况，可推测它既有利于顾客，又有利于商家。与本段最后一句相呼应选项C符合题意。2.答案:F。解析 空白前一句讲到计算机能够计算出当日卖出了什么，第二天需要进什么货，可见这种反馈及时而且高效，能保证货物的新鲜。选项F符合题意。3.答案:B。解析 本段主要是讲根据服装销售和需求情况，及时补货

21、。选项B符合题意。4.答案:E。解析 空白前一句讲如果某件商品暂时缺货，系统会显示，让营业员告诉顾客是否可以从中心区调货。可推测此句，如果有货，会很快按订单发货。5.答案:D。解析 空白后一句讲到他们能够立刻组织第二天或下一周的送货。可推测他们获得信息很及时。与本段是后一句相呼应。选项D符合题意，directly与instantly相对应。PART THREE A Risky Business As everyone in business knows, working life can be difficult. At times, it seems impossible to reach

22、a position, where everything is running smoothly. Computer failure, client indecision and even mistakes by staff can quickly send a company into crisis. Many disasters are completely unforeseen, and it is becoming increasingly important for managers to learn how to live with the unexpected. After se

23、veral major disasters in the City of London, a group of managers have got together to form an organization, called Survive. Their objective is to advise companies of the steps they should take in order to maintain business continuity in the event of disaster. So far they have worked with 600 compani

24、es in the UK and they are rapidly branching out to locations around the world. Survive Singapore, which offers its services to companies in the Pacific Rim, is the latest branch of the organization to be established. The advice they offer can be broken down into three areas. Whatever size your compa

25、ny is, the basic lessons are the same. Firstly, if you listen to employees and customers, then you are more likely to discover the risks you may be running which you hadnt thought of. Maybe safety procedures have got a little out of date; it is your employees who can tell you which working practices

26、 are dangerous or inadequately supervised. Wider issues, such as polluting a local river, may be discovered through the public. If you have systems to keep in touch with what people are saying about you, then you will have a chance of preventing problems before they arrive. Secondly, many companies

27、dont have adequate insurance. In fact, many small companies have very little insurance at all and only discover that they are underinsured when it is too late. A fire may break out in the office and damage to not only the office furniture but also invaluable customer recorder and legal documents. Th

28、e effect of the damage to the company can often make recovery impossible. Survive will assist companies in assessing their risk of unexpected events, and point them in the direction of suitable insurance companies. The third area to look at is what to do if your office did burn down and all your rec

29、ords were lost. What you need is a business continuity plan. Professional assistance in drawing up a plan can be provided by Survive, who will give you access to publications, conferences, databases and workshops where you can discuss problems with people in similar situations to yours. 1. What is b

30、ecoming increasingly important for managers to learn according to the passage?A.How to face competition.B.How to work under pressure.C.How to live with the unexpected.D.How to take risks.答案:C本文首段末句给出答案。2. What is the purpose of the organization of survive?A.To avoid damage to the environment.B.To in

31、sure against computer failure.C.To find out from people.D.To maintain business continuity in the event of disaster.答案:D本文第二段第二句讲了“Survive”组织的目的，D项符合。3. According to the writer, how do you discover the risks likely?A.By listening to survive.B.By listening to employees and customers.C.By listening to

32、the market.D.By listening to the public.答案:B本文的第三段第二句给出了答案：“if you listen to employees and customers”4. A fire can cause fatal damage to _.A.small companiesB.companies without assessing their riskC.companies without insuranceD.companies with suitable insurance答案:C通过阅读倒数第二段我们可知是那儿有没有保险的公司会遭到致命的打击。5.

33、According to the writer, survive can help you to calculate _.A.how to insure against computer failureB.what is happening in your office that is potentially dangerousC.what the chances are of a disaster hitting your companyD.which is the safest location for your business答案:C倒数第二段最后一句给出答案。6. Survive c

34、an help you with access to publications, conferences, databases and workshops in which you can have a talk with people in similar situation when _.A.company does not have adequate insuranceB.your office did burn down and all your records were lostC.companies get into crisisD.companies are taking a b

35、ig risk答案:B最后一段告诉我们在你的公司被烧光时Survive帮你的内容，所以本题选B。PART FOUR The Significance of the Division of Labour The significance of the division of labour was first found by Adam Smith in the 1770s. He explained part of its advantages. He gives as an example the process 1 which pins were made in England. One m

36、an draws 2 the wire; another strengthens it; a third cuts it; a fourth points it; a fifth grinds it at the top to prepare it to receive the head. To make the head 3 two or three operations. To put it on is a 4 operation, to polish the pins is another. And the important business of making pins is, 5

37、this manner, 6 into about eighteen operations, which in some factories are all performed by different people, 7 in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned 8 twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4,800 pins per worker. But if all of the

38、m had worked separately and 9 without division of labour, none of them could have made twenty pins in a day and perhaps not even one. There can be no doubt that division of labour is a/an 10 way of 11 work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this but he also took it for granted that div

39、ision of labour is in itself responsible for economic 12 and development and that it 13 for the difference between 14 economies and those that 15 still but division of labour adds nothing new; it only enables people to produce more of what they already have. 1.A.inB.onC.byD.through答案:C解析 此处考查介词辨析。此处

40、句意为：他以英格兰别针的制作过程为例。因此，此处需要一个介词与后面的定语从句which pins were made in England搭配，表示进行的过程，故C项为正确答案。2.A.outB.upC.offD.in答案:A解析 此处考查动词和介词的搭配。此处句意为：一个工人拽出线。A项意为“拉出”，B项意为“写出”，C项意为“离开”，D项意为“加入”。根据文意，A项与文中内容相符。3.A.demandsB.requestsC.requiresD.inquires答案:C解析 此处句意为：制作针头需要两至三道工序。A项意为“要求，命令”，B项意为“请求”，C项意为“需要”，D项意为“询问”，

41、故正确答案是C。4.A.oneB.separateC.differentD.definite答案:B解析 此处考查形容词的意义。此处句意为：把针头放在针体上是一个工序。故根据选项词意，B项为正确答案，表示“分开的”，A项不符合语法要求，C项和D项与句意不符。5.A.withB.byC.throughD.in答案:D解析 此处考查固定搭配。文中表达的意思是“以这种方式”，只有介词in和manner搭配符合此意，其他都不能与manner搭配。6.A.separatedB.dividedC.classifiedD.cut答案:B解析 此处句意为：以这种方式制造别针，需要把过程分为十八道工序。A项表示

42、“分离开”，B项表示“分成”，C项表示“归类为”，D项表示为“切开”，故答案应选B。7.A.thoughB.andC.whichD.however答案:A解析 此处考查对上下文的理解。文中前半部分内容为每一道工序都有不同的人负责，后半部分说一些工厂一个工人会负责两三道工序。根据前后两部分的内容，填空部分应为表达转折关系的连词，A、D项都为转折关系连词，但D项放在句中多跟逗号，此处因无逗号，不宜选D，故正确选项应为A。8.A.upB.onC.inD.out答案:D解析 此处句意为：smith解释道“以这种方式一天可以制作出十二磅的别针。”A项意为“露面”，B项意为“打开”，C项意为“退还”，D项

43、意为“制造出”，故正确答案是D。9.A.individuallyB.aloneC.apartD.independently答案:D解析 此处考查对语义相近的动词的辨析能力。文中此处句意为：如果不加分工，让每个工人都分开单独制作别针，没有人可以一天制作20个别针，甚至一个也制作不出来。故根据文意，正确答案为D项，表示“各自，独立”。另外，A项意为“个人”，B项意为“独自”，C项意为“分离”。10.A.efficientB.importantC.effectiveD.excellent答案:A解析 此处考查形容词辨析。根据文意可判断出，本段要指明分工劳动是一种提高效率的工作方式，故正确答案为A项。

44、其他选项均不符合句意要求，其中，B项意为“重要的”，C项意为“有用的”，D项意为“好的”。11.A.givingB.organisingC.finishingD.performing答案:B解析 此处考查动词辨析及对文章的理解。根据文意可判断出，此处讲组织生产的方式，只有B项符合句意。其他选项均不符合句意，其中，A项意为“给予”，C项意为“完成”，D项意为“进行”。12.A.riseB.progressC.growthD.roaring答案:C解析 此处考查名词辨析。根据填空后半部分“and development”推断出，and之前的部分意思应该与development相近，即“成长，发展”

45、，并能与economic搭配。A项意为“升高”，B项意为“进步”，D项意为“猛增”，只有C项符合要求，意为“发展”。13.A.accountsB.makesC.countsD.looks答案:A解析 此处考查动词与介词for搭配时的不同意义。根据文意可判断出，此处是要对为何不同作出解释。B项意为“有助于”，C项意为“有价值”，D项意为“寻找”。只有A项意为“解释”，符合文意。14.A.raisingB.expandingC.extendingD.inflating答案:B解析 此处考查动词辨析。根据前文所述内容可判断出，文中此处意为：经济规模扩大的厂家与停滞不前厂家的不同，故B项为正确答案。其

46、他选项不符合文意，其中，A项意为“升高”，C项意为“延长”，D项意为“通货膨胀”。15.A.keepB.reserveC.holdD.stand答案:D解析 此处考查词的搭配。根据前文所述内容可判断出，文中此处表示“停滞不前”，而填空后有still，只有D项既符合文意又可以与still搭配，故为正确答案。PART FIVEEthics and Mission Statement As business emerged from the profit-oriented in 1980s, values and social responsibilities were being emphasiz

47、ed on corporate mission statements. 1 Because greed was out, and ethics were in. Business and their employees 2 became actively engaged in less activities that contributed to their communities. 3 To spell out their goals, companies were increasingly developed codes of ethics. 4 Mission statements th

48、at were written because they required consensus and 5 commitment. Not everyone who, however, agreed with the trend toward the 6 strong social stances of some public corporations. Respected economist Milton 7 Friedman contended, Many Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very 8 foundation of o

49、ur free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social 9 responsibility other than to make as much more money for their stockholders as 10 possible. The CEO of Levi Strauss 答案:AND。 解析 去掉前一个and，because在这里引导原因从句，and为多余词汇。2.答案:LESS。 解析 less意为“较少的”，此处并无比较级，而且less与前面的叙述在语义上矛盾应删去。3.答案:WERE。

50、解析 这里的时态为一般过去时，develop已经明确表明时态，were为多余词汇。4.答案:THAT。 解析 此处为被动语态，that为多余词汇。5.答案:WHO。 解析 everyone在此处做主语，加上who使句子成分混乱。6.答案:CORRECT。 解析 正确。7.答案:MANY。 解析 many与few在语义上矛盾，应删去个。8.答案:CORRECT。 解析 正确。9.答案:MORE。 解析 此处的核心搭配是as much as possible意为“尽可能多的”。因此more多余。10.答案:ONE。 解析 another意为“另一个”，one在这里为多余词汇，应删去。11.答案:T

51、O。 解析 send sth. to sb. 为常见搭配，意为“送给某人某物”，介词to为多余词汇。12.答案:CORRECT。 解析 正确。WRITINGPART ONE问题:1. You are the factory manager of a car company. You are waiting for urgently needed components from your purchasing department. Write a note to Mr Grayson, the Assistant Purchasing Manager: enquiring about the

52、reason for the delay stating when the components are needed suggesting a meeting to discuss future deliveries. Write 40-50 words. 答案:范文 I am writing to enquire about the reason for the late delivery of the component I ordered, need by next Monday. In order to which are, I suggest that we have a meet

53、ing to discuss future deliveries.本文是对商务便条的考查，是汽车公司工厂经理写给采购经理的便条。内容要求是询问订购的元件拖延的原因，说明什么时间需要元件，建议组织一个讨沦将来交付的会议。写作时按照商务便条的写作形式，将所给信息阐述详细即可，因是两经理之间的留言，措辞及语气要谦虚得体。 PART TWO问题:1.答案:Sample CThe purpose of this report is that we need more staff.Indeed if we compare the number of people who work in this depa

54、rtment between 2001 and 2003, it only increased from five people but the orders are twice more numerous. Furthermore, our sales department has announced an important order from a company. It will be very difficult to satisfy this demand if we dont increase our staff.Since a few time, the annual holi

55、day is five weeks per year. Thats means that every person will miss it work one week more per year and during this time the work wont be done. Finally, we received a mail from a customer to informe us that he became his order six weeks late. However, if we had more staff the order should be on time.

56、Band 3All the content points have been covered and the report is appropriate in terms of register and format. There is clear evidence of organisation and good use is made of discourse markers. There are a number of language errors, but these are relatively minor and do not impede communication of the message.Sample DReport on: More s