[语言类考试复习资料大全]剑桥商务英语初级阅读分类模拟17

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初级阅读分类模拟17剑桥商务英语初级阅读分类模拟17READINGPART ONE问题:1.A.A car company is increasing the capacity of its factory in Michigan.B.The staff at a car factory in Michigan will increase to 600 people.C.A car factory in Michigan is training recruits to start work

2、in January.答案:A问题:2. Finefoods requires an agent to A.own a suitable vehicle for delivery.B.be a specialist in food distribution.C.deliver goods all over the country.答案:C问题:3.A.Payment of 20 will be requested the day after deliveries are made.B.For 20 extra, delivery can be made the day after placin

3、g an order.C.The additional 20 charge must be paid within 7 days of delivery.答案:B问题:4.A.Companies may have to wait longer to find cheap offices to rent.B.The financial situation is affecting the commercial property market.C.Businesses are renting out empty office space to help their falling profits.

4、答案:B问题:5. MEMO To: Factory staff From: Factory Manager Date: 19 November 2008 Subject: Quality control The new system starts Monday week. Please read attached leaflet and contact me if there are any queries. What does the Factory Manager want the staff to do? A.Suggest additions to quality-control i

5、nstructions.B.Ask if they dont understand something.C.Contact him when the new system starts.答案:B解析 文中提到“.contact me if there are any queries.”意为“如果有询问请联系我”。PART TWO1. Sophie van Sommeren owns a small recruitment agency and needs to know how to cut her running costs.答案: H2. Jimmy Loh runs a small ex

6、port firm and needs to understand how proposed changes in tax rates will affect his business.答案: F3. Joachim Koch designs games software, and wants advice on expanding his business by selling products abroad.答案: C4. Market researcher Angela Ponti wants to find out what people think of the contents o

7、f the magazine.答案: B5. Tax consultant Yvonne Kiwitz wants to learn how to motivate her team more effectively.答案: EPART THREEA. B. C. D. E. F. G H 1. In spite of a slight recovery towards the end of the week, the general trend was downward.答案: G2. After rising dramatically in the middle of the week,

8、prices tell back to their Monday level.答案: E3. Share prices dropped early in the week, although there were then signs that they were becoming stable.答案: B4. After a steady rise for most of the week, prices fell to well below their original level.答案: D5. Prices reached their peak at the close of the

9、weeks trading.答案: HPART FOUR 1. Sainsburys contracted Cobalt with the aim of improving profitability. _A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:A2. The team consisted entirely of Cobalt staff. _A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:B3. The price of olive oil was reduced for customers. _A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:C4. C

10、obalt contacted Sainsburys whenever a saving was recorded. _A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:C5. The number of people involved in the project increased. _A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:A6. The project included training Sainsburys staff. _A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:A7. The project has now come to an end.

11、 _A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:BPART FIVE Software from the kitchen If you want to know what someone is like, look at their office. Tidy desk, efficient mind. Untidy desk, busy mind. But this doesnt fit Gordon Jackman, who started business software producer Quillatic. He works at home, in the untidi

12、est kitchen Ive ever seen, yet he strangely hates untidiness in business more than anything else. At the same time he admits that he has little interest in detail. Jackman describes his colleagues as sweepers. He explains: I can only get as far as the first 80% of an idea, but I know this weakness,

13、so I leave it to everyone else to finish my ideas, to make sure details arent forgotten. People who dont know their weaknesses run untidy companies and have unhappy companies. Jackman is a strong believer in testing peoples personal qualities as part of the recruitment process, and he and his 60 emp

14、loyees were all tested. He admits that such a strong belief in this is unusual in business, but adds, Have you ever noticed how teachers seem to be the same type of person? People do seem to select the job thats right for their type. Most of his ideas, he says, are not new but come from reading just

15、 about every management book thats published. You wouldnt expect a doctor not to have read anything about medicine since qualifying, yet with management it seems to be allowed, he says. You have to read whatevers out there. Even if a book gives you only one idea, its something you didnt have before.

16、 Jackman believes in developing his staff, but business deals come first. I believe in appointing people to do what they can and not more. So, for example, at the moment I have a very good salesman who has almost completed a sale but wont close the deal himself as he doesnt have enough experience ye

17、t. At the same time, he has strong ideas about rewards. Sales staff can earn as much as managers, because I recognise that if one persons doing a great job at managing, and another at selling, theres no reason for a difference in pay. And although experience may make a difference, in the end its act

18、ions that count. Running a company from a kitchen may not be recommended by many writers on management, but for Gordon Jackman its a great success. 1. In the first paragraph, the writer suggests that Gordon Jackman isA.unsuccessful in business.B.typical of computer experts.C.difficult to fully under

19、stand.答案:C2. Jackman uses the word sweepers to describe people whoA.finish off things that someone else starts.B.start things but dont finish them.C.work with a project from beginning to end.答案:A3. Jackman believes thatA.companies need to employ people who are of a similar type.B.people usually look

20、 for jobs which suit the type of person they are.C.tests of personal qualities are taken too seriously by most companies.答案:B4. Jackman believes that both business people and doctorsA.have to be good at management.B.should keep up to date with their field.C.need to select reading material carefully.

21、答案:B5. What point does Jackman make about his staff?A.Employees should be trained to do particular jobs.B.Staff development matters less than the success of a deal.C.Teamwork is essential for carrying out all tasks.答案:B6. Jackman pays staff according toA.how well they do their job.B.their position i

22、n the company.C.the amount of experience they have.答案:APART SIX Staff Questionnaires Surveys are now an everyday part of business life. Most business people probably have a survey on their desk 1 to be completed. Companies feel they have to collect information from their employees on 2 matters as jo

23、b satisfaction, or their attitude 3 team-working. But 4 of real value is gained from these questionnaires, and in some 5 the surveys produce bad data, on the basis of which bad decisions are 6 For a start, many of the questions are too general, and 7 open to different interpretations. A very high 8

24、of people agree with the statement, Knowledge-sharing is important 9 competitiveness. But a 10 focused question could produce better statistics: for example, Is knowledge-sharing encouraged in your company? In addition, research which was 11 out at one university shows that questions about job satis

25、faction get different responses on different days, depending on 12 the employees fill in the questionnaire on a Monday or a Friday. 1.A.waitB.waitedC.waiting答案:C2.A.suchB.manyC.enough答案:A3.A.atB.toC.by答案:B4.A.oneB.anyC.little答案:C5.A.timesB.casesC.occasions答案:B6.A.doneB.madeC.found答案:B7.A.eitherB.how

26、everC.therefore答案:C8.A.amountB.percentageC.quantity答案:B9.A.forB.aboutC.through答案:A10.A.moreB.muchC.mainly答案:A11.A.carryB.carriedC.carrying答案:B12.A.whatB.whyC.whether答案:CPART SEVENMemo From: Caroline Booth, Administration From: Peter Sparks, Purchasing Re: Printing calculators Now that each of our five departments has to keep careful financial records, please buy five printing calculators, plus one spare. Choose a model that has tax and euro functions (see attached). No need to open an account with these suppliers: pay COD, but insis