[剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料]初级阅读题自测训练(一)

1、剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料初级阅读题自测训练(一)剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料初级阅读题自测训练(一)初级阅读题自测训练(一)阅读理解PART ONE Look at the questions 1-5. In each question, which sentence is correct? For each question，mark one letter(A, B, or C)on your Answer Sheet. 问题:1. The airport express departs from platform 3 every 20 minutes dur

2、ing the day (every 30 minutes at night).A.The train service to the airport runs 24 hours a day.B.Airport trains leave Platform 3 at 20 minutes past the hour.C.The airport express takes half an hour at night.答案:A问题:2. YEAR PROJECT 2001 $ 600,000 2002 $ 300,000 2003 $ 900,000 Profits increased by $ 60

3、0,000 in _.A.2001B.2002C.2003答案:C问题:3. Goods not normally dispatched unless paid for at time of ordering payment on delivery by special arrangement only. Customers should normally pay for goods _. A.when their order is processedB.when the goods are deliveredC.when they place an order答案:C问题:4. SPORTM

4、ASTER Pakistan-based manufacturer of sports items wishing to do business in Europe is looking for importers Tel: 92 666 1234 Sportmaster wants to _. A.sell its products abroadB.import products into PakistanC.manufacture in Europe答案:A问题:5. Notices for display above this photocopier must first be hand

5、ed to reception.A.You can photocopy notices at Reception for display here.B.Photocoier notices can only be displayed at Reception.C.Take your notice to Reception if you want it displayed here.答案:CPART TWO Look at the list below. It shows the contents of a Web. For questions 6- 16, decide which part

6、(A-H) each person should visit. For each question, mark the correct letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. CONTENTS A. Home B. Business C. World D. People E. Finance Economy F. Markets Data G. Science Technology H. Books Arts 1. Byron Stone wants to know the latest

7、news from Mars.答案: G2. Daniel Culper needs to learn about Americas interest rates.答案: E3. Jeff Burton is interested in the man who wants to beat George W. Bush.答案: D4. Brian Hickman wants to have an overview of the Web.答案: A5. John Laset is concerned about the bird flu in Vietnam.答案: CPART THREE Loo

8、k at the chart below. It shows a restaurants income, total expenditure and advertising costs during an eight-month period. Which month does each sentence (11-15) describe? For each sentence, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. 1. In this month, total exp

9、enditure, like income, showed a fall, while spending on advertising demonstrated the opposite trend.答案: B2. Total expenditure rose slightly in this month, while advertising costs reached their peak, leading to a higher income in the following month.答案: F3. Despite a decline in advertising costs in t

10、his month, expenditure as a whole rose.答案: G4. This months improvement in income was particularly welcome, as it was not matched by an increase in expenditure.答案: H5. While this month saw low point in the restaurants income, expenditure continued to fall.答案: FPART FOUR Read the advertisement below f

11、or a hot drinks machine. Are sentences 16-22 Right or Wrong? If there is not enough information to answer Right or Wrong, choose Doesnt Say. For each sentence 16-22, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. ADVERTISING FEATURE Save money and keep your staff happy It can be expensive to keep

12、 the canteen open to serve drinks to your staff through the day. Our QVM hot drinks machine replaces this service, so that you can close the canteen between mealtimes. You can install the QVM hot drinks machine anywhere in the building. One machine is suitable for a staff of ten to fifteen people. I

13、t costs 1300 buy, or 11.00 per week to rent over 60 months. It is not expensive to operate: for example, the cost of power for one day is 30p, nearly as cheap as the price of one hot drink from the machine. Our company will carry out a weekly service, at a charge of 10.00. We can also refill the mac

14、hine with drinks ingredients for an extra charge of 8.00. Some customers prefer to do this themselves, however. There are eight choices of hot drink available from the QVM machine, and our company offers one months trial free of charge, so that you can estimate how popular the machine will be and se

15、e what the actual savings are. 1. With a QVM machine, companies can avoid having a canteen altogether.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:B2. The QVM machine provides enough hot drinks for up to fifteen people.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:A3. Most customers prefer to rent the QVM machine over sixty months.

16、A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:C4. The electricity used daily by the machine costs less than the price of a hot drink.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:B5. The machine company empties the money from the machine as part of its service agreement.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:C6. Customers can refill their mac

17、hines with drinks ingredients, if they want to.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:A7. During the trial period, the customer pays a reduced amount to rent the machine.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:BPART FIVE Read the following reviews of a book called The Bosses Speak. For each question 23-28, choose the co

18、rrect answer. Mark letter (A,B or C) on your Answer Sheet. John Stuart is an executive recruitment specialist who has turned to writing. The result is this book, based on interviews with twenty Chief Executives. Each top managernone of them famous names, surprisingly is given a short chapter, and th

19、ere is some introductory material and a conclusion. This means you can jump from one person to another, in any order, which is good for people who are too busy to read a book form cover to cover. For a management book it isnt expensive, although whether its good value for money is doubtful. Some of

20、the twenty interviewees started their own businesses, while others joined a company and worked , and fairly new in their position, and others have had years of experience though, strangely, Stuart doesnt seem interested in these differences. The interviewees work in everything, from retailing to air

21、lines to software, and it is this variety that forms the main theme of Stuarts book. I have to say that Stuarts approach annoys me. He rarely stays at a distance from his interviewees, who are mostly presented in their own, positive words. If this were always the case, at least you would know where

22、you were. But he seems to dislike certain interviewees. As a result, I dont know whether to accept any of his opinions. It also means that the book gives no clear lessons. At the very least, I expected to learn what makes a successful Chief Executive. But these people seem to share two types of qual

23、ities. Some of them are very common, suggesting that anyone can be equally successful, which is definitely not the case. And the other qualities are ones which most successful bosses Ive seen definitely do not have. So in the end Im no wiser about what really goes on. Perhaps Im being unfair. As lon

24、g as you dont think about whether youd like them as friends, and pay no attention to most of the advice they give, the most readable parts are where the bosses describe their route to their present position. Stuart seems to think that his book would be useful for people aiming for the top, and that

25、it might even make a few want to start their own company; but, in fact, what they could learn here is very limited. Seen as light business reading for a doctor or teacher, though, this book would provide some good entertainment. 1. The reviewer suggests that one advantage of the book is that _.A.it

26、is better value than other management booksB.it does not need to be read right throughC.it is about well-known people答案:B2. The book concentrates on the fact that the twenty executives who are interviewed _.A.work in a number of different industriesB.started their companiesC.have worked for differen

27、t lengths of time答案:A3. The reviewer cannot accept Stuarts opinions because Stuart _.A.makes unreasonable complaints about the intervieweesB.writes too positively about the intervieweesC.has different attitudes towards different interviewees答案:C4. Reading the book made the reviewer think that _.A.th

28、ere are certain qualities which all Chief Executives needB.it is difficult to discover how people really run a companyC.running a company is easier than many people think答案:B5. Which parts of the book did the reviewer most enjoy reading?A.How the interviewees became Chief Executives.B.What sort of p

29、eople the interviewees are.C.The advice given by the interviewees.答案:A6. The reviewer recommends the book for people who _.A.intend to set up in businessB.want to become senior managersC.are outside the field of business答案:CPART SIX Read the article below about team-building. Choose the correct word

30、 to fill each gap, from A,B or C. For each question 29-40, mark one letter (A,B or C) on your Answer Sheet. TEAM-BUILDING THROUGH ACTIVITIES Nowadays, company bosses are increasingly trying to find unusual team-building events as part of their training programme. An activity park 1 . Fast-track has

31、just opened to offer 2 events to attract the corporate entertainment market, 3 4 is growing all the time. The park is situated just a few kilometres outside the city centre 5 it provides events that 6 entertain as well as train. Clients can try outdoor attractions such as sailing or climbing, 7 avai

32、lability clearly depends entirely 8 the weather. Activities 9 kind are perfect team-building exercises. Tom has 10 been to an activity park before, explained James Black, a company manager. Before we came, I didnt think we 11 enjoy ourselves so much and I didnt expect the huge difference that Fast-tracks programme has 12 to my team. Now we work better together than we did before. 1.A.callingB.callsC.called答案:C2. 30A.suchB.likeC.so答案:A3.A.atB.forC.in答案:C4.A.whoB.whichC.what答案:B5.A.andB.butC.or答案:A6.A.oughtB.willC.shall答案:B7.A.becauseB.althoughC.since答案:B8.A.onB.ofC.with答案:A9.A.aB.theseC.this答