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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初级模拟82剑桥商务英语初级模拟82READINGPART ONE In each question, which sentence is correct? For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. 问题:1. In which department is Jane Crew working at the moment? A.SalesB.MarketingC.Administration答案:B

2、一封关于人事调整的电子邮件。决定从7月份开始，Tony Barns将调离销售部，转入市场部接替Jane Crew的工作，Jane Crew将调转至行政部。选项B符合题意。问题:2. Special Offer! Limited period only. 0% commission on foreign currency exchange.A.Commission is charged on some foreign currencies only.B.Customers can change limited amounts of money without paying commission.

3、C.At present there is no charge for changing foreign money.答案:C特别报价，在特定时间内免收外币兑换费。选项C符合题意。问题:3. Business Latest Demand for office space in sharp decline due to a slowing economy Click here A.Companies may have to wait longer to find cheap offices to rent.B.The financial situation is affecting the co

4、mmercial property market.C.Businesses are renting out empty office space to help their falling profits.答案:B经济放缓导致近期商用办公室需求急速下滑。选项B符合题意。问题:4. Office furniture direct from the manufacturer Free delivery; 21-day money back guarantee; interest free loan 2-year guarantee A.Buyers will get a full refund i

5、f they are not satisfied.B.Customers must collect the furniture straight from the factory.C.Payment on the furniture has to be completed within two years.答案:A厂家直销办公家具，免费送货，21天内可享受全额退款，2年质保。选项A符合题意。问题:5. To receive our free business publications, complete and return the enclosed form for up to three

6、titles per company.A.Each company may send for three publications.B.Companies may send in three articles for publication.C.Publications are sent out on receipt of payment and form.答案:A只要填写并交还该附表，该公司便可享受最多三种免费商业期刊。选项A符合题意。PART TWO Look at the box files on this shelf. They are in the office of the wom

7、an who produces the monthly company newsletter. For questions, decide which box file (A-H) each person needs. For each question, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet. Do not use any letter more than once. 1. She needs to get in touch with all the companys distributors in South America.答案:D文件D是

8、她保存海外批发商协议的。2. She has a pile of letters that she needs to file.答案:G文件G是用来保存通信的，例如，来往的信件回收。3. She wants to compare the companys latest product with similar products on the market.答案:E文件E是记录竞争者生产的相似产品。4. She wants to check an article from an old newsletter.答案:A文件A是她保存以往的文件的。5. She is writing an artic

9、le about a supplier from whom her company buys spare parts.答案:F文件F是记录那些向公司提供商品和服务的公司情况。PART THREE Look at the charts below. They show laptop sales compared to mobile phone sales offered by eight different towns during a three-period of time. For each sentence, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sh

10、eet. Do not use any letter more than once. 1. Although Laptop sales started higher than Mobile phone sales, it lost the leading position when both dipped in the middle of the period.答案:D从答案选项中可以发现，2001年初始时，实线高于虚线，而到2002年实线失去了领先的地位。同时满足两个条件的只有D项，所以，正确答案为D。2. Mobile phones sales and Laptop sales reach

11、ed their peak in the middle of the period, but Laptop sales declined more sharply at the end.答案:C同时满足两个条件的是C项，所以正确答案为C。3. While both Mobile phones and Laptop sales rose throughout the period, Mobile phones sales saw greater increase in the middle of the period.答案:H同时满足两个条件的为H项，所以正确答案为H。4. Both Lapto

12、p and Mobile phones sales dipped in the middle of the period, with the Mobile always achieving more sales than the Laptop.答案:G同时满足两个条件的是G项，所以正确答案为G。5. Mobile phones sales fell from their early high point to the level equal to Laptop sales, and then both remained the same level to the end of the peri

13、od.答案:E同时满足两个条件的为E项，所以正确答案为E。PART FOUR Read the article below about a self-employed Journalist. Are sentences on the opposite page Right or Wrong ? If there is not enough information to answer Right or Wrong, choose Doesnt say. Sally Patterson, journalist Last year, Sally Patterson left her permanen

14、t job with a newspaper and is now a self-employed journalist. Why did she do it? I had no control over my work, she says, and that mattered more to me than earning lots of money. Actually, leaving my job wasnt as difficult as Id expected, because I already had plenty of contacts in the publishing in

15、dustry. Unlike my last job, though, Im mostly in touch with the magazines and newspapers I write for by email, and as I dont work in an office, I may not see anyone for days. But thats a welcome relief! Isnt it hard being self-employed? The biggest danger when you become self-employed is saying yes

16、to everything, Sally says. I make sure I turn work down if I havent got the time for it. And thats a question of planning: I spend an hour every week working out what Im doing for the next few months. And what about the benefits? Well, at the newspaper I always concentrated on economic matters, but

17、now I can choose to work on a wider range of projects than before. And being my own boss has made me feel more confident about the other areas of my life, too. 1. Sally left her last job because she wanted to make decisions about her work herself.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:A该表述与原文表述一致，为正确答案。2. Her

18、 colleagues in publishing thought that being self-employed would be difficult for her.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:C原文没有提及Sally同事对于Sally成为自由职业者的表述，所以正确答案为C。3. She would prefer to share an office with other people.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:B原文明确提到，作为自由职业者的回报之一就是不用每天去办公室上班，不用与他人打交道。所以该表述不正确。4. She

19、needs to accept all the work she is offered.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:B原文提到作为自由职业者的最大危险就是不懂得拒绝。所以Sally有拒绝的权。所以该表述不正确。5. Most self-employed journalists find it difficult to plan ahead.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:C原文提到Sally每周都会抽出一小时的时间来计划未来几个月的工作。但对于其他自由职业者是否如此，原文没有提及。6. Sally specializes more now

20、 than she did in her last job.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:B原文提到Sally作为自由职业之前的工作只局限于经济领域，而作为职业者之后，Sally可以有更多的选择。所以该表述不正确。7. Self-employment has affected Sallys attitude to life.A.RightB.WrongC.Doesnt say答案:A原文提到Sally作为自由职业者后对生活的其他方面更加自信。所以该表述正确。PART FIVE Read the article below. For each question on

21、the opposite page, choose the correct answer. Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. It used to be that people were proud to work for the same company for the whole of their working lives. Theyd get a gold watch at the end of their productive years and a dinner featuring speeches by their

22、 bosses praising their loyalty. But todays rich capitalists have regressed to the survival of the fittest ideas and their loyalty extends not to their workers or even to their stockholders but only to themselves. Instead of giving out gold watches worth a hundred or so dollars for forty or so years

23、of work, they grab tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars as they sell for their own profit the company they may have been with for only a few years. The new rich selfishly act on their own to unfairly grab the wealth that the country as a whole has produced. The top 1 percent of the populati

24、on now has wealth equal to the whole bottom 95 percent and they want more. Their selfishness is most shamelessly expressed in downsizing and outsourcing because these business maneuvers dont act to create new jobs as the founder of new industries used to do, but only out jobs while keeping the money

25、 value of what those jobs produced for themselves. To keep the money machine working smoothly the rich have bought all the politicians from the top down. The president himself is constantly leaving Washington and the business at the nation because he is summoned to fundraising dinners where fat cats

26、 pay a thousand or so dollars a plate to worm their way into government not through service but through donations of vast amounts of money. Once on the inside they have both political parties busily tearing up all the regulations that protect the rest of us from the greed of the rich. The middle cla

27、ss used to be loyal to the free enterprise system. In the past, the people of the middle class mostly thought theyd be rich themselves someday or have a good shot at becoming rich. But nowadays income is being distributed more and more unevenly and corporate loyalty is a thing of the past. The middl

28、e class may also wake up to forget its loyalty to the so-called free enterprise system altogether and the government which governs only the rest of us while letting the corporations do what they please with our jobs. As things stand, if somebody doesnt wake up, the middle class is on a path to being

29、 downsized all the way to the bottom of society. 1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that people used to place a high value onA.job security.B.bosses praise.C.corporate loyalty.答案:C文中第一段“.by their bosses praising their loyalty.”意为“老板称赞他们的忠诚”。2. The author is strongly critical of todays ri

30、ch capitalists forA.not giving necessary assistance to laid-off workers.B.maximizing their profits at the expense of workers.C.not setting up long-term goals for their companies.答案:B文中第二段“.but only out jobs while keeping the money value of what those jobs produced for themselves.”意为“他们只是关心为自己生产的利润”。

31、3. The immediate consequence of the new capitalists practice isA.loss of corporate reputation.B.lower pay for the employees.C.a higher rate of unemployment.答案:C文中第二段“Their selfishness is most shamelessly expressed in downsizing and.”意为“他们的自私心理体现在裁员上”。4. The rich try to sway the policy of the governm

32、ent byA.occupying important positions in both political parties.B.making monetary contributions to decision-makers.C.pleasing the public with generous donations.答案:B由文中第三段“To keep the money machine working smoothly the rich have bought all the politicians from the top down.”可知，为保证金钱的机器正常运转，有钱人买通了政府要

33、员。5. Currently income is influenced byA.hardworking.B.loyalty.C.some complicated elements.答案:C由文中最后一段“But nowadays income is being distributed more and more unevenly and corporate loyalty is a thing of the past.”可知现如今收入的分布越来越不平均，忠实已成为过去时。6. What is the authors purpose in writing this passage?A.To ur

34、ge the middle class to wake up and protect their own interests.B.To warn the government of the shrinking of the American middle class.C.To persuade the government to change its current economic policies.答案:A由文中最后一句：如果还不觉醒的话，中产阶级就要一路成为社会的底层，可见作者是有意号召中产阶级起来维护自身的权利。PART SIX Read the new report below. C

35、hoose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B or C. Since Burnabys Leather Goods was made in 1994, the company has reported one success story after another. The company, which has become known for its 1 leather goods, 2 its new collection last month at the Mayfair Hotel in London. It was 3 by mo

36、re than 300 people. For the first time, the collection included smaller 4 such as purses, wallets and gift sets. The 5 of Burnabys success is the strength of the sales team, and it is 6 that by the end of this year there could be well 7 three thousand salespeople world-wide selling Burnabys products

37、. To reward the top sellers, Burnabys is 8 them an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas in America in July. Managing director Peter Jones says that the five-day holidays will 9 all flights as well as meals and hotel accommodation. Trips to the top shows and the Grand Canyon will also be organized. Mr

38、. Jones says that the offer has had an enthusiastic response from the sales force, and will make a continued increase in sales. The restructuring of the companys price range, which has 10 in 70% of their goods now being priced under 30, will also 11 sales. The new price range is 12 at customers with

39、 a few spare pounds in their pockets making an impulse purchase. 1.A.performanceB.qualityC.product答案:B从下文可知Burnaby的产品是赢在质量上，quality意为“质量”。2.A.launchedB.beganC.headed答案:Alaunch意为“开展，举行”3.A.metB.accompaniedC.attended答案:C此处意为“参加展览”，attend意为“参加”。4.A.partsB.componentsC.items答案:C此处意为“其中包括像钱包之类的小的配饰”。5.A.m

40、ysteryB.secretC.puzzle答案:B此处意为“Burnaby成功的秘密”，secret意为“秘密”。6.A.estimatedB.guessedC.counted答案:AIt is estimated that常见句式，意为“据估计”。7.A.overB.moreC.increase答案:Aover意为“超过”；more than为同样意思的搭配。8.A.offeringB.offersC.offered答案:A此处为现在进行时。9.A.containB.combineC.include答案:Cinclude意为“包括”。10.A.causedB.resultedC.finis

41、hed答案:Bresult in固定搭配，意为“结果是”。11.A.improveB.expandC.heighten答案:Aimprove意为“提高，改善”。12.A.aimedB.pointedC.sent答案:Abe aimed at固定搭配，意为“以为目的”。PART SEVEN Read the memo and the advertisement below. Complete the form. Write a word or phrase (in CAPITAL LETTERS) or a number on lines on your Answer Sheet. Colsto

42、n Newland MEMO To: Pare Gray From: Jim Moore Date: 20. 11. 04 Subject: Training course I need some new ideas for when Im trying to sell to potential customers, so Ive decided to attend the course that Business Solutions runs on presentations. The complete course would be perfect, but I really cant s

43、pare any timeIm sure the other one will be fine. Finance is willing to pay for by cheque if necessary, but would be happier if the company accepted a bank transfer. Could you organize it, please? The person to contact is Kamila Mudrazija. BUSINESS SOLUTIONS For all your training needs We are current

44、ly offering the following programmes: Selling by Telephone The Secrets of Customer Care New Ideas for Negotiating Perfect presentations Complete coursestwo days; Fast-track optionhalf a day; reductions for group bookings. Application for Training Complete the form below to book a place on one of our

45、 courses, Full name of participant: 1 Full name of participant: 2 Title of course: 3 Title of course: 4 Preferred method of payment: 5 1.答案:JIM MOORE从第一表格的信息“From: Jim Moore”中可以得出答案。2.答案:COLSTON NEWLAND从第一表格信息中的标题Colston Newland可以得出答案。3.答案:PERFECT PRESENTATIONS从第二个表格中的最后一个小标题信息Perfect presentations可

46、以得出答案。4.答案:HALF DAY从第二个表格中“Fast-track optionhalf a day”可以得出答案。5.答案:BANK TRANSFER从第一段中“but would be happier if the company accepted a bank transfer”可以得出答案。WRITINGPART ONE问题:1. You are going to organize a sales meeting in the Department. Write a note to your secretary, Miss Cook: asking for a flip cha

47、rt and a projector. saying why and where to have the meeting. Write 30 -40 words. 答案:To: Miss Cook Im going to organize a sales meeting for our department at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon in the Meeting Room. I need a flip chart and a projector. Please get them to the Meeting Room before the meeting.

48、 Ding本文是对商务便条的考查，是经理写给秘书的便条，内容要求是因要组织一个销售会议，让秘书准备挂图和投影仪，告知会议举行的时间和原因。该便条是上级写给下级，语言组织应简洁明了，交代清楚信息即可。 PART TWO问题:1. Read the letter below to Tim Green from Ding Forest. Dear Mr. Green, I am writing to inquire about your latest slimming machine. We are renting a machine from you but we would like to bu

49、y a new one. I would be grateful if you could send us a brochure, some leaflets and a price list. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, Ding Forest Write a reply to Mr. Ding Forest: enclosing a brochure, some leaflets and a price list. telling him about a new special offer. aski

50、ng her to contact you if she has any questions. Write 60-80 words. 答案:Dear Mr. Forest, Thank you for your inquiry about our latest slimming machine. I am enclosing a brochure, some leaflets and a price list. Since you are our regular customer and we have a good relationship, we would be delighted to

51、 offer you a 15% discount for the new machine. Please contact us if you have any questions. Yours sincerely, Tim Green本文是对商务信件的考查，内容要求是根据Ding Forest先生关于对减肥机器宣传册和价格单的需求来信进行回复。 内容方面，包括对Ding Forest需求的感谢，可以提供宣传册和价格单，告知他还有其他特别的优惠，如果有问题可以随时提供帮助。文章的格式要按照商务信函的格式要求，因是双方要建立买卖关系，所以语言在简洁之余，措辞一定要得体，用词要准确。 LISTEN

52、INGPART ONE For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay each recording. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. When the talk would happen? 答案:A听力原文Hi, Fiona. Ive been trying to get hold of you all morning so I hope you get this. Please call Sara Remon

53、di as soon as you can. Its about the meeting next month. Unfortunately I cant make it, so we need to talk urgently at two oclock, by the way, Ill be going home in three hours. Bye for now. 细节题。从“Unfortunately I cant make it so we need to talk urgently at two oclock,”可知男士应该在两点钟有个紧急谈话。2. Which is the

54、Jennnifers number? 答案:A听力原文A: Hello, finance department.B: Hello, can I speak to Mr. Hopwood, please?A: Im afraid hes in a meeting at the moment. Can I help?B: Actually, would you mind telling him that Jennifer called and Ill in the office all day if he would call me back. The number is 5556872.A: S

55、ure, bye.细节题。由“The number is 5556872.”可知答案为A。3. Where is Olivier from?A.Sales departmentB.Pairs officeC.Head company答案:B听力原文A: Let me show you round the office. Our sales representatives work is in this open plan area. The room in the comer is Brit Gamlins office. Shes the Senior Sales Manager here. Do you know her?B: No, I dont. Has she been here long?A: No, she joined the company two months ago. Come with me, Ill introduce you to her.A: Hello, Brit. Id like you to meet Oli