2020剑桥商务英语考试(初级)标准阅读理解练习题

1、2020 剑桥商务英语考试 （初级 ）标准阅读理解练习题SPEAKINGPART FOU：RQuestions 16-2251、Read the article below about a self-employed Journalist.Are sentences 16-22 on the opposite page ' Right' or ' Wrong' ? If there is not enough information to answer ' Right' or ' Wrong', choose ' Does

2、n't say'.For each sentence (16-22), mark one letter (A, B.or C) on your Answer Sheet.Sally Patterson, journalist Last year, Sally Patterson left her permanent job with a newspaper and is now a selfemployed journalist. Why did she do it? "I had no control over my work," she says, &q

3、uot;and that mattered more to me than earning lots of money. Actually, leaving my job wasn't as difficult as I'd expected, because I already had plenty of contacts in the publishing industry.Unlike my last job, though, I'm mostly in touch with the magazines and newspapers I write for by

4、email, and as I don't work in an'office, I may not see anyone for days. But that's a welcome relief!"I spendIsn't it hard being self-employed? "The biggest danger when you become self-employed is saying "yes" to everything, Sally says. "I make sure I turn wor

5、k down if I haven't got the time for it. And that's a question of planning：an hour every week working out what I'm doing for the next few months. "And what about the benefits? "Well, at the newspaper I always concentrated on economic matters, but now I can choose to work on a w

6、ider range of projects than before.And being my own boss has made me feel more confident about the other areas of my life,too. "Sally left her last job because she wanted to make decisions about her work herself.ARightBWrongC Doesn't say,52、Her colleagues in publishing thought that being se

7、lf-employed would be difficul for her.ARightBWrongC Doesn't say53、She would prefer to share an office with other people.ARightBWrongC Doesn't say54、She needs to accept all the work she is offered.ARightBWrongC Doesn't say55、Most self-employed journalists find it difficult to plan ahead.A

8、RightBWrongC Doesn't say56、Sally specializes more now than she did in her"last job.ARightBWrongC Doesn't say57、Self-employment has affected Sally's attitude to life.ARightBWrongC Doesn't sayPART FIVE： Questions 23-2858、Read the article below.For each question (23-28) on the oppo

9、site 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. They'd get a gold watch at the end of their productive years and a dinner featuring speeches by their boss

10、es praising their lovalty. But today's 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 o

11、r so years 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 th

12、e population 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 don't act to create new jobs as the founder of new industries used to do,but only out jobs while kee

13、ping the money 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 din

14、ners" where fat cats 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 in side they have both political, parties busily tearing up all the regulations that protect the rest of us from the greed

15、of the rich.The middle class used to be loyal to the free enterprise system. In the past, the people of the middle class mostly thought they'd 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

16、 a thing of the past. The middle 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 doesn't wake up, th

17、e middle class is on a path to being downsized all the way to the bottom of society.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.59、The author is strongly critical of today's rich capitalists forA not

18、 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.60、The immediate consequence of the new capitalists' practice isA loss of corporate reputation.B lower pay for the employees.C a higher rate

19、of unemployment.61、The rich try to sway the policy of the government byA occupying important positions in both political parties.B making monetary contributions to decision-makers.C pleasing the public with generous donations.62、Currently income is influenced byAhardworking.Bloyalty.C some complicat

20、ed elements.63、What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?A To urge 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.PARI SIX ：Question

21、s 29-4064、Read the new report below.Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B or C.For each question64-75, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.Since Burnaby's Leather Goods was made in 1994, the company has reported one success story after another. The company, which has be

22、come known for its (29) _ leather goods, (30) its new collection last month at the MayfairHotel in London. It was (31) by more than 300people.For the first time, the collection included smaller (32) such as purses, wallets and gift sets.The (33) of Burnaby's success is the strengthof the sales t

23、eam, and it is (34) that by the endof this year there could be well (35) threethousand salespeople world-wide selling Burnaby's products. To reward the top sellers, Burnaby's is (36)them anall-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas in America in July. Managing director Peter Jones says that the fiv

24、e-day holidays will (37) all flights as well asmeals and hotel accommodation. Trips to the top shows and the Grand Canyon will also be organized.Mr. 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

25、company's price range, which has (38)in 70% of their goods nowbeing priced under 30, will also (39) sales. Thenew price range is (40) at customers with a fewspare pounds in their pockets making an impulse purchase.AperformanceBqualityCproduct65、AlaunchedBbeganCheaded66、Amet Baccompanied Cattende

26、d67、Aparts BcomponentsCitems68、AmysteryBsecretCpuzzle69、AestimatedBguessedCcounted70、Aover Bmore Cincrease71、 Aoffering Boffers Coffered72、 Acontain Bcombine Cinclude73、 Acaused Bresulted Cfinished74、 Aimprove Bexpand Cheighten 75、AaimedBpointedCsentPART SEVE：N Questions 41- 4576、Write a word or phrase ( in CAPITAL LETTERS) or a number on lines76-80 on yourAnswer Sheet.Colston NewlandMEMOTo： Pam GrayFrom： Jim MooreDate： 20. 11. 04Subject ： Training courseI need some new ideas for when I'm trying to sell to potential customers, so I've