2014剑桥BEC初级考试标准预测卷(6)

　　BEC商务英语考试在现在的考试形式占有重要的地位，当今社会不论是学生还是职场人都在努力的奋斗这提升自己的能力和晋升的空间，那么我们现在就来做BEC模拟试卷吧!

　　READING

　　PART ONE：Questions 1-5

　　1、回答1-5题：

　　ALL CLERICAL STAFF

　　In case of a problem with any office equipment, advise your Supervisor, who will call in the Technical Department if necessary.

　　Members of the clerical staff are expected to

　　A.deal with minor problems to their equipment.

　　B.ask their Supervisor to see to the problem.

　　C.get help from the Technical Department.

　　2、

　　Product Self-adhesive labels

　　Size 63.5×38.1mm

　　Ref n0 01684583

　　Color yellowLabels per sheet 21

　　Sheets per pack l00

　　Labels per pack 2,100

　　The pack contains

　　A.21 labels.

　　B.100 labels.

　　C.2, 100 labels.

　　3、

　　CADECO UK Cadeco House

　　Industrial Software Solutions Dawley Bank

　　Alan Ball TelfordTF3 6 HH

　　Head of Technical Services Tel：01 952 998000

　　Fax：01 952 998001

　　Head Office CADECO USA BALBOA CYN SAN DIEGO CA 921 02

　　Tel：858 300 4000 Fax;858 300 401 1

　　Alan needs to discuss a technical problem with Head Office. Which number does he call?

　　A.019520998000

　　B.858 300 4011

　　C.858 300 4000

　　4、 Bill

　　Have you spoken to Annie yet? I meant to, but forget. Sorry.

　　Sarah

　　A.Sarah wants Bill to phone Annie.

　　B.Sarah has forgotten to phone Bill.

　　C.Sarah wonders if Annie has phoned Bill yet.

　　5、 elivery

　　Free delivery for orders over $75.00 free; otherwise charged at normal postal rates

　　Express delivery, $ 25.00 surcharge on all packages

　　Local delivery only

　　You will have to pay delivery charges on

　　A.goods worth more than 75. 00

　　B.goods sent express.

　　C.goods sent overseas.

　　PART ONE：Questions 1-8

　　6、听录音：{MP3:/imgcache/attached/media/20140409/20140409192935_5079.mp3}

　　For question6-13 you will hear eight short recordings.

　　For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.

　　After you have listened once, replay each recording.

　　When would be the interview?

　　A.Friday morning

　　B.Tuesday 1 : 30p. m.

　　C.anytime next week

　　7、 What are they going to discuss in the meeting?

　　A.hiring new people

　　B.retirement of old staff

　　C.arrange meeting plans

　　8、 When is the party?

　　A.

　　B.

　　C.

　　9、 When will the female speaker do the agenda?

　　A.Thursday afternoon or Friday morning

　　B.today

　　C.tomorrow

　　10、 What do they need now?

　　A.facilitate today's meeting

　　B.a fantastic new product

　　C.a new name

　　11、 Which room does the woman live in?

　　A.

　　B.

　　C.

　　12、 How much would the male speaker like to deposit?

　　A.

　　B.

　　C.

　　13、 What does the man think of the price?

　　A.quite normal

　　B.too high

　　C.cheap indeed

　　PART ONE

　　14、In this part, the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn. You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.

　　(1) Are you a northerner or a southerner?

　　(2) What kind of person do you want to be in the future?

　　(3) Do you believe the computer is very important for us?

　　PART ONE：Question 46

　　15、You are unable to attend an important meeting in your company as you will visit an international trade fair.

　　Write a memo to the manager who has organized the meeting:

　　apologizing for not attending the meeting.

　　explaining why you will be absent.

　　saying when you will be back.

　　Write about 30-40 words.

　　PART TWO：Question 47

　　16、Read this advertisement from China Daily.

　　Autumn Cooperation Projects Talks

　　Invitation

　　Contents: More than 1000 Chinese Projects for joints ventures, equipment,

　　products, etc.

　　Schedule: 09:00, July26, Opening Ce

　　July 36-27, Cooperation Projects Talks

　　Venue: Big Hotel, Changchun

　　Participants: Manufactures and foreign enterprises.

　　Contact Tel: 0431 88231234

　　Sponsor: WAIDIAN Consultants Group

　　Jiefang Road, C, hangchun, China

　　Send a letter to the Manger Director of your Shanghai office telling him about the Autumn Cooperation Projects talks in Changchun.

　　Give him details of:

　　who is organizing the event.

　　when and where it takes place.

　　who will be there.

　　Why you think he should attend.

　　Write about 60-80 words.

　　WRITING

　　PART TWO

　　17、In this part of the test, you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the two below and then talk for about one minute.

　　You have one minute to prepare your ideas.

　　A.What is important when...?

　　Planning a business reception

　　Cost

　　Entertainment

　　Hosts

　　B.What is important when...?

　　Manage a project?

　　Teamwork

　　Strict work schedule

　　Strong leadership

　　PART TWO：Questions 9-15

　　18、Look at the notes below.

　　Some information is missing.

　　You will hear two people talking about resume.

　　For each question (9-15), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using

　　a word, numbers or letters.

　　After you have listened once, replay the recording.

　　THE RESUME INFORMATION

　　NAME: (9)__________APPLYING FOR (10)__________ position

　　TIME THE RESUME WAS SENT : end of ( 11 )__________

　　DOCUMENTS NEEDED: a resume, a ( 12 )__________and two letters of ( 13 )__________,

　　STAGE OF RECRUITMENT: still (14)__________ resumes now, will call applicants after (15)__________week.

　　第9题答案为：

　　19、 第10题答案为：

　　20、 第11题答案为：

　　21、 第12题答案为：

　　22、 第13题答案为：

　　23、 第14题答案为：

　　24、 第15题答案为：

　　PART TWO：Questions 6-10

　　25、根据下列答案，回答25-29题。

　　Look at the list below. It shows the contents page from a directory of business services.

　　For questions 6-10, decide which business service (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.

　　BUSINESS SERVICES

　　A.Translation services

　　B.Maps and plans--paper and other media

　　C.M uitimedia--electronic publishing

　　D.Music publishing--CDs, audio and video cassettes

　　E.Plastic cards--credit cards. ID cards, etc.

　　F.Business publishing--corporate brochures, documents.etc.

　　G.Design of promotional stickers, labels and signs

　　H.Technical publishing--product manuals, etc.

　　Foresight, a manufacturer of audio equipment, is launching a new range of CD players and needs accompanying instruction booklets.

　　26、 Ream PLC, a manufacturer of computer hardware, wants a restyled logo for its new range of laser printers.

　　27、 AFN marketing consultants has prepared a report for a north-African music publisher and requires a version in Arabic.

　　28、 Smart Ltd, a plastic products manufacturer, is planning to produce a high-quality annual report for its shareholders.

　　29、 Stride, a company which makes maps and notices for public places like shopping centers, wants to redesign its website.

　　PART THREE：Questions 11-15

　　30、 Look at the table and charts below. They show the market share, annual turnover and

　　share prices for eight electronics manufacturing companies between 1999 and 2002.

　　Which company does each sentence ( 30-34) describe?

　　For each sentence, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.

　　Do not use any letter more than once.

　　MARKET SHARE (%)

　　CoMPANY19992002

　　A57

　　B915

　　C3239

　　D159

　　E1010

　　F178

　　G35

　　H97

　　TURNOVER (MILLION ￡)

　　( MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SHARE PRICES (￡) 1999-2002

　　This company's share price ended the period lower than it started, its market share declined sharply, and its turnover also dropped.

　　PART THREE：Questions 16-22

　　35、Look at the notes below.

　　Some information is missing.

　　You will hear a report on company innovation.

　　For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters.

　　After you have listened once, replay the recording.

　　INNOVATION

　　REASON: to (16)__________ in the rapid change of business environment

　　METHODS: find ways doing things (17)__________in the main area of (18)__________

　　and (19)__________of information

　　REMARKS: (20)__________and the (21)__________ have created new business opportunities and new ways of doing business.

　　EXAMPLES:

　　(i) DELL, one of the world's largest PC makers, sells directly to their customers.

　　(ii) Amazon. com, focused two aspects: (22)__________and information.

　　回答第16题。

　　36、 回答第17题。

　　37、 回答第18题。

　　38、 回答第19题。

　　39、 回答第20题。

　　40、 回答第21题。

　　41、 回答第22题。

　　PART THREE

　　42、In this part of the test, the examiner reads out a scenario and gives you some

　　prompt material in the form of pictures or words. You have 30 seconds to look at the test promptly, and then about two minutes to discuss the scenario with your partner. After that, the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic.

　　For two or three candidates

　　Scenario

　　I'm going to describe a situation.

　　Your company has decided to deal with work in office automation. Talk together

　　for about two minutes about some of things that need to be solved and decide

　　which three are to be solved at first,

　　Here are some ideas to help you.

　　Prompt material

　　The advanced computer system

　　Cut the costs

　　Network service

　　Deal with a heavy paperwork load

　　Install a system to recycle used printing papers

　　Follow-on questions

　　Do you think companies should provide training of modern facilities for their staff?

　　(Why?/Why not?)

　　What do you think is the most important thing in an office?

　　Is it important for the staff to acquire a range of skills? (Why?)

　　Is it important for the staff in the office to learn some basic knowledge about computer?

　　How can a company help staff use the hi-tech office ecluipment?

　　LISTENING

　　PART FOUR：Questions 23-30

　　43、You will hear an interview.

　　For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.

　　After you have listened once, replay the recording.

　　What does the interviewee learn in university?

　　A.news

　　B.business administration

　　C.literature

　　44、 What did the interviewee do during his schooling day?

　　A.Work as a waiter.

　　B.Work for university newspaper.

　　C.Work as a reporter.

　　45、 Why didn't the interviewee choose a job related to business ?

　　A.He is poor in business.

　　B.He is interested in writing articles.

　　C.He is attracted by business news.

　　46、 What does the interviewee want to do in journalism?

　　A.Interview famous people

　　B.Write business articles

　　C.Report on TV.

　　47、 How long may the interviewee work for one week?

　　A.thirty hours

　　B.more than fifty hours

　　C.sixty hours

　　48、 Where did interviewee grow up?

　　A.in Maine

　　B.in the city

　　C.in the north side of town

　　49、 What did the interviewee do in a health club?

　　A.Do some nursing jobs.

　　B.Curing patients.

　　C.Writing newsletters.

　　50、 When would the interviewer call the interviewee?

　　A.within a week

　　B.within ten days

　　C.more than ten days

　　SPEAKING

　　PART FOUR：Questions 16-22

　　51、Read the article below about a success story.

　　Are sentences 16-22 ' Right' or ' Wrong' ? If there is not enough information to answer ' Right' or ' Wrong', choose ' Doesn't say'.

　　For each sentence (51-57), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.

　　Louise Wood's Success Story

　　Three years ago, Louise Wood set up her own hair products company. She soon found she had more orders than she could handle by herself, and now employs ten people. Her turnover last year was ￡5.8 million.

　　I used to work as a rep, selling hair products to people like fameus hair-dressers. One day someone suggested to me that I should make and sell similar products myself, and I thought, why not?

　　"Before I started, I thought running my own business would be similar to my previous job, but straight away I had problems t'd never dealt with before. I'm glad I took the risk, though. "

　　"I've always insisted on 90 day's credit to make the company self-supporting, without huge loans from banks. Luckily my manufacture.s agreed!" Louise uses local suppliers and expects them to come to her if they want to do business with her. "1 rarely leave the office and try to fit everything onto normal working hours. I'm no good at working late. "

　　So what are Louise's plans now?. "My friends predicted I wouldn't keep this business for long as I'm always having new business ideas, but at the moment I want to see this project through."

　　Louise Wood recruited her staff as soon as she set up her business.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn't say

　　52、 As a rep, Louise enjoyed meeting famous hair-dressers.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn't say

　　53、 Louise's first few months of business were less difficult than she had expected

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn't say

　　54、 Louise has avoided borrowing large amounts of money to finance her business.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn't say

　　55、 Her suppliers have complained about having meetings at her office.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn't say

　　56、 Louise regularly does overtime.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn't say

　　57、 Louise feels committed to this business for the present.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn't say

　　PART FIVE：Questions 23-28

　　58、Read the article below about a company which repairs turnstiles (the metal gates used at sports grounds).

　　For each question (58-63 on the opposite page, choose the correct answer.

　　Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.

　　Master of the Turnstiles For years, Jim Cartwright enjoyed spending his spare time repairing his local football club's turnstiles, the metal gates which allow one person at a time into the football ground. When Jim was made redundant from his full-time job selling equipment to sports organizations, he realized he already knew plenty of people responsible for turnstiles. This made him sure that his hobby could become a successful new career.

　　He had 1000 brochures printed and posted them to clubs around the country. For two weeks he heard nothing. Then Troon Football Club requested a quotation for repairing their turnstiles, with the possibility of the work becoming regular. He wanted the contract so much that he cut his profit margin to a minimum. He won it, though with no guarantee of further work, and celebrated the launch of his new business.

　　In the next month, club after club offered Jim work, and he recruited his first employee, Alec, to help re-install the repaired turnstiles. Alec, however, took frequent breaks and never put in more effort than he had to. What's more, he seemed unhappy working for Jim. Although Jim had no complaints about the quality of his work, Alec's attitude made him difficult to work with.

　　Jim considered-dismissing Alec, but recruiting him had taken a long time because there had been so many suitable people to interview. Now he was simply too busy to go through that process again. And anyway, Jim had employed Alec on the understanding that the job would probably end when the current contracts were completed.

　　Suddenly, though, Jim's business was at risk. He made very few mistakes, and calculated his costs and the time that a job would take very accurately. BUt rhe had forgotten that generally clubs have repairs done between the end of one football season and the start of the next. Now no mjor jobs were coming in.

　　After buying a replacement van, as his old one was beyond repair, he could only just cover Alec's wages and his own. But without more work he had no future. The solution was something more regular, and he decided to produce turnstiles, as well as repair them. For an investment like this, though, he needed help, and he persuaded his bank to give him a loan.

　　From then on, Cartwright Turnstile Services just grew and grew and now employs three full-time workers.

　　Why was Jim Cartwright confident about starting a business repairing turnstiles?

　　A.He had learnt from mistakes that his previous employer made.

　　B.He had a lot of contacts with possible customers.

　　C.He had experience of doing the work in his previous job.

　　59、 Why was Jim happy that Troon Football Club gave him the contract?

　　A.It was the first his firm had received.

　　B.It led to long-term work for the club.

　　C.It provided him with a good profit.

　　60、 What problem did Jim have with Alec?

　　A.His work was not of a high enough standard,

　　B.He did as little work as possible.

　　C.He made a lot of complaints about the business,

　　61、 Why did Jim decide to continue employing Alec?

　　A.It would take too long to fin~ a replacement

　　B.There was a lack of people with the right qualifications.

　　C.Jim had given him a contract which guaranteed him work.

　　62、 Why did Jim find himself in danger of going out of business?

　　A.His costs were higher than he had estimated.

　　B.He found that each job took longer than he expected.

　　C.His work was mostly limited to certain times of year.

　　63、 Jim asked his bank for a loan in order to

　　A.pay the wages bill

　　B.start manufacturing.

　　C.buy a new van.

　　PARI SIX：Questions 29-40

　　64、Read the article below about working as a secretary in Hong Kong.

　　Choose the co-rect word to fill each gap from A, B or C.

　　For each question (64-75), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.

　　Secretaries in Hong Kong

　　Secretaries in Hong Kong work hard. They work a 12-hour days, and are expected to work five and a half days (29)_________week: They need good qualifications,and (30)_________be able to speak and read English (31)_________ well as Cantonese or Mandarir. Most of (32)_________are university graduates, so working as a secretary is (33) _________ as a "fill in job" (34)_________ they can find something ~

　　better.

　　Most (35)_________ between $17,000 and $ 22,000 pa, and get (36)_________ more than eleven days' annual holiday. You really have to work herd (37)___________ yeur money in Hong Kong. And it is very expensive to live there. Employers provide medical insurance, but it only covers (30) to 50% of the costs. A very

　　small apartment can (39)_________$2,000 per month rent. Cars are expensive, and

　　petrol is so dear that (40)_________ very well-paid people use public transport.

　　第29题答案。

　　A.the

　　B.a

　　C.by

　　65、 第30题答案。

　　A.need

　　B.must

　　C.can

　　66、 第31题答案。

　　A.so

　　B.and

　　C.as

　　67、 第32题答案。

　　A.them

　　B.him

　　C.her

　　68、 第33题答案。

　　A.seeing

　　B.see

　　C.seen

　　69、 第34题答案。

　　A.unil

　　B.when

　　C.while

　　70、 第35题答案。

　　A.win

　　B.gain

　　C.earn

　　71、 第36题答案。

　　A.any

　　B.some

　　C.no

　　72、 第37题答案。

　　A.for

　　B.with

　　C.to

　　73、 第38题答案。

　　A.in

　　B.up

　　C.next

　　74、 第39题答案。

　　A.cost

　　B.costs

　　C.costing

　　75、 第40题答案。

　　A.even

　　B.also

　　C.just

　　PART SEVEN：Questions 41- 45

　　76、Read the memo below.

　　Complete the form below.

　　Write a word or phrase (in CAPITAL LETTERS) or a number on lines76-80 on your Answer Sheet.

　　Memo

　　To: Yolanda

　　From: May Lee

　　Date: 16 June 2009

　　Subject: Business Trip for GM

　　Our General Manager will represent the branch to attend the the annual gala of our company. During his one-week absence, you are entitled to be responsible for the daily business.

　　Thanks.

　　May Lee

　　CEO, IAS Inc.

　　Yolanda,

　　Thanks for your help during my absence. There are three scheduled appointments that

　　you have to deal with for me.

　　Recruitment interview and stipulating the articles of association of our branch are very important. As for the four orders of the steel plant, we also decided to cut down one to meet the budget. Please negotiate it with the manufacturer.

　　I will be back next Monday 24,. June, and you could contact me at 6275833 if any problems may arise during my absence.

　　Andrew Collier

　　THE DETAILS OF THE WORK IN A WEEK

　　Company: (41)__________

　　General Manager ( full name) : (42)__________

　　Orders to be handled: (43)____________________

　　Contact method with GM: (44)__________

　　Date of Leaving: (45)__________

　　Absence days from office: One Week

　　回答第41题。

　　77、 回答第42题。

　　78、 回答第43题。

　　79、 回答第44题。

　　80、 回答第45题。

　　31、 Although this company's market share declined over the period, its turnover almost doubled and the share price closed higher than it opened.

　　32、 Despite increasing its turnover, this company was unable to keep its strong market share, which, like its share price, ended below its 1999 level.

　　33、 Shares in this company ended the period close to matching their best performance, while market share and turnover rose from already strong positions.

　　34、 While this company's market share and turnover increased slightly from low levels, its share price closed well below its maximum value of the period.