2014商务英语中级阅读指导(6)

2014-05-09 20:29:00来源：网络

　　剑桥大学考试委员会设立BEC考试的目的是在全球范围内建立一个测试商界雇员英语水平的统一标准，使BEC证书被跨国公司和非英语国家的大公司用作商务英语测试标准，以评估在真实商务环境下雇员的英语水平，使人力资源部门能准确评估雇员商务英语的运用技能。因此，与我国的四、六级考试相比较，BEC考试更侧重对英语实际运用能力的考查。换句话说，BEC中的考查内容都是可以马上拿到实际工作中去的，不会出现所谓高分低能现象。下面是关于阅读考试的一些指导，希望对大家有帮助。

　　Read this letter to the editor of The Economist.

　　l Choose the best sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks.

　　For each bland (8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet.

　　l Do not mar4 any letter twice.

　　l One answer has been given as an example.

　　Sir,

　　You state on February 13 th that New Mexico has “few natural resources”, ____ example____ In 1991 New Mexico ranked fourth in the United States in production of natural gas, seventh in oil and tenth in non-fuel minerals ____8____ Non-fuel minerals contributed about $ 1 billion and coal $ 509 million.

　　Taxes from production of fuels and minerals, and lease payments on state lands have been set aside by legislative acts to endow two permanent funds worth about $ 5.65 billion, ____9____ In addition, during fiscal year 1991 , payments to New Mexico from taxes on federal lands were S 108 million, all earmarked for public education.

　　____10____ About $566 million came from taxes and permanent-fund earnings attributable to oil and gas production. ____11____ Tourism is an important industry in Mew Mexico, yet its economic impact on the public sector is dwarfed by that of mineral production.

　　New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states. It does not have a deficit. ____12____ States that rely primarily on a sales tax or on an income tax have big problems during economic downturns. Income growth per head in New Mexico averaged 6.1/00 in the year to October 1992-one if the fastest growth rates in the United States.

　　Charles Chapin

　　Example: C

　　A. That it has a broadly based tax structure is an important point.

　　B. In 1992 it produced more oil than Colorado and Kansas combined.

　　C. However, the extractive mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the state’s strongest economic forces.

　　D. During fiscal year 1992 New Mexico raised permanent funds worth about $6.1 billion.

　　E. The combined value of oil and gas production was $ 2.8 billion.

　　F. Some 16,000 employees work in the extractive industries and their wages are among the highest of any major industry.

　　G. The $39 million earned by these funds in 1991 was used to finance education and other public services.

　　H. Only S 25 million came from agricultural taxes.

　　I. New Mexico’s extractive mineral industries contribute about a third of the state’s $ 1.9 billion general-fund income in fiscal year 1991.

　　答案：8. E 9. G 10.I 11. F 12. A