BEC中级考试真题整合
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BEC真题一
Get better at keyboarding
0 There is a simple way to work more efficiently: improve your keyboard
00 skills by learning to touch keyboard them. If you are one of the vast majority
34 of some people who keyboard with two or four fingers, you may believe that
35 you are reasonably efficient. But the average person seldom achieves more
36 than twelve words by a minute when using this method, while touch keyboarding
37 can achieve up to 120 words, if enabling you to work almost as quickly
38 as you can think. Whatever position you hold in your company, you are
39 probably given responsible for answering emails or generating documents, and it
40 is quite likely that you spend too much time doing this. Stop and consider how
41 far much more you could do in a day as a result of touch keyboarding. You would
42 be able to create such a document faster than you can write and as
43 quickly as you can think and free up time to be more than creative. Moreover,
44 you would save up the cost of a full-time secretary, and no longer have to
45 wait for your documents to be created and either then have to return them for correction.
《Get better at keyboarding》，keyboarding是键盘输入的意思。文章是在讲怎么提高键盘输入的效率。
34题，the vast majority of people，一大部分人，some插进来是多余的，意思重复
35题，正确的
36题，一分钟十二个字，正确的表述是twelve words a minute，介词by是多余的
37题，分词作伴随状语，直接用enabing，if是多余的，而且这里也没有如果的意思
38题，正确的
39题，be responsible for固定搭配，如果要用given，后面得用responsibility。去掉given
40题，正确的
41题，consider how much more you could do in a day，考虑你一天可以多干多少事。How far是形容有多远，在这里意思不对，用法也不对。
42题，create a document，创造一个文档，整个句子的意思是创造一个文档的速度比你自己写还要快。没有特殊指代某一个文档的意思，去掉such。
43题，more creative，更有创造性了，more than是不仅仅是的意思，后面一般接名词而不是形容词，所以去掉than。
44题，save在这里表示节省成本的意思，及物动词，不用up
45题，either一般是用在句末，而且这里没有表示“也。。。”的意思，有then就够了。所以去掉either。
BEC真题二
Consumer Behaviour
0 The consumer is the focus of all retail business and it is important to appreciate how
00 consumers are influenced in their buying decisions. Most of consumers, before making a
34 purchase, gather information and evaluate with the alternatives, but the extent to which
35 they look for information depends on the type of purchase. For example, in the case of
36 routine grocery purchases most consumers respond to automatically. However, for
37 purchases where the risk of making the wrong decision is greater, like buying a new
38 car, so the search for information is more important. The decision to purchase is never a
39 single decision but a number of these separate decisions, and at any time during this
40 process, consumers can change their minds about and choose an alternative route. For
41 example, although a consumer may have decided where to buy a product only to realise
42 at the last moment that this is, in fact, having the wrong choice. The price in the store may
43 be too high or the staff unhelpful. On the other hand, a lack of queues, favourable credit
44 facilities and efficient staff all lead to a too positive impression, so retailers should
45 remember how difficulties in these areas that can affect a sale or even lose a customer permanently.
《Consumer Behaviour》，消费者行为。文章分析了一些影响消费者行为的因素。
34题，evaluate是及物动词，后面直接接宾语。evaluate the alternatives，评估替代的选择。with多余。
35题，正确的
36题，如果是respond to，后面应该要接宾语，而这里的respond to后面的是副词，所以直接用respond表示反应，to是多余的。
37题，正确的
38题，这里并没有因果关系。完整的句子是这样的：for purchases where the risk of making the wrong decision is greater,(so)the search for information is more important.意思风险越大，收集信息越重要。so是多余的。
39题，separate decision是和前面的single decision相对应说的，并没有特别指代，所以代词these在这里是多余的。
40题，change their minds，改变他们的注意，about多余。
41题，这个句子并没有转折的意思，完整的是a consumer may have decided where to buy a product only to realize at the last moment that this is the wrong decision。连词although是多余的。
42题，从上面的完整句子可以看出，已经有了谓语is，having是多余的。
43题，正确的。
44题，too是副词，后面不能跟着来修饰名词，只能是too positive。而从这里的句子的意思来看，是说好的设备和高效率的员工可以带来一个好的印象。所以too是多余的。
45题，that引导从句。而这个句子主谓宾很齐全，that前面是主语，affect是谓语，后面是宾语，不是从句，所以that多余。
BEC真题三
Promise of Jobs with Telephone Banking Centre
An ￡80-million telephone banking centre is to open in Scotland, with the creation of about 500 new jobs. Grand Union Group, which owns the Dundee and Western Bank, said today it hopes to have the (19) fully operational by next August. It will be based at the new Caledonian Industrial Estate currently being built near Edinburgh.
The centre is being (20) through a joint partnership (21) global telecommunications firm Concept and customer care specialists Businesslink.
Sara Grimaldi, chief executive of the Dundee and Western Bank, said, 'I'm delighted we will be working in (22) with Concept and Businesslink and I'm confident we will (23) from their considerable experience. The new centre will make (24) use of innovative business procedures which will (25) to an improved service and experience for our valued customers.' Callum Martin, president of global accounts for Grand Union Group, added that he was very pleased his company will play a key role in such an important development employing state-of- the-art technology.
The local council said new jobs were (26) of the efforts made to (27) investment to the region. Council leader Hugh MacArthur said, 'It's good news for Grand Union, but it will also (28) us to promote Edinburgh to companies considering a (29) to Scotland. The council will continue to work hard to ensure that today's (30) is just the latest (31) in our attempt to create high quality jobs in the area.'
Scotland has become a European leader in terms of telephone banking centres and has (32) itself an excellent reputation. The call centre sector as a whole employs more than 28,000 people at more than 170 sites in Scotland. Taking this into (33), it seems likely that this new centre will be another success story.
19.A facility B plant C function Dsituation
20.Aassisted B invested C funded D paid
21.Aconsisting B engaging C containing Dinvolving
22.Aventure B teamwork C enterprise D collaboration
23.A benefit B improve C grow D advance
24.Ainclusive B uniform C extensive D universal
25.Ahelp B contribute C provide D combine
26.Afacts B reasons C data D evidence
27.Aacquire B gain C attract D win
28.Anecessitate B ease C supportD enable
29.A reorganisation B reassignment C relocation D replacement
30.A announcement B publication C notice D acknowledgement
31.A method B step Cpoint D action
32.A achieved B taken C drawn D earned
33.Amind B regard C account D note
这篇文章主要讲的是一个大型的电话银行中心可能带来的就业前景。
19题，首先排除C、D，因为此处应该填入一个动词，用来指代即将于下个八月完全运作的telephone banking centre。plant是指(工业用的)大型机器、设备，所以此处应该选择facility，设施。
20题，指这个centre是让两个公司联合赞助的。assist后接with，invest后接in，paid意思不对，不是一般付款而是提供资金，所以是fund。
21题，此处的动词是用来表明这个联合赞助所涉及到的两方。consist后需要of，engage意思不对，contain一般用来表示整体包含某个部分，这个空格前后并不是包含关系。involve，涉及到，用法对意思也对。
22题，in collaboration with 固定用法，合作
23题，benifit from 从。。。中获益。
24题和25题，这个句子翻译过来就是新中心将广泛利用创新型商业程序。这种程序有利于对我们珍贵的客户提供改进的服务和经验。理解句子含义，不难选出答案。
26和27题，作为一个整体进行考虑。吸引了投资所以增加了就业机会。26题，B、C首先可以排除，这个空的意思是新的工作是吸引投资所做努力的证明，从意思上讲，应选evidence。27题，attractinvestment吸引投资，是商英里非常地道的表达。其他几个从汉语意思上貌似都说的通，但不是地道的英语表达。
28题，enable to使某人能够。
29题，relocation改变位置，办公室搬迁。意思是促使我们将爱丁堡“推销”给考虑在苏格兰重置办公室的公司。
30题，这个题目要想填对需要费一番心思，从整体上看这个空。整篇文章讲的是一个电话银行中心要开在苏格兰了。这个消息一经宣布，引发了各方的猜想，觉得可以创造就业机会，带动当地经济的发展。而这一段整个就是当地议会的表态，这一空的前面就是议会官员说的话。所以30空和31空是最后的总结，说今天的宣布就是最近的为了创造高质量工作所采取的举措。理解了意思，30空填announcement，31题填step。
32题，为自己挣一个好的名声。用earn，固定用法。
33题，take into account，固定用法，考虑到
BEC真题四
Who Benefits Most from Company Training?
According to recent research, the better educated and the higher up the socio¬economic scale you are, the more likely you are to be offered workplace training. And, incidentally, the more likely you are to then turn (19) the offer, pleading family and personal commitments or (20) of work. Less qualified staff, on the other hand, are offered fewer training opportunities, but are more eager to (21) them up. In fact, people with few or no educational qualifications are three times more likely to accept training when it is offered.
In the majority of companies, more (22) are allocated to management training than to other areas. Employers (23) their better qualified staff as more important to the business, so they pay them accordingly and invest more in them in (24) of training. This is (25) by the fact that organisations are dependent on properly (26) managers making the right decisions. But this (27) may mean that companies are (28) other parts of the workforce down.
The researchers found a growing demand for training among the lower-skilled.Unfortunately this demand is not being (29) by employers, even though there are strong indications that companies would benefit from doing so. They also discovered that, despite the substantial (30) between the training provided for managers and that offered to other staff, there was still widespread endorsement of training.
For the purposes of the research, training was defined as any (31) of planned instruction or tuition provided by an employer with the aim of helping employees do their work better. It therefore included a wide variety of approaches. On-the-job and classroom training (32)to be used equally by employers. But learning on the job, which involved observing a certain procedure and then practising it, was easily the most popular method for all categories of employee. While many felt that learning from colleagues was best,very few (33) the internet as an effective way to train.
19.A back B over C down D off
20.A force B pressure C strain D load
21.A pick B keep C take D put
22.A means B reserves C finances D resources
23.A imagine B regard C suppose D know
24.A requirements B specifications C states D terms
25.A allowed B approved C justified D accepted
26.A understanding B intelligent C informed D knowledgeable
27.A stress B emphasis C weight D strength
28.A letting B cutting C breaking D setting
29.A reached B achieved C gained D met
30.A space B gap C hole D room
31.A frame B structure C form D order
32.A showed B appeared C demonstrated D presented
33.A rated B thought C marked D believed
谁从公司培训中获益最多?
第一段的三个空需要在理解整体的基础上联系起来进行选择。根据调查，受教育程度越高，越有可能接受公司的培训。And, incidentally，这里最好能理解下incidentally的意思：used to introduce a new topic, or some extra information, or a question that you have just thought of (引出新话题、附加信息、或临时想到的问题)顺便提一句。你越接受培训，越有可能拒绝这份工作，苦苦哀求的家人、个人承诺以及工作压力。相反倒是接受培训较少的员工，可能会接受他们(指前面被拒绝的这些东西)。19题选turn down拒绝，21题与turn down对应，选take up接收。
22题，更多资源被分配给了管理层培训而不是其他地方。training也是一种资源。
23题，regard….as固定搭配。雇主认为他们具有更好知识的员工更为重要。
24题，in terms of固定短语，就….而论，在…..方面。
25题，根据上下文意思来选择。前面说花在管理层的培训更多，这一句实际上是介绍原因：组织有赖于消息灵通的经理们做出正确的决定。25题，justify证明….正确。组织依赖于经理们所作的正确决定的事实证明了把更多的培训花在他们身上是正确的。
26，informed，见多识广的，消息灵通的。商务英语中常见的一个常见说法是keep informed(It is a good way to keep staff informed)，所以看到这个词应该就很敏感。
27题，emphasis强调(Emphasis is special or extra importance that is given to an activity or to a part or aspect of something.)，指培训的侧重点在经理们的身上。
28题，let down使失望，这种侧重让其他员工失望。
29题，meet the demand满足需要。虽然对低技术职员的培训需求在增长，但经理们并没有满足这样的需要。
30题，两者之间的巨大缺口，gap。
31题，any form of 任何形式的计划好的说明。
32题，后面的一句有个BUT，也就是转折，所以前面用appeared to be，看起来像是。
33题，rate as固定用法，把某事物评价为
BEC题五
Meetings That Work
0 A vital skill for anyone running a business it is the ability to communicate
00 effectively. This is particularly important in a meeting where complex arguments
34 need to be put forward and where it is too vital to get the best out of the situation
35 and those present in as little time as possible. Before calling a meeting, ask
36 yourself if you actually need one, since so many are unproductive results and do
37 not really need to take place. Sending an email or by using another means of
38 communication, such as a simple phone call, might achieve the desired results in
39 half the time. Having established the need for a meeting, so inform those you
40 wish to attend and ask people to be punctual. Concerning the key to a good
41 meeting is an agenda, which needs to be sent out in advance and should state the
42 date, time and location. It should also contain the names of those ones who will
43 be present and setthat out, starting with the most important, the points for
44 discussion. Ask in advance for suggestions for items to be discussed about but
45 set a deadline for submissions in order to reduce the amount of time that has to be spent under 'Any Other Business'.
《Meetings that work》，起作用的会议。文章讲的是开好一个会议应该注意哪些问题。
34题，it is vital to do sth.，做什么事情是至关重要的。too…to结构表示太而不能。从上下文和词组的用法来看，too是多余的。
35题，正确的
36题，since so many are unproductive，是说的很多会议都没有效果。主谓宾很齐全，unproductive做形容词就可以修饰前面的meeting，results是多余的。
37题，完整的句子应该是Sending an email or(by)using another means of communication might achieve the desired results in half the time。介词by是多余的。有by，不仅后面的主语不对，也没有与前面的sending保持一致。
38题，正确的
39题，这个句子的前后没有因果关系，去掉so
40题，(Concerning)the key to a good meeting is an agenda,主谓宾是齐全的，the key to a meeting是主语，is是谓语，an agenda是宾语，意思就是日程表是会议的关键。Concerning是多余的。
41题，正确的
42题，those who固定的搭配，指代哪些人，ones是多余的
43题，去掉插入成分starting with the most important，完整的句子是set(that)out the points for discussion。set out是词组，在这里是陈述、阐明的意思：present information or ideas in a well-ordered way in writing or speech.。所以that多余。
44题，discuss是及物动词，做讨论时直接用discuss，而不是discuss about。事实上，在discuss后面接about时的about一般都是做“大约的”意思讲，而不是一个完整的词组。所以此处about多余。
45题，正确的。