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BEC剑桥商务英语中级真题 为了让大家更好的学习商务英语BEC考试，给大家整理了BEC商务英语中级考试真题,下面就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。真题一C 1 Listen to what your boss tells you about how well you are working.D 2 Realise that your boss will occasionally need to be left alone.A 3 Comment on your bosss work in a positive spirit.B 4 Try to impress your boss with your thoroughness.A 5 Do not hesitate to involve your boss if you have difficulties with your work.B 6 Show your boss that you are capable of working at a higher level.C 7 Speak to your boss, even about matters not directly related to your work.MANAGE YOUR BOSSAdvice from four top business people on how you should treat your bossAThe ConsultantNo boss likes nasty surprises. Thinking you can solve a serious problem before he or she finds out is a doomed strategy. Much better to inform your boss about the situation early on, together with your suggested solution. Also, remember that bosses like praise as much as any employee. Do this without making it obvious, if only to earn the right to criticise (constructively, of course). Consideration is the key word. Treat bosses as you hope to be treated - it should help you to move up to the next level.BThe DirectorOf course there are all the formal things in managing your boss - ensuring that you come to meetings well prepared, that you have a good eye for detail, and so on. But you also need to distinguish effectively between things that are important and things that are merely small details. Bosses like it if you can see the big picture because they want to be able to delegate. So its all about psychology, as well as performance.CThe ChairmanBosses want people to understand their objectives, their way of working and the pressures they are under. If you can understand what sort of individual your boss is, it is easier to appreciate why certain reactions might arise, and thus avoid problems. Also, keep the lines of communication with your boss open. You need to receive ongoing feedback on whether your work is effective, asking about what you do not understand, and, if necessary, discussing personal issues from outside the workplace. When the gap between you is reduced, so are the difficulties.DThe Chief ExecutiveUnderstand that a boss will want to take the glory when things go well. After all, they take ultimate responsibility, so they deserve some of the credit. Also, find out about your bosss outside interests, as this can help to improve the relationship. You may find you have an interest in common. Similarly, recognise that everyone is human, and there are times when a request from you may be unwelcome. Get to know your bosss Personal Assistant, who can advise you when it is a good time to talk to him or her.Manage your boss，管理你的老板，*是四个业内人士就如何与老板相处给出了自己的意见，哪些应该做的，哪些不应该做的，是一门技巧，更是一门学问。第一题，听你的老板告诉你工作得怎么样。答案是C段的这么一句：You need to receive ongoing feedback on whether your work is effective。你需要接受关于你的工作是否有效率的持续反馈。这一段是在讲要和老板保持沟通，否则两人之间有隔阂的话，麻烦就来了。How well you are working也就是whether your work is effective。第二题，认识到你的老板有时候也需要独处。答案在D段最后一句，但是比较隐晦，需要理解：recognise that everyone is human, and there are times when a request from you may be unwelcome. Get to know your bosss Personal Assistant, who can advise you when it is a good time to talk to him or her.认识到大家都是人，有时你的要求可能并不受欢迎。想办法去认识老板的个人助理，他可以给你建议什么时候找老板谈话合适。找老板谈话要选择合适的时机，也就是说有的时候老板也不想被人打扰。这也就是第二题所说的老板有的时候也需要独处。第三题，用一种积极的精神评价老板的工作。答案是A段的这么一句：remember that bosses like praise as much as any employee.记住老板也和员工一样喜欢赞扬。praise也就是comment in a positive spirit。第四题，试图用你的周全来给老板留下印象。Thoroughness的意思是周全，看朗文词典对thorough的解释：including every possible detail。但看中文“彻底的”不容易理解。所以答案是ensuring that you come to meetings well prepared, that you have a good eye for detail, and so on.确保你开会时已准备充分，你有一双发现细节的好的双眼，等等。You have a good eye for detail可以对应于including every possible detail。第五题，如果对工作有困难不要迟疑告诉你的老板。答案是A段的第一句：No boss likes nasty surprises. Thinking you can solve a serious problem before he or she finds out is a doomed strategy. Much better to inform your boss about the situation early on, together with your suggested solution.没有人喜欢恶心人的惊喜。想想你自己可以解决一个重要的问题结果他却发现是一个注定失败的策略。最好在事情刚开始的时候通知你的老板，以及你提议的解决办法。第六题，表现给你的老板你能在一个更高的水平上工作。答案在B段：Bosses like it if you can see the big picture because they want to be able to delegate.。如果你能看到大的“图景”老板会喜欢的，因为他们也需要委派任务。这个句子前面说要能区别重要的事情和旁枝末节。能够看到“大的图景”是需要眼界和决断力的，因此这里的see the big picture可以对应于题干中的working at a higher level。第七题，同你的老板交谈，即便是并不直接与工作相关的事情。答案是C段这么一句：if necessary, discussing personal issues from outside the workplace.如果有必要的话，讨论工作外的私事。整个C段都是讲同老板沟通的重要性，最关键的一句是keep the lines of communication with your boss open。有的时候并不需要直接在原文中找到和题干相同意思的句子，凭借每一段的中心意思就可以做出来。这里的personal issues也就是matters not directly related to your work.真题二Personal Assistant of the Year0 Anne-Marie Garrard was shocked when it was announced that she had won the00 Personal Assistant of the Year award. The other candidates seemed me34 to be very strong, and I have to say I found that the selection procedure really35 hard, she says. I didnt think I had any chance of winning. When I heard my36 name, my legs were so weak I could only hardly stand up, she laughs. So37 how is the best personal assistant chosen from a group of so extremely good38 and very different individuals? The final decision was reached after a39 day-long session of the tests, interviews and exercises. Garrard believes40 the skills she uses in her job helped her how to perform well. For instance, although41 most of her work is for her companys Managing Director, she works for six bosses42 in all, so she always tries out to be prepared for anything that might happen.43 As for the future, her firm has closed for its summer break now; as soon as44 they will open again, there is a pay rise waiting for her. But Garrard is not45 going to be relax. She says, Theres always room for personal development.You must keep trying to improve.这篇*讲的是一个女生获得个人助理奖后的情况。表达了一下激动了心情并且展望了未来。34题，find后面直接可以接复合结构，例如find the story very interesting。如果是find that的话，that后面要接从句。所以这里that多余。35题，正确的36题，从意思上理解，说的是由于激动差点都站不起来，I could hardly stand up。Only多余。37题，extremely是副词，直接用来修饰good，so在这里多余。38题，正确的39题，tests, interviews and exercises并不是特指，不需要用the。40题，help sb.to do sth.固定词组，how多余41题，正确的42题，try out是试验，考验的意思，后面一般接for，这里应该直接用tries to be表示尝试。43题，正确的44题，as soon as，一.就，后面从句通常用一般现在时表示将来时，所以will多余。45题，be going to后面直接接动词，表示将来的动作，如果有be的话后面接形容词。relax是动词，所以be多余。真题三PlanningIn any planning system, from the simplest budgeting to the most complex corporate planning, there is an annual process. This is partly due to the fact that firms (19).their accounting on a yearly (20)., but also because similar (21). often occur in the market.Usually, the larger the firm, the longer the planning takes. But typically, planning for next year may start nine months or more in advance, with various stages of evaluation leading to (22). of the complete plan three months before the start of the year.Planning continues, however, throughout the year, since managers (23) . progress against targets, while looking forward to the next year. What is happening now will (24). the objectives and plans for the future.In todays business climate, as markets constantly change and become more difficult to (25). , some analysts believe that long-term planning is pointless. In some markets they may be right, as long as companies can build the sort of flexibility into their (26).which allows them to (27).to any sudden changes.Most firms, however, need to plan more than one year ahead in order to (28).their long-term goals. This may reflect the time it takes to commission and build a new production plant, or, in marketing (29). , it may be a question of how long it takes to research and launch a range of new products, and reach a certain (30). in the market. If, for example, it is going to take five years for a particular airline to become the (31). choice amongst business travellers on certain routes, the airline must plan for the various (32). involved.Every one-year plan, therefore, must be (33). in relation to longer-term plans,and it should contain die stages that are necessary to achieve the final goals.19 A make up B carry out C bring about D put down20 A basis B grounds C foundation D structure21 A distributions B guides C designs D patterns22 A approval B permission C consent D decision23 A value B inspect C review D survey24 A command B prompt C influence D persuade25 A guess B speculate C reckon D predict26 A operations B techniques C measures D exercises27 A answer B respond C counter D reply28 A move B lead C develop D benefit29 A expressions B descriptions C words D terms30 A reputation B position C situation D influence31 A desired B selected C preferred D supposed32 A acts B steps C means D points33 A handed over B drawn up C made out D written off这篇*是关于公司计划的(planning)，做计划时的过程和需要考虑的一些因素。全文的第一句话说公司做的决定是一个年度过程(annual process)。接下来谈到原因。19题，make up是组成、捏造、化妆的意思，用在这里和accounting搭配不上;carry out是执行(to do something that needs to be organized and planned);bring about 是带来，使发生(to make something happen);put down 放下，镇压。从意思上看，应该选B，carry out。事实上，carry out accounting on .basis是金融英语里专业且地道的说法。最常见的一种是carry out accounting on the accrual basis 执行权责发生制。相应的，20题选basis，公司时在一年的基础上执行会计准则的。21题，这里需要理解上下文的含义。这一整句话仍然是在说明公司进行planning的原因。正是因为相似的模式会在市场上出现，所以公司才需要进行计划。选patterns是最符合原义的。22题，很明显，这里填入的词是表示批准、通过之类的，是指年前三个月完整的计划就会被通过。从中文意思上看，A、B、C三个词都是符合的。具体看英文解释对几个词的用法进行区分。approval：when a plan, decision, or person is officially accepted批准，正式的eg:The president has already given his approval to the plan.permission：when someone is officially allowed to do something允许，也是正式的eg:You must ask permission before taking any photographs inside the church.consent：permission to do something不那么正式的允许eg:He took the car without the owners consent.这一题是讲的计划被批准或者通过，所以用approval。23题，这里的前后文的意思是计划贯穿全年始终，所以经理们需要回顾过去，展望未来。后面的looking forward to是个答案信号，相对应的前面应该选review，根据目标回顾过程。24题比较简单，理解了句子含义不难做出选择。现在发生的事情将会影响未来的目标和计划。选influence。25题，从这个句子来看，填入的词是应该可以直接和market搭配的。Predict the market是商英里地道常见的用法，市场预测。26题，往他们的操作中增加一点灵活性，这样可以对突然发生的变化做出反应。Operation: the work or activities done by a business or organization, or the process of doing this work.27题，respond to 对.做出反应。28题，为了开发公司的长期目标，需要一年以上的时间来计划。从意思和用法上，只能选择develop。29题，in market terms 用市场术语来说。固定用法。30题，position in the market，市场上的地位。前面已经暗示了这里要用市场术语来表述，position in the market就是固定表达(positioning is that exclusive space your brand owns in the marketplace. Its relevant and compelling to your customers, and different from your competitors.)31题，只需要理解preferred的意思：首选的32题，想让这个航空公司成为特定路线上商务旅客的首选，必须先计划好相关的步骤。按步骤来拟定计划，最后才能成功，所以选step。33题，需要理解四个词组的含义。hand over: to give something to someone with your hand, especially because they have asked for it or should have it.交出draw up: to prepare a written document, such as a list or contract起草(draw up plans/proposal)e.g: He was asked to draw up proposals for reforming the lawmake out:to be just able to see or hear something 看见或听见to understand something, especially the reason why something has happened理解write off:to write a letter to a company or organization asking them to send you goods or information写信寄出to decide that someone or something is useless, unimportant, or a failure 注销to officially say that a debt no longer has to be paid, or officially accept that you cannot get back money you have spent or lost 勾销真题四Trouble with TeamworkMary Owen examines the role and efficiency of teamsRecruiters say that candidates who can give examples of work they have done as members of a successful team are in as strong a position as those who can point to significant individual achievement. Indeed, too much of the latter may suggest that the person concerned is not a team player - one of the more serious failings in the book of management.The importance of being a team player is a side effect of the increasing interaction across departments and functional divides. Instead of pushing reports, paperwork and decisions around the organisation, teams provide a dynamic meeting place where ideas can be shared and expertise more carefully targeted at important business issues, says Steve Gardner, in his book Key Management Concepts. He adds, Globalisation has added a further dimension to teamwork. Multinational teams now study policy decisions in the light of their impact on the local market.But is teamworking being overdone? Some managers are on as many as seven or eight different teams, says Dr Cathy Bandy, a psychologist who recently ran a conference on the subject. They take up so much time that managers cant get on with core tasks. Forming teams and having meetings has, she says, become an end in itself, almost regardless of purpose. There is also the danger of an unhealthy desire to keep the team going after the work has been done. People feel the need to belong, and team membership can provide a kind of psychological support.The idea behind teamworking is that, when the right group of people is brought together, a force develops which is greater than the sum of their individual talents. This is often true in sport, where good players can reach unexpected heights as members of an international team. However,few business situations have as clear a set of objectives, or as clear criteria of success or failure, as winning a match.In business, everyone needs to be clear about what the challenge is and whether a team is the right way of approaching it, says Steve Gardner. Unfortunately, people focus instead on who the members of the team should be and what roles they are to play Dr Bandy agrees. There is always a danger that teams can turn into committees, she says. In a lot of situations, one or two individuals would be much more effective.So what makes a successful team? There are some general qualities that have been identified. Steve Gardnerrecommends that in every team there should be someone who is good at researching ideas and another who is good at shooting down impractical ones. There should be those who can resolve the tensions that naturally occur in a team and others who are focused on getting the job done. Also, providing a clear and achievable target at the outset is the best way of ensuring that the team will move on to greater things.13 What point does the writer make about teamworking at the beginning of the article?A It is the most successful form of management.B It has changed the recruitment procedure in companies.C Well-run teams still allow individuals to demonstrate their talents.