BEC 剑桥商务英语中级考试真题
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真题一
When to Recruit?
0 In a small business, deciding when to take on new staff is a delicate calculation. On
00 the one hand, if you are increase your workforce, you might find it difficult to cover
34 for the increased costs straight away. On the other hand, extra staff could 35 enable you to spend more time on activities such as marketing, which in the 36 end should meanthe increased profits. A useful way of deciding when to increase 37 your workforce is to ask yourself if you can make enough of extra sales to meet 38 the cost of taking on with an extra employee. But even if you are not able to 39 increase your sales immediately you may still be able to employ someone. 40 In this such case, however, you must keep your business going until you have built
41 your sales up to the new level you need. If in the end you are clever enough to 42 get your timing so right, you will not want to throw away your advantage by 43 employing the wrong type person. The whole process of advertising and 44 interviewing can take around many months, so finding you made a mistake and 45 need to recruit again it can have a very serious impact on the future of your business.
《When to recruit? 》，何时招人 ?文章是讲的小公司招人的一些注意事项，应该如何 判断招人的时机。
34 题， cover 是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要用 be enough money to pay for something 。 ” 35 题，正确的。
36 题，这句的意思是说招人可以反过来增加收益。
for 。cover 在此处的含义是 “ to
mean (the) increased profits ，意
the 。
味着增加的收益。并不是特别指代，不需要使用定冠词
37 题， make 是及物动词，直接后面接名词， make enough extra sales ，不需要 of 。
38 题， take on 是雇佣的意思。看韦氏词典的解释： If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job. 后面不需要 with 。
39 题，正确的。
40 题， in this case: in this situation, if so, if we consider this situation
在这种情况下，
such 多余。
41 题，正确的。
42 题， timing 是时机掌握的意思： the choice, judgement, or control of when
something should be done 。这个句子的意思是如果你够聪明，把握好了正确的时机。
直接用 get sth. right ，so 是多余的。
43 题，招到了错误的人，形容词 wrong 后面直接接名词 person ，type 是多余的。 44 题， take 在这里是及物动词，指耗费了多少时间和精力，直接用动词
take 就能表
示这个意思， around 是多余的
45 题，整个句子 finding you made a mistake and need to recruit again(it) can have a very serious impact 成分很完整。 finding you made a mistake and need to recruit again 是主语， have 是谓语， impact 是宾语， it 在这里多余。
真题二
Business Meetings
It is important that ideas and suggestions tabled at formal meeting are voiced at the
(0) time. This is achieved by keeping to the (19)....... shown on the agenda. For example, there is no (20).......in discussing ideas to do with item six on the agenda when item two has not yet been (21)........Such deviations from the agenda may
(22)....... in confusion among the people at the meeting; they may also (23)....... concentration if they see something as irrelevant.
To make certain that the meeting proceeds in an orderly fashion, it is therefore
useful to (24)....... some ground rules. First, everyone will need to understand that they must (25).......their comments to the topic under discussion. The Chair can then encourage one person to speak at a (26)....... , so that any ideas offered can be discussed and (27)........Once that person has finished, someone else can put (28).......their ideas and so on. If this procedure is adopted, the participants will be able to follow the various issues in a consistent manner, which will help with the decision-making (29)....... later on. It will also (30).......that the quiet people at
meetings get a chance to (31).......their say, rather than just their more outspoken
colleagues. In (32)....... , it is often the quiet people at meetings who generate the
best ideas, because they are in the (33).......of thinking before they speak.
19 A structure B direction C order D arrangement
20 A point B worth C need D reason
21 A brought in B dealt with C catered for D taken off
22 A appear B produce C arise D result
23 A lose B fail C miss D drop
24 A form B establish C design D settle
25 A contain B reserve C check D restrict
26 A turn B time C moment D sequence
27A noted B written C regarded D remarked
28 A down B through C away D forward
29 A path B course C process D method
30 A ensure B secure C allow D permit
31 A give B make C have D put
32 A part B reality C contrast D case
33 A custom B routine C practice D habit
《 Business Meeting 》，商业会议。文章一共两段，第一段说开会要按照日程安排来进行，第二段说开会要尽量让大家发言，尤其是在会议上沉默寡言的人。
19 题，这一题可能会选择 arrangement 。order 和 arrangement 的中文意思也的确很
相像。只有看英文的意思来进行理解。
Order:A sequence or arrangement of
successive things. 一系列连续事情的安排。因为这里的意思是保持日程表上的安排， 日程表上的安排井井有条且有秩序，应该选择
order ，比 arrangement 更合适。
20 题， there is no point in doing sth. 做什么事情没有意义。 21 题，目录 2 上的事情还没有处理就谈论日程表上的目录
6 是没有意义的。选 dealt
with 。cater for 是迎合的意思。
22 题，这种偏差 (指前面说的目录 2 没完就讨论目录 6) 会导致开会的人产生混乱。选
result in ，导致。
23 题，如果他们认为什么是不相关的，就会注意力不集中。
lose concentration 是地
道标准的说法，参考一个例句： I was absent minded and lose concentration very easily.
24 题，建立一些基本规则。地道的用法就是
establish the rules 。form rules 是指表单
规则， design rules 是指设计规则。
25 题，把自己的评论限制在讨论的话题之下。 restrict to 限制 26 题，主席可以鼓励每个人分别说一会。重点在于理解词组 separately in the specified groups or numbers at a time.
at a time 的含义：
。看一个例句： He took the stairs two
27 题，这里考察的是 note 一个不太常见的用法： to give your attention to something by discussing it or making a written record of it 。正好和前面动词 discuss 相对应， 而且做笔记这一点也符合会议的特点。不选
remark ，因为是开会，更多的是发言、讨
论、记笔记，而不是评论。
28 题， put forward: suggest, propose 提出。
29 题， decision-making process ，做决定的过程。
30 题，这样可以确保沉默的人在会上也能有发言权。用
ensure 。不是 allow 和 permit ， 一直都是允许的，只是没有一个保证的程序。
31 题，拥有发言权。 say 在这里是发言权的意思，动词用 have 。参考牛津高阶词典上的例句： Can't you keep quiet for a minute and let me have my say? / The judge
usually has the final say.
have a say in: To have the right to express one's opinion or cast a vote in a pending matter.
e.g.: Our boss is friendly and democratic; he always encourages us to have a say in what we will do next.
32 题， in reality 在现实中。 in contrast 对比， in case 万一。
33 题，往往会上沉默的人能想出好点子，因为他们养成了开口前思考的习惯。
in the
habit of 有什么习惯。固定搭配。
真题三
The Myth of the Paperless Office
0 The concept of a paperless office grew with the advance of technology. It was
00 widely been claimed that as email became commonplace, people would stop
34 writing memos, keeping bulky files and bringing piles of paper to the meetings.
35 But the reality has in fact been quite the reverse, and paper, having already
36 survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably
37 resilient. Worldwide, the amount of paper used for each year continues to 38 rise up, although statistics now show a slight reduction in the amount
39 it consumed in the UK. So, has technology failed in its aim to end the use of
40 paper? Max Bray, a business lecturer, thinks office workers still distrust
computers.
41 ‘ Technology is unreliable in most of people's eyes,
’ he says. 'If you are sent an
42 important email, you are likely to print it, because there is always the 43 fear that it might have get de leted. ’ In contrast, Paul Blunt, a marketing
44 manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress in
45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.
《 The Myth of the Paperless Office 》，无纸化办公室神话。讲的是新技术对现代办公的影响。
34 题， meeting 在这里不是特殊指代，只是叙述的一般情况。不需要使用定冠词
the 。
35 题，正确的
36 题，和上面的部分联系起来作为一个整体来考虑。
paper, having already survived
five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably resilient. 中间的部分是插入语，可以不考虑，所以完整的应该是 paper has proved remarkably resilient 。主谓宾非常齐全， and 是多余的。 resilient 是适应力强的，有弹力的。
37 题， used 在这里是后置定语，修饰前面的
paper ，意思是每年使用的纸的总数，不
需要 for 。
38 题，持续增长，用 rise ，rise up 是起义的意思。
39 题， the amount consumed in the UK ， consumed 也是后置定语，表示英国的消费
总量。 it 多余。
40 题，正确的
41 题， in most people ’ s eyes在大多数人的眼里， of 多余。 42 题，正确的
43 题， might have done 表示可能已经做了某事，而这里的意思是指电子邮件等可能会被删除，不用 have ，去掉。
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