BEC剑桥商务英语中级考试真题
    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留意事项，应当如何推
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for。cover在此处的含义是“to 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。mean (the) increased profits，意味着增加的收益。并不是特殊指代，不需要使用定冠词the。
    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 在这种状况下，such多余。
    41题，正确的。
    42题，timing是时机把握的意思：the choice, judgement, or control of when something should be done。这个句子的意思是假如你够聪慧，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
transition用法搭配    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，第一段说开会要根据日程支配来进行，其次段说开会要尽量让大家发言，尤其是在会议上缄默寡言的人。
    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.一系列连续事情的支配。由于这里的意思是保持日程表上的支配，日程表上的支配井井有条且有秩序，应当选择order，比arrangement更合适。