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1、BEC剑桥商务英语中级考试真题精选篇 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Customer Services Director0 Our client is well known as a producer of branded products in the home00 improvement sector. The business is experiencing a period of such significant34 volume and profit growth and as a result
2、is now looking to appoint itself a35 Customer Services Director. This position involves in reporting directly to the36 Managing Director and key responsibilities include the control and development37 of the process for ordering goods. While through the management and38 motivation of twenty staff, yo
3、u will be seen the focal point of managing39 customers expectations, from keeping them up to date at all times with the40 progress of their orders. This role is a challenging one and calls for an individual41 with those top-level interpersonal and communication skills and a good42 understanding of p
4、rocess management. In return for the company offers the43 right candidate with a highly competitive salary and benefits package. Assistance44 with relocation expenses, if appropriate, that is also available. If you feel you have45 the qualifications for this exciting role and are looking for a chall
5、enge, please write in confidence to:这篇*是一则招聘启事，招的是客户服务总监(customer services director)。简单介绍了一下公司的情况以及这个工作的职责。34题，appoint是及物动词，后面直接接人，表示任命，itself在这里多余;35题，involve doing，in多余，这是常见的地道的表述。看个例句：What do research jobs involve doing?36题，正确37题，这行要联系下一行，从整体上来体会句子的含义。介词through表方式，连词while是多余的。这句的意思是通过对20个员工的管理和激励
6、，你会成为管理客户期望的焦点。38题，be和seen在这里谓语动词重复了，必须去掉一个。从意思上看，是说你可以成为什么，而不是你可以看见什么。所以用you will be,seen多余。39题，keeping them up to date .现在分词作伴随状语，是对前面的补充说明。介词from在这里是多余的。40题，正确41题，with后面直接接宾语，代词those是多余的42题，in return是固定搭配，表示相应的，反过来，for多余43题，offer sb. sth固定搭配，with多余。offer与with搭配时是offer sth. with sb.44题，中间的if appro
7、priate是插入语，可以不予考虑，整个句子就是assistance with relocation expenses是主语，is是谓语，后面是宾语，主谓宾都很齐全，that是多余的45题，正确。这一行有个词组，in confidence，是in secrecy的意思。真题二Human Resources PolicyCBA Bank was the largest financial institution to sign the employers People Come First code of practice in the early 1990s. In doing so, it
8、committed itself to the highest (0) in human resources practices such as the communication of company(19). to employees, the setting of individual training and personal (20).plans, and the holding of regular performance (21). for all staff.Like other organisations, CBA is replacing the traditional h
9、ierarchy with a flatter organisational structure which gives employees more broadly defined (22) .within the company. The change is offering employees greater opportunities for work in cross-disciplinary project teams. As a result, interpersonal (23) . are extremely important.The policy seems to be
10、working. There is a great deal of goodwill among employees, who (24).the fact that customer satisfaction is the organisations chief aim. CBA claims to pursue this aim for its own (25). , rather than as a means of earning profits for shareholders.An ability to relate to all kinds of people is the mos
11、t important attribute CBA looks for in (26).recruits. Graduates are (27). for a two-year period and exposed to all (28). of retail financial services. By the end of this training period, they will have taken their Institute of Banking examination and, if they have (29). their performance targets, th
12、ey will have (30). a job at the bank.On the whole, we are not looking for people straight out of college, says human resources manager Maiy Kemp. We would prefer that they had (31).some experience of life and had taken a year out between school and college to travel or do some kind of work.The compa
13、ny has recently introduced a new policy on pay, and it is now (32).to performance through bonus schemes, with the objective being to (33) . employees for their achievements and effort.19 A designs B purposes C ends D objectives20 A continuation B extension C development D advancement21 A reviews B t
14、rials C revisions D judgements22 A capacities B parts C roles D elements23 A abilities B talents C assets D skills24 A recommend B honour C respect D obey25A sake B reason C behalf D cause26 A expected B intended C potential D eventual27 A taken on B written in C put on D drawn in28 A fields B areas
15、 C regions D parts29 A arrived B done C passed D met30 A secured B reached C confirmed D fixed31 A gained B won C earned D realised32 A attached B linked C combined D joined33 A return B reward C recompense D refundHuman Resource Policy，人力资源政策。主要是讲的CBA银行的人力资源政策，。先简单介绍了这个银行的管理结构，是扁平化的组织结构(flatter org
16、anizational structure)，而不是等级制公司(hierarchy)。总体原则是不招应届的刚出校门的毕业生，而要有一定的生活经验或者是工作经验。第19、20、21题，这几空都是举例说明前面提到的human resources practices。19空是说的将公司的发展目标传达给员工。公司目标，用objective。purpose是指具体做某件事情的意图。这里有必要区分一下objective和purpose，看英文解释。purpose: the reason you do something, and the thing you want to achieve when you
17、 do itobjective: something that you are working hard to achieve, especially in business or politics第20题，个人培训和发展计划的制定。个人发展计划，personal development plans，选C。第21题，定期的表现回顾。用review。hold在这个句子里是举行的意思。the holding of regular performance review，定期举行员工的表现回顾。第22题，说扁平化的组织结构可以给员工更加定义广泛的角色。broadly defined roles,选C。
18、第23题，人际交往技巧是很重要的。interpersonal skills,是地道的说法。参见一个例句：you will need good interpersonal skills.第24题，这一句的意思很好理解，是说员工们越来越看重或者说是承认一个事实：顾客的满意是组织的主要目标。recommend是推荐、建议，后面不接the fact(事实)，honour是敬重，obey是遵守，这里应该选择respect。respect这里是重视或者接受的意思，看英英词典上的解释：to accept that something which is established or formally agre
19、ed is right or important and not to attempt to change it or harm it。所以这一空应该选择respect the fact，表示接受这个事实。第25题，CBA银行追求这个目的是为着自己的利益，而不是为股东挣利润的工具。for the sake of something 或 for somethings sake：for the purpose of; in the interest of; in order to achieve or preserve 为了目的;为了的利益;为了。固定用法，选A。第26题，寻找潜在的新成员。地道的
20、词是potential，比如potential recruits, potential staff, potential candidates.第27题，考察的是短语take on的一个用法，雇佣：If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job.;write in：to write a letter to a newspaper, television company or other organization, to state an opinion or ask something以群众来信的形式表达的意见。第28题，把毕业生分配在各
21、个连锁金融服务领域。用area。field做领域、范围讲的时候是指的研究、活动，region是指的具体的地区，parts是部分，应该用area。第29题，完成目标，met the targets。第30题，完成了目标就可以得到工作。secure：to get possession of; acquire:第31题，招的人已经具有了一定的生活经验。gain：to obtain something that is useful, that gives you an advantage, or that is in some way positive, especially over a perio
22、d of timeeg: After youve gained some experience teaching abroad you can come home and get a job.第32题，薪酬现在和业绩挂钩。link to，联系。第33题，reward sb.奖励某人。reward employees for their achievements and effort，因为功劳而奖励员工。真题三BRITISH COMPANIES CROSS THE ATLANTICNext month a large group of British business people are go
23、ing to America on a venture which may generate export earnings for their companies shareholders in years to come. A long list of sponsors will support the initiative, which will involve a 3-million media campaign and a fortnight of events and exhibitions. The ultimate goal is to persuade more Americ
24、ans that British companies have something to interest them.While there have been plenty of trade initiatives in the past, the difference this time round is that considerable thinking and planning have gone into trying to work out just what it is that Americans look for in British products. Instead o
25、f exclusively promoting the major corporations, this time there is more emphasis on supporting the smaller, more unusual, niche businesses.Fresh in the memories of all those concerned is the knowledge that America has been the end of many a large and apparently successful business. For Carringtons,
26、a retail group much respected by European customers and investors, America turned out to be a commercial disaster and the belief that they could even show some of the great American stores a retailing trick or two was hopelessly over-optimistic.Polly Brown, another very British brand that rode high
27、for years on good profits and huge city confidence, also found that conquering America, in commercial and retailing terms, was not as easy as it had imagined. When it positioned itself in the US as a niche, luxury brand, selling shirts that were priced at $40 in the UK for $125 in the States, the st
28、rategy seemed to work. But once its management decided it should take on the middle market, this success rapidly drained away. It was a disastrous mistake and the high cost of the failed American expansion plans played a large role in its declining fortunes in the mid-nineties.Sarah Scott, managing
29、director of Smythson, the upmarket stationer, has had to think long and hard about what it takes to succeed in America and she takes it very seriously indeed. Many British firms are quite patronising about the US, she says. They think that were so much more sophisticated than the Americans. They obv
30、iously havent noticed Ralph Lauren, an American who has been much more skilled at tapping into an idealised Englishness than any English company. Also, many companies dont bother to study the market properly and think that because somethings successful in the UK, its bound to be successful over ther
31、e. You have to look at what you can bring them that they havent already got. On the whole, American companies are brilliant at the mass, middle market and people whove tried to take them on at this level have found it very difficult.This time round it is just possible that changing tastes are runnin
32、g in Britains favour. The enthusiasm for massive, centralised retail chains has decreased. People want things with some sort of individuality; they are fed up with the banal, middle-of-the-road taste that America does so well. They are now looking for the small, the precious, the real thing, and thi
33、s is precisely what many of the companies participating in the initiative do best.13 The main reason that the British business people are going to America is toA encourage American consumers to buy their products.B analyse how American companies attract media coverage.C look for financial backing fr
34、om American investors and banks.D investigate how British and American companies could form partnerships.14 In the writers opinion, the proposed venture will be different to previous ones becauseA fewer British business leaders will be making the trip.B less well-known companies will be better repre
35、sented.C the larger companies have decided they will not be participating.D it involves research into how British companies market themselves.15 The writer states that Carringtons was wrong toA be cautious about trading in America.B borrow money from its European investors.C assume it was superior t
36、o American rivals.D ignore the advice of its American managers.16 According to the writer, Polly Browns mistake occurred when itA continued to trade despite making a loss.B attempted to attract a different type of customer.C tried to break into too many markets at the same time.D expected American c
37、onsumers to pay British prices for goods.17 Sarah Scott states that British companies hoping to succeed in America shouldA focus on a gap in the market.B be less concerned with their image.C concentrate on selling products in the mid-price range.D carry out research into the pricing policies of Amer
38、ican companies.18 The writer suggests that success in America depends uponA adopting a more American approach to marketing.B persuading the mid-range consumer to pay for quality.C copying the strategies of American companies.D building a reputation as a supplier of unique goods.British companies acr
39、oss the Atlantic，跨洋英国公司。有一批在本土干的不错的英国公司，雄心勃勃的要在大洋彼岸的美国去大展拳脚，结果遭遇了滑铁卢。*根据这些公司的经验和教训，说明了去海外开拓市场的注意事项。13题，问英国商人去美国的主要原因是什么。答案是第一段的最后一句话：The ultimate goal is to persuade more Americans that British companies have something to interest them.终极目标是是更多的美国人信服英国公司有可以吸引他们的地方。说的这么婉转动听，其实意思就是：要美国人买他们英国人的产品。答案是A。
40、ultimate goal可以对应于main reason。14题，说在作者的观点里，所推荐的企业(proposed是recommended的意思)不同于上次的一批，原因是什么。答案是第二段的最后的一句：Instead of exclusively promoting the major corporations, this time there is more emphasis on supporting the smaller, more unusual, niche businesses.这次的重点更多的在于支持规模小一些的特色企业，而不是单独促进大公司。也就是说这次和上次的区别在于重点
41、扶植的对象不同。选B：less well-known companies will be better represented。不那么出名的一些公司将得到更好的展现。represented在这里的意思是be present to a particular degree.看一个例句：Abstraction is well represented in this exhibition.15题，问作者认为Carringtons错误的地方在哪。答案是第三段的最后一句：the belief that they could even show some of the great American stor
42、es a retailing trick or two was hopelessly over-optimistic.认为自己可以给一些大的美国商店玩一下连锁的戏法，结果杯具了。也就是答案C所说的认为他们强于美国对手。Show some of the great American stores a retailing trick是关键点，理解了这个就好做出答案。16题，问依作者之见，Polly Brown的错误在什么时候发生的。答案在第四段，前面说当这个公司将自己定位于一个特殊的奢侈品牌时，战略似乎是奏效的。但是当管理层决定去攻占中级市场时，成功的果实很快被榨干了。所以答案是B：试图去吸引一个
43、不同类型的消费群体。a different type of customer可以对应于take on the middle market。take on在这里是occupy的意思。17题，问Sarah Scott说英国公司要想在美国成功必须怎么样，答案在第五段。这个人在第五段前面讲了很多英国公司的缺点，比如自以为是。最关键的句子是这么一个：You have to look at what you can bring them that they havent already got.给他们带来他们现在还没有得到的一些东西。也就是说要填补现有市场上的一些空白。选A。18题，在美国成功取决于什么。
44、答案在第六段。说人们需要有一点个性的东西，而这正好是从事于这个领域的很多公司可以做的。答案选D：建立一个独特商品提供者的名声。unique goods是关键词，可以对应things with some sort of individuality。真题四1 Genuine feedback would release resources to be used elsewhere.2 Managers are expected to enable their staff to work effectively.3 Experts are unlikely to facilitate a move
45、to genuine feedback.4 There are benefits when methods of evaluating performance have been negotiated.5 Appraisals tend to focus on the nature of the face-to-face relationship between employees and their line managers.6 The idea that employees are responsible for what they do seems reasonable.7 Despi
46、te experts assertion, management structures prevent genuine feedback8 An increasing amount of effort is being dedicated to the appraisal process.APerformance appraisal is on the up and up. It used to represent the one time of year when getting on with the work was put on hold while enormous quantiti
47、es of management hours were spent in the earnest ritual of rating and ranking performance. Now the practice is even more frequent. This of course makes it all the more important how appraisal is conducted. Human resources professionals claim that managers should strive for objectivity and thus for feedback rather than judgement. But the simple fact of the matter is that the nature of hierarchy distorts the concept of feedback because performance measure are conceived hierarchically. Unfortunately, all too many workers suffer from the injustices that this generates.BTh
