BEC商務(wù)英語(高級)閱讀模擬試卷42

一、概括文意配伍(本題共8題，每題7.0分，共8

分。)

?Lookatthestatementsbelowandatthefiveshortsummariesontheoppositepageabout

businessbooksonleadership&management.?Whichbooksummary(A,B,C,D

orE)doeseachstatement1-8referto??Foreachstatement1-8,markoneletter(A,B,

C,DorE)onyourAnswerSheet.?Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmore

thanonce.PARTONEA.TheNewBossTakingoverasthe'newbossesnever

easy.Expectationsrunhigh,youhavealimitedtimetomakeagoodimpressionand

thecompetitivepressureissevere.PeterFischeridentifies4sevenbuildingblocksof

successfulleadershiptransition^ohelpyoufindyourway.Hedevotesachaptertoeach

step,includinglistsofunexpecteddifficultiesandeasily-mademistakes,suggestions,

questionsandasummary.Thelastpartofthisbookcontainscasestudiesthatfbcuson

different4newboss^ituations.Fischer'sunembellished,straightforwardstylemakeshis

conceptseasytounderstandandimplement.B.DisciplinewithoutPunishmentFor

CEOs,human-resourcestaffmembersandanyonewhoinfluencesthedevelopmentof

anorganization'sdisciplinarysystem,thisbookisamust-read.Managers,supervisors

andsmallbusinessownersalsowillbenefitfromDickGrote'sguidanceonimplementing

anon-punitivcapproachtoimprovedperformance.Thisbookishighlyappreciatedfor

thethoughtfulnessanddetailofhissuggesteddisciplinarysystem,aswellashisadvice

onincorporatingthissystemintoyourdailymanagementpractices.C.TheGame-

ChangerThisbookisbothintriguingandhighlyuseful.Procter&GambleCEO

A.G.LafleyandbusinessauthorRamCharandrawexamplesfromseverallarge,

successfulorganizations一GE,Honey-well,andDupont-buttheirprimaryfocusis

Procter&Gamble(P&G).TheyexplorehowP&Gchangedfromastaidgianttoan

organizationdrivenbyinnovation—andradicallyexpandeditssalesandprofitsalongthe

way.TheyarecandidaboutP&G'sorganizationalmethodsandfailedinnovations,and

theyshowhowwillingithasbecometoopenupandconnect.D.TheLeaderonthe

CouchWhenManfredKetsdeVariesusesmanyreallifestoriestoshowhowyoucan

usepsychologytounderstandtheworkplace,hispointsareclearandseemimmediately

applicable.Admittedly,hisdiscussionofthetheoriesvariesfrominstructiveto

somewhatobscure,andhisclassificationsofpersonalityandorganizationaltypesn:ay

seemarbitrary,butwhenheexplainstheprocessesinvolvedinchange,heisrealistic

andhumare.Readerswhoexertsomeconsciouspatiencewillfindtheauthor'score

pointsabouttheroleoftheunconsciousinthebusinessworldinsightfuland

useful.E.The21IrrefutableLawsofLeadershipPrinciplesarelawsthatapplyacross

differentcultures,generations>andcircumstances,JohnMaxwell,drawinglessons

fromhisownexperiencesaswellasthoseofotherleadem,hasdiscovered21principles

forleadership.Ineachchapterofthebook,Maxwelldescribeseachlawasatoolthat

canhelppeoplesucceedinbusiness,church,spots,andpemonalendeavorsoAnyone

inanyposition,inanyfield,andinanyculture,canlearnandpracticetheselawsto

becomeasuccessfulleader.Thelearningismadericherbyreallifeillustrationsthat

showhowthelawsarepracticedorviolated.

1Reallifeexperiencesoftheauthorandsomeotherscontributetotheformationofthe

pointsillustratedinthisbook.

標準答案：E

知識點解析：參見E篇的第二句話“JohnMaxwell,drawinglessonsfromhisown

expefiencesasweuasthoseofotherleaders,hasdiscovered21principlesfor

leadership.“其中"drawinglessonsfromhisownexDeriencesaswellasthoseofoiher

leaders"，是關(guān)鍵所在，由此判斷E為正確答案。

2、Aftercarefulreading,readersmaycometoaccep:theauthor'sviewpointsonthe

subjectdiscussedinthisbook.

標準答案：D

知識點解析：參見D篇的最后一句"Readerswhoexertsomeconsciouspatiencewill

findtheauthor,scoreDointsabouttheroleoftheunconsciousinthebusinessworld

insightfulanduseful.”其句子的核心部分意思是“讀者將會發(fā)現(xiàn)作者的主要觀點是

很有見地而且有用的“，由此可以判斷D為正確答案。

3、Thisbookmainlyconcernsthesuccessstoryofafamouscompany.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：本題答案非常明確，參考C篇的第二、三句話，我們可以判斷本書

主要內(nèi)容是關(guān)于寶潔公司這一知名企業(yè)的成功之路，因此本題選C。

4、Thisbookappealstohumanresourcesmanagersinthatitoffersthemapositiveway

ofmanagingpeople.

標準答案：B

知識點解析：參考B篇的標題“DisciplinewithoutPunishment”以及文中前兩句話，

我們得知本書提出了“anonpunitiveapproach”，即一種積極的、正面的管理員工的

辦法，而且本書對于“human-resourcestaffmembers”來講是"amust-read”（必讀的

書）。所以根據(jù)以上三個核心詞可以判斷B的內(nèi)容與之相符。

5、Inthisbook,theauthorproposesanewsystemandintroducessomewaysof

applyingitinpractice.

標準答案：B

知識點解析：參考第四題的解析，我們知道B篇所指的書提出了一套新體制，它

不同于傳統(tǒng)的懲罰性的員工管理體制。另外，結(jié)合B篇最后一句"Thisbookis

highlyappreciatedforthethoughtfulnessanddetailofhissuggesteddisciplinary

system,aswellashisadviceonincorporatingthissystemintoyourdailymanagement

practices.”尤其是后半句明確提到“另外，他還提出了如何把這一體制融入日常的

管理實踐中”，由此判斷答案為B。

6、Theauthorofthisbookillustratesthatnowadaysanewleaderisoftenfacedwith

greatpressure.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：參考A篇的標題“TheNewBoss”和A篇的前兩句話“Takingoveras

the4newboss'isnevereasy.Expectationsrunhigh,youhavealimitedtimetomakea

goodimpressionandthecompetitivepressureissevere.''共句意為'、接替職位，作為新

老板，絕非易事，因為人們對你的期望很高，競爭壓力很大，而給你施展才華的時

間卻又很有限由此不難判斷本題的答案為A。

7、Thisbookcoversleadershipinmanydifferentareas.

標準答案：E

知識點解析：參考E篇的標題“The21IrrefutableLawsofLeadership”和文中的第

三、四句話"Ineachchapterofthebook.Maxwelldescribeseachlawasatoolthatcan

helppeoplesucceedinbusiness,church,sports,andpersonalendeavors.Anyonein

anyposition,inanyfield,andinanyculture,canlearnandpracticetheselawsto

becomeasuccessfulleader.”可見本書討論leadership,而且涉及許多不同領(lǐng)域（in

business,church,sports,andpersonalendeavors）o由此可以判斷E為本題答案。

8、Thoughthemajorpointsofthisbookareclearenoughtobeunde-toodand

applied,certainpartsofitcanbebetterwriten

標準答案：D

知識點解析：D篇第一、二句是解題的關(guān)鍵。其中第一句中的“…h(huán)ispointsareclear

andseemimmediatelyapplicable.”與D項的前半句相符，而第二句中的兩個核心詞

obscure（模棱兩可的）和arbitrary（任意的，武斷的）則指出了本書的某些不足之處。

由此判斷D為正確答案。

二、段落完型（本題共6題，每題1.0分，共6分。）

?Readthistexttakenfromanarticleaboutlogisticsandcorporateprofitperformance.

?Choosethebestsentencetofilleachofthegaps.*Foreachgap9-14,markoneletter

（A一H）onyourAnswerSheet.*Donotuseanylettermorethanonce.Inanuncertain

economicenvironment,topmanagementwillbeinterestedinassetmanagementandflow

management.H.Theycanrepresentover50percentofmanufactures'totalasset,and

morethan80percentofwholesalersandretailers'totalassets.Whentopmanagement

mandatesareductioninaccountsreceivableand/orinventories,itsobjectiveisto

improvecashflowandreducethecompany'sinvestmentinassets.（9）.Butreductionin

thetermsofsale,orevenenforcementofthestatedtermsofsale,ineffectchangestile

pricecomponentofthefirm'smarketingmix.（10）.Thearbitraryreductionofaccounts

receivableand/orinventoriesintheabsenceoftechnologicalchangeorchangesinthe

logisticssystemcanhaveadevastatingimpactoncorporateprofitperformance.(11).

First,thechangealtersthemanufacturer'spriceandthereforethecompetitivepositionof

itsproducts,whichmayleadtodecreasedsales.Second,itfurthercomplicatesthecash

flowproblemsofthemanufacturer'scustomers.Forcingfasterpaymentofinvoices

causeschannelmembersioimprovetheircashflowbyreducingtheirinventoriesofthe

manufacturer'sproducts.(12).Thissituationmayalsoresultinstock-outofthe

manufacturer'sproductsasthewholesaleorretaillevelofthechannel,furtherreducing

salesvolume.Similarly,amanufacturer'spolicyofarbitrarilyreducinginventorylevelto

increaseinventorysums,intheabsenceofasystemchange,mayescalatetransportation

costsand/orproductionsetupcostsasthelogisticssystemscramblestoachievethe

specifiedcustomerservicelevelswithlowerinventories(assumingthecompanywas

efficientlyandeffectivelydistributingproductspriortothepolicychange).(13)Inthis

case,customerservicelevelswouldbeeroded,andadecreaseinmarketsharemight

result.(14).AHowever,ifmanagementconcentratesonsystemchangesthatimprove

logisticsefficiencyand/oreffectiveness,itmaybeabletosatisfyallofthefirm's

objectives.BUsually,managementassumesthatrevenuesandothercostswillremainthe

same.CTheydosobyplacingsmaller,morefrequentorders,whichmayincreasetotal

logisticscostforboththemanufactureranditscustomers.DIneithersetof

circumstances,theincreasedcostoftransportationand/orproductionorthelostsales

contributioncouldfarexceedthesavingsininventorycarryingcost.EIfamanufacturer

changesitstermsofsale,forexample,theeffectonwholesalersandretailerswillbe

twofold.FInaddition,simplyreducingthelevelofinventorycansignificantlyincrease

thecostoflogisticsifcurrentinventorieshavebeensetatalevelthatallowsthefirmto

achieveleasttotalcostlogisticsforadesiredlevelofcustomerservice.GAlternatively,

pressuretoreduceexpensesmayprecludetheuseofpremiumtransportationorincreased

productionsetupstoachievethedesiredcustomerservicelevelswithsmallerinventory.

HThetwomostcommonstrategiesusedtoimprovecashHowandreturnonassetsare=

(1)reducingaccountsreceivableand(2)reducingtheinvestmentininventory,as

inventoriesandaccountsreceivableareamajorportionofcorporateassets.

9、

標準答案：B

知識點解析：暫無解析

10、

標準答案：F

知識點解析：暫無解析

11、

標準答案：E

知識點解析：暫無解析

12、

標準答案：C

知識點解析：暫無解析

13、

標準答案：G

知識點解析：暫無解析

14、

標準答案：D

知識點解析：暫無解析

三、常規(guī)閱讀理解(本題共6題，每題7.0分，共6

分。)

?ReadthefollowingextractfromanarticleaboutOver-CapacityintheCarBusiness.*For

eachquestion15—20,markoneletter(A,B,C,orD)onyourAnswerSheetforthe

answeryouchoose.SincethedaysofHenryFord'sdominanceofthecarmarketinthe

1920suptothepresentday,thecarindustryhascontinuedtogrow.Somecompanies,

suchasBritishLeyland,failedtosurvivetheturbulentbusinessworldofthe1970s

despitebeinggovernment-owned.Duringthe1960$and1970s,asgrowthinprofit

becamemoredifficulttoachieveduetoincreasedcompetition,mainlyfromtheJapanese,

theindustryturnedtoefficientproductionmethodsinordertocreateacompetitive

advantage.However,onceallthemajorplayersintheindustryhadbecomeasefficientas

possible,developingacostadvantagewasmoredifficulttoachieve.Inaddition,car

companiesfromAsia,suchasDaewoo,SamsungandKia,havedevelopedcheaper,more

affordablealternativesforthediscerningwesternbuyers.Suchcarcompaniesarepart-

fundedbytheirrespectivegovernmentsbutenjoyconsiderablylowerlaborcosts.

Increasingproductivecapacityhasledtocarcompaniesaimingtouseeconomiesofscale

asthemainwayofreducingcost,althoughthishasunfortunatelyledtobusinesses

havingsurpluscapacity.Thissparecapacityoccurswhentheindustryasawholeexpands

aheadof,orinanticipationof,agrowthincustomerdemand.Suchgrowthincapacityhas

meantthatsupplyoutstripsdemandbysome30%,i.e.,carcompaniescouldcutbackon

theircapacitylevelsby30%,andstillmeetallcustomerdemands.Theresulthasbeena

seriesofjointagreementsandmergersbetweencarcompanies,withaviewtoeither

usingcapacity,orlosingcapacityaltogetherbysellingoffpartsofabusiness.Theother

problemisthehighcostofdevelopingnewvehicles:thestandardresponsetothehigh

costistoeitherrejuvenateorre-launcholdvehicleswithnewtechnology.Butthereare

enoughcompaniesdevelopingnewmodelsthatanybusiness,whichdoesnot,standsto

loseout.Themainfearinthecarindustryisover-capacity-expertspredictthatby2001,

theindustrymayproduce23millioncarsmorethanitcansell!In1998therewasaspate

ofcompanymergers-e.g.InJanuary1999,Fordpaid￡4billionforVolvo'scar

division;Volvoclaimedthatitneededeconomiesofscale,allowingittofocusnnbuses,

enginesandaerospaceandtoacquiresharesintwomajortruck-makingbusinesses.Ford

intendedtodistributeVolvoswithitsowncarsandhopedtouseVolvo'sreputationfor

technologicalexcellencetodevelopnewcars,usingcommonresearchplatformstosave

money.Renault,ontheotherhand,announcedajointagreementwithNissan,thedebt-

riddenJapanesecompany,topurchasea37%stake.ForRenault,theproblemwasnot

over-capacity,butratherthelackofproductrange.Renaultwas44%ownedbythe

Frenchgovernment,whichobviouslywantedtoprotectoneofitsmajorcompaniesand

wealthcreators.However,Renaulthadconcentrateditsmajormarketingefforton

domesticdemandinFrance;asthedomesticmarketfell,profittumbled.Theexpiryin

1999ofthe"gentlemen'sagreement"whichlimitedcarsalesfromJapanwasprobably

themainreasonforteamingupwithNissan.Nissan,however,hadborrowed

approximately￡15billioninordertoexpanditsproductivecapacityandhadlostmoney

insixofthelastsevenyears.OneestimateputI998'slossesatnearly￡1billion.The

costsavingsforbothcompaniesarenotlikelytooccuruntil2002,resultingmainlyfrom

purchasingeconomiesofscale.Renaultseemstohavegotcaughtbetweenthelarge

manufacturerswhoachieveeconomiesofscaleandthesmallerspecialistmanufacturers.

15、Duringthe1960sand1970s,inordertocreateacompetitiveadvantage,thecar

industryturnedto

A^economiesofscale.

B、efficientproductionmethods.

C、surpluscapacity.

D、jointagreementandmergers.

標準答案：B

知識點解析：暫無解析

16、Onceallthemajorcompaniesinthecarindustryhadbecomeasefficientas

possible,

A、theyturnedtouseeconomiesofscalesasthemainwayofreducingcost.

B、therecameincreasedproductivecapacity.

C^therewasnowaytoreducecost.

D、themainfearinthecarindustrybecameover-capacity.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：暫無解析

17、Whatwastheresultofbusinesseshavingsurpluscapacity?

A^Manycompaniesaimedtodevelopingnewvehicles.

B、Somecompaniesre-launchedoldvehicleswithnewtechnology.

C、Somecompanieslosecapacitybysellingoffpartsofabusiness.

D^Therecameaseriesofjointagreementsandmergersbetweencarcompanies.

標準答案：D:

知識點解析：暫無解析

18、WhydidVolvosellitscardivisionaccordingtoVolvocompany'sclaim?

A^Becauseithadnotthecommonresearchplatformtosavemoney.

B、Becauseitsufferedalolfromsurpluscapacity.

C^Becauseitneededeconomiesofscale.

D、Becauseitwantedtouseitsreputationtodevelopnewvehicles.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：暫無解析

19、WhatwastheproblemforRenault?

A、Ithadtheproblemofover-capacity.

B、Ithadtheproblemofthelackofproductrange.

C、Itwasdebt-ridden.

D、Asdomesticmarketfell,profittumbled.

標準答案：B

知識點解析：暫無解析

20>WhatisthemainreasonforRenault'sjointagreementwithNissan?

A、Theexpiryofthe"gentlemen'sagreement0.

BecauseRenaultwantedtohelpNissanoutofthehardsituation.

C、BecauseNissanhadverygoodreputationfortechnologicalexcellence.

D^BecauseRenaultwas44%ownedbytheFrenchgovernment.

標準答案：A」

知識點解析：暫無解析

四、完形填空(單選)(本題共70題，每題7.0分，共

70分。)

?Readthearticlebelowaboutjobmarket.?Choosethecorrectwordorphrasetofilleach

gapfromA,B,C,orD.*Foreachquestion21一30,markoneletter(A,B,C,orD)on

yourAnswerSheet.Injusteightyears,by2010,therewillbe58millionjobsinthe

UnitedStates,DtheBureauofLaborStatistics.Thebureau(21)betweennowand2010

some22millionnewjobswillbecreated.And36millionmore(22)willresultfrom

retirementsandotherswhodropoutoftheworkforce.Nearlyallthatjob(23),

incidentally,willcomeintheservicesector.Manufacturingjobswillgrowatonly(24)of

apercentannually.That'snotbecausethosejobsaregoingoverseas,bytheway.Blame

theslowgrowthinmanufacturing(25)thefastgrowthinmanufacturingproductivity.Ed

Potter,presidentoftheEmploymentPolicyFoundationsinWashington,saidthe

foundation'sanalysisofjobgrowthandwharfs(26)happeningineducationshowthere

couldbeas(27)as3.5millionprofessionalsattheendofthisdecade.Despitethecurrent

recessionandlayoffs,a(28)ofemployersbytheNationalAssociationofManufacturers

found80percentofcompaniessayasevereshortageofqualifiedjob(29)alreadyexists.

And60percentofthosecompaniessaidthelackofskilledworkersis(30)theirabilityto

produce.

21、

A、persists

predicts

C、distinguishes

D、extinguishes

標準答案：B

知識點解析：暫無解析

22、

A、openings

B、people

C、employees

D、occupations

標準答案：A

知識點解析：暫無解析

23、

A、seekers

B、growth

C、application

D^application

標準答案：C

知識點解析：暫無解析

24、

A、thrcc-tcnths

B、third-ten

C、third-tenths

D、above

標準答案：A

知識點解析：暫無解析

25、

A、for

with

C、on

D、above

標準答案：C

知識點解析：暫無解析

26、

A、reliably

B、currently

C、fortunately

D、definitely

標準答案：B

知識點解析：暫無解析

27、

A^many

B、strong

C、confident

D、short

標準答案：D

知識點解析：暫無解析

28、

A、survey

B、lot

C、show

D^group

標準答案：A

知識點解析：暫無解析

29、

A、increase

B、candidates

C、decline

D、interviewers

標準答案：B

知識點解析：暫無解析

30、

A、influencing

B、effecting

C^enhancing

D、improving

標準答案.C

知識點露斤：暫無解析

五、完形填空（填空）（本題共70題，每題7.0分，共

70分。）

?Readthearticlebelowaboutsmallhigh-techfirms.?Foreachquestion31—40,write

onewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerSheet.ThereareexamplesofWHAT

canbedonebytheretailerwithinhisstore,butperhapsthebiggestopportunityforcost-

reductionstems(31)cooperationbetweenmanufactureranddistributorinanalyzingthe

totalcostsinvolvedinmovingtheproductfromthefactorytotheshopper'sbasket.A

helpfultechniqueinthisconnectionistheconceptof"directproductprofit"(32)is

widelyusedintheUnitedStates.Thisisatechniquefbranalyzingverypreciselythe

costsandprofitsassociated(33)eachproductline,withaviewtoisolatingopportunities

forcostreduction.Forexample,thein-storehandlingcostsforparticularitemmaybe

reduced(34)themanufacturerputsitinalargecaseorreducesthenumberoflayersin

thecase.Withthegrowingimportanceofprepackaging(35)forperishableitemslike

meatandfornon-foodproducts,itisessentialthatthecontainershouldfacilitatequick

unloadingandeasydisplay.Moreobviousisthecaseforcooperationinreducingthe

costsofdeliveryandunloading；thenightdeliveryexperimentinCentralLondonisan

exampleofthis.Manyshopslackproperunloadingfacilities,oftenbecausethelocal

authoritiesorprivatedevelopers(36)builtthemwerenotawareof(37)wasneeded.

Manyretailersdonotemploymodernhandlingtechniques.Someconsumergoods

manufacturers,(38)asUnilever,areplayingabigpartinstreamliningthedistribution

system,simplybecausetheyare"market-oriented"companieswhichrecognizethe

importanceoflowdistributioncosts.EveninUnilever,LordColerecalledthebadold

days(39)distributionwaslookeduponastheleastimportantofcosts.Theprocessof

distributionwillgraduallybemadelesslabor-intensive;thedifficultyoffinding

additionallabor,apart(40)itscost,isthemajorfactorbehind.

31、

標準答案：FROM

知識點解析：暫無解析

32、

標準答案：WHICH

知識點解析：暫無解析

33、

標準答案：WITH

知識點解析：暫無解析

34、

標準答案：IF

知識點解析：暫無解析

35、

標準答案：BOTH

知識點解析：暫無解析

36、

標準答案：WHO

知識點解析：