商务英语BEC中级考前训练题Word下载.docx

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单项选择题1、根据下面内容，回答题EvaluatingthePerformanceoftheBoardFewemployeesescapetheannualortwice-yearlyperformancereview．（0）...G...Theanswerisnotagreatnumber．Andthesmallerthecompany,thefewerchecksthereareonhowwellthedirectorsaredoing．Someofthelargestcompaniesformallyassesstheperformanceoftheirboard,butveryfewneworgrowingcompanieshavemanagedtogetroundtoestablishinganysuchprocedure.Manybusinessexpertsbelieve,however,thatitisimportantforallcompaniestoreviewtheperformanceoftheboard．（8）....．Anotherreasonisthattheboarditselfneedsinformationonhowwellitisdoing,justasmuchasotheremployeesdo．Forthechiefexecutive,appraisalofsomesortisabsolutelyessentialforhisorherownsakeandforthegoodofthecompany．Indeed,manyofthosewhohavereachedthislevelremarkonhowlonelythejobofchiefexecutiveisandhowfewopportunitiestheygettodiscussissuesrelatingtoit.Thereissomeevidencetoshowthatoncesmallercompaniesputaboardappraisalprocessinplace,theyfindthisprocessrelativelyeasytooperate．（9）....．Theircounterpartsinlargerorganizations,however,areoftenafraidthatappraisalscouldbeachallengetotheirstatus.So,howshouldcompaniesassesstheirboard?

（10）.....Ataverybasiclevel,thiscouldsimplymeangettingallthedirectorstowritedownwhattheyhaveachievedandhowtheycanimproveonit．Attheotherendofthescaleisthefull"

360-degree"

appraisal．Here,eachdirectorisappraisedinasystematicmannerbyacombinationofthechairmanandfellowdirectors.Inthelargestcompaniestherearemanymethodsforassessingtheboard．Anumberofsuchcompanieshaveself-assessmentschemes．Thechairmanmaymeeteachboardmemberindividuallytoaskhowthingsaregoing,inafairlyinformalway．Thewholeboardmightalsomeettotalkaboutitsprogressinopensession．（11）.....Thesemightaskforpeople'

sopinionsontheboard'

smaintasksoronhowwellthecommitteesareworking.Researchindicatestherehasbeensomeimprovementinthewaytheappraisalofboardmembersisconducted．（12）......Thechairmanwillhavebeeninvolveddirectlyorindirectlyintheappraisalofallmembersoftheboard．Whosejobisit,then,toappraisethechairman?

A.Itisoftenthecasethatthedirectorsofsuchcompaniesareevenhappytoreceivecriticism,asthiscanpreventthemfrommakingbasicmistakes.B.Therestoftheworkforceseesitasunfairifthedirectorsaretheonlymembersofthecompanytoescapeappraisal.C.Theseareencouragingastheyputalimitonthepowerofthechairmantoassessfellowdirectors.D.Alternatively,questionnairesmightbedistributedtodirectors,formingthebasisforfuturediscussion.E.Oneissueremains,however,whenalltheothershavebeendealtwith．F.Itisgenerallyagreedthatitisthechairman'

sresponsibilitytoensuretheregularappraisalofeachmemberoftheboard.G.However,onewondershowmanycompanieshaveinplaceaformalappraisalprocessfortheirboardofdirectors.（8）应选填空题2、根据下面内容，回答题

MarketResearch0Marketresearchinvolvesincollectingandsortingfactsandopinionsfromspecificgroups000fpeople．Thepurposeofresearchcanvaryfromdiscoveringthepopularityofapolitical34partytoassessingwhetherisaproductneedschangingorreplacing．Mostworkin35consumerresearchinvolvesinterviewersemployedbymarketresearchagencies，but36certainindustrialandsocialresearchiscarriedoutbyanyspecialistagencies．Interviews37maybewithindividualsorgroupsandcanlastanythingasfromafewminutestoanhour380rmore．Insomeinterviews，peoplemaybeaskedtoexamineortryoutproductsbefore39givinguptheiropinion．Successfulinterviewerstendtolikemeetingpeopleandshould40notonlybeshyofaddressingstrangers．Interviewersareusuallyexpecledtowork41unsupervised，organizingtheirownworkload．Self-disciplineisabsolutelyessential，and42asaremotivationandenemy．Therearenospecificagelimitsforsuchawork，though43manyagenciesprefertoemployolderapplicantswithexperienceofmeetingpeople。

44Marketresearchagencieswhichfrequentlyorganizetraining，wheretraineeslearnhow45torecognizesocio-economicgroupsandpracticeapproachingtothepublic。

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Readthearticlebelowaboutjobinterviews.

Choosethebestsentencefromthelistontheoppositepagetofilleachofthegaps.

Foreachgap8-12markoneletter（A-I）onyourAnswerSheet.

Donotuseanylettermorethanonce.

HowtoSucceedatInterviews

Theaimofajobinterviewistoestablishwhetheryouarelikelytodowellinaparticularjobinaspecificorganisation.Thisisnotonlyamatterofhavingthenecessarytechnicalknowledgeandskills.Youmustalsohavethemotivation,theabilitytoadapttonew