商务英语考试BEC中级模拟练习题4.docx

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商务英语考试BEC中级模拟练习题4

2019年商务英语考试BEC中级模拟练习题4

单项选择题1、根据下面资料，回答题BuffetZoneLucyRobertsonstarteDworkingatA．take-awayfooDbusinesstosupplementherincomeduringherstudentdaysatEdinburghUniversity．SeveralyearslatershehaDboughtthebusinessanDnow,17yearson,sheownsGrapevineCaterers,probablyScotland'sleadingindependentcaterers,withA．turnoverofalmostε6m.ShehaDneverplanneDtoownA．business,anDhaDcertainlyneverconsidereDA．careerincatering．（0）...GHowever,herunplanneDcareerbeganin1985,whenshereturneDtoEdinburghanDdiscovereDthatthetakeawayshehaDworkeDinwasupforsale．Onimpulse,sheboughtit,butadmitsthatatthetimesheknewnothingaboutcatering．（8）.....ItwasA．difficulttime,butessentialintermsofgainingtheexperiencesheneeded．Thelate1980sboomwasgooDforbusiness,withlargenumbersofofficeworkerswantingtakeawayfooDfortheirlunches．（9）....．"Atonepointtherewere26fooDoutletswithinA．5-kilometreradius,"Robertsonrecalls,astheeconomychangeDanDtheoncepackeDofficeblocksstarteDtobecomevacant,itbecameclearthatRobertsonwoulDneeDtodiversify．（10）......ItchangeDthedirectionofthecompanyforgood.AsRobertsonbegantowincateringcontracts,shedecideDthatthecompanywoulDhavetomovetolargerpremises．In1994,themovewasmadewhensheboughtanothercateringbusinessthatalreadyhaDA．numberofprofitablecontractsforboardroomlunches.Meanwhile,Robertson'smaincompetitor,theoldestcateringcompanyinEdinburgh,wascausinghersomeanxiety．"Customerloyallyisnottobeunderestimated,"shewarns．ButRobertsonisnotsomeonewhoiseasilyputoff．（11）.....．PartlyasA．resultofthis,turnoverdoubled,anDhavingoutgrownanothersite,RobertsonboughtA．city-centrelocationforthegroup'sheadquarters.Bynow,Grapevine'smaincompetitorwasA．newcateringcompanycalleDTowngates．AlthoughRobertsontrieDtoraiseenoughmoneytobuyTowngates,shediDnotsucceed．ThenluckinterveneDanDTowngateswentbankrupt．（12）......ManyaccepteDanDthecompany'sturnoverwentfromε700,000toε1.5millionalmostovernight.However,thecompany'sgrowthwasnotassmoothasitsoundsinretrospect．Robertsonadmits,"Wewereclosetotheedgeduringthegrowthperiod．Likemanyunder-capitalizeDcompaniestryingtogrow,itmighteasilyhavecollapsed."Butthat,shefeels,isthechallengeofdevelopingyourownbusiness.A．ButthereareplentyofsimilarcontractstobewonintheeastofScotlanDbeforeRobertsonturnsherattentionelsewhere.B．HerwayrounDthisparticularproblemwastorecruitthecateringmanageroftherivalcompany.C．ButthisdemanDwasshort-lived,anDbeforelong,increasingcompetitionmadeithardertomakeA．profit.D"ItwasA．dramatiC．learningcurveanDverysmallamountsofmoneywereearneDatfirst,"saysRobertson．E．ShedecideDthatthesolution,sincemanycompaniesrequireDworkinglunchesformeetingswithclients,wastoprepareanDdelivermealstobusinesspremises.F．Onhearingthis,RobertsonimmediatelycontacteDalloftheirclientsanDoffereDtheservicesofGrapevineCaterers.G．Instead,shestudieDaccountancyafterleavinguniversity,anDA．steadyifunspectacularprofessionalpathseemeDset.（8）应选2、根据下面内容，回答题BusinessMeetingsItisimportantthatideasanD．suggestionstableD．atformalmeetingsarevoiceD．atthe（0）..D..．time．ThisisachieveD．bykeepingtothe（19）.....．shownontheagenda．Forexample,thereisno（20）.....．indiscussingideastodowithItemSixontheagendA．whenItemTwohasnotyetbeen（21）.....．SuchdeviationsfromtheagendA．may（22）......．inconfusionamongthepeopleatthemeeting;theymayalso（23）.....．concentrationiftheyseesomethingasirrelevant.Tomakecertainthatthemeetingproceedsinanorderlyfashion,itisthereforeusefulto（24）.....．somegrounD．rules．First,everyonewillneeD．tounderstanD．thattheymust（25）.....．theircommentstothetopiC．underdiscussion．TheChaircanthenencourageonepersontospeakatA．（26）.....．sothatanyideasoffereD．canbediscusseD．anD．（27）Oncethatpersonhasfinished,someoneelsecanput（28）....．theirideasanD．soon．Ifthisprocedureisadopted,theparticipantswillbeabletofollowthevariousissuesinA．consistentmanner,whichwillhelpwiththedecision-making（29）....．lateron．Itwillalso（30）.....thatthequietpeopleatmeetingsgetA．chanceto（31）....．theirsay,ratherthanjusttheirmoreoutspokencolleagues．In（32）.....．itisoftenthequietpeopleatmeetingswhogeneratethebestideas,becausetheyareinthe（33）.....．ofthinkingbeforetheyspeak.（19）应选A．structureB．directionC．orderD．arrangemer填空题3、根据下面资料，回答题CustomerBehaviour0TheconsumeristhefocusofallretailbusinessanDitisimportanttoappreciatehowO0consumersareinfluenceDintheirbuyingdecisions．Mostofconsumers,beforemakinga34purchase