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BEC商务英语高级真题及答案
2015年BEC商务英语高级真题及答案
Inthelastfewyears,managersthroughoutindustryhaveseenmorechangesthanmanyofthemcouldhaveexpectedtoseeintheirentireworkingliveshavingtocommunicateinformationwhichoftenleadstofeelingsofinsecurityhasbecomeakeyactivity.Frombeingregardedasrelativelyunimportantinmanycompanies,managementemployeecommunicationhasbecomeacentralcorporateneed.
ConcordiaInternationalprovidesagoodexampleofacompanythathasadjustedwelltothechangingneedsforcommunication.since1995,Concordiahasbeenturnedinside-outandupside-down,toensurethatitisamarketing–led,customer-responsivebusiness,onethatlooksoutwardsatcustomersandcompetitors,ratherthaninwardsatitsownprocessesandthewaythingsweredoneinthepast.Inthelasteightyears,Concordiahasreduceditsworkforcebymorethan80.000people-or35%-onavoluntarybasis,withfurtherdownsizinganticipated.
Frombeinganengineeringcompany,Concordiaisnowremakingitselfasaservicecompany.Theroleofemployeecommunicationinsuchacontextistobuildpeople’sself-confidence,topersuadethemthat,althoughitisinevitablethatthechangeswillgoahead,theyalsobringwiththemnewopportunitiesforemployees.However,thisisnotaneasytask.Peopletendtobeskepticaloftheseclaimsandtofeelthattheyarelosingtouchwiththecompanytheyhaveworkedforovermanyyears.Thisisunderstandable,sincemanyoftheoldcertaintiesarebeingsweptaway,includingthecoreactivitiesofthecompanytheyworkfor.Aboveall,theyhavehadtofaceuptothefactthattheynolongerhaveajobforlife.
Researchindicatesthatpeoplerespondtothispredicamentinavarietyofways.Thebulkofemployeesfallintotwomaincategoriesintermsoftheirresponsetothenewsituation:
ontheonehandtherearethe“pragmatists”andontheother“thehighlyanxious”theformerseetheirjobasameanstoanendandhavearelativelyshort-termperspective,withstrongloyaltytotheirlocalterm,ratherthanthecompanyasawhole.Thesecondcategory,usuallythemajority,mayrespondtothreatenedchangeswithafeelingofhavingbeenletdown,andevenfeelangeratthecompanyforwhattheyseeaschangingthetermsoftheiremployment.
`Theemployeecommunicationprocessneedstobecapableofaccuratelydirectingitsmessagesatavarietyofemployeegroupsanddepartmentswithintheworkforce.thisiswhymiddlemanagersandlinemanagersaresokeytocommunication.Theyarethepeoplewhoknowaboutthefullrageofconcernsamongtheworkforce.Theprobleminthepastwasthatthiscrucialareawasoftentheresponsibilityofaseparate,relativelyisolatedunit.Concordiaputsresponsibilityforcommunicationfirmlyonlinemanagers.Alltheirresearchpointstothesameconclusion:
peopleprefertogettheirinformationface-to-facefromtheirlinemanagers.Thatisthekeyrelationshipandwhereargumentsandheartsandminds–arelost.
Thegeneralruleincompanycommunicationistotellemployeesasmuchasyoucanassoonasyoucan.Ifyoucan’tprovidedetails,thenatleastputthenewsincontextandcommityourselftoprovidinggreaterdetailwhenitbecomesavailableanotherruleofcompanycommunicationisthattheremustbeafitbetweenwhatthecompanyistellingitsemployeesandwhatitistellingitsshareholders.15Inthelasteightyears,Concordiahas
Amadeover80.000employeesreduncdant
Bcompletedaperiodofdownsizing
Creduceditsworkforceof80.000by35%
Dgiven35%ofdepartingemployeesvoluntaryredundancy
16FromConcordia’spointofview,theroleofcommunicationisto
Awinemployeesupportbeforegoingaheadwiththechanges
Bchangethecompany’scoreactivities.
Cemphasisethepositiveaspectsofthechanges
Dexplaintheneedforthechanges
17whatdoesresearchshowaboutmostemployees’responsetochange?
Atheyexpectittohaveabadeffectonthecompany
Btheyfeelcompletelypowerless
Ctheybecomelessloyal
Dtheyfelltheyhavebeentreatedunfairly
18Concordia’scommunicationprocessmainlyrelieson
Aprintedcommunication
Bdepartmentalheads
Cpersonalcommunication
Daseparate,specializedunit
19Accordingtothewriter,whatistheguidingprincipleaboutgivinginformationwithinanorganization?
ANevermakepromisesaboutfuturedevelopments
BGivepeopleanoverallviewattheearliestpossiblestage
Calwaysincludeplentyofhardinformation
DHoldbackuntilallthedetailscanbeprovided
20whichofthefollowingwouldbethemostsuitabletitleforthearticle?
Aemployeeattitudestocompanycommunication
Bmakingcompanycommunicationmoreeffective
CResearchingcompanycommmucation
DMakingemployeesfeellesspowerless
文章取材自一本管理手册,说的是一个组织里的有效沟通问题。
这套题目有些特别,不像之前的阅读的第三部分,六道题目分别依次对应文章的六个段落,这题的答案稍微分散了些。
15题,答案很明显,但是选项很有迷惑性。
答案是第二段的最后一句:
Inthelasteightyears,Concordiahasreduceditsworkforcebymorethan80.000people-or35%-onavoluntarybasis,withfurtherdownsizinganticipated.减少了80000员工(或者说减少了35%的员工),预期还会减少更多。
A选项是对的,maderedundant是前面某套题目阅读的第五部分考过的词组;B不对,没有完成(completed),因为预期还会裁减更多(withfurtherdownsizinganticipated);C也不对,迷惑性,reduceditsworkforceof80.000,用了介词of,所以这句的意思是一共就80000员工,而实际情况是减少了80000员工;D不对,35%的员工被裁减,都是在自愿的基础上的,而不是离开的人中有35%是自愿的。
16题,问根据此人的观点,沟通的角色是什么。
也就是问沟通的目的或者作用是什么。
答案在第三段。
沟通是为了帮助人树立自信,说服他们虽然要面临一些变化,但是同样也会拥有一些新的机会。
说白了,就是鼓励这些被裁的人。
答案选C,强调变化的积极方面。
这里的positiveaspects是对前面说的bringwiththemnewopportunities的一个概括。
(想起了电影《在云端》,upintheair,里面那个老男人的工作就是职业裁员专家,专门对被裁的人说些这样的话。
)
17题,问调查显示大多数人对change的反应是什么。
这题在答案中也很明显,但是选项很纠结。
都有点似是而非。
Thesecondcategory,usuallythemajority,mayrespondtothreatenedchangeswithafeelingofhavingbeenletdown.,andevenfeelangeratthecompanyforwhattheyseeaschangingthetermsoftheiremployment.大多数员工的反应就是很失望,甚至会很愤怒。
个人觉得这题出的不够严谨,没有哪个选项能严格从原文中提炼出来。
对比下D要好点,因为对公司失望和愤怒,就是觉得受到了不公正的待遇。
此题有待高手补充更完美的理由。
18题,问沟通过程主要依赖于什么。
答案是第五段的这句:
peopleprefertogettheirinformationface-to-facefromtheirlinemanagers。
喜欢面对面的从直属经理那里获取信息。
所以选C,个人的交流。
19题,问组织内部提供信息的指导准则是什么。
最后一段的第一句就是:
Thegeneralruleincompanycommunicationistotellemployeesasmuchasyoucanassoonasyoucan。
尽可能的快,尽可能的多。
不能提供细节的,至少给个大致的背景消息(putthenewsincontext)。
时机成熟了,再告知更多。
选B:
在可能的最早的阶段让人有个总体的印象。
20题,给文章选标题。
这种题在BEC的阅读里还真不多见。
选标题,就是要挑选文章的最主要意思,从整体上把握文章的mainideas。
这篇文章通篇说的就是communication,前面介绍了沟通的背景:
裁员;接着说了员工对裁员的反应;然后最后两段,一段说员工喜欢什么样的沟通方式,一段说沟通的原则是什么。
综合起来,就是关于怎样进行有效沟通的问题。
选B。
A不对,片面了,只是文中某部分的内容,并且这部分内容是为后面做背景介绍,不是主要的;C不对,不是简单的research,research仅仅是介绍状况,文章还有关于实现措施的。