商务英语BEC高级阅读试题及答案卷一.docx

1、商务英语BEC高级阅读试题及答案卷一2020年商务英语（BEC）高级阅读试题及答案（卷一）The Scientific Approach to RecruitmentWhen it (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting.?Yet employers like to (21) themselves that they are being exceptionally thoro

2、ugh in their selection processes. In todays competitive market place, the (22) of staff in many organizations is fundamental to the companys success and, as a result , recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.One method in particular that has (24) in popularity is tes

3、ting , either psychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or abilityaptitude testing (25) an organization with an extra way of establishing a candidates suitability for a role. It (26) companies to add value by identifying key elements of a position and then testin

4、g candidates to ascertain their ability against those identified elements.The employment of psychometric or ability testing as one (27) of the recruitment process may have some merit, but in reality there is no real (28), scientific or otherwise, of the potential future performance of any individual

5、. The answer to this problem is experience in interview techniques and strong definition of the elements of each position to be (29) as the whole recruitment process is based on few real certainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on a CT and the first five minutes of a me

6、eting, are probably no less valid than any other tool employed in the (30) of recruitment.21.A suggestB convinceC adviseD believe22.A worthB creditC qualityD distinction23.A secureB reliesC attainD achieve24.A liftedB enlargedC expandedD risen25.A providesB offersC contributesD gives26.A lets B enab

7、lesC agreesD admits27. A portion B memberC share D component28. A extentB sizeC amountD measure29.A occupiedB met C filledD appointed30 A businessB topicC pointD affairThe scientific approach to recruitment，招人的科学方法。这篇完型比较简单。完型填空也有两种题型，两种解题思路。一种是从意思上理解然后做出选择，一种是根据单词的用法。前者比较容易，后者很考验语言功底。21题，理解上下文的意思。前

8、面说招人时的决定一般是在五分钟以内做出的。但是雇主们试图使自己详细相信他们在挑选过程中是经过了深思熟虑的。Convince oneself，使确信。其他的词没有这个用法。22题，员工的质量对公司的成功是至关重要的。选quality。23题，招人者试图利用一切方法来抓住这个领域最好的(人才)，secure the best，抓住最好的。realise是实现，attain是获得，后面不能接人，achieve是实现一个目标。24题，rise in popularity，固定搭配，popularity是知名度的意思，这个词组应该可以翻译成声名鹊起。25题，provides with,提供。给组织提供另

9、外一种方法。offer的用法是offer sb sth，contribute在这里意思不对。26题，是公司能够增加价值，enable27题，这题的意思很明显，测试(testing)作为招聘过程的一个组成部分，要区分选项的几个单词，尤其是portion和component，看英英解释。Component：one of several parts that together make up a whole machine, system etcPortion：a part of something larger, especially a part that is different from t

10、he other parts这里强调testing是一个组成部分，没有说明特殊的地方，选component。28题，对每个人未来的可能表现没有一个真正的衡量。选measure。29题，fill a position，填补空位，fill在这里的意思是to perform a particular job, activity, or purpose in an organization, or to find someone or something to do this。不能选occupy，因为occupy更强调人的一种主动，而这里只是客观说某个需要填补的职位。30题，in the busine

11、ss of，也是一种固定的说法，在什么的过程中。很多场合都可以使用。可以多看几个例句：Were in the business of stimulating the economy(By Obama)Energetics is a specialist management consultancy in the business of climate changeTime for a new career“losing your job isnt the end of the world: it gives youre the chance the a new beginning (0) sa

12、ys Caroline Poole, 30, Who was made redundant (31) her role as head of marketing campaigns with an insurance group two years ago. The news was a blow, especially after a successful nine-year career with the business, but she was determined to see redundancy (32) a positive force for change.(33) it s

13、eemed a tough lesson at the time, redundancy was the catalyst that redirected my career, “ says Caroline “It gave me the break I needed to understand (34) my career objectives lay.”Working with a consultant, Caroline explored a number of work options that oppealed to her. She also took advantage of

14、workshops on issues (35) as setting up your own business, and managing your finances. A key consideration for her was (36) easy it would be to balance working in London with home life 100 kilometers away.She was encouraged to network (37) other marketing professionals and via this route made contact

15、 with a communications agency. She took time out to go travelling , and on her return was offered a role in the agency. (38) was proof to her that she still had marketable skills.Two years (39) from redundancy, Caroline is planning another career break . “ The experience of redundancy has made me vi

16、ew my options with more confidence. I now know that I can dictate my own career path, even (40) it were to mean resigning first and then taking time to find the right direction” she says.填词版的完形填空，关于失业之后该如何开始新的职业生活的。这些文章读多了，对人是会有启发的。此外，这种题型也很考验人的语言功底，短语积累和基本的语法知识是必不可少的。31题，考查的是固定搭配。这里的意思很明显，是指这个女的在自己

17、的职位上被开除了，make redundant是商业英语里的地道说法：Follow a fair and legal process when its necessary to dismiss staff on the grounds of redundancy.如果是made redundant，后面的介词用from，可以看个例句：Just been made redundant from your last job?32题，比较简单，see as，将什么视为。将失业视为改变的积极动力。33题，虽然是艰难的一课(a tough lesson)，还是改变了我的职业方向(redirect my

18、career)，有转折的意思，although和though。34题，这是个定语从句，当中要填入的是关系代词。给了我需要的时间，来弄明白我的职业目标放在哪。用where。35题，这题很明显，举例的，用such as。36题，分析这个句子的成分。前面是a key consideration,做主语，有个was，是谓语，was后面的是宾语。在宾语成分里出现了it would be to balance.这样的完整的句子，所以空格部分应该填入一个词，引导从句，并且这个词所接从句必须倒装。满足这个要求的词是how。(How引导的状语从句要求部分倒装)37题，network with，词组：connec

19、t as or operate with a network，将连成网。38题，还是个定语从句。一个完整的句子，缺乏关系代词来衔接，要用which。关键在于要识别出这里的定语从句，否则很难往那上面想。在做这类题目时，如果一个句子各种成分都很齐全，而且比较长，那么是从句的可能性很大，要根据上下文的意思来判断填入的代词。题目做多了，会培养出这方面的警觉性。39题，two years on，固定说法，两年以后，两年过去了。40题，很容易联想到even if或者是even though，只能填if不能填though。这是两个意思和用法都不同的词组。even if，即便，带有假设的意思，后面接虚拟语气;

20、even though，即使，表示既定事实。40空后面的句子是虚拟语气，因此这个题目只能填if。The Scientific Approach to RecruitmentWhen it (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers like to (21) themselves that they are being exceptionally th

21、orough in their selection processes. In todays competitive market place, the (22) of staff in many organizations is fundamental to the companys success and, as a result , recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.One method in particular that has (24) in popularity is

22、testing , either psychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or abilityaptitude testing (25) an organization with an extra way of establishing a candidates suitability for a role. It (26) companies to add value by identifying key elements of a position and then tes

23、ting candidates to ascertain their ability against those identified elements.The employment of psychometric or ability testing as one (27) of the recruitment process may have some merit, but in reality there is no real (28), scientific or otherwise, of the potential future performance of any individ

24、ual. The answer to this problem is experience in interview techniques and strong definition of the elements of each position to be (29) as the whole recruitment process is based on few real certainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on a CT and the first five minutes of a

25、 meeting, are probably no less valid than any other tool employed in the (30) of recruitment.21.A suggest B convince C advise D believe22.A worth B credit C quality D distinction23.A secure B relies C attain D achieve24.A lifted B enlarged C expanded D risen25.A provides B offers C contributes D giv

26、es26.A lets B enables C agrees D admits27. A portion B member C share D component28. A extent B size C amount D measure29.A occupied B met C filled D appointed30 A business B topic C point D affair参考答案21、B 22、C 23、A 24、D 25、A26、B 27、D 28、D 29、C 30、AThe scientific approach to recruitment，招人的科学方法。这篇完型

27、比较简单。完型填空也有两种题型，两种解题思路。一种是从意思上理解然后做出选择，一种是根据单词的用法。前者比较容易，后者很考验语言功底。21题，理解上下文的意思。前面说招人时的决定一般是在五分钟以内做出的。但是雇主们试图使自己详细相信他们在挑选过程中是经过了深思熟虑的。Convince oneself，使确信。其他的词没有这个用法。22题，员工的质量对公司的成功是至关重要的。选quality。23题，招人者试图利用一切方法来抓住这个领域最好的(人才)，secure the best，抓住最好的。realise是实现，attain是获得，后面不能接人，achieve是实现一个目标。24题，rise

28、 in popularity，固定搭配，popularity是知名度的意思，这个词组应该可以翻译成声名鹊起。25题，provides with,提供。给组织提供另外一种方法。offer的用法是offer sb sth，contribute在这里意思不对。26题，是公司能够增加价值，enable27题，这题的意思很明显，测试(testing)作为招聘过程的一个组成部分，要区分选项的几个单词，尤其是portion和component，看英英解释。Component：one of several parts that together make up a whole machine, system

29、etcPortion：a part of something larger, especially a part that is different from the other parts这里强调testing是一个组成部分，没有说明特殊的地方，选component。28题，对每个人未来的可能表现没有一个真正的衡量。选measure。29题，fill a position，填补空位，fill在这里的意思是to perform a particular job, activity, or purpose in an organization, or to find someone or som

30、ething to do this。不能选occupy，因为occupy更强调人的一种主动，而这里只是客观说某个需要填补的职位。30题，in the business of，也是一种固定的说法，在什么的过程中。很多场合都可以使用。可以多看几个例句：Were in the business of stimulating the economy(By Obama)Energetics is a specialist management consultancy in the business of climate changeThe Scientific Approach to Recruitme

31、ntWhen it (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers like to (21) themselves that they are being exceptionally thorough in their selection processes. In todays competitive market place, the (22) of

32、 staff in many organizations is fundamental to the companys success and, as a result , recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.One method in particular that has (24) in popularity is testing , either psychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or abi