剑桥商务英语初级考试试题及答案解析十五.docx

1、剑桥商务英语初级考试试题及答案解析十五剑桥商务英语初级考试试题及答案解析(十五)一、READING (PART ONE )（本大题5小题每题1.0分，共5.0分。 Look at the questions 1-5. In each question, which sentence is correct? For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. ）第1题Sales growth at Medico plc is 1.8% this year, compared to an earlier fore

2、cast of 2.5%. The companys sales growth for this year isA. lower than expected.B. the same as expected.C. higher than expected.【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意：今年Medico上市公司销售额增长了1.8%，但早期预测增长为2.5%。选项 A：公司今年销售额比预期增长的慢。A与题意相符。故选A。第2题PRODUCT CATALOGUEArt.NoCommodityTins per caseNet weight/per tinC301Slic

3、ed Pork60170C302Stewed Pork36350C303Curry Beef60201C304Stewed Pork Ribs36350 A. Curry Beef in a case is not as heavy as Sliced Pork.B. There are more tins in a case for Stewed Pork Ribs than Stewed Pork.C. One case of Stewed Pork Ribs is heavier than one case of Sliced Pork.【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】

4、精析 本题主要是看好题中图表，不要弄混。选项中C：一箱炖猪排(350)比一箱刨切的猪肉(170)重。图表中显示：只有选项C与图表中的描述一致。故选C。第3题URGENT MESSAGE FOR JENNIFER RUSSELL. YOUR FLIGHT TO ISTANBUL TOMORROW IS NOW POSTPONED From June 15 / to June 28. When will Mrs Russell fly to Istanbul?A. 26 June.B. 27 June.C. 28 June【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意：有一封Jen

5、nifer Russell的紧急留言，通知她明天飞往伊斯坦布尔的航班现在延期了，原定6月15日改到6月28日。选项C：Russell将于6月28日飞往伊斯坦布尔，与题意相符。故选C。第4题EXPRESS PRINT has opened a new office in this area. Please call in to discuss your photocopying requirements.A. Telephone our new office if you want to order anything.B. Visit our new office and talk to us

6、about what you need.C. Contact us with your requirements when you open a new office.【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意：快速复印公司在这一区新开了一家分店。请打电话讨论复印要求。选项B：参观我们新店并告诉我们你的需求。B与题意相符。故选B。第5题Mayfield College Italian for Business 5three-hour lessons twice weekly beginning Tuesday 28 September Each lesson will la

7、stA. 2 hours.B. 3 hours.C. 5 hours.【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意：意大利梅菲尔德学院商务课程每周两次课，三小时一节课，一共五次课，从9月28日星期二开课。只要理解题意，就可以得出一次可为3个小时。故选B。二、READING (PART TWO )（共5小题,共5.0分） Look at the departments below. For questions 1-5, decide which department (A-H) does this job. For each question, mark the correct

8、 letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.第1题Office PlanAMr HampsonAccountantBMrs EdwardsBuyerCMr HaversQuality ControllerDMs WrightReceptionistEMr BrownSalesRepresentativeFMr LawClerkGMiss TurnerTypistHMiss AliceSales Manager Who welcomes visitors and makes sure they go to the right office?【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：

9、1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意是：谁应该去迎接参观者并保证领他们进入正确的办公室。选项D：前台接待员，让接待员去欢迎他们最合适不过了。故选 D。第2题Who visits customers to show them samples?【正确答案】：E【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意是：谁应该访问顾客并向他们展示样品?选项E：销售代表，与题意所需的人相符。故选E。第3题Who purchases supplies for the company?【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意是：谁为公司买办公用品?选项 B：采购员，与题意相符。故选B。第4题Who

10、 makes sure the companys products are well made?【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意是：谁确保公司产品的质量?选项C：质量监督员，与题意正符。故选C。第5题Who looks at the companys costs and its profits?【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题意是：谁看公司的成本和利润?选项A：会计，与题意相符。故选A。三、READING (PART FOUR )（共7小题,共7.0分） Read the following passage. Are sentences

11、 1-7 Right or Wrong? If there isnt enough information to answer Right or Wrong, choose Doesnt say. For each sentence 1-7, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.第1题NEW PRODUCT WILL SAVE LIVESDrinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs, which can cause illness. A small company ca

12、lled Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages, which shows whether water is safe. The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it to destroy anything harmful. It was invented by scientist Dr Adrian Parton, who started Genera Technology five years ago. He and his empl

13、oyees have developed the test together with a British water company.Andy Headland, Generas marketing director, recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecasts good American sales for it. Genera has already sold 11 of its tests at 42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on

14、 order. It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March. The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees; it now employs 14. Mr Headland believes the company should make a

15、round 1.9 million by the end of the year in the UK alone.Genera Technologies produces a product which cleans dirty water.A. RightB. WrongC. Doesnt say【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 题干意思：Genera科技公司生产了一种可以净化污水的产品。从文章第一段就可知，这家公司只是生产了一种可以测试水是否安全的产品，所以这种说法不正确。故选B。第2题Before he set up Genera, Dr Parton used t

16、o work for a British water company.A. RightB. WrongC. Doesnt say【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 题干意思：Parton博士在成立Genera科技公司之前在一家英国自来水公司工作过。文章第一段最后一句话只是提到博士和一家英国自来水公司合作开发这项测试，并没有提及他以前是否在这家公司工作。故选C。第3题The new product has been a commercial success in the USA.A. RightB. WrongC. Doesnt say【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【

17、答案解析】精析 题干意思：新产品在美国取得了巨大的商业成功。文章第二段只是说在美国一次会议上展示了这个测试并预测其销路会很好，但还没有取得巨大的商业成功。故选B。第4题Each of the tests costs 42,500.A. RightB. WrongC. Doesnt say【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 题干意思：每次测试费用为42,500英镑。文章第二段：Genera在英国已经以42,500英镑的价格一次性掉卖了11份测试，现在又接到了4份订单。注意：at a time是每次，一次的意思。所以这个说法与文章不相符，是错误的。故选B。第5题Genera T

18、echnologies has orders for 25 more tests.A. RightB. WrongC. Doesnt say【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 题干意思：Genera科技公司收到了另外25份测试的订单。文章第二段只是说预计在三月底前会再卖出25份测试，但并没有收到实际订单，只是一种期望预测。所以这种说法不正确。故选B。第6题The British government is helping Dr Parton to sell the test abroad.A. RightB. WrongC. Doesnt say【正确答案】：C【本题分数】

19、：1.0分【答案解析】精析 题干意思：英国政府帮助Parton博士把测试销往国外。文章第二段最后一句话说这个测试是唯一得到英国政府批准的测试，但没有提到政府帮助推销了这项测试。故选C。第7题The number of employees at Genera Technologies has recently increased.A. RightB. WrongC. Doesnt say【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 题干意思：最近Genera科技公司的员工数量增加了。文章最后一段说公司直到去年十月只有5个员工，不过最近增至14名员工。所以这个说法是正确的。故选A。四、R

20、EADING (PART FIVE )（共6小题,共6.0分） Read the passage below. For each question 1-6, choose the correct answer. Mark one letter (A B or C) on your answer sheet.第1题Chairmans StatementDespite the appearance of a new competitor on the market, the company continued to grow and increase its market share throug

21、hout 2000. Partly in response to this new threat, but more importantly, as part of a strategy for growth, several key decisions were taken this year. The most significant new developments included a range of vitamin-rich drinks for children and low calorie diet drinks, which both proved very popular

22、.The company is still best known for its range of refreshing fruit drinks and, not surprisingly, these were our biggest sellers once more. There were two new additions to the range last year, Squish! and Liquid Sunshine, both of which have a distinctive Caribbean flavour. The first sales figures sug

23、gest that our expensive TV advertising campaign was very successful and that these products will soon be as popular as the rest of the fruit drink range.Growth in the keep-fit and health markets meant our energy drinks did well in 2000. Sales of one brand, Booster were second only to fruit drinks in

24、 April. The strength of this particular market also explains the success of our new diet drinks.There were, however, big differences in the performance of our older products. The companys oldest product, mineral water, continued to enjoy a healthy share of a very profitable mass market. It seems our

25、 customers are still happy to stay with the brand despite the increasing number of competitors products. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our Ice-T and Chocomania drinks. Sales showed an initial increase in the summer after we re-launched both products but customers soon bought other brands

26、 and total annual sales for both product ranges were disappointing.The company also said goodbye to its own brand of cola, launched in 1998. After two unsuccessful years of trying to break into the huge cola market, 2000 looked like being another poor year. The company finally accepted that it had m

27、ade a wrong decision and stopped production in September of that year.What was the main reason the company decided to launch its new product ranges?A. It faced increased competition.B. It wanted to enter new markets.C. It initiated a policy of expansion.【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题问的是：公司投放新的系列产品的主

28、要原因是什么。原文第一段中more importantly之后的一句话对此做了回答，即开始实施增加产品投放的策略，也就是C所答的内容。故选C。第2题The new fruit drinks cost a lot of money toA. develop.B. produce.C. launch.【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题问的是：新型的水果饮料花费了很多钱干什么。原文第二段中的our expensive TV advertising campaign 中的expensive一词说明了新产品投放市场的广告费用很高。与C所说同指一件事。故选C。第3题The bes

29、t selling drinks in April wereA. energy drinks.B. fruit drinks.C. diet drinks.【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题问的是：四月份销售最好的饮料是什么。第三段的Sales of one brand, Booster, were second only to fruit drinks in April，四月份Booster品障的饮料销售量仅次于水果饮料居第二位。故选B。第4题The companys brand of mineral water has aA. small share of a s

30、mall market.B. large share of a small market.C. large share of a large market.【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题问的是：公司的矿泉水品牌在市场的份额怎样，第四段中mineral water, continued to enioy a healthy share of a very profitable mass market. 公司的矿泉水在十分有利可田的大市场中占有相当大的份额。healthy在此的意思是相当大的；mass market在此与C项中的a large market同义。故选C

31、。第5题Sales for Ice-T and ChocomaniaA. rose and then fell again.B. increased steadily.C. were disappointing all year.【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题问的是：Ice-T和Chocomania这两款饮料的销售情况。第四段中initial increase的意思是：开始时上升，total annual sales for both product ranges were disappointing的意思是：这两种品牌的系列产品全年销售量却令人失望。这两条信息对问题做了回答。故选A。第6题When did the company stop producing its o