【正文】 BEC 二級(jí)模擬試題 2 一 . READING PART ONE Questions 17 . Read these sentences and the three pany plans below. . Which pany does each sentence describe? . For each sentence mark one letter(A ,B or C)on your Answer Sheet. Example To bine its operations in different parts of the world will save a lot of money for the pany. Answer: B 1. The pany has businesses in four continents of the world. 2. The pany has appointed a new manager in charge of medicines. 3. New automobiles will be developed in its program centers. 4. A reform is being carried out in its anizations. 5. Goods for hair protection makes a lot of money for the pany. 6. It tries to be more ready to meet the needs of the customers. 7. The pany is made up of fourteen subpanies all over the world. A . FORD To save up to $ 3 billion a year, Ford is merging its manufacturing, sales, and product development operations in North America and Europeand eventually in Lation America and Asia. And in a move toward a more horizontal anization the pany is setting up five program centers with worldwide responsibility in develop new cars and trucks. B. IBM Big Blue is reanizing its marketing and sales operations into 14 worldwide industry groups ,such as banking ,retail ,and insurance. In moving away from an anization based on geography, IBM hopes to eliminate turf wars and make itself more responsive to customers. C. BMS BristolMeyers Squibb is revamping its consumer business by appointing a new chief responsible for its worldwide consumer medicines business such as Bufferin and Excedrin. The 11, 400 million U. S. dollars drug pany also has formed a new unit with worldwide responsibility for its Clairol and other haircare products. PART TWO Questions 812 . Read this proposal about the CPT Word Processor. . Choose the best sentence from the list AI to fill each of the blanks. . For each blank ( 8 12) mark one letter(A I)on your Answer Sheet. . De not mark any letter twice. . One answer has been given as an example. 15 June 1993 Ms. Martha Weston Word Processing Supervisor ABC Company Post Office Box 1072 28 King39。s Street London Dear Ms. Weston. Performance of the Cpt Equipment I39。m Pleased to tell you about our experience with the CPT Word Processor as you requested recently... ...example ... .. I assume you have looked at several machines and have narrowed down your choices. Here are my observations. An approach to adopting word processors Eighteen months ago we adopted CPT equipment on limited scale with the idea in mind that we could gradually get rid of electric typewriters as we became familiar with the word processor. ...... 8 ......The stations are actually in pairs so each pair can share a mon printer...... 9...... We use the equipment as dedicated word processors, although we do have the ability to link up with our puter installation. The stepatatime development of our wordprocessing center has, we think, saved us money and training time. ......10...... Performance In terms of performance , the CPT equipment is excellent. ... ...11.. ...Moreover our service contract and warranty have covered all maintenance costs. We have software packages that check spelling and signal when a mistake occure. ...... 12 .....Using both printers , we recently prepared 1200 individually typed form letter mailings a under four hours. We have no plaint about our preparation of executive reports. Example: I A So it works very well and has so many different functions. B Also it has reduced the confusion that exists about buying software packages . C The train stops at each station for only fifteen minutes. D We began with two work stations and now have four. E Our routine letters are prepared from discstored masters. F The Rotary W printer with a speed of 45 characters a second can easily handle two input stations. G In contrast ,its size and weight are ideal for carrying. H We have not yet experienced mechanical problems so far. I We are pleased with its performance and multifunctions. PART THREE Questions 1320 . Read this text about the problem of Barclays Bank. The New Look When Sir John Quinton, then chairman of Barclays Bank, was given his marching orders last April, Britain39。s biggest bank thought it had found the scapegoat for its sudden fall from grace and profits ,Andrew Buxton, the bank39。s managing director and an offspring of its founding families ,was a pointed chairman and chief executive ,with effect from January 1st of next year. It seemed a glorious victory for good business management. Is the problem solve do Certainly not. 1. No sooner had Mr. Buxton been appointed chairman and chief executive than big shareholders and quite a few board members began quietly to question his ability to do both jobs at once. Now ,weeks before he is due to move up ,the questions are louder. Many wish the bank had seized the opportunity Lasy April to separate the two top posts. And privately. Some wonder whether Mr. Buxton is the right man for either one. What started as a thoroughly British Whispering Campaign has assumed much bigger dimensions.. 2. Mr. Buxton has suffered it all ,but in truth he has no way out. After weeks of talking to shareholders and discussing with his nonexecutive directors ,he has accepted that Barclays will separate the top jobs sometimes in the future. How7 He says that there has been no formal discussion of it in the boardroom. 3. Formally or informally, it has been agreed that Mr. Buxton will not be moved from his c