【正文】 e considerable expertise with puters and your mitment to customer service will be strong. Relevant professional qualifications are a prerequisite for this post.BRecruitment ConsultantRecruitment consultancy represents a varied, stimulating and challenging career which will further develop interpersonal and mercial skills, allowing personal and professional growth. We offer unlimited career prospects within our management team here and overseas. Our individually tailored training scheme is one of the most advanced in the industry. We operate a reward system based on merit and profitsharing, not mission or overtime. The remuneration package is designed to attract outstanding individuals to make a mitment to a longterm business relationship.CProduction ManagerWe are looking for a Production Manager to play an active role in our fastgrowing pany. We need a dynamic team player to help drive forward our firm mitment to continuous performance improvement and customer liaison. A background in engineering or processing would be highly advantageous. Working within a fastchanging environment, the ability to manage change effectively is a key requirement. The position is based on a rotating shift system and attracts a highly petitive salary and benefits package.DServices ManagerThe person recruited to fulfill this new role in our fast expanding pany will assume full responsibility for all the building and equipment at our head office. The pany is currently considering relocation. You will be responsible for the management of munication systems including reception, coordination of secretarial support and management of all service suppliers. Some familiarity with puters is desirable. Personality, drive and the ability to set personal goals and high standards within a demanding working week are the main criteria. A degree and/or business qualification will be advantages.ECredit ManagerWe are seeking a skilled credit professional with exceptional mercial acumen to play a vital role in our European program. You will deal with trade negotiations, account management and legal proceedings. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will develop and maintain our credit policy and take decisions on transactions within assigned authority levels for both existing and firsttime client facilities and liaison. Based at our wellsituated headquarters, with excellent IT support, you will be prepared to work hard in return for a rewarding remuneration package.重要詞匯和表達：Prestigious。 track record。 expertise。 prerequisite。 remuneration。 familiarity。 criteria。 acumen。 Part Two重要語法：篇章構(gòu)成的技巧（Techniques in Making Texts）人們講話或?qū)懳恼聲r，常常要把前后講的或?qū)懙膬?nèi)容加以聯(lián)系。聯(lián)系的方式有幾類，它們?yōu)檎Z言的應(yīng)用提供粘合(cohesion)。取得粘合最常用的方式是返指(referring back)已經(jīng)提及的事項。取得粘合的另一方式就是預指(referring forward)將要說及的事項。篇章構(gòu)成的技巧非常適用于BEC閱讀第二項。下面結(jié)合考題向大家具體介紹：Exercise OneWall Street Thinks Planet Is Set On $4bn Bid For GrapeGrape Computer was yesterday the target of speculation about an imminent $4 billion takeover by Planet Microsystems, the new power in the puting world. __H__. Grape and Planet remained silent about a possible alliance, but Grape shares leapt on Wall Street, the New York stock market, in anticipation of a bidding war.Grape has been at the center of takeover rumors for months, as its financial fortunes have worsened. __9__. As a result of this poor financial performance, the pany has also announced that it is making up to 1,300 employees redundant.Losses during the normally lucrative Christmas period had analysts on Wall Street wondering whether Grape could survive. __10__. With falling demand for its products, and increasing petition, it seems unlikely that the ailing pany will be able to survive another year unaided. Under Andrew Whiting, its chief executive, Grape has been troubled by mistakes and misjudgments. Senior management are regarded as responsible for a series of costly miscalculations about product marketing and corporate strategy. __11__. Computer experts have also been quick to criticize Grape’s technical program: spending on research and development was cut at a time when other panies were bringing out innovative new products. __12__. According to the Wall Street Journal, Planet’s chief executive, David Murray, has been meeting “around the clock” with aides putting the finishing touches on an offer to acquire Grape, which is based in Cupertino, California. __13__. On Wall Street today, Grape shares were up $1 to $, as dealers anticipated a bid by Planet for its troubled rival.Planet Microsystems, based in Mountain View, California, has been pursuing Grape since September, but talks were suspended two weeks ago as Planet waited for Grape shares to drop. __14__. As such, they have now taken over the position held by Grape in the 1980s.A. It is Grape’s failure to keep up with the latest technical advances which has been seen as crucial to their downfall.B. “If you can’t survive at the time of year when the retail market is at its strongest, something’s really wrong,” said one market analyst. C. Such an acquisition would e in the form of a share swap valued at about $4 bnor roughly $33 per Grape share.D. A producer of workstationspowerful desktop puters used mainly in research and engineering, Planet Microsystems is the rising star in the puter world.E. The result has been shrinking market share, loss of key executives and falling morale.F. Last week, the pany that was once at the forefront of the personal puter revolution announced a $69 million loss for the quarter which ended on December 29.G. Grape’s recovery dates from the management’s decision to increase their share in the European market.H. News of a potential deal emerged as Grape began what could be its last annual shareholder meeting as an independent pany.返指方法一：用this；that和他們的復數(shù)形式these和those清楚地返指前文中提到的事物和事實；用such作為限定詞或形容詞返指剛剛提及的事物。如本練習中的：9，10，13，14。重要詞匯和表達：Speculation。 imminent。 takeover。 bi