2015年商务英语考试BEC初级试题

　　单项选择题

　　1、回答题：

Company staff are reminded that no documents may be taken from the filing room without the permission of the librarian.

must ask the librarian if you want to take documents out of the filing room.

one is allowed to take documents out of the filing room.

librarian needs permission to take documents out of the filing room.

　　2、回答题:

　　Customer Notice

We can supply three-drawer filing cabinets immediately. Two-drawer models, on the nther hand. are currently on order.

can no longer sell two-drawer filing cabinets.

supplier of filing cabinets has gone out of business.

are not fully stocked with filing cabinets at present.

　　3、Questions 题：

Look at the notice below. It shows a list of stands at a trade fair.

For questions 6-10, decide which stand (A-H) each person needs to visit.

For each question, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.

Do not use any letter more than once.

TRADE FAIR STANDS

System: Internal Telephone Systems

ix plc: Top-of-the-Range Porflcoble Computers

ra Ltd: Hands-Free Mobile Phones for Vehicles

Co Ltd: Distribution Services

Recruitment Agency: Specialists in Management

Ltd: Website Marketing and Internet Adverctsing

ney. corn: Travel Agency for the Business Executive

: Finance for Training

Sally Green imports computer hardware and needs a company to transport it from the port to her chain of stores.

　　4、回答题

Look at the list below. It shows a number of business training courses.

For questions 6-10, decide which anniversary party (A-H) each person needs.

For each question, mark one letter (A-H) on er Sheet.

Do not use any letter more than once. Anniversary Party

suitable place to hold party

nise food and drinks (catering specialist needed)

te attractive invitations and posters

guest speaker --e.g. a local business leader good at public speaking

address labels for invitations

local hotel accommodation for guests

ct and check availability of entertainers

and greet guests on arrival (confident person required)

Andrew Taylor used to work for a PR company, so has good social skills and mixes well at public events.

5、Read the article below about a company which repairs turnstiles (the metal gates used at sports grounds).

For each question ( on the opposite page, choose the correct answer.

　　Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.

Master of the Turnstiles For years, Jim Cartwright enjoyed spending his spare time repairing his local football club's turnstiles, the metal gates which allow one person at a time into the football ground. When Jim was made redundant from his full-time job selling equipment to sports organizations, he realized he already knew plenty of people responsible for turnstiles. This made him sure that his hobby could become a successful new career.

He had 1000 brochures printed and posted them to clubs around the country. For two weeks he heard nothing. Then Troon Football Club requested a quotation for repairing their turnstiles, with the possibility of the work becoming regular. He wanted the contract so much that he cut his profit margin to a minimum. He won it, though with no guarantee of further work, and celebrated the launch of his new business.

In the next month, club after club offered Jim work, and he recruited his first employee, Alec, to help re-install the repaired turnstiles. Alec, however, took frequent breaks and never put in more effort than he had to. What's more, he seemed unhappy working for Jim. Although Jim had no complaints about the quality of his work, Alec's attitude made him difficult to work with.

Jim considered-dismissing Alec, but recruiting him had taken a long time because there had been so many suitable people to interview. Now he was simply too busy to go through that process again. And anyway, Jim had employed Alec on the understanding that the job would probably end when the current contracts were completed.

Suddenly, though, Jim's business was at risk. He made very few mistakes, and calculated his costs and the time that a job would take very accurately. BUt rhe had forgotten that generally clubs have repairs done between the end of one football season and the start of the next. Now no mjor jobs were coming in.

After buying a replacement van, as his old one was beyond repair, he could only just cover Alec's wages and his own. But without more work he had no future. The solution was something more regular, and he decided to produce turnstiles, as well as repair them. For an investment like this, though, he needed help, and he persuaded his bank to give him a loan.

From then on, Cartwright Turnstile Services just grew and grew and now employs three full-time workers.

Why was Jim Cartwright confident about starting a business repairing turnstiles?

had learnt from mistakes that his previous employer made.

had a lot of contacts with possible customers.

had experience of doing the work in his previous job.

6、 Look at the table and charts below. They show the market share, annual turnover and

share prices for eight electronics manufacturing companies between 1999 and 2002.

Which company does each sentence ( ) describe?

For each sentence, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.

Do not use any letter more than once.

MARKET SHARE (%)

TURNOVER (MILLION ￡)

( MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SHARE PRICES (￡) 1999-2002

This company's share price ended the period lower than it started, its market share declined sharply, and its turnover also dropped.

　　7、回答题：