bec商务英语中级真题（1）

一、单词分译

单词分译是指把原文中的一个单词拆译成一个小旬或者句子。采用单词分译主要有两个目的：一是为了句法上的需要。由于一些单词在搭配、词义等方面的特点，直译会使句子生硬晦涩，而把某个单词分译却能使句子通顺，且不损伤原意。二是为了修饰上的需要，如加强语气，突出重点等。英语中的名词、动词、形容词和副词等都可分译。

例：We recognize that China’s long-term modernization program understandably and necessarily emphasizes economic 我们认识到，中国的长期现代化计划以发展经济为重点，这是可以理解的，也是必要的。

二、短语分译

短语分译是指把原文中的一个短语分译成一个句子。名词短语、分词短语、介词短语等有时都可以分译成句。

例1：These cheerful little trams，dating back to 1 873，chug and sway up the towering hills with bells ringing and people hanging from every 这些令人欢快的小缆车建于1873年，嘎嚓嘎嚓摇摆爬上高耸的山峦。车上铃儿叮当作响，每个窗口都是人。(介词短语分泽)

例2：The military is forbidden to kill the vessel，a relatively easy 军方被禁止击毁这艘潜艇，虽然要击毁它并不怎么费事。(名词短语分译)

三、转换译

转译是指商务英语翻译中语言的词性和表现形式的改变。由于英语和汉语的表达习惯和句子结构的不同，在翻译中往往难以做到词性和表现方法的一致。为了适应译文语言的表达习惯和语法规则，在商务英语翻译中必须运用词类和表现方法的转换技巧。

词性的转换

如：Please let US know if our terms are 请告知是否接受我方条款。(形容词acceptable转类为动词)

句型的转换

如：We have to make it sure that the remittance of commission made as such is not against local 我们得确保这样汇付佣金不违反当地规定。

四、顺序译法

有些英语语句叙述的一连串动作按发生的时间先后安排，或按逻辑关系安排，与汉语的表达方式比较一致，可按原文顺序译出。

例：In international buying and selling of goods, there are a number of risks, which, if they occur, will involve traders in financial 【分析】

按意群的关系，该句可以拆分为四部分：In international buying and selling of goods/there are a number of risks/if they occur/which will involve traders in financial 原文各句的逻辑关系，表达次序与汉语基本一致，因此可以按原文译出。参考译文：(在)国际贸易货物的买卖(中)存在着各种各样的风险，这些风险的发生将会给(有关的)商人们带来经济损失。

五、逆序译法

“逆序译法”又称“倒置译法”，主要指句子的前后倒置问题。有些英语语句的表达次序与汉语习惯不同，甚至语序完全相反，这是因为汉语在叙述动作时一般按照动作发生的先后顺序排列，而英语在叙述动作时，更多的是使用各种语法手段将动作的先后顺序打乱。这就要求我们必须从原文的后面泽起，逆着原文的顺序翻译。

例：Unless you are prepared to eat in silence you have to talk about something--something，that is，other than the business deal which you are continually chewing over in your

【分析】

该句可以拆分为四部分：Unless you are prepared to eat in silence/you have to talk about something/_something，that is，other than the business deal/which you are continually chewing over in your 这句英语长句的叙述层次与汉语逻辑相反，所以宜用逆译法。参考译文：吃饭时你必须随便谈些与生意无关的事情，否则你只能埋头吃饭。你什么都可以谈，但就是不能谈你脑子里一直在反复琢磨的生意。

六、术语精确

商务翻译中有许多涉及经济、贸易、法律等方面的专业术语。要精确传达原文的信息，使读者准确理解原文，译者必须使用标准的，对等的专业术语，如果不全面了解这些术语，在翻译中会不够地道，甚至让人不知所云。例如：

open policy预约保险单

flexible container软包装

bill of lading(B/L)提单

(physical distribution)实物配送

(dead weight tonnage)载重

shipping documents装船单据

FOB(free on board)船上交货价

Force Majeure不可抗拒力

Consolidation拼箱，集运

general average共同海损

七、语气恰当

在商务活动中，礼貌原则是非常重要的。在商务交往及商务文本中，双方都尽量措辞严谨，语气温和。在商务活动中，中西方都有一些固定的表达方式可以使商务文本严肃可信。这种情况下，译者可以在准确传达原意的基础上，采取归化翻译手段使译文更易于接受。

bec商务英语中级真题（2）

文章是一篇报告，介绍了公司某段时间的发展状况，总体的势头是良好的，积极向上。

19和20题需要在一起考虑，从整体上把握句子的意思。in line with与一致;on track ：doing or saying things that are likely to be successful or correct步入正轨;on target(射击)准。20空选词关键要将空格前面的those for the corresponding和前面的for this first half对应，这里空格填入的词要能和this first half相匹配，表示时间段，时期，所以是period。因为是半年，所以不选season。整个句子的意思是这半年的营业利润(operating profit)实际上是与去年同期相一致的。

21题，attribute to，表原因，联系整个句子不难做出选择。designate是委任、指派

22题，意思是完成了一个主要的建筑合同，从一个pleasing可以看出感情基调，A和B肯定不选，不是终止也不是结束，finalise最后定下来，定案。

23题，大部分股东都支持、赞同董事会的决定，选support，如果是agree的话后面需要with。

24题，董事会的决定是卖掉公司亏损的工程部。A、B首先排除，做完形填空最忌讳的是把汉语思维和汉语含义带入英文语境中，有的时候宁可选自己从来没有见过的用法，也不要从汉语意思出发强塞一个英文单词进去。sector是(尤指一国经济的)部门、行业，division是(一个机构的)部门。

25和26题，句子的意思是公司将通过把资源集中在建筑活动的扩张上来获得大部分的收益。25题的A和C容易排除，关键是看gain还是earn。earn是通过努力挣到一笔钱(to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do)，gain是获得或者实现什么(to obtain or achieve something you want or need)，因为是公司的战略，所以用gain更合适一些。

27题，at a critical stage，在一个关键的阶段。

28题，in a position to do 能够做某事。固定搭配

29题，成功招标，bid

30题，give us greater access to markets给我们更大的市场准入

31题，growth strategy，增长策略，追求我们的增长策略。

32题，探索更多的商业机会。inquire询问;deliberate仔细考虑，深思熟虑;

33题，为我们开放新的市场。provide后需要加with

bec商务英语中级真题（3）

《Buffet Zone》，自助餐区域，在这篇文章里的意思应该是自助餐领域，讲的是一个在自助餐领域取得了惊人成绩的杰出女性创业的故事。这套题目不难，尤其比起第四辑的题目。文章本身有很清晰的故事发展脉络，选项和原文的对应也比较明显。文章的几个段落是按照时间先后、故事发生的先后进行的，很明确。第一段是总括，第二段是讲的创业起步阶段的一些困难以及应对困难的对策，第三段是公司好转后的办公室重置(relocation)，第四、五段是公司的竞争情况，最后一段总结。

第八题，前面说一时冲动她买下了这个外卖餐馆(takeaway)，事实上那个时候她对餐饮业一无所知。空格后面说的是这段时间很困难，但是对获得所需要的经验却是很有必要的。所以第八题的空格部分应该填入跟学习、积累经验有关的内容。D选型最吻合，It was a dramatic learning curve，这里的learning是关键词，很明显的答案信号。还有very small amounts of money were earned at first，at first也是关键词。

第九题，空格前面说large numbers of office workers wanting takeaway food for their lunches，大量的办公室员工需要外卖食品做午饭，这里的wanting是个很关键的词。空格后面话锋一转，说曾经一度5公里内有26家食品商店，但是经济转变了，一条街都空了(blocks started to become vacant)。从上下文来分析，第九空的内容应该和办公室员工的外卖需求有关，同时带有转折意思。C选项完全符合这一条件：但是这种需求是短暂的，不久，逐渐增长的竞争使得赢得利润变得更加困难。

第十题，上文说经济形势转变了，所以Robertson决定从事多样化的经营。后面说这种做法永远的改变了公司的经营方式。所以第十空应该填入相应的对策，怎么样来应对经济形势的转变。符合这一条件的是B和E，都是关于解决问题的，但是B选项所说的招募竞争对手的餐厅经理在上下文内容中没有提到。应该选D，为商业大厦送饭，正好对应下一段所说的。

第十一题，这一题才应该选B，前面说竞争对手给自己造成了很大的困扰。但是Robertson却不是那么容易屈服的人。后面说部分原因是这个，营业额翻倍了。所以中间应该也是填入对策。和竞争对手有关的，应该选B，B的particular是个关键词，rival company也很明显。

第十二题，前面说Robertson想收购一个竞争对手，但是没成功，结果人家公司自己破产倒闭了。后面来了一个many accepted，可以看出这中间应该填入的是人家公司破产后Robertson的一些举措。F满足这一条件：一听到这些，Robertson马上联系他们的客户并且提供了自己公司的服务。 疑似生词和句子：

1、buffet: a meal at which people serve themselves from a table and then stand or sit somewhere else to eat 自助餐

2、takeaway

a、a restaurant that cooks and sells food that you take away and eat somewhere else 外卖餐馆

b、a meal that you buy at this type of restaurant 外卖的饭菜;外卖食物

3、in retrospect: thinking about a past event or situation, often with a different opinion of it from the one you had at the time 回顾

4、under-capitalised: (about a business) not having enough money (capital) to be able to operate normally, pay debts and grow 资金不足。

5、Instead, she studied accountancy after leaving university, and a steady if unspectacular professional path seemed

这个句子里if的用法比较少见，参见朗文的解释：used when adding one criticism of a person or thing that you generally like

Lunch was a grand if rather noisy

所以G选项的意思就是：然而，离开大学后她学的是会计，一个平淡无奇的职业道路似乎已经铺就。

bec商务英语中级真题（4）

Personal Assistant of the Year

0 Anne-Marie Garrard was shocked when it was announced that she had won the

00 Personal Assistant of the Year ‘The other candidates seemed me

34 to be very strong, and I have to say I found that the selection procedure really

35 hard,' she 'I didn't think I had any chance of When I heard my

36 name, my legs were so weak I could only hardly stand up,' she So

37 how is 'the best' personal assistant chosen from a group of so extremely good

38 and very different individuals? The final decision was reached after a

39 day-long session of the tests, interviews and Garrard believes

40 the skills she uses in her job helped her how to perform For instance, although

41 most of her work is for her company's Managing Director, she works for six bosses

42 in all, so she always tries out to be prepared for anything that might

43 As for the future, her firm has closed for its summer break now; as soon as

44 they will open again, there is a pay rise waiting for But Garrard is not

45 going to be She says, 'There's always room for personal must keep trying to

这篇文章讲的是一个女生获得个人助理奖后的情况。表达了一下激动了心情并且展望了未来。

34题，find后面直接可以接复合结构，例如find the story very interesting。如果是find that的话，that后面要接从句。所以这里that多余。

35题，正确的

36题，从意思上理解，说的是由于激动差点都站不起来，I could hardly stand up。Only多余。

37题，extremely是副词，直接用来修饰good，so在这里多余。

38题，正确的

39题，tests, interviews and exercises并不是特指，不需要用the。

40题，help do 固定词组，how多余

41题，正确的

42题，try out是试验，考验的意思，后面一般接for，这里应该直接用tries to be表示尝试。

43题，正确的

44题，as soon as，一…就，后面从句通常用一般现在时表示将来时，所以will多余。

45题，be going to后面直接接动词，表示将来的动作，如果有be的话后面接形容词。relax是动词，所以be多余

bec商务英语中级真题（5）

The Career Forum

0 If you work in the city centre then a visit to the Career Forum, is the

00 city's most successful recruitment exhibition, will give you the information

34 you need to determine whether you are making up the most of

35 Currently, there are advertising many new vacancies on the job

36 With good skills and a healthy work record in greater demand than ever, it is

37 the ideal time to ensure that your career is being on the right The Career

38 Forum has been responsible for helping many thousands of the people

39 improve their job potential, and it can do something the same for

40 Some of the best jobs in town never reach out the advertising pages, so

41 to be considered for one of these top jobs as they become available,

42 you will need to make closely contact with the employers' The Career

43 Forum is making the perfect It is set in an informal atmosphere

44 and there is no pressure put; you can choose which agents you talk

45 So if you are looking for a new job, come and join us at the Career

bec商务英语中级真题（6）

这篇文章讲的是培训(coaching)的作用。培训对一个公司的发展和员工的成长都是至关重要的。文章的内容比较泛，但是题目的答案比较明显。

第一题，教练和员工之间的接触不能解决工作中的所有困难。答案是C段的这么一句：In theory, the coaching relationship should provide answers to every problem, but in practice it falls short of 理论上，培训可以提供所有问题的答案。但是实践中达不到这样。Fall short of是关键词。

第二题，讨论某些情况如果再度出现的话怎么样可以处理的更好。答案是A段的这么一句：analysing how they were managed and how they might be dealt with more effectively on subsequent 分析应该如何进行处理并且在接下来的情况下怎样可以处理的更有效。这里的dealt with more effectively对应于题干中的better handled，on subsequent 也就是occur again。

第三题，教练鼓励员工将所学应用到日常的工作中。答案是B段的这么一句：helps individuals to use formally learnt knowledge in day-to-day work and management 帮助个人将学到的正式知识用在日常工作和管理情况下。这里的day-to-day work and management situations就是题干中的routine work situations，what has been taught也就是formally learnt knowledge。

第四题，培训为在现有岗位上不高兴的个人提供了新的兴趣。答案是D段的这么一句：providing added job satisfaction to managers who feel they are stuck in their present jobs。对感觉自己在现有岗位上受困的经理们提供附加的工作满足感。这里的stuck in their present jobs就是题干中的unhappy in their current position，added job satisfaction可以对应于题干中的new interest。

第五题，培训提供了一个有力的、支持性的讨论工作表现的环境。答案是A段的：It also allows successes and failures to be evaluated in a non-threatening 它允许成功和失败在一个没有威胁的气氛下被评估。成功和失败也就是performance，supportive environment可以对应于non-threatening atmosphere。

第六题，员工被要求分析他们自己并且培养出更强的自知。有必要理解下self-awareness的含义，不能简单的从中文理解成自我意识，看英文解释：knowledge and understanding of yourself。所以答案是B段的这么一句：requires them to consider their own behaviour and question their reasons for doing 要求他们考虑自己的行为并且思考这么做的理由。consider their own behaviour可以对应于题干中的analyse themselves，思考这么做的理由也是为了进一步增进对自己的认识。

第七题，培训可以使得公司对某个领域的技术缺失迅速做出反应。答案是C段的最后一句：indicate how employees should deal with challenging situations, all at short 指出员工怎样处理有挑战性的情况，在短时间内。At short notice是一接到通知就，短时间内的意思,可以对应这一题的respond rapidly，challenging situations可以指代题干中的a lack of expertise in a certain

bec商务英语中级真题（7）

搭配题

重在考查考生寻找语篇大意和具体信息的能力。

技巧：先快速阅读七个句子，找出每句关键词。七个句子一般要比四个文本要简单，更容易理解，所以建议先读懂七个句子。

仔细阅读四个文本，看有无和七个句子中关键词意思一直的词。切记文本中出现的多是同义或近义的表达，很少出现和前面七个句子中完全一样的单词。如果发现有一样的表达，请谨慎选择，因为很可能是迷惑考生的。

切记：长得像得有可能是答案，长得一样的多数情况不是答案。

例如，句子中“utlise its current expertise”和文本中“exploit existing skills”相对应。句子中“Move into a more promising market”和文本中“enter a different market”相对应。

每个文本至少使用一次。

句子填空题

重在考查考生语篇整体意义的理解能力，以及根据语篇逻辑关系有条理地对内容进行组织衔接的能力。

技巧：瞻前顾后，把空前后的句子都看一遍，特别要注意上下文中的连接词、指示词和代词。看在语义和逻辑上是否吻合。

最后没有填上的空，建议采用试错法，一个一个句子的试，凭自己的语感猜测答案。

阅读理解题

重在考查考生寻找语篇大意和具体信息的能力。

这是我们中国学生最擅长的题，从中学到大学我们都练过，相信你们都已掌握了秘诀，这里不在赘述。

完形填空题

重在考查近义词辩析，搭配，惯用法等。

技巧：首句一般都不留空，所以一定要仔细看首句，首句对了解文章主题和大意有帮助。

瞻前顾后，把空前后都看一遍，从词义辩析，词语搭配，上下文语境，习惯用法等方面入手，选择答案。有时所需填空单词还会在后面出现。

复核全文，对答案进行进一步核查。

改错题

主要考查考生语法能力，包括时态、语态、虚拟语气，一致，非谓语动词用法，从句，限定词，代词，介词等。

技巧：考生只要把多余的单词挑出来就行。多余的单词经常是虚词，所以做题时把注意力集中在冠词、介词、连词、代词、副词等上面。

根据以往的经验，每到题大概有两、三行是对的。所以不要认为每行都有多余的单词，实在找不出来，就填CORRECT。

bec商务英语中级真题（8）

BUFFET ZONE

Lucy Robertson started working at a takeaway food business to supplement her income during her student days at Edinburgh University, Several years later she had bought the business and now, 17 years on, she owns Grapevine Caterers, probably Scotland's leading independent caterers, with a turnover of almost ￡

She had never planned to own a business, and had certainly never considered a career in (0) . However, her unplanned career began in 1985, when she returned to Edinburgh and discovered that the takeaway she had worked in was up for On impulse, she bought it, but admits that at the time she knew nothing about (8) was a difficult time, but essential in terms of gaining the experience she The late 1980s boom was good for business, with large numbers of office workers wanting takeaway food for their (9)'At one point there were 26 food outlets within a 5-kilometre radius,' Robertson As the economy changed and the once packed office blocks started tobecome vacant, it became clear that Robertson would need to (10) changed the direction of the company for

As Robertson began to win catering contracts, she decided that the company would have to move to larger In 1994, the move was made when she bought another catering business that already had a number of profitable contracts for boardroom

Meanwhile, Robertson's main competitor, the oldest catering company in Edinburgh, was causing her some 'Customer loyalty is not to be underestimated,' she But Robertson is not someone who is easily put (11) as a result of this, turnover doubled, and having outgrown another site, Robertson bought a city-centre location for the group's

By now, Grapevine's main competitor was a new catering company called Although Robertson tried to raise enough money to buy Towngates, she did not luck intervened and Towngates went (12) accepted and the company's turnover went from ￡700,000 to ￡l .5 million almost

However, the company's growth was not as smooth as it sounds in Robertson admits, 'We were close to the edge during the growth Like many under-capitalised companies trying to grow, it might easily have ' But that, she feels, is the challenge of developing your own

A But there are plenty of similar contracts to be won in the east of Scotland before Robertson turns her attention

B Her way round this particular problem was to recruit the catering manager of the rival

C But this demand was short-lived, and before long, increasing competition made it harder to make a

D 'It was a dramatic learning curve and very small amounts of money were earned at first,’says

E She decided that the solution, since many companies required working lunches for meetings with clients, was to prepare and deliver meals to business

F On hearing this, Robertson immediately contacted all of their clients and offered the services of Grapevine

G Instead, she studied accountancy after leaving university, and a steady if unspectacular professional path seemed

bec商务英语中级真题（9）

HOW TO MARKET YOURSELF

We manage our own careers So knowing how to brand and position yourself in the market as 'Me plc' at different stages of your working life is becoming an increasingly vital At least that is what image expert Mary Spillane 'Employment as we know it is Jobs don't exist, work In the next decade most of us will be suppliers, not We will have clients not If you are under 30, you probably know that there is only one firm to join for life: Me It promotes you and your potential to '

'We're working in multi-national, multicultural, multi-corporate teams and it's important to understand the implications of We need to create a personal brand that is unique, but complements the brand of the corporation we are working You have to find a way to do it so that you are not just a typical employee,' advises 'You have to decide what central values you want to project, and also what may need to alter from situation to '

Many people only remember Mary Spillane for the years she spent running a cosmetics company, but she actually has masters degrees in information science and She used to hide that hard-hitting side, but is now eager to show it and forget about 'Now that I'm working in the boardrooms of major plcs and global companies, I'm playing up my degrees and management background so that the image side is seen only as an addition to the value side,' says

Some contracts take longer than 'The City law firms I'm currently working for are really difficult because they don't have any idea of what their brand should be, and are still very traditional even when talking about becoming I'm showing them how to do everything from changing their reception areas -which tend to be very off-putting with theirhigh-fronted reception desks - to how to make small talk that is less formal and Companies rebrand themselves all the time, spending millions on new office interiors and so But without an underlying change of attitudes, it can prove an empty '

She argues that for individuals too, there must be more than a surface change, as rebranding goes deeper than a mere change of Beyond advice on appearance, she tells clients, 'Remind yourself of what you are selling: the personal values that comprise your Learn to present yourself in a way that will project what you want to Lifelong learning is essential, together with the sort of discovery and adventure that promote personal Always have an up-to-the-minute CV ready to print out, refreshing it every few months with your most recent achievements, just to remind others of your brand '

She believes it is essential that you understand both your public self and your private self, as well as your blind spots and your potential, in order to create an effective The public self is the image you project to the world, the private self is what you know about yourself but others don't, arid blind spots are those things that others see about you but you can't see for By deciding what image you want other people to see, emphasising more of your private self and sorting out a few blind spots, you will increase not only your potential to influence others, but also your self-esteem and '

13 In the first paragraph, Mary Spillane says people should learn how to market themselvesbecause

A it encourages companies to give them a job for

B in the future it will be a company

C in many careers it is becoming difficult to

D it will help them adapt to developments in the job

14 Spillane says that, when creating a personal brand, it is important to

A change things depending on the

B decide what image people would like you to

C make sure that colleagues feel at ease with your

D follow the example of someone in the company you work

15 What do we learn about Spillane in the third paragraph?

A She is embarrassed about her career with a cosmetics

B She doesn't like talking about her academic

C She has qualifications many people are unaware

D She worries about how other people see

16 Which problem does Spillane refer to when talking about the companies she is presently working with?

A They find it difficult to accept her

B They are unaware of how to rebrand

C They don't want to spend large amounts of

D They are unwilling to modernise their work

17 When advising people on rebranding themselves, Spillane tells them to

A attend courses to gain specialist

B update regularly their written proof of what they can

C try out different ways of presenting themselves to

D remember that what they look like is the most important

18 Spillane says that, in order to rebrand yourself successfully, it is important to

A ask for other people's opinions about your

B feel confident about what you are trying to

C learn how to make use of all aspects of your

D model yourself on people with a certain amount of 、

《How to market yourself》，怎样开发你自己。这篇文章主要是一个专家(Mary Spillane)对个人在职业生涯中的一些建议，包括怎么定位、怎样正确认识自己等等。很实用很中肯的一篇文章。看来这国外的专家并不也是夸夸其谈之辈啊。

13题，问第一段Mary Spillane认为人们应该学会开发他们自己的原因是什么。第一段里这个专家认为就业机会在减少，job不存在了，存在的是work，在未来十年所有人都将成为才华和能力的提供者(supplier)，而不是员工(staff)，老板将变成自己的客户。从专家的这段话可以看出她认为人们应该学会开发自己的原因是适应就业市场的发展，也就是D答案所说的。A在原文没有提到，B的理解有误，原文说there is only one firm to join for life: Me plc。生活中只有一个值得加入的公司：自我公司。这句的意思还是说人们要学会开发自己，而不是将来有公司需要。C在原文中也没有提到。

14题，问在创造个人品牌的时候，很重要的是什么。答案是第二段的最后一句：You have to decide what central values you want to project, and also what may need to alter from situation to 你必须决定自己要建立的中心价值什么，同时还有哪些是需要随着环境的改变而改变的。A的表述正确，根据环境来改变事情。B不对，不是说决定人们想要你呈现的形象，而是自己决定自己想要建立的中心价值。C、D在原文都没有提到。

15题，问第三段可以了解到Spillane的什么事。第三段介绍说这个女人曾经经营过一家化妆品公司，但其实她还拥有信息科学和政治的硕士学位。当在化妆品公司的时候她试图把学历的一面深藏不露，但是现在换了一家公司，她迫不及待的想将这一面给展现出来。从这些可以看出这个女人的思路：需要哪一面就表现哪一面。15题的答案是C：她拥有的素质很多人都不知道。A不对，没有提到尴尬，B不对，在适当的时候才会去谈论自己的学历背景，D在原文也没有提到。

16题，问Spillane指出了现在工作公司的什么问题。答案是第四段的这么一句：they don't have any idea of what their brand should be, and are still very traditional even when talking aboutbecoming 对于自己的品牌应该是怎么样的他们没有任何概念，同时在谈到变得现代时依然很传统。这一段是讲这个公司在转变时的一些问题，他们投入了巨大的财力想重新树立自己的品牌，但是没有一个深层次的态度的转变，是很难有实效的。答案是B，不知如何重新树立自己的品牌。A不对，没有说不愿意接受，C不对，公司投入巨大，D不对，不是不愿意现代化，而是不知道怎么现代化，说要现代化还是显得很传统。

17题，问对于想要重新树立自己品牌的个人，Spillane的建议是什么。答案是第五段的最后一句：Always have an up-to-the-minute CV ready to print out, refreshing it every few months with your most recent achievements时刻要有一个准备打印的最新的简历，每隔几个月用你最新的成绩来更新一次。总结起来就是B选项所说的“固定更新关于自己能做什么的书面证明”。

18题，问为了能成功的重新树立自己的个人品牌，很重要的是什么。最后一段强调了人应该了解自己的几个方面：公我(public self)、私我(private self)、盲点和潜力,并且分别介绍了四种方面的含义。答案是这么一句，需要提炼总结：By deciding what image you want other people to see, emphasising more of your private self and sorting out a few blind spots。更多的强调私我，并且挑选出一些盲点。总结起来就是B所说的：学会怎样全面利用自己性格的各个方面。

理解一下D选项一个词组的含义：model yourself on(after) somebody：to try to be like someone else because you admire them最后说点不是题外话的题外话。

这篇文章其实并不难，但是很有实用价值。某些地道的商务英语表述可以用在口语里，而更具意义的是，这篇文章里提到了一些关于个人职业的建议，很中肯，值得人参考。

1、jobs don't exist, work In the next decade most of us will be suppliers, not We will have clients not

这是一种比较新颖的工作观，不应该把自己看做是给老板打工的。每个人都是自己的老板，出售自己的才学和能力，老板只是自己的客户。有了这样的心态，人在工作中就会变得积极主动。不过有一点，客户的质量一定要好好把关啊。

2、You have to decide what central values you want to project, and also what may need to alter from situation to

树立属于自己的品牌，并且相机而动。

3、Remind yourself of what you are selling: the personal values that comprise your Learn to present yourself in a way that will project what you want to

bec商务英语中级真题（10）

正确答案为橙色字体

producer supplier provider giver

A achieve reach C meet assist

system web grid network

taken brought carried put

aid support guidance backing

objective purpose direction scheme

A do run make have

A copes arranges handles deals

A vacancy departure absence retirement

A access entrance approach opening

demands applications proposals orders

A power strength force pressure

A take over go through set down put up

innovations adaptations revisions modernization

source base centre foundation

网友提问：

Most customer service provision is carried out by personal account managers based in local branches, together with __________ staff at company

aid

support

guidance

backing

为什么用support，不用backing?两者有什么区别么?

解答：

这里不能选择backing。back有支持的意思，但是backing表支持时却是名词

(support or help, especially with money。

查了朗文词典和剑桥词典，backing做形容词时只在朗文词典里有一种解释：backing singers

意思应该是背景歌手或者是伴唱歌手。

所以给出的空里不能选

support staff可以说是一种固定的用法，意思是支持人员，或者是后勤人员、运维人员，填入这个句子的空格处正好合适。

这是《金融时报》词典的解释：Employees whose work is helping a company or organization to operate, for example technical or administrative workers

橙色标注的几个空将做重点解答

21、争议的焦点可能在B和C之间，supplier 还是provider。

supplier更侧重于提供某种产品(朗文：a company or person that provides a particular product)

provider强调提供某种服务(朗文：a company or person that provides a service)

联系这个空后面的banking serving，这里应该选择provider。

23、network 相互关系(配合)的系统

branch network 由分支机构构成的网络。

这个词很好理解，看一遍就会了。如果是第一次选，没准会选中system

28、cope with后接事 deal with可接人和事

handle是及物动词，后面直接接人和事，相当于deal with

31、loan application 贷款申请

apply for loan 固定用法

33、go through 仔细的查看，后面正好和customer service review搭配。

driving force和customer base属于固定用法

bec商务英语中级真题（11）

《The Career Forum》，职业论坛。这篇文章其实是一则广告，为这个什么职业论坛做宣传的。

34题，make the most of yourself，固定说法。貌似爱默生的名言：Make the most of yourself,for that is all there is of you。这里UP是多余的。

35题，advertising在这里明显多余。很完整的句子，there主语，are谓语，many new vacancies是宾语，没有多余的位置给advertising。

36题，正确的

37题，be on the right track，在正确的轨道上。Being多余。

38题，帮助成千的人找到工作。people这里不是特指，前面不需要定冠词the。

39题，do the same for you，固定的说法，为你做同样的。something是多余的。

40题，reach out是伸出援助之手的意思，在这个句子里不是这个意思，只是说好的工作从未到达广告页，所以去掉out。

41题，正确的

42题，make contact with，如果要用也是用close，不能用closely，去掉

43题，making在这里很别扭，一个完整的主谓宾齐全的句子，forum是主语，is是谓语，opportunity是宾语，没有多余的地方给making。

44题，put在这里也是明显的多余，放在一个完整的句子后面充当什么成分呢，不伦不类。放在一个不正式的气氛下，没有压力。Put多余。

45题，正确的。

bec商务英语中级真题（12）

Managing a career on the way up is quite different from managing one at the top of an Individuals on the way up have to build relationships with the people they (19) usually have to (20) with subordinates in addition to people at the same level as The most senior staff only have those under them to relate This book (21)the idea that all working relationships, including the relationship with one's boss, can and should be

You do not have to be (22) than your manager in order to manage the Nor do you have to be better than your manager in any (23).Your manager may well be your career (24) and guide: he or she may have taught you almost everything you know about your(25) of business - and may continue to teach you You may be planning to remain under his or her guidance in the None of these (26)should alter your relationship with your manager or (27) you off 'managing upwards'. I use this phrase to (28) to the management of one's boss because, for many people on the way up, it is the first relationship they have to get

You can, of course, get on at work just by (29) positively to your manager, but that is not likely to be the most successful way to (30) your working An active policy of managing upwards will make you more successful and, at the same time, make the business of going to work more It can also be a way to show (31) to your manager for the efforts he or she has made on your (32) Finally, managing upwards will make it easier for your manager to manage you,leaving him or her more time for other (33) and

19 A notify B inform Caccount D report

20 A unite B contact C handle D deal

21 A promotes B presses C advertises Dconvinces

22 A clearer B deeperCsmarter Dfuller

23 A respect B fashion Cpart D means

24 A leader B supporter C adviser D helper

25 A courseB line C path Droute

26 A factors B aspects Ccauses D topics

27 A put B see C keep D take

28 A specify B identify C indicate D refer

29 A giving B operating C reacting D co-operating

30 A run B forward C move D make

31 A appraisal B value C appreciation D regard

32 A advantage B benefit C side D behalf

33 A posts B roles C positions D acts

Managing upwards，打理同上司的关系。

19题，report to，对什么。。。负责，隶属;从属。用在这里句子意思正好：处于上升阶段的个人需要同他们所从属的人处理好关系。A、B的词后面都接of，account to 是解释的意思，用在这里意思不对。

20题，联系此空上下文，应该是说处理与下属的关系。deal with后接somebody是表示处理和某人的关系。A、B意思不对，C是及物动词，后面不需要with。

21题，promote促进，推动。promote the idea，推动某个想法。

22题，根据意思选词。处理与上司的关系不需要比上司更聪明。其他几个词用在此处的话都有些怪异，很容易排除。

23题，respect，指方面。与aspect同义。常见的用法。

24题，这个空要联系上下文，并且参考后面的guide。“ he or she may have taught you almost everything you know”，也就是说TA会对你的工作进行很多指导，因为有taught，所以不是supporter或者helper，选leader又感觉拉远了距离，因此选adviser。

25题，一个让人头疼的商业英语固定词组。line of business，有业务和经营产品的意思。提供几个例句就很好理解含义了：

We specialize in this line of business我们专门经营此项服务;

Does this item come under your line of business? 我想知道这种产品属您经营的范围吗?

You meet some very interesting people in my line of business干我们这行，你会遇到很多有趣的人。

26题，根据前后文意思，选factors，因素。

27题，put off一般表示延迟，但它还有一个不太出名的意思是阻碍。see off，送行;keep off,远离;take off，起飞。

28题，根据意思选refer to，提及，描述。

29题，react to，固定搭配，对什么作出反应。用在这里意思也吻合。

30题，the most successful way to (30) your working life，意思上应该填入表示经营、管理等的意思，run有这个意思。C和D用法不对，forward something是指转发邮件。

31题，appreciation，，表示感激之情。

32题，on one’s behalf，站在某人的立场上，为某人的利益。此处的意思是对他为你所做出的努力表示感激。

33题，role，职能，角色。为经理腾出空来扮演其他的角色。position是位置，位置一直是经理，没别的;act是行为，法案。

bec商务英语中级真题（13）

The Myth of the Paperless Office

0 The concept of a paperless office grew with the advance of It was

00 widely been claimed that as email became commonplace, people would stop

34 writing memos, keeping bulky files and bringing piles of paper to the

35 But the reality has in fact been quite the reverse, and paper, having already

36 survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably

37 Worldwide, the amount of paper used for each year continues to

38 rise up, although statistics now show a slight reduction in the amount

39 it consumed in the So, has technology failed in its aim to end the use of

40 paper? Max Bray, a business lecturer, thinks office workers still distrust

41 ‘Technology is unreliable in most of people's eyes,’ he 'If you are sent an

42 important email, you are likely to print it, because there is always the

43 fear that it might have get ’ In contrast, Paul Blunt, a marketing

44 manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress in

45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a

《The Myth of the Paperless Office》，无纸化办公室神话。讲的是新技术对现代办公的影响。

34题，meeting在这里不是特殊指代，只是叙述的一般情况。不需要使用定冠词the。

35题，正确的

36题，和上面的部分联系起来作为一个整体来考虑。paper, having already survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably 中间的部分是插入语，可以不考虑，所以完整的应该是paper has proved remarkably resilient。主谓宾非常齐全，and是多余的。resilient是适应力强的，有弹力的。

37题，used在这里是后置定语，修饰前面的paper，意思是每年使用的纸的总数，不需要for。

38题，持续增长，用rise，rise up是起义的意思。

39题，the amount consumed in the UK，consumed也是后置定语，表示英国的消费总量。it多余。

40题，正确的

41题，in most people’s eyes在大多数人的眼里，of多余。

42题，正确的

43题，might have done表示可能已经做了某事，而这里的意思是指电子邮件等可能会被删除，不用have，去掉。

44题，Paul Blunt, a marketing manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress。中间的部分是插入成分，不予考虑。完整的是Paul Blunt (who) says there has been significant 主语是人，谓语是says，后面是宾语，成分齐全，who是多余的。

45题，the transition between has been more of an evolution than a 依然是一个完整的句子，成分齐全，transition是主语，has been是谓语，between是多余的。

bec商务英语中级真题（14）

Business Meetings

It is important that ideas and suggestions tabled at formal meeting are voiced at the (0) This is achieved by keeping to the (19) shown on the For example, there is no (20) discussing ideas to do with item six on the agenda when item two has not yet been (21) deviations from the agenda may (22) in confusion among the people at the meeting; they may also (23) concentration if they see something as

To make certain that the meeting proceeds in an orderly fashion, it is therefore useful to (24) some ground First, everyone will need to understand that they must (25) comments to the topic under The Chair can then encourage one person to speak at a (26) , so that any ideas offered can be discussed and (27) that person has finished, someone else can put (28) ideas and so If this procedure is adopted, the participants will be able to follow the various issues in a consistent manner, which will help with the decision-making (29) later It will also (30) the quiet people at meetings get a chance to (31) say, rather than just their more outspoken In (32) , it is often the quiet people at meetings who generate the best ideas, because they are in the (33) thinking before they

19 A structure B direction C order D arrangement

20 A point B worth C need D reason

21 A brought in B dealt with C catered for D taken off

22 A appear B produce C arise D result

23 A lose B fail C miss D drop

24 A form B establish C design D settle

25 A contain B reserve C check D restrict

26 A turn B time C moment D sequence

27A noted B written C regarded D remarked

28 A down B through C away D forward

29 A path B course C process D method

30 A ensure B secure C allow D permit

31 A give B make C have D put

32 A part B reality C contrast D case

33 A custom B routine C practice D habit

《Business Meeting》，商业会议。文章一共两段，第一段说开会要按照日程安排来进行，第二段说开会要尽量让大家发言，尤其是在会议上沉默寡言的人。

19题，这一题可能会选择arrangement。order和arrangement的中文意思也的确很相像。只有看英文的意思来进行理解。Order:A sequence or arrangement of successive 一系列连续事情的安排。因为这里的意思是保持日程表上的安排，日程表上的安排井井有条且有秩序，应该选择order，比arrangement更合适。

20题，there is no point in doing 做什么事情没有意义。

21题，目录2上的事情还没有处理就谈论日程表上的目录6是没有意义的。选dealt with。cater for是迎合的意思。

22题，这种偏差(指前面说的目录2没完就讨论目录6)会导致开会的人产生混乱。选result in，导致。

23题，如果他们认为什么是不相关的，就会注意力不集中。lose concentration是地道标准的说法，参考一个例句：I was absent minded and lose concentration very

24题，建立一些基本规则。地道的用法就是establish the rules。form rules是指表单规则，design rules是指设计规则。

25题，把自己的评论限制在讨论的话题之下。restrict to限制

26题，主席可以鼓励每个人分别说一会。重点在于理解词组at a time的含义：separately in the specified groups or numbers。看一个例句：He took the stairs two at a

27题，这里考察的是note一个不太常见的用法：to give your attention to something by discussing it or making a written record of it。正好和前面动词discuss相对应，而且做笔记这一点也符合会议的特点。不选remark，因为是开会，更多的是发言、讨论、记笔记，而不是评论。

28题，put forward: suggest, propose 提出。

29题，decision-making process，做决定的过程。

30题，这样可以确保沉默的人在会上也能有发言权。用ensure。不是allow和permit，一直都是允许的，只是没有一个保证的程序。

31题，拥有发言权。say在这里是发言权的意思，动词用have。参考牛津高阶词典上的例句：Can't you keep quiet for a minute and let me have my say? / The judge usually has the final

have a say in: To have the right to express one's opinion or cast a vote in a pending

Our boss is friendly and democratic; he always encourages us to have a say in what we will do

32题，in reality在现实中。in contrast对比，in case万一。

33题，往往会上沉默的人能想出好点子，因为他们养成了开口前思考的习惯。in the habit of有什么习惯。固定搭配。

bec商务英语中级真题（15）

HOW TO MARKET YOURSELF

We manage our own careers So knowing how to brand and position yourself in the market as 'Me plc' at different stages of your working life is becoming an increasingly vital At least that is what image expert Mary Spillane 'Employment as we know it is Jobs don't exist, work In the next decade most of us will be suppliers, not We will have clients not If you are under 30, you probably know that there is only one firm to join for life: Me It promotes you and your potential to '

'We're working in multi-national, multicultural, multi-corporate teams and it's important to understand the implications of We need to create a personal brand that is unique, but complements the brand of the corporation we are working You have to find a way to do it so that you are not just a typical employee,' advises 'You have to decide what central values you want to project, and also what may need to alter from situation to '

Many people only remember Mary Spillane for the years she spent running a cosmetics company, but she actually has masters degrees in information science and She used to hide that hard-hitting side, but is now eager to show it and forget about 'Now that I'm working in the boardrooms of major plcs and global companies, I'm playing up my degrees and management background so that the image side is seen only as an addition to the value side,' says

Some contracts take longer than 'The City law firms I'm currently working for are really difficult because they don't have any idea of what their brand should be, and are still very traditional even when talking about becoming I'm showing them how to do everything from changing their reception areas -which tend to be very off-putting with theirhigh-fronted reception desks - to how to make small talk that is less formal and Companies rebrand themselves all the time, spending millions on new office interiors and so But without an underlying change of attitudes, it can prove an empty '

She argues that for individuals too, there must be more than a surface change, as rebranding goes deeper than a mere change of Beyond advice on appearance, she tells clients, 'Remind yourself of what you are selling: the personal values that comprise your Learn to present yourself in a way that will project what you want to Lifelong learning is essential, together with the sort of discovery and adventure that promote personal Always have an up-to-the-minute CV ready to print out, refreshing it every few months with your most recent achievements, just to remind others of your brand '

She believes it is essential that you understand both your public self and your private self, as well as your blind spots and your potential, in order to create an effective The public self is the image you project to the world, the private self is what you know about yourself but others don't, arid blind spots are those things that others see about you but you can't see for By deciding what image you want other people to see, emphasising more of your private self and sorting out a few blind spots, you will increase not only your potential to influence others, but also your self-esteem and '

13 In the first paragraph, Mary Spillane says people should learn how to market themselvesbecause

A it encourages companies to give them a job for

B in the future it will be a company

C in many careers it is becoming difficult to

D it will help them adapt to developments in the job

14 Spillane says that, when creating a personal brand, it is important to

A change things depending on the

B decide what image people would like you to

C make sure that colleagues feel at ease with your

D follow the example of someone in the company you work

15 What do we learn about Spillane in the third paragraph?

A She is embarrassed about her career with a cosmetics

B She doesn't like talking about her academic

C She has qualifications many people are unaware

D She worries about how other people see

16 Which problem does Spillane refer to when talking about the companies she is presently working with?

A They find it difficult to accept her

B They are unaware of how to rebrand

C They don't want to spend large amounts of

D They are unwilling to modernise their work

17 When advising people on rebranding themselves, Spillane tells them to

A attend courses to gain specialist

B update regularly their written proof of what they can

C try out different ways of presenting themselves to

D remember that what they look like is the most important

18 Spillane says that, in order to rebrand yourself successfully, it is important to

A ask for other people's opinions about your

B feel confident about what you are trying to

C learn how to make use of all aspects of your

D model yourself on people with a certain amount of 、

《How to market yourself》，怎样开发你自己。这篇文章主要是一个专家(Mary Spillane)对个人在职业生涯中的一些建议，包括怎么定位、怎样正确认识自己等等。很实用很中肯的一篇文章。看来这国外的专家并不也是夸夸其谈之辈啊。

13题，问第一段Mary Spillane认为人们应该学会开发他们自己的原因是什么。第一段里这个专家认为就业机会在减少，job不存在了，存在的是work，在未来十年所有人都将成为才华和能力的提供者(supplier)，而不是员工(staff)，老板将变成自己的客户。从专家的这段话可以看出她认为人们应该学会开发自己的原因是适应就业市场的发展，也就是D答案所说的。A在原文没有提到，B的理解有误，原文说there is only one firm to join for life: Me plc。生活中只有一个值得加入的公司：自我公司。这句的意思还是说人们要学会开发自己，而不是将来有公司需要。C在原文中也没有提到。

14题，问在创造个人品牌的时候，很重要的是什么。答案是第二段的最后一句：You have to decide what central values you want to project, and also what may need to alter from situation to 你必须决定自己要建立的中心价值什么，同时还有哪些是需要随着环境的改变而改变的。A的表述正确，根据环境来改变事情。B不对，不是说决定人们想要你呈现的形象，而是自己决定自己想要建立的中心价值。C、D在原文都没有提到。

15题，问第三段可以了解到Spillane的什么事。第三段介绍说这个女人曾经经营过一家化妆品公司，但其实她还拥有信息科学和政治的硕士学位。当在化妆品公司的时候她试图把学历的一面深藏不露，但是现在换了一家公司，她迫不及待的想将这一面给展现出来。从这些可以看出这个女人的思路：需要哪一面就表现哪一面。15题的答案是C：她拥有的素质很多人都不知道。A不对，没有提到尴尬，B不对，在适当的时候才会去谈论自己的学历背景，D在原文也没有提到。

16题，问Spillane指出了现在工作公司的什么问题。答案是第四段的这么一句：they don't have any idea of what their brand should be, and are still very traditional even when talking aboutbecoming 对于自己的品牌应该是怎么样的他们没有任何概念，同时在谈到变得现代时依然很传统。这一段是讲这个公司在转变时的一些问题，他们投入了巨大的财力想重新树立自己的品牌，但是没有一个深层次的态度的转变，是很难有实效的。答案是B，不知如何重新树立自己的品牌。A不对，没有说不愿意接受，C不对，公司投入巨大，D不对，不是不愿意现代化，而是不知道怎么现代化，说要现代化还是显得很传统。

17题，问对于想要重新树立自己品牌的个人，Spillane的建议是什么。答案是第五段的最后一句：Always have an up-to-the-minute CV ready to print out, refreshing it every few months with your most recent achievements时刻要有一个准备打印的最新的简历，每隔几个月用你最新的成绩来更新一次。总结起来就是B选项所说的“固定更新关于自己能做什么的书面证明”。

18题，问为了能成功的重新树立自己的个人品牌，很重要的是什么。最后一段强调了人应该了解自己的几个方面：公我(public self)、私我(private self)、盲点和潜力,并且分别介绍了四种方面的含义。答案是这么一句，需要提炼总结：By deciding what image you want other people to see, emphasising more of your private self and sorting out a few blind spots。更多的强调私我，并且挑选出一些盲点。总结起来就是B所说的：学会怎样全面利用自己性格的各个方面。

理解一下D选项一个词组的含义：model yourself on(after) somebody：to try to be like someone else because you admire them最后说点不是题外话的题外话。

这篇文章其实并不难，但是很有实用价值。某些地道的商务英语表述可以用在口语里，而更具意义的是，这篇文章里提到了一些关于个人职业的建议，很中肯，值得人参考。

1、jobs don't exist, work In the next decade most of us will be suppliers, not We will have clients not

这是一种比较新颖的工作观，不应该把自己看做是给老板打工的。每个人都是自己的老板，出售自己的才学和能力，老板只是自己的客户。有了这样的心态，人在工作中就会变得积极主动。不过有一点，客户的质量一定要好好把关啊。

2、You have to decide what central values you want to project, and also what may need to alter from situation to

树立属于自己的品牌，并且相机而动。

3、Remind yourself of what you are selling: the personal values that comprise your Learn to present yourself in a way that will project what you want to

bec商务英语中级真题（16）

Customer Services Director

0 Our client is well known as a producer of branded products in the home

00 improvement The business is experiencing a period of such significant

34 volume and profit growth and as a result is now looking to appoint itself a

35 Customer Services This position involves in reporting directly to the

36 Managing Director and key responsibilities include the control and development

37 of the process for ordering While through the management and

38 motivation of twenty staff, you will be seen the focal point of managing

39 customers' expectations, from keeping them up to date at all times with the

40 progress of their This role is a challenging one and calls for an individual

41 with those top-level interpersonal and communication skills and a good

42 understanding of process In return for the company offers the

43 right candidate with a highly competitive salary and benefits Assistance

44 with relocation expenses, if appropriate, that is also If you feel you have

45 the qualifications for this exciting role and are looking for a challenge, please write in confidence to:

这篇文章是一则招聘启事，招的是客户服务总监(customer services director)。简单介绍了一下公司的情况以及这个工作的职责。

34题，appoint是及物动词，后面直接接人，表示任命，itself在这里多余;

35题，involve doing，in多余，这是常见的地道的表述。看个例句：What do research jobs involve doing?

36题，正确

37题，这行要联系下一行，从整体上来体会句子的含义。介词through表方式，连词while是多余的。这句的意思是通过对20个员工的管理和激励，你会成为管理客户期望的焦点。

38题，be和seen在这里谓语动词重复了，必须去掉一个。从意思上看，是说你可以成为什么，而不是你可以看见什么。所以用you will be,seen多余。

39题，keeping them up to date …现在分词作伴随状语，是对前面的补充说明。介词from在这里是多余的。

40题，正确

41题，with后面直接接宾语，代词those是多余的

42题，in return是固定搭配，表示相应的，反过来，for多余

43题，offer sth固定搭配，with多余。offer与with搭配时是offer with

44题，中间的if appropriate是插入语，可以不予考虑，整个句子就是assistance with relocation expenses是主语，is是谓语，后面是宾语，主谓宾都很齐全，that是多余的

45题，正确。这一行有个词组，in confidence，是in secrecy的意思。

bec商务英语中级真题（17）

这篇文章讲的是培训(coaching)的作用。培训对一个公司的发展和员工的成长都是至关重要的。文章的内容比较泛，但是题目的答案比较明显。

第一题，教练和员工之间的接触不能解决工作中的所有困难。答案是C段的这么一句：In theory, the coaching relationship should provide answers to every problem, but in practice it falls short of 理论上，培训可以提供所有问题的答案。但是实践中达不到这样。Fall short of是关键词。

第二题，讨论某些情况如果再度出现的话怎么样可以处理的更好。答案是A段的这么一句：analysing how they were managed and how they might be dealt with more effectively on subsequent 分析应该如何进行处理并且在接下来的情况下怎样可以处理的更有效。这里的dealt with more effectively对应于题干中的better handled，on subsequent 也就是occur again。

第三题，教练鼓励员工将所学应用到日常的工作中。答案是B段的这么一句：helps individuals to use formally learnt knowledge in day-to-day work and management 帮助个人将学到的正式知识用在日常工作和管理情况下。这里的day-to-day work and management situations就是题干中的routine work situations，what has been taught也就是formally learnt knowledge。

第四题，培训为在现有岗位上不高兴的个人提供了新的兴趣。答案是D段的这么一句：providing added job satisfaction to managers who feel they are stuck in their present jobs。对感觉自己在现有岗位上受困的经理们提供附加的工作满足感。这里的stuck in their present jobs就是题干中的unhappy in their current position，added job satisfaction可以对应于题干中的new interest。

第五题，培训提供了一个有力的、支持性的讨论工作表现的环境。答案是A段的：It also allows successes and failures to be evaluated in a non-threatening 它允许成功和失败在一个没有威胁的气氛下被评估。成功和失败也就是performance，supportive environment可以对应于non-threatening atmosphere。

第六题，员工被要求分析他们自己并且培养出更强的自知。有必要理解下self-awareness的含义，不能简单的从中文理解成自我意识，看英文解释：knowledge and understanding of yourself。所以答案是B段的这么一句：requires them to consider their own behaviour and question their reasons for doing 要求他们考虑自己的行为并且思考这么做的理由。consider their own behaviour可以对应于题干中的analyse themselves，思考这么做的理由也是为了进一步增进对自己的认识。

第七题，培训可以使得公司对某个领域的技术缺失迅速做出反应。答案是C段的最后一句：indicate how employees should deal with challenging situations, all at short 指出员工怎样处理有挑战性的情况，在短时间内。At short notice是一接到通知就，短时间内的意思,可以对应这一题的respond rapidly，challenging situations可以指代题干中的a lack of expertise in a certain

bec商务英语中级真题（18）

Dealing with Expenses

0 Most companies use forms or spreadsheets to process travel and entertainment

00 expenses As a result, it can be difficult to control over spending across the

34 organisation, and unfortunately when data often needs to be processed again and entered

35 into the firm's other such accounting One solution is an automated expenses

36 management But if there are various measures you can implement to make

37 your existing procedures more Firstly, try ensure that all expenses claims are

38 independently been Who approves senior managers' claims, for example?

39 Don't waste time for reviewing all expenses claims; only look in detail at a sample, but

40 regularly up date the firm's expenses policy, and query with all claims that fall outside You

41 should also avoid duplicating effort; if line managers check expenses, there is little point

42 in the accounts department are doing You could try to cut down on cash advances and

43 corporate credit cards; making staff to use their own credit cards encourages them

44 to submit claims on It is also a good idea to identify and remind staff who do not

45 submit or approve claims Finally, aim to recharge every expenses to customers where your business model