BEC二级模拟试题3

　　PART FOUR

　　Questions 21 -35

　　. Read this advertisement.

　　. Choose the best word to fill each gap.

　　. For each question (21 35) mark one letter (A , B ,C ,D)on your Answer Sheet.

　　. One answer has been given as an example.

　　Too much to read! It's impossible to find time to read today's top business books-and thousands are published each year. Yet not keeping up with those books could be a serious-and expensive mistake. Often the ideas and insights they . . . . . . example. . . . . are available nowhere else. But how can you even. . . . . .21. . . . . . which titles are worthwhile-let alone find time to read them?

　　Fortunately, there's a . . . …… .22. …… . . . : Soundview Executive Book Summaries. It really. . . . . . 23…… . . . . In fact, it's . . . . . . 24. . . . . . to work. It is ingenious and essential. Every month, you . . . . . . 25. . . . . two or three quick reading, time saving . . . . . .26. . . …… . of the best new business books. Each contains all the key points in the . . . . . . 27. . . . . . book. The big difference ,instead of 200 to 500 pages ,the summary is only & pages. Instead of . . . . . . 28. . . . . . five ,ten or more hours to read ,it takes just 15 minutes.

　　Of the thousands of business books . . . . . . 29. . . . . .annually, only a . . . . . . 30. . . . . .are really worth reading. To save your time, our Editorial Board goes over them all . . . . . . 31. . . . . .90%. Our standards are . . . . . . 32. . . . . .,and the criteria rigorous.

　　When a book meets all our tests, we prepare a Summary, instead of a review or a digest. You get a skillful distillation that preserves the content ad spirit of the . . . . . . 33. . . . . .books. The titles cover every. . . . . . 34. . . . . .of concern to business people today. There's . . . . . . 35. . . . . .else like Soundview Executive Book Summaries.

　　Example:

　　A. express B. understand C. contain D. find

　　Answer: C

　　21 . A. see B. know C. ask D. answer

　　22. A. answer B. solution C. question D. problem

　　23. A. works B. costs C. sells D. buys

　　24. A. guarded B. granted C. guided D. guaranteed

　　25. A. pay B. send C. receive D. buy

　　26. A. titles B. summaries C. names D. prices

　　27. A. original B. first C. same D. another

　　28. A. spending B. costing C. taking D. sitting

　　29. A. publicized B. polished C. published D. popularized

　　30. A. dozen B. little C. handful D. couple

　　31. A. choosing B. eliminating C. writing D. publishing

　　32. A. high B. low C. expensive D. cheap

　　33. A. entire B. tired C. entering D. old

　　34. A. word B. subject C. sentence D. idea

　　35. A. something B. anything C. all D. nothing

　　PART FIVE

　　Section A

　　Questions 36-40

　　. Read this text about a Japanese company.

　　. In most of the lines (36-40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two line, however , are correct.

　　. If the line is correct ,put a tick (√)in the space on your Answer Sheet.

　　. If there is an extra word in the line, write that word in the space on your Answer Sheet.

　　Example :

　　For short distance, it uses its own' self airplanes. For international ……self……

　　flights it calls on leading airlines including the Japanese Airlines. …… …… √…… . ……

　　LUFTHANSE , WELCOME ON ABOARD

　　It's only normal that a service-oriented company should look to other

　　36. service companies as partners. The reputation for excellence of every each

　　37. of DHL's partners strongly motivated its choice. To make that sure that

　　38. everyone made the right choice ,they agreed to give their final answer

　　39. after a two-year old trial period. Faster service ,better airport

　　40. facilities; the benefits to the customers are clear. They will also grow up

　　in the near future ,allowing customers to choose from so many services.

　　PART FIVE

　　section B

　　Questions 41-45

　　. A student has translated a piece of news in a Chinese newspaper back into English and asked you to check it.

　　. In each line there is one wrong word.

　　. For each numbered line (41-45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet.

　　Example:

　　They have selled their products in 20 countries. …… ……sold …… ……

　　British farmers are troubled by straw. They produce more than

　　41. ten millions tons every year as a byproduct of farming and

　　42. their animals need only four million tons for bedding and fooding.

　　43. Since European air-pollution laws forbid people to burnt straw,

　　44. the extra straw is plowed under or leave to rot. Scientists have

　　45. now found a way to put the straw to good using by changing a

　　neat-loving bacterium in the straw.