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BEC初级真题

Test1

READINGANDWRITING1hour30minutes

PARTONE

Questions1-5

Lookatquestions1-5.

Ineachquestion,whichsentenceiscorrect?

Foreachquestion,markoneletter（A,BorC）onyour

AnswerSheet.

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AStaffallowedsixwbb址s'holidayayear.

BStaffmustbookholidaysbeforetheendoftheyean

0Staffmusthavetheirholidayrequestsapproved,

Informationforcustomer$

AllgoodstransportedbyFeraCarriersaremsuredrbutourpolicyexcludesdamsgeduetopoorpackaging.

ACustomerswillnotnecessarilyqualifyforcornpensatiarifgoodsaredamaged,BCustonnersshouldarrangeinsuranceagainstdamagebeforesendinggoods.

CCustomersareabl?

toclaimarefundifpackagingisdamaged.

MEMO

To:

WdYu

From:

HumanResources

Date:

18November

Subject:

Training

Wecanptsaywhetheryourtrainitigapplkationwillbeaccepteduntilwcwtncontirmthatfundsareavailable.

AWeiYushouldre«applyforhistrainingcourseatalaterdate.

BTheremaynotbeenoughmoneytopayforWeiYu'scourse・

CHumanResourcescannotconfirmwtiichtrainingcourseWeiYushouldtake.

a

Jane

Reterphonedfromthestation-&e*■vicestoLondonarenPtrunningthismorningMeetingputoffto3pmthisafternoon.

AThe11ammeetingispostponedbecausePeteKstrainwascancelled・

8Peterwillarriveatthe11ammeetinglatebecausehi合t怕inIsdelayed.

CThe11ammeetingisrescheduledbecauseP&Wrwaslateandmissedhistramn

Thesafetyteamkcarryingoutchecksinthisarea.

iAccesswithoutapermitisdenieduntilfurthernotice

6JuliaStrekalovawantstoknowhowtocalculatethe

consultancyservices.

accountandbalaneesheet.

8PaoloLongoneedstobeabletoassesstheeffectonsalesfollowinghiscompany'srecentproductpromotions.

9ZhonMeiFeng'scompanywantshertolearntodivide

themarketintogroups,whichitcantargetwithdifferentbrands.

10ValerijaGeorgievskaneedsacourseonworkingout

howmuchmoneyherfirmcanexpecttohaveavailableeachmonth.

PARTTHREE

Questions11-15

•Lookatthechartbelow.Itshowsacompany'sturnover,operatingprofitandmarketshareoveraperiodoften

months.

•Whichmonthdoeseachsentence（11-15）ontheoppositepagedescribe?

•Foreachsentence,markoneletter（A-H）onyourAnswerSheet.

•Donotuseanylettermorethanonce.

11Althoughoperatingprofitdroppedandmarketshareexperiencedadecline,

therewasanupturininthelevelofturnover.

12Bothturnoverandmarketshareshowedanincreasethismonth,whileoperating

profitsufferedadecline.

13Despitethefactthatmarketsharefellandtherewas

adeclineinturnover,

operatingprofitwasequaltothatoftheprevious

month.

14Whileturnoverexperieneedadownturn,bothoperatingprofitandmarketshare

showedsignsofrecovery.

15Althoughmarketshareshowedanimprovementandturnoveralsoincreased,

thishadnoeffectonthemonth'soperatingprofit.

PARTFOUR

Questions16-22

•Readthejobadvertisementbelow.

•Aresentences16-22ontheoppositepage'Right'or

'Wrong'?

Ifthereisnotenoughinformationtoanswer

'Right'or'Wrong',choose'Doesn'tsay'.

•Foreachsentence（16-22）,markoneletter（A,BorC）

onyourAnswerSheet.

VacanciesforStoreManagers

SceneVideohasbeenquietlysuccessfulinrecentyears,andwenowhave23storesworldwide-including】5inCanada-withafurthertenontheway,Wearenowoflferingexcitingmanagementopportunities.

Asstoremanager,you'llhaveunusualindependence-whichwillmakemostretailmanagementpostsseemeasycomparedwithours!

Youwillbeinchargeofastorewithover40staff,andyou'llhaveasalarytomatch.WhetheryOLLfvcworkedinretailmanagementorinanotherfieldinvolvingcustomerrdatiors,wewanttohearfromyou.You’llbeastrongleader*fullofideasandambition,andcommercianyaware,preferablywithknowledgeoftheretailindustrytnoneofthecountrieswherewehavestores.Ifyouarewillingtorelocate,youcouldbeontrackforfastpromotion.

Tofindoutwhatpartyoucanplayinourcontinuingsuccess,youareinvitedtoaninformalIntroductoryEveningatanyofourstores（detailsbelow）.Orvisitourwebsiteformoreinformationandtodownloadanapplicationform.Pleasepostthis,togetherwithahandwrittenletterexplainingwhyyouarcsuitedtothejob.

16SceneVideoisplanningtoopenmorestores.

ARight

BWrong

CDoesn'tsay

17SceneVideobelievesitsstoremanagershaveaharderjobthanotherstore

managers...

ARight

BWrong

CDoesn'tsay

18SceneVideo'ssalariesarehigherthanforsimilarpositionsinotherretail

businesses.

ARight

BWrong

CDoesn'tsay

19Itisessentialforapplicantstohaveexperieneeasstoremanagers.

ARight

BWrong

CDoesn'tsay

20Mostsuccessfulapplieantswillhavetospendtime

workingindifferent

eountries.

ARight

BWrong

CDoesn'tsay

21TheIntroductoryEveningsaretargetedatsuccessfulcandidates.

ARight

BWrong

CDoesn'tsay

22Applicationformsshouldbecompletedonline.

ARight

BWrong

CDoesn'tsay

PARTFIVE

Questions23-28

•Readthearticlebelowaboutasuccessfulbusiness

partnership.

•

choose

Foreachquestion（23-28）ontheoppositepage,

thecorrectanswer.

•Markoneletter（A,BorC）onyourAnswerSheet.

•

23Philstoppedsellingphotocopiersbecausehe

Awasunabletomeetthesalestargets.

Brecognisedanopportunityinanotherfield.

Cbecameawareoftheirlimitedmarketpotential.

24WhydidPhilagreetomeetSean?

AHelikedthewaySeandidnotgiveuptrying.

BHethoughttheywouldhavealotofcommon

interests.

CHeneededsomeonetoprovideITfinanceforhisclients.

25WhydidSeannotjoinPhilimmediatelyatSyscap?

AHehaddoubtsabouttheprofitabilityofthe

venture.

BHewasunsureaboutgivingupanestablished

career.

CHewasafraidthatworkingtogetherwoulddamagetheirfriendship.

26InwhatwaydoesSeanbelievethatbusinessislike

golf?

.

AYoucannotachieveyourgoalswithouttakingrisks.

BTodowell,youneedacombinationofabilityandambition.

CIfyoudosomethingenoughtimes,you'll

eventuallybesuccessful.

27Seansaysheissurprisedthat

AheandPhilarestillgoodfriends.

Btheircompanyhasbeensosuccessful.

Cmorepeopledonotsetuptheirownbusinesses.

28WhatmakesPhilconfidentabouttheircompany'sfuture

growth?

Athestrengthofthefriendshiptheyhave

Bbeinginacommercialfieldwhichisrapidly

expanding

Chavingfewseriouschallengersfortheir

positioninthemarketplace

PARTSIX

Questions29-40

•Readtheintroductiontoacompanyreportbelow.

•ChoosethecorrectwordtofilleachgapfromA,Bor

Contheoppositepage,

•Foreachquestion（29-40）,markoneletter（A,BorC）

onyourAnswerSheet.

GLOBALCHALLENGES,LOCALACTIONS

Everydayaroundtheworld,ISOmillionpeoplechooseourproducts.Theybuydiem（29）thattheycanfeedtheirfamifiesandkeep

theirhomesclean.Bymakingandsellingbrandsthat00）

peopleseverydayneeds,wehave（31）intooneaftheworld's

largest匚onsumergoodsbusjnesses.

Webelievethattheverybusinessof'（32）business1ina

responsibleway（33）positivesocialeffects.Wenot（34）

createwealth,wealsoshareitAs（35）globalcompany*weplay

ovrpart（3&）addressingglobalsocialandenvironmental

concernssuchasheakhandhygiene*andwaterquality.

However,wedonotbelieve（37）kpracticaltorespondrothese

concernspurely（38）aninternationallevelNordowebelieve

thatoureompanycanmakeadifference（39）workingina

numberofpartnerships.Thatis（40）weworktogetherwith

localsgencifisa^d邸丹皂rnments.

29

Aas

Balthough

Cso30

Ajoin

Bcatch

Cmeet

31

Agrown

Brisen

Cincreased

32Ado

Bdoing

Cdone

33

Ahas

Bgets

Ctakes

34

Aeven

Bjust

Conly

35

Athe

Ba

Cthis

36

Aon

Bfor

Cin

37

Athere

Bit

Cwhat

38

Aat

Bwith

Cof

39

Auntil

Bexcept

Cwithout

40

Awhether

Bwhy

Cwhere

PARTSEVEN

Questions41-45

•Readtheemailandmemobelow.

•Completetheformontheoppositepage.

•Writeawordorphrase（inCAPITALLETTERS）oranumberonlines41-45onyourAnswerSheet.

MEMORANDUM

ThorpeCollege

To:

From:

Dste:

Subject:

JanPartndoe

LeoNorris

November18th

Factoryvisit

Jan-Couldyoubooktheearliestpossiblevisit,please?

WeVegot15onthemanagementcoursenextterm,andofcourseeitheryouoriwilfhavetogotoo,RemernberthatwervegotaguestspeakeronFeb20th,sothat'soutAsITnonho/idaysoon,theyFdbettersendrnformatioritdyou.TheinvoiceshouldcometotheCourseSecretarybeforeitgogstoAGWnts

HELMSLEYEDUCATIONALTOURS

Booking

Organisationrequescirwtour

（41）

Dateoftour:

（42）

Totalnumberofpeople；

（43）

Fullnameofeonuctperson：

（441

Invoicetobesentto:

WRITING

PARTONE

Question46

•Yourdepartmentcurrentlyhasalotofwork,andyoursecretarymusttakeseveralweeksoffwork,startingtomorrow.

•WriteanemailtotheHumanResourcesManagerinyourcompany:

•explainingwhyyourdepartmentissobusy

•sayingwhyyoursecretarywillbeawayfromwork

•askingforatemporarysecretary.

•Write30-40wordsonyourAnswerSheet,

PARTTWO

Question47

•Readpartofaletterbelowfromacompanywhic