[語言類考試復習資料大全]劍橋商務(wù)英語中級模擬96

1、書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學子：學業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語言類考試復習資料大全劍橋商務(wù)英語中級模擬96劍橋商務(wù)英語中級模擬96READINGPART ONEAThe difference between being a manager and being a leader is simple. Management is a career. Leadership is a calling. You dont have to be tall, well-spoken and good looking to be a successful leader. You dont have

2、to have that special something to fulfill the leadership role.BWhat you have to have is clearly defined convictions-and, more importantly, the courage of your convictions to see them manifest into reality. Only when you understand your role as guide and steward based on your own moat deeply held tru

3、ths can you move from manager to leader.CWhether the group you oversee is called employees, associates, co-workers, teammates or anything else, what they are looking for is someone in whom they can place their trust. Someone they know is working for the greater good-for them and for the organization

4、. Theyre looking for someone not only that they can-but that they want to-follow.DBecause it is only when you have followers-people who have placed their trust in you-that you know you have moved into that leadership role. And the way you see it is that your organization is transcending all previous

5、 quality, productivity, innovation and revenue achievements. Youre operating at such a high level of efficiency that youre giving budget back to the corporation-and youre still beating your goals.1. The authors attitude towards the difference between a manager and a leader.答案: A2. Someone the group

6、want to follow.答案: C3. Difference between a manager and a leader.答案: A4. The qualifications of being a leader.答案: B5. The leader must be a person who works for the employees and the organization.答案: C6. Only when you have followers can you be a leader.答案: D7. Under your leading, the organization has

7、 got great achievements.答案: DPART TWOStrong players Video games let you escape into an alternative reality - something gaming firms know about at first hand. For as other technology firms face stagnant or shrinking markets, the video-games industry seems to inhabit a parallel universe. It has had a

8、bumper year, maybe the best it ever will. Global sales of games software and hardware will exceed $31 billion this year. This summer, UBS Warburg invested 17% of its model technology portfolio in two games publishers, Electronic Arts and Activision. Gaming, it seems, is recession-proof. The industry

9、 is booming because it has its own cycle, as one generation of hardware succeeds another every few years. 1 Games consoles are flying off the shelves. The current line-up is of Sonys PlayStation2, the market leader by far, plus Microsofts Xbox and Nintendos GameCube, which are fighting for a distant

10、 second place. Each gaming boom is bigger than the last. Children who have grown up with games keep on playing, which expands the market. It also increases the players average age: the average American gamer is 28. 2 This shift is reflected in the rise of mature-rated games, which now account for 13

11、% of the American market, up from 6% in 2001. 3 Many observers are optimistic about the prospects for games sales next year, particularly in America. But the figures suggest that 2002 was the peak of the cycle, and that the market will shrink next year. Other observers expect console sales to grow o

12、nly slightly next year. Things will then cool off until the next generation of consoles appears in 2005. The next peak is not expected until 2007. 4 Both are dwarfed by console gaming at the moment, but are the focus of much activity, and could provide recurring revenues to help smooth out the indus

13、trys cyclical nature. Online gaming has got off to a small but promising start in recent weeks with the release of adaptors that link consoles over the Internet. In America, Microsoft sold 150,000 starter kits for its Xbox Live service within a week of its launch last month. Sony says it has signed

14、up 175,000 subscribers to its rival online service, launched in August. Both services will launch in Europe next year. Gaming on mobile phones is also taking small but crucial steps forward. Todays phones mostly have one or two simple games built in. The latest handsets have colour screens and can d

15、ownload software remotely. 5 Games take roughly a minute to download, but adding one to a handset is almost as easy as downloading a new ringing tone or screen logo. It is predicted that mobile-gaming revenues will reach $3.5 billion in the next five years; other estimates are higher. A Older player

16、s tend to have more disposable income to spend on games than do teenagers.B Their processing power matches that of the arcade-game machines of the 1980s, so classic games run well.C But how much longer will the good times last?D That cycle, unrelated to the broader economic cycle, is now at or near

17、its peak.E But the industry has two new tricks up its sleeve, in the form of online and mobile gaming.F They are so wisely designed that they can be connected to any game machines.G It has had a bumper year, maybe the best it ever will.1.答案:D2.答案:A3.答案:C4.答案:E5.答案:BPART THREE Reasons for Internation

18、al Trade Foreign trade, the exchange of goods between nations, takes place for many reasons. Every nation wants the opportunity to export its goods and services to other countries. A foreign outlet for sales enables a manufacturer or distributor to increase the volume of his business activity, thus

19、increasing his chance to make a profit and increasing employment opportunities. Every nation also wants the opportunity and privilege of buying from foreign countries products and services that are scarce or unavailable at home that would be useful and beneficial to its people. Trading with other co

20、untries is not the same as trading within ones own country. At home a company or a bank is familiar with its own people, laws, and business practices. At abroad the picture becomes a complex one. Each country is different and therefore is said to carry different risks. Political risks, for example,

21、relate to such varied factors as treaties, war, import quotas, and foreign exchange restrictions. In todays complex economic world, neither individuals nor nations are self-sufficient. Nations have utilised different economic resources. People have developed different skills. This is the foundation

22、of world trade and economic activity. So countries that do not have the resources within their own boundaries must buy from countries that export them. Foreign trade also occurs because a country often does not have enough of a particular item to meet its needs. As far as the United States is concer

23、ned, it enjoys the most favourable position and has vast coal and oil reserves, but the United States is also a heavy consumer of nature resources, and it is increasingly reliant on certain imports, especially on oil. It consumes more than it can produce at home. If one nation can sell some items at

24、 a lower cost, the other countries would buy them. Japan. a highly industrialised nation, has been able to export large quantities of automobiles because it can produce them efficiently than other countries. It is cheaper for some Western countries to buy these from Japan than to produce them domest

25、ically. Japan should produce and export those items from which it gets a comparative advantage. It should also buy and import what it needs from those countries that have a comparative advantage in the desired items. At last, innovation or style or quality plays the most important role in the foreig

26、n trade. For example, the United States produces more automobiles than any other countries; it still imports large quantities of autos from Japan, primarily because there is a market for them in the United States. In conclusion, developing international trade is a countrys long-term strategy. For mo

27、st nations, exports and imports are the most important international activity. With this activity, nations can develop their economy. 1. If a country can sell its products abroad, it meansA.it can earn more money by expanding its production.B.the employment rate of the country will decrease.C.the co

28、untry has to find an outlet for going abroad.D.it can buy from foreign countries products and services that are scarce or unavailable at home.答案:A解析 細節(jié)理解題，考查產(chǎn)品出口的目的是什么。 解題關(guān)鍵句 題目意為：“如果一個國家把產(chǎn)品賣到了國外意味著什么?”文中第一段第三句話指出，國內(nèi)的生產(chǎn)商或分銷商可以通過出口擴大經(jīng)營規(guī)模，從而增加利潤，擴大就業(yè)機會。因此，A項正確。D項雖然在原文中也有提到，但與題干的要求不符。 2. Why does the p

29、icture abroad become a complex one according to the author?A.Because each country is differentB.Because foreign countries laws, people and business practices are different from those of ones own country, and if businessmen from home do not know them, they will meet a lot of troubleC.Because business

30、men from home do not understand foreign countries people, laws and business practicesD.Because people in foreign countries do not understand the picture due to different culture background答案:B解析 推理判斷題，考查國際貿(mào)易比國內(nèi)貿(mào)易更加復雜的原因。 解題關(guān)鍵句 題目意為：“為什么說國外的情況就更加復雜了?”文中第二段指出對外貿(mào)易與國內(nèi)的貿(mào)易大不相同。在國內(nèi)，公司對于本國的政策法規(guī)以及人文背景都比較熟悉。這

31、句話就暗示了如果國內(nèi)的公司不懂國外的相關(guān)法規(guī)，不了解他們的文化背景，在貿(mào)易的過程中就會遇到很多困難，因此，國際貿(mào)易比國內(nèi)貿(mào)易更加復雜。A、C、D項雖然也正確，但沒有完整地回答該問題，因此正確答案為B。 3. What does the sentence In todays complex economic world, neither individual nor nations are self-sufficient mean?A.It means that todays world is a complex one, so all people and nations are able t

32、o provide all they want.B.It means that in todays complex economic world, people have developed different skills so all natioas and individuals need each other.C.It means that nations have utilised its own resources.D.It means countries that are lack of resources at home must buy from countries that

33、 export them.答案:D解析 句子理解題，考查對文中第三段第一句話的理解。 解題關(guān)鍵句 題目意為：“在當今復雜的經(jīng)濟社會中，任何國家和個人都不可能做到自給自足。這句話是什么意思?”文中第三段指出，各國享有的資源不同，人們掌握的技能也不同。因此，“countries that do not have the resources within their own boundaries must buy from counntries that export them”與D項表意相吻合。 4. According to the fourth paragraph, foreign trade

34、 occurs becauseA.some people prefer foreign products to ones produced in their own country.B.a country does not possess certain resources in its own territories.C.a country hopes to consume other countries resources first but preserve its own resources.D.a country does not have sufficient resources

35、to meet its needs.答案:D解析 推理判斷題，考查對外貿(mào)易出現(xiàn)的原因。 解題關(guān)鍵句 題目意為：“根據(jù)文章第四段內(nèi)容，對外貿(mào)易出現(xiàn)是因為什么?”文中第三段闡述了由于一個國家的資源有限，部分產(chǎn)品稀缺，這時就要通過對外貿(mào)易進口，這是進行對外貿(mào)易的原因之一。第四段分析了需要進行對外貿(mào)易的另一個原因，即一個國家生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品不能滿足其人民的需要，這時也要通過對外貿(mào)易進口。文中以美國為例，雖然其擁有大量的煤和石油的儲備，但是美國也是這些資源的消耗大國，因此美國仍然需要進口石油，因此正確答案為D。 5. According to the fifth paragraph, what does co

36、mparative advantage mean?A.It means that some countries have more favourable conditions for economic development than other countries.B.It means that some countries can produce certain products at lower cost than other countries, thus it would be cheaper for other countries to import those products

37、instead of manufacturing them by themselves.C.It means that those countries which do not have favourable conditions for trading would better stop exporting and importing all they need.D.It means that some countries can provide goods with better quality than other countries.答案:B解析 詞匯理解題，考查對comparativ

38、e advantage的理解。 解題關(guān)鍵句 題目意為：“根據(jù)第五段內(nèi)容，comparative advantage為何意?”本段闡述了如果一個國家能夠以更低的價錢銷售某些產(chǎn)品，那么其他國家就會購買。日本能夠大量出口汽車是因為他們在汽車制造方面比其他國家效率更高。對于西方國家來說從日本進口汽車比在國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)更加便宜。那么，日本就應該生產(chǎn)并出口這些有“比較優(yōu)勢”的產(chǎn)品。據(jù)此，可以判斷正確答案為B。 6. According to the last paragraph, which of the following is NOT true?A.Nations can not develop their

39、 economy without foreign trade.B.For most countries, foreign trade is an important international activity.C.It is a long-term strategy for a country to develop international trade.D.The United States never imports automobiles because it produces more autos than any other countries.答案:D解析 推理判斷題，考查對文章

40、最后一段的理解。 解題關(guān)鍵句 題目意為：“根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容，判斷下列哪項敘述不正確?”文中最后一段指出創(chuàng)新，風格以及產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量在對外貿(mào)易中至關(guān)重要。舉例來說，美國是世界上最大的汽車生產(chǎn)國，但是它仍然從日本進口大量汽車，是因為日本車在美國國內(nèi)很有市場。最后作者進行了總結(jié)，只有發(fā)展國際貿(mào)易才能更好地發(fā)展國家的經(jīng)濟。A、B、C項在文中都有提到，只有D項與原文剛好相反。 PART FOUR Robots at Work The newspaper production process has come a long way from the old days when the paper was wri

41、tten, edited, typeset and ultimately printed in one building with the journalists working on the upper floors and the printing 1 going on the ground floor. These days the editors, sub-editors and journalists who put the paper together are 2 to find themselves in a totally different building or maybe

42、 even in a different city. This is the 3 which now prevails in Sydney. The daily paper is complied at the editorial headquarters, known as the pre-press centre, in the heart of the city but printed far away in the suburbs at the printing centre. Her human beings are in the 4 as much of the work is d

43、one by automated machines controlled by computers. 5 the finished newspaper has been created for the next mornings edition, all the pages are 6 electronically from pre-press centre to the printing centre. The system of transmission is an update on the sophisticated page facsimile system already in u

44、se on many 7 newspapers. An image-setter at the printing centre delivers the pages as films. Each page 8 less than one minute to produce, although for color pages four versions are used, one each for black, cyan, magenta and yellow. The pages are then processed into photographic negatives and the fi

45、lm is used to produce aluminum printing plates 9 for the presses. A procession of automated vehicles is busy at the new printing centre where the Sydney morning Herald is printed each day. With 10 flashing and warning horns honking, the robots look for all the world like enthusiastic machines from a

46、 science-fiction movie, as they follow their random paths around the 11 busily getting on with their jobs. Automation of this kind is now 12 in all modern newspaper plants. The robots can 13 unauthorized personnel and alert 14 staff immediately if they find an intruder and not surprisingly, tall tal

47、es are already being told about the machines starting to take on 15 of their own. 1.A.pressesB.sessionsC.plansD.schedules答案:A2.A.sorryB.likelyC.forcedD.expectant答案:B3.A.moodB.sampleC.situationD.environment答案:C4.A.vastB.plentyC.minorityD.body答案:C5.A.OnceB.BeforeC.WhileD.Until答案:A6.A.playedB.poweredC.

48、broughtD.transmitted答案:D7.A.otherB.anotherC.oneD.every答案:A8.A.asksB.putsC.managesD.takes答案:D9.A.dealingB.askingC.attractiveD.ready答案:D10.A.tablesB.cardsC.lightsD.words答案:C11.A.ceremonyB.plantC.spaceD.office答案:B12.A.disappearingB.refusedC.seldomD.standard答案:D13.A.detectB.senseC.writeD.do答案:A14.A.recr

49、uitingB.securityC.companyD.their答案:B15.A.familiesB.personalitiesC.functionsD.movements答案:BPART FIVE Know the needs of your audience. Put what you have to say in a logical sequence. Ensure your speech will be captivating up to 34your audience as well as worth their time and attention. Practice 35and

50、rehearse of your speech at home or where you can be at ease 35and comfortable, in the front of a mirror, your family, friends or 37your colleagues. Use a tape-recorder and listen to yourself. Videotape 38your presentation and analyze on it. Know what your strong and 39weak points are. Emphasize your

51、 strong points during your presentation. 40When you are presenting it in front of an audience, you are performing 41as an actor is on stage. How much you are being perceived is very 42important. Dress appropriately for the occasion. Be solemn if your 43topic is serious. Present the desired image to

52、your audience. Speak 44slowly, enunciate clearly, and show off appropriate emotion and feeling 45relating to your topic subject. Vary the tone of your voice and dramatize if necessary. 1.答案:CORRECT2.答案:OF解析 rehearse是及物動詞，后面不需要加of。3.答案:THE解析 in the front of在某事物內(nèi)部的前面，in front of在某事物外部的前方。根據(jù)意思，這里應該是in

53、front of。4.答案:YOUR解析 之前已經(jīng)使用過your了，這里不需要再用，可省略。5.答案:ON解析 analyze是及物動詞，后面不需要加on。6.答案:CORRECT7.答案:IT解析 present可作不及物動詞，后面不需要加賓語，同時，這里的it毫無指代，可刪除。8.答案:MUCH解析 how much表示數(shù)量，多少。用在這里整句話的意思會變成你理解了多少很重要。但是根據(jù)上下文，此處應該是如何理解很重要。因此，把much刪除。9.答案:CORRECT10.答案:CORRECT11.答案:OFF解析 show off的意思是炫耀，是個貶義詞。這里應該是表現(xiàn)的意思，因此刪除off

54、。12.答案:SUBJECT解析 subject和topic重復，刪去前者。WRITINGPART ONE問題:1.答案:Sample ATo: all staffFrom: Manager DirectorDate: 27th MarchSubject: Companys computer system.Id like to inform you that the companys computer system will be closed down on Wednesday. Please every employee has any work in his computer or im

55、portant documents has to print it out before this day to work Manual on Wednesday if it is Possible? I hope the computer system will be better after the improvement as you all know how the computers was?Thanks.Band 2Due to omission of a content point and poor language control, the target reader woul

56、d not be clearly informed. Otherwise, the format and register of the email is appropriate.Sample BFrom: Petar KoevTo: All StaffDate: 27 March 2004Subject: Computer SystemI want to inform you that the computer system will be closed next Wednesday at 12 oclock. The system will be down for at least two hours, please make sure that you have saved all your work. The whole system will