2020年度BEC中級第二輯閱讀真題模擬及答案詳解

BEC中級第二輯閱讀真題及答案詳解

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1thecontactbetweencoachandemployeenot

solvingalldifficultiesatwork

2thediscussionofhowcertainsituationscould

bebetterhandlediftheyoccuragain

3acoachencouraginganemployeetoapply

whathasbeentaughttoroutineworksituations

4coachingprovidingnewinteresttoindividuals

whoareunhappyintheircurrentpositions

5coachingprovidingasupportiveenvironment

todiscussperformance

6employeesbeingaskedtoanalysethemselves

andpractisegreaterself-awareness

7coachingenablingacompanytorespond

rapidlytoalackofexpertiseinacertainarea

Coaching

A

Coachinginvolvestwoormorepeoplesitting

downtogethertotalkthroughissuesthathave

come

uprecentlyatwork,andanalysinghowthey

weremanagedandhowtheymightbedealtwith

moreeffectivelyonsubsequentoccasions.

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Coachingthustransfersskillsandinformation

fromone

persontoanotherinanon-the-jobsituationso

thattheworkexperienceofthecoachisusedto

adviseandguidetheindividualbeingcoached.

Italsoallowssuccessesandfailurestobe

evaluatedinanon-threateningatmosphere.

B

Coachingmeansinfluencingthelearner*s

personaldevelopment,forexamplehisorher

confidence

andambition.Itcantakeplaceanytimeduring

anindividuaVscareer.Coachingisintendedto

assistindividualstofunctionmoreeffectively,

anditisapowerfullearningmodel.Itbegins

where

skills-basedtrainingends,andhelpsindividuals

touseformallylearntknowledgeinday-to-day

workandmanagementsituations.Individuals

beingcoachedareinademandingsituationwith

theircoach,whichrequiresthemtoconsider

theirownbehaviourandquestiontheirreasons

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for

doingthings.

C

Thecoachprofessionallyassiststhecareer

developmentofanotherindividual,outsidethe

normal

manager/subordinaterelationship.Intheory,the

coachingrelationshipshouldprovideanswersto

everyproblem,butinpracticeitfallsshortof

this.However,itcanprovideaspacefor

discussion

andfeedbackontopicssuchaspeople

managementandskills,behaviourpatterns,

confidence-buildingandtimemanagement.

Throughcoaching,anorganisationcanmeet

skills

shortages,discusstargetsandindicatehow

employeesshoulddealwithchallenging

situations,all

atshortnotice.

D

Effectivecoachesareusuallythosewhoget

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satisfactionfromthesuccessofothersandwho

give

timetothecoachingrole.Givingpeople

coachingresponsibilitiescansupporttheir

development,

eitherbyencouragingmanagementpotential

throughsmall-scaleone-to-oneassignments,or

by

providingaddedjobsatisfactiontomanagers

whofeeltheyarestuckintheirpresentjobs.A

coach

isalsoaconfidentialadviser,accustomedto

developingpositiveandeffectiveapproachesto

complexmanagement,organisationaland

changeproblems.

這篇文章講的是培訓(xùn)(coaching)的作用。培訓(xùn)

對一個公司的發(fā)展和員工的成長都是至

關(guān)重要的。文章的內(nèi)容比較泛，可是題目的答案

比較明顯。

第一題，教練和員工之間的接觸不能解決工作中

的所有困難。答案是C段的這么一句：

Intheory,thecoachingrelationshipshould

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provideanswerstoeveryproblem,butin

practiceit

fallsshortofthis.理論上，培訓(xùn)能夠提供所有問

題的答案。可是實踐中達不到這樣。Fallshort

of是關(guān)鍵詞。

第二題，討論某些情況如果再度出現(xiàn)的話怎么樣

能夠處理的更好。答案是A段的這么

一句：analysinghowtheyweremanagedand

howtheymightbedealtwithmoreeffectivelyon

subsequentoccasions.分析應(yīng)該如何進行處理而

且在接下來的情況下怎樣能夠處理的更有效。

這里的dealtwithmoreeffectively對應(yīng)于題干中

的betterhandled9onsubsequentoccasions?也

就是occuragaino

第三題，教練鼓勵員工將所學(xué)應(yīng)用到日常的工作

中。答案是B段的這么一句：helps

individualstouseformallylearntknowledgein

day-to-dayworkandmanagementsituations?幫

助

個人將學(xué)到的正式知識用在日常工作和管理情

況下。這里的day-to-dayworkandmanagement

situations就是題干中的routinework

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situations9whathasbeentaught也就是formally

learnt

knowledgeo

第四題，培訓(xùn)為在現(xiàn)有崗位上不高興的個人提供

了新的興趣。答案是D段的這么一句：

providingaddedjobsatisfactiontomanagers

whofeeltheyarestuckintheirpresentjobso對

感覺

自己在現(xiàn)有崗位上受困的經(jīng)理們提供附加的工

作滿足感。這里的stuckintheirpresentjobs就

是題干中的unhappyintheircurrentposition,

addedjobsatisfaction能夠?qū)?yīng)于題干中的new

interesto

第五題，培訓(xùn)提供了一個有力的、支持性的討論

工作表現(xiàn)的環(huán)境。答案是A段的：Italso

allowssuccessesandfailurestobeevaluatedina

non-threateningatmosphere,它允許成功和失敗

在一個沒有威脅的氣氛下被評估。成功和失敗也

就是performance,supportiveenvironment

能夠?qū)?yīng)于non-threateningatmosphereo

第六題，員工被要求分析她們自己而且培養(yǎng)出更

強的自知。有必要理解下self-awareness

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的含義，不能簡單的從中文理解成自我意識，看

英文解釋：knowledgeandunderstandingof

yourselfo因此答案是B段的這么一句：requires

themtoconsidertheirownbehaviourand

questiontheirreasonsfordoingthings?要求她們

考慮自己的行為而且思考這么做的理由。

considertheirownbehaviour能夠?qū)?yīng)于題干中

的analysethemselves，思考這么做的理由也是

為了進一步增進對自己的認識。

第七題，培訓(xùn)能夠使得公司對某個領(lǐng)域的技術(shù)缺

失迅速做出反應(yīng)。答案是C段的最后

一句：indicatehowemployeesshoulddealwith

challengingsituations,allatshortnotice?指出員

工怎樣處理有挑戰(zhàn)性的情況，在短時間內(nèi)。At

shortnotice是一接到通知就，短時間內(nèi)的意

思，能夠?qū)?yīng)這一題的respondrapidly,

challengingsituations能夠指代題干中的alack

of

expertiseinacertainarea.

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BUFFETZONE

LucyRobertsonstartedworkingatatakeaway

foodbusinesstosupplementherincomeduring

her

studentdaysatEdinburghUniversity,Several

yearslatershehadboughtthebusinessandnow,

17

yearson,sheownsGrapevineCaterers,

probablyScotland*sleadingindependent

caterers,witha

turnoverofalmost￡6m.

Shehadneverplannedtoownabusiness,and

hadcertainlyneverconsideredacareerin

catering.

(0).........However,herunplannedcareerbegan

in1985,whenshereturnedtoEdinburghand

discoveredthatthetakeawayshehadworkedin

wasupforsale.Onimpulse,sheboughtit,but

admitsthatatthetimesheknewnothingabout

catering.(8)........Itwasadifficulttime,but

essentialintermsofgainingtheexperienceshe

needed.Thelate1980sboomwasgoodfor

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business,withlargenumbersofofficeworkers

wantingtakeawayfoodfortheirlunches.

(9).......'Atonepointtherewere26foodoutlets

withina5-kilometreradius/Robertsonrecalls.

As

theeconomychangedandtheoncepackedoffice

blocksstartedtobecomevacant,itbecameclear

thatRobertsonwouldneedto

diversify.(lO).......Itchangedthedirectionofthe

companyforgood.

AsRobertsonbegantowincateringcontracts,

shedecidedthatthecompanywouldhaveto

move

tolargerpremises.In1994,themovewasmade

whensheboughtanothercateringbusinessthat

alreadyhadanumberofprofitablecontractsfor

boardroomlunches.

Meanwhile,Robertson'smaincompetitor,the

oldestcateringcompanyinEdinburgh,was

causing

hersomeanxiety.Customerloyaltyisnottobe

underestimated/shewarns.ButRobertsonis

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not

someonewhoiseasilyputoff.(ll)........Partlyas

aresultofthis,turnoverdoubled,andhaving

outgrownanothersite,Robertsonboughta

city-centrelocationforthegroup's

headquarters.

Bynow,Grapevine*smaincompetitorwasanew

cateringcompanycalledTowngates.Although

Robertsontriedtoraiseenoughmoneytobuy

Towngates,shedidnotsucceed.Thenluck

intervenedandTowngateswentbankrupt.

(12).......Manyacceptedandthecompany's

turnover

wentfrom￡700,000to￡1.5millionalmost

overnight.

However,thecompany*sgrowthwasnotas

smoothasitsoundsinretrospect.Robertson

admits,

,Wewereclosetotheedgeduringthegrowth

period.Likemanyunder-capitalisedcompanies

tryingtogrow,itmighteasilyhavecollapsed.1

Butthat,shefeels,isthechallengeofdeveloping

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yourownbusiness.

AButthereareplentyofsimilarcontractstobe

wonintheeastofScotlandbeforeRobertson

turns

herattentionelsewhere.

BHerwayroundthisparticularproblemwasto

recruitthecateringmanageroftherival

company.

CButthisdemandwasshort-lived,andbefore

long,increasingcompetitionmadeitharderto

makeaprofit.

D'Itwasadramaticlearningcurveandvery

smallamountsofmoneywereearnedat

first,'says

Robertson.

EShedecidedthatthesolution,sincemany

companiesrequiredworkinglunchesfor

meetings

withclients,wastoprepareanddelivermealsto

businesspremises.

FOnhearingthis,Robertsonimmediately

contactedalloftheirclientsandofferedthe

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servicesof

GrapevineCaterers.

GInstead,shestudiedaccountancyafterleaving

university,andasteadyifunspectacular

professionalpathseemedset.

《BuffetZone》，自助餐區(qū)域，在這篇文章里的

意思應(yīng)該是自助餐領(lǐng)域，講的是一個在自

助餐領(lǐng)域取得了驚人成績的杰出女性創(chuàng)業(yè)的故

事。這套題目不難，特別比起第四輯的題目。

文章本身有很清晰的故事發(fā)展脈絡(luò)，選項和原文

的對應(yīng)也比較明顯。文章的幾個段落是按照

時間先后、故事發(fā)生的先后進行的，很明確。第

一段是總括，第二段是講的創(chuàng)業(yè)起步階段的

一些困難以及應(yīng)對困難的對策，第三段是公司好

轉(zhuǎn)后的辦公室重置(relocation),第四、五

段是公司的競爭情況，最后一段總結(jié)。

第八題，前面說一時沖動她買下了這個外賣餐館

(takeaway),事實上那個時候她對餐

飲業(yè)一無所知。空格后面說的是這段時間很困

難，可是對獲得所需要的經(jīng)驗卻是很有必要的。

因此第八題的空格部分應(yīng)該填入跟學(xué)習(xí)、積累經(jīng)

驗有關(guān)的內(nèi)容。D選型最吻合，Itwasa

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dramaticlearningcurve,這里的learning是關(guān)

鍵詞，很明顯的答案信號。還有verysmall

amounts

ofmoneywereearnedatfirst,atfirst也是關(guān)鍵

詞。

第九題，空格前面說largenumbersofoffice

workerswantingtakeawayfoodfortheir

lunches,大量的辦公室員工需要外賣食品做午

飯，這里的wanting是個很關(guān)鍵的詞。空格后

面話鋒一轉(zhuǎn)，說曾經(jīng)一度5公里內(nèi)有26家食品

商店，可是經(jīng)濟轉(zhuǎn)變了，一條街都空了(blocks

startedtobecomevacant)o從上下文來分析，第

九空的內(nèi)容應(yīng)該和辦公室員工的外賣需求有

關(guān)，同時帶有轉(zhuǎn)折意思。C選項完全符合這一條

件：可是這種需求是短暫的，不久，逐漸增

長的競爭使得贏得利潤變得更加困難。

第十題,上文說經(jīng)濟形勢轉(zhuǎn)變了，因此Robertson

決定從事多樣化的經(jīng)營。后面說這種

做法永遠的改變了公司的經(jīng)營方式。因此第十空

應(yīng)該填入相應(yīng)的對策，怎么樣來應(yīng)對經(jīng)濟形

勢的轉(zhuǎn)變。符合這一條件的是B和E,都是關(guān)于

解決問題的，可是B選項所說的招募競爭

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對手的餐廳經(jīng)理在上下文內(nèi)容中沒有提到。應(yīng)該

選D,為商業(yè)大廈送飯，正好對應(yīng)下一段所

說的。

第十一題，這一題才應(yīng)該選B,前面說競爭對手

給自己造成了很大的困擾?？墒?/p>

Robertson卻不是那么容易屈服的人。后面說部

分原因是這個，營業(yè)額翻倍了。因此中間應(yīng)

該也是填入對策。和競爭對手有關(guān)的，因此應(yīng)該

選B,B的particular是個關(guān)鍵詞，rivalcompany

也很明顯。

第十二題，前面說Robertson想收購一個競爭對

手，可是沒成功，結(jié)果人家公司自己破

產(chǎn)倒閉了。后面來了一個manyaccepted,能夠

看出這中間應(yīng)該填入的是人家公司破產(chǎn)后

Robertson的一些舉措。F滿足這一條件：一聽

到這些，Robertson馬上聯(lián)系她們的客戶而且

提供了自己公司的服務(wù)。

1、buffet:amealatwhichpeopleserve

themselvesfromatableandthenstandorsit

somewhereelsetoeat自助餐

2、takeaway

a>arestaurantthatcooksandsellsfoodthatyou

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takeawayandeatsomewhereelse夕卜賣餐

館

b、amealthatyoubuyatthistypeofrestaurant

外賣的飯菜；外賣食物

3、inretrospect:thinkingaboutapasteventor

situation,oftenwithadifferentopinionofit

fromtheoneyouhadatthetime回顧

4、under-capitalised:(aboutabusiness)not

havingenoughmoney(capital)tobeableto

operatenormally,paydebtsandgrow資金不

足。

5、Instead,shestudiedaccountancyafterleaving

university,andasteadyifunspectacular

professionalpathseemedset.

這個句子里if的用法比較少見，參見朗文的解

釋：usedwhenaddingonecriticismofa

personorthingthatyougenerallylike

e.g:Lunchwasagrandifrathernoisyaffair.

因此G選項的意思就是：然而，離開大學(xué)后她

學(xué)的是會計，一個平淡無奇的職業(yè)道路

似乎已經(jīng)鋪就。

HOWTOMARKETYOURSELF

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Wemanageourowncareersnow.Soknowing

howtobrandandpositionyourselfinthe

marketas

'Meplc*atdifferentstagesofyourworkinglife

isbecominganincreasinglyvitalskill.Atleast

thatiswhatimageexpertMarySpillanebelieves.

'Employmentasweknowitisdecreasing.Jobs

don'texist,workexists.Inthenextdecademost

ofuswillbesuppliers,notstaff.Wewillhave

clientsnotbosses.Ifyouareunder30,you

probablyknowthatthereisonlyonefirmto

joinfor

life:Meplc.Itpromotesyouandyourpotential

toothers.*

'We'reworkinginmulti-national,multicultural,

multi-corporateteamsandifsimportantto

understandtheimplicationsofthis.Weneedto

createapersonalbrandthatisunique,but

complementsthebrandofthecorporationwe

areworkingfor.Youhavetofindawaytodoit

so

thatyouarenotjustatypicalemployee,1advises

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Spillane.,Youhavetodecidewhatcentralvalues

youwanttoproject,andalsowhatmayneedto

alterfromsituationtosituation.,

ManypeopleonlyrememberMarySpillanefor

theyearsshespentrunningacosmetics

company,

butsheactuallyhasmastersdegreesin

informationscienceandpolitics.Sheusedto

hidethat

hard-hittingside,butisnoweagertoshowit

andforgetaboutcosmetics.'NowthatI'm

workingin

theboardroomsofmajorplcsandglobal

companies,I'mplayingupmydegreesand

management

backgroundsothattheimagesideisseenonly

asanadditiontothevalueside,*saysSpillane.

Somecontractstakelongerthanothers.'The

CitylawfirmsTmcurrentlyworkingforare

really

difficultbecausetheydon*thaveanyideaof

whattheirbrandshouldbe,andarestillvery

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traditionalevenwhentalkingaboutbecoming

modern.I*mshowingthemhowtodoeverything

fromchangingtheirreceptionareas-whichtend

tobeveryoff-puttingwiththeirhigh-fronted

receptiondesks-tohowtomakesmalltalkthat

islessformalandrigid.Companiesrebrand

themselvesallthetime,spendingmillionson

newofficeinteriorsandsoon.Butwithoutan

underlyingchangeofattitudes,itcanprovean

emptyexercise/

Shearguesthatforindividualstoo,theremust

bemorethanasurfacechange,asrebranding

goes

deeperthanamerechangeofwardrobe.Beyond

adviceonappearance,shetellsclients,Remind

yourselfofwhatyouareselling:thepersonal

valuesthatcompriseyourbrand.Learnto

present

yourselfinawaythatwillprojectwhatyou

wanttodeliver.Lifelonglearningisessential,

together

withthesortofdiscoveryandadventurethat

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promotepersonalgrowth.Alwayshavean

up-to-the-minuteCVreadytoprintout,

refreshingiteveryfewmonthswithyourmost

recent

achievements,justtoremindothersofyour

brandvalue.1

Shebelievesitisessentialthatyouunderstand

bothyourpublicselfandyourprivateself,as

well

asyourblindspotsandyourpotential,inorder

tocreateaneffectivebrand.Thepublicselfis

the

imageyouprojecttotheworld,theprivateself

iswhatyouknowaboutyourselfbutothers

don't,

aridblindspotsarethosethingsthatotherssee

aboutyoubutyoucan'tseeforyourself.By

decidingwhatimageyouwantotherpeopleto

see,emphasisingmoreofyourprivateselfand

sortingoutafewblindspots,youwillincrease

notonlyyourpotentialtoinfluenceothers,but

also

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yourself-esteemandself-confidence.,

13Inthefirstparagraph,MarySpillanesays

peopleshouldlearnhowtomarketthemselves

because

Aitencouragescompaniestogivethemajobfor

life.

Binthefutureitwillbeacompany

requirement.

Cinmanycareersitisbecomingdifficultto

succeed.

Ditwillhelpthemadapttodevelopmentsinthe

jobmarket.

14Spillanesaysthat,whencreatingapersonal

brand,itisimportantto

Achangethingsdependingonthe

circumstances.

Bdecidewhatimagepeoplewouldlikeyouto

present.

Cmakesurethatcolleaguesfeelateasewith

yourimage.

Dfollowtheexampleofsomeoneinthe

companyyouworkfor.

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15WhatdowelearnaboutSpillaneinthethird

paragraph?

ASheisembarrassedabouthercareerwitha

cosmeticscompany.

BShedoesn'tliketalkingaboutheracademic

background.

CShehasqualificationsmanypeopleare

unawareof.

DSheworriesabouthowotherpeopleseeher.

16WhichproblemdoesSpillanerefertowhen

talkingaboutthecompaniessheispresently

workingwith?

ATheyfinditdifficulttoacceptherideas.

BTheyareunawareofhowtorebrand

themselves.

CTheydon'twanttospendlargeamountsof

money.

DTheyareunwillingtomodernisetheirwork

environment.

17Whenadvisingpeopleonrebranding

themselves,Spillanetellsthemto

Aattendcoursestogainspecialistskills.

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Bupdateregularlytheirwrittenproofofwhat

theycando.

Ctryoutdifferentwaysofpresenting

themselvestoothers.

Drememberthatwhattheylooklikeisthemost

importantpoint.

18Spillanesaysthat,inordertorebrand

yourselfsuccessfully,itisimportantto

Aaskforotherpeople'sopinionsaboutyour

image.

Bfeelconfidentaboutwhatyouaretryingto

achieve.

Clearnhowtomakeuseofallaspectsofyour

character.

Dmodelyourselfonpeoplewithacertain

amountofinfluence.

《HowtomarketyourselfX怎樣開發(fā)你自己。

這篇文章主要是一個專家(MarySpillane)

對個人在職業(yè)生涯中的一些建議，包括怎么定

位、怎樣正確認識自己等等。很實用很中肯的

一篇文章?？磥磉@國外的專家并不也是夸夸其談

之輩啊。

資料僅供參考

13題，問第一段MarySpillane認為人們應(yīng)該學(xué)

會開發(fā)她們自己的原因是什么。第一段

里這個專家認為就業(yè)機會在減少,job不存在了,

存在的是work,在未來十年所有人都將成

為才華和能力的提供者(supplier),而不是員工

(staff),老板將變成自己的客戶。從專家的

這段話能夠看出她認為人們應(yīng)該學(xué)會開發(fā)自己

的原因是適應(yīng)就業(yè)市場的發(fā)展，也就是D答

案所說的。A在原文沒有提到，B的理解有誤，

原文說thereisonlyonefirmtojoinforlife:Me

plco生活中只有一個值得加入的公司：自我公

司。這句的意思還是說人們要學(xué)會開發(fā)自己，

而不是將來有公司需要。C在原文中也沒有提

到。

14題，問在創(chuàng)造個人品牌的時候，很重要的是

什么。答案是第二段的最后一句：Youhave

todecidewhatcentralvaluesyouwantto

project,andalsowhatmayneedtoalterfrom

situation

tosituation.你必須決定自己要建立的中心價值

什么，同時還有哪些是需要隨著環(huán)境的改變而

改變的。A的表述正確，根據(jù)環(huán)境來改變事情。

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B不對，不是說決定人們想要你呈現(xiàn)的形象，

而是自己決定自己想要建立的中心價值。C、D

在原文都沒有提到。

15題，問第三段能夠了解到Spillane的什么事。

第三段介紹說這個女人曾經(jīng)經(jīng)營過一家

化妝品公司，但其實她還擁有信息科學(xué)和政治的

碩士學(xué)位。當在化妝品公司的時候她試圖把

學(xué)歷的一面深藏不露，可是現(xiàn)在換了一家公司，

她迫不及待的想將這一面給展現(xiàn)出來。從這

些能夠看出這個女人的思路：需要哪一面就表現(xiàn)

哪一面。15題的答案是C她擁有的素質(zhì)

很多人都不知道。A不對，沒有提到尷尬，B不

對，在適當?shù)臅r候才會去談?wù)撟约旱膶W(xué)歷背

景，D在原文也沒有提到。

16題，問Spillane指出了現(xiàn)在工作公司的什么問

題。答案是第四段的這么一句：theydon't

haveanyideaofwhattheirbrandshouldbe,

andarestillverytraditionalevenwhentalking

about

becomingmodern.對于自己的品牌應(yīng)該是怎么

樣的她們沒有任何概念，同時在談到變得現(xiàn)代

時依然很傳統(tǒng)。這一段是講這個公司在轉(zhuǎn)變時的

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一些問題，她們投入了巨大的財力想重新樹

立自己的品牌，可是沒有一個深層次的態(tài)度的轉(zhuǎn)

變，是很難有實效的。答案是B,不知如何

重新樹立自己的品牌。A不對，沒有說不愿意接

受，C不對，公司投入巨大，D不對，不是

不愿意現(xiàn)代化，而不知道怎么現(xiàn)代化，說要現(xiàn)代

化還是顯得很傳統(tǒng)。

17題，問對于想要重新樹立自己品牌的個人，

Spillane的建議是什么。答案是第五段的

最后一句：Alwayshaveanup-to-the-minuteCV

readytoprintout,refreshingiteveryfew

months

withyourmostrecentachievements時亥!J要有一

個準備打印的最新的簡歷，每隔幾個月用你最

新的成績來更新一次?？偨Y(jié)起來就是B選項所說

的“固定更新關(guān)于自己能做什么的書面證

明”。

18題，問為了能成功的重新樹立自己的個人品

牌，很重要的是什么。最后一段強調(diào)了

人應(yīng)該了解自己的幾個方面：公我(publicself)、

私我(privateself)＞盲點和潛力，而且分別

介紹了四種方面的含義。答案是這么一句，需要

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提煉總結(jié)：Bydecidingwhatimageyouwant

otherpeopletosee,emphasisingmoreofyour

privateselfandsortingoutafewblindspotso更

多

的強調(diào)私我，而且挑選出一些盲點。總結(jié)起來就

是B所說的：學(xué)會怎樣全面利用自己性格

的各個方面。

理解一下D選項一個詞組的含義：model

yourselfon(after)somebody：totrytobelike

someoneelsebecauseyouadmirethem

這篇文章其實并不難，可是很有實用價值。某些

地道的商務(wù)英語表述能夠用在口語里，

而更具意義的是，這篇文章里提到了一些關(guān)于個

人職業(yè)的建議，很中肯，值得人參考。

1、jobsdon'texist,workexists.Inthenext

decademostofuswillbesuppliers,notstaff.We

willhaveclientsnotbosses.這是一種比較新穎的

工作觀，不應(yīng)該把自己看做是給老板打

工的。每個人都是自己的老板，出售自己的才學(xué)

和能力，老板只是自己的客戶。有了這

樣的心態(tài)，人在工作中就會變得積極主動。不過

有一點，客戶的質(zhì)量一定要好好把握啊

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2、Youhavetodecidewhatcentralvaluesyou

wanttoproject,andalsowhatmayneedto

alterfromsituationtosituation.樹立屬于自己的

品牌，而且相機而動。

3、Remindyourselfofwhatyouareselling:the

personalvaluesthatcompriseyourbrand.

Learntopresentyourselfinawaythatwill

projectwhatyouwanttodeliver.一個企業(yè)要想

立足商界需要核心價值，同樣的，一個人要立足

社會也需要核心價值。關(guān)鍵在于你如何

定位自己。找準了定位，就不會迷失方向。

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Planning

Inanyplanningsystem,fromthesimplest

budgetingtothemostcomplexcorporate

planning,

thereisanannualprocess.Thisispartlydueto

thefactthatfirms(19)......theiraccountingona

yearly(20)......,butalsobecausesimilar(21)......

oftenoccurinthemarket.

Usually,thelargerthefirm,thelongerthe

planningtakes.Buttypically,planningfornext

year

maystartninemonthsormoreinadvance,with

variousstagesofevaluationleadingto(22)......

of

thecompleteplanthreemonthsbeforethestart

oftheyear.

Planningcontinues,however,throughoutthe

year,sincemanagers(23)......progressagainst

targets,whilelookingforwardtothenextyear.

Whatishappeningnowwill(24)......the

objectivesandplansforthefuture.

Intoday'sbusinessclimate,asmarkets

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constantlychangeandbecomemoredifficultto

(25)…….，

someanalystsbelievethatlong-termplanningis

pointless.Insomemarketstheymayberight,as

longascompaniescanbuildthesortof

flexibilityintotheir(26)......whichallowsthem

to

(27)......toanysuddenchanges.

Mostfirms,however,needtoplanmorethan

oneyearaheadinorderto(28)......their

long-term

goals.Thismayreflectthetimeittakesto

commissionandbuildanewproductionplant,

or,in

marketing(29)........,itmaybeaquestionofhow

longittakestoresearchandlauncharangeof

newproducts,andreachacertain(30)......in

themarket.If,forexample,itisgoingtotake

five

yearsforaparticularairlinetobecomethe

(31)......choiceamongstbusinesstravellerson

certain

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routes,theairlinemustplanforthevarious

(32)......involved.

Everyone-yearplan,therefore,mustbe(33)......

inrelationtolonger-termplans,anditshould

containdiestagesthatarenecessarytoachieve

thefinalgoals.

19AmakeupBcarryoutCbringaboutDput

down

20AbasisBgroundsCfoundationDstructure

21AdistributionsBguidesCdesignsDpatterns

22AapprovalBpermissionCconsentD

decision

23AvalueBinspectCreviewDsurvey

24AcommandBpromptCinfluenceD

persuade

25AguessBspeculateCreckonDpredict

26AoperationsBtechniquesCmeasuresD

exercises

27AanswerBrespondCcounterDreply

28AmoveBleadCdevelopDbenefit

29AexpressionsBdescriptionsCwordsD

terms

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30AreputationBpositionCsituationD

influence

31AdesiredBselectedCpreferredDsupposed

32AactsBstepsCmeansDpoints

33AhandedoverBdrawnupCmadeoutD

writtenoff

這篇文章是關(guān)于公司計劃的(plaiming),做計

劃時的過程和需要考慮的一些因素。

全文的第一句話說公司做的決定是一個年度過

程(annualprocess)。接下來談到原因。

19題，makeup是組成、捏造、化妝的意思，用

在這里和accounting搭配不上；carryout是執(zhí)

行(todosomethingthatneedstobeorganized

andplanned)；bringabout是帶來，使發(fā)生(to

makesomethinghappen)；putdown放下,鎮(zhèn)

壓。從意思上看，應(yīng)該選B,carryouto

事實上，carryoutaccountingon???..basis是金

融英語里專業(yè)且地道的說法。最常見的一

種是carryoutaccountingontheaccrualbasis

執(zhí)行權(quán)責(zé)發(fā)生制。相應(yīng)的，20題選basis,公司

時在一年的基礎(chǔ)上執(zhí)行會計準則的。

21題，這里需要理解上下文的含義。這一整句

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話依然是在說明公司進行planning的原因。

正是因為相似的模式會在市場上出現(xiàn)，因此公司

才需要進行計劃。選patterns是最符合原義

的。

22題，很明顯，這里填入的詞是表示批準、經(jīng)

過之類的，是指年前三個月完整的計劃

就會被經(jīng)過。從中文意思上看，A、B、C三個

詞都是符合的。具體看英文解釋對幾個詞的

用法進行區(qū)分。

approval：whenaplan,decision,orpersonis

officiallyaccepted批準，正式的

eg:Thepresidenthasalreadygivenhisapproval

totheplan.

permission：whensomeoneisofficiallyallowed

todosomething允許，也是正式的

eg:Youmustaskpermissionbeforetakingany

photographsinsidethechurch.

consent：permissiontodosomething不那么正式

的允許

eg:Hetookthecarwithouttheowner*sconsent.

這一題是講的計劃被批準或者經(jīng)過，因此用

approvalo

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23題，這里的前后文的意思是計劃貫穿全年始

終，因此經(jīng)理們需要回顧過去，展望未來。

后面的lookingforwardto是個答案信號，相對

應(yīng)的前面應(yīng)該選review,根據(jù)目標回顧過程。

24題比較簡單，理解了句子含義不難做出選擇。

現(xiàn)在發(fā)生的事情將會影響未來的目標和

計劃。選influence。

25題，從這個句子來看，填入的詞是應(yīng)該能夠

直接和market搭配的。Predictthemarket

是商英里地道常見的用法，市場預(yù)測。

26題，往她們的操作中增加一點靈活性，這樣

能夠?qū)ν蝗话l(fā)生的變化做出反應(yīng)。Operation:

theworkoractivitiesdonebyabusinessor

organization,ortheprocessofdoingthiswork.

27題，respondto對…??做出反應(yīng)。

28題，為了開發(fā)公司的長期目標，需要一年以

上的時間來計劃。從意思和用法上，只能

選擇developo

29題，inmarketterms用市場術(shù)語來說。固定

用法。

30題，positioninthemarket,市場上的地位。

前面已經(jīng)暗示了這里要用市場術(shù)語來表述，

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positioninthemarket就是固定表示

(positioningisthatexclusivespaceyourbrand

ownsinthe

marketplace.Ifsrelevantandcompellingto

yourcustomers,anddifferentfromyour

competitors.)

31題，只需要理解preferred的意思：首選的

32題，想讓這個航空公司成為特定路線上商務(wù)

旅客的首選，必須先計劃好相關(guān)的步驟。

按步驟來擬定計劃，最后才能成功，因此選stepo

33題，需要理解四個詞組的含義。

handover:togivesomethingtosomeonewith

yourhand,especiallybecausetheyhaveasked

foritorshouldhaveit.交出

drawup:toprepareawrittendocument,such

asalistorcontract起草(drawup

plans/proposal)

e.g:Hewasaskedtodrawupproposalsfor

reformingthelaw

makeout:

tobejustabletoseeorhearsomething看見或

聽見

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tounderstandsomething,especiallythereason

whysomethinghashappened理解

writeoff:

towritealettertoacompanyororganization

askingthemtosendyougoodsor

information寫信寄出

todecidethatsomeoneorsomethingisuseless,

unimportant,orafailure注銷

toofficiallysaythatadebtnolongerhastobe

paid,orofficiallyacceptthatyoucannotget

backmoneyyouhavespentorlost勾銷

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1Sometimesitisnecessarytoinsistonfurther

explanation.

2Youshouldn*tfocusonyourresponsewhile

othersarestillspeaking.

3Peoplearereluctanttoadmitthattheydon't

listenwell.

4Therearebenefitsinseeingthingsfromthe

speaker'sperspective.

5Keenobservationofthespeakercansupport

ourlisteningskills.

6Itisriskytothinkaboutadifferentissuewhile

someoneisspeaking.

7Peopledonotmindhearingtheirownviews

summarised.

Goodlistener,bettermanager

A

Toooftenweaccuseothersofnotlistening,

pretendingthatweourselvesarefaultless,yetin

our

heartsweknowthatmanyofthemistakeswe

makecomeaboutbecausewehaven'tlistened

carefullyenough.Wegetthingswrongbecause

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wehaven'tquiteunderstoodwhatsomeone

meant

whentheyweretalkingtous.Anyonewhohas

evertakentheminutesofalongmeetingwill

know

howharditistoremember-despitethebenefit

ofnotes-exactlywhateveryonesaid.But

success

dependsongettingthingsright-andthatmeans

listening.

B

Listeningisnotthesamethingashearing;itis

notaneffortlessactivity.Itdemandsattention

and

concentration.Itmaymeanquizzingthe

speakerforadditionalinformationorfor

clarification-it

isalwaysbettertoaskthantocontinue

regardlessandgetthingswrong.However,ifyou

allow

yourmindtowanderontosomethingelse,even

forafewminutes,you'llmisswhatthespeaker

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is

saying-probablyattheverymomentwhenhe

orsheissayingsomethingcritical.Andnot

having

heard,youwon*tknowyou'vemissedanything

untilifstoolate.

C

Themostcommonbadhabitwehaveistostart

thinkingofwhatwearegoingtosayaboutthe

subjectlongbeforetheotherspeakerhas

finished.Wethenstoplistening.Evenworse,this

often

addsrudenesstoinattentiveness,asonceyou

havedecidedwhattosaythereisafairchance

you

willinterrupttosayit.Goodlistenersdon't

interrupt.Infactitisoftenworthexplainingthe

main

ideaofwhatyouhavejustbeentoldbefore

goingontomakeyourownpoints.Nobodyis

offendedbythisanditshowsthatyouhave

listenedwell.