2017年BEC中级阅读模拟训练试题（25）

　　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 ,i t 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

　　参考答案：21. B 22. B 23.A 24. D 25. C 26.B 27.A 28. C 29.C

　　30. C 31. B 32.A 33. A 34. B 35.D