2017下半年商务英语BEC中级模拟试题（第六套）
来源 :中华考试网 2017-07-31
中For each question(19-33),mark one letter(A,B,CorD)on your Answer Sheet.
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回答19-33题：
Office Angels Employment Agency
14-16 Lockhart Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong
Tel 532 4365
Fax 532 4111
Dear Client,
Office Angels is advising businesses at as far ahead as possible to ensure guaranteed staff cover during holiday periods. There is now a ( 19 ) shortage of skilled secretarial and administrative staff and this is (20) to get worse in .the next twelve months.
Businesses which require staff with experience of specialist computer applications are the most at (21) . You are advised to (22) our agency well before the staff are actually needed to be certain of filling gaps with adequately (23) personnel. If you don't, it's almost (24) that you will be left without the skills needed to (25) your office running smoothly.
The ( 26 ) for the shortage of secretarial staff appears to be a combination of two ( 27 ) .
There has been an (28)in demand for secretarial services over the last few years, and at the same time there has been a (29) of students deciding to choose secretarial studies.
Office Angels Agency would (30) to emphasize that businesses should not underestimate the difficulty of (31) experienced temporary staff. It is also necessary to make the ( 32 ) that businesses should be prepared for the fact that they may have to pay more for this kind of (33) in the future.
第(19)处填写
A. hard
B. serious
C. sure
D. strong
参考答案:B 系统解析:题目意为“严重短缺”，应该选择B，选项A意为“艰难的”，选项C意为“确定的”，选项D意为“强壮的”。
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第(20)处填写A. hoped
B. wanted
C. expected
D. prepared
参考答案:C 系统解析:be expected to do sth.…意为：“预期或计划做某事”，题日意为“预期将会更加恶化”，而不是希望或者准备。
21
第(21)处填写A. risk
B. chance
C. worry
D. difficulty
参考答案:A 系统解析:at risk是固定短语，“有危险”。
22
第(22)处填写A. confirm
B. communicate
C. contact
D. command
参考答案:C 系统解析:contact意为“联系”，选项A意为“确认”，选项B意为“交流”，选项D意为“命令”。
23
第(23)处填写A. lectured
B. aided
C. formed
D. trained
参考答案:D 系统解析:trained意为“经过训练的”，trained personnel表示受过训练的员工。
24
第(24)处填写A. positive
B. correct
C. right
D. certain
参考答案:D 系统解析:it is certain that…意为：“几乎是一定的”，选项A意为“积极的”，选项B，C意为“正确的”，均不合题意。
25
第(25)处填写A. save
B. keep
C. ensure
D. continue
参考答案:B 系统解析:本句意为“保持办公室正常运作”。选项A意为“挽救”，选项C意为“确保”，选项D意为“继续”。
26
第(26)处填写A. reason
B. purpose
C. result
D. problem
参考答案:A 系统解析:本句意为“出现人才短缺的原因”。The reason for…为固定搭配。
27
第(27)处填写A. articles
B. matters
C. factors
D. subjects
参考答案:C 系统解析:本句意为“两个因素”，选项A意为“文章”，选项B意为“事件”，选项D意为“对象”。
28
第(28)处填写A. enlargement
B. increase
C. addition
D. upgrade
参考答案:B 系统解析:本句意为“需求的增加”，an increase in demand for…为常用搭配。
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第(29)处填写A. lack
B. need
C. requirement
D. few
参考答案:A 系统解析:lack意为“缺少”，a lack of…为固定用法。
30
第(30)处填写A. request
B. desire
C. ask
D. like
参考答案:D 系统解析:would like to do sth.…固定句式“想要做某事”。
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第(31)处填写A. achieving
B. obtaining
C. realizing
D. earning
参考答案:B 系统解析:obtain意为“获得，获取”，选项A意为 “达到”，选项C意为“实现”，选项D意为“赚得”。
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第(32)处填写A. point
B. idea
C. position
D. subject
参考答案:A 系统解析:make the point that…为常用搭配意为“注意，确保”。
33
第(33)处填写A. offer
B. delivery
C. product
D. sewice
参考答案:D 系统解析:service意为“服务”，选项A意为“提供”，选项B意为“传送”，选项C意为“产品”。
Read the text below about how consumers decide what to buy.(34-45)
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回答34-45题：
Marketing Information
0 Sales and marketing messages are illegal if they falsely advertise prices,
00 performance capability, quality, or the other product characteristics, or
34 the buyer in what any way. A Western Canadian electronics firm was convicted
35 recently of bait-and-switch selling ( selling products with deceptive advertising).
36 This practice occurs when a company advertises at a very low price on a
37 product, but the customer has great many difficulty getting the special price.
38 Rather that, the company attempts to sell the customer a similar but
39 higher-priced product or offers a rain check that it will not be honored. This
40 tactic for attracting customers is a form of deceptive marketing. Furthermore,
41 sellers of services must also be cautious about how the language they use to
42 describe what they will do. Letters, reports, and proposals that they describe
43 services to be performed are interpreted as contracts in courts. Sales and
44 marketing messages must not make claims that cannot be verified, so that
45 language must not promise more than which intended.
the buyer in what any way. A Western Canadian electronics firm was convicted填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:WHAT。in any way为常见搭配，意为“以任何方式”，what为多余词汇，应删去。
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recently of bait-and-switch selling ( selling products with deceptive advertising).填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:CORRECT。正确。
36
This practice occurs when a company advertises at a very low price on a填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:AT。此处意为“以较低的价格打广告”，at为多余词汇。advertises a very low price为动宾结构。
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product, but the customer has great many difficulty getting the special price.填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:MANY。difficulty为不可数名词，不能用 many修饰。
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Rather that, the company attempts to sell the customer a similar but填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:THAT。rather意为“而不是”，是连词，that为多余词汇。
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higher-priced product or offers a rain check that it will not be honored. This填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:IT。此处为定语从句，that在从句中做主语，it’为多余词汇，应删去。
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tactic for attracting customers is a form of deceptive marketing. Furthermore,填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:CORRECT。正确。
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sellers of services must also be cautious about how the language they use to填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:HOW。此处意为“他们对于描述使用的语言很细心”，how为多余词汇，应删去。
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describe what they will do. Letters, reports, and proposals that they describe填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:THEY。第二个they应删去，此处为定语从句 that做主语，指代其前的letters，reports等。
43
services to be performed are interpreted as contracts in courts. Sales and填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:CORRECT。正确。
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marketing messages must not make claims that cannot be verified, so that填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:CORRECT。
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language must not promise more than which intended.填写我的答案 参考答案:请参考解析 系统解析:WHICH。which在这里为多余，不做任何成分。