BEC中级阅读理解材料一

BEC中级阅读理解材料一（共9篇）

1.BEC中级阅读理解材料一 篇一

英国工资减少工资差别

牛津大学(Oxford University)的一份报告显示，引入工资已导致薪资级别受到挤压，这“在消除工资差别，同时在影响对高技能的奖赏和激励。

The introduction of the minimum wage has led to pay levels being compressed, “destroying differentials and removing rewards and incentives for improving skills”, according to a report by Oxford University.

英国零售商协会(British Retail Consortium)委托进行的这项研究显示，接待行业96%的员工以及零售和批发行业75%的员工拿到的都是工资，今年10月，英国工资将升至时薪5.35英镑至5.52英镑。

The study, commissioned by the British Retail Consortium, found that 96 per cent of workers in the hospitality industry and 75 per cent of retail and wholesale workers earned the minimum wage, which is due to rise from ￡5.35 to ￡5.52 an hour in October.

自实行工资标准以来，英国工资已提高46%，为逾100万员工提供了经济安全保障。欧盟(EU)统计机构欧盟统计局(Eurostat)的一份报告显示，在20个欧盟成员国中，英国工资水平排名第三，几乎是美国联邦标准的两倍。

Britain’s minimum wage, which has risen by 46 per cent since it was introduced in , provides a financial safety net for more than 1m workers. It is the third highest out of 20 European Union nations and almost twice the US federal level according to a report from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical arm.

英国零售商协会表示，低收入委员会(Low Pay Commission)确定工资水平的方法，应考虑到一个事实：即工资已成为数十万员工的工资标准，而非基本工资基数。

The BRC says the way rates are set by the Low Pay Commission should take into the account the fact that the minimum wage has become the norm rather than a basic pay floor for hundreds of thousands of workers.

英国零售商协会会长凯文?霍金斯(Kevin Hawkins)表示，遏制通胀因素的工资涨幅已开始影响到雇主创造新就业岗位的能力。英国零售商协会表示，低收入委员会不应“试图成为雇主和工会不同出价之间的裁判”，而是应以各行业薪资中值和生产率的变化为指引。

Inflation-busting rises have begun to undermine the ability of employers to create new jobs, says Kevin Hawkins, BRC director-general. The Low Pay Commission instead of “trying to act as a referee between conflicting bids from employers and unions” should be guided by movements in median wages and productivity in individual sectors, says BRC.

英国零售商协会警告称：“许多雇主，特别是那些在零售业等竞争激烈、普遍处于通缩市场上经营的雇主，发现他们的薪资结构受到了挤压。因此，那些出钱培训员工、支持员工再教育、并希望能够认可并奖励员工新增技能和技能提高的企业，无力做到这些。”

It warns: “Many employers, particularly those who operate in fiercely competitive and generally deflationary markets such as retailing, have seen their pay structures compressed. As a result, those who invest in training their staff and supporting further education and who want to be able to recognise and reward new and enhanced skills are un-able to do so.”

薪资福利专业机构IDS 年底进行的一项研究显示，在引入工资制后，超市已削减了薪资等级的数量，在一家超市，已“引入了单一的副主管薪资等级”。

A study at the end of by IDS, the pay and benefits specialists, reported that supermarkets had reduced the number of pay grades and in one case had “introduced a single sub-supervisor grade” following the introduction of the minimum wage.

英国零售商协会表示：“如果工资继续以近来的平均速度增长，那么就业率将下降，雇主也会发现自己无力奖励技能高超的员工、保持薪资差距并提供宝贵的非薪资福利。包括零售业在内的多个行业已感受到这些影响。”

The BRC said: “If the minimum wage continues to grow at its recent average rate, employment will fall and employers will find themselves unable to reward skills, preserve wage differentials and provide valued non-wage benefits. These effects are already being felt in several sectors, including retail.”

然而，英国职工大会(TUC)秘书长弗朗西斯?奥格拉迪(Frances O’Grady)表示：“工资标准已发挥了作用，因为这个标准由低收入委员会确定，该委员会将雇主和工会代表组织在一起，讨论对英国经济为有利的政策。用机械的指数来替代这一成功的合作过程，将是愚蠢的。”

2.BEC中级阅读资料及解析 篇二

Which section of the article (A, B, C or D) does each statement (1-7) refer to?

For each statement (1-7), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

You will need to use some of these letters more than once.

1 Managers need to take action to convince high-flyers of their value to the firm.

2 Organisations need to look beyond the high-flyers they are currently developing.

3 There is a concern that firms investing in training for high-flyers may not gain the benefits themselves.

4 Managers need expert assistance from within their own firms in developing high-flyers.

5 Firms currently identify high-flyers without the support of a guidance strategy.

6 Managers are frequently too busy to deal with the development of high-flyers.

7 Firms who work hard on their reputation as an employer will interest high-flyers.

The Stars of the Future

A Existing management research does not tell us much about how to find and develop high-flyers, those people who have the potential to reach the top of an organisation. As a result, organisations are left to formulate their own systems. A more effective overall policy for developing future leaders is needed, which is why the London Business School has launched the Tomorrow’s Leaders Research Group (TLRG). The group contains representatives from 20 firms, and meets regularly to discuss the leadership development of the organisations’ high-flyers.

B TLRG recognises just how significant line managers are in the process of leadership development. Unfortunately, with today’s flat organisations, where managers have functional as well as managerial responsibilities, people development all too often falls victim to heavy workloads. One manager in the research group was unconvinced by the logic of sending his best people away on development courses, ’only to see them poached by another department or, worse still, another firm’. This fear of losing high-flyers runs deep in the organisations that make up the research group.

C TLRG argues that the task of management is not necessarily about employee retention, but about creating ’attraction centres’. ’We must help line managers to realise that if their companies are known as ones that develop their people, they will have a greater appeal to high-flyers,’ said one advisor. Furthermore, selecting people for, say, a leadership development programme is a sign of commitment from management to an individual. Loyalty can then be more easily demanded in return.

D TLRG has concluded that a company’s HR specialists need to take action and engage with line managers individually about their role in the development of high-flyers. Indeed, in order to benefit fully from training high-flyers as the senior managers of the future, firms must actually address the development of all managers who will be supporting the high-flyers. Without this, managers will not be in a position to give appropriate advice. And when eventually the high-flyers do move on, new ones will be needed to replace them. The next challenge will be to find a new generation of high-flyers.

3.BEC商务英语中级阅读讲义 篇三

PART TWO

Questions 8 – 12

l Read the following text.

l Choose the best sentence from the list on page 36 to fill each of the gaps.

l For each gap 8 – 12 mark one letter A – I on your Answer Sheet.

l Do not mark any letter twice.

Marketing

In the past, the concept of marketing emphasised sales. The producer or manufacturer made a product he wanted to sell. ____ example ____ . Basically, selling the product would be accomplished by sales promotion, which included advertising and personal selling ____ (8) ____ Distribution consisted of transportation, storage, and related services such as financing, standardisation and grading, and the related risks.

The modern marketing concept encompasses all of the activities mentioned, but it is based on a different set of principles ____ (9) ____ In other words, goods should be produced only if they can be sold. Therefore, the producer should consider who is going to buy the product ------ or what the market for the product is ---- before production begins.

Marketing now involves first deciding what the customer wants, and designing and producing a product that satisfies these wants at a profit to the company ____(11)____ This is much more difficult since it involves human behaviour. ____(12)____ Thus, demand and market forces are still an important aspect of modern marketing, but they are considered prior to the production process.

Example: C

A. It subscribes to the notion that production can be economically justified only by consumption.

B. Marketing was the task of figuring out how to sell the product.

C. Marketing is as important in today’s economy as the production of goods and services.

D. Production, on the other hand, is mostly an engineering problem.

E. Such markets must be created and stimulated by managers.

F. This is very different from making a product and then thinking about how to sell it.

G. More than half the cost of consumer goods can be traced to marketing activities.

H. In addition to sales promotion, marketing also involved the physical distribution of the

product to the places where it was actually sold.

I. Instead of concentrating solely on production, the company must consider the desires of the

consumer.

答案：Questions 8 - 12: H, A, F, I, D

试题 9

PART TWO

Questions 8-12

l Read the text below about career planning.

l Choose the best sentence from the list on the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.

l For each gap 8-12, mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer sheet.

l Do not use any letter more than once.

Career Planning

For many employees, automatic promotion up the ranks of a company is becoming increasingly rare. A new study suggests that, in response, employers need to consider how they can help staff develop their careers.

Employers need to rethink their approach to career management completely, according to the latest research by the Institute of Employment Studies. The new study finds that in fact there is little opportunity for individual career development in many large organisations. (example)____.The Institute of Employment Studies makes it clear that it is not good practice for companies to hand over career development to individual employees and then simply leave them to get on with it. (8) ____.

So how should employers help their staff develop a career? Most employees have come to accept that career development is not always the same thing as upward promotion and a higher salary. (9) ____.They must also ensure that these opportunities are extended to all their staff and not just to selected individuals.

Nick Bridges, who is Director of Human Resources Policy at the Bank of Eastern England, believes there is more talk than action in this area. (10) ____. One way, he believes, for companies to show how serious they are about individual learning is to make it an official part of company practice, as the Bank of Eastern England has done. (11)____. This document, he points out, has made the role of managers clear, and the company has also invested huge amounts of money educating managers so that they can then train their staff.

Another company, British Chemicals, has contracted an independent organisation to help staff with confidential career advice. According to John Yates, the head of Individual Learning and Development at British Chemicals, there is an important role for outside agencies to play in the career management process. He adds that it is company policy for managers to give all staff ‘roadmaps’ which show possible career routes within the company structure. (12)____. This has worked especially well, he says, for staff who are used to depending on their line managers for guidance.

Many large organisations now recognise that career development cannot be regarded in isolation, and must be part of an overall business strategy. Human Resources has a real role to play in building a strong workforce which meets a company’s long-term business needs and makes it more competitive.

A Its policy statement says that by 2006, eighty per cent of its staff will have a professional qualification.

B His recommendations go even further than that, and he has called for a national debate on the issue of what should be regarded as a career in the future.

C This change of attitude means employers need to place more emphasis on giving staff the chance to develop a range of skills through horizontal job moves.

D It points out that employees need to know what the overall company vision is in order to achieve many of these.

E The problem that often arises is that, while they are increasingly encouraged to manage their own careers, they are not provided with the knowledge and training to do this.

F They are able to see that, contrary to expectations, jobs in different fields are similar, and they can also see how it is possible to cross over to other areas.

G Its employees are no longer motivated by these factors alone, and the problem today is matching a person’s motivation with the right job.

H He argues that while Human Resources managers are saying the way forward is through self-managed learning and self-development, they are still failing to provide adequate learning resources.

I The main reasons for this, it concludes, are the recent cuts in the number of middle-management posts, and the changes that have taken place in the responsibilities of personnel departments.

4.BEC中级的阅读模拟试题 篇四

Section B

Questions 41-45

Read the text below about market research.

In each line 41-45 there is one wrong word.

For each line 41-45,write the correct word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.

Examples:

0 Your business will only success if customers like your product

0 S U C C E E D

00 or service and are prepared to give you money in exchange about it

00 F O R

Market Research

41 Before you start a business, it is importance to undertake market research

42 and to assess the results with great care: you need to finding out about your

43 potential customers and the state of the market, included your competitors.

44 The more detailed your market research are, the more profitable your business

45 is likely to be. Carry out your study thorough, and repeat it to ensure your results

are reliable.

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5.BEC中级阅读理解材料一 篇五

READING

QUESTIONS 1-45

PART ONE

Questions 1-7

Look at the sentences below and the job advertisements on the opposite page.

Which job does each sentence 1-7 refer to?

For each sentence, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

You will need to use some of these letters more than once.

1 You will be responsible for the operation of a computer system.

2 You must be able to forecast what people will want to wear.

3 You will be able to work with people from many different countries and backgrounds.

4 You will have a qualification which covers two subject areas.

5 It is necessary to have worked in this sector before.

6 You will need to keep in contact with the headquarters of the organization.

7 The advertisement emphasises the need to have a suitable approach to important people.

A

BUSINESS MANAGER

You will be responsible for our global business within specific countries and will have a good understanding of international distribution, possibly based on previous experience, plus the ability to work in markets that are highly varied in their culture. You will be fluent in a second language, be willing to travel extensively, and preferably have a degree.

B

DEPARTMENT STORE BUYER

6.BEC中级阅读理解材料一 篇六

A modern bank provides many services other than checking accounts. ____1____

If you went to a bank to open a savings account, you would go through almost the same procedures followed in applying for a checking account. ____2____ Then you would be given a passbook in which your initial deposit would be recorded. All deposits and withdrawals from your account are entered into your passbook. ____3____ With a regular passbook savings account, you would be able to withdraw money wherever you needed it. All you would have to do is fill out a withdrawal order and present it, along with your passbook to the teller.

All banks pay interest on savings accounts. ____4____ Banks also pay interest at different times. ____5____ Suppose, for example, that on January 1, you deposited $ 1,000 in a bank that paid 4 1/2 percent interest semiannually. By July 1,you would have earned $ 22.50 interest. This interest would automatically be credited to your account; and of you left it in the bank, along with your original deposit, you would receive interest on $ 1,022.50 for the next six-month period. That is, your interest would be compounded.

A. But the majority of them pay semiannually, that is, every six months.

B. The interest rate varies from bank to bank, but the general range is from 4 1/2 to 6 percent.

C. This means that passbook contains an actual record of all transactions made and that you know the exact amount of savings you have at any one time.

D. One of these is checking accounts.

E. First you would be asked to fill out a signature card.

F. But most banks pay interest at the end of a year.

G. One of the most important of these is regular passbook savings.

H. One can withdraw money whenever necessary.

7.bec中级词汇 篇七

backhander n. 贿赂

backlog n. 积压(工作或订货)

bad debt 死账(无法收回的欠款)

balance n. 收支差额，余额

balance of payments n. 贸易支付差额

balance sheet n. 资产负债表

bankrupt adj. 破产的

bankruptcy n. 破产

bank statement n. 银行结算清单(给账户的)，银行对账单

bar chart n. 条形图，柱状图

bargain v. 谈判，讲价

base n. 基地，根据地

batch n. 一批，一组，一群

batch production 批量生产

bear market n. 熊市

beat v. 超过，胜过

behave v. 表现，运转

behavior n. 举止，行为，运转情况

below-the-line advertising 线下广告，尚未被付款的广告

benchmark n. 衡量标准

benefit n. 利益，补助金，保险金得益

fringe benefits n. 附加福利

sickness benefit n. 疾病补助费

bid n. 出价，投标

takeover bid n. 盘进(一个公司)的出价

bill n. 账单，票据

billboard n. (路边)广告牌，招贴板

black adj. 违法的

in the black 有盈余，贷方

black list 黑名单，禁止贸易的(货物、公司及个人)名单

black Monday n. 黑色星期一，指1987年10月国际股票市场崩溃的日子

CAD(=Computer Aided Design) n. 计算机辅助设计

call n. 打电话

call on v. 呼吁，约请，拜访

8.bec中级考试流程 篇八

BEC考试是一部分一部分考试的。考试的顺序依次是阅读，写作，听力，口语。考试一般8点钟开始。

最好提前30分钟到达。记得吃早餐。如果方便，可以带瓶水。但是注意不要让水影响到试卷和答题卡。

检查自己的是否带了铅笔，黑色中性笔，橡皮。准考证，身份证。

提前上厕所。

进入教室，你会发现黑板上写着各部分的具体考试时间从几点几分到几点几分。不要慌张。

沉着。

考试开始后，首先会发给你的是阅读试卷，50分钟的时候，老师会提醒填涂答题卡。考试进行到1个小时的时候，收上去你的阅读试卷和答题卡，同时发给你写作试卷。发给你写作试卷70分钟后，收上你的写作试卷和答题卡。

考完阅读写作，大约是上午的10：30左右。

考完阅读和写作之后，休息5分钟。

去上厕所之类的。

休息完5分钟后，开始听力考试。

听力有试音。但是试音是在休息的5分钟进行的。

听力的程序是：

1.发试卷，答题卡。

2.考试开始播放录音。拆开试卷，检查试卷。有任何问题，请在此时间内提问，用英语汉语提问都可以。

3.考试正式开始。播放第一题的提示。马上去scan第二部分的10个题。

录音播放完毕后，老师确定10分钟后收听力的试卷和答题卡。

这里需要说明的是：按照剑桥大学官方的指示，是必须开始播放录音之后，你才可以拆开试卷，浏览试题的。但是我们这里是在中国，中国的考试都是提前发卷的，一般是提前5分钟。所以必须可以利用这提前的5分钟时间，先浏览第二部分试题，然后再是第一部分，第三部分。

下午或者第二天上午考试口语。口语考试的先后顺序是按照姓名的A,B,C,D一直到Z的顺序排列的。

口语考试

口语考试一定要注意自己的编号。

被叫号的人进入候考室候考。

在候考室内进行分组。由叫号老师分组。

一般是14组，28个人同时候考。

候考室候考大约有10-15分钟。利用这段时间和你的搭档，练练口。特别注意说明口语第三部分由谁先开始话题。还要和他说，2个人千万不要吵架。第三部分，2个人都必须要做各自的conclusion。

口语考试一定要耐心等待。

9.BEC中级的阅读模拟试题 篇九

PART ONE

Questions 1-7

Look at the sentences below and the job advertisements on the opposite page.

Which job does each sentence 1-7 refer to?

For each sentence, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

You will need to use some of these letters more than once.

1 You will be responsible for the operation of a computer system.

2 You must be able to forecast what people will want to wear.

3 You will be able to work with people from many different countries and backgrounds.

4 You will have a qualification which covers two subject areas.

5 It is necessary to have worked in this sector before.

6 You will need to keep in contact with the headquarters of the organization.

7 The advertisement emphasises the need to have a suitable approach to important people.

A

BUSINESS MANAGER

You will be responsible for our global business within specific countries and will have a good understanding of international distribution, possibly based on previous experience, plus the ability to work in markets that are highly varied in their culture. You will be fluent in a second language, be willing to travel extensively, and preferably have a degree.

B

DEPARTMENT STORE BUYER

Based at our head office in London, you will select and order stock from our suppliers in Italy. You will need to predict fashion trends and build a strong relationship with our Italian office. You will have gained your buying experience in women’s fashion and will hold a degree in design with a business studies component.

C

LEGAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR

As head of the legal office, your work will include managing the office IT network, typing reports, diary maintenance and supervision of another staff member. You will need good organizational skills in order to keep ahead of a varied workload. You will be dealing with senior executives and government officials, so a mature and efficient manner is essential

D

REGIONAL LEISURE SITES MANAGER

You will be responsible for budgetary planning, contract negotiations, local marketing and effective administration. You will communicate frequently with our main office using the latest technology. Your experience could be from any business sector but you should enjoy outdoor life and will ideally possess an estate management qualification.

PART TWO

Questions 8-12

·Read the extract below from an article about the coffee industry.

·Choose the best sentence from the list on the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.

·For each gap 8-12, mark one letter (A-I)on your Answer Sheet.

·Do not use any letter more than once.

Coffee is worth approximately $50-60bn per annum in terms of world sales. It is a truly international commodity, and today more than 50 countries in the world grow coffee beans. (example) ______I_____. ICO organization helps coffee producers and promotes coffee conumption worldwide.

ICO estimates that world production next year will reach 97.5 million bags.11.3 million bags higher than the current year. (8) ____________. As the largest producing country, Brazil is particularly important in the coffee world. In 1994 Brazil was responsible for 25% of world production, Colombia was next with 13.4%, Indonesia had 7.5%, Mexico 4.7%, Guatemala 3.8% and Ethiopia and Vietnam were equal with 3.4%.

Coffee is a tough crop, and can be grown in areas where it is difficult or impossible to grow other crops. (9) However, disease is always problem for coffee production, as we can see in some parts of South America at the moment.ICO is active in educating farmers about avoiding disease and dealing with problems when they occur.

The distribution chain varies from country to country, explains Pablo Dubois. In most countries the smaller farmers sell their crop to a local trader, who then sells it on to exporters. There are, however, other distribution systems. (10) ____________. Some countries, like Vietnam, have special government marketing organizations for coffee.

Coffee prices often vary greatly from one year to the next. In , for example, there was a large rise in the world price, which was immediately felt by the consumer. Rising prices always result in a drop in sales, which will have a bad effect on those developing countries, which are highly dependent on foreign exchange from coffee exports. (11)____________.

In the opinion of Pablo Dubois, the biggest problem for his organisation is to create greater consumer awareness of the different varieties of coffee and different ways of preparing it. (12)____________. ICO is therefore concentrating its promotional activities on Russia and China. It is also encouraging environmentally friendly coffee production, and last year’s seminar on coffee and the environment created a lot of interest.

The future looks bright fo

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