BEC商务英语（中级）阅读模拟试卷158
概括文意配伍
Look at the statements below and the extract on the opposite page from a report to staff by the Davis Group, a human resources consultancy in the USA.
Which section(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.
Example:
0 It is less expensive to maintain the current customer base than to increase it.
1.The company has had limited success in convincing customers that it can offer a variety of human resources solutions.
B
解析：
2.It has been necessary to monitor expenditure carefully.
A
解析：
3.Expertise in different cultures is a major selling point for the company.
C
解析：
4.The company’s performance is strongly linked to its reputation.
D
解析：
5.The company is confident of its ability to expand.
B
解析：
6.The company makes ongoing efforts to improve the standard of its service provision.
D
解析：
7.Many consulting businesses have performed badly in this period.
A
解析：
段落完型
Read the article below about developments at a bank.
Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
For each gap(8-12), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet.
Do not mark any letter more than once.
There is an example at the beginning(0).
The Pan-Slavic Trading Bank
When Miroslav Novak started work as a graduate trainee, his employer, the Pan-Slavic Trading Bank(P-STB), was a state-owned bank specialising in export trade. Though only the country\’s fourth bank in size and turnover, it was well run and had a proven track record.(0)___G___ Despite its inclusion in the government\’s programme of privatisation, expansion or major change were not on the agenda.
Today, ten years on, Miroslav has come a long way from his modest beginnings. Recently appointed director of the branch network, he now sits on the executive board.【P1】______ Of particular concern is the fact that the P-STB has become a retail bank, no longer dealing exclusively with large companies. This sector has, in fact, been downgraded to secondary status, since the most important market is seen to be elsewhere.
The new emphasis is on offering a wide range of products to the general public. 【P2】______ When this policy was first put forward, Miroslav and his colleagues doubted its feasibility, since it was not part of their financial culture. The directors went ahead with their plans, however, and, as success followed success, their doubting employees were forced to admit to having been mistaken.
The source of the P-STB\’s change of direction was to be found abroad; the directors of a bank from Luxembourg had been monitoring the progress of the P-STB as it moved towards privatisation.【P3】______ After lengthy negotiations, including with government departments, the Luxembourg bank was successful and became the majority shareholder. The P-STB now found itself the subsidiary of a foreign bank.
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