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1、書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學子：學業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語言類考試復習資料大全劍橋商務英語中級分類模擬5劍橋商務英語中級分類模擬5READINGPART ONE Read these sentences and the following texts. Which text does each sentence (17) describe? For each sentence mark one letter (A, B, C, D or E). A. Consultant 1. Major in Management or similar fields. 2. Master De

2、gree. 3. Computer literacy. 4. Fluency in both written and spoken English. 5. High motivation and initiative. 6. High degree of professional integrity and personal drive. 7. Excellent communicational and organizational skills. 8. Ability to work as part of a team. 9. Willingness to travel. B. Intern

3、 1. Solid telecommunication and computer background. 2. Solid knowledge about C/C+. 3. Good communication skills and fast learning capacity. 4. Prefer: Basic knowledge about Linux and WINCE. 5. Prefer. Master student or undergraduate of CS or EE. C. Project Assistant 1. Bachelor Degree or above. 2.

4、Above CET-6, good at spoken and written English. 3. Quick understanding, good at communication and writing. 4. Honest, Earnest, Responsible and Ambitious. 5. Frequent user of MS office system. 6. Knowledge or experience of programming, website construction or art design preferred. D. Human Resources

5、 Officer 1. University degree. 2. At least two to three years hands-on working experience in recruiting for a sizable multinational company. 3. Familiarity with local recruitment channels, practices, and a proven successful record in past recruitment work. 4. Good communication and interpersonal ski

6、lls, team spirit, ability to work under pressure, independent and mature. 5. Proficiency in both written and spoken English. 6. Good computer skill in Microsoft Office, i. e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint. E. Trade Operations Assistant 1. More than one years working experience preferred but fresh graduate

7、s with good attitude would be considered too. 2. Good typing skills. 3. Basic PC skills and English language skills. 4. Vocational school graduates preferred. 5. Basic knowledge of Imp/Exp, trade services, banking, finance or accounting. 6. Willingness to work eight-hour shift averaging 40 hours per

8、 week. 1. Master degree is a must.答案: A2. The applicants are expected to pass CET-6.答案: C3. The applicants are required to know several computer languages.答案: B4. The applicants must have good understanding of the process of recruiting.答案: D5. The applicants dont necessarily have university degree.答

9、案: E6. The job involves designing web pages.答案: C7. The applicants should accept frequent business tour.答案: APART TWO Read the following text. Choose the best sentence from the list AH to fill each of the blanks. For each blank (812) mark one letter (AH) on your answer sheet. Do not mark any letter

10、twice. The former chief executive officer of Computer Associates was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York Wednesday for allegedly participating in a massive fraud conspiracy and an elaborate cover up of a scheme that cost investors hundreds of millions of dollars.Meanwhile the company, under

11、 new management, reached an agreement with the Security and Exchange Commission to pay $225 million in compensation to shareholders victimized by the criminal conduct. 1 . 2 . A third executive, former senior vice president and general counsel Stephen Woghin, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Wednesday for

12、 his role in the fraud scheme.Prosecutors said the long-running accounting fraud scheme featured what came to be known by Computer Associates employees as a 35-day month 3 .The defendants cooked the books by simply keeping them open beyond the end of a fiscal quarter for however long it took to meet

13、 the analysts earning estimates, said Deputy Attorney General James Comey. Comey said by the time the house of cards collapsed, about $2.2 billion in revenue was booked prematurely.Comey was joined by top FBI and SEC officials for announcement of the charges and settlement at a Justice Department ne

14、ws conference. 4 .Comey noted that for the first time in a major corporate fraud case, prosecutors decided to defer prosecution against the corporation itself. 5 if the new management team met a series of strict requirements for corporate reform.I view this as sort of a model, Comey told reporters.W

15、e have no interest in swinging at a wrong door and knocking down thousands of innocent employees, he said. The deputy attorney general said if the company demonstrates it has a culture that can be saved and contribute to society there was no reason to further punish the corporation. A. Comey said th

16、e government wouldnt have known the schemes B. it also agreed to institute corporate reforms and to cooperate with ongoing federal investigations C. the government promised to drop charges against CA after 18 months D. because company books were hidden until revenues exceeded the estimates E. becaus

17、e company books were routinely kept open until revenues exceeded projected goals F. when CA refused to corporate with ongoing federal investigations G. former CEO and chairman of the board Sanjay Kumar was indicted in Brooklyn along with his former head of worldwide sales, Stephen Richards H. Comey

18、heads the Bush Administrations Corporate Fraud Task Force 1.答案: B2.答案: G3.答案: E4.答案: H5.答案:CPART THREE Look at the following text and questions over the page. Each question has four suggested answers or ways of finishing the sentence, A, B, C and D. Mark one letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet,

19、 for the answer you choose. Americans passion for living large is growing, even if their incomes arent, a Census survey released Thursday indicates. Since the beginning of the decade, their homes have gotten substantially bigger and more expensive. Almost half of all homes, about 46%, have six or mo

20、re rooms. More than 15% have eight rooms or more.Almost one in five families have three or more cars. And more workers are opting out of carpools and mass transit to drive to work alone.But this lifestyle comes at a cost when incomes are stagnating and housing prices are soaring.In a separate report

21、 on poverty and income, the Census Bureau reported that median household income, when adjusted for inflation, remained flat last year.But the survey of how Americans live finds that more than 22% of homeowners spent at least 35% of their income on housing in 2003, up from 19% in 2000. And 38% of ren

22、ters spent as much, up from 33% in 2000.Our wages stopped growing, but our wants kept going, says Robert Lang, a demographer who heads the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech.People will just suffer a little and pay a bigger mortgage to hold on to their dreams, he says.The latest snapshot of Ame

23、rican life comes from the Census Bureaus American Community Survey. The annual survey of 800,000 households asks the same questions as the Census that is taken every 10 years. The 2003 numbers offer a look at how the nation has changed in the wake of recession and terrorist attacks, and they hint at

24、 social trends shaping the decade.Even though the economy took a dive, the initial shock of 911 has worn off, says William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution in Washington. People are buying bigger homes, more cars. Riding record-low interest rates, housing prices have skyrocketed. The

25、 percentage of homeowners who live in houses valued at more than $500,000 doubled since 2000, to more than 6%.And one in eight homeowners live in homes valued at $300,000 to $499,999.About half still live in homes that cost less than $150,000, the typical price range for working-class families and y

26、oung couples buying their first homes. But that number has dropped sharply from almost 64% in 2000.Even in North Dakota, which has the lowest housing value in the nation, prices rose. The median value of a house there went up 10% to $81,796 since 2000. Nationally, the median value rose 22% to $147,2

27、75.The survey reflects other changes:The percentage of homes without telephone service rose to 3.8%, from 3% in 2000, which reflects the increased dependence on cellular phones.A lot of dorms have no phone service now, Lang says. Kids go to college, and not one of them has a real phone. Theyre all c

28、ells. The educational level is on the rise. More than a quarter of the population has a bachelors degree or higher. And the percentage of high school graduates continues to climb, up 2 percentage points to 83.6%.The ratio of college grads to high school dropouts has increased. There are 1.62 college

29、 grads for every dropout, up from 1.35 in 2000.This brains-to-brawn ratio reflects the shift from a blue-collar to a knowledge economy, Frey says.Americans are spending about the same 24 minutes commuting to work, but almost 78% are driving alone, up from 76.3% in 2000. The exception is so-called ex

30、urban counties across the USA, such as Pasco County, north of Tampa, and McHenry and Kane counties outside Chicago. They experienced significant increases in commuting times.Use of other forms of transportation, from walking to riding a bus, dropped. But the percentage of people working from home in

31、creased slightly.All racial groups are growing, except for whites who are not Hispanic. Whites make up 76.1% of the population, down from 77.3% in 2000. Theyre expected to make up half of the population within 50 years.The foreign-born population continues to grow but so does the share of immigrants

32、 becoming citizens. 41.4%, up almost 1 percentage point since 2000.Because naturalized citizens can vote, there has been a push to encourage naturalization before the upcoming presidential election.Veterans, who have taken center stage in the race for the White House, make up a relatively large shar

33、e of several battleground states such as Maine, New Mexico, Florida, Nevada and Arizona.Although still in the minority at 48.9%, men make up a growing share of the population. Frey attributes the change to male-dominated immigration flows from Latin America.1. The income spent on housing has increas

34、ed by _ since 2000, while the income spent on renting houses has increased to _ in the same period.A.19%, 33%B.16%, 38%C.19%, 38%D.16%, 33%答案:B2. According to the survey, the effects of 911 on Americans have _ .A.increasedB.remained the sameC.decreasedD.disappeared答案:C3. Newly-married couples prefer

35、 houses at the price of _ .A.less than $150,000B.from $150,000 to $300,000C.from $300,000 to $499,999D.more than $500,000答案:A4. Which of the following sentence is true?A.More workers in America would rather share a car.B.The American economy has reached its highest point in history.C.Americans use f

36、ewer telephones because of the coming of computers.D.Knowledge-based economy is beginning to affect America.答案:D5. The word commute is equal to _ .A.go and comeB.back and forthC.to and froD.off and on答案:A6. What is the most suitable title of this passage?A.The Life in AmericaB.A Survey of American L

37、ifeC.Housing and Education in AmericaD.Changes in Life Way答案:BPART FOUR Read the following text. Choose the best word to fill each gap. For each question (1933) mark one letter (A, B, C, D) on your answer sheet. A federal appeals court cleared former baseball star Steve Garvey of 1 for 2 a weight-lo

38、ss product that makers 3 would work even if dieters continued to eat fatty food. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals did reinstate the Federal Trade Commissions lawsuit against 4 of the television 5 Garvey appeared in to 6 the two products, known as Fat Trapper and Exercise in a Bottle.Fat Trapper is

39、 made out of seafood shells and allegedly surrounds the fat in the food you eat and 7 it, according to the court.The FTC 8 that the production company Modern Interactive Technology, Inc. made 9 advertising claims when it 10 infomercials 48,000 times from December 1998 to May 2000.I love this, the co

40、urt 11 Garvey as saying in one of the spots.So, you can enjoy all these 12 foods like fried chicken, pizza, cheeseburgers, even butter and sour cream and stop worrying about weight. The dietary supplements marketer, Enforma Natural Products Inc., had settled a 13 lawsuit with the FTC for $10 million

41、 in 2000.In 2002, the judge 14 Garvey of any wrongdoing and the FTC appealed. The court ruled that Garvey didnt know of any misrepresentations nor did he purposely 15 during the infomercials.Garvey, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, was the National Leagues Most Valuab

42、le Player in 1974. He earned $1.1 million for appearing in the infomercials.1.A.mistakeB.cheatingC.wrongdoingD.wrong答案:C2.A.hawkingB.sellingC.hookingD.producing答案:A3.A.remarkedB.confirmedC.claimedD.declared答案:C4.A.factoryB.producersC.sellersD.manufacturers答案:B5.A.informationB.programsC.commercialsD.

43、infomercials答案:D6.A.recommendB.endorseC.advertiseD.propagate答案:B7.A.capturesB.trapsC.catchesD.entraps答案:D8.A.allegesB.claimsC.declaresD.says答案:A9.A.fakeB.wrongC.falseD.cheat答案:C10.A.airedB.transmittedC.broadcastD.promoted答案:A11.A.citesB.recommendsC.findsD.quotes答案:D12.A.fattyB.junkC.deliciousD.healt

44、hy答案:C13.A.similarB.relatedC.latestD.same答案:B14.A.clearedB.cleanedC.declaredD.claimed答案:A15.A.cheatB.deceiveC.lieD.defraud答案:CPART FIVE Read the following text. In most of the lines 3445 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some

45、 lines, however, are correct. If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your answer sheet. If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your answer sheet. Dallas-based media conglomerate Belo Corp. (NYSE. BLC) saidWednesday that it would cut off 250 jobs, mostly at

46、its flagship 1 _newspaper The Dallas Morning News.The company also announced that an investigation of circulationof practices at The Morning News found no evidence of improper activity 2 _on the part of the current senior executives of The Dallas Morning 3 _News or on the part of Belo Corp. executiv

47、es.Belo said flat revenue since 2001 in the Dallas=Fort Worth area which 4 _made changes in the expense structures of The Morning News and 5 _WFAA-TV, with Belos ABC affiliate in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, 6 _necessary. The cuts are expected to take place by Nov. 1.Belo disclosed Aug. 5 that The

48、Morning News had overstated with 7 _newspaper circulation by 5 percent on Sundays and 1.5 percent forother days. Advertisers overpaid them because rates are normally 8 _based on circulation.The investigation found that the circulation overstatement at The Morning Newswhich resulted from an aggressive sales incentive 9 _campaign that has been discontinued.Belo said last month that it had mailed or he had personally delive