1、剑桥商务英语高级-50 及答案解析(总分：70.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BREADING/B(总题数：6，分数：52.00)BPART ONE/BB Look at the sentences below and following texts. Which text does each sentence refer to? For each sentence 18, mark one letter A, B, C, D or E. You will need to use some of the letters more than once./BThe following busin
2、esses in the region are offered for sale.BA. Restaurant/BA large well-decorated restaurant in an excellent position near the city center. Open three years with annual turnover of 100,000.Regular trade and bookings for wedding Special occasions, etc.Available on 50-year lease.Price on request.BB. Est
3、ablished Pottery/BFamily business established for over fifty years in citys main commercial area.Small pottery currently employs twelve people producing china figure vases and other decorative items.Price includes premises plus equipment and raw materials.Price 200,000.BC. Vacant Shop/BLocated in su
4、perb historic building on excellent city center site. Large premises recently renovated to a very high standard.Would suit a wide range of different trades. Available on limited (three-year) lease or longer if required.Short lease 15,000.BD. Garage and Car Repair/BSmall business with great potential
5、 for development.Garage with petrol station on main road between city and coast. Includes large workshop suitable for car repair business. Small three-bedroom house attached to workshop and room for further building.Whole property 190,000.BE. Flower Shop/BA small well-decorated flower shop in the do
6、wntown area.Open for two years and enjoy high reputation for its reasonable prices and good service.Available on limited (two-year) lease or for sale.Price on request.（分数：8.00）(1).The shop for sale includes bedrooms.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The shop is brought with reputation by its reasonable prices and
7、 good services.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The shop will be suitable to a variety of business.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The shop has a history of half a century.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The shop caters for banquets.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).The shop has just been decorated.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).The shop needs further furnishi
8、ng.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).The shop can be either rented or bought.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_BPART TWO/BB Read the following text. Choose the best sentence from AH to fill in each of the gaps. For each gap 914, mark one letter AH. Do not use any letter more than once./BChile has become one of Europes favorite sou
9、rcing countries for fruit and vegetables. In fact it has taken less than ten years for Chile to establish itself as Latin Americas largest exporter of fruit and vegetables, with Europe the largest consumer. Fresh produce exports are one of the countrys main growth sectors, U(9) /U.Much of the countr
10、ys agriculture is carried out in the fertile Maipo Valley, U(10) /U. The Mediterranean climate and fertile soil provide ideal growing conditions, helped by a comparative absence of insects and disease. Being located in the southern hemisphere is another advantage and, at certain times of the year, U
11、(11) /U.The Chileans recognize that investment is the key to continued success, and have invested heavily in food-processing and packaging technology in order to build up sales of value-added foods, U(12) /U, in addition to the original juices and jams. Raspberries are their largest frozen fruit exp
12、ort. There has been a dramatic rise in the export sales of frozen fruit and vegetables, U(13) /U.A very important player in this success story has been the Frutos del Maipo Corporation. Frutos del Maipo was formed in 1978, originally to provide fruit for jam producers in Chile. Using both fresh and
13、frozen fruit, it now supplies the national industry all year round, as well as the principal markets of Europe, the USA and Japan. Its sales last year reached 8,000 tons and were valued at US $12m, representing 30% of the Chilean market.The UK is Chiles fourth largest European importer of frozen pro
14、duce, U(14) /U. The distance between Santiago and the UK means that most of this fruit and vegetable cargo is transported by air. British airways has benefited from the dramatic increase in exports to the UK, adding a third direct weekly flight to Santiago. BAs World Cargo Division has seen a 45% gr
15、owth in the movement of fresh goods from Chile to the UK in the last year. According to Rodrigo Casal of British Airways World Cargo, this trade between Chile and the UK will continue to grow at a rapid rate.A. which have increased by as much as 4000% in some casesB. importing over three million ton
16、s, valued at US $ 6mC. which is the largest importer in AsiaD. which is also famous as a wine-growing areaE. but Chile doesnt export bananas, apples and orangesF. such as frozen and tinned fruit and vegetablesG. with over 36 million tons of fruit and seven million tons of vegetables exported world-w
17、ide each yearH. fruit such as grapes and certain vegetables can be obtained only from Chile（分数：6.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_BPART THREE/BB Read the following text. Each question has four suggested answers or ways of finishing the sentence, A, B, C and D. Mark one lette
18、r A, B, C or D for the answer you choose./BHow do you teach managers to manage? Henry Mintzberg, a professor of management at McGill University in Montreal, has long held a contrary view to that proposed by most business schools. In this constantly stimulating book he divides his answer into two par
19、ts: first, he argues that the traditional qualification, the Masters of Business Administration (MBA), is the wrong way-he says it “prepares people to manage nothing“. Then he expounds what he believes is the right way: an imprecise mix of personal reflection and the sharing of experience.Mr Mintzbe
20、rg finds fault with the emphasis that many MBA programs place on frenetic case studies which encourage students to come up with rapid answers based on meagre data. But more than that, he criticizes them for their concentration on dry analysis. Such courses, he says, enable their graduates to “speak
21、convincingly in a group of 40 to 90 people“, and make them believe they can leapfrog over experience. That, though, is not the sum total of what is required to manage a complex commercial organization.Synthesis, not analysis, argues Mr Mintzberg, “is the very essence of management“. On several occas
22、ions he cites Robert McNamara, once president of the Ford Motor Company and a United States secretary of defense in the 1960s, as the archetypal MBA, a man who thought that even in Vietnam “generic analysis could substitute for situational knowledge“. More recently, the qualification has been thrown
23、 into deeper disrepute by the heavy dependence of companies such as Enron on MBA recruits. Its former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, currently awaiting trial on 36 charges of fraud and insider trading, liked to boast that he came in the top 5% of his MBA class at the Harvard Business School.And y
24、et, if the MBA is so bad at teaching management, how come America has far more successful businesses than Europe and Japan, areas of the world that are significantly less enthusiastic about such methods of learning? Leaving aside the unprovable rejoinder that American firms would have done even bett
25、er without the MBA, Mr Mintzberg argues that any list of Americas most admired corporate leaders is heavily loaded with people who dont have the qualification: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jack Welch, Michael Dell and Andy Grove, to name but a few. The fact that some 40% of the bosses of Americas big
26、gest companies today have an MBA is, he claims, largely due to the fact that the system is self-perpetuating. “Enabling Harvard to place so many people at the top is the fact that Harvard already has so many people at the top.“Mr Mintzberg is not alone these days in questioning the value of the trad
27、itional MBA. Leading consultants such as McKinsey and Mercer are spreading their recruitment net much more widely. Mercers London office says that one years in-house training enables young graduates to “run circles round newly minted MBAs“. In its February issue, the Harvard Business Review (no less
28、) said that “an arts degree is now perhaps the hottest credential in the world of business“, with corporate recruiters trawling places such as the Rhode Island School of Design.“Managers not MBAs“ throws a stone into the often complacent world of management education. It should be required reading f
29、or anyone who has the qualification, wants one, or just wonders what all the fuss is about.（分数：6.00）(1).Whats the topic of this passage?（分数：1.00）A.How to teach managers to manage.B.MBAs are not all proper managers.C.Mr. Mintzbergs research on MBAs.D.MBA study is a good way to cultivate managers.(2).
30、We can guess that this passage is probably a _.（分数：1.00）A.TV commentaryB.news reportC.book reviewD.newspaper article(3).Why does Mr. Mintzberg think that MBA course “prepare people to manage nothing“?（分数：1.00）A.Because it doesnt teach any knowledge at all.B.Because it only teaches with some case stu
31、dies.C.Because it doesnt emphasize on synthesis.D.Because it doesnt teach students how to manage a real company.(4).Why does Mr. Mintzberg cite Jeffrey Skilling?（分数：1.00）A.Because he% awaiting trial on 36 charges.B.Because he came in the top 5% of his MBA class at Harvard.C.Because such MBA as he ca
32、used disrepute on MBAD.Because hes such an MBA that doesnt know management.(5).Which best describes what Mr. Mintzberg believes?（分数：1.00）A.MBA isnt so bad at teaching management.B.Good managers may be MBAs while MBAs dont equal good managers.C.MBA course is useless as there are several admired manag
33、ers who dont have this qualification.D.American firms would have done better without the MBA(6).Whats the main idea of Para 5?（分数：1.00）A.Mr. Mintzbergs idea is supported by others.B.McKinsey and Mercer are spreading their recruitment net.C.Others idea on traditional MBAD.Details of the Rhode Island
34、School of Design.BPART FOUR/BB Read the following text. Choose the best word to fill each gap. For each question 2130, mark one letter A, B, C or D./BThe purpose of anyU (21) /Uinterview is to choose the right person for the job in question or to select someone who shows potentialU (22) /Umore senio
35、r posts. Interviews may not represent the ideal method of selecting staff. For one thing, how long you will wait will depend on the job in question. The lower the level of the job, the quicker you will discover how good you wereU (23) /Uyour selection. Be clear what you are trying to achieve by the
36、interview and how you intend to do it.Interviewing requires many skills which only develop with the practice. Be careful that you are not beingU (24) /Uin your judgments; try to be objective wherever possible. An example may illustrate the point. If you interview a long-haired applicant, you may beU
37、 (25) /Uby the length of his hair; you mayU (26) /Uthe long hair with untidinss, dirt or laziness. This is a subjective judgmentanother interviewer may not be affected by hair length in the same way.Subjective misjudgment is sometimes called the “U (27) /Uand horn effect“. This is how it works. We m
38、eet someone neatly dressed and wellU (28) /Uand from this we assume that they are all things good; they will be reliable, honest, hard working, etc. We are blinded by their halo. U(29) /U, on meeting a roughly spoken scruffy individual we decide they will be unreliable, careless and lazy. We only se
39、e their horns. This problem needs to be overcome, since we could so easily overlook first-class candidates for vital posts because weU (30) /Uobjective.（分数：10.00）A.selectiveB.selectionC.selectingD.selectedA.forB.toC.withD.inA.forB.ofC.toD.withA.objectiveB.fairC.calmD.subjectiveA.put offB.put awayC.p
40、ut upD.put outA.connectB.linkC.tieD.associateA.hairB.clothesC.haloD.earA.speakingB.speaksC.to speakD.spokenA.ThereforeB.ConsequentlyC.ConverselyD.ThusA.have not beenB.are notC.were notD.will not beBPART FIVE/BB Read the following text. For each question 3140, write one word./BU(31) /ULondons Heathro
41、w Airport is the busiest international airport in Europe, Amsterdams Schiphol Airport has always claimed to be the best, especiallyU (32) /Ubusiness travelers. But Schiphol is facing a new rival, Manchester AirportU (33) /Uthe north of England.The latest survey of passengersU (34) /Uthe World Air Tr
42、ansport Association (WATA) shows Manchester is in the worlds top six airports. “The management teamU (35) /UManchester airport are for customers service“, says chief executive Geoff Muirhead.In the survey, passengers gave Manchester an average of 8.32 points out of a maximum of ten, putting itU (36)
43、 /Uof Singapore% Changi Airport (8.26) and Schiphol (8.12). The detailed results of the survey show that Manchester scored the highest marks of any airport in business travelers, put Changi in top place in WATAs smaller survey of 40,000 business flyers; Manchester came second, with Schiphol again th
44、ird. U(37) /USchiphol is still first for shopping facilities and transport links.Manchester led in the availability of baggage carts (a British specialty, U(38) /ULondons Gatwick and Heathrow came third and fourth). Changi led in efficiency of baggage delivery, with Manchester second. Manchester is
45、also mentionedU (39) /Uits restaurant facilities, coming fourth after Melbourne. Sydney and Schiphol, in the order.Muirhead said that beating competition from 42 other international airports was mainly due to the positive attitude of the staff. All 2,500 staff spent a clay on a course learning how t
46、o dealU (40) /Udifficult or dissatisfied customers. Miurhead and other senior directors also worked some nights in order to meet the night staff and encourage team-building.（分数：10.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_BPART SIX/BB In most lines of the
47、following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each numbered line 4152, find the unnecessary word. Some lines are correct. If a line is correct, write CORRECT./BDear Mr. Hinson,I would like to confirm in writing the arrangements that we agreed (41) _at last week for the
