1、剑桥商务英语中级-131 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、READING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、PART ONE(总题数：1，分数：7.00)AEverybody in the US seems to be thinking about Halloween just now. For most people, it centers around their children and the annual trick-or-treat festivities. However, for a growing number of Americans, Hallow
2、een is also celebrated at the office. Thats a good thing for the business as well as the employees. Here is a plan that you can start today that will let you and your employees reap the benefits of Halloween at the Office.BYou can use Halloween at the Office to build morale and teamwork. At the same
3、 time it can help you spot creative and participative talents among your employees. Your people have a little fun in the office, which builds morale. Groups of employees work together on fun projects, which helps build teamwork. Employees from different departments share a common activity, which imp
4、roves communication and inter-departmental cooperation. You get to identify the people in your organization with hidden talents, skills like creativity, team leadership, and cooperation, in a non-hierarchical setting.CEven if you havent yet started, its not too late. Find, or appoint, a volunteer to
5、 coordinate the activities. Human Resources and Communications are good places to find this type of individual, but it can be anyone. Decide what the event will include, when and where it will take place, and set a budget for the event. Then get the word out. Use whatever employee communications met
6、hods you have to announce the Halloween at the Office event.DHalloween Party- Usually this works best at lunch time. Set it up in the company cafeteria or lunch room if you have one. Get facilities to put up decorations, which you can purchase. Make sure everything is fireproof. The party can be as
7、simple or as extensive as time and your budget allow, from a buffet lunch to punch and cookies. Having a party increases the time that employees from different departments will interact and provides a venue for judging a costume contest if you have one.（分数：7.00）(1).Halloween in office.（分数：1.00）填空项 1
8、:_(2).The purpose of celebrating Halloween at office.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The plan for a Halloween celebration.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Through the Halloween celebration, you get to know more about your employees.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The best time for a Halloween party is at lunch time.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).
9、A volunteer is needed to organize the event.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Traditional trick-or-treat festivities of Halloween.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、PART TWO(总题数：1，分数：5.00)EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONSExceeding expectations is a foundational attitude and something you have to pursue daily. It is a proactive effort that i
10、s always looking for a way to express itself. Exceeding expectations is a completely voluntary activity and, when it becomes foundational to the way you think, it has the power to elevate value and become the seed for new opportunity. (8) To exceed expectations on purpose means you have an understan
11、ding of expected performance, and you realize expected performance is in no way extraordinary. It becomes tougher when you realize exceeding expectations requires more effort to surpass what might be described as “acceptable performance“. (9) The problem is, its hard to sell mediocrity. Understandin
12、g how expectations are created is the first step in being able to exceed them in a positive way. Expectations come from our experience. (10) To illustrate how this happens, consider a tool that has changed the way we all work and communicate: voicemail. Prior to voicemail, when you dialed a phone nu
13、mber, your expectation was to hear a live person answer the phone. (11) The original intent and strategy of voicemail was to create a positive tool that would exceed expectations by significantly improving the speed and results of telephone communication. (12) The message slips were created by switc
14、hboard operators and receptionists who handed the message slips off to the people being called.A Prior to voicemails, the expectation of callers was to get caught up in a process that can best be described as message-slip phone tag.B When voice mail first appeared, however, that expectation was sudd
15、enly shaken by an invitation to leave a personal recorded message.C It is rare for anyone to exceed expectations unless they do so on purpose.D It is a proactive effort that is always looking for a way to express itself.E The latter is in fact mediocrity, and mediocrity is usually the norm.F As our
16、experience changes, our expectations change, too.G Typically, the message slips merely reflected the name and number of the caller, and the reason for their call was fairly short and cryptic.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、PART THREE(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Employment SituationOpinion polls are
17、now beginning to show that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to say. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely.But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future work.
18、Should we continue to treat employment as the norm? Should we not rather encourage many ways for self-respecting people to work? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer? Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood, as
19、 well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work? The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most peoples work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may ha
20、ve to be reversed. This seems a daunting thought.But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependen
21、t on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from peoples homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted longer distan
22、ces to their places of employment until, eventually, many peoples work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they live.Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. In preindustrial times, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village comm
23、unity. Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and families to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today, and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes. It was not only women whose work st
24、atus suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excluded-a problem now, as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives. All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some efforts
25、 and resources away from the idealist goal creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.（分数：6.00）(1).What is the main idea of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Employment became widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries.B.Unemployment will remain a
26、 major problem for industrialized nations.C.The industrial age may now he coming to an end.D.Some efforts and resources should be devoted to helping more people cope with the problem of unemployment.(2).Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to the spread of employment?（分数
27、：1.00）A.The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries.B.The development of factories.C.Relief from housework on the part of women.D.Development of modern means of transportation.(3).It can be inferred from the passage that _.（分数：1.00）A.most people who have been polled believe that the problem of une
28、mployment may not be solved within a short period of timeB.many farmers lost their land when new railways and factories were being constructedC.in preindustrial societies housework and community service was mainly carried out by womenD.some of the changes in work pattern that the industrial age brou
29、ght have been reversed(4).What does the word “daunting“ in the second paragraph mean?（分数：1.00）A.Shocking.B.Interesting.C.Confusing.D.Stimulatin(5).Which of the following is NOT suggested as a possible means to cope with the current situation?（分数：1.00）A.Create situations in which people work for them
30、selves.B.Treat employment as the norm.C.Endeavor to revive the household and the neighborhood as centers of production.D.Encourage people to work in circumstances other than normal working conditions.(6).The passage most probably is _.（分数：1.00）A.an official documentB.a research reportC.an advertisem
31、entD.a news story五、PART FOUR(总题数：1，分数：15.00)A News ReportThree men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group, selling cheap French beer, wine and champagne in Britain, were (19) yesterday. The men were leaders of an 11-man group which made at least 42 (20) on the Dover-Calais ferry in three months.Tru
32、cks of (21) drink were brought into the country and sold illegally at Sunday market, and corner shops in South Wales. Two secret teams of (22) officers (23) vehicles between Kent and Cardiff in an operation called “chancer“. Eleven men admitted their (24) in a conspiracy to avoid (25) duty on beer a
33、nd spirits.Mr. Roger Thomas said it was (26) that 70, 000 pounds of unpaid duty was (27) between January and April last year when the gang was organizing the smuggling group. Cases of beer, wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehouse in Cardiff before being (28) to traders. Mr. Richard Nic
34、hols, a former market (29) Mr. Qichard Spencer, a shop owner, and Mr. Raymond Tout, were put in prison for terms of nine, four and three months respectively. Judge Michael Burr said the group had used a(n) (30) of helpers in an organized conspiracy to make easy money. He ordered six other men to car
35、ry out community service and conditionally (31) two others who had played a lesser role.After the case customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross-channel trips a day mainly to a hypermarket near Calais. They went into (32) only three weeks after the new customs laws came in
36、to force on New Years day last year. The investigators added: We hope these jail sentences will be a big help to tackle this widespread crime which is causing concern to the (33) industry.（分数：15.00）A.escapedB.jailedC.fledD.runA.tripsB.travelsC.voyagesD.hikesA.expensiveB.tastyC.cheapD.illegalA.custom
37、erB.counterC.customsD.custodyA.tracedB.trackedC.chasedD.pursuedA.spareB.sectionC.divisionD.partA.givingB.payingC.spendingD.buyingA.estimatedB.saidC.reportedD.thoughtA.includedB.containedC.involvedD.connectedA.assignedB.givenC.distributedD.soldA.ownerB.businessmanC.salesmanD.traderA.armyB.numberC.gro
38、upD.handfulA.chargedB.paidC.dischargedD.owedA.actionB.businessC.stepsD.commerceA.wholesaleB.drinkC.businessD.retail六、PART FIVE(总题数：1，分数：12.00)Managing Older Workers Becoming The work force is becoming aging as baby-boomer move toward retirement. GenCorrect X managers need to learn how to motivate an
39、d manage this talent pool of older34 workers. Both generations have quite very different views of the other and will35 need to learn how the other generation operates on. It is up to the managers,36 Gen X or otherwise, to take the lead and create the warm climate in which older37 workers will remain
40、 engaged in and productive. You may think older workers are38 harder workers or that they are difficult to train. Get rid of your stereotypes. Your39 older workers are different individuals just like everyone else in your group. Treat40 them as such. Dont assume that the older worker knows what you
41、expect of41 them. They dont have the same background as you are. Be very clear what you42 want done and what the measurements of completion and of success will be.45 “Bill, take care of that for me“ is not enough. Try “Bill, I need you to prepare the44 departments budget for the next fiscal year.“ U
42、se the numbers from a last year45 and add to 10% on everything except training which should go up 15%.（分数：12.00）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:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_七、WRITING(总题数：2，分数：10.00)1.PART ONEThe staff in your office decided to spend holidays together this year
43、. While reading the news you are attracted by the advertisement of the Grand Palazzo Hotel in Italy. No one in your office has ever been to Italy. So you want your secretary to contact the hotel through telephone.Write a short message to Ms. Emily Malan, your secretary.Suggest the visit to ItalyGive
44、 the hotel telephone number to herAsk her to contact that hotelWrite 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet.NOTEDear Emily,（分数：5.00）_2.PART TWOThe table below shows the number of road accidents which occurred in America in different places and the ages of the injured children.Write a report describing the
45、 information shown below.Write 120-140 words on a separate sheet.Road accidents in America（分数：5.00）_八、LISTENING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)九、PART ONE(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Conversation One(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Telephone MessageName: Mary King Sex: FemaleAge: (1) _ Address: (2)_ Pine RoadContact No: 254751367Experience: sold
46、books door to door for (3)_ Publishing HouseApplying for: 8: 00 to 8: 30 on Monday, (4)_ Friday morning（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十一、Conversation Two(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Phone Message PadData: 17th Sept. Time: 9:10Name: (5)_ Sex: MaleRoom No: (6) _Staying Time: 17th Sept. (7)_ Sept.Price Rate: (
47、8)_（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十二、Conversation Three(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Ticket Booking CardName: (9) _ Sex: MaleNationality: (10)_Flight No: Flight (11)_Destination: (12) _（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十三、PART TWO(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十四、Section One(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A 51 poundsB 17 poundsC 2.16poundsD 1.85 poundsE
