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BEC中级阅读资料及解析(1)

The White House

We got up early this morning and __1__ a long walk after breakfast. Wewalked through the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that thecity was larger__2__ I thought it would be. __3__ the business section issmaller than I thought it would be. I suppose that’s__4__ Washington is aspecial kind of city. __5__the people in Washington work for the government. About 9:30 we went to the White House. It’s__6__ to the public from 10 till12,and there was a long line of people waiting to get in. We didn’t have to waitvery long, because the line moved __7__quickly.

The White House is really white. It is painted every year. And it seemsvery white, because it’s got beautiful lawns all around it, ____8____many treesand shrubs. The grounds__9__ about four square blocks. I mean, they’re about twoblocks long__10__ each side. Of course, we didn’t see the whole building. Thepart__11__the President lives and works is not open to the public. But the partwe saw was beautiful. We went through five of the main rooms. One of them wasthe library, on the ground floor. On the next floor, there are three roomsnamed__12__ the colors that are used in them: the Red Room, the Blue Room, andthe Green Room. The walls are covered with silk__13__. There are__14__ oldfurniture, from the time__15__ the White House was first built. And everywherethere are paintings and statues of former presidents and other famous peoplefrom history.

1. A) made B) did C)took D) got

2. A) than B) as C) so D) like

3. A) But B) Yes C) So D) Then

4. A) since B) as C) because D) because of

5. A) Much of B) Most of C) A lot D) Lots

6. A) open B) opening C) being opened D) opened

7. A) pretty B) little C) much D) very much

8. A) / B) having C) with D) together

9. A) include B) cost C) cover D) spread

10. A) by B) on C) for D) with

11. A) which B) what C) that D) where

12. A) by B) for C) after D) before

13. A) cloth B) clothes C) clothing D) cloths

14. A) Much pieces of B) many pieces of C) many a D) a great many

15. A) that B) which C) who D) when

参考答案: 1-5 CAACB 6-10 AACCB 11-15 DCABD

BEC中级阅读资料及解析(2)

Look at the statements below and the article about the development offuture business leaders on the opposite page. 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 AnswerSheet.

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 tothe firm.

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

3 There is a concern that firms investing in training for high-flyers maynot gain the benefits themselves.

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

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

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

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

The Stars of the Future

A Existing management research does not tell us much about how to find anddevelop high-flyers, those people who have the potential to reach the top of anorganisation. As a result, organisations are left to formulate their ownsystems. A more effective overall policy for developing future leaders isneeded, which is why the London Business School has launched the Tomorrow’sLeaders 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 ofleadership development. Unfortunately, with today’s flat organisations, wheremanagers have functional as well as managerial responsibilities, peopledevelopment all too often falls victim to heavy workloads. One manager in theresearch group was unconvinced by the logic of sending his best people away ondevelopment courses, ’only to see them poached by another department or, worsestill, another firm’. This fear of losing high-flyers runs deep in theorganisations that make up the research group.

C TLRG argues that the task of management is not necessarily about employeeretention, but about creating ’attraction centres’. ’We must help line managersto 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 ofcommitment from management to an individual. Loyalty can then be more easilydemanded in return.

D TLRG has concluded that a company’s HR specialists need to take actionand engage with line managers individually about their role in the developmentof high-flyers. Indeed, in order to benefit fully from training high-flyers asthe senior managers of the future, firms must actually address the developmentof all managers who will be supporting the high-flyers. Without this, managerswill not be in a position to give appropriate advice. And when eventuallythe

high-flyers do move on, new ones will be needed to replace them. The nextchallenge will be to find a new generation of high-flyers.

首先得搞明白的是这篇文章到底讲的什么。不用看具体内容，有两个地方直接告诉了。一个是题目说明的第一句话，另一个是正文的标题。从这两个地方就可以看出全文探讨的是公司未来接班人——也就是潜力股——的培养问题。A段讲了TLRG这个贯穿全文的研究组织诞生的原因：现行的研究满足不了需要，于是大多数公司只能自己探索发掘接班人的模式;(即第五题的答案)B段讲了直属经理(linemanagers)对于发掘接班人的重要性(真是干什么都要从基层抓起)，以及经理们的一些疑虑;C段讲的是接班人问题对公司的重要性，并且应该让院线经理们明白这种重要性;D段是针对前面列出的问题，提出的解决建议，什么专家协助等等。整篇文章分为四个部分，层层递进，有很强的逻辑性。拿这样的文章来做阅读材料应该是相对容易把握的。

题目解析：

7个题干基本是将原文中的句子用另外的词语和句型表述出来，所以题干中的关键词都能在正文里找到与之匹配的，比如第四题题干里的expert对应D段的specialists,第六题的too busy to对应于B段里的heavyworkloads，第七题的interest对应于C段的appeal。第一题说“经理们必须采取措施使潜力股们相信他们对公司的价值”，也就是要让潜力股们对公司忠诚，即C段说的creating“attractioncentres”和loyalty。第二题说“组织必须把目光投向正在培养中的潜力股以外的地方”，即D段最后两句话所说的寻找新一代的潜力股。第三题和B段的最后一句话完全是一个意思：怕培养潜力股的投入收不回成本。第四题说开发潜力股，经理们需要在公司内部得到专家支持。答案是D段的第一句话：公司的人力资源专家需要采取行动。HRspecialists就是expert。第五题说公司现在没有在指导策略的支持下辨别潜力股。也就是说公司是依靠自己来发掘人才的。答案是A段的第一句：现行的研究满足不了需要，所以公司只能形成自己的一套体系。第六题，经理们太忙了，无暇顾及潜力股的发展。答案是B段的：Unfortunately,with today’s flat organisations, where managers have functional as well asmanagerial responsibilities, people development all too often falls victim toheavy workloads.。不幸落在了高工作负荷的人的肩上。高工作负荷，也就是toobusy。第七题，看重作为雇主名声的公司可以吸引潜力股。答案是C段的这么一句：if their companies are known as ones thatdevelop their people, they will have a greater appeal tohigh-flyers。如果公司是以开发员工而著称的话，将会对潜力股产生更大的吸引。以开发员工而著称(known as ones that developtheir people)，名声很好，也就是看重自己作为雇主的名声。

BEC中级阅读资料及解析3

Look at the statements below and the advice to businesses on the oppositepage about using other companies to run their IT services.

1、the need to teach skills to employees working on the outsourcedprocess

2、remembering the initial reason for setting up the outsourced project

3、the need to draw up agreements that set out how integration is to beachieved

4、addressing the issue of staff who work on the outsourced process being ata distant site

5、the importance of making someone responsible for the integrationprocess

6、staff on the outsourced project familiarising themselves with variousdetails of the business

7、problems being associated with an alternative to outsourcing

When a business decides to outsource its IT services, it needs to considerthe question of integration. Four experts give their views.

A.Gianluca Tramcere, Silica Systems

An outsourced IT service is never a fully independent entity. It is tied tothe home company’s previous and continuing systems of working. But despite theadded responsibility of managing new ways of working, many businesses ignore theintegration process. They fail to establish contracts that define the ways inwhich the two companies will work alongside one another, and focus solely on thetechnological aspects of service delivery.

B.Kevin Rayner, Domola

Businesses need to build integration competency centres dedicated tomanaging the integration effort. It is critical to have an individual in chargeto check that the external and internal business operations work together.Although companies often think of outsourcing as a way of getting rid of peopleand assets, they need to remember that, at the same time, outsourcing involvesgaining people. Because there is a new operation being carried out in adifferent way outside of the home business, this creates a training element.

C.Clayton Locke, Digital Solutions

Communication is the key to success, and outsourcing to other regions orcountries can lead to a range of problems. For any such initiative, it isnecessary to create a team where there is good, open communication and a clearunderstanding of objectives and incentives. Bringing people to the home locationfrom the outsourced centre is necessary, since it can aid understanding of thecomplexities of the existing system. To integrate efficiently, outsourcingpersonnel have to talk to the home company’s executives and users to understandtheir experiences.

D.Kim Noon, J G Tech

One way to avoid the difficulties of integration is to create ajoint-venture company with the outsourcer. Thus, a

company can swap its assets for a share of the profits. Yet joint venturesbring potential troubles, and companies should be careful not to lose sight ofthe original rationale for outsourcing: to gain cost efficiencies and quality ofservice in an area that for some reason could not be carried out entirelyin-house. The complexities and costs of a joint-venture initiative should not beunderestimated.

这篇文章讲的是外购(outsourcing),分别有四位专家就这个问题给出了自己的看法。A段的专家强调建立合同的重要性，B段专家认为要派专人负责，C段专家讲外派人员和本公司之间要有一个互动，D段专家讲如果与外包商(outsourcer)组成联合企业的话可能带来的一系列问题。如果对文章有个大概、基本的了解，很多题目不用细看就可以得出结论。

第一题的答案稍微有些隐晦，在B段的最后一句。“Because there is a new operation being carried outin a different way outside of the home business, this creates a trainingelement.”因为新的操作是在本公司以外的地方以一种新的方式被执行，所以产生了培训成分。这里的training对应第一题的“teach skills toemployees”。第二题的答案在D段中间: companies should be careful not to lose sight of theoriginal rationale foroutsourcing.这里的rationale是基本原理、根本原因的意思。第三题的答案在A段，非常明显的“establishcontracts”。第四段的答案是C段的最后一句话，outsourcing personnel have to talk to the homecompany’s executives and users to understand their experiences.这里的talkto对应address，向....谈话。第四题的意思是“说明在远址工作的外购人员的事情”，也就是C段最后一句说的外购人员向公司汇报他们的经历。第五段的答案在B段，相当明显：Itis critical to have an individual in charge to check that the external andinternal business operations worktogether。需要派专人负责integration。第六题说“外派人员要熟悉自身工作的不同细节”，对应C段的“create a team wherethere is a clear understanding of objectives andincentives.”打造一个对目标和动机都有清晰理解的团队。第七题稍微绕一点。题目里的“an alternative tooutsourcing”指的是D段里的“create a joint-venture company with theoutsourcer”，建立一个联合企业。D段里的专家一直在强调联合企业的麻烦和复杂性(joint ventures bring potentialtroubles)，所以是正确答案。

BEC中级阅读资料及解析4

Read the article below about the changing role of human resourcesdepartments.

The best person for the job

Employees can make a business succeed or fail, so the people who choosethem have a vital role to play.

Employees are a company’s new ideas, its public face and its main asset.Hiring the right people is therefore a significant factor in a company’ssuccess.(0) G If the human resources department makes mistakes with hiring,keeping and dismissing staff, a business can disappear overnight. Many companiesnow realise that recruiting the best recruiters is the key to success.

Sarah Choi, Head of HR at Enco pic, believes that thinking commercially isa key quality in HR. Every decision an HR manager makes needs to be relevant toadvancing the business.(8) ...C.....That’s no longer the case. HR managers haveto think more strategically these days. They continually need to think about theimpact of their decisions on the bottom line.

(9).....F... For example,a chief executive will expect the HR department toadvise on everything from the headcount to whether to proceed with anacquisition.

Why do people go into HR in the first place? Choi has a ready answer. Ithink most people in the profession are attracted by a long-termgoal.(10)....D......Nothing happens in the company which isn’t affected by ordoesn’t impact on its employees, so the HR department is a crucial part of anybusiness.

Not all operational managers agree. An informal survey of attitudes to HRdepartments that was carried out last year by a leading business journalreceived comments such as "What do they actually contribute?"(11).....A..... AsChoi points out, salaries have never been higher and, in addition, HR managersoften receive substantial annual bonuses.

Despite the financial rewards, HR managers often feel undervalued, and thisis a major reason for many leaving their jobs.(12)...E......However, a lack oftraining and development is a more significant factor. These days, goodprofessional development opportunities are considered an essential part of anattractive package,Choi explains.

A But rising levels of remuneration demonstrate that the profession’sgrowing importance is widely recognised.

B At one time, a professional qualification was required in order toprogress to the top of HR.

C Other departments and senior executives used to see HR managers as havinga purely administrative role.

D Since it’s one of the few areas where you can see the whole operation, itcan lead to an influential role on the board. E Being seen as someone who justticks off other people’s leave and sick days does not help build a sense ofloyalty. F They therefore need to be competent in many aspects of a company’soperations.

G On the other hand, recruiting the wrong staff can lead to disaster.

这篇文章的标题有些misleading，“The best people for the job”，还以为是招人的标准。其实这篇文章是关于Humanresource的，所以还是要适当关注文章前的说明：the article below about the changing role of humanresources departments.第八题，空格后面的“That’s no longer thecase”是很重要的提示。由于空格前面一直在强调commercial和business，所以在空缺的地方应该是和另一个方面相关的内容。选项C的administrativerole正好满足这个要求。前后文意思搭配在一起完全吻合。第九题，后面的for example的很关键，是对前面的补充说明。“For example,achief executive will expect the HR department to advise on everything from theheadcount to whether to proceed with anacquisition.”总裁希望人力资源经理对一切事情提出建议，从人数统计到是否进行收购。这种要求就需要人力资源经理具备很多才能。所以F的句子填在这里最合适。第十题，答案稍微不那么明显，不过D句中的aninfluential role可以和第十题的空格后的a crucial part相对应，算是答案信号。要从整体上把握第三段，这里认为HR manager的影响是全局的、长期的，所以D句的“see the whole operation”符合情况。第十一题，理解前后文的意思，前面说过去的operationalmanagers不那么认可HR manager的作用，后面指出HRmanagers挣得多，所以中间是转折的意思。A句的But是个信号，“上涨的薪酬水平意味着这个职位逐渐增加的重要性得到了广泛的认可。”意思和前后都吻合，所以是正确答案。第十二题，空格前说HRmanagers觉得自己的作用被低估了，所以leaving。空格后一个However，所以空格处应该还是和leaving有关的，为什么离职。E句的意思是“被视作仅仅对别人的离开和生病的日子划勾的人是没法帮助建立忠诚感的。”填入此处正好。