精品文档商务英语BEC考试高级阅读真题及答案题目PARTONE
Questio
s18Lookatthestateme
tsbelowa
datthefivereportsaboutcompa
ieso
theoppositepagefroma
articlegivi
gadvicetoselfemployedco
sulta
tsabout
egotiati
gfeesfortheirservicesWhichbookABCDorEdoseeachstateme
t18refertoForeachstateme
t8makeo
eletterABCDorEo
yourA
swerSheetYouwill
eedtousesomeoftheselettersmoretha
o
ce
Example0Lackofselfco
fide
cewillputyouatadisadva
tagei
a
egotiatio
0ABCDE1Thiscompa
yhasbee
i
volvedi
diversifyi
gitsbusi
essactivities2Althoughthiscompa
yisdoi
gwellithasa
umberofi
ter
aldifficultiestodealwith3Thiscompa
yhasreducedtheprofitsitmakeso
i
dividualitems4O
estatisticisalessaccurateguidetothiscompa
y’sperforma
cetha
a
other5Theco
ditio
swhichhavehelpedthiscompa
yarelikelytobelessfavourablei
thefuture6Thiscompa
y’ssharepricehasbee
extremelyvolatileoverthelasttwelvemo
ths7Thiscompa
yislikelytobethesubjectofatakeoverbidi
the
earfuture8Thiscompa
y’sperforma
ceexemplifiesawidelyheldbeliefAChemicalCompa
yMasterso
’si
terimpretaxprofitsgrowthof20wassomewhati
flatedasaresultofthei
comereceivedfromthedisposalofseveralofthecompa
y’ssubsidiariesTheu
derlyi
g8risei
operati
gprofitsisamorerealisticgaugeofthecompa
y’strueprogressHoweverMasterso
’simpe
di
gmergerwithBe
tleya
dK
ighta
ditsappoi
tme
tofa
ewchiefexecutiveshouldmea
thatthecompa
ywillbeabletosustai
growthfortheforeseeablefut5ureThesharepricehasvariedlittleduri
gthecourseoftheyeara
d
owsta
dsat￡675BHotelGroupDuri
gthepastyeartheBowde
HotelGrouphasacquired77
ewpropertiesthusdoubli
gi
sizelastweekthegroupreportedpretaxprofitsof￡88millio
i
thefirstsixmo
thsoftheyearaheadofexpectatio
sa
dhelpedbyastro
gperforma
cefromitsLo
do
basedhotelsa
d
ewlyexpa
dedUSbusi
essHoweverThereisstillsomewaytogoI
tegratio
ofthe
ewacquisitio
sisstill
otcompletea
dwhilethesharepricehasrise
rece
tlymajorproblemswithi
tegratio
haveyettobesolvedCHightechCompa
yThistimelastyearasharei
Usertechwasworthjustover￡1sixmo
thsagoitwasworth￡40todayitispricedatu
der￡8ifproofwere
eedhereisa
illustratio
ofhowmuchofalotterythetech
ologymarketca
beButsometech
ologycompa
iesarefighti
gbacka
dUsertechiso
eofthemWhathasre
ewedexciteme
ti
thecompa
yistheope
i
gofits
ewAmerica
officesi
Dallasa
ditsambitiouspla
stoexpa
ditsuserbasei
bothNortha
dLati
AmericaDBuildi
gCompa
yRe
to
’ssharepricehasrise
graduallyoverthepastyearfrom￡24to￡38Thecomr